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DOORS OPEN AT 7:30PM / PERFORMANCES AT 8PM

Donation based entry: $5 Suggested Donation (No one turned away for lack of funds.)
All proceeds will go towards covering the costs of hosting this series.

La Peña Cultural Center and UC Berkeley Womxn of Color Initiative present: THE EMPOWERING WOMXN OF COLOR OPEN MIC FALL SERIES!

Back by popular demand, this open mic series provides a space for performances celebrating the voices of women of color and will include one featured artist per month!

Come support local Bay Area talent or sign up to perform on October 18 via the link here: https://goo.gl/forms/ngSvsmDcvVDJuikm2

Performers, come dazzle the crowd with your talent and get in touch with the local artist community each month.

FEATURED PERFORMER

Sureni Weerasekera is a Sri Lankan-born, San Diego-raised, & San Francisco-based stand up comedian, actor and writer. Currently suffering a college sentence at UC Berkeley by her immigrant parents, comedian Sureni Weerasekera combines her puppy-like heart with the void where her soul should be, to write captivating material. Starting at just seventeen, she has garnered considerable respect in San Diego and the Bay Area for her lighthearted, conversational banter to her ruthless, dark jabs that shed light on cultural dilemmas in a palatable, enticing way. In 2018, The Daily Californian described her “humorous quips” as featuring “an ease with performing typically uncommon for someone still fairly fresh to the game.”
She has featured at Desi Comedy Festival, San Francisco’s Punchline Comedy Club, San Diego’s Madhouse Comedy Club and, was recently selected as a semi-finalist for 2017 NBC’s Stand Up for Diversity Showcase.

La Peña Cultural Center: 3105 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley, CA 94705

$10 in Advance / $15 at the Door

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

 

Berkeley Community Media (BCM) and La Peña Cultural Center present the 8th Annual BCM Summer Shorts Movie Jam: 48 Hour Filmmaker Challenge.

What are you going to say you did for the Summer of 2018? Do you have some hidden talent that you are waiting for the right moment to share with the world? Have your friends told you that you were too dramatic? Well, BCM has the event of a lifetime for your creative endeavors. Are you ready to form random teams with people you just met and spend the weekend hashing out story lines and filming ideas? Then we want YOU, adventurous spirit, to be part of the 8th AnnualBCM Summer Shorts Movie Jam: 48 hour Filmmaker Challenge. Join us the weekend of August 31-September 2nd to create a 5-10 minute film in just 48 hours!

LAUNCH PARTY AT OLD CITY HALL

Friday, August 31st at 5pm-6pm (2134 Martin Luther King Jr Way)

This event will be launched LIVE on channel 28 and on BCM’s web-stream from the steps of Old City Hall (2134 Martin Luther King Jr Way)!

Form a team and join the fun or meet people at the launch to form a spontaneous team. Teams will be given 3 secret clues which must be included in the film!

Team registration is $15 and includes one free admission to the screening on September 2nd. Registration is payable to Berkeley Community Media at the launch party.

Teams will return with their completed film exactly 48 hours later by 6pm Sunday, September 2nd to La Peña Cultural Center (3105 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley)

SCREENING AT LA PEÑA CULTURAL CENTER

Sunday, September 2nd at 7pm (3105 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley.)

Teams who successfully complete the challenge will screen their films in front of a live audience. Audience admission is $10 in advance and $15 at the door.

Contact Melanie@betv.org for more details and if you are interested in forming a team before the Launch Party.

$20 in Advance / $25 at the Door

Doors open at 8:30pm / Show starts at 9pm

 

Sexual Democracia is a legendary Chilean rock folk-pop band that formed in Valdivia, Chile in 1988 during the final years of the Pinochet regime. The band took its name to parody the Chilean national plebiscite of 1988. After a failed censorship attempt due to their perceived obscene band name, Sexual Democracia reached national success after the Pinochet dictatorship.

For the first time in California, Sexual Democracia’s frontman Miguel Barriga will be performing live at La Peña Cultural Center Friday, September 14 at 9pm. He has released 15 albums with Sexual Democracia plus 5 solo albums. Stick around after the show to purchase the band’s merchandise and meet Miguel Barriga!

This event is 18+