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Fiestas Patrias Chilenas: Dieciocho Popular – ¡Recorriendo Chile!

$ 20 Entrada anticipada / $ 25 En la puerta ($2 tarifa de tarjeta de crédito en la puerta por cada boleto)
$ 18 Estudiantes y personas mayores
$ 12 Niños menores de 12 años
Puertas abren a las 5pm / Concierto empieza a las 5:30pm

El Centro Cultural La Peña presenta:

Fiestas Patrias Chilenas
Dieciocho Popular ¡Recorriendo Chile!
Con un concierto folclórico muy especial de Viviana Morales y los Reptilianos, directamente desde Chile! El repertorio musical de Viviana Morales y Los Reptilianos es un viaje desde el norte hasta el sur de Chile, que incluye música de pueblos originarios.

Además, habra presentaciones de bailes tradicionales por Grupo Araucaria Danzas de Chile!

¡Venga con hambre porque El Mesón de Violeta tendrá deliciosas empanadas y más a la venta! También habra vino, cerveza y mas!

Este evento es familiar.

ENGLISH TRANSLATION:

$18 Early Bird Advance Ticket (until 9/8/19) / $25 At the door ($2 credit card fee at the door per ticket)

$18 Students and Seniors / $12 Kids 12 and under

Doors open at 5pm / Concert starts at 5:30pm

La Peña Cultura Center presents:

Chilean Independence Day Celebrations
Dieciocho Popular: Recorriendo Chile!
Featuring a special folkloric concert by Viviana Morales y los Reptilianos – directly from Chile! Plus, traditional dance performances by Grupo Araucaria Danzas de Chile.

Come hungry because El Mesón de Violeta will be selling delicious empanadas and more!!! There will also be wine, beer and more for sale!

Viviana Morales y los Reptilianos’ musical repertoire will take you on a musical journey from the north to the south of Chile, including music from indigenous communities.

This event is family friendly!

September 11, 1973 Remembrance Day

This event is FREE ADMISSION. Donations to La Peña are welcome and greatly appreciated!

La Peña Cultural Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating inter-cultural understanding and social justice through the arts. It was founded in response to the 1973 military coup in Chile, which ousted the democratically elected president Salvador Allende, and lead to the disappearance, murder and exile of thousands of Chileans.

Join the Bay Area Chilean Exile Community and friends in remembering those we lost, those who fought, and everyone whose life was impacted by the violence and loss of democracy.

This event includes a candlelight vigil, songs of resistance, poetry, and visual art by:
– Members of the La Peña Community Chorus
– Feña y Madelina Duo
– Rafael Jesús González (Berkeley Poet Laureate)
– Elisa Duran Micco y Valentina Peralta
– Lisa Milos
– Cordon Filmico
– Ximena Soza
– Italo Retamal
– Cristian Muñoz
– Pancho Peskador
– Gonzalo Hidalgo
– Wallmapu Support Committee
-Special musical guests from Chile: Viviana Morales y Los Reptilianos

Sopaipillas, vino navegado, wine and beer will be for sale, benefiting La Peña Cultural Center’s mission of social justice through the arts.

Salsa, Bachata & Merengue Dance Class

Learn how to dance to Latin rhythms with our popular Salsa, Bachata and Merengue dance class series! Explore the possibilities of your body and how to communicate with others through dance, rhythm and flavor! Partners are not necessary!

Classes are taught by Venezuelan dance instructor Juliana Mendonca. Juliana’s teaching style is not a traditional ballroom style latin dance class. She first teaches her students to connect to their body and to connect to the rhythms before getting to the steps and turns. This foundation will help you loosen up your hips, knees, shoulders and arms to allow each student to get their own authentic feel for each genre and its unique rhythm.

Upcoming series:

Beginners Class Series (5 Weeks)
Mondays at 7pm-8pm, September 9 – October 7

This is a 5-week series designed for beginner-intermediate students to learn and enjoy three popular Latin dance styles: Salsa, Bachata and Merengue!

SERIES SCHEDULE (5 weeks) 9/9/19 – 10/7/19 at 7pm-8pm in the theater
Monday, September 9, 2019
Monday, September 16, 2019
Monday, September 23, 2019
Monday, September 30, 2019
Monday, October 7, 2019

ENROLLMENT DETAILS
Series Tuition: $80 for entire series (5 classes)
Drop-ins available for $20 per class (cash or check only)

Intermediate Class Series (5 Weeks)
Mondays at 8:15pm-9:15pm, September 9 – October 7

This is a 5-week series designed for students that already know their basic rhythm and steps, to go beyond the basic rhythms and steps.
Please DO NOT sign up for this class if you have not take the beginners series yet, or do not have a grasp of your basic steps.

SERIES SCHEDULE (5 weeks) 9/9/19 – 10/7/19 at 8:15pm-9:15pm in community room
Monday, September 9, 2019
Monday, September 16, 2019
Monday, September 23, 2019
Monday, September 30, 2019
Monday, October 7, 2019

ENROLLMENT DETAILS
Series Tuition: $80 for entire series (5 classes)
Drop-ins available for $20 per class (cash or check only)

About the instructor

Juliana Mendonca is a dance performer, choreographer and teacher. She graduated with a degree in dance from University Institute of Caracas, Venezuela in 2005, she also served as an instructor at the Performing Arts Department of the University of the Andes in Mérida, Venezuela (2012-2015). Juliana co-founded Raíz de Agua, a music and dance company. Juliana currently lives in Oakland, California with her husband and daughter, working as a dancer, choreographer and teacher.

QUESTIONS? Contact the instructor: juliana.mendonca.espinoza@gmail.com

La Peña Community Chorus 40th Anniversary Concert

$20 in advance / $25 at the door

Doors open at 6:30pm / Concert starts at 7pm

Come join La Peña Community Chorus for their 40th anniversary concert!

The Chorus will be sharing great songs and memories from 40 years of solidarity, singing for peace and justice in the Bay Area and internationally.

ABOUT LA PEÑA COMMUNITY CHORUS

Founded in 1978 by Chilean refugees and community supporters, La Peña Community Chorus has been performing Latin American New Song (Nueva Canción) for over 40 years. The chorus includes guitars, flutes, drums, and a large assortment of Latin American instruments.

Since 1995, when the Chorus was the first U.S. Chorus to participate in an International Choral Festival in Santiago de Cuba, the Chorus has also traveled to Chile, Cuba, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, and Argentina always returning with stories, songs, and images that are largely missing from mainstream news broadcasts. Lasting personal and cultural connections with people in the host countries are relived and passed on as the chorus shares with each new audience the music learned and the stories collected.

The Chorus has sung for schools, churches, homeless shelters, retirement homes, drug rehab centers, benefits for farm workers, and peace demonstrations and rallies.

The chorus is a close-knit group of caring people whose long-term commitment to the organization bespeaks consistency and a sense of family unique in today’s difficult times.

For more information about the Chorus and to find out how to join, please visit the La Peña Community Chorus website: lapenachorus.org

Therapeutic Yoga at La Peña

FALL SERIES: September 10 – November 19, 2019

Every Tuesday morning, 10:30am-11:45am

All body types, physical abilities including chronic conditions, and levels of experience with yoga are heartily welcome and accommodated!

Sliding Scale Donation: $5-$20

All proceeds benefit La Peña Cultural Center’s mission of promoting social justice through the arts!

Join us in a friendly and supportive yoga class that encourages self-discovery, mind-body awareness, and community building.  

Taught by a certified yoga therapist, the class is designed to help students increase their physical, mental, and emotional strength, flexibility and balance through postures, movement, breathing techniques, and mindful attention.

Don’t have a yoga mat?  No worries—we have some to share!

Instructor: Pamela Perry
For more information: pperry0855@gmail.com

Pamela is a certified yoga therapist (C-IAYT) and teacher (RYT-500) who has been a supporter and member of the La Peña community since 1982.  Her teaching style combines over 25 years of experience as a yoga practitioner with in-depth training in anatomy, physiology, and therapeutic applications of yoga postures, breathing, and meditation.  It is with great love and enthusiasm that she is bringing the rejuvenating effects of yoga to the La Peña community.

Class Updates

Due to construction at La Peña, class will be held at Bushrod Park in August. Meet in front of the main office on 59th street, near the corner of Shattuck. If you arrive late, look for a circle of people on the grass with yoga mats.