Seasonal Events
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...)
¡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...)