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  • NHCC Book Club: The Seventh Veil of Salome by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    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. For the month of July, we will be reading Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s The Seventh Veil of Salome. In 1950s Hollywood, when an unknown Mexican ingenue is cast as Salome, a star-making role (more...)

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  • Reading: Dr. Irene Blea

    Salón Ortega 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

    6:30 - 8:00 pm NHCC | Salon Ortega Join author, Irene Blea, Ph.D. as she reads from her unusual, magical realistic, memoir. Dr. Irene I. Blea shares frequent conversations with award-winning author, Rudolfo Anaya, who died in 2020. They were friends for over forty years, shared working on the University of New Mexico campus, and lived near one another. Anaya is best known for his book, Bless Me, Ultima. In this volume, Dr. Blea recalls platicas, conversations, with her friend, Rudy, about the essence of his writing, growing up in New (more...)

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  • Speaker Series: Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of NM: New Mexico Heritage DAHL Sheep Onate 1598 Herds by Donald Chavez

    HLA Conference Room

    10:30 am NHCC | HLA Conference Room 112 The Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of NM presents the 2025 Speaker Series starting with New Mexico Heritage DAHL Sheep Onate 1598 Herds by Donald Chavez. The Belen Ranch bringing back the DAHL original sheep brought in with by the Spanish Settlers of 1598. Mr. Donald Chavez has worked and dedicated his time to saving this original heritage herd of Sheep. Using DNA research and methods, he is breeding unique almost extinct. The HGRC Office is in the History and (more...)

  • Stitch Night

    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 (more...)

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  • Workshop: Dr. Irene Blea

    Virtual

    6:00 - 8:00 pm NHCC | ZOOM Join author, Irene Blea, Ph.D. as she reads from her unusual, magical realistic, memoir. Dr. Irene I. Blea shares frequent conversations with award-winning author, Rudolfo Anaya, who died in 2020. They were friends for over forty years, shared working on the University of New Mexico campus, and lived near one another. Anaya is best known for his book, Bless Me, Ultima. In this volume, Dr. Blea recalls platicas, conversations, with her friend, Rudy, about the essence of his writing, growing up in New Mexico, (more...)

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  • Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime

    NHCC Library 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

    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 (more...)

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  • Stitch Night

    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 (more...)

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  • Escribir | Escuchar Latine Author Series: A. Gabriel Melendez Reading

    Salón Ortega 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

    6:30 pm Reception and Book Signing 7:00 pm Reading NHCC | Salón Ortega Join us as we celebrate the launch of a new book by author A. Gabriel Melendez, Citizens by Treaty/Ciudadanos por tratado, with a reading and reception on Thursday, Sept. 11. Melendez’s book gathers works produced by Spanish-speaking people of Mexican descent who became US citizens by virtue of the Treaty of Guadalup Hidalgo (1948) and whose ancestors had resided in New Mexico, Arizona, California, Texas, and Colorado for hundreds of years. This anthology of (more...)

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  • Escribir | Escuchar Latine Author Series: A. Gabriel Melendez Workshop

    Salón Ortega 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

    10:00 am NHCC | Salón Ortega Join us as we celebrate the launch of a new book by author A. Gabriel Melendez, Citizens by Treaty/Ciudadanos por tratado, with a writing workshop on Saturday, Sept. 13. Melendez’s book gathers works produced by Spanish-speaking people of Mexican descent who became US citizens by virtue of the Treaty of Guadalup Hidalgo (1948) and whose ancestors had resided in New Mexico, Arizona, California, Texas, and Colorado for hundreds of years. This anthology of songs, poems, speeches, and journalism shows the persistence (more...)

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  • Speaker Series: Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of NM: The Santa Fe New Mexican

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

    10:30 am – 12:30 pm The Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of NM presents the 2025 Speaker Series. The H.G.R.C. of N.M. will host Inez Russell-Gomez a past Editor of the Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper. The Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper, under extraordinary times, has survived 175 years! Inez Russell-Gomez will cover a historic timeline of stories in shifting times and of the newspaper business that is determined to survive. She will share with us her insightful thoughts on an amazing history, while celebrating the 175 Anniversary & Years of (more...)