# Event Details - **Event Name**: A Thousand Mothers Collecting the Bones - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 30 Oct, 2026 at 07:30 pm – Fri, 30 Oct, 2026 at 09:00 pm (-07:00) - **Event Description**: A Thousand Mothers Collecting the Bones: A Theater and Music Performance of Grief and PraiseAbout this EventPerformers: Monique Miyake and Phoenix SongDirector: Vicki Dello JoioThrough a performance piece featuring theater, poetry, storytelling, and music, Phoenix Song and Monique Miyake share their journey of grief and healing after the loss of their seventeen-year-old son to suicide. Experience how they navigated the unimaginable to create this show as an offering of deep love, healing, and the transformation that becomes possible when we allow loss to reshape us into more authentic versions of ourselves.This performance is for anyone carrying personal or collective loss. It invites us into a shared space of witnessing, where one story can hold the stories of many. As grief is expressed and honored, it can begin to move—within us and between us—opening the possibility of integration, meaning, and renewal.“When the heart breaks into a million pieces, the only thing left to do is let the light shine through.”Before the performance begins, we will create a communal grief altar together. As you enter La Peña, you are invited to bring a photograph or small object honoring who or what you are grieving, and place it on the altar to be held, witnessed, and carried in community.https://vimeo.com/1208999126?fl=pl&fe=shPhoenix Song, featured in SF Magazine's Best of the Bay, plays music from around the world on didgeridoo, Native flute, buffalo drum, djembe, hand pan, jaw harp, esraj, and vocals that help us move energy through breath and sound.A Q&A talkback will follow along with an artist's reception of Monique's art prints. 10% of sales will be donated to the Trevor Project, the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention nonprofit organization for LGTBTQ+ young people.For discounted tickets, please email phoenixsongmusic@gmail.com.For accommodation requests please contact us at least one week in advance. Email us at programs@Lapena.org.Reviews:What a profound gift you have crafted through fire and offered to the world. An invitation to join you on this sacred journey of wild and inconceivable grief and rage and beauty and love. I see your love as such a testimony of grit and grace and what it means to become human together. Feeling waves of awe and gratitude, my heart shattered into a thousand pieces, transformed into butterflies. --Aryeh, educator and activistWhat a spectacular performance of vulnerable heartbreak and beauty. You have gifted us the Art of Soul Bearing the most painful human experience. Your collective performance allows us all to be free to ourselves to go deep, open and outstretched to the truth and wholeness of allowing the pain of grief all the way in. I am so honored and grateful for the witness experience and the place it touches in me. I feel safer in the world to be me in my own brokenness. --Tree, bereaved mother and retired palliative care nurseI had been processing a lot of mama grief (for my mom, my grief about my kids. etc) when I went to your ritual, and it really helped move something for me. Just being reminded of and seeing your powerful process and how your surrender to grief has really transformed you in such profound ways was a beautiful reminder to me that opening to grief is really the medicine. I respect your radical vulnerability in sharing all of that and letting people see the shadow and that there’s medicine in being with it!-Anastasia, mother, therapist—AccessibilityLa Peña is a wheelchair-accessible venue with step-less entry, wide doorways, and accessible restrooms.Masks are strongly encouraged. If you’re experiencing COVID-19, cold, or flu-like symptoms, please consider staying home to protect our community. HEPA air purifiers operate throughout our space.All-gender restrooms availableWe strive to make La Peña a welcoming, accessible space for everyone.If you have any specific needs or questions about accessibility, please contact us at least one week in advance. Email us at programs@Lapena.orgSupport La Peña — and save money!Become a La Peña Member: Enjoy free entry to our monthly political education film series, plus La Cumbia and ¡BAILA! dance parties, rental discounts and more.Join here: Lapena.org/membersMake a one-time gift: Support our programs and keep La Peña thriving by donating here: Lapena.org/donate (donations are tax-deductible) https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/ad8e49a0-9d94-11f1-80bb-ebfa6612c095-rimg-w493-h740-dce8e8e8-gmir.jpg - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/berkeley/a-thousand-mothers-collecting-the-bones/100001995826861870 - **Event Categories**: art, entertainment, nonprofit, kids, performances, literary-art, parties, theatre, storytelling - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Age Limit: all_ages - door_time: 2026-10-31T02:00:00Z - Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes - Location: La Peña Cultural Center - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 15, max: 38.58, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Berkeley - **state**: CA - **country**: United States - **location**: La Peña Cultural Center - **lat**: 37.85282 - **long**: -122.26587799999999 - **full address**: La Peña Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: A Thousand Mothers Collecting the Bones - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/d6cec9df23ad43b80f825327cce1393e4fe68d5b1a211627c56c401d989b2f3a-rimg-w1200-h600-dce8e8e8-gmir.jpg?v=1785808938 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is A Thousand Mothers Collecting the Bones being held? - **A:** A Thousand Mothers Collecting the Bones takes place on Fri, 30 Oct, 2026 at 07:30 pm to Fri, 30 Oct, 2026 at 09:00 pm at La Pena Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing A Thousand Mothers Collecting the Bones? - **A:** A Thousand Mothers Collecting the Bones is organized by La Pena Cultural Center. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** A Thousand Mothers Collecting the Bones is ideal for music lovers, fans of all genres, and anyone who wants to celebrate the power of music - from intimate gigs and live sessions to festivals and cultural performances. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Berkeley, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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