Welcome to La Peña! Promoting social justice & intercultural understanding through the arts since 1975.
Donation-based entry at the door: $5-$100 GenderKrip Planet Event is a celebration of proud Krip (Disabled) Femme, their voices, art, activism and their lives. GenderKrip’s artists performance headliner is AJ420, Rapper celebrating her CD, Different Faces & the release of Krip-Hop Nation’s all Femme CD plus six GenderKrip’s Artists from dancers, singers, poets, healers. Artists […]
FREE ADMISSION Join us for "Why Does Cuba Matter?" presented by Professor Rafael Betancourt of Havana, Cuba. Recent transformations in the Cuban political and economic system form part of an alternative model of development to those currently existing in the region and other parts of the Global South. What are these principal changes? What may […]
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: "The year in anti-science-education legislation" by Glenn Branch From the first bill to ban the teaching of evolution -- introduced in Kentucky in 1921 -- to […]
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 […]
Donation-based entry: $5-$10 Sliding Scale This is an all ages jam, held by the Bay Area Bomba y Plena Workshop! This event is family friendly and encourages your participation. We will dance, sing, play drums and enjoy delicious food by Los Cilantros. Bring your voice, barriles, faldas and maracas as we sing, play and dance in […]
