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SUMMARY:STEM into Drag: a very scientific drag show
DESCRIPTION:A science-themed drag show! Researchers\, post-docs\, & STEM students communicate their science through music and drag! \n\n\n\nDoors open at 6:30pm \n\n\n\nBrought to you by: \n\n\n\nSanta Cruz County Skeptics \n\n\n\nLionel Cantú Queer Center at UCSC \n\n\n\noSTEM @ UC Santa Cruz
URL:https://www.sccskeptics.org/event/stem-into-drag-a-very-scientific-drag-show/
LOCATION:Resource Center for Nonviolence\, 612 Ocean Street\, Santa Cruz\, California\, 95060\, United States
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SUMMARY:River Cleanup
DESCRIPTION:To coincide with Save our Shores 41st annual coastal cleanup event\, let’s do a little cleanup of our own. Location\, TBD\, but will be somewhere along the San Lorenzo River (between Santa Cruz and Ben Lomond). \n\n\n\nPlease save the date and plan on helping clean up our river and coastal areas. \n\n\n\nWear your grubby clothes\, bring gloves\, trash bags\, and if you have one\, a trash pickup gadget. Gloves are absolutely essential. \n\n\n\nI have contacted Save Our Shores to see if there might be some coordination we can do with them. I’ll update the description here once I hear from them and we pick a spot to meet. \n\n\n\nwww.SCCSkeptics.org \n\n\n\nSaveOurShores
URL:https://www.sccskeptics.org/event/river-cleanup/
LOCATION:California
CATEGORIES:Event
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SUMMARY:SkeptiCal Conference 2025
DESCRIPTION:This is the statewide Skeptics conference for California\, not our SkeptiCamp. \n\n\n\nWhat is the SkeptiCal Conference? SkeptiCal is a conference for curious\, science-loving people to learn about science\, scientific skepticism\, and critical thinking in an informal setting\, at an affordable cost. \n\n\n\nSkeptiCal Conference is a great opportunity to hear accomplished and entertaining scientists and other critical thinkers speak about fascinating topics in an informal setting. Our conferences have considered a range of topics including GMOs\, science denialism\, climate change\, science literacy\, evolution\, medical pseudoscience\, extraterrestrials\, astronomy\, and many others. At previous SkeptiCal meetings we have hosted local scientists from UC Berkeley\, UC Davis\, UC Santa Cruz\, several California State Universities\, Stanford\, NASA\, Lawrence Livermore Laboratories\, and many other notable local institutions. For our virtual conferences\, we are not restricted to local talent\, and have chosen speakers both nationally and internationally.  \n\n\n\nFor Speaker List\, Exhibitor List\, Tickets\, and More Info:https://www.skepticalcon.com
URL:https://www.sccskeptics.org/event/skeptical-conference-2025/
LOCATION:Oakland Asian Cultural Center\, 989 Webster St\, Oakland\, California\, 94607\, United States
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SUMMARY:"Don’t Believe Everything You Believe" with Bertha Vazquez
DESCRIPTION:We welcome Bertha Vazquez from the Center For Inquiry (CFI)\, who will be giving a talk\, “Don’t Believe Everything You Believe”.  \n\n\n\nBetty Leonard Community Room\, Aptos Library \n\n\n\nSynopsis:We all think we’re good at thinking but we’re not. We all fall victim to logical fallacies and other mental shortcuts that may have kept our earliest hominid ancestors alive but do a disservice with the mountains of information now at our fingertips. Just like our human backs and knees aren’t perfect\, our minds have flaws\, too. The first step is humility; don’t believe everything you believe. There is an overwhelming amount of information that we each see on a daily basis. Learn the differences between the different types of misinformation and some of the steps to protect ourselves from all of it. \n\n\n\nBertha taught science to middle schoolers for 34 years in the Miami-Dade County public schools. She is the education director at The Center for Inquiry\, an international nonprofit that promotes reason and science. She runs a teacher-led network of over 100 teachers who have presented over 400 professional development sessions for their fellow teachers in all 50 US states. Her multi-faceted approach to teaching climate science has been featured on NPR\, in the New York Times\, in Earth magazine\, and in a book and film series by Lynne Cherry\, Empowering Young Voices for the Planet. Bertha is the editor and contributing author of the book\, On Teaching Evolution\, published in 2021. A regular speaker at skeptical and humanist conferences\, Bertha is a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.
URL:https://www.sccskeptics.org/event/dont-believe-everything-you-believe-with-bertha-vazquez/
LOCATION:Aptos Library\, 7695 Soquel Dr\, Aptos\, 95003\, United States
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SUMMARY:SkeptiCamp Monterey 2024
DESCRIPTION:Set aside Saturday\, January 6\, 2024 for SkeptiCamp. A one day gathering for talks and workshops sponsored by the Monterey County Skeptics – but we’re sure to have many Santa Cruz and Bay Area Skeptics there. \n\n\n\nIf you have an idea for a talk\, please email: MCSkeptics@gmail.com \n\n\n\nDetails TBA \n\n\n\nI’ll update this event once we get more information on speakers. There are some really good talks planned\, including Adrienne Hill (from The Skeptic Zone Podcast) giving a talk on Sallie Winchester and the real story behind the Winchester Mystery House.  \n\n\n\nThere will also be a pre-conference gathering on Friday\, Jan 5. \n\n\n\nSunday\, Jan 7\, we will go to the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose with Adrienne Hill as our personal guide. \n\n\n\nMore info will also be posted here: https://www.abouttimeproject.org/monterey-bay-skeptics
URL:https://www.sccskeptics.org/event/skepticamp-monterey-2024/
LOCATION:Seaside Community Center\, 220 Coe Ave\, Seaside\, California\, 93955\, United States
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SUMMARY:Skeptics' Social
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, September 6: Our monthly social meetup. Nothing planned other than socializing. \n\n\n\nLet’s meet at Abbott Square Market in downtown Santa Cruz. There’s a variety of food vendors there\, a beer and wine bar\, a cocktail bar\, etc. Should be something for everyone. Check out the website: https://abbottsquaremarket.com \n\n\n\nI’ll get there early\, grab a table outside and post a little Santa Cruz Skeptics logo sign on the table. \n\n\n\nSee you there! \n\n\n\nParking: best parking will probably be in the Soquel Front Garage\, on the corner of Soquel Ave and Front St. \n\n\n\nPhoto credit: @JennyShelton
URL:https://www.sccskeptics.org/event/skeptics-social-3/
LOCATION:Abbott Square Market\, 725 Front St\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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SUMMARY:Skeptics' Social
DESCRIPTION:August 10th Social \nOur monthly social meetups. \nLet’s meet at Abbott Square Market in downtown Santa Cruz. There’s a variety of food vendors there\, a beer and wine bar\, a cocktail bar\, etc. Should be something for everyone. Check out the website:https://abbottsquaremarket.com \nI’ll get there early\, grab a table outside and post a little Santa Cruz Skeptics logo sign on the table. \nSee you there! \nParking: best parking will probably be in the Soquel Front Garage\, on the corner of Soquel Ave and Front St.
URL:https://www.sccskeptics.org/event/skeptics-social/
LOCATION:Abbott Square Market\, 725 Front St\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Mystery Spot and Bigfoot Museum Tour
DESCRIPTION:Please read though all of the below\, so you don’t miss anything. \n\n\n\nThis is a co-sponsored event with the Santa Cruz County Skeptics and The Monterey County Skeptics. \n\n\n\nPre-Mystery Spot LUNCH meetup at 11:45am@ Taqueria La Cabaña (great veggie/vegan options)2332 Mission StSanta Cruz\, CA 95060 \n\n\n\nAfter lunch\, we will meet up at:The Mystery Spotaround 1pm-ish\, and take the 1:24pm tour. Buy your tickets ($10) for the Saturday\, June 24th – 1:24pm tour here:https://www.mysteryspot.com/view-category?id=1235&limit=10&start=10&fbclid=IwAR39L22mjVgsfVwLKjfDFnYu8JMOc2L4ELzUkTPIZg5eH9SX0EATylb3IsoThere’s a parking fee\, so try to carpool. \n\n\n\nOnce we are done with the Mystery Spot tour (about 45 minutes)\, we will all head up to… \n\n\n\nThe Bigfoot Discovery Museum in Feltonhttps://www.bigfootdiscoveryproject.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.meetup.com/santa-cruz-county-skeptics/events/293462712/
URL:https://www.sccskeptics.org/event/the-mystery-spot-and-bigfoot-museum-tour/
LOCATION:California
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230607T180000
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SUMMARY:Skeptics' Social
DESCRIPTION:June 7th Social: Our monthly social meetups are starting. I’m going to try out the 1st Wednesday of the month and see how that goes. \n\n\n\nLet’s meet at Abbott Square Market in downtown Santa Cruz. There’s a variety of food vendors there\, a beer and wine bar\, a cocktail bar\, etc. Should be something for everyone. Check out the website:https://abbottsquaremarket.com \n\n\n\nI’ll get there early\, grab a table outside and post a little Santa Cruz Skeptics logo sign on the table. \n\n\n\nSee you there! \n\n\n\nParking: best parking will probably be in the Soquel Front Garage\, on the corner of Soquel Ave and Front St.
URL:https://www.sccskeptics.org/event/skeptics-social-2/
LOCATION:Abbott Square Market\, 725 Front St\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
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