New Year’s Eve at La Peña with SambaDá & BRAZA Party!

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

9PM-2AM  Doors open at 9pm / Performances start at 9:45pm Advance Tickets $40-$45 / Price goes up to $50 the Day of the Event New Year’s Eve at La Peña with SambaDá & BRAZA Party! Ring in the New Year surrounded by our beautiful multicultural Bay Area community at our epic New Year's Eve Party! Featuring […]

Event Series Private: Therapeutic Yoga & Fitness

Therapeutic Yoga at La Peña

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

Sliding Scale Donation: $5-$20 Series: Tuesdays, January 8th - July 30th All proceeds benefit La Peña Cultural Center's mission of promoting social justice through the arts! Join us in a friendly and supportive yoga class that encourages self-discovery, mind-body awareness, and community building.   Taught by a certified yoga therapist, the class is designed to […]

Event Series Capoeira Angola: Classes and Workshops

Capoeira Angola

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

Tuesdays at 7pm - 9pm Saturdays at 2pm - 4pm Instructor: Sergio Bitencourt For more information: sergiobitencourt81@gmail.com Capoeira Angola, a martial art and ritual combat dance, is one of the major expressions of an African, specifically Kongo-Angolan, continuum in Brazil. It is believed that its origins may go as far back as the 16th century, […]

Event Series Kizomba & Rhythm

Kizomba & Rhythm

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

Check out footage from last year's Bay Area Dance Week!  What we teach Kizomba, derived from the traditional dances Semba (Angola) and Pasada (Cape Verde) among others, is a sensual partner dance coupled with music from Angola, Cape Verde and the Caribbean primarily sung in Portuguese or French Creole. Why we teach Our chief goal […]

Event Series Beat the Blues Dance with Sundown Blues

Beat the Blues Dance with Sundown Blues

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

Beat the Blues Dance with Sundance Blues Sliding scale $6-$16 for practice, drop-in, and social dance Instructors: Rotating Instructors | Location: Theater Space 8 – 9 - Drop in beginner class 9 – 11 - Social dance to blues music Director: Victor Lane For more information: http://www.sundownblues.com/contact.html Blues dancing is all about connection, musicality, partnership and having […]

Bay Area Skeptics Talk: Common Misconceptions About CRISPR Genome Editing

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA

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: Common Misconceptions About CRISPR Genome Editing Researchers have shown that an assortment of special proteins — called CRISPR — can be programmed to cut any sequence […]