Welcome to La Peña! Promoting social justice & intercultural understanding through the arts since 1975.
DOOR COVER: $5 (Cash Only) Attention Salsa Dancers (beginners encouraged)! Orquesta La Peña brings the raw power of salsa to La Peña’s stage the last Monday of every month in 2017! This evening of LIVE SALSA MUSIC goes on from 9pm-11pm! The band will perform songs from your favorite salsa artists including Eddie Palmieri, […]
Door cover: $5 (Cash Only.) Attention Aspiring Salsa Dancers (beginners encouraged)! Come brush up on your salsa dancing skills at Orquesta La Peña's Monthly Salsa Party and Dance Class the last Monday of every month! (Beginners Encouraged! All levels welcome!) The evening starts off with a FREE beginners salsa dance class from 8pm-9pm! Followed by […]
March 3, 2017 @ 7pm / Film starts at 7:30pm Q&A with Director Teresa Camou Guerrero after the film! $8 Advance / $10 Door Students, Seniors and teachers: $8 online or at the door! Join director Teresa Camou for a special screening of her critically acclaimed documentary film about Sunú (corn) in Mexico at La […]
$5-$10 Suggested Donation (Donate in advance or donate at the door.) Celebrate Womxn of Color Talent! The 32nd Annual Empowering Women of Color Conference will be hosting a special 'Open Mic Night and Artist Showcase' which features and provides space for performances celebrating the voices of womxn of color. All proceeds will be donated to […]
Free Event / Donations Encouraged This critical thinking-focused organization meets Every Second Thursday of the month with a different topic and guest speaker for every conversational meeting. ABOUT BAY AREA SKEPTICS Bay Area Skeptics was founded in June 1982 as the first “local interest group” inspired by the Center for Scientific Investigation of Claims of […]
FREE / Donations Accepted Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern returns to La Peña for an informal discussion concerning his just-completed trip to Israel and Palestine, the situation in Syria and other current foreign policy issues. Ray served as a CIA analyst from 1963 to 1990--from the administration of John F. Kennedy to that of George H. […]
Doors at 7:30pm, Show starts at 8pm $15 in advance, $20 at the door New York based singer Taina Asili and Bay area bomba ensemble Aguacero come together for a powerful night at La Peña Cultural Arts Center! Taína Asili is a New York based Puerto Rican singer and activist carrying on the tradition […]
Kids, do you have talent? Come out to our open mic series every 3rd Thursday of the month designed especially for youth under 18! Youth ages 17 and younger can present their music, poetry, dance, theater, comedy, special talent in a safe and fun environment. Each night will feature a different Bay Area kid performer. […]
Everyone is welcome to attend Food First's monthly community meeting the third Wednesday of every month at 6:30pm in La Peña's lounge! This month's meeting topic: From Standing Rock to the Bay Area: Next Steps for Sovereignty ABOUT FOOD FIRST: Food First envisions a world in which all people have access to healthy, ecologically produced, and […]
Youth ages 17 and younger can present their music, poetry, dance, theater, comedy, special talent in a safe and fun environment. Each night will feature a different Bay Area kid performer. Anyone can sign up for an open mic spot before and after the main performer. We hope to see you and bring your friends!
Kids, do you have talent? Come out to our open mic series every 3rd Thursday of the month designed especially for youth under 18! Youth ages 17 and younger can present their music, poetry, dance, theater, comedy, special talent in a safe and fun environment. Each night will feature a different Bay Area kid performer. […]
There is no entrance fee, but any monetary donations are accepted in support of programming at La Peña. La Peña is excited to do a cultural exchange with our neighbors at the Starry Plough to commemorate and celebrate our Irish brothers and sisters and in remembrance of the Batallón de San Patricio; a battalion of […]
Suggested Donation: $5 donation Doors open at 9PM BrujaLyfe & 32nd Annual Empowering Womxn of Color Conference present: Unbothered & Unbound After Affair w/ DJ Kream This is the official after-party for the 32nd Annual Empowering Womxn of Color Conference at UC Berkeley! This is a gathering to celebrate Womxn of Color and all of our glory!! All […]
RSVP HERE Doors open at 7pm, Show Starts at 7:30pm! No Door Cover! Donations Accepted! (All donations collected go to support La Peña to continue its mission of social justice and intercultural understanding through the arts!) Do you ever wish you could watch one of your own ideas come magically to life on stage right before […]
Berkeley High School Staff Event private rental. Did you know that La Peña offers private rentals for community, corporate and non-profit events? We have three spaces and offer non-profit rates! Click here to book your private event at La Peña!
Door cover: $5 (Cash Only.) Attention Aspiring Salsa Dancers (beginners encouraged)! Come brush up on your salsa dancing skills at Orquesta La Peña's Monthly Salsa Party and Dance Class the last Monday of every month! (Beginners Encouraged! All levels welcome!) The evening starts off with a FREE beginners salsa dance class from 8pm-9pm! Followed by […]
Doors open at 5:30pm / Workshop starts at 5:45pm *Any size donation is encouraged. No one turned away for lack of funds! The benefits of Mindfulness meditation are numerous and research suggests that it is associated with reduction in stress, improvement in overall health and well-being, decrease in depression and anxiety, improvement in sleep, etc. Students […]