Music
Virtual: César Chávez Celebration
Ongoing On the Recuerda César Chávez Committee Facebook page, www.facebook.com/cesarchaveznm The 27th Annual César Chávez Day Fiesta originally scheduled for Saturday, March 28th was postponed, and is now going virtual starting on October 14th. Our César Chávez Day Fiesta has always been a celebration of the life and legacy of César Chávez, featuring a march—La Marcha de Justicia– followed by a family fiesta here at the Center. Please join us this year for a week of virtual events on the Recuerda a César Chávez Committee Facebook page (more...)
Carnaval Celebration 2021 Auditions
Live via Zoom or in-person3 pm Live via Zoom, register for an audition by emailing odaradance@gmail.com The NHCC’s annual celebration of Carnaval has been postponed because of the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions, but we are not giving up on the celebration. While we work out the details, the Odara Dance Ensemble will be holding online auditions on Saturday, October 17th. Please register for an audition by emailing odaradance@gmail.com by October 15th. Be prepared to audition to various styles of dance, including cultural elements of Cuba, Trinidad, Brazil, and New Orleans. Carnaval, the (more...)
Virtual Día de los Muertos Concert: Las Flores del Valle of Albuquerque
7 pm Museum of International Folk Art Facebook page HERE Every year the NHCC holds its annual Despedida (Farewell) to celebrate Día de los Muertos with music, poetry, and hands-on art at this time-honored community gathering. Unfortunately, with the current health restrictions, this year’s Despedida is another wonderful in-person event that has been canceled. We are going to miss our ofrendas around the NHCC campus, as well as the music, poetry, traditional hot chocolate mexicano, pan de muerto, and the opportunity to share our heartfelt memories with you, (more...)
Virtual: Inside Yjastros
8 pm (MTS) Virtual performance with a digital viewing pass. Get pass HERE Link and password will be sent to you one hour before the premiere, providing 48 hours of access. In 1999, Yjastros: The American Flamenco Repertory Company set forth on an artistic journey that would become America's most distinctive flamenco project. This revolutionary performance entity combines the mosaic quality of the American repertory company with the authentic idiom of flamenco, creating a living archive of choreographic masterworks. This fall's performance season called for a special, (more...)
¡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...)