Oakland's Cambodian community and music lovers of every ethnicity are meeting at Peralta Hacienda Historical Park on April 21^st to ring in Cambodian New Year and honor a people, their music, and their stories under the banner Rhythm of the Refugee: A Cambodian Journey of Healing.

92-year-old Nhep Prok, one of the sole surviving master musicians of pre-Pol Pot Cambodia, will play with his youth ensemble and virtuoso apprentices. “Our music cannot die with me,” says Nhep Prok, “My duty and purpose is to pass it down. Khmer music saved my life.”

Matéo Fowler had never seen the Peralta House Museum before he started training as a Community Tour Leader, although he’s lived near the park for most of his life. The training resonated with Matéo’s love of history, and his many unanswered questions.

Martha Rueca-Gustafsson, owner of Roland Rosario Cellars, will be pouring a selection of her wine at a benefit for Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park. This is your chance to taste a uniquely Oakland story.

Flamenco, a dance style associated with the Roma or Gypsies of Spain, is the dance of the disposessed; the song of the 99%.  See the most stunning flamenco in the Bay Area at Peralta Hacienda Historical Park on December 1st, and your ticket will support programs for low-income youth and families in Oakland.

Zorro, Mexican California’s original champion for the 99%, returns to Oakland December 1, 6-9pm for a reprise of “Zorro by Night,” Peralta Hacienda’s popular gala fundraiser.

A noted Italian composer living in the US, found reassurance amidst the chaos of contemporary Oakland when he discovered Peralta Hacienda, so he composed a piece about it.

Luciano Chessa's Come un'infanzia for guitar, violins, cello and viola, with theatrical elements, will fill the air and sizzle the stage at Peralta Hacienda Historical Park in Fruitvale on June 11, 3:30-4:30 pm, in a free concert for the community sponsored by the Clorox Foundation.

"I could have not written a piece that would not look, hopeful, at Fruitvale now. Half a meditation on history and half a gentle utopia, Come un'infanzia is a piece on Oakland's infancy, on my infancy, on infancy, period,"

California's Black, Native American, & Mexican Governor is coming to Peralta Hacienda. Pio Pico was governor of Mexican CA before the US takeover in 1848. Carlos Salomon will introduce visitors to Pico through a fun, engaging presentation. Wine and tamales following the talk!

Haiku is a simple, elegant form of poetry. It's not uncommon for teachers to assign them in school, but how did this Japanese art make its way to America?

The Peralta Hacienda community is working to unite Oaklanders through sharing stories and discovering our common history. Nothing does the job quite like food.

The archetype of the righteous outlaw has a universal appeal. Nowhere probably identifies better with this idea than the proudly individualistic Bay Area, and no character represents it better than the legendary Zorro.

On Dec. 2, Peralta Hacienda will be transformed into the California of Zorro's day, celebrating Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park’s 25^th anniversary.