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Latin Dance Party, Gail Dobson Trio and Cuban Rumba Jam!

The Weekender: July 1-3

Thank you to everyone who has donated during our 41st Anniversary month!
Your contributions are helping us fundraise for our new sound system!  If you have not donated yes, you can do so securely here. You can also support La Peña by attending our upcoming events:
July 1
SABOR: Latin Dance Party with DJ Jose Ruiz!
Join DJ Jose Ruiz in La Peña’s Lounge for a night of Salsa, Cumbia, Cha Cha Cha. DJ José Ruíz aka MundoMuzik, is a DJ, radio host, promoter, and collector of world music, vinyl, art and all cultural and music ephemera. Jose’s taste in music is very eclectic, unafraid to mix traditional, experimental or folkloric elements in his sets.
Friday, July 1, 9pm - 1am
No Door Cover. Donations Encouraged! RSVP
July 2
Gail Dobson Trio, plus Vocals for Kids Performance
Join Gail Dobson, vocals/percussion, and Luke Westbrook, guitar, plus special guest artists in La Peña’s lounge at 4:30pm. At 5: 30pm La Peña’s Vocals for Kids will debut the songs they have been practicing. 
This event will be a great time, with food, laughter, and music!  Bring the Kids!

Saturday, July 2, 4:30pm - 6:30pm
July 3
Cuban Rumba Jam
Come enjoy the Afro-Cuban folkloric drums, dances, and songs of rumba. Rumba is the word used for a group of related, community-oriented, music and dance styles in Cuba. Rumba developed in rural Cuba, with strong influences from African drumming, Spanish poetry and singing.
Sunday, July 3, 3:30pm - 6pm
Free. Donations Encouraged!

Click here to see all of July events and classes!
       Community Updates       
Chilean Ex-soldier Found Liable for 1973 Death of Singer Victor Jara
By Linda Cooper and James Hodge  |  The Independent News Source  |  Jun. 28, 2016
   
Nearly 43 years after the assassination of a famed Chilean folksinger, a Florida jury has found a former Chilean lieutenant liable for his grisly murder in the days after a U.S.-backed coup brought dictator Augusto Pinochet to power.
A six-member Orlando jury found Pedro Pablo Barrientos Nuñez liable Monday (June 27) for the torture and murder of Victor Jara, rejecting the main defense argument that Barrientos never stepped foot in Chile Stadium where the folksinger was held with 5,000 others immediately after the coup.

Former Chilean soldiers under his command testified during the trial that Barrientos was stationed at the stadium, and one said that Barrientos repeatedly bragged that he had fired the two fatal gunshots into the songwriter’s head.  CONTINUE READING HERE.
Thank you for supporting La Peña into its 41st year.  
¡Que Viva La Peña!

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