Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium

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Coordinates: 36°58′26″N 122°01′45″W / 36.97395°N 122.0292°W / 36.97395; -122.0292
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36°58′26″N 122°01′45″W / 36.97395°N 122.0292°W / 36.97395; -122.0292

Easter service at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 2013

The Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium is an event and convention venue located in downtown

Santa Cruz County Symphony as well as other concerts, expos, conferences, and sporting events. A carillon was installed in 1963.[3]

In 1956, the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium was the location of a rock and roll concert that drew national attention after the local police stopped the event because of what they characterized as the dancers' "suggestive, stimulating and tantalizing motions".[4][5]

The Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium was the site of the annual

feminist activists led by Ann Simonton and Nikki Craft.[7][8]

In 1984, artist Guillermo Wagner Granizo donated a ceramic tile mural entitled, "A Gift of Appreciation to this Area," which featured imagery of past events at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium.[9]

The auditorium was used as a temporary shelter for displaced and homeless people following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.[10] It was used for this purpose again in 2020 during the CZU Lightning Complex fires.[11]

References

  1. ^ Bruce Bratton, "Civic Virtues: Rare among town halls, the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium has held a central place in the area's cultural and political life for 60 years", Metro Santa Cruz, March 29, 2000.
  2. ISBN 9781581570748
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  3. ^ Traci Hukill, "Mystery of the Bells", Metro Santa Cruz, December 12, 1996.
  4. History.com
    (accessed 2012-08-24).
  5. ^ "Will Not Ban Rock, Roll Music in Santa Cruz", Associated Press in The Robesonian, June 7, 1956.
  6. ^ "Miss California Pageant's History in Santa Cruz". Santa Cruz Life. 2013-07-31. Retrieved 2020-06-21.
  7. ^ Bacon, Amity (2005-05-22). "Miss California Pageant united the community and served as a platform for protest". Santa Cruz Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-05-18.
  8. ^ Kirsten Anderberg, "Radical body politics for women", KirstenAnderberg.com 2004.
  9. ^ "Civic Auditorium Mural to be Unveiled in August". Santa Cruz Sentinel. 1981-07-20. p. 15. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
  10. ^ Tubbesing, Susan K (1994). "The Loma Prieta earthquake of October 17, 1989 - Loss estimation and procedures". U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1553-A. U.S. Department of the Interior.
  11. San Jose Mercury News
    .

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