Santa Cruz County Skeptics

Skeptics' Social
2025-02-12 18:30 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Abbott Square Market, 725 Front St, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060, United States
Come hang out with fellow Skeptics!

"Don’t Believe Everything You Believe" with Bertha Vazquez
2024-11-16 14:00 - 16:00 | Aptos Library, 7695 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 95003, United States
We welcome Bertha Vazquez from the Center For Inquiry (CFI), who will be giving a talk, “Don’t Believe Everything You Believe”.

Betty Leonard Community Room, Aptos Library

Synopsis: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.

Bertha 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.

Skeptics' Social w/Ross Blocher from the podcast Oh No Ross and Carrie!
2024-09-05 18:30 - 21:00 | Abbott Square Market, 725 Front St, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060, United States
Our monthly social meetup. We’ll be joined again by Ross Blocher from the podcast Oh No Ross and Carrie!

Skeptics' Social
2024-05-01 18:30 - 20:30 | Redwood Pizza, 6205 Highway 9, Felton, California, 95018, United States
Let’s meet at Redwood Pizza in Felton. Pizza, pasta, salads, beer and wine.Last summer we got together with the Monterey County Skeptics and went to The Mystery Spot and the Bigfoot Museum. Let’s plan another outing for this summer.

Skeptics’ Social
2024-02-07 18:30 - 21:00 | Gilman Brewing Co., 817 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, California, 95060, United States
A change of location for this one. We will meet at Gilman Brewing next to Whole Foods on Soquel Ave.

It will be trivia night!

Food, Beer, Cider, non-Alcohol options.

Hope to see you there!

SkeptiCamp Monterey 2024
2024-01-06 09:30 - 17:00 | Seaside Community Center, 220 Coe Ave, Seaside, California, 93955, United States
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.

If you have an idea for a talk, please email: MCSkeptics@gmail.com

Details TBA

I’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.

There will also be a pre-conference gathering on Friday, Jan 5.

Sunday, Jan 7, we will go to the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose with Adrienne Hill as our personal guide.

More info will also be posted here: https://www.abouttimeproject.org/monterey-bay-skeptics

Skeptics' Social
2023-12-06 18:30 - 21:00 | Abbott Square Market, 725 Front St, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060, United States
Wednesday, Dec 6 will be our next monthly social meetup. Come socialize, and I’ll bring a couple board games. I can give everyone the lowdown on how CSICon was, and why you might want to come next year. Also, let’s plan another weekend event!

Let’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

I’ll get there early, grab a table outside and post a little Santa Cruz Skeptics logo sign on the table.

See you there!

Parking: best parking will probably be in the Soquel Front Garage, on the corner of Soquel Ave and Front St.

Photo credit: @JennyShelton

https://www.meetup.com/santa-cruz-county-skeptics/events/297124486/

Skeptics’ Social
2023-11-01 18:30 - 21:00 | Abbott Square Market, 725 Front St, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060, United States
Wednesday, November 1 will be the next Skeptics’ Social. We’ll meet at the outside seating at Abbotts Square, as usual.
I’ll bring a couple quick and fun board games again this month.
We will also talk about event ideas, beyond just a social – inviting a speaker, volunteer work, etc. Perhaps there’s a local festival where we could rent booth space. Maybe a weekend wine tasting meetup?

Skeptics' Social
2023-09-06 18:30 - 21:30 | Abbott Square Market, 725 Front St, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060, United States
Wednesday, September 6: Our monthly social meetup. Nothing planned other than socializing.

Let’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

I’ll get there early, grab a table outside and post a little Santa Cruz Skeptics logo sign on the table.

See you there!

Parking: best parking will probably be in the Soquel Front Garage, on the corner of Soquel Ave and Front St.

Photo credit: @JennyShelton

Skeptics' Social
2023-08-10 18:30 - 21:30 | Abbott Square Market, 725 Front St, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060, United States
August 10th Social
Our monthly social meetups.
Let’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
I’ll get there early, grab a table outside and post a little Santa Cruz Skeptics logo sign on the table.
See you there!
Parking: best parking will probably be in the Soquel Front Garage, on the corner of Soquel Ave and Front St.

The Mystery Spot and Bigfoot Museum Tour
2023-06-24 13:00 - 19:00 | CA
Please read though all of the below, so you don’t miss anything.

This is a co-sponsored event with the Santa Cruz County Skeptics and The Monterey County Skeptics.

Pre-Mystery Spot LUNCH meetup at 11:45am@ Taqueria La Cabaña (great veggie/vegan options)2332 Mission StSanta Cruz, CA 95060

After 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.

Once we are done with the Mystery Spot tour (about 45 minutes), we will all head up to…

The Bigfoot Discovery Museum in Feltonhttps://www.bigfootdiscoveryproject.com

https://www.meetup.com/santa-cruz-county-skeptics/events/293462712/

Skeptics' Social
2023-06-07 18:00 - 21:00 | Abbott Square Market, 725 Front St, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060, United States
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.

Let’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

I’ll get there early, grab a table outside and post a little Santa Cruz Skeptics logo sign on the table.

See you there!

Parking: best parking will probably be in the Soquel Front Garage, on the corner of Soquel Ave and Front St.
