Bay Area Skeptics Talk – Beyond a Candle in the Dark – Respectfully Debunking Conspiracy Theories

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA

Free Event / Donations Encouraged This critical thinking-focused organization meets Every Second Thursday of the month with a different topic and guest speaker for every conversational meeting. This month's topic: Beyond a Candle in the Dark – Respectfully Debunking Conspiracy Theories by Mick West How do you get through to conspiracy theorists, especially those who […]

Living Arts Playback Theatre Ensemble presents an Evening of Playback Theatre

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA

Doors open 7:30pm / Show starts 8pm $20 in Advance / $25 at the Door Join us for Heart-full Interactive Improv Theatre: You tell your Story, the Ensemble brings it to life! Living Arts Playback Theatre Ensemble proudly presents ★ An evening of Playback Theatre ★ The Living Arts Playback Theatre Ensemble is a troupe […]

Mujeres del Perú

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA

Doors open 6:30pm / Concert starts 7pm Tickets: $16 Advance / $20 Door ($22 if paying with credit) Women in traditional folk arts from Latin America have been pushing the envelope of what it means to be a woman, more specifically, a woman artist. With the support of the National Endowment for the Arts' (NEA's) […]

Bay Area Skeptics Talk – When Biology Meets an Exobiology

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA

Free Event / Donations Encouraged This critical thinking-focused organization meets Every Second Thursday of the month with a different topic and guest speaker for every conversational meeting. This month’s topic:  When Biology Meets an Exobiology (Coming through the Sky) by David Almandsmith When we humans get around to colonizing a planet or moon in another star […]

Event Series Cuban Rumba Jams & Events

Lounge Rumba (Every 1st and 3rd Sunday)

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA

Free/Donations Encouraged The Sunday Lounge Rumba has been going on at La Peña for the past 12 years and we want to see it continue. We highly encourage participants to donate to ensure that we keep this community participatory event alive! Come enjoy the Afro-Cuban folkloric drums, dances, and songs of rumba. Rumba is the […]

Bay Area Skeptics: Honey Bee Health: Myths, Mites and ZomBees

La Peña Cultural Center 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA

Who: Dr. John Hafernik What: Honey Bee Health: Myths, Mites and ZomBees When: 7:30pm, Thursday, January 14, 2015 – (Every second Thursday of the month) Where: La Peña lounge Why: Because we are curious creatures Honey Bee Health: Myths, Mites and ZomBees Concern about threats to honey bees is mounting. In the U.S., hive failure rates have […]