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Free Skool Santa Cruz

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

Free Skool calendar came out quarterly for 10 years

A radically different approach to living and learning, Free Skool Santa Cruz is a grassroots educational project beyond institutional control. It is an opportunity to learn from each other and share what we know, to foster communities of mutual support and autonomy….

Punk Rafting

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

A few of us set out on a punk rafting journey, building a raft out of found and scavenged materials and floating for a week, Huck Finn-style, on one of the largest fastest rivers on the continent. When we survived, we did it year after year on different rivers….

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….

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….

Adventure Club

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 11, 2019) by Wes Modes

Adventure Club is post-apocalyptic revolutionary logistics training. Think of Adventure Club as radical skill-share, ranges from rather tame to semi-hardcore direct action. …

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…

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….

Blue Light Safety Project

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 22, 2019) by Wes Modes

Blue light house. Photo by Kevin A Slotemaker

A Community Project: The Blue Light Safety Project is a Santa Cruz local community effort to provide temporary safe spaces for people who are feeling unsafe….

Demystifying Anarchy

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 17, 2019) by Wes Modes

Demystifying Anarchy featured a panel of self-identified anarchists who spoke about what anarchy means to them and how they see the world. …

Free Carpentry

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 17, 2019) by Wes Modes

A coalition of experienced builders and artists to work on interesting projects that required a combination of building ingenuity and artistic inspiration….

Million Clown March

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 17, 2019) by Wes Modes

Some 80 normally jolly clowns, supported by the buzz of a dozen kazoos, sought to make their plight public and turn the fortunes of clowndom toward a brighter future….

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….

Last Night DIY Parade

Urban Adventuring

Brazen Squaredance