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Interested in RUMBA and the Afro-Cuban Tradition? We have these 2 music classes back-to-back at La Peña that explore the musicality of Cuban Rumba and more! Note: classes are taught in spanish, but english speakers are welcome to join if you're comfortable with limited translation. CLASE 1: Lunes, 7:00pm – 8:15pm @La Peña LA RUMBA ME […]
BILINGUAL FAMILY MUSIC CLASSES with ANNA-MARIA FROM 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' […]
Join Maestra Lydia in singing and playing traditional music from South America. Students will learn to play a variety of flutes and percussion from the Andes, the plains and the coasts of Latin America. Tuesdays, 4:00-5:00 Youth ages 8-13 For information, contact lydiamillsmusica@gmail.com
Founded in 1979 by Chilean refugees and community supporters, La Peña Community Chorus has been performing Latin American New Song — Nueva Canción — for many years. Accompanying themselves on guitars, flutes, drums, and a large assortment of Latin American instruments, the Chorus has sung for schools, churches, homeless shelters, retirement homes, drug rehab centers, […]
Join us and be part of this space of respect, love and resistance! * ENGLISH BELOW * Este año conmemoramos 51 años del Golpe de Estado que —apoyado por la CIA y el gobierno de EE.UU.— derrocó al presidente democráticamente electo Salvador Allende el 11 de septiembre de 1973 en Chile. Acompáñanos a estar juntes […]
SPANISH FAMILY MUSIC CLASSES IN BERKELEY, CA For babies, toddlers, and kids to age 6 and their caregivers. 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 creating a FUN, NURTURING, and DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE class […]
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 […]
Come and learn how a 5,000-year-old culture is still alive and resisting by embracing their interactions with the environment and each other, offering ancestral perspectives that could provide answers to current societal issues. Join us for an engaging screening of "RAGKO, Untamed Territory," an independent documentary offering a contemporary view of the Mapuche culture. Ticket […]
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 […]
Every third Sunday of the month from 2:30pm-5:00pm in our Lounge! Join us for this Cuban Rumba Community Jam that has been held at La Peña for many years. Led by percussionist and culture bearer Bruce Williams. Free / donations encouraged Family-friendly event Bring your instruments if you have them!