Welcome to La Peña! Promoting social justice & intercultural understanding through the arts since 1975.
Friday, March 18 at 8pm-11pm Enjoy a lively evening of music, dancing, and zapateado-- bring your dance shoes and instruments, or just come and enjoy!!! There is no entrance fee and monetary donations are accepted in support of programming at La Peña. Son jarocho is a lively traditional art form from the southern Mexican state […]
$5 suggested donation Gail Dobson Trio, Gail-vocals and percussion, with Luke Westbrook on guitar, and Masaru Koga-saxes/flutes/percussion, performing the music of Jobim, Wayne Shorter, Sting, Gershwin, Cure, music from their recent EP-“How Fragile We Are”. They will be joined by some of the percussionist from La Péna’s Latin/Jazz Orchestra! Following their set will be a Vocal Showcase-La […]
ENCORE PERFORMANCE! The Chorus is proud to again be presenting this beautiful cantata commemorating the triumph of life over death in this moving tribute to two young people -- Rodrigo Rojas de Negri and Carmen Gloria Quintana -- who were doused with gasoline and set on fire in Santiago, Chile, in 1986 by an […]
Join us for a night of exciting story telling by our special guests who are Returned Peace Corps Volunteers! Have you heard hearsay stories about a Peace Corps Volunteer experience? Want to meet them in person? Enjoy a night of cultural, inspiring and adventurous tales from Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. Meet us in the lounge area at […]
$12 Advance, $14 Door Yes, you can dance to Baracutanga's music till you drop, but you can also settle back in your chair and appreciate the craftsmanship of the writing and arranging, the attention to detail, and the sonic textures of blended Latin American musical styles. The seven-piece band – representing four different countries – prides […]
Listen to Barrio Manouche on Soundcloud. Barrio Manouche is Javier Jiménez's new acoustic adventure in the San Francisco Bay Area. Barrio's core members hail from Madrid, Quebec and Northern California, but they are frequently joined by artists from around the globe. The band's first EP "Detrás de la Sombra" is most easily classified as […]