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South Asian Sisters present: Yoni ki Baat: Mamta edition (The South Asian Vagina Monologues - Mother's Day edition). If your yoni could talk, what would it say? Would it complain about the treatment it's received? Would it sing a Bollywood song? Would it laugh, or weep, or shout with joy? Mamta most literally translates from Hindi […]
La Peña Cultural Center presents: Skin(s): a dance work, a film, and a web media project. Skin(s) shares the beauty and diversity of how Native people identify and examines the contradictions, pride, joy, pain, and sorrow that arise out of our many dimensions of identity. "Skin(s) -- the dance -- explores what we hold, reveal […]
FREE DANCE WORKSHOP! All skill levels welcome! Join Rosy Simas for a dance workshop diving into her creative process used to develop her latest works We Wait In The Darkness and Skin(s). A meditative and concentrated process – this workshop will bring us into the world of the senses. We will explore creating movement from […]
La Peña Cultural Center presents: Skin(s): a dance work, a film, and a web media project. Skin(s) shares the beauty and diversity of how Native people identify and examines the contradictions, pride, joy, pain, and sorrow that arise out of our many dimensions of identity. "Skin(s) -- the dance -- explores what we hold, reveal […]
$15-$25 sliding scale. Space is limited! Secure your spot today! Come to this 2 hour, hands-on workshop to learn basic screenprinting skills, connect to solidarity movements of the past and present, and build community through art. Participants will create and take home 2-4 prints they make themselves. Facilitated by Lisa Maria Castellanos. Please note: […]
Door cover: $5 (Cash Only.) Attention Aspiring Salsa Dancers (beginners encouraged)! Come brush up on your salsa dancing skills at Orquesta La Peña's Monthly Salsa Party and Dance Class the last Monday of every month! (Beginners Encouraged! All levels welcome!) The evening starts off with a FREE beginners salsa dance class from 8pm-9pm! Followed by […]