La Peña Cultural Center

Mondays, 4:00pm - 5:00pm $25 per class Drop-ins welcome Contact: Héctor Lugo 510-927-7984 hectorlugo65@yahoo.com This weekly workshop offers a fun, safe, creative and dynamic environment for children and youth to learn centuries-old music and dance traditions from Puerto Rico. Through drumming, singing, dancing, and storytelling students learn about Bomba, and Plena, and explore their connections […]

SERIES DESCRIPTION Beginners Class Series (4 sessions) Mondays 6:15pm-7:15pm. April 15 - May 06, 2024. This is a 4-class series designed for beginner students with little to no experience to learn and enjoy three popular Latin dance styles: Salsa, Bachata and Merengue! Join us and explore the possibilities of your body and how to communicate […]

Interested in RUMBA and the Afro-Cuban Tradition? We have these 2 classes back-to-back at La Peña that explore the musicality of Cuban Rumba and more! Six-week series: February 26 - April 1st, 2024 and April 8th - May 13th, 2024. (clases impartidas en Español): CLASE 1: Lunes, 7:00pm – 8:15pm @La Peña LA RUMBA ME LLAMA: […]

SERIES DESCRIPTION Following the success of our Beginners Dance Class Series, La Peña is excited to present the second round of our Intermediate Class Series: Mondays 7:30pm - 8:30pm. April 15 - May 06, 2024. This is a 4-class series designed for beginner to intermediate students to expand their skills of three popular Latin dance […]

Join the Beats, Rhymes & Life Women's Group! Discover a safe space for young women to connect, grow, and express themselves through songwriting, performing, and recording. The group offers artist development, writing workshops, recording sessions, and Hip Hop therapy. All services are FREE! Sessions begin on Tuesday, Jan 16th, 2024. This free class is for self-identifying women […]

Founded in 1979 by Chilean refugees and community supporters, La Peña Community Chorus has been performing Latin American New Song — Nueva Canción — for many 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 centers, […]