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South Asian Sisters present: Yoni ki Baat: Mamta edition (The South Asian Vagina Monologues - Mother's Day edition). If your yoni could talk, what would it say? Would it complain about the treatment it's received? Would it sing a Bollywood song? Would it laugh, or weep, or shout with joy? Mamta most literally translates from Hindi […]
CAJON for Kids: Saturdays, 10am-11am (2017) $10 ea with bundle of 5 / or $15 drop-in Instructor: Peta Robles, master percussionist All levels are welcome. Students must bring a cajon to class. If you need to purchase one or rent one for a day, contact one of the instructors: Gabriela.Shiroma@edd.ca.gov
CAJON for Adults: 11am-12pm $10 ea with bundle of 5 / or $15 drop-in Instructor: Peta Robles, master percussionist All levels are welcome. Students must bring a cajon to class. If you need to purchase one or rent one for a day, contact one of the instructors: Gabriela.Shiroma@edd.ca.gov
DANCE: 12pm-1pm |$10 ea with bundle of 5 or $15 drop-in Instructor: Gabriela Shiroma Learn to dance a varied repertoire of traditional dances from the coastal region of Peru such as festejos, landos, and zamacuecas. All levels are welcome. Students must bring a cajon to class. If you need to purchase one or rent one […]
Tuesdays 7pm-9pm & Saturdays 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, when Africans from western Central […]
South Asian Sisters present: Yoni ki Baat: Mamta edition (The South Asian Vagina Monologues - Mother's Day edition). If your yoni could talk, what would it say? Would it complain about the treatment it's received? Would it sing a Bollywood song? Would it laugh, or weep, or shout with joy? Mamta most literally translates from Hindi […]
