Stitch Night
2025-04-09 | HLA Conference Room
5:00 – 7:00 pm
NHCC | HLA Conference Room
Stitch socially with us on the second Wednesday of the Month! Bring whatever knitting, crocheting, weaving, or cross stitch, or fiber art projects you’re working on, and join the conversation with your fellow crafters for an informal craft get-together. If you would like to learn the basics of a particular stitching technique, please bring supplies with you, though we will always have basic crochet and knitting materials on hand for an impromptu demonstration!
Meetings will be in the Conference Room of The History and Literary Arts building from 5:00pm-7:00pm. For young adult and adult audiences.
Free community event. Please let us know who will be attending by registering below.

Student Matinee: Lion Island: Cuba’s Warrior of Words (Not Public)
2025-04-11 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:00 am
The Center invites middle and high school students to attend a special free matinee performance of Lion Island: Cuba’s Warrior of Words! NHCC requires one chaperone or school staff member for every 15 students at school performances. Limited bus funding for free performances and behind the scenes experiences available — please contact alejandrina.padilla@dca.nm.gov for availability and information.
*** THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC PERFORMANCE***
About the show: NHCC and our friends and partners at the Vortex Theatre invite you to experience a captivating original play adapted from Margarita Engle’s award-winning young adult novel in verse. Set in 1870s Cuba, this powerful story delves into the complexities of racial, ethnic, linguistic, and national identities. Through dynamic elements of dance, puppetry, and music, the play explores the historical forces—diaspora, colonialism, immigration, and the transatlantic slave trade—that have shaped Hispanic/Latine identity.

Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime
2025-04-15 | 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.
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.

Colcha Community Stitch A-long
2025-04-22, 2025-05-27 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
9:30 am in-person
10:30 am Zoom
Our Colcha Community Stich-A-Long is open to all levels of experience in an informal setting. This workshop is instructed by Annette Gutierrez-Turk. Annette has taught colcha, a Spanish Colonial embroidery style, to groups internationally and at the NHCC for many years. She is also an award-winning artist, most recently recognized in 2019 at Traditional Spanish Market in Santa Fe. Annette will demonstrate as well as answer questions. Join us every month on the fourth Tuesday, in-person at 9:30am and on Zoom at 10:30am. Everyone will have a chance to share what they are working on.
Please register below every month and we will email the zoom link to you. For more information, please call or email Elena Baca at 505-246-2261 or elenad.baca@dca.nm.gov.
Free Community Event. Call the NHCC Welcome Center if you need assistance.
Thank you to the Sandia Mountains-EGA for their continued support of this program.
For more on Colcha, please watch this video: Colcha Circle Video
Here is the pattern used in the beginner colcha kit. Click the thumbnail below to enlarge.

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.

Reception: Voces del Pueblo: Artists of the Levantamiento Chicano in New Mexico
2025-04-25 | Visual Art Museum, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
5:00 – 7:30 pm
Join us for a free public reception celebrating the opening of the exhibition, Voces del Pueblo: Artists of the Levantamiento Chicano in New Mexico, curated by Ray Hernández-Durán, Ph.D. and Irene Vásquez, Ph.D.
This is an exhibition 7 years in the making that feature a group of New Mexican artists who were among the earliest generation of Chicana and Chicano activists in the state. All 6 artists, 3 men and 3 women, were students at New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU) in Las Vegas in the early 1970s when Chicano scholar Pedro Rodríguez was hired as the inaugural Director of Chicano Studies at NMHU. It was at NMHU that these young men and women became politically activated and proceeded to paint murals, produce art, and organize in New Mexico as part of the nascent Chicano civil rights movement that was unfolding nationally. The artworks on display capture a distinctly New Mexican Chicana and Chicano experience that has received little attention in Chicano art history.
Artists:
Ignacio Jaramillo
Juanita J. Lavadie
Francisco LeFebre
Noel Márquez
Roberta Márquez
Adelita M. Medina

Día Del Niño
2025-04-26 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
NHCC | Domenici Education Building
Join us for a day of celebrating the youth in our community during this free event for families of all ages and sizes!
Enjoy Nanny’s Petting Zoo, performances from Voces de Coronado and Ballet Folklorico Fiesta Mexicana, student films, and our Youth Art Market. Learn about birds and bugs with the U.S. Forest Service. Make art, play, climb a rock wall and discover a variety of community resources from the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, UNM Early Childhood Services Center, Explora, New Mexico PBS, Kids Cook, Bernalillo County Public Library and many more!
For more information, please call or email Elena Baca at 505-246-2261 or elenad.baca@dca.nm.gov.
Free Community Event.

Things to see and do:
Enjoy performances from Voces de Coronado (11:30 am), Ballet Folklorico Fiesta Mexicana (12:30 pm), Public Academy for Performing Arts (1:30 pm), and National Institute of Flamenco (2:30 pm)
Climb the CABQ rock wall
Visit animals at Nanny’s Petting Zoon
Ongoing art activities
NMPBS
UNM Early Childhood
Explora
ABQ BernCo Public Library
Kids Cook
NM Museum of Natural History & Science
APS Fine Arts
US Forest Service
WoW Van
Story Riders
Working Classroom

2nd Annual DCA Ekphrastic Poetry Reading
2025-04-27 | Salón Ortega, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
3:00 pm
NHCC | Salón Ortega
Please join us for readings of the winning poems and honorable mention poems from the 2025 DCA Ekphrastic Poetry Contest. Light refreshments will be served.
Free community event, please register below. More information about the contest is available at nmculture.org/poetry.

Happy Arte Hour
2025-05-01 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
6:00 – 8:00 pm
NHCC | Pete V. Domenici Education Building
NHCC invites adults (21+) for artistic fun in a relaxed social setting. This is a great opportunity for friends to hang out, a unique date night option, or a place to come solo and connect with fellow art enthusiasts. Drinks and snacks will be available to purchase.
In early celebration of World Collage Day, join Elena Baca in a hands-on workshop using a variety of collage techniques and materials. We will begin with a quick collage game to loosen up and challenge ourselves. Participants will have a chance to create their own artwork to take home. We will also look at the techniques of artist Valerie Roybal, whose work is in the Art Museum permanent collection.
Please pre-register with the link below (so we know how many materials to prepare). Registration for the following month is available the day after the current program month. For more information, please call or email Elena Baca at 505-246-2261 or elenad.baca@dca.nm.gov.
Free Community Event. $5+ donations are encouraged to support the artists & purchase supplies.

Inaugural Native Theater & Performing Arts Festival: Professional Native Theatre Panel Event
2025-05-01 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
7:00 – 9:00 pm
NHCC | Wells Fargo Auditorium
Dancing With Fire Productions in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center presents
the Inaugural Native Theater & Performing Arts Festival.
Please join us for our Inaugural Native American Theater & Performing Arts Festival on April 24-27 and May 1-4, 2025 at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, featuring music, dance, staged readings, and more!
About the Festival: Our Key Host of the festival will be Ms. Lori Chavez, beginning with an Opening Reception with music and dance performances on Thursday, April 24, 7:00 – 9:00 pm.
Echo In The Canyon, a fully staged theater production, will be shown on Fridays and Saturdays: April 25 & 26, and May 2, & 3. Echo In The Canyon will feature traditional style dancing by Niko DeRoin. Doors open at 6:30 pm and the performances will be at 7:00 pm. This production will be $19.00 General Admission with a $2 discount for children, seniors and NHCC members.
We have scheduled two staged reading performances on Sunday, April 27, starting at 2:00 pm, and again Sunday, May 4 at 2:00 pm. I Am Joaquin by Rodolfo Corky Gonzales; Directed by Patricio Tlacaelel Trujillo y Fuentes and Craft Lady, Spider, and Bird by Alysse Kinsel and Leia Pickel (UNM Theater and Film students 2024).. The staged readings will be $14.00 General Admission with a $2 discount for children, seniors and NHCC members.
A Native Theater Panel Event featuring Ty Defoe, Jay B. Muskett, Enock Chapman and Jennifer Benally of Shiny Moon Creations will be on Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm at $14.00 General Admission with a $2 discount for children, seniors and NHCC members.
We will host a Closing Reception Fashion Show featuring Jennifer Benally of Shiny Moon Creations on Sunday, May 4 from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm at $14.00 General Admission with a $2 discount for children, seniors and NHCC members.
Local Native American vendors will be on site to sell their latest work at all events for the hour prior to showtimes!
$14 w/ $2 discount for seniors, children 10 and under and NHCC Foundation members.
Click the link here for Native Theatre Festival Vendor opportunities

¡Vamos! - Uncover Genealogy
2025-05-03 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
NHCC | Pete V. Domenici Education Building
NHCC invites you to uncover the fascinating stories of your family’s past in this interactive workshop designed for all ages. Join Elena Baca and NHCC Archivist, Robin Moses, to learn the basics of genealogy, from creating family trees to exploring historical records and family traditions. With hands-on activities, storytelling, and simple research tools, participants will gain the skills to start their own family history journey.
Vamos to the National Hispanic Cultural Center on the first Saturday of the month for vibrant monthly family workshops that provide immersive experiences exploring Visual Arts, Performing Arts and History and Literary Arts. Designed to inspire creativity, foster cultural appreciation, and build community, each workshop will offer an inclusive and welcoming space where participants of all ages and backgrounds can come together to explore and celebrate culture through artistic expression, movement, and traditions in an engaging, fun, and educational environment!
Free community event, courtesy of NM Gas. $5 donations are encouraged to support the program & purchase supplies. Please pre-register below so we know how many materials to prepare.
For more information, please call or email Elena Baca at 505-220-7928, ElenaD.Baca@dca.nm.gov, or Robin Moses at 505-383-4706, robin.moses@dca.nm.gov.
NOTE: This program will not be held in January, July, or November.

Saturday Special- Torreón Tour: Mundos de Mestizaje
2025-05-10, 2025-07-12 | NHCC Torreón, 1701 4th street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
11:00 am
In addition to our regularly scheduled Thursday and Friday Torreón Tours, the National Hispanic Cultural Center now has a newly added Saturday Tour on the second Saturday of every month. This is a guided tour of the Mundos de Mestizaje fresco created by artist Frederico Vigil, located in the Torreón on the NHCC Campus, depicting thousands of years of Hispanic culture, history, and identity.
Admission to the tour is $2 and tickets are available for advance purchase below. Tickets can also be purchased in the New Mexico Mutual Welcome Center, depending on availability. Capacity for each tour is limited.
A Vision of History through Fresco…
Mundos de Mestizaje by Frederico Vigil is a mural housed in the Torreón on the campus of the National Hispanic Cultural Center. This monumental fresco depicts thousands of years of Hispanic history highlighting diverse cultural connections between people and places from the Iberian Peninsula to the Americas. The 4,000 square foot painting is one of the largest frescos in North America.
The digitized imagery of the painting ensures that this culturally significant work can be a sharing and learning experience for students and families anywhere. We invite you to explore the imagery, history and complexities of the Mundos de Mestizaje mural.
Discover on your own by clicking the link HERE.
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Stitch Night (Canceled)
2025-05-14 | 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.
5:00 – 7:00 pm
NHCC | HLA Conference Room
Stitch socially with us on the second Wednesday of the Month! Bring whatever knitting, crocheting, weaving, or cross stitch, or fiber art projects you’re working on, and join the conversation with your fellow crafters for an informal craft get-together. If you would like to learn the basics of a particular stitching technique, please bring supplies with you, though we will always have basic crochet and knitting materials on hand for an impromptu demonstration!
Meetings will be in the Conference Room of The History and Literary Arts building from 5:00pm-7:00pm. For young adult and adult audiences.

Sandra's School of Dance: Bon Appetit Recital 2025
2025-05-18 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:00 am, 1:00 pm & 4:00 pm.
NHCC | Albuquerque Journal Theatre
Sandra’s School of Dance presents Bon Appetit Recital 2025. Welcome to Bon Appetit- an evening where creativity is served on a platter and every dance is a taste of something exciting. Our dancers are serving up a flavorful mix of energy. Sit back, relax and enjoy the delicious journey of Dance. Bon Appetit- and please be our guest.
Whether you’re just starting out or are a seasoned dancer, Sandra’s School of Dance is where dreams are turned into reality. Join our dance family and let your passion shine! Please visit our website for more information at Sandra’s School of Dance: Dance Classes in Albuquerque, NM.
$20, $25, $30, & $35, no other discounts / everyone must have a ticket to attend.
Tickets go on sale starting on April 18, 2025 at 9:00 am.

*The event is a rental event not an NHCC production. The title, content, photos/images and description for this event were provided to the NHCC by the organization renting the NHCC venue for the event. By serving as a venue and posting the event on its website, the NHCC is not endorsing any views expressed in the title or description of the event, nor is it endorsing the content of the event.
*All NHCC performance/event ticket sales go through the National Hispanic Cultural Center Website. NHCC is a division of New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs. You will be redirected to our central ticketing system. DO NOT BUY FROM THIRD PARTIES. If you see a third party app or website, please report it to the Center at (505) 246-2261.

Adobe Days!
2025-05-18 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
Thank you for your interest in our Adobe Days! Currently the event is at maximum capacity. You are welcome to come and observe, but we are no longer making reservations for participants.
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
NHCC | Education Building/ Creative Classroom
Have you ever wondered about the traditional making of adobe bricks? Want to pass down this knowledge to the next generation? If so, please join the NHCC and Cornerstones Community Partnerships for this annual event! All ages are welcome. Please register in advance. Registration is suggested but not mandatory – all are invited to come watch.
This is a free community event, sponsored in part by Cornerstone Community Partnerships. Please let us know who will be attending below.
Wear clothes you don’t mind getting muddy, have a hat and sunscreen. Work gloves are not necessary but if you’ve got them, bring them! Please, no open-toed shoes.

Early Childhood Spanish Storytime (Venue Change)
2025-05-20 | NHCC Library, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
NOTE: This event will be held in Salón Ortega due to construction in the NHCC Library.
10:00 am
NHCC | Salón Ortega
Stories come to life through art, movement, and more! For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers. This month, we will be exploring El Cuento de Ferdinando, by Munro Leaf. This classic book tells the story of a bull who would rather smell flowers than fight in bullfights.
Spanish Storytime is designed for children ages 3 to 5 and their caregivers. For school, childcare, or homeschool groups; please reach out to the NHCC Educator, Alé Padilla, at alejandrina.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, available dates or any questions you might have about the program. We are unable to accommodate these groups during the Spanish Storytime.
Free community event, generously supported by NM Gas. Please let us know who will be attending by registering below.

Railyards Art Project
2025-05-22, 2025-05-29 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
6:30 pm
NHCC | Wells Fargo Auditorium
Help Shape the Railyards Art Project: A Community Event for the Barelas residents
Hosted by the National Hispanic Cultural Center
Co- hosted by Erick Corona
Organizer, Sheet Metal Workers Local Union 49
Join us for two community listening sessions, May 22nd & 29th, for the Barelas neighborhood and Sheet Metal Workers, to help shape the concept design of a public art piece celebrating Barelas – from its farming roots to the Santa Fe Railroad and beyond. Submit ideas, share feedback, and help shape this tribute to 363 years of growing community, love, and togetherness in Barelas.
Free community event.
Barelas Community Engagement Flyer

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.

Happy Arte Hour
2025-06-05 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
6:00 – 8:00 pm
NHCC | Pete V. Domenici Education Building
NHCC invites adults for artistic fun in a relaxed social setting. This is a great opportunity for friends to hang out, a unique date night option, or a place to come solo and connect with fellow art enthusiasts. Drinks and snacks will be available to purchase.
This month we will paint on watercolor paper using cochineal. If it is bugging you that you don’t know what Cochineal is, check out the image below, and attend to find out more!
Please pre-register with the link below (so we know how many materials to prepare). Registration for the following month is available the day after the current program month. For more information, please call or email Elena Baca at 505-246-2261 or elenad.baca@dca.nm.gov.
Free Community Event. $5+ donations are encouraged to support the artists & purchase supplies.

¡Vamos!
2025-06-07 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
NHCC | Pete V. Domenici Education Building
Vamos to the National Hispanic Cultural Center on the first Saturday of the month for vibrant monthly family workshops that provide immersive experiences exploring Visual Arts, Performing Arts and History and Literary Arts. Designed to inspire creativity, foster cultural appreciation, and build community, each workshop will offer an inclusive and welcoming space where participants of all ages and backgrounds can come together to explore and celebrate culture through artistic expression, movement, and traditions in an engaging, fun, and educational environment!
This month, we’ll be exploring the world of Flamenco with guest artist Andrea Lozano!No prior dance experience or flamenco shoes needed, please dress in comfortable clothes you can dance in. Families of all ages and sizes are welcome!
Free community event, sponsored by NM Gas. $5 donations are encouraged to support the program & purchase supplies. Please pre-register below so we know how many materials to prepare. For more information, please call or email Elena Baca at 505-220-7928 or ElenaD.Baca@dca.nm.gov.
NOTE: This program will not be held in January, July, or November.

Arte Para Chiquitos
2025-06-10 | NM
10:00 am
NHCC | Pete V. Domenici Education Building
Arte para chiquitos is a free, monthly, 45-minute program for babies and toddlers ages 0 months to 4 years and their caregivers that cultivates creativity and self-expression through the exploration of Hispanic/Latine arts and culture. Participants explore the NHCC Museum, Performing Arts Center, and engage in artmaking, music, movement, dance, drama, and bilingual story time. NHCC instructors model age-appropriate arts techniques that celebrate self-expression, build vocabulary, and strengthen both fine-motor and gross-motor skills in a fun environment.
Free Community Event. Please register below or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.
This program is generously supported by NM Gas.

Stitch Night (Canceled)
2025-06-11 | HLA Conference Room
Note: This event has been canceled due to staffing limitations. The program will resume as scheduled later this year. We apologize for any inconvenience.
5:00 – 7:00 pm
NHCC | HLA Conference Room
Stitch socially with us on the second Wednesday of the Month! Bring whatever knitting, crocheting, weaving, or cross stitch, or fiber art projects you’re working on, and join the conversation with your fellow crafters for an informal craft get-together. If you would like to learn the basics of a particular stitching technique, please bring supplies with you, though we will always have basic crochet and knitting materials on hand for an impromptu demonstration!
Meetings will be in the Conference Room of The History and Literary Arts building from 5:00pm-7:00pm. For young adult and adult audiences.

Genealogy Workshops
2025-06-12 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
1:30 – 3:30 pm
Please note: this workshop has been moved to the Learning Labs in our Domenici Education Building.
Explore your cultural heritage at the NHCC with a free genealogy workshop as part of our Siempre Creativo program! These workshops will provide participating seniors with an opportunity to learn about the descendants of a person, their family, or evolution from an ancestor. Join us as we discover where we came from, where we have been and the complex interrelating parts of our familial ancestral lines.
This workshop will feature a presentation from the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico.
Free Community Event, generously supported by AARP New Mexico. Please register here or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.

Early Childhood Spanish Storytime
2025-06-17 | NHCC Library, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:00 am
NHCC | HLA Library
Join us for a playful Spanish-language story time where stories come to life through art, music, movement, and more! Designed for children ages 3 to 5 and their caregivers, this interactive program supports early literacy and Spanish language development through fun, playful stories and hands-on art making.
“¡Acompáñanos para un cuento en español llena de diversión, donde las historias cobran vida a través del arte, la música, el movimiento y más! Diseñado para niños de 3 a 5 años y sus cuidadores, este programa interactivo apoya el desarrollo temprano de la lectoescritura y del idioma español a través de una exploración alegre y práctica.

This month, we will be reading ¡Esperar no es fácil! (Waiting is not easy) By Mo Willems. This 2014 early reader explores how hard it can be to wait for a fun surprise from your best friend. Spanish Storytime is designed for children ages 3 to 5 and their caregivers. For school, childcare, or homeschool groups; please reach out to the NHCC Educator, Ale Padilla, at alejandrina.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, available dates or any questions you might have about the program. We are unable to accommodate these groups during the Spanish Storytime.
Free community event, generously supported by New Mexico Gas Company. Please let us know who will be attending by registering below.

Colcha Community Stitch A-long (Canceled)
2025-06-24 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
Note: This event has been canceled. We apologize for any inconvenience.
9:30 am in-person
10:30 am Zoom
Our Colcha Community Stich-A-Long is open to all levels of experience in an informal setting. This workshop is instructed by Annette Gutierrez-Turk. Annette has taught colcha, a Spanish Colonial embroidery style, to groups internationally and at the NHCC for many years. She is also an award-winning artist, most recently recognized in 2019 at Traditional Spanish Market in Santa Fe. Annette will demonstrate as well as answer questions. Join us every month on the fourth Tuesday, in-person at 9:30am and on Zoom at 10:30am. Everyone will have a chance to share what they are working on.
Please register below every month and we will email the zoom link to you. For more information, please call or email Elena Baca at 505-246-2261 or elenad.baca@dca.nm.gov.
Free Community Event. Call the NHCC Welcome Center if you need assistance.
Thank you to the Sandia Mountains-EGA for their continued support of this program.

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.

2025 National Spanish Spelling Bee
2025-07-12 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
8:00 am
NHCC | Albuquerque Journal Theatre
Join us at the Center on Saturday, July 12 for the National Spanish Spelling Bee. The National Spanish Spelling Bee is open to students in grades 4 through 8 who have placed in a state or regional Spanish Spelling Bee during the year of the National Bee.
Participants are encouraged to prepare using the official study materials, which include a list of words and rules for the competition. The event aims to help children develop self-confidence, communication skills, and the ability to perform under pressure.
For more information, including registration and resources, you can visit the official website of the National Spanish Spelling Bee. This event not only promotes literacy but also provides a platform for students to showcase their academic skills in Spanish orthography.
Schedule:

8:00 am- Arrive at the NHCC
8:45 am- Introduction of Judges, Pronouncer, Sponsors and Participants
9:00 am- Competition Begins
12:00 pm- Lunch at the Domenici Education Building
1:00 pm- Competition Continues
6:30 pm- National Spanish Spelling Bee Awards Dinner in the Domenici Education Building

Questions:
David Briseño | (505) 238-6812 | nssbsa@gmail.com
Silvia Zacarias | (915) 630-8623 | zacariasnssb@gmail.com
Visit the National Spanish Spelling Bee here: nationalspanishspellingbee.com
