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Who: Dr. John Hafernik What: Honey Bee Health: Myths, Mites and ZomBees When: 7:30pm, Thursday, January 14, 2015 – (Every second Thursday of the month) Where: La Peña lounge Why: Because we are curious creatures Honey Bee Health: Myths, Mites and ZomBees Concern about threats to honey bees is mounting. In the U.S., hive failure rates have […]
$12 Adv/Stu/Sr, $15 Door La Mandanga is a six piece flamenco/rumba music band from the the Bay Area. Our sound can be described as Flamenco fusion, where we combine upbeat rhythms, the passion of the gypsy with Javier Jimenez on the guitar and catchy melodies and haunting lyrics dramatically written by Alberto Guiterrez founder of […]
Gail Dobson Duo, Gail-vocals and percussion, with Luke Westbrook on guitar, performing the music of Jobim, Wayne Shorter, Sting, Gershwin, Cure, music from their recent EP-“How Fragile We Are”. 4.30pm They will be joined by some of the percussionist from La Péna’s Latin/Jazz Orchestra Following their set will be a Vocal Showcase-La Pena’s -Vocals for […]
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 […]