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Immigrant Stories: Personal Stories Honoring The Immigrant Experience

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

The evening performance is dedicated to honoring the experience of immigrants, and celebrating our commonality as a nation of immigrants, whether we arrived by choice or by force. Audience members from diverse cultures are invited to share personal stories connected to their legacies. The actors and musicians will transform these stories into improvised theatre pieces […]

Event Series Cuban Rumba Jams & Events

Lounge Rumba (Every 1st and 3rd Sunday)

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA

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 participants to donate to ensure that we keep this community participatory event alive! Come enjoy the Afro-Cuban folkloric drums, dances, and songs of rumba. Rumba is the […]

LGBT Sanctuary Project Fundraiser

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

$22 adv/stu/sen $25 at door Join us for the annual fundraiser of the LGBT Sanctuary Project.  We are a non-profit peer support and community building program for LGBT immigrants and asylum seekers from Latin America, with a focus on personal and collective healing from violence and discrimination.  Performers include Melanie DeMore, Kate Targan, and Ramon […]

Bay Area Skeptics

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA, US

Who: Dr. Peter Schattner What: Sex, Love, and DNA When: 7:30pm, Thursday, December 10, 2015 - (Every second Thursday of the month) Where: La Peña lounge Why: Because we are curious creatures Can 21st-century molecular biology answer age-old questions about the human experience? Can studying proteins and DNA help us understand how we make our […]

FREE Lounge Series with the Sebastian Monreal trio

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

FREE!     Jazz & Latin Music Featuring Antonio Novoa on Trumpet, Sebastian Monreal on guitar, & guests Antonio is a young gifted trumpeter. His playing is fun, full of energy, and captivating with contagious rhythms. In 2013, he won an award "best trumpet soloist" in the "Providencia Jazz festival" Chile.  His Duo with Sebastian takes the beautiful latin […]

Quejío: Flamenco by Melissa Cruz and Dancers

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA, US

$17 Adv/Stu/Sen $20 Door Melissa Cruz Flamenco Repertory Showcase Third Annual showcase presenting students of Melissa Cruz, Flamenco Dancer/Choreographer TEST