Dance

Celebrating food can promote healthy eating habits and highlight the importance of wellness within the community. Chef Cheryl Tate reminds us that preparing and enjoying traditional dishes is a way to honor our resilience.

RSVP at 310.772.9196

Cirque Kalabanté presents Afrique en Cirque, a show by Yamoussa Bangoura, inspired by daily life in Guinea. A colorful show beyond its scenery, costumes, and staging — it showcases the strength and agility required to perform its gravity defying acts. Accompanied by live Afro-jazz, percussion, and kora.

Black Hole —Trilogy and Triathlon is the final part of Shamel Pitts’ BLACK Series triptych, brought to life by the Brooklyn-based arts collective TRIBE. This multidisciplinary performance, enriched by Afrofuturism, weaves together dance, sound, video, and light into a narrative celebrating vitality, tenderness, and the power of unity and progress. Through the journey of three performers of African heritage, Black Hole explores themes of transformation and potential, transcending the darkness into a metaphorical space of empowerment.

WALKING IN OUR LIGHT, A Community Gratitude Procession takes place Saturday, December 7, 2024 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. 

A community procession, directed by Jon Lawrence Rivera, created to celebrate the light in each person, family, community organization and business that creates a safe and nurturing neighborhood for all to thrive. A free event offering performances that highlight the lives of the Canoga Park neighborhood, art-making activities, music, and light refreshments. For more information and to RSVP, visit brownpapertickets.com/event/6491665. 

The procession will begin at the Taxco Theatre, 7242 Owensmouth Avenue at 5:30 p.m.

For additional information email: dolores.chavez@lacity.org.

Community partners include the Office of Councilmember Bob Blumenfield, West Valley Boys and Girls Club, Child Development Institute, Canoga Park Women’s Club, Canoga Park Historical Society, Jubilee Theatre, Canoga Park Youth Arts Center, and Canoga Park High School Dance.

The Plaza de la Raza’s annual Día de los Muertos Festival is a family-friendly celebration of art, music, dance, and tradition. The event includes art exhibitions and ofrendas by local artists, mainstage performances, hands-on workshops, local food booths, craft vendors, and more. All guests are welcome to add photos or items of their loved ones to our main community altar. There will be a beloved pet altar as well.