Welcome to La Peña! Promoting social justice & intercultural understanding through the arts since 1975.
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: Myths of Mass Extinctions by Dr. Kevin Padian Everyone talks about mass extinctions. But what are they, really? Can anyone even define them? Let’s see. […]
Free/Donations Encouraged! You can donate directly to Ernesto's campaign here. Art prints: starting at $20 Original art: starting at $300 Ernesto Olmos, multifaceted sculptor and painter of pre-Columbian Meso-American cultural forms and beloved community member, has lost his home and studio in Sonoma due to the recent fires. With your support Ernesto can continue realizing […]
Advance Ticket $15 This event is: 9pm-1:30am Sigma Pi Alpha Sorority, a Chicana/Latina-based intercollegiate sorority at the University of California, Berkeley, would like to invite you to their fundraiser at La Peña on November 10th. DJ Olea will be taking it back to apple bottom jeans and boots with the fur with amazing 2000s hits that […]
THIS SHOW IS SOLD OUT! THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THIS AMAZIN GROUP! PLEASE FOLLOW MARIACHI FEMENIL ORGULLO MEXICANO ON FACEBOOK TO BE THE FIRST TO KNOW OF THEIR NEXT SHOW! Doors open at 7pm / Concert starts at 7:30pm TICKETS: $15 Advance / $20 Door EVERY ATTENDEE GETS A FREE SIGNED POSTER! Please bring […]
$5-$10 Sliding Scale Photograph by Marina Romani Bring barriles, faldas, maracas as we sing and dance to heal during this heavy time not only for Puerto Rico and other islands in the Caribbean, but also Mexico and other countries heavily impacted by climate shifts. This is a family friendly event and food will be available […]
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! ABOUT FOOD FIRST: Food First envisions a world in which all people have access to healthy, ecologically produced, and culturally appropriate food. After 40 years of analysis of the global food system, we […]