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! […]

$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 […]

Capoeira Angola (In the Community Room) $10 Per Class 7pm-9pm 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 Africa were […]

Brazilian-Portuguese Lessons Wednesdays: 6:30pm – 8:00pm | $10-$20 sliding scale Instructor: Acacia Woods Chan | Location: Community Room #2 For more information: awoodsch@gmail.comAre you planning on taking a trip to Brazil in the near future? Then this is the class for you! You’ll do activities where you talk, read and write about things you do in your […]

Blues Dance with Sundance Blues Sliding scale $6-$16 for practice, drop-in, and social dance Instructors: Rotating Instructors | Location: Theater Space 7 – 8 - Intermediate class 8 – 9 - Drop in beginner class 9 – 11 - Social dance to blues music Director: Victor Lane For more information: http://www.sundownblues.com/contact.html Blues dancing is all about connection, […]

JAZZ SEARCH WEST, The Bay Area’s Annual Jazz Talent Search:  March 10 – April 19, 2016 • Thursday, April 7: La Pena, Berkeley, 7-10 pm • Tuesday, April 12: SEMI-FINAL – Freight and Salvage, 7-10 PM • Tuesday, April 19: GRAND FINALE – Yoshi’s Oakland, 8-10 PM To Sign up or for more info: jazzsearchwest.com […]

Capoeira Angola (In the Community Room) $10 Per Class 7pm-9pm 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 Africa were […]

Rockin’ Kids Sing Along Fridays 10:30-11:30am | Sliding scale $10-20 per family/class Instructors: Stephanie Pepitone | Location: Theater Space For more information: stephaniepepitone@gmail.com Class meets year round. A musical play group for kids of all ages. Hosted by Stephanie Pepitone, Licensed Clinical Social Worker and former punk rock singer/guitarist. Stephanie plays acoustic guitar and leads families in about an […]

$10 Advance Jason Wright Guitarrista's debut performance at La Peña Cultural Center in Berkeley California is a show that will be a fusion of flamenco, contemporary Spanish classical, with a dash of Arabic guitar stylings. Recently signed on to Floating Records Label by Don Zimmer of Mill Valley, Jason Wright Guitarrista's new album "Mendocino" is set […]

CAJON for Adults: 11am-12pm  $10 ea with bundle of 5  / or $15 drop-in Instructor: Peta Robles, master percussionist All levels are welcome. Students must bring a cajon to class. If you need to purchase one or rent one for a day, contact one of the instructors: Gabriela.Shiroma@edd.ca.gov

Join us for an unparalleled evening of Chilean Canto, if your schedule allows come early for the reception held in the community room at 7PM or the concert beginning at 8PM. Tickets are available in advance for: $17 Regular Admission, or $32 Premium Tickets (Early admission 7PM, drinks and hors d'ouevres in the community room) Or  purchase tickets […]

$15 per family This educational event for children and their families is based on folk songs, tales and popular games based on cultural traditions from various regions in South and Central America.  "Mariela’s Music Time is an educational, energetic and interactive bilingual performance for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers and their families. It’s filled with rhythms […]

Tickets: Student/Senior (online only) $17.50 General Advance $20, or $25 at door Children under 2 years do not need admission ticket. Diaspora Arts Connection proudly presents: A Celebration of Spring with Songs of Pardis, featuring Hani Niroo, who will be performing beautiful Songs for Children along with Ava Nazar, Yahya Alkhansa Drums and Martin Shamoonpour. Pardis […]

Sunday, April 10 at 6pm $5 at the door (suggested donation for event costs) Lori Berenson's reflections on political imprisonment and the omitted voices of collective remembrance in post-conflict Peru. Lori Berenson was a political prisoner in Peru for 20 years on charges of collaborating with an insurgent organization, the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA). She recently completed […]