Performing Arts
Launchpad Presents Michael Schenker
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM7:00 pm, doors at 6:00 pm Launchpad Presents Michael Schenker, with special guest Armored Saint. Michael Schenker is a German guitarist. He played in the rock band UFO and leads the Michael Schenker Group (MSG). He was an early member of the hard rock band Scorpions, a band co-founded by his elder brother Rudolf Schenker. In the mid-1970s, Schenker joined UFO, playing lead and rhythm guitar. He left the band in 1978 to briefly rejoin Scorpions for the recording of Lovedrive, and then to form MSG. He has rejoined UFO three times, producing an album (more...)
The Vortex Theatre: Cebollas + Chimichangas & Zoloft
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM7:30 pm Fridays & Saturdays 2:00 pm Saturdays & Sundays *7:30 pm, Wednesday, October 8 for Cebollas' and 7:30 pm Thursday, October 9 for Chimichangas & Zoloft's special preview/community nights NHCC | Wells Fargo Auditorium The Vortex Theatre and the NHCC invite you to two crazy, funny, and sometimes raunchy plays. Leonard Madrid’s Cebollas, directed by Duchess Dale, is a road trip like no other. Tere, Celia and Yolie decide to take the body of Yolie’s dead lover back to his wife, and the highway between Burque (more...)
NHCC Fall Film Series: El 47
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM7:00 pm The NHCC Fall Film Series features Hispanic filmmakers that preserve our stories, promote our experiences and advance the vast cultural identity of our gente. This film series continues with El 47 (2024) on Thursday, Oct. 9. Fed up with Barcelona City Council claiming that public transport couldn't reach the Torre Baró district because the streets were too narrow and unsafe, Manolo Vital, a local resident and bus driver for the city's public transport service, set out to show, from behind the wheel of the route (more...)
Olga Kern International Piano Competition: Semi Final Round | Chamber Music
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM1:00 pm – 6:00 pm NHCC | Albuquerque Journal Theatre Experience the excitement of world-class piano competition up close! Join us for the Semifinal Round of the Olga Kern International Piano Competition, where rising-star pianists collaborate with the renowned Dali Quartet in a thrilling afternoon of chamber music. Each contestant will perform one of the great Romantic piano quintets by Brahms, Dvořák, Schumann, or Franck, bringing their artistry and interpretation to these beloved masterpieces. At the end of the round, the Jury will select the three finalists, (more...)
Noche de Familia: Noche de Superhéroe Film Spiderman: Across the Spider Verse
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM4:00 pm – 9:00 pm 4:00 pm: Kids Film Activity at Lovelace Sandia Corridor 5:00 pm: Spiderman: Across the Spider Verse at the Bank of America Theatre Bring your children dressed as their favorite superhero! We will be screening the movie Spiderman: Across the Spider Verse. There will also be an opportunity for young people to show off their superhero moves and see them on the screen before the film. This activity that will share some movie-making magic with young people! Free community event. Bring the whole (more...)
Olga Kern International Piano Competition: Dali Quartet Performance
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM2:00 pm NHCC | Albuquerque Journal Theatre The acclaimed DALI Quartet, known for its passionate blend of Latin American, Classical, and Romantic repertoire—presents an afternoon of masterful chamber music. The program features Beethoven’s luminous String Quartet in A major, Op. 18, No. 5, and his intense and introspective “Serioso” Quartet, Op. 95. Also featured are Silvestre Revueltas’s vivid and rhythmic Magueyes and Anton Webern’s richly expressive Langsamer Satz. Experience the artistry and depth of this extraordinary ensemble in an intimate concert setting. $25 general admission, $10 for students *The event is (more...)
New Mexico Philharmonic: Olga Kern International Piano Competition Finals
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM2:00 pm New Mexico Philharmonic presents Olga Kern International Piano Competition Finals Roberto Minczuk, Music Director Join us for a thrilling afternoon of music and discovery as emerging pianists from around the globe take the stage for the final round of the prestigious Olga Kern International Piano Competition. Music Director Roberto Minczuk leads the NMPhil in an evening of electrifying performances and unforgettable artistry. The next great piano star could be discovered tonight! Run time: Approximately 2 hours $34, $44, $54 & $78 *The event is a (more...)
NHCC 25th Anniversary
NHCC Campus 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NMSave the Date! Join us on Saturday, October 25th to celebrate 25 years of art, community, and culture at the National Hispanic Cultural Center!
Opera Southwest: Dolores
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NMOctober 26, 31 & November 2, 2025 2:00 pm Sundays, 7:30 pm Friday NHCC | Albuquerque Journal Theatre Music / Nicolás Lell Benavides Libretto / Marella Martin Koch 1968. The Delano grape strike is dragging into its third year. Farmworkers in California are building solidarity that transcends race and language. Bobby Kennedy is running for president. Tricky Dick is on the radio promising discipline. Dolores Huerta is holding the movement together with one hand. With the other, she dials home, again, to say goodnight to children she (more...)
NHCC Fall Film Series: I Dream in Another Language
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM7:00 pm The NHCC Fall Film Series features Hispanic filmmakers that preserve our stories, promote our experiences and advance the vast cultural identity of our gente. This film series concludes with I Dream in Another Language (2017) on Thursday, Nov. 13. A millenary language agonizes: Its last two speakers, Evaristo and Isauro (70's) had a quarrel 50 years ago and haven't spoken to each other since. Martin, a linguist, will undertake the challenge of bringing the two old friends back together and convince them to talk again (more...)