Explorations in Afro-Cuban Dance and Drum

The annual Explorations in Afro-Cuban Dance & Drum workshops were founded by Howie Kaufman and are hosted by the Humboldt State University Office of Extended Education in Arcata, California.

Beginning in 1996, Humboldt State University invited touring Cuban folkloric masters to teach at their Explorations workshop.

[3] Eventually, the University obtained visas for Cuban teachers, and brought them directly from the island to the workshop.

In the summer of 2000, Explorations faculty members Miguel Bernal, Juan Brown, Michael Spiro, Harold Muniz, and "Chichito" Cepeda recorded a CD of instrumental experimental folklore.

Shortly after the 2009 beach party began, local neighbors called the police, complaining about the drumming.