Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime: Comiendo el Arcoíris
2023-06-20 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-26–September-7
10:00 am
Our next Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime features Patricia Barrera Boyer’s colorful story Comiendo el Arcoíris/Eating the Rainbow! Join us as we enjoy fruit smoothies and participate in family-friendly rainbow crafts.
Free community event. For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers. Please register below or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.

Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime: Hug Me
2023-07-18 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-26–September-7
10:00 am
Get ready for our next Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime, featuring the children’s book Hug Me, by Simona Ciraolo. This story focuses on a young cacti who only wants a hug. Listen to the story and enjoy age-appropriate art activities related to the book.
Free community event. For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers. Please register here or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.
This program is generously supported by Bank of Albuquerque.

Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime: The Very Hungry Caterpillar/La Oruga Muy Hambrienta
2023-08-15 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-26–September-7
10:00 am
Head to the Center for our next Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime, featuring The Very Hungry Caterpillar/La Oruga Muy Hambrienta, by Eric Carle! This much-loved children’s book tells the story of a tiny caterpillar who is born hungry and eats everything in sight over the course of a week.
Free community event. For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers. Please register below or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.
This program is generously supported by Bank of Albuquerque.

Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime
2023-09-19 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-26–September-7
10:00 am
Head to the Center for our next Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime, featuring Dreamers/Soñadores, by Yuyi Morales! This picture book tells the story of the author’s journey from Mexico to the United States with her young son.
Free community event. For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers. Please register below or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.
This program is generously supported by NM Gas.

Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime
2023-10-17 | NHCC Library, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:00 am
Head to the Center for our next Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime, featuring a pair of Halloween tales: Just a Minute! A Trickster Tale and Counting Book, by Yuyi Morales, and Los Gatos Black on Halloween, by Marisa Montes.
Free Community Event. For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers. Please register below or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.
This event is generously supported by NM Gas.

Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime
2024-02-20 | NHCC Library, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
Stories come to life through art, movement, and more! In February, we will be reading from Martina the Beautiful Cockroach, A Cuban Folktale, by Carmen Agra Deedy, and Dragones y Tacos, by Adam Rubin. For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers.
Free Community Event, generously supported by NM Gas.

Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime
2024-03-19 | NHCC Library, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:00 am
Stories come to life through art, movement, and more! In March, the theme is “Sweet, Lovable Me,” and we will be reading from the beloved classic Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes/Cabeza, Hombros, Piernas y Pies. For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers.
Free Community Event, generously supported by NM Gas.

Book Club
2024-03-27 | History and Literary Arts Building
5:00 – 7:00 pm
In a world that has felt ever more disconnected, the Center is thrilled to announce that we will be reconnecting in-person with lovers of literature, folks who love to read, and those who enjoy talking about the far reaches of Latinidad. In March, we will be reading The Queen of the Cicadas, by V. Castro.
Some 2024 Book Club selections are meant to enrich our everyday lives, some to give escape from our everyday troubles; a few give us all a glimpse of lives lived in other parts of the world, and from our own backyard. Selections will touch on a variety of topics and themes, and will surely invite some fun conversations!
Free Community Event.

Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime
2024-04-16 | NHCC Library, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:00 am
Stories come to life through art, movement, and more! In April, our theme will be “Fun and Games.” Join us as we read from Playing Loteria/El juego de la Loteria, by Rene Colato Lainez, and Chicka Chicka Boom Boom/Chica chica bum bum, by Bill Martin. For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers.
Free Community Event, generously supported by NM Gas.

NHCC Book Club
2024-04-24 | HLA Conference Room, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
The NHCC is thrilled to announce that we will be reconnecting in person with lovers of literature, folks who love to read, and those who enjoy talking about the far reaches of Latinidad. We will meet on the last Wednesday of every month in the Center’s HLA Conference Room.
In April, we will be reading Afterlife, by Julia Alvarez. Afterlife tells the story of an immigrant writer, reeling from her beloved husband’s sudden death in the wake of her retirement, whose life is further derailed by the reappearance of her unstable sister and an entreaty for help by a pregnant undocumented teen.
Free community event. Please let us know who will be attending below.

An Evening with Jimmy Santiago Baca
2024-04-27 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
30th Anniversary of Blood In, Blood Out
Featuring Special Guest Melina Martinez
6:30 pm: Reception and Book Signing
7:30 pm: Readings
Join us for an evening with Jimmy Santiago Baca in celebration of the 30th anniversary of Blood In, Blood Out on Saturday, April 27 at 6:30 pm.
Located in the Bank of America Theatre, this event will feature a reception and book signing for the Blood In, Blood Out Coffee Table Book from 6:30 – 7:30 pm as well as readings featuring Melina Martinez and Jimmy Santiago Baca followed by Q&A from 7:30 – 8:30 pm.
This limited-edition book is a 30th anniversary tribute to the cult classic film, and features production materials with hundreds of unseen behind-the-scenes photographs and film stills shot by photographer Merrick Morton, paintings by the late San Antonio artist Adan Hernández, whose mural “Carnalismo” is shown in the film’s final scene, and original poems by screenwriter Jimmy Santiago Baca.
Free community event. Please let us know who will be attending using the link below. Funding is provided by AARP of Albuquerque and the Ford Foundation.

Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime
2024-05-21 | NHCC Library, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
Stories come to life through art, movement, and more! In May, our theme will be “Being Different is My Superpower!” Join us as we read from a trio of books: Spanish is My Superpower: A Social Emotional, Rhyming Kid’s Book About Being Bilingual and Speaking Spanish, by Jennifer Jones; A Color of His Own/ Su propio color by Leo Lionni; and What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?/Que Harias Con Una Cola Como Esta? by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page. For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers.
Free Community Event, generously supported by NM Gas.

NHCC Book Club
2024-05-29 | HLA Conference Room, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
The NHCC is thrilled to announce that we will be reconnecting in person with lovers of literature, folks who love to read, and those who enjoy talking about the far reaches of Latinidad. We will meet on the fourth Wednesday of every month in the Center’s HLA Conference Room.
In May, we will be reading When I sing, Mountains Dance, by Irene Sola. This novel tells the story of Domnec, who is struck and killed by lightning in a village high in the Pyrenees and finds himself surrounded by the ghosts of 17th-century witches. This spellbinding novel showcases human dramas that unfold against the uncontainable life force of the land itself.
Free community event. Please let us know who will be attending below.

Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime
2024-06-18 | NHCC Library, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:00 am
Stories come to life through art, movement, and more! In June, our theme will “Keeping it Cool!” Join us as we read from Paletero Man/¡Que Paletero tan Cool! and La Guitarrista, both by Lucky Diaz . For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers.
Free Community Event, generously supported by NM Gas.

NHCC Book Club
2024-06-26 | HLA Conference Room, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
The NHCC is thrilled to announce that we will be reconnecting in person with lovers of literature, folks who love to read, and those who enjoy talking about the far reaches of Latinidad. We will meet on the fourth Wednesday of every month in the Center’s HLA Conference Room.
In June, we will be reading The Hacienda, by Isabel Canas. The Hacienda tells the story of a woman, Beatriz, who accepts Don Rodolfo Solorzano’s proposal of marriage in the aftermath of the Mexican War of Independence and the execution of her father. Beatriz is whisked away to his remote country estate where she is faced with a malevolent presence linked to his first wife’s death.
Free community event. Please let us know who will be attending below.

Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime
2024-08-20 | NHCC Library, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
Note: The date of this event has been updated.
10:00 am
Stories come to life through art, movement, and more! For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers. In August, we will be reading The Three Little Javelinas, or Los tres pequeños jabalíes, by Susan Lowell. Join us as we make “adobecitos,” or little adobe bricks, with Kateri Lopez from Cornerstones Community Partnerships.
Free Community Event, generously supported by NM Gas.
Bilingual Storytime is designed for children ages 3 to 5 and their caregivers. For school, childcare, or homeschool groups; please reach out to the NHCC Librarian at amy.padilla@dca.nm.gov to find out about group options and available dates. We are unable to accommodate these groups during the Bilingual Storytime on third Tuesdays.

NHCC Book Club
2024-08-28 | HLA Conference Room, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
The NHCC is thrilled to announce that we will be reconnecting in person with lovers of literature, folks who love to read, and those who enjoy talking about the far reaches of Latinidad. We will meet on the fourth Wednesday of every month in the Center’s HLA Conference Room.
In August, we will be reading Motorcycle Ride on the Sea of Tranquility, by Patricia Santana. This powerful coming-of-age novel, winner of the 1999 Chicano/Latino Literary Contest, tells the story of a fourteen-year-old girl who sees her favorite brother changed by the Vietnam War and shaped by other challenges during the summer of 1969.
Free community event. Please let us know who will be attending below.

Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime
2024-09-17 | NHCC Library, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:00 am
Stories come to life through art, movement, and more! For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers. This month, we will be reading Fresh Juice/Jugo Fresco by Robert Liu-Trujillo, and making fresh juice to go along with the story!
Free Community Event, generously supported by NM Gas.
Bilingual Storytime is designed for children ages 3 to 5 and their caregivers. For school, childcare, or homeschool groups; please reach out to the NHCC Librarian at amy.padilla@dca.nm.gov to find out about group options and available dates. We are unable to accommodate these groups during the Bilingual Storytime on third Tuesdays.

NHCC Book Club
2024-09-25 | HLA Conference Room, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
The NHCC is thrilled to announce that we will be reconnecting in person with lovers of literature, folks who love to read, and those who enjoy talking about the far reaches of Latinidad. We will meet on the fourth Wednesday of every month in the Center’s HLA Conference Room.
In September, we will be reading Familia by Lauren E. Rico. Familia explores the story of two young women who are brought together by a genealogy test and a haunting question that shakes their understanding of what family is and who they truly are.
Free community event. Please let us know who will be attending below.

Poets from the 2023 New Mexico Poetry Anthology: Reading
2024-10-10 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
6:00 pm: Reception and Book-signing
7:00 pm: Reading begins
You are cordially invited to celebrate the rich tapestry of New Mexico’s poetic voices at the presentation of the New Mexico Poetry Anthology! Join co-editors and former poet laureates Michelle Otero and Levi Romero, along with select contributing poets, as they weave together a poetic tapestry evoking the diverse landscapes, cultures, histories, and poetic traditions that define our state.
A writing workshop will be held the Saturday after the presentation, providing attendees with an opportunity for hands-on exploration of poetic expression. We hope to see you at this unique opportunity to enjoy the beauty and depth of New Mexico’s literary heritage! Please bring writing materials of your choice. Please register separately for the workshop HERE.
Featured Poets: Hector Conteras-Lopez, Miguel de la Cruz, Enrique Lamadrid, Sirena Rayes, Carmela Scorci Pacheco, Fidel Trujillo
Free Community Event. Please register below. This event is generously supported by the AARP Albuquerque.

Poets from the 2023 New Mexico Anthology: Workshop
2024-10-12 | Salón Ortega, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
You are cordially invited to celebrate the rich tapestry of New Mexico’s poetic voices at the presentation of the New Mexico Poetry Anthology! Join co-editors and former poet laureates Michelle Otero and Levi Romero, along with select contributing poets, as they weave together a poetic tapestry evoking the diverse landscapes, cultures, histories, and poetic traditions that define our state.
A writing workshop will be held the Saturday after the presentation, providing attendees with an opportunity for hands-on exploration of poetic expression. We hope to see you at this unique opportunity to enjoy the beauty and depth of New Mexico’s literary heritage! Please bring writing materials of your choice. Please register separately for both events.
Featured Poets: Hector Conteras-Lopez, Miguel de la Cruz, Enrique Lamadrid, Sirena Rayes, Carmela Scorci Pacheco, Fidel Trujillo
Free Community Event. Please register below. This event is generously supported by the AARP Albuquerque.

Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime
2024-10-15 | NHCC Library, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:00 am
Stories come to life through art, movement, and more! For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers. Join us in October as we read Calavera Abecedario: A Day of the Dead Alphabet Book, by Jeanette Winter, and make paper flowers in celebration of the story.
Free Community Event, generously supported by NM Gas.
Bilingual Storytime is designed for children ages 3 to 5 and their caregivers. For school, childcare, or homeschool groups; please reach out to the NHCC Librarian at amy.padilla@dca.nm.gov to find out about group options and available dates. We are unable to accommodate these groups during the Bilingual Storytime on third Tuesdays.

NHCC Book Club: Featuring Special Guest Ramón Gutiérrez, Historian and Author
2024-10-23 | Salón Ortega, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
6:00 pm: Reception and Book Signing
7:00 pm: Author’s Talk followed by Q&A
Join us for a special Book Club event featuring a book-signing and author’s talk led by author Ramon Gutiérrez!
In October, we will be reading New Mexico’s Moses: Reies López Tijerina and the Religious Origins of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement, by Ramon Gutierrez. In New Mexico’s Moses, Gutiérrez dives deeply into López Tijerina’s religious formation during the 1940s and 1950s. An Assemblies of God evangelist turned Pentecostal itinerant preacher, Tijerina used his secularized apocalyptic theology to inspire the dispossessed heirs of Spanish and Mexican land grants fighting to recuperate ancestral lands throughout northern New Mexico and the Southwest.
Free community event. Please let us know who will be attending below.

Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime
2024-11-19 | Salón Ortega, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:00 am
Stories come to life through art, movement, and more! For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers. Join us in November as we read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom/Chica chica bum bum by Bill Martin.
Free Community Event, generously supported by NM Gas.
Bilingual Storytime is designed for children ages 3 to 5 and their caregivers. For school, childcare, or homeschool groups; please reach out to the NHCC Librarian at amy.padilla@dca.nm.gov to find out about group options and available dates. We are unable to accommodate these groups during the Bilingual Storytime on third Tuesdays.

Book Presentation and Community Plática: Dr. Lillian Gorman
2025-01-25 | Salón Ortega, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
11:00 am
NHCC | Salón Ortega
As part of our book series in celebration of the National Hispanic Cultural Center’s 25th Year Anniversary, the Center is excited to welcome a proud New Mexican, Dr. Lillian Gorman and the sharing of her book Zones of Encuentro: Language and Identities in Northern New Mexico. Please join us for a reading and workshop on January 25!

About the Author: Dr. Gorman is an associate professor at the University of Arizona and serves Director of the Spanish as a Heritage Language Program in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Her research interests center around issues of language and identity within U.S. Latina/o/x communities and in U.S. Latina/o/x popular culture. Her interdisciplinary work also focuses on heritage language pedagogy and its intersections with bilingual education. She is a graduate of The University of New Mexico and multigenerational New Mexican (Norteña).
Free Community Event, please register using the link below.

NHCC Book Club
2025-03-26 | HLA Conference Room
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
NHCC | HLA Conference Room
The NHCC invites lovers of literature, folks who love to read, and those who enjoy talking about the history and vast the array of identities that contribute to Latinidad/Hispanidad to join us! We will meet on the fourth Wednesday of every month in the Center’s HLA Conference Room.
This month, we will be reading Solito: A Memoir. In this gripping memoir, a young poet tells the inspiring story of his migration from El Salvador to the United States at the age of nine.
Free community event. Please let us know who will be attending by registering below.

NHCC Book Club
2025-04-23 | HLA Conference Room
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
NHCC | HLA Conference Room
The NHCC invites lovers of literature, folks who love to read, and those who enjoy talking about the history and vast the array of identities that contribute to Latinidad/Hispanidad to join us! We will meet on the fourth Wednesday of every month in the Center’s HLA Conference Room.
In April, we will be reading The Great Divide, by Cristina Henríquez. This powerful novel explores the construction of the Panama Canal, casting light on the unsung people who lived, loved, and labored there.
Free community event. Please let us know who will be attending by registering below.

NHCC Book Club (Canceled)
2025-05-28 | HLA Conference Room
Note: This event has been canceled due to staffing limitations. The program will resume as scheduled later this summer. We apologize for any inconvenience.
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
NHCC | HLA Conference Room
The NHCC invites lovers of literature, folks who love to read, and those who enjoy talking about the history and vast the array of identities that contribute to Latinidad/Hispanidad to join us! We will meet on the fourth Wednesday of every month in the Center’s HLA Conference Room.
In May, we will be reading Street of Too Many Stories, by New Mexican author Denise Chávez. In this new book, Chávez has woven the lives of four families intersecting in the New Mexican town Encantada and living on Encantada Street.
Free community event. Please let us know who will be attending by registering below.

NHCC Book Club: The Five Wounds by Kirstin Valdez Quade
2025-06-25 | HLA Conference Room
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
NHCC | HLA Conference Room
The NHCC invites lovers of literature, folks who love to read, and those who enjoy talking about the history and the vast array of identities that contribute to Latinidad/Hispanidad to join us! We will meet on the fourth Wednesday of every month in the Center’s HLA Conference Room.
In June, we will be reading The Five Wounds, the debut novel by author Kirstin Valdez Quade. The story takes place in the small town of Las Penas, New Mexico, following the Padilla family. Amadeo Padilla will play the part of Jesus in the Good Friday procession, but five generations of his own family’s wounds also need healing.
Free community event. Please let us know who will be attending by registering below.

Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime
2025-07-15 | NHCC Library, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:00 am
NHCC | HLA Library
Stories come to life through art, movement, and more! For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers.
Bilingual Storytime is designed for children ages 3 to 5 and their caregivers. For school, childcare, or homeschool groups; please reach out to NHCC Librarian Amy Padilla at amy.padilla@dca.nm.gov or the NHCC HLA Interim Program Manager Robin Moses at robin.moses@dca.nm.gov to find out about group options and available dates. We are unable to accommodate these groups during the Bilingual Storytime on third Tuesdays.
Free community event, generously supported by NM Gas. Please let us know who will be attending by registering below.
