Welcome to La Peña! Promoting social justice & intercultural understanding through the arts since 1975.
Doors open at 7:30pm / Screening begins at 8pm PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. $12 Early Bird / $15 At the Door https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b378MA1JB80 "The Last Mambo" explores the past, present and future of the salsa/Latin jazz music and dance community in the San Francisco Bay Area. After the film screening, there will […]
Free/Donations Encouraged The Sunday Lounge Rumba has been going on at La Peña for the past 12 years and we want to see it continue. We highly encourage attendees to donate online to ensure that we keep this community event alive! Folkloric Afro-Cuban Rhythm & Dance Every 1st & 3rd Sunday! Come enjoy the Afro-Cuban folkloric […]
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: "Big Data: What it is, how it’s used, where it’s headed" by Mike Olson The world-wide explosion in data is driven by three important trends: […]
Door Cover: $8 in advance online / $12 at the door ($13 with credit card) / $10 at the door for students & seniors all night We're kicking the year off with a special Valentine's Day SABOR celebrating love in all forms: community, friendship and romantic love! Los Cilantros will have DRINK SPECIALS ALL NIGHT […]
Free/Donations Encouraged The Sunday Lounge Rumba has been going on at La Peña for the past 12 years and we want to see it continue. We highly encourage attendees to donate online to ensure that we keep this community event alive! Folkloric Afro-Cuban Rhythm & Dance Every 1st & 3rd Sunday! Come enjoy the Afro-Cuban folkloric […]
FREE / DONATIONS WELCOME (Please RSVP on Eventbrite) Donations collected will support health efforts in Santiago, Chile and Wallmapu - Mapuche Territory. "From California to Chile, from Wallmapu to Palestine" is a collective exhibit that hopes to visibilize the struggle for justice and the beauty of resistance in different corners of the world with […]
Doors open at 7:30pm / Film starts at 7:45pm $15 Advance / $20 Door (please note there is a credit card charge at the door) TRAILER: https://www.facebook.com/events/2493589407567282/ La Peña Cultural Center presents The Frontlines of the Chilean Revolution: Film Screening, Report-Back & Special Performance by Rod Starz of Rebel Díaz Vee Bravo is a […]
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 WITH RSVP! DONATIONS ACCEPTED! 6:30pm Resource Fair / 7:00pm Doors Open / 7:30pm Event Starts La Peña Cultural Center & The San Francisco Foundation Present: Tent City Featuring: Live Music by Destiny Muhhammad Trio ft. WolfHawkJaguar Film Screening of Tent City Resource Fair Somatic Release by Namaste Ready Libations by Obatayese Ogunlano Community Discussion Q&A, […]
Pre-Event Reception: 4pm-5pm Main Event: Doors open at 5pm / Event begins at 5:30pm TICKETS GO ON SALE FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2020 AT 5PM! $15 in Advance / $20 at the Door / $40 Reception (includes light refreshments, intimate book signing and admission to the main event at 5:30pm) Presented by: La Peña Cultural Center, […]
The Wallmapu Support Committee gathers at La Peña every 4th Sunday. ABOUT WALLMAPU SUPPORT COMMITTEE: We are a group of people from the Bay Area and our goal is to denounce what is happening and help in any possible way to achieve peace and justice in Wallmapu. Wallmapu is the mapudungun (Mapuche language) name for […]
Free/Donations Encouraged The Sunday Lounge Rumba has been going on at La Peña for the past 12 years and we want to see it continue. We highly encourage attendees to donate online to ensure that we keep this community event alive! Folkloric Afro-Cuban Rhythm & Dance Every 1st & 3rd Sunday! Come enjoy the Afro-Cuban folkloric […]