Welcome to La Peña! Promoting social justice & intercultural understanding through the arts since 1975.
Tickets: $15 Advance / $20 Door 8pm-10 pm (Doors open at 7:30pm) Come enjoy the rich culture, music and dance from the island-nation of Bali. Gamelan Sekar Jaya will showcase 3 of its ensembles. Tuned to a four-tone scale in slendro tuning, GSJ’s Gamelan Angklung ensemble presents a cheerful, open, and rhythmically intricate musical […]
$15 per family This educational event for children and their families is based on folk songs, tales and popular games based on cultural traditions from various regions in South and Central America. "Mariela’s Music Time is an educational, energetic and interactive bilingual performance for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers and their families. It’s filled with rhythms […]
Adult Bomba y Plena Workshop: Dance, Percussion and Song Sundays 1-3pm | $15/class- All Levels/Drop-ins welcome Instructors: Shefali Shah & Hector Lugo | Location: Theater Space For more information: bombaaguacero@gmail.com During these classes series, students will learn dance, songs, drum rhythms, and history. Classes culminate in student performances. For those interested in staying healthy, connecting with the community […]
$5 Suggested Donation Join us for our monthly ¡Batey Boricua! An evening of folkloric Puerto Rican dancing and song: Bomba and Plena music, dancing, community jam, delish food from Los Cilantros. This is a famly friendly event. Bring your faldas, barriles, panderos, maracas and come jam with us! Great vibes with beautiful people! OUR FEATURED […]
FREE Mindfulness Yoga Tuesdays 10:30-11:45am| FREE! Instructor: Pamela Perry For more information: pperry0855@gmail.com Students will be guided through asana (postures), breathing techniques, and meditation designed to rejuvenate mind, body, and spirit. Benefit from increased focus, reduced stress, increased strength, flexibility and balance, injury prevention, and pain reduction. Perfect for students of all levels interested in deepening mind-body awareness! […]
$15 p/ class, or $10 with student ID or teacher ID Drop-ins welcome! Tuesdays at 7pm Join instructors Christopher and David Epperson for a beginners-intermediate Kizomba class! Kizomba is both a music genre and a partnered dance originating in Angola. Kizomba has also been described as the “African Tango.” The dance is known to be slow […]
