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Immigrant Stories: Personal Stories Honoring The Immigrant Experience

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

The evening performance is dedicated to honoring the experience of immigrants, and celebrating our commonality as a nation of immigrants, whether we arrived by choice or by force. Audience members from diverse cultures are invited to share personal stories connected to their legacies. The actors and musicians will transform these stories into improvised theatre pieces […]

Event Series Cuban Rumba Jams & Events

Lounge Rumba (Every 1st and 3rd Sunday)

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA

Free/Donations Encouraged The Sunday Lounge Rumba has been going on at La Peña for the past 12 years and we want to see it continue. We highly encourage participants to donate to ensure that we keep this community participatory event alive! Come enjoy the Afro-Cuban folkloric drums, dances, and songs of rumba. Rumba is the […]

LGBT Sanctuary Project Fundraiser

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

$22 adv/stu/sen $25 at door Join us for the annual fundraiser of the LGBT Sanctuary Project.  We are a non-profit peer support and community building program for LGBT immigrants and asylum seekers from Latin America, with a focus on personal and collective healing from violence and discrimination.  Performers include Melanie DeMore, Kate Targan, and Ramon […]

Event Series Blues Dance with Sundance Blues

Blues Dance with Sundance Blues

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

Blues Dance with Sundance Blues Wednesdays 7pm | Sliding scale $6-$16 for practice, drop-in, and social dance Instructors: Rotating Instructors | Location: Theater Space Contact: http://www.sundownblues.com/contact.html 7 – 8pm: Practice (included in admission) or series lesson (separate admission) 8 – 9pm: Beginner-friendly drop-in lesson (included in admission) 9 – 10pm: Social Dance Blues dancing is all about connection, musicality, […]

Event Series Bomba y Plena: Classes, Workshops, and Batey Boricuas!

Bomba Percussion & Dance Youth Workshop

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

Bomba Percussion & Dance Youth Workshop Thursdays 4-6pm | $12/class, discount if trimester paid in full Instructors: Shefali Shah & Hector Lugo | Location: Theater Space Under 7 group (starts at age 4): 4-4:50pm Over 7 group: 5-6pm Students will learn Bomba songs, dances, rhythms, and beats along with Bomba history and its significance and place in Puerto Rican […]

Event Series Argentine Tango Class

Argentine Tango Class

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

            Argentine Tango w/ Gigi & Warren Jensen Thursday nights (ongoing) Class & practica: 8:00 - 9:30 pm $12 drop in | $40 class card for four classes by cash, check, or credit card via the Tango Store Agentine tango is a social couple's dance whose reputation for romance and drama can make […]