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Tonight at La Peña 🌻When We Win screens Symbols of Resistance, a Freedom Archives documentary on the untold stories of t...
10/20/2026

Tonight at La Peña 🌻

When We Win screens Symbols of Resistance, a Freedom Archives documentary on the untold stories of the Chican@ Movement, centering student activism, land, identity, and the legacy of police repression and COINTELPRO.

Followed by a community discussion on memory and movement building, moderated by Freedom Archives, with Ana from our Dos Luceros Community Archives Committee and guests from the Fruitvale History Project.

Doors 7 PM. Program starts at 7:30 PM.

📍 La Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley, CA

🎟 Sliding scale $5–$25 | No one turned away for lack of funds
🔗 Lapena.info/symbols-of-resistance

10/16/2026

Tonight is ¡BAILA! 🪩✨

Live salsa with Sabor De Mi Cuba • Salsa & bachata classes at 8 PM • Two dance floors until 1 AM with DJs and bachata tradicional with

Doors 7:30 PM • Coming with friends? 4+ tickets save online • La Peña Members get in free

🎟 Tickets at Lapena.info/baila

Beginner Level 2 starts in about two weeks! 🎶 Join for Salsa, Bachata & Merengue: Practice & Turns, a 4-class series fo...
10/16/2026

Beginner Level 2 starts in about two weeks! 🎶

Join for Salsa, Bachata & Merengue: Practice & Turns, a 4-class series focused on partner work, timing, and confidence. No partner needed.

Saturdays starting October 31 at 11am to 12pm

📍 La Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley, CA

Register: Lapena.info/classes

10/15/2026

Sabor De Mi Cuba with Carlitos Medrano will be firing up our dance floor tomorrow night!! Doors open at 7:30 PM.

🔗 Tickets at the Link in our bio. La Peña members get in FREE.

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Salsa & Bachata classes In Lak’ech Dance Academy ✨ Two dance floors with DJs José A. Ruíz and Ronald S Palma ✨ Food by Los Cilantros and drinks from our fundraising bar. Every 3rd Friday!

Join as they celebrate their new album, Heels Upon the Ground!Folk songs in Tagalog, Kapampangan, and English, plus ori...
10/15/2026

Join as they celebrate their new album, Heels Upon the Ground!

Folk songs in Tagalog, Kapampangan, and English, plus originals, tell the journey of their "third culture" experiences in tight three-part harmony.

opens with Son Jarocho and Arabic folk through the Arabic Oud, Jarana Jarocha, Zapateado & more, featuring a special duet edition by Camellia Boutros and Evelyn Donají.

“A reclaiming and relearning of languages that were lost, an affirmation of immigrant cultures, and a bold statement that we are not going anywhere.”

This Sunday, October 18, 2026
Doors 5pm | Show 5:30pm
Tickets at Lapena.info/sampaguitas

Save the date! The Empowering Women of Color Open Mic is back 🎤 ✨ Friday, November 13 at La Peña with UC Berkeley's Wome...
10/15/2026

Save the date! The Empowering Women of Color Open Mic is back 🎤 ✨

Friday, November 13 at La Peña with UC Berkeley's Women of Color Initiative. An evening of live music, spoken word, and radical storytelling by and for women of color.

🎟️ Tickets are live, sliding scale $5 to $25: Lapena.info/ewoc

Want to perform? Sign up by Sunday, October 25 at midnight. Go to Lapena.info/perform.

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Berkeley, La Peña needs you. 🗳️Measure Y is on the November ballot, and if it passes, it would create 12 years of dedica...
10/14/2026

Berkeley, La Peña needs you. 🗳️

Measure Y is on the November ballot, and if it passes, it would create 12 years of dedicated arts funding for Berkeley, putting La Peña in line to receive annual support for years to come. That kind of stability is a game changer for us and our sister organizations across Berkeley.

Funds are restricted to the arts. The cost is about $105 a year for the average Berkeley home, with exemptions for low-income seniors, very low-income households, and affordable housing.

If you’re registered to vote in Berkeley, we’re asking for your YES on Measure Y.

Learn more: yesforberkeleyarts.com

When mainstream histories leave communities out, who does the work of activating memory? 🌻The Fruitvale History Project ...
10/13/2026

When mainstream histories leave communities out, who does the work of activating memory? 🌻

The Fruitvale History Project has been doing exactly that since 2013, capturing the untold political history of Oakland’s Fruitvale through over 50 interviews with the organizers, educators, health workers, and artists who built movements for social change in the 1960s–80s.

From the Anti-Bakke Movement to the United Farm Workers, their archive preserves the stories behind the organizations that still serve the community today, Centro Legal de la Raza, La Clínica de la Raza, and more.

They’re joining us next week at When We Win for a dialogue on memory and movement building.

📅 Tuesday, October 20 @ 7:30 PM
📍 La Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley, CA

🎟 Sliding scale $5–$25 | No one turned away for lack of funds
🔗 Lapena.info/symbols-of-resistance

Presented in collaboration with and Freedom Archives.

Celebrating a birthday this month? ¡BAILA! is the place to be this Friday Oct 16! 🎂🧡October birthdays get our 2-for-1 sp...
10/13/2026

Celebrating a birthday this month? ¡BAILA! is the place to be this Friday Oct 16! 🎂🧡

October birthdays get our 2-for-1 special at the door, just show the birthday flyer.

Invite your crew! Groups of 4+ save with our group discount online.

🎟 La Peña Members get in free • Get tickets at Lapean.info/baila

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We’re hiring: deadline extended! 🌟La Peña is looking for a Development Director and an Arts Education Manager to join ou...
10/13/2026

We’re hiring: deadline extended! 🌟

La Peña is looking for a Development Director and an Arts Education Manager to join our team.

If one of these roles sounds like you, apply by Sunday, October 18, 2026.

📅 Apply by Oct 18, 2026
Resume + Cover letter to [email protected]

Full job descriptions: Lapena.org/jobs

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3105 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA
94705

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 8pm
Tuesday 11am - 8pm
Wednesday 11am - 8pm
Thursday 11am - 8pm
Friday 11am - 9pm
Saturday 10am - 1pm
Sunday 10am - 1pm

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+15108492568

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