Events

Events

2024 AfroMundo Festival: Contemporary Rebel Women

Salón Ortega 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

7:00 pm 2024 AfroMundo Festival Maroons, Rebels, Dreamers & Visionaries Featuring Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica & USA April 12 - 20, 2024 Music, literature, oral histories theater, films, culinary taste feasts, panel discussions and more.   A literary reading of poetry and prose. Poet Shirley Campbell Barr is author of five poetry collections, among them De Negro Vengo Ataviada, the seminal Rotundamente Negra y Otras Poemas, and Palabras Indelebles de Poetas Negras. Suzanne Barr is the author of My Ackee Tree: A Chef’s Memoir of Finding Home in the Kitchen. (more...)

2024 AfroMundo Festival: World Premier: Sterling’s Silver

Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

NOTE: A limited number of tickets are available for this event. 7:00 pm 2024 AfroMundo Festival Maroons, Rebels, Dreamers & Visionaries Featuring Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica & USA April 12 - 20, 2024 Music, literature, oral histories theater, films, culinary taste feasts, panel discussions and more. An enhanced Reader’s Production of a play by Karen Jones Meadows. “In the 1800s a 150-year plan fueled by war, vision, passion, naïveté, rage, secrets, entrepreneurship, and African-American sweat, fashion a clandestine community determined to leave a living legacy of sovereignty (more...)

Instituto Cervantes Film Series: FanCineQueer. Infancias (June 2024)

Virtual

The FanCineQueer. Infancias films in this series will be available on the Cervantes Institute's Vimeo channel, link below, for 96 hours, starting at 2:00 am. Cervantes Institute's Vimeo HERE The Cervantes Institute joins the celebration of LGTBIQ+ culture by presenting a program of short films co-organized with the Extremadura festival FanCineQueer. FanCineQueer. Infancias Screening: Cocodrilo– Thursday, June 6, 2024 Elsa - Monday, June 10, 2024 El rey de las flores - Thursday, June 13 17 minutos con Nora - Monday, June 17: Cristiano - Thursday, June 20 (more...)

Festival Flamenco Alburquerque 37: Eduardo Guerrero: Bailar no es Solo Bailar

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

8:00 pm National Institute of Flamenco & the NHCC present Eduardo Guerrero y Compañía in the U.S. premiere of Bailar no es Solo Bailar. The incredible Cádiz-born Eduardo Guerrero brings Bailar no es Solo Bailar to the stage, a work full of profound expression. Guerrero aims to dive into the basics in a humble, simple way, without distracting artifacts and observe what happens when we let the minimal invade us, that innocent dance of the beginning returns to our body - what happens when we eliminate all (more...)

Festival Flamenco Alburquerque 37: Mercedes de Córdoba y Compañía: Sí, Quiero

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

8:00 pm National Institute of Flamenco & the NHCC present Mercedes de Córdoba y Compañía in Sí, Quiero Considered one of the most powerful and authentic dancers of her generation, Mercedes de Córdoba brings her celebratory personal work to the U.S. for the first time. Sí, Quiero is a categorical answer that admits no doubt. An anachronistic oath, and a forceful and necessary cry that vindicates commitment as a revolutionary act. This beautiful work reaffirms the act of wanting through an artistic discovery of what one is (more...)

Festival Flamenco Alburquerque 37: Fiesta Flamenca Friday

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

8:00 pm National Institute of Flamenco & the NHCC present Festival Flamenco Alburquerque 37: Fiesta Flamenca. The Friday performance features Adela Campallo, Rafael Campallo, Eduardo Guerrero, María Moreno, & Yjastros. Please note: the Friday Fiesta Flamenca will have different cast of performers than the Saturday night Fiesta Flamenca. $65, $82, $95, $110 & $125 * This price includes a $4/ticket NHCC fee

Mexican Independence Day Celebration in partnership with the Mexican Consul

Patio | Fountain Courtyard 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States

5:30 – 7:30 pm In collaboration with the Consulate of Mexico, the National Hispanic Cultural Center is proud to host a celebration of Mexican Independence Day featuring vendors, dancing, and much more!  On Sept. 12, the Center will be joined by the Consulate of Mexico providing a formal flag unveiling and the traditional Grito, a celebration announcement of independence. The courtyard of the celebration will be adorned with Mexican flags and other decorations. The event will feature local vendors selling aguas frescas, churros, and other delicious foods (more...)

Latinx Games Festival 2024

NHCC Campus 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

Session Times TBD Latinx Games Festival is a celebration of Gaming, Latino Culture and Latin American Game Development! Join us In-Person at the National Cultural Hispanic Center from September 20th - September 22th, 2024. Featuring insightful panels, playable Latino made video games, career advancement opportunities, the first ever Latino Games Exhibition, and The Latinx Game Awards, this festival connects our community to the video game industry and plants the seeds for a culturally richer, more mature video game industry. This event exists as an industry-wide call to action (more...)

Noche de Familia: Bless Me, Ultima

Cayetana Romero Lobby

5:00 – 7:00 pm (Film screening held immediately following) Join us for a Noche de Familia inspired by Rudolfo Anaya's beloved novel Bless Me, Ultima! Craft a flapping owl hand puppet, design a drawing inspired by the novel, and use herbs or leaves to emboss clay creations. Free books and coloring books will be available. All ages and individuals will be welcome. After this event, stick around and settle in for a free screening of the movie in the Albuquerque Journal Theatre! Please register separately for the (more...)

Latina Equal Pay Community Liftoff

Plaza Mayor

8:30 am Ahead of the NHCC's Latina Pay Day celebration, head to the Center for a hot air balloon launch and remarks from community leaders in support of raising the pay. The liftoff event will be held on the NHCC’s majestic Plaza Mayor!  Free Community Event.