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  • Film: El extraño viaje

    12 pm (available for 48 hours) On the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here Based on an actual event known as “the crime of Mazarrón,” El extraño viaje is a dark drama whose bizarre events entangle three siblings in a small provincial town near Madrid, as well as members of a band who come in from the capital to play on weekends in a village bar. Since its limited release, the film has attained critical acclaim and cult status. 1964; Spanish with English subtitles; 91 minutes; rated PG-13. (more...)

  • Film: La lengua de las mariposas

    12 pm (available for 48 hours) On the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here A timid young boy growing up in a small Spanish town starts school for the first time, and with the nurturing and guidance of a kind teacher, a world of possibilities begins to open up for him. As the school year comes to a close, however, civil war begins to sweep across the country, and as sides are drawn, the forces of fear, violence, and betrayal alter profoundly what should be the pleasure of (more...)

  • High Spirit Dance: Recital Dancing For Jesus

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

    4 pm A ballet, jazz, and hip-hop dance recital featuring children, young adults, and professional dancers—an exciting ensemble of students and teachers bringing today’s music to life in high-quality dance productions. $12, $15, $17 COVID PROTOCOLS: As the health and safety of our visitors, employees, and the community are our utmost priority, everyone is required to wear an approved mask or cloth face covering when entering any facility on the NHCC campus. All visitors are encouraged to review the Department of Cultural Affairs Covid-safe visiting guidelines here. (more...)

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  • Jesse Cook

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

    7:30 pm AMP Concerts welcomes Jesse Cook. An accomplished guitarist and producer and an equally prolific filmmaker, Jesse Cook has developed his talents to create experiences that delight audiences, both in concert and online. He composed his first album, Tempest, over 25 years ago. Jesse could not imagine that such a humble recording, in which he played all the instruments, would spark a musical legacy with thousands of concerts performed around the world, over two million albums sold, five PBS TV specials, and tens of millions of (more...)

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  • Film: Asignatura pendiente

    12 pm (available for 48 hours( Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here In José Luis Garci’s Asignatura pendiente, a clandestine love affair set during the last years of the Franco regime and the beginning of the transition to democracy (“la Transición”) offers insight into a changing society in which people like the film’s protagonists will have to forge a new future. 1977; Spanish with English subtitles; 109 minutes; rated R. Free community event The Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences annually awards a special prize, the (more...)

  • Rising Appalachia

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

    7:30 pm As world travelers for nearly two decades, Rising Appalachia have merged multiple global music influences with their own southern roots to create inviting new folk music. Founded by sisters Leah and Chloe Smith, the band has established an international fan base due to relentless touring, tireless activism, and no small degree of stubborn independence. “Rising Appalachia has come out of this idea that we can take these traditions of southern music – that we’ve been born and raised with – and we can rise out (more...)

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  • Film: Un hombre llamado Flor de Otoño

    12 pm (available for 48 hours Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here Set in the 1920s, Pedro Olea’s Un hombre llamado Flor de Otoño introduces one of the first homosexual characters in Spanish cinema, in an award-winning performance by José Sacristán. Lluís de Serracant is a young lawyer from a bourgeois Catalan family who leads a surprising double life: during the day, he practices his legal profession, and at night he transforms himself into Flor de Otoño, a well-known transvestite who performs in a small cabaret in Barcelona. (more...)

  • Film: El muerto y ser feliz

    12 pm (available for 48 hours Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here On the top floor of a Buenos Aires hospital, an aging Spanish hitman who has spent half his life in Argentina realizes that he is dying. Escaping with a supply of morphine, he sets out on a journey north to nowhere, accompanied by a girl whom he meets on the road. Javier Rebollo’s dark comedy El muerto y ser feliz is the vehicle for one of José Sacristán’s most riveting performances. 2012; Spanish with English subtitles; (more...)

  • Opera Southwest: Frida

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

    February 18 19, & 20, 2022 Friday at 7:30 pm, Saturday and Sunday at 2 pm Sunday, February 20th are SOLD OUT! Presented by Opera Southwest and the National Hispanic Cultural Center, Frida is a lively celebration of one of the most iconic artists of the 20th century. Based on the life and work of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, it is a fully staged opera with orchestra, sung in Spanish with both Spanish and English translation supertitles, and presented in two acts with one intermission. The music of composer Robert Xavier Rodriguez bridges the gap (more...)

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  • Film: Un lugar en el mundo

    12 pm (available for 48 hours( Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here Adolfo Aristarain’s Un lugar en el mundo follows the experiences of adolescent Ernesto and his parents, who, after years of exile during Argentina’s “Dirty War,” have moved to a small village in a remote valley to put their ideals into practice running a school, wool cooperative, and clinic. When a Spanish geologist arrives to survey the land for the local patrón and see if it can be dammed for hydroelectric power—a threat to the locals’ way (more...)