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  • ¡Música del Corazón!—Mariachis y Flamencos: New Mexico’s Beloved Stepchildren

    3 pm Free community event on the NHCC YouTube Channel HERE On the wings of melody, rhythm, and poetry, ¡Música del Corazón! concerts, featuring new groups and different traditions each year, tell us as much about our past as about our future. The concerts honor the contributions of John Donald Robb, Sr., former dean of UNM’s College of Fine Arts and a recognized music pioneer, and are dedicated in memory of his son, John Donald Robb, Jr., a driving force in the development of the UNM John (more...)

  • ¡Globalquerque! Cross-Cultural Crossover Encore

    2 pm Afro-Latin Jazz Alliance YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/c/AfroLatinJazzAlliance Free Join us December 4, 2020 for an ENCORE performance of the ¡Globalquerque! Cross-Cultural Crossover, presented in partnership with Arturo O'Farrill's Afro-Latin Jazz Alliance as part of their La Paza @ Digital Village YouTube Series!   The program features four past festival acts—Rahim AlHaj (Iraq), Nation Beat (Brazil/USA), Vivalda Ndula (Angola) and Nohe & Sus Santos (Honduras/New Mexico) collaborating on one another’s songs, deconstructing them and re-presenting them through a cross-cultural lens. Chats with the artists in between songs—where (more...)

  • Virtual Screening & Discussion: Con Alma

    7 pm (MST) This event can be viewed AMP Concerts website HERE Con Alma: Exploring the Creative Process with Paola Prestini & Magos Herrera Screening of videos from the Con Alma project, including a world premiere video, La Creación de las Aves (The Creation of the Birds), followed by a live on-line discussion and open Q&A session with Paola Prestini and Magos Herrera, moderated by Cristina Baccin from KUNM’s Raices program. The discussion will be hosted by the National Hispanic Cultural Center via Zoom, in collaboration with (more...)

  • César Chávez Day Celebration

    Times TBD Recuerda César Chávez Committee Facebook page HERE Since 2007, the National Hispanic Cultural Center has collaborated with Albuquerque’s Recuerda a César Chávez Committee (RCCC) to celebrate the life and legacy of the renowned American civil rights leader César Estrada Chávez, co-founder, with Dolores Huerta, of the National Farmworkers Association and subsequently president of the United Farmworkers of America. In previous years, the annual Marcha de Justicia  has departed from the NHCC to begin the day’s activities, returning to the Center for an afternoon community Fiesta. (more...)

  • On-Line Albuquerque Premiere: Conjunto Blues

    7 pm (MST) The premiere performance will be on our Foundation YouTube page HERE This performance, the Albuquerque premiere of Valdez’ critically acclaimed work, is made possible through the generous sponsorship of AARP. In Conjunto Blues, playwright, actor, and musician Nicolás Valdez explores the social and historical conditions that led to the development of conjunto music as an expression of cultural resistance and liberation. Centering on Valdez’ personal experience growing up in the conjunto music scene, the work is loosely based on his relationship with his grandfather, (more...)

  • Workshop: Conjunto Blues

    2 pm (MST) Live via Zoom with suggested donation. Click here to donate. You may also email marmijo@nhccfoundation.org to register for any of these events. We will send you the link to the performance. Nicolás Valdez will present an hour-long workshop and discussion live from his home, revolving around specific themes drawn from pre-recorded interviews and historical documentary footage that he has compiled. This workshop will explore the complexity of conjunto music’s origins and evolution and its long-term impacts on the Mexican-American community, delving into topics including conjunto’s campesino origins, (more...)

  • AARP Brain Health Webinar: Conjunto Blues

    2 pm (MST) Live via Zoom with suggested donation. Click here to donate. You may also email marmijo@nhccfoundation.org to register for any of these events. We will send you the link to the performance. Conjunto Blues, performance sponsor, AARP will offer a live webinar on brain health and the arts, including the intrinsic connection between music and memory, the lasting effects of music on the brain, and tools to assist in boosting brain health and wellness. In Conjunto Blues, playwright, actor, and musician Nicolás Valdez explores the social and historical (more...)

  • Circo Latino: ¡El Regreso!

    1 pm Live on YouTube and Facebook: Circo Latino YouTube page here Circo Latino Facebook page here Families and friends, we are proud to feature the culmination of our first (of two) Circo Latino 2021 summer sessions! LIVESTREAMING to your very homes and devices. Join us to witness our explorations of the concept of returning to community after our extended time apart. CIRCO LATINO MISSION STATEMENT We are a community of circus artists of all ages who value passion and creative expression. We are curious, courageous, self-disciplined, (more...)

  • Festival Flamenco Alburquerque 2021: Compañia Flamenca Nuestra Señora Reina de Los Angeles

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

    8 pm (MST) More information and tickets available HERE. Festival Flamenco Alburquerque 2021: Compañia Flamenca Nuestra Señora Reina de Los Angeles - Mestizaje Puro Acclaimed flamenco artists residing in Los Angeles, Compañia Flamenca Nuestra Señora Reina de Los Angeles present Mestizaje Puro, a powerful new flamenco show. "Embracing our Cosmic Mestizaje and channeling and honoring the Ancestors. Flamen-Curando the colonial wound and claiming our birthright to and inheritance of the art that is Flamenco, the art that became our collective cry for freedom and our medicine, just (more...)

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  • Festival Flamenco Alburquerque 2021: Yjastros: The American Flamenco Company with invited guests

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

    8 pm (MST) More information and tickets available HERE. Festival Flamenco Alburquerque 2021: Yjastros: The American Flamenco Company with invited guests Yjastros: The American Flamenco Repertory Company  showcases choreographies from flamenco’s top creators. Join Yjastros for a special evening featuring invited guests Vicente Griego y Revózo Juan Siddi Chuscales Valeria Montes and Juani de la Isla

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