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Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive-In

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 19, 2023) by Wes Modes
Guerilla Drive-In showing in Watsonville in support of the Watsonville Brown Berets

An outdoor movie theater under the stars that springs up in the fields and industrial wastelands. Showing great movies, bringing a broad community together, and reclaiming public space….

Santa Cruz Trash Orchestra

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 19, 2023) by Wes Modes

Trash Orchestra is a marching percussion band – a bone-shaking recycled orchestra – appearing at protests and celebrations, where a ruckus needs to be made….

Union of Benevolent Electrical Workers

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 24, 2023) by Wes Modes

Tech Community: UBEW provides mutual support to anti-authoritarian groups making radical social change through direct action, community involvement, and education….

Freakshow

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 16, 2019) by Wes Modes

An Independent Publication: Freakshow, being a Diverse Collection of the Curious & Peculiar, was an independent publication of DIY adverts….

Inspiration Comes in the Night

Posted on November 18, 2019 (October 3, 2024) by Wes Modes

A weblog about art, technology, and the creative process…

anti-capitalist

Last Night DIY Parade

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 19, 2023) by Wes Modes

Last Night is a decentralized, collective, open, public New Year’s Eve celebration in Santa Cruz, California. Last Night is a completely organic event, organized and put on at a grassroots-level. No city-sponsorship. No corporate donors….

What the Hell’s Going on Downtown Day

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 24, 2023) by Wes Modes

Blabbermouth the Mime, the street corner soapbox preacher, tiny tiny orchestra, and a half dozen other performers committed to bewildering downtown shoppers…

Free Coffee Bar

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 16, 2019) by Wes Modes

We set up at the corner of Pacific and Cooper, our would be town square. We had a handsome coffee bar, a bright green market umbrella, stools, and fancy cafe aprons. People were cautious, confused, incredulous, inquisitive, excited, and grateful in pretty much that order….

Costco Soulmate Trading Outlet

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 24, 2023) by Wes Modes

The Costco Soulmate Trading Outlet is the leading provider of low-cost, quality soulmates in Black Rock City since 1998….

Santa Cruz Art List

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 22, 2019) by Wes Modes
Santa Cruz Art List connecting non-institutional artist making non-commodifiable art in Santa Cruz County.

Collective Project: A forum for announcing non-institutional art events, meetings and projects, ideas and news. A website and email list, to keep in touch, to announce art events, and to document our work….

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