Welcome to La Peña! Promoting social justice & intercultural understanding through the arts since 1975.
FREE Join us for an educational discussion with 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 know that making this vision a reality involves more than technical solutions—it requires political transformation. […]
$12 Advance, $15 Door The Zapotec culture, through the "muxe" identity, includes homosexuality, gayness and same-sex marriage as a part of the society: A muxe is a man who assumes affective, emotional and sexual roles that are culturally reserved for women. The muxeidad is simultaneously a veiled social acceptance, and a celebration of what is […]
Free Admission! Nicaraguan Food! Salsa dancing with DJ Sandina, "La Positiva"! Celebrating Nicaragua! Join us for the screening of JUAN GRILLO! Bring the family, as this film is suitable for all ages. This FREE Juan Grillo screening celebrates the 37th anniversary of the triumph of the Sandinista Popular Revolution.The film beautifully blends art, […]
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 […]
