Fiesta Puertorriqueña: Celebrando y Recordando

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

Doors open at 4:30pm $10 Advance / $15 Door / $5 Kids under 12   The Bay Area Bomba y Plena Workshop invites you to remember and celebrate life and growth that results from loss and suffering. Through death and loss comes rebirth and strengthening. Join us in remembering & celebrating by participating in our […]

Afro-Peruvian Concert: Atajo de San Francisco with Master Miguel Ballumbrosio

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

$15 Advance / $20 Door Doors open @ 8:30pm, Event starts @ 9pm   Atajo de San Francisco is a zapateador group dedicated to preserving and spreading knowledge about La Danza De Negritos, a one-of-a-kind tradition from the district of El Carmen, Chincha, Peru. The group was created in 2009 to honor the memory of […]

Salsa & Candombe Night – In Celebration of Uruguayan Independence Day!

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

 $15 Advance / $20 Door Doors open at 9pm / Event starts at 9:30pm Edgardo Cambon & La Peña present a Salsa & Candombe night in celebration of Uruguyan Independence Day! Come celebrate Uruguayan Independence Day with LIVE SALSA MUSIC by Candela and traditional CANDOMBE MUSIC by Edgardo Cambon y su grupo! Edgardo & Candela is a Salsa Band based in the San Francisco […]

Berkeley Community Media 48 Hour Filmmaker Challenge!

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

$10 in Advance / $15 at the Door Doors open at 6:30pm /Show starts at 7pm   Berkeley Community Media (BCM) and La Peña Cultural Center present the 8th Annual BCM Summer Shorts Movie Jam: 48 Hour Filmmaker Challenge. What are you going to say you did for the Summer of 2018? Do you have some […]

9-1-1 What’s Your Emergency? World Premiere

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

$20 Advance / $25 Door Doors open at 6:30pm / Event starts at 7pm La Peña Cultural Center is proud to present the world premiere of 9-1-1 What's Your Emergency? Written and directed by Bay Area playwright Jovelyn Richards and starring a cast of local actors, the play is an artistic response to gentrification, stereotypes, […]

45 Years Later: September 11, 1973 Remembrance Day

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

Join the Chilean Exile Community and friends in commemorating the 45th anniversary of the 1973 Chilean coup d'etat, which ousted the democratically elected government of President Salvador Allende and lead to the disappearance and murders of thousands of Chileans. This event includes an outdoor candlelight vigil and installation, songs of resistance by: -Members of the La […]