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Thursday, July 28, 2016 Speaker: Don Hyatt of the "Australian Skeptics" Title: Australian Skepticism -- from Bunyips to Bush Cats Don will take you through a guided tour of Australian skepticism, looking at the Australian attitude to pseudoscience, the paranormal and religion. The fights with anti-vaxers, purveyors of CAM, chiro, the emergence of shonky university […]
Advance Tickets $15, Door $18 JOIN US TO CELEBRATE PERUVIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY!! Peruvian food and refreshments available and an Afro-Peruvian music lineup: DE ROMPE Y RAJA CULTURAL ASSOCIATION HUARANGUITO YOUTH ENSEMBLE PETA ROBLES MARINA LA VALLE ROSA LOS SANTOS SPECIAL GUESTS FROM PERU: Members of AMBIENTE CRIOLLO, Hijas del Sol & Teatro Milenio PERUVIAN ENSEMBLE: MASTER PERCUSSIONIST Kata Robles, PERUVIAN […]
Attention Salsa Dancers (beginners encouraged)! Every last Monday of the month, the Josh Jones Orchestra brings the raw power of salsa dura to La Peña’s stage. Every last Monday in 2016! The band will perform songs from your favorite salsa artists including Eddie Palmieri, Beny Moré, the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, El Canario, Celia Cruz and […]
Come celebrate the breakthrough sexy social justice novel that’s been 8 years in the making! The event will include a reading by Aya de Leon from UPTOWN THIEF, a performance by Vixen Noir, and Aya will be interviewed by Carolina De Robertis. Books will be available for sale! UPTOWN THIEF by Aya de Leon releases […]
The Bomba y Plena Workshop invites you to our Semester Closing Celebration Bombazo! Doors open at 4pm, Event starts at 4:30pm Join us as we jam to celebrate all the love, talent, and commitment of our adult and youth students to the study and practice of Puerto Rican music, history and cultura! We invite you to […]
Join DJ Jose Ruiz in La Peña's Lounge for a night of Salsa, Cumbia, Cha Cha Cha every 1st Friday at 9pm! DJ José Ruíz aka MundoMuzik, is a DJ, radio host, promoter, and collector of world music, vinyl, art and all cultural and music ephemera. Jose’s taste in music is very eclectic, […]
