Quejío: Flamenco by Melissa Cruz and Dancers

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA, US

$17 Adv/Stu/Sen $20 Door Melissa Cruz Flamenco Repertory Showcase Third Annual showcase presenting students of Melissa Cruz, Flamenco Dancer/Choreographer TEST        

Fandango (Tonantzin/La Rama)

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA

Before the Fandango, join us for Posadas and ramas! We are going x-mas caroling Veracruz style. Compañeros amigos colegas soneros y soneras! *Inglés below! Nuestro fandango jarocho de Deciembre ya llega!!! Disfruten una linda noche del otoño y ayúdanos llenarla de música y zapateado!! Traigan jaranas, zapatos, y otros instrumentos musicales que se puede tocar […]

Amiguitos de La Peña Presents: Your Song My Song

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

Cost: $5 Kids, $6 Adults La Peña Children’s Music Series (aka Amiguitos de La Peña). In 1977 La Peña volunteer parents decided to offer Saturday morning programs that expose children to live & diverse performances as an alternative to the commercialized children’s TV shows. Experience and participate in our lively & educational programs. Jaime Lee […]

FREE Lounge Series with the Sebastian Monreal trio

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

FREE!       Jazz & Latin Music Featuring Antonio Novoa on Trumpet, Sebastian Monreal on guitar, & guests   Antonio is a young gifted trumpeter. His playing is fun, full of energy, and captivating with contagious rhythms. In 2013, he won an award “best trumpet soloist” in the “Providencia Jazz festival” Chile.  His Duo with Sebastian takes the […]

Free Film Festival: K2 and the Invisible Footmen

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA

*While this is a free event, space is limited. RSVP here! Shot in stunning northern Pakistan, Iara Lee's new film, K2 and the Invisible Footmen, documents the unsung efforts of the indigenous porters who for decades have facilitated the ascent of the Earth's second-highest mountain. Shot over the summer of 2014, the feature film opened in […]

No More Deaths: Reframing the Mexico-US Border in All of Us

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

$5 adv/sen/stu. $7 door Join the La Peña community for an interactive discussion and art night about how US-Mexico border policy is connected to all of us. We will hear from No More Deaths/No Más Muertes, a humanitarian organization based in Southern Arizona that is working to end death and suffering in the borderlands through […]