7:30 pm Come celebrate Carnaval as the NHCC and Frank Leto Musical Ventures turn the Albuquerque Journal Theatre into the set of a television dance show! As in years past, the Odara Dance Ensemble and the musical group PANdemonium will take you on a journey through the Carnaval traditions of Cuba, Trinidad, Brazil and New […]
Each year in March the National Hispanic Cultural Center celebrates women with programming that honors their contributions to dance, music, theatre, art, poetry, films, novels, and much more. Listed below are all the events that you can experience at the Center during Women’s History Month. Below are our offerings for 2017. Fantasía Fantástica: Imaginative Spaces […]
8 pm Casa Flamenca and the NHCC present Jesús Muñoz Flamenco in Red Note—borrowed from the tastefully symbolic "Blue Note Jazz Club" and exploring dynamic, visionary movements in dance, music, and visual art inspired by cante flamenco. Like jazz, flamenco has its roots in raw, intimate improvisation upon standard structures; it improvises through interpretations of […]
7:30 pm Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Perla Batalla consistently earns critical acclaim for her extraordinary voice and culture-merging compositions. Formerly a Leonard Cohen back-up singer, the Los Angeles born vocalist launched her solo career with Cohen’s encouragement. Since then she’s recorded seven albums, been featured in films and television, and taken her unique sound on tour in […]
2 pm The NMPhil Protégé Series returns, this time presenting gifted young cellist and Juilliard School freshman Edward Pogossian. Oriol Sans conducts a wondrous afternoon of music, including Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C and his stunning Symphony No. 49, “La passione.” Also, youthful prodigy Felix Mendelssohn’s lyrical Sinfonia in d minor. $24, $35, $46, $68 […]
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT! 8 pm Pussy Riot is a Russian all-female protest art collective based in Moscow. Founded in March 2011, it had a variable membership of approximately 11 women. They gained global notoriety when five members of the group staged a performance inside Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior in 2012, which […]
March 26, 29 & 31 and April 2, 2017 2 pm—Sundays 7:30 pm—Wednesday & Friday Pagliacci is a fully staged opera with orchestra, sung in Italian with English translation supertitles and presented in two acts with one intermission. The original ripped-from-the-headlines true crime story, Pagliacci is the tragic tale of a traveling troupe torn apart […]
March—11 am Fiesta—12 pm Join the 24th annual César Chávez Day celebration, with a march—La Marcha de Justicia—beginning at 10:30 am at the Dolores Huerta Gateway Park, picking up additional participants at the National Hispanic Cultural Center at 11:00 am, and ending at noon on the NHCC’s Plaza Mayor. Following the march, the family fiesta at […]
7:30 pm Lonnie Yanes has been performing as Elvis for over 20 years, and was voted Best Elvis Impersonator three times. Lonnie and his 11- to 16-piece band will sing some of the best songs Elvis ever recorded or sang on stage. The concert will also feature Twist and Shout, a Beatles tribute band singing […]
7 pm An all-ages event, VOICE is a night of vibrant contemporary and traditional indigenous musical performances. This second annual event, hosted by hip hop artist Def-I, features multiple genres celebrating our resilience as Indigenous Peoples, and showcases the talents of artists Shining Soul (hip hop), Lindy Vision (alternative), Leela Gilday (acoustic rock), Raye Zaragoza […]
