Event Series Private: Therapeutic Yoga & Fitness

Therapeutic Yoga at La Peña

Sliding Scale Donation: $5-$20 Series: Tuesday, September 4rd - December 18th All proceeds benefit La Peña Cultural Center's mission of promoting social justice through the arts! Join us in a friendly and supportive yoga class that encourages self-discovery, mind-body awareness, and community building.   Taught by a certified yoga therapist, the class is designed to […]

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 […]

Event Series Capoeira Angola: Classes and Workshops

Capoeira Angola

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

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 […]

Event Series La Peña Community Chorus

La Peña Community Chorus

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

La Peña Community Chorus Founded in 1978 by Chilean refugees and community supporters, La Peña Community Chorus has been performing Latin American New Song—Nueva Canción—for over 35 years. Accompanying themselves on guitars, flutes, drums, and a large assortment of Latin American instruments, the Chorus has sung for schools, churches, homeless shelters, retirement homes, drug rehab […]

Event Series Private: Therapeutic Yoga & Fitness

YOGA PARA LA GENTE!

Cost per workshop: $5 Advance / Or $10 Day of workshop Precio por cada taller: $5 Entrada Adelante / O $10 el Día del taller (Traduccion al español más abajo) You're invited to a one-of-a-kind 1hr workshop to experience the debut of Yoga Para La Gente! This class is taught in both English & Spanish […]