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$20 Advance, $25 Door Doors at 7:30 p.m., Show at 8:00 p.m. New York Writer/Performer Lousine Shamamian is bringing her explosive one-woman show, Shake The Earth to the San Francisco Bay Area for one performance on Sunday May 8th. It had its world premier at the New York International Fringe Festival in August 2015 […]
No door cover! Stage Coach and The A.C.T. Master of Fine Arts Program present Black Orpheus: Una Historia de Amor Adapted and directed by Stephen Buescher Monday, May 9 @ 7pm | La Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley After his beloved Eurydice is stolen by Death, guitar-toting poet Orpheus ventures into the underworld in an attempt […]
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 […]
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! […]
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. […]
$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 […]
