Silenced Memories: Lori Berenson Speaking Engagement

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

Sunday, April 10 at 6pm $5 at the door (suggested donation for event costs) Lori Berenson's reflections on political imprisonment and the omitted voices of collective remembrance in post-conflict Peru. Lori Berenson was a political prisoner in Peru for 20 years on charges of collaborating with an insurgent organization, the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA). She recently completed […]

Event Series Preschool Creative Dance Class!

Preschool Creative Dance Class!

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

Preschool Creative Dance Tuesdays 9:30am-10:15am | $10 per class (one child), $15 per family (multiple children), OR $35 for whole month package Instructor: Miss Marigold   Pre-register by e-mailing: marigoldbirch@gmail.com | Location: Community Room Join Miss Marigold every Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m. for Preschool Creative Dance! Expression, movement, beginner’s Spanish vocabulary, and cognitive development will all come together […]

Event Series Private: Therapeutic Yoga & Fitness

Mindfulness Yoga

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

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! […]

Spanish For Everyone: Beginners I

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

Tuesdays: 10:30 am-12:00 pm & 7:30-9pm | April 12 - June 7 | $150 if paid on first day of course Instructor: Gigi Jensen | Location: Lounge For more information: spanish@tangoandmore.org, or call Gigi (510) 326-6415. Each class explores a theme. The class is great for beginners and beg/intermediate level students. Everyone learns at his or her own level. […]

Event Series Kizomba Dance Class

Kizomba Dance Class

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

$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 […]

Conversational Brazilian-Portuguese Lessons

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

Brazilian-Portuguese Lessons Wednesdays: 6:30pm – 8:00pm | $10-$20 sliding scale Instructor: Acacia Woods Chan | Location: Community Room #2 For more information: awoodsch@gmail.comAre you planning on taking a trip to Brazil in the near future? Then this is the class for you! You’ll do activities where you talk, read and write about things you do in your […]