Seasonal Events
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...)
¡GLOBALQUERQUE!
NHCC Campus 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM5 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. COVID PROTOCOLS: ¡Globalquerque! will be abiding by all CDC and local public health mandates and guidelines. In addition to this, only those who are fully (more...)
Festival Oralidad
Interactive Recital Workshop for Children, Michelle Adam—12 pm, Wells Fargo Auditorium Workshop, Emmy Tither—1:30 pm, Wells Fargo Auditorium Round Table Discussion, Nicolasa Chávez & Orlando Romero—4 pm, Wells Fargo Auditorium Concert, Shkeme and Native Roots—7 pm, Bank of America Theatre All events free to the public; previous registration for the workshops required by e-mail at ext-priscila.lopez@cervantes.es Instituto Cervantes and the National Hispanic Cultural Center, with the collaboration of AMP Concerts and the support of the New Mexico Humanities Council, present the first Festival Oralidad on November 18, (more...)
Baila! Baila!’s Christmas in New Mexico 2021
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM7 pm Friday, 2 pm & 7 pm Saturday Baila! Baila!’s annual holiday show is a whirlwind extravaganza, taking audiences on a journey through the sights and sounds of Christmas in New Mexico. Music, song, and dance with the traditional Southwestern flair that has been cultivated in our state over the generations, as well as unique segments saluting Christmas traditions from around the world, will delight theatregoers of all ages. In 2021, Baila! Baila! will be celebrating their 32nd year in spectacular fashion. Christmas in New Mexico features (more...)
Opera Southwest: New Year’s with the Opera!
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM2 pm & 7 pm New Year’s with the Opera is a fun variety show featuring Opera Southwest’s most beloved recent performers, the Albuquerque Youth Symphony, and the Opera Southwest Chamber Orchestra. With a variety of opera favorites and light classics, there is something for everyone to ring in the New Year. Please join us this year for our family-friendly presentation at 2 pm. $49, $59, $69 with an additional $45 for the Opera Southwest After-Party COVID PROTOCOLS: This concert will require either a proof of vaccination completed at least 14 (more...)
Carnaval 2022: Queenie, Queen of Carnaval
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM7:30 pm Carnaval, the festive season occurring before Lent in many countries, including Latin American and Caribbean nations as well as parts of the United States, is one of the world’s most widespread celebrations and one of its biggest parties. Carnaval was first celebrated at the NHCC in 2002 and has been part of the Center’s regular seasonal programming since 2006, with regular performances by presenting partners Frank Leto & PANdemonium and Pilar Leto & the Odara Dance Ensemble. Carnaval 2022 marks the NHCC’s 16th annual Carnaval Celebration—a (more...)
Festival Flamenco Alburquerque 35 presents Estévez / Paños y Compañía: La Confluencia
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM8:00 pm Festival Flamenco Alburquerque 35 presents Estévez / Paños y Compañía, winners of the Spanish National Dance Prize for Choreography in 2019, in La Confluencia. Their new exploration into flamenco’s multifaceted evolution features fiveprodigiously talented, inimitable male dancers of danza estilizada and flamenco. Original and riveting, La Confluenciapowerfully imagines the forces that coalesce to make flamenco the evocative art that it is. (U.S. Premiere) $50, $65, $80, $95
Festival Flamenco Alburquerque 35 presents Eva Yerbabuena: D’Madrugá
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM8:00 pm Festival Flamenco Alburquerque 35 presents Eva Yerbabuena y Compañía in D’Madrugá. Flamenco’s grande dame returns to the Festival with a work of pure inspiration transmitted with unmatched beauty, depth, and energy. Miraculous and groundbreaking, Eva Yerbabuena illuminates what it is to be one of the world’s great dancers. (U.S. Premiere) $50, $65, $80, $95