Bomba and Plena Community Workshops
LP21 offers in-person learning with the Bomba and Plena Community Workshops (BPCW)*. These intergenerational classes feature master teaching instructors, guest artists, and interactive lessons for children. Children explore the traditions of Bomba and Plena while understanding the social and historical impacts of Puerto Rican Diaspora as it relates to our home in East Harlem.
✨ A new cycle begins, and la familia continues to grow. ❤️
Registration for Los Pleneros de la 21’s Bomba & Plena Children’s Workshops (BPCW) 2026–2027 is NOW OPEN!
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🪘💃🏽 Classes begin: October 10, 2026
At BPCW, we are a familia rooted in community, care, respect, and integrity, creating a space where every young person feels valued, supported, and given a space to grow within our traditions.
🌱 There is a beautiful cycle to this work.
Our young people learn from master practitioners and culture bearers, grow into leaders, and eventually pour that knowledge back into the next generation.
From our youngest Chimicuinos to our growing Chespiritos and Chamacos, teaching artists, elders, parents and caregivers, every member of our familia has a place in keeping the tradition alive.
Because culture does not continue simply because we preserve it. It continues because we practice it, share it, care for one another through it, and intentionally pass it forward.
Come grow with us. Come learn with us. Come be part of the BPCW family!
BPCW 2026-27 Information Packets
Please click each of the below buttons to review and download detailed information regarding tuition, schedules, guidelines and more for the 2026-2027 BPCW program year. We can’t wait to see you at BPCW!!
questions?
contact US AT programs@lp21.org
The BPCW is LP21’s own community school for cultural arts learning. The Bomba and Plena Community Workshops, offered since 1989, are a staple program in the community, and offer engaging music, dance, and creative arts classes to students and adults of all ages.
BPCW has evolved as the place where students can come to learn and embrace powerful modes of self-expression, cultural awareness, and a sense of community, through active and dynamic participation in Bomba and Plena traditions.
BPCW youth classes are held each Saturday beginning October 19th and culminate in the students’ Graduation Performance June 1st!
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The Bomba and Plena Community Workshops are part of #LP21‘s Bomba and Plena for All – Learning through the Arts Initiatives, made possible in part with funding from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, and generous contributions from individuals like you!
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