Welcome to La Peña! Promoting social justice & intercultural understanding through the arts since 1975.
Bay Are Bomba y Plena Workshop presents: ¡BATEY BORICUA! Door Cover: $5- $10 (Sliding Scale) Proceeds go to support the Bomba y Plena Workshop and La Peña! Join us for another very special Batey Boricua with live Puerto Rican music and dance! This is a family friendly event where all are invited to participate and […]
Vocals for Kids! Mondays 6-7:15pm | $10/class | Ages: 10 and up Instructor: Gail Dobson | Location: Lounge To sign up email Gail at: galeygrl@earthlink.net Class meets year round. Let’s sing and increase our self-esteem! With the help of instructor Gail Dobson students will work on how to sing, learn to breathe properly, learn how to sing in a microphone, […]
The Latin American Songbook Mondays 6pm-8pm | 12 -week session | $350 | Last day of class and showcase is April 9th Instructor: Tregar Otten| Contact instructor for more information and to register! Welcome to the world of Latin American music and culture! This class offers a great variety of songs from the different countries in South […]
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 […]
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 […]
