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Join us for our 2nd La Peña Archive Community Meeting on Thursday, February 3rd at 6pm PST (ONLINE)! We will update you on the progress around the different strategies we've found to safeguard our rich archive. We will continue our conversation about accessibility, potential partnerships, and community stewardship. We are so excited to share our ideas and […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwsoB21dSSs From La Peña's couch to yours: experience some great music as if it were being played in your own living room! La Peña and Miguelito Martínez present the 3rd version of the Couch Concert Series, an intimate virtual space meant to dig deep into the work and the stories of great musicians in the […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbJoYWZN5vs We are thrilled to invite you to our upcoming virtual panel "Keeping the Flame Alive: An intergenerational conversation on sustaining activism and creativity under racial capitalism"! Facilitated by the brilliant Sage Crump from the National Performance Network, and featuring artists, activists and cultural strategists from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences, this panel focuses […]
The online Premiere of this short documentary is coming up on Friday, September 24, 2021 at 7pm PST! Click here to RSVP | Click here to join the EVENT | Watch the TRAILER below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLgcHRV5qsM “Fandango Jarocho in the Pandemic” features the amazing work of the musicians from DíaPaSón, an ensemble that has […]
“Batey Boricua in the Pandemic” is the pilot episode of our new digital program "La Peña Community Stories." In this short film, we hear amazing songs & testimonies from cultural workers of Puerto Rican Bomba 15 months after La Peña—and most cultural venues in the world—had to physically close its doors due to the pandemic. […]
Thank you everyone for coming to our Town Hall! We had a very special meeting in which we shared updates about La Peña's Programming, Building, Projects, and Community Engagement Opportunities, and then we had a moment of Questions & Answers that allowed us to hear from you, get feedback, and clarify details about our coming […]
