Welcome to La Peña! Promoting social justice & intercultural understanding through the arts since 1975.
$10 in Advance / $15 at the Door Doors open at 6:30pm /Show starts at 7pm Berkeley Community Media (BCM) and La Peña Cultural Center present the 8th Annual BCM Summer Shorts Movie Jam: 48 Hour Filmmaker Challenge. What are you going to say you did for the Summer of 2018? Do you have some […]
$20 Advance / $25 Door Doors open at 6:30pm / Event starts at 7pm La Peña Cultural Center is proud to present the world premiere of 9-1-1 What's Your Emergency? Written and directed by Bay Area playwright Jovelyn Richards and starring a cast of local actors, the play is an artistic response to gentrification, stereotypes, […]
Join the Chilean Exile Community and friends in commemorating the 45th anniversary of the 1973 Chilean coup d'etat, which ousted the democratically elected government of President Salvador Allende and lead to the disappearance and murders of thousands of Chileans. This event includes an outdoor candlelight vigil and installation, songs of resistance by: -Members of the La […]
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. This month’s topic: When Biology Meets an Exobiology (Coming through the Sky) by David Almandsmith When we humans get around to colonizing a planet or moon in another star […]
$20 in Advance / $25 at the Door Doors open at 8:30pm / Show starts at 9pm Sexual Democracia is a legendary Chilean rock folk-pop band that formed in Valdivia, Chile in 1988 during the final years of the Pinochet regime. The band took its name to parody the Chilean national plebiscite of 1988. After […]
$16 Advance / $20 Door ($22 Credit) La Peña Cultural Center proudly presents CHILEXICO - a celebration of Chile & Mexico's Independence Days, featuring an incredible lineup of Bay Area talent and special guests! The evening starts off with folklore by: Mariachi Femenil Orgullo Mexicano, Mariela Herrera and Grupo Araucaria Danzas de Chile! Following […]
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!
FREE - Donations of any size are welcome and greatly appreciated! Enjoy a lively evening of son jarocho music, dancing, and zapateado– bring your dance shoes and instruments, or just come and enjoy the music and dance! There is no entrance fee, but any monetary donations are accepted in support of programming at La Peña. Son […]
Doors & finger food for sale at 6:15pm / Program starts at 7pm $15-$25 Sliding Scale General Admission / $5 Youth Under 18 / Lap Children Free La Peña Cultural Center, Bay Area Boricuas, La Tertulia Boricua, Bay Area Alliance for a Sustainable Puerto Rico and the International Committee for Peace and Justice present: WHAT […]
Doors open at 4pm / Event begins at 4:30pm $10 in Advance / $15 at the Door / Children and Youth (under 18): Sliding Scale $5-$10 La Peña Cultural Center and the Bay Area Bomba y Plena Workshop present a very special ¡BATEY BORICUA! featuring REDOBLES de CULTURA from New York City! The event will […]
DOORS OPEN AT 7:30PM / PERFORMANCES AT 8PM Donation based entry: $5 Suggested Donation (No one turned away for lack of funds.) All proceeds will go towards covering the costs of hosting this series. La Peña Cultural Center and UC Berkeley Womxn of Color Initiative present: THE EMPOWERING WOMXN OF COLOR OPEN MIC FALL SERIES! Back by popular […]
Doors open 6:30pm / Concert starts 7pm Tickets: $16 Advance / $20 Door ($22 if paying with credit) Women in traditional folk arts from Latin America have been pushing the envelope of what it means to be a woman, more specifically, a woman artist. With the support of the National Endowment for the Arts' (NEA's) […]