Seasonal Events
Carnaval Celebration 2021 Auditions
Live via Zoom or in-person3 pm Live via Zoom, register for an audition by emailing odaradance@gmail.com The NHCC’s annual celebration of Carnaval has been postponed because of the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions, but we are not giving up on the celebration. While we work out the details, the Odara Dance Ensemble will be holding online auditions on Saturday, October 17th. Please register for an audition by emailing odaradance@gmail.com by October 15th. Be prepared to audition to various styles of dance, including cultural elements of Cuba, Trinidad, Brazil, and New Orleans. Carnaval, the (more...)
Día de los Muertos: Lesson Plans
Día de los Muertos is observed on November 1st and 2nd in many countries across Latin American. The celebration is the result of a blending of Catholic Spanish traditions with Indigenous customs and beliefs. It is believed that on Día de los Muertos the veil between the spirit world and real world is lifted long enough for the souls of the deceased to reunite with their families and friends. Those who celebrate Día de los Muertos welcome home the spirits of lost loved ones with music, food, offerings, (more...)
Día de los Muertos: Home Ofrenda
Make an ofrenda @home to celebrate Día de los Muertos! The National Hispanic Cultural Center remains closed, and since we can't invite you to the NHCC to celebrate Día de los Muertos, we invite you to share the names of your loved ones in the comments on our social media to create a digital remembrance. If you create an ofrenda in your home, we hope you will share a photo or tag us in your post. (Your account privacy settings may prevent us from sharing it) Read through the post (more...)
Roadrunner Food Bank Distribution Location
NHCC Campus 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM11 am The NHCC will be a special drive-thru distribution location for the Roadrunner Food Bank on Wednesday, December 23rd starting 11am. The Roadrunner Food Bank of New Mexico supplies food to hundreds of organizations throughout New Mexico and it is an honor to be a distribution partner during this difficult holiday season. If you need help please reach out to the Roadrunner Food Bank by calling 505-349-5340 or go to their website at https://www.rrfb.org for more information.
New Year’s Eve around the Hispanic World
Live via Zoom1 pm - 2:30 pm (MST) Live via Zoom ~ Free Holiday Event ~ Have some paper, drawing utensils and scissors with you to enjoy some of the interactive fun! Make a Zine Create your own poetry Try your hand at New Year's related trivia Hear a story (Feliz New Year, Ava Gabriela by Alexandra Alesaandri) Guide to Traditions by Country Guide to Traditions by Type Click on (more...) for some fun online activities! Word Find Crossword For more information or questions contact Cassandra Osterloh at (more...)
César Chávez Day Celebration
Times TBD Recuerda César Chávez Committee Facebook page HERE Since 2007, the National Hispanic Cultural Center has collaborated with Albuquerque’s Recuerda a César Chávez Committee (RCCC) to celebrate the life and legacy of the renowned American civil rights leader César Estrada Chávez, co-founder, with Dolores Huerta, of the National Farmworkers Association and subsequently president of the United Farmworkers of America. In previous years, the annual Marcha de Justicia has departed from the NHCC to begin the day’s activities, returning to the Center for an afternoon community Fiesta. (more...)
NHCC Children’s Bilingual Book Festival
9 am-5 pm (MST) Live online. Visit the festival website This annual festival is the only one of its kind in the U.S. that features children’s books in Spanish and English and Indigenous languages and English. The focus on Spanish, English, Indigenous languages books and authors makes this festival particularly meaningful and vibrant, reflecting the identities of many children in New Mexico, the American Southwest, and beyond. We want to encourage children to see themselves in contemporary children’s literature as well as introduce a bilingual body of (more...)
VOCES Summer Writing Institute for Teens
9:30 am - 4 pm (MST) Weekdays, Monday - Friday Registration link coming soon. Limited to 15 teens (Apply early to get in! First come, first served) Voces is a FREE, month-long writing institute for high school writers. Teens (rising 9th graders through graduating seniors) are inspired to write prose, poetry and monologues through a wide range of experiential activities. The program culminates with chapbooks and a public reading/performance. This free institute is a one-of-a-kind opportunity for teens to experience the equivalent of a writing intensive, with (more...)
Maravilla 2021: Una Noche Unidos, a Celebration of Hispanics in the United States of America!
6 pm Online 7 pm In Person In person: Hotel Albuquerque Online Here “It’s no secret that the United States has an incredibly diverse population. Among the 300 million people in the U.S., approximately 50.7 million are self-described as being of Hispanic origin. The most populated of these groups in the U.S. include Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Salvadorans, Dominicans, Guatemalans, Colombians, Hondurans, Ecuadorians, and Peruvians. At Maravilla 2021, Una Noche Unidos, we will honor the Hispanic countries that continue to leave their mark on the United States (more...)
Global Headphone Dance Party
NHCC Campus 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM7 pm (MST) ¡Globalquerque!, New Mexico’s Annual World Music & Culture Celebration returns to the National Hispanic Cultural Center on September 17 and 18, celebrating immigrant and Indigenous culture in the U.S. with live music, from cutting edge to traditional, on the Center’s Plaza Mayor. This year’s festival, produced by Avokado Artists, kicks off with a headphone dance party on September 16. Learn more at www.Globalquerque.org. Learn more at www.Globalquerque.org. $10 to check out one headphone COVID PROTOCOLS: ¡Globalquerque! will be abiding by all CDC and local public health (more...)