Welcome to La Peña! Promoting social justice & intercultural understanding through the arts since 1975.
Capoeira Angola with Grupo de Capoeira Balanço de Angola Wednesdays, 7:00pm – 9:00pm In person at La Peña Cultural Center **FREE Community Class on the last Wednesday of every month!** Come experience the spirit, music, and movement of Capoeira Angola with Grupo de Capoeira Balanço de Angola! We begin our class with one hour of […]
Sundays, 11:30am – 1:00pm. Cost: Drop-in $35 Adults, all levels. This class includes basic skills, improvisation techniques, choreography, and developing skills to dance in a Batey or community jam. Teenagers with some dance experience welcomed (please email for info). Folks interested in practicing Bomba percussion during the class are welcome (some experience in playing Bomba is […]
IMPORTANT MESSAGE: The Rumba Jam scheduled for December 15 has been POSTPONED to December 22, 3-6pm, at Radio Habana Social Club: 1109 Valencia St, SAN FRANCISCO. Everyone is welcome. See you all there! More about the Afro-Cuban Rumba Community in the Bay Area: Since the early 1980s, the Afro-Cuban rumba community has gathered in […]
Join KPFA for a live event with Bill Ayers for a talk about his latest book, When Freedom Is the Question, Abolition Is the Answer: Reflections on Collective Liberation, hosted by Cat Brooks of Law & Disorder. Sunday, December 15th at 6:30 pm at La Peña Cultural Center in Berkeley (Doors open at 6:00 pm) […]
Mondays, 4:00pm - 5:00pm $25 per class Drop-ins welcome Contact: Héctor Lugo 510-927-7984 hectorlugo65@yahoo.com This weekly workshop offers a fun, safe, creative and dynamic environment for children and youth to learn centuries-old music and dance traditions from Puerto Rico. Through drumming, singing, dancing, and storytelling students learn about Bomba, and Plena, and explore their connections […]
Interested in RUMBA and the Afro-Cuban Tradition? We have these 2 music classes back-to-back at La Peña that explore the musicality of Cuban Rumba and more! Note: classes are taught in spanish, but english speakers are welcome to join if you're comfortable with limited translation. CLASE 1: Lunes, 7:00pm – 8:15pm @La Peña LA RUMBA ME […]
