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$16 Advance / $20 Door ($22 Credit) La Peña Cultural Center proudly presents CHILEXICO - a celebration of Chile & Mexico's Independence Days, featuring an incredible lineup of Bay Area talent and special guests! The evening starts off with folklore by: Mariachi Femenil Orgullo Mexicano, Mariela Herrera and Grupo Araucaria Danzas de Chile! Following […]
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 […]
Free Event / Donations Encouraged This critical thinking-focused organization meets Every Second Thursday of the month with a different topic and guest speaker for every conversational meeting. This month’s topic: When Biology Meets an Exobiology (Coming through the Sky) by David Almandsmith When we humans get around to colonizing a planet or moon in another star […]
$20 in Advance / $25 at the Door Doors open at 8:30pm / Show starts at 9pm Sexual Democracia is a legendary Chilean rock folk-pop band that formed in Valdivia, Chile in 1988 during the final years of the Pinochet regime. The band took its name to parody the Chilean national plebiscite of 1988. After […]