Events

Events

Albuquerque Film & Music Experience: Spare Parts

Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM

1 pm – 3 pm Albuquerque Film & Music Experience: Spare Parts Directed by Sean McNamara. Four Hispanic high school students form a robotics club. With no experience, 800 bucks, used car parts and a dream, this ragtag team goes up against the country's reigning robotics champion, MIT. This Albuquerque Film & Music Experience feature presentation stars George Lopez, Marisa Tomei, Jamie Lee Curtis, Carlos PenaVega, José Julian, David Del Rio, Oscar Javier Gutierrez II, Alessandra Rosaldo, J.R. Villarreal, Alexa PenaVega, Steven Michael Quezada, Esai Morales and a (more...)

MANA de Albuquerque Scholarship Banquet

Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

5:30 pm - Registration, Social, Silent Auction 6:30 pm - Dinner - featuring keynote speaker Rebecca Avitia, NHCC Executive Director 7:15 pm - Hermanitas awards and scholarship presentations MANA de Albuquerque is a chapter of MANA, A National Latina Organization. An all-volunteer driven 501(c)3 non-profit organization committed to creating a community of informed and active Latinas working together to support the success of all Latinos. MANA de Albuquerque’s mission is “…to empower Latinas through leadership development, community service, and advocacy.” Please join us on Thursday, April 28th, (more...)

La Canoa Legacy Talks: Fabiola Cabeza de Baca: The Good Life

History and Literary Arts Building

6 pm The La Canoa Legacy Series features talks by Hispanic/Latino academic and community researchers with long-standing and distinguished records of research and teaching about New Mexico and the region. Like la canoa—referring in New Mexican Spanish to several utilitarian objects used to receive and transport people and resources and thus provide a service to the community—these talks are meant to serve the community by presenting new or overlooked information about our region to interested audiences. We want them to transport us to new understandings of our (more...)

¡HAH! Happy Arte Hour

Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

5:30 pm - 7:30 pm On the first Thursday of the month, NHCC invites adults for artistic fun in a relaxed social setting, which includes snacks, refreshments, and beer & wine for sale from Pop Fizz.  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. This month local artist Valerie Roybal will work with participants to learn different techniques of collage. Inspired by the Art Museum's current exhibit The (more...)

First Friday: Docent Education and Conversation

Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

9:30 am – noon On the first Friday of each month, NHCC docents and core volunteers meet for coffee and conversation along with monthly presentations on topics that build the knowledge and skills of the docent core to give tours, educate the NHCC visitors and share the NHCC mission and programs. For more information on the NHCC Docent and Volunteer program, Please call David Torrez at 505-246-2261x150 or email him at DavidM.Torres@state.nm.us for more information. Free event

¡Vamos al Museo!

Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

10:30 am - noon This is a fun and engaging docent and artist-led family program.  Families (limited to 25 participants) get a 30-minute museum tour focused on an art form, source inspiration, artist or type of material.  Following the tour, the whole family can create their own artwork in the Pete V. Domenici Education Building Messy Classroom. May's guest artist Valerie Roybal will lead an activity entitled "Putting the Pieces Together," teaching various collage techniques, inspired by the Art Museum's new exhibition The House on Mango Street: Artists Interpret (more...)

Hidden Chicano Cinema: Film Dramas in the Borderlands Talk, Screenings, and Book Signing

NHCC-BOD-January-2020-Meeting

2 pm to 4 pm The National Hispanic Cultural Center presents an afternoon talk, screenings, and book signing of “Hidden Chicano Cinema: Film Dramas in the Borderlands.”  by A. Gabriel  Meléndez the  Distinguished Professor of American Studies at the University of New Mexico. He has authored books on borderlands literature and film, serves on the board of the Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project and is a general editor for the Pasó por aquí Series at UNM Press.  He has been a Fulbright Teaching Fellow at (more...)

Salud y Sabor: Estados Unidos

Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

5:30 pm to 7:30 pm Salud y Sabor, a partnership between the Agri-cultura Network, Street Food Institute, and the NHCC, is a free evening of food, art, and entertainment aimed at providing families with an opportunity to connect around nutrition, cooking, healthy lifestyles, and culture. Once a month, community members gather for cooking demonstrations using fresh, locally grown ingredients, as well as fun art activities for kids and adults, health screenings, and live entertainment. An emphasis is placed on exploring traditional Hispanic dishes, providing basic information/free screenings (more...)

Colcha Community Stitch-Along

Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

9:30 am – 12 pm Join our monthly gathering for colcheras of all skill levels led by Annette Gutierrez Turk. If you are beginning or advanced in the traditional New Mexican style of embroidery, bring your current colcha project along and enjoy these monthly, informal, community work sessions to share ideas, resources and encouragement! For more information, call Elena at 505-246-2261 or e-mailing elenad.baca@state.nm.us. Free event

¡HAH! Happy Arte Hour

Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

5:30 pm - 7:30 pm On the first Thursday of the month, NHCC invites adults for artistic fun in a relaxed social setting, which includes snacks, refreshments, and beer & wine for sale from Pop Fizz.  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. This month in honor of the National Institute of Flamenco's Festival Flamenco, we will work with tile mosaics in the spanish tradition. Each session (more...)