Music
Mapitzmitl Xiukwetzpaltin (PAZ) Presents Tonal Machiotl/Piedra del Sol/Aztec Calendar
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-3011 am This is the first of a series of workshops about the Aztec calendar, covering a range of subject matter pertaining to this indigenous timekeeping device that was rediscovered in Mexico City in 1790. It is an overview of the calendar; participants will be shown the meaning of the calendar’s different concentric rings, which are used to chart solar, ceremonial, and Venutian years. Free public event A second workshop, sponsored by Kalpulli Izkalli, will be held at Casa Barelas, 1024 4th Street SW, at 6 pm on (more...)
Yjastros: The American Flamenco Repertory Company Presents Yjastros 36: El Fuego Fatuo
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NMAll events at the NHCC through April 9, 2020 have been postponed. Please call the NHCC at 505-246-2261 for more information. 8 pm—Friday 2 pm & 8 pm—Saturday Yjastros: The American Flamenco Repertory Company presents Yjastros 36: El Fuego Fatuo, a dynamic display of flamenco’s possibilities framed through Spanish composer Manuel de Falla’s famous work “El Fuego Fatuo”—referring to the persistent fire that is the spirit of flamenco. With world premiere choreography and invited artists including Sevilla’s world-famous flamenco cantaora (singer) Esperanza Fernández and the musical group (more...)
Mapitzmitl Xiukwetzpaltin (PAZ) Presents Tonal Machiotl/Piedra del Sol/Aztec Calendar
NHCC-BOD-January-2020-MeetingAll events at the NHCC through April 9, 2020 have been cancelled / postponed. Please call the NHCC at 505-246-2261 for more information. 11 am This is the third and last of a series of workshops about the Aztec calendar, covering a range of subject matter pertaining to this indigenous timekeeping device that was rediscovered in Mexico City in 1790. It is an explanation of the 260-day ceremonial year. Free public event These workshops provide background information for the celebration of Yankwik Xiwitl, or Mexika/Aztec New Year, (more...)
Yankwik Xiwitl/Año Nuevo Azteca/Aztec New Year
All events at the NHCC through April 9, 2020 have been cancelled / postponed. Please call the NHCC at 505-246-2261 for more information. 10 am; dancing begins at approximately 12 pm Join us as Kalpulli Ehecatl and Kalpulli Izkalli host Yankwik Xiwitl, or Mexika/Aztec New Year, on the NHCC's Plaza Mayor. The free public event, ushering in Chikyei Tekpatl/Ocho Pedernal/Eight Stone Blade, features fire making with a hand drill, an offering of flowers and fruit, and ritual Aztec dancing. Free public event There are three different year (more...)
Opera Southwest Presents Verdi’s La Traviata
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NMAll events at the NHCC through April 9, 2020 have been cancelled / postponed. Please call the NHCC at 505-246-2261 for more information. March 22, 25, 27 & 29, 2019 2 pm—Sundays 7:30 pm—Wednesday & Friday Opera Southwest presents Verdi’s La Traviata, a fully-staged opera with orchestra, sung in Italian with English translation supertitles and presented in three acts with one intermission. One of the most famous of the great classic operas, La Traviata is a sweeping love story set against the backdrop of decadent Paris high (more...)
27th Annual César Chávez Day Fiesta
NHCC Campus 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NMAll events at the NHCC through April 9, 2020 have been cancelled / postponed. Please call the NHCC at 505-246-2261 for more information. March—10:30 am Fiesta—12 noon-3 pm Join us in honoring the life and legacy of César Chávez at the 27th annual César Chávez Day Fiesta, with a march—La Marcha de Justicia-- beginning at 10:30 am at the National Hispanic Cultural Center and ending at noon on the Center’s Plaza Mayor. Following the march, the family fiesta at the Center includes poetry, dancing, community exhibits, children’s (more...)
Loudon Wainwright III
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30All events at the NHCC through April 9, 2020 have been cancelled / postponed. Please call the NHCC at 505-246-2261 for more information. 7:30 pm AMP Concerts presents Loudon Wainwright III. Wainwright’s long and illustrious career is highlighted by more than two dozen album releases, movie and TV credits, and his 2017 autobiography Liner Notes. In 2010, he won the Grammy for Best Traditional Folk Album for High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project, and his 2012 recording Older than My Old Man Now was named one of NPR's (more...)
UNBREAKABLE
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NMAll events at the NHCC through April 9, 2020 have been cancelled / postponed. Please call the NHCC at 505-246-2261 for more information. 7:30 pm—Saturday 3 pm—Sunday New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus presents a New Mexico premiere from the creator of I Am Harvey Milk. Andrew Lippa’s Unbreakable is a dramatic and emotional history lesson that brings to light some of the gay experiences and champions in the United States over the latest century. $22, $27, $37, $47 The event is a rental event not an NHCC (more...)
New Mexico Philharmonic: Music from Within Our Midst
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NMAll events at the NHCC through April 30, 2020 have been cancelled / postponed. Please call the NHCC at 505-246-2261 for more information. 3 pm New Mexico Philharmonic presents Music from Within Our Midst. Composer Robert Alexander was appointed choirmaster at St. Salvator in Vienna in 1935 and served as organist at the Vienna Augustinian church. In 1939, he immigrated to New York, continuing his career. His grandson, Dr. Ron Bronitsky, lives in Albuquerque. Alexander’s striking Concerto Grosso for Strings, Op. 164 begins this program. Then, from (more...)
Our Fair New Mexico: A Virtual Concert Series featuring Dos Gatos
NHCC Facebook7:00 PM to 7:30 PM Our Fair New Mexico: A VIRTUAL Concert Series Featuring Dos Gatos What: Our Fair New Mexico – A Virtual Concert Series presented by the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center Who: Dos Gatos When: Friday, May 8, 7 p.m. (MDT) Where: National Hispanic Cultural Center Facebook Page and other DCA-affiliated Facebook pages For more information, contact Cisco Tapia at 505-795-1908 , cisco.tapia@state.nm.us