Fandango Jarocho: Son Jarocho Jam Session

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA, United States

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 […]

Thangs Taken for Kids – Rethinking Thanksgiving

$5 for kids, $10 for adults and $15 for families The Free Land Project presents: Thanks Taken - Rethinking Thanksgiving for Kids!   A family-friendly interactive presentation for elementary-aged kids about Thanksgiving from a Native American perspective featuring Corrina Gould (Chochenyo/Ohlone), Hartman Deetz (Wampanoag), and Kanyon Sayer-Roods (Costanoan Ohlone/Chumash) and hosted by Ariel Luckey. Saturday, […]

Thangs Taken: Rethinking Thanksgiving

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Ave. , Berkeley, CA, United States

$10-$25 Sliding Scale     The Free Land Project presents… the 9th Annual  Thangs Taken: Rethinking Thanksgiving Thangs Taken: Rethinking Thanksgiving is an annual cultural arts event that brings artists, activists and communities together to explore the complex history of Thanksgiving and to acknowledge the legacy of U.S. colonialism and genocide against Native Americans. Produced […]

LGBT Sanctuary Project Fundraiser with Melanie DeMore and Friends

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Ave. , Berkeley, CA, United States

$22 Advance, $25 Door     Join us for the annual fundraiser of the LGBT Sanctuary Project  (OLAS)!  OLAS was founded in 2014 as a response to the personal and collective needs of LGBT immigrants from Latin America who are seeking asylum in the United States due to experiences of violence and discrimination in their countries of […]

¡Batey Boricua! Puerto Rican Jam

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Ave. , Berkeley, CA, United States

Suggested Donation: $5-10 Proceeds go to Bomba y Plena Workshop, La Peña and our guest artists. Join us for another very special Batey Boricua with live Puerto Rican music and dance and a very special guest artist! If you missed the last Batey Boricua, you don't want to miss this one! We will be jamming […]

Red n’ Blues Concert & Native American Activism Photo Exhibit

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Ave. , Berkeley, CA, United States

Doors open at 6:30pm, show starts at 7pm. $8 Advance, $12 Door Kids, Seniors and Students: $8 at the Door   In celebration of Indigenous People's Month and in solidarity with Standing Rock, American Indian Movement presents a blues concert featuring Dr. Loco and his Blue Jalapeños, Twice as Good, and the Bobby Young Project […]