Welcome to La Peña! Promoting social justice & intercultural understanding through the arts since 1975.
Advance Tickets: $15 + plus ticketing fee / At the Door: $20 **Please note: This event is 21+** La Peña turns 42 in June! We will be celebrating all month long with a variety of programming representing the many communities that make La Peña the East Bay’s beacon of intersectional Latinx culture and beyond. Save […]
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 […]
*This workshop will be in Spanish primarily, with an interpreter to English. Scroll down for English Translation. TÍTULO DE TALLER: Concepción y Metodología de la educación popular: Alternativa emergente en el proceso educativo en Cuba. OBJECTIVO: Interactuar en un ejercicio práctico sobre diseños creativos para el trabajo grupal. FACILITADORA: Myrna Dickson, co-founder and coordinator of the […]
NOTE: This event will be in Spanish primarily, with an English language interpreter. Please scroll down for English translation. Puertas abren a las 7pm / Presentación empieza a las 7:30pm $10 Adelantado / $15 Puerta (Estudiantes y mayores de edad $10 en la puerta). Iconos e Imágenes AfroCubanos: Presentación Interactiva y Exhibición de Arte Directamente […]
Doors open at 7:30pm / Performance start at 8pm $10 Advance / $12 Door *** This event is all ages *** Celebrate Frida Kahlo's 110th birthday with a very special performance paying homage to this iconic Mexican artist. "Frida Kahlo: Tree of Hope" is a mix of Tableau Vivant, known in English as "living picture", concert, and […]
$12 Advance / $15 Door Doors open at 7:45pm / Film & Live Performance at 8pm Join film director Eve A. Ma, for a special film screening of her recently completed award-winning documentary film Masters of Rhythm. Shot in Peru, the film focuses on Afro-Peruvian music, dance and culture and especially on the cajón, a percussion instrument developed by […]
