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Event Series Aguacate Music Kids: Bilingual and Spanish Family Classes

Aguacate Music Kids – Bilingual Family Classes

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Ave. , Berkeley, CA, United States

BILINGUAL FAMILY MUSIC CLASSES with AGUACATE MUSIC KIDS For babies, toddlers, and kids to age 6 and their caregivers. Spanish not required! Make an impact on your child's growth...start young with music & second language learning! Click here to try a FREE class!  CONCERNED YOUR CHILD IS TOO YOUNG, TOO SHY OR TOO ACTIVE FOR MUSIC CLASS? Aguacate Music Kids' teachers are EXPERTS at […]

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Latino Fim Festival: Kumbia Net

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Ave. , Berkeley, CA, United States

16th Latino Film Festival: Kumbia Net! Film Screening + Kumbia Party. This film travels between Mexico and the U.S. to hear the stories behind the creation of the kumbia obscura genre told by the architects of the sound: Turbo Sonidero, El Cifickzer, Satanico Dr. Truza, and Amantes Del Futuro, to name a few. The roots […]

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Sudamericanto in Concert: Resist, Rejoice and Remember

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Ave. , Berkeley, CA, United States

Come celebrate the rich cultural legacy of Nueva Canción that elevates the spirit, grounds the mind and speaks to the heart! Madeleine Zayas’s ensemble Grupo Sudamericanto and Special Guests present: Resist, Rejoice and Remember.  Sign up tp volunteer and come for FREE: https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/1272933458064/false#/invitation STATEMENT We lean on the power of song to uphold our beliefs, […]

$15 – $30
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Event Series Bay Area Bomba y Plena Workshop: Classes, and Batey Boricuas!

Baila Bomba! Bomba y Plena Workshop

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Ave. , Berkeley, CA, United States

Sundays, 11:30am – 1:00pm. Cost: Drop-in $35 Adults, all levels.  This class includes basic skills, improvisation techniques, choreography, and developing skills to dance in a Batey or community jam. Teenagers with some dance experience welcomed (please email for info). Folks interested in practicing Bomba percussion during the class are welcome (some experience in playing Bomba is […]

$35
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Latino Film Festival: Igualada

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Ave. , Berkeley, CA, United States

16th Latino Film Festival: Igualada Film Screening. In Colombia, a nation marred by profound racial and socio-economic disparities, a Black woman from a rural background challenges the status quo by launching a presidential campaign. Reappropriating the term “igualada,” Francia Márquez, catapults a movement to the upper echelons of power, by refusing to “know her place.” […]

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Event Series Bay Area Bomba y Plena Workshop: Classes, and Batey Boricuas!

Bay Area Bomba y Plena Children’s Workshop

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Ave. , Berkeley, CA, United States

Mondays, 4:00pm - 5:00pm $25 per class Drop-ins welcome Contact: Héctor Lugo 510-927-7984 hectorlugo65@yahoo.com This weekly workshop offers a fun, safe, creative and dynamic environment for children and youth to learn centuries-old music and dance traditions from Puerto Rico. Through drumming, singing, dancing, and storytelling students learn about Bomba, and Plena, and explore their connections […]