Our Next Events
28
December
2025
Dance with Shelby
Join us for a unique 2-hour dance experience at LA Puglia.
The class, taught by professional dancer-choreographer Shelby Claire, will be a beginner jazz-style session held in our beautiful Gallery Room, with a glass of wine or alcohol-free drink for each participant.
Wear comfortable clothing and footwear you feel confident moving in. Whether you’re brand new to dance or a seasoned mover, this class will help build your confidence and get your body moving in a joyful, welcoming atmosphere. Meet new people, have fun, and farewell 2025 with movement and good vibes.
We can’t wait to see you. Save the date and bring a friend!
3:00–5:00pm, $40.00, including a glass of wine/mocktail.
Shelby Claire is a professional dancer, teacher and choreographer that specializes in Ballet, Contemporary & Jazz. On top of stage performance, she can also be seen dancing on film, in productions such as MGM’s The Accountant 2, starring Ben Affleck, and the Apple TV series, Physical, starring Rose Byrne.
Before moving to Los Angeles, Shelby studied at The Boston Conservatory, followed by a move to New York City. There, she became a founding member of a dance-on-film company, the Wilder Project, with which she featured in several films, in addition to writing one- which went on to gain acceptance into 27 film festivals worldwide.
Shelby loves teaching and inspiring people. Life is a dance, and she will help you find your rhythm!
31
December
2025
NYE dinner & live music
The countdown has begun, and we can’t wait to celebrate New Year’s Eve with you!
Join us for a spectacular double concert and an unforgettable evening of Southern Italian cuisine, live music, and festive fun.
This year, you can choose between:
Early Dinner (5pm): Enjoy the charm of Italian classics paired with the elegance of vintage jazz and soul music.
Late Dinner (8pm): Keep the energy high with a soulful concert, blending jazz, funk, and blues into uplifting grooves that will have everyone celebrating.
Both options include a gourmet 3-course Apulian dinner and live music.
Live Music by
Soul Power Collective
Marguaret Love - vocals
Mikal Majeed - keys
Damon Van Buren - guitar/vocals
Kerri Griffith - drums Reggie Alexander - sax/ vocals
13
January
2026
Alfredo Caceres Gipsy and Latin Trio
Alfredo Cáceres - guitar
Josè Prieto - voice and guitar
Hector Torres - percussions
Born and raised in Guatemala City, Guatemala, Cáceres, a complete guitarist and composer, has been involved in a wide variety of projects and bands in styles ranging from World music, Flamenco, Jazz, Brazilian, Salsa, Pop and Latin. He has collaborated on several recordings in local and international productions, as well as in different festivals in the United States and in Europe. Alfredo has been living in the United States full-time since 2009, and has played alongside many different artists in the World Music arena, such as Persian singer Hamed Nikpay, guitarist Russ Hewitt, the Gypsy All Stars (of the Gipsy Kings family), Mario Reyes, and Marcus Nand (Ziroq), just to name a few.
In 2012, Cáceres released his first solo album in the U.S., one that involves a variety of his original compositions within the last ten years, recorded in his hometown of Guatemala and in Los Angeles, California.
10
February
2026
Lia Booth Trio
Lia Booth – vocals
Miles Jensen – guitar
Ahmet Türkmenoğlu – bass
Lia Booth is one of the most captivating young jazz vocalists in Southern California. Her voice enchants even the most discerning listeners, and her artistry has earned admiration from both audiences and fellow musicians—a notoriously tough crowd to impress. With her warm tone, effortless swing, expressive phrasing, and remarkable command of harmony and scat singing, Lia truly stands out in today’s jazz scene.
Peter Lodato
Diamonds/Divisions/Voids
Always fascinated by the uncertainty of human perception, and the duplicitous nature of vision, which can be both revealing and deceitful, Lodato creates paintings that delve into this duality. Upon first read they are austere, geometric abstractions. After further observation, however, the paintings begin to vibrate: brushstrokes become evident and the surface reveals that there are numerous layers beneath. The hard edges of his often bi-chromatic works dissipate into sensuous fields of color that seem to push space in and out. Lodato’s reductive, divided compositions are visual confrontations between the planar simplicity of form and the resonance of particular pigments. A disciple of the AbEx color field painter, Barnett Newman, Lodato’s sumptuously colored canvases echo Newman’s concept of using division as a way to merge different areas of the canvas into a sublime whole.
Art Exhibition | April 7 -April 30, 2024