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SUMMARY:Rescheduled: Escribir | Escuchar Latine Author Series: Estella González Reading
DESCRIPTION:6:30 pm Reception and Book Signing\n7:00 pm Reading \nNHCC | Salón Ortega \nJoin us for a literary evening as we celebrate the launch of Huizache Women\, the latest novel by Estella González! Delve into a captivating narrative intertwining the lives of women navigating the complexities of identity\, family\, and resilience in González’s evocative storytelling. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet the author\, engage in enriching discussion\, and hear excerpts from her compelling new work. \nThe Saturday after the presentation\, come and participate in an ancillary creative writing workshop led by Estella\, offering a unique opportunity to explore your own narrative voice and craft. \nFree community event. Please register for the Reading and the Workshop individually below. \nThis event is generously supported by AARP Albuquerque.
URL:https://nhccnm.org/event/rescheduled-escribir-escuchar-latine-author-series-estella-gonzalez-reading/
LOCATION:Salón Ortega\, 1701 4th Street SW\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87102
CATEGORIES:History and Literary Arts,Speakers
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250615
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SUMMARY:Rescheduled: Escribir | Escuchar Latine Author Series: Estella González Workshop
DESCRIPTION:10:00 am – 12:00 pm \nNHCC | Salón Ortega \nThis Saturday come and participate in an ancillary creative writing workshop led by Estella González\, offering a unique opportunity to explore your own narrative voice and craft. \nThis workshop celebrates Huizache Women\, the latest novel by Estella González! Huizache Women delves into a captivating narrative intertwining the lives of women navigating the complexities of identity\, family\, and resilience in González’s evocative storytelling. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet the author and engage in enriching discussion. \nFree community event. Please register for the Reading and the Workshop individually below. \nThis event is generously supported by AARP Albuquerque.
URL:https://nhccnm.org/event/rescheduled-escribir-escuchar-latine-author-series-estella-gonzalez-workshop/
LOCATION:Salón Ortega\, 1701 4th Street SW\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87102
CATEGORIES:History and Literary Arts,Speakers,Workshops
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250703
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250704
DTSTAMP:20260403T120242
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SUMMARY:Herencia 1776 Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:NOTE: This event has been moved to the Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts lobby due to weather. \n9:30 – 10:30 am \nAs part of the arts and diplomacy herencia series at the center\, please join friends and familia for a ceremony sharing the collective history of 1776 between Spain and the United States.  \nCo-hosted with the Spanish Resource Center Education Ministry of Spain. Special guests include renowned poet Aaron Abeyta and historian Dr. Tomas Chavez! The event begins at 9:30am and will be located in the Pete Padilla Manuel Mora Memorial Park inside the National Hispanic Cultural Center.  \nFree Community Event\, please register below.
URL:https://nhccnm.org/event/herencia-1776-ceremony/
LOCATION:Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts\, 1701 4th Street SW\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87102\, United States
CATEGORIES:History and Literary Arts,Seasonal Events,Speakers
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250720
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250721
DTSTAMP:20260403T120242
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SUMMARY:Artist Chisme: Creative Conversations
DESCRIPTION:2:00 to 4:00 pm  \nJoin the curator and artist Vicente Telles along with artists Vanessa Alvarado\, Eric Romero\, and Daisy Quezada Ureña for a fun and casual afternoon celebrating the NHCC art exhibition Rendered Presence: Artistas de Nuevo México.  \nAttendees will have a chance to walk through the exhibit with the artists. Community\, artists and NHCC staff will sit and relax in the museum while participating in engaging conversation. The chisme will continue over light refreshments served in the museum courtyard. \nFree community event\, please register using the link below. For more information about this event\, contact Education Program Manager Elena Baca at 505-220-7928 or ElenaD.Baca@dca.nm.gov. To learn more about our guest artists please check out their websites.  \nVicente Telles  \nVanessa Alvarado – Albuquerque Fine Arts Oil Painter  \nEric Romero Art  \nDaisy Quezada Ureña
URL:https://nhccnm.org/event/artist-chisme-creative-conversations-2/
LOCATION:Visual Art Museum\, 1701 4th Street SW\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Education,Food,Speakers,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250805
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250806
DTSTAMP:20260403T120242
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SUMMARY:Dr. Cesar Lozano: Felizmente Imperfectos
DESCRIPTION:*Atención: este evento se ha pospuesto del 15 al 5 de agosto. Las entradas adquiridas para la función del 15 de agosto serán válidas el día 5. \n8:00 pm \nNHCC | Albuquerque Journal Theatre \nUna noche inolvidable con el Dr. Cesar Lozano. \nPrepárate para una experiencia única en conferencias con el renombrado orador César Lozano y su nueva gira “Felizmente Imperfectos”. Conocido principalmente por sus “frases matonas”\, Lozano compartirá su perspectiva inspiradora contigo. Autor de varios libros\, incluyendo “Una buena forma para decir adiós” y “No te enganches todo pasa”\, este evento promete ser divertido y motivador. No te pierdas la oportunidad de presenciar una conferencia que te hará reflexionar y encontrar la felicidad en la imperfección. \nGet ready for a unique experience in conferences with renowned speaker César Lozano and his new tour “Felizmente Imperfectos”. Author of several books\, including “A Good Way to Say Goodbye” and “Don’t Get Hooked\, Everything Happens\,” this event promises to be fun and motivating. Don’t miss the opportunity to witness a conference that will make you reflect and find happiness in imperfection. \n\n*Please note\, this event has been moved from August 15th to August 5th. Tickets purchased for the August 15th performance will be honored on the 5th. \nAn unforgettable evening with Dr. Cesar Lozano \nGet ready for a unique conference experience with renowned speaker César Lozano and his new tour “Felizmente Imperfectos.” Known primarily for his “killer phrases\,” Lozano will share his inspiring perspective with you. Author of several books\, including “A Good Way to Say Goodbye” and “Don’t Get Hooked\, Everything Happens\,” this event promises to be fun and motivating. Don’t miss the opportunity to witness a conference that will make you reflect and find happiness in imperfection. \nGet ready for a unique conference experience with renowned speaker César Lozano and his new tour “Felizmente Imperfectos.” Author of several books\, including “A Good Way to Say Goodbye” and “Don’t Get Hooked\, Everything Happens\,” this event promises to be fun and motivating. Don’t miss the opportunity to witness a conference that will make you reflect and find happiness in imperfection. \n$40\, $55\, $65\, $80\, $75\, $90\, &  $125 \n\n* El evento es un evento de alquiler\, no una producción del NHCC. El título\, el contenido\, las fotos/imágenes y la descripción de este evento fueron proporcionados al NHCC por la organización que alquiló el recinto del NHCC. Al actuar como recinto y publicar el evento en su sitio web\, el NHCC no respalda las opiniones expresadas en el título o la descripción del evento\, ni su contenido. \n*The event is a rental event not an NHCC production. The title\, content\, photos/images and description for this event were provided to the NHCC by the organization renting the NHCC venue for the event. By serving as a venue and posting the event on its website\, the NHCC is not endorsing any views expressed in the title or description of the event\, nor is it endorsing the content of the event. \n*Todas las ventas de entradas para espectáculos/eventos del NHCC se realizan a través del sitio web del Centro Nacional de Cultura Hispana (NHCC). El NHCC es una división del Departamento de Asuntos Culturales de Nuevo México. Será redirigido a nuestro sistema central de venta de entradas. NO COMPRE A TERCEROS. Si ve una aplicación o sitio web de terceros\, por favor\, repórtelo al Centro al (505) 246-2261. \n*All NHCC performance/event ticket sales go through the National Hispanic Cultural Center Website. NHCC is a division of New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs. You will be redirected to our central ticketing system. DO NOT BUY FROM THIRD PARTIES. If you see a third party app or website\, please report it to the Center at (505) 246-2261.
URL:https://nhccnm.org/event/cesar-lazano-felizmente-imperfectos/
LOCATION:Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre\, 1701 4th St SW\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87102
CATEGORIES:Rental,Speakers
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250808
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SUMMARY:Reading: Dr. Irene Blea
DESCRIPTION:6:30 – 8:00 pm \nNHCC | Salon Ortega \nJoin author\, Irene Blea\, Ph.D. as she reads from her unusual\, magical realistic\, memoir. Dr. Irene I. Blea shares frequent conversations with award-winning author\, Rudolfo Anaya\, who died in 2020. They were friends for over forty years\, shared working on the University of New Mexico campus\, and lived near one another. Anaya is best known for his book\, Bless Me\, Ultima. In this volume\, Dr. Blea recalls platicas\, conversations\, with her friend\, Rudy\, about the essence of his writing\, growing up in New Mexico\, the nature of university life\, the art and business of writing\, publishing\, death\, dying\, and spirituality. Blea\, also an award-winning author and a sociologist\, draws from their shared community understanding\, and her ability to write in a multidisciplinary manner to poetically close the gap between literature and social science to render us an opportunity to say good-bye to Rudolfo Anaya\, the godfather of Chicano literature. \nOn August 7\, the Center will host a reading and book-signing with Dr. Blea from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Then\, join us the following week for her associated virtual writing workshop from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on August 14. \nFree Community Event. Please register using the link below. \n \nAbout the book: In this unusual\, magical realistic\, memoir\, Dr. Irene I. Blea shares frequent conversations with award-winning author\, Rodolfo Anaya\, who died in 2022. They were friends for over forty years\, shared working on the University of New Mexico campus\, and lived near one another. Anaya is best known for his book Bless Me Ultima. In this volume\, Dr. Blea recalls platicas\, conversations\, with her friend Rudy\, about the essence of his writing\, growing up in New Mexico\, the nature of university life\, the art and business of writing\, publishing\, death\, dying\, and spirituality. Blea\, also an award-winning author and a sociologist\, draws from their shared community understanding\, and her ability to write in a multidisciplinary manner to poetically close the gap between literature and social science to render us an opportunity to say good-bye to Rodolfo Anaya\, the godfather of Chicano literature.
URL:https://nhccnm.org/event/reading-dr-irene-blea/
LOCATION:Salón Ortega\, 1701 4th Street SW\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87102
CATEGORIES:Book Club,History and Literary Arts,Speakers
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250906
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250907
DTSTAMP:20260403T120242
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SUMMARY:Noche de Familia: Noche de Curanderismo & Bless Me\, Ultima
DESCRIPTION:4:00 pm Limpia Workshop\n6:30 pm Film Screening: Bless Me\, Ultima \nNew Mexico Gas Company presents Noche de Familia: Noche de Curanderismo\, consisting of a limpia workshop and screening of Bless Me\, Ultima. \nNoche de Curanderismo will be dedicated to the immersion and celebration of the indigenous healing practices of Latin America and the Southwest. Curanderismo refers to these practices that rely on natural remedies. The community will have an opportunity to explore curanderismo through a limpia workshop. A limpia is a spiritual clearing practice. The workshop will be followed by a screening of Bless Me Ultima\, a film that integrates these practices into a captivating narrative.  \nRudolfo Anaya’s beloved and iconic Bless Me\, Ultima returns to the NHCC with Carl Franklin’s screen adaptation in partnership with the English department of the University of New Mexico. Bless Me\, Ultima is set in the 1940s in rural New Mexico and tells the story of a young boy and the mysterious healer who opens his eyes to the wonders of the spiritual realm. As the entire world is plunged into war and Antonio Marez grapples with the harsh realities all around him\, his life is forever changed by the sudden arrival of Ultima\, a curandera who inspires him to see the world from a new perspective. \n2011; Carl Franklin; English; 102 minutes; Rated PG-13. \nWorkshop Runtime: 2 hours\nFilm Runtime: 1h 46m \nFree community event\, please register using the link below.
URL:https://nhccnm.org/event/noche-de-familia-noche-de-curanderismo-bless-me-ultima/
LOCATION:Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre\, 1701 4th Street SW\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87102
CATEGORIES:Film,Food,Performing Arts,Speakers,Workshops
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250913
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250914
DTSTAMP:20260403T120242
CREATED:20230819T200159Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250913T173147Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series: Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of NM: The Santa Fe New Mexican
DESCRIPTION:10:30 am – 12:30 pm\n\nThe Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of NM presents the 2025 Speaker Series. The H.G.R.C. of N.M. will host Inez Russell-Gomez a past Editor of the Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper. The Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper\, under extraordinary times\, has survived 175 years! Inez Russell-Gomez will cover a historic timeline of stories in shifting times and of the newspaper business that is determined to survive. She will share with us her insightful thoughts on an amazing history\, while celebrating the 175 Anniversary & Years of New Mexico News Stories. \nThe HGRC Office is in the History and Literary Arts Building at the National Hispanic Cultural Center\, Tuesday & Thursday from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm. By appointment only on Saturdays. \nFor more information on the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of NM or to make an appointment please call 505-833-4197 or check out their website here: https://www.hgrc-nm.org/index.html \nFree Community Event.
URL:https://nhccnm.org/event/speaker-series-hispanic-genealogical-research-center-of-nm-the-santa-fe-new-mexican/
LOCATION:Domenici Education Building\, 1701 4th Street SW\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87102
CATEGORIES:History and Literary Arts,Speakers
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250923
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250924
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250909T155857Z
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SUMMARY:Viva Indie: The future of New Mexico Film
DESCRIPTION:6:00 pm: Discussion\n7:00 pm: Networking Mixer \nNHCC | Bank of America Theatre \nPresented by NHCC & New Mexico Film Office \nJoin us for a discussion on the future of filmmaking in New Mexico! We will hear from filmmakers who have carved out careers from our vibrant local industry. We will discuss challenges and triumphs of independent filmmaking as well as how to get started or enhance your participation as a local filmmaker or cinephile. \nModerators: Respect the Connect (Trad to Trav and Lenwords) \nFilm Panel:\nAlejandro Montoya Marin\nMatthew Page\nMichelle Waterson Gomez\nShaandiin Tome \nFree community event. Limited availability. Please register to attend.
URL:https://nhccnm.org/event/viva-indie-the-future-of-new-mexico-film/
LOCATION:Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre\, 1701 4th Street SW\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87102
CATEGORIES:Film,Performing Arts,Speakers,Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250925
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250926
DTSTAMP:20260403T120242
CREATED:20250709T225137Z
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SUMMARY:The Early Chicano Movement at New Mexico Highlands University\, ca. 1968–1970: A Historical Overview
DESCRIPTION:6:00 to 7:00 pm \nJoin us at the Visual Art Museum for a Lecture and Q&A with Julianna Loera-Wiggins on the Early Chicano Movement at New Mexico Highlands University. She will be introduced by Ray Hernández-Durán\, Ph.D\, co-curator of the NHCC art exhibition Voces del Pueblo: Artists of the Levantamiento Chicano in New Mexico. \nFree Community Event. Please register using the link below. \nAbout the exhibition: Voces del Pueblo: Artists of the Levantamiento Chicano in New Mexico features a group of New Mexican artists who were among the earliest generation of Chicana and Chicano activists in the state. The artworks on display capture a distinctly New Mexican Chicana and Chicano experience that has received little attention in Chicano art history. Learn more at nhccnm.org/museum.
URL:https://nhccnm.org/event/the-early-chicano-movement-at-new-mexico-highlands-university-ca-1968-1970-a-historical-overview/
LOCATION:Visual Art Museum\, 1701 4th Street SW\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speakers,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251002
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251003
DTSTAMP:20260403T120242
CREATED:20250909T190822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250930T231720Z
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SUMMARY:Reading: Yolanda Nava
DESCRIPTION:6:30 pm \n\nNHCC | Salón Ortega \nJoin us for a two-day reading and workshop event featuring author Yolanda Nava\, in celebration of her book Through The Dark. Through the Dark tells the remarkable true story of Nava’s fight with a mysterious illness that nearly claimed her life – eventually diagnosed as a rare autoimmune disease. Inspiring\, uplifting\, and transcendent in purpose\, Through The Dark reads like a gripping thriller as Nava conducts an investigation into her own life.  \n\n\nOn October 4\, the Center will host a workshop with Yolanda Nava at 10:00 am. Please register separately for both events. \nFree Community Event.
URL:https://nhccnm.org/event/reading-yolanda-nava/
LOCATION:Salón Ortega\, 1701 4th Street SW\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87102
CATEGORIES:Book Club,History and Literary Arts,Speakers
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251010
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251011
DTSTAMP:20260403T120242
CREATED:20250804T140017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250805T154041Z
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SUMMARY:Books on the Bosque: Fright Night
DESCRIPTION:6:00 pm – 10:00 pm \nNational Hispanic Cultural Center | Bank of America Theatre \nFright Night\, Horror Event presented by Books on the Bosque. Meet bestselling authors Brian Asman\, Nat Cassidy\, Clay McLeod Chapman\, Ramona Emerson\, Philip Fracassi\, Jennifer Givhan\, T. Kingfisher\, C.J. Leede\, and Keith Rosson in conversation with Jeff C. Carter of the We Bleed Orange & Black Podcast. Bookstore Pop-Up\, Wine & Beer Vendor TBD. Presented by Books on the Bosque. \n$35 General Admission\, $45 Preferred Seating\, and $65 VIP Seating \n🎟 General Admission Ticket Includes:\n*Event bookmark\n*Event sticker\n*Open seating \n🪑 Preferred Ticket Includes:\n*Event bookmark\n*Event sticker\n*Early entry for preferred seating\n*Opportunity to have one book signed by each participating author \n👻 VIP Ticket Includes:\n*Event bookmark\n*Event sticker\n*Reserved seating in the first two center rows\n*Spooky swag bag filled with goodies\n*Exclusive small-group meet and greet with the authors\n*Private signing session with two books signed per author\n*Signed commemorative event poster \n18+ event-minors must be accompanied by an adult \n\n*The event is a rental event not an NHCC production. The title\, content\, photos/images and description for this event were provided to the NHCC by the organization renting the NHCC venue for the event. By serving as a venue and posting the event on its website\, the NHCC is not endorsing any views expressed in the title or description of the event\, nor is it endorsing the content of the event. \n*All NHCC performance/event ticket sales go through the National Hispanic Cultural Center Website. NHCC is a division of New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs. You will be redirected to our central ticketing system. DO NOT BUY FROM THIRD PARTIES. If you see a third party app or website\, please report it to the Center at (505) 246-2261.
URL:https://nhccnm.org/event/books-on-the-bosque-fright-night/
LOCATION:Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre\, 1701 4th Street SW\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87102
CATEGORIES:Rental,Seasonal Events,Speakers,Workshops
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251012
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SUMMARY:Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of NM Speaker Series: Jack R Fox
DESCRIPTION:10:30 – 12:00 pm \nNHCC | Dominici Education Building / Rooms 122-124 \nThe Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico welcomes Retired New Mexico Army National Guard Brigadier General Jack R. Fox for our October HGRC Speaker Series. General Fox will lead a discussion on “The Rough Riders of New Mexico\,” a nickname given to the 1st U.S. Volunteer Calvery Legendary Cowboy Regiment. The Men who served had to already have knowledge and experience capable on horseback and in shooting. One Half the unit came from New Mexico and recruited by Commander Theodore Roosevelt. Las Vegas\, New Mexico celebrates with a museum about “The Rough Riders of New Mexico” as the first regiments gathering place in 1899. \n“On June 24\, 1899\, on the one-year anniversary of the Battle of Las Gusaimas\, about a hundred soldiers who called themselves the Rough Riders gathered together to celebrate victory in the Spanish-American War. Where they gathered wasn’t as important as why.  But when it came time to organize such an event only one Old West town seemed appropriate: Las Vegas. \nYes\, Las Vegas. \nOnly this was not the Las Vegas built in the middle of the Nevada desert. That town’s reputation was still several decades away. \nNo\, this was the City of Las Vegas in the New Mexico territory.”         \n– By Ken Zurski
URL:https://nhccnm.org/event/hispanic-genealogical-research-center-of-nm-speaker-series-jack-r-fox/
LOCATION:Domenici Education Building\, 1701 4th Street SW\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87102
CATEGORIES:Education,Speakers
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251102
DTSTAMP:20260403T120242
CREATED:20250904T224949Z
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SUMMARY:Día de Familia: Día de Muertos  
DESCRIPTION:11:00 am \nNHCC | Domenici Education Building \nJoin us for a special day for the whole family commemorating Día de Muertos traditions. Contribute to our community ofrenda and view ofrendas created by local schools and community organizations. Decorate sugar skulls\, craft paper flowers\, enjoy face-painting\, and sample Pan de Muerto. Visitors can also enjoy food from local food trucks. \nPlease bring a non-returnable photo or item to contribute to our community ofrenda. \nFree Community Event\, generously supported by NM Gas Co.
URL:https://nhccnm.org/event/dia-de-familia-dia-de-los-muertos-4/
LOCATION:Domenici Education Building\, 1701 4th Street SW\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87102
CATEGORIES:Dance,Education,Food,Music,Speakers,Workshops
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251102
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SUMMARY:WORLD PREMIERE: Native Bound Unbound: Archive of Indigenous Slavery
DESCRIPTION:1:00 pm \nNHCC | Bank of America Theatre \nWORLD PREMIERE \nOn this special weekend\, when we honor all saints and all souls\, we are excited to launch this magnificent project focused on Indigenous slavery — a history and legacy centering creativity\, consciousness\, and community. \nJoin us for an afternoon of reflection\, dialogue\, and celebration featuring the project team\, community voices\, a performance by Unbound\, and a reception to follow. \nFree community event \nPlease join the Native Bound Unbound: Archive of Indigenous Slavery\, on Sunday\, November 2\, 2025 at 1:00 pm in Santa Fe\, New Mexico at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture\, 710 Camino Lejo off Old Santa Fe Trail on Museum Hill in Santa Fe\, New Mexico for a second opportunity to be a part of this celebration. This is a Free community event as well.
URL:https://nhccnm.org/event/world-premiere-native-bound-unbound-archive-of-indigenous-slavery/
LOCATION:Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium\, 1701 4th Street SW\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87102
CATEGORIES:Rental,Speakers,Workshops
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251108
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251109
DTSTAMP:20260403T120242
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SUMMARY:Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of NM Speaker Series: Linda Tigges PH.D.
DESCRIPTION:10:30 – 12:00 pm \nNHCC | Dominici Education Building / Rooms 122-124 \nThe Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico welcomes Linda Tigges PH.D.. Author\, Historian\, Archivist Researcher\, Dr. Tigges’\, extensive research into New Mexico Spanish Colonial documents uncovered extensive and interesting topics and works published in her outstanding writings\, books and in presentations! \nWorking with translators of Spanish Colonial documents\, Linda Tigges\, PH.D. has published primary source materials which have been foundational in many fields of research. Over the past decade\, Linda’s works have assisted geneologists\, anthropoligists\, historians\, museum curators\, and novelists with accounts from original Spanish Colonial documents.  These documents tell the stories of New Mexico’s 18th century founders and settlers through their mishaps\, grievences\, complaints and outrageous behaviors. \nCome see and hold some of these historic objects! \n“Historical Artifacts/Materials: Metal Objects\, Tools Including a Sword from Civil War:” Historic objects hold stories from the times and lives of N.M. Past Eras!” \nFree community event
URL:https://nhccnm.org/event/hispanic-genealogical-research-center-of-nm-speaker-series-linda-tigges-ph-d/
LOCATION:Domenici Education Building\, 1701 4th Street SW\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87102
CATEGORIES:Education,Speakers
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251120
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251121
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SUMMARY:New Mexican Chicanas in the Spotlight: Chicana Feminism and Art in New Mexico
DESCRIPTION:6:00 to 7:00 pm \nHead to the NHCC Visual Art Museum for a conversation a Lecture and Q&A with Bernadine Hernández\, associate professor in the Department of English at the University of New Mexico. She will be introduced by Ray Hernández-Durán\, co-curator of the NHCC art exhibition Voces del Pueblo: Artists of the Levantamiento Chicano in New Mexico. \nFree Community Event. Please register using the link below. \nAbout the exhibition: Voces del Pueblo: Artists of the Levantamiento Chicano in New Mexico features a group of New Mexican artists who were among the earliest generation of Chicana and Chicano activists in the state. The artworks on display capture a distinctly New Mexican Chicana and Chicano experience that has received little attention in Chicano art history. Learn more at nhccnm.org/museum.
URL:https://nhccnm.org/event/new-mexican-chicanas-in-the-spotlight-chicana-feminism-and-art-in-new-mexico/
LOCATION:Visual Art Museum\, 1701 4th Street SW\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speakers,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251207
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251208
DTSTAMP:20260403T120242
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SUMMARY:Pláticas Públicas: In the Gallery with the Artists
DESCRIPTION:2:00 to 4:00 pm \nHead to the NHCC Visual Art Museum for a Gallery Tour led by Roberta Márquez and Adelita M. Medina\, two of the artists featured in the NHCC art exhibition Voces del Pueblo: Artists of the Levantamiento Chicano in New Mexico. \nFree Community Event. Please register using the link below. \nAbout the exhibition: Voces del Pueblo: Artists of the Levantamiento Chicano in New Mexico features a group of New Mexican artists who were among the earliest generation of Chicana and Chicano activists in the state. The artworks on display capture a distinctly New Mexican Chicana and Chicano experience that has received little attention in Chicano art history. Learn more at nhccnm.org/museum.
URL:https://nhccnm.org/event/platicas-publicas-in-the-gallery-with-the-artists-3/
LOCATION:Visual Art Museum\, 1701 4th Street SW\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speakers,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251207
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251215
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SUMMARY:Opera Southwest: The Farolitos of Christmas
DESCRIPTION:December 7\, 12\, 13 & 14\, 2025\n6:30 pm Friday\, 2:00 pm & 6:00 pm Saturday\, & 4:00 pm Sundays \nMusic & Libretto / Héctor Armienta \nOpera Southwest and the National Hispanic Cultural Center present a heartwarming holiday opera for all ages with Héctor Armienta’s The Farolitos of Christmas. \nA new opera for families and children based on Rudolfo Anaya’s beloved children’s book\, The Farolitos of Christmas is a heartwarming holiday opera about love\, tradition\, and the quiet power of invention. Luz’s father is away at war. Her grandfather is too sick to build the luminarias. So Luz finds a new way to light the path on Christmas Eve\, one that will become tradition. \nWith music and libretto by Héctor Armienta (Zorro\, Bless Me\, Ultima) and stage direction by John de los Santos (Frida\, Before Night Falls)\, this luminous one-act opera captures the spirit of New Mexico in winter: flickering light\, faith\, and family that endures. \n$25\, $35\, $45\, $55\, & $65 with discounts for groups of 8 or more & anyone 30 years old and younger. \nRunning time: Approximately 1 hour \nFor more information on Opera Southwest please click HERE. \nKeepsake volumes of Anaya’s The Farolitos of Christmas are available for purchase HERE. \n\n*In accordance with the ticketing policies of the event promoter\, tickets for this event are not permitted to be advertised or re-sold for more than face value. All ticket sales must be purchased through National Hispanic Cultural Center or accompanying host partner. \n*All NHCC performance/event ticket sales go through the National Hispanic Cultural Center Website. NHCC is a division of New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs. You will be redirected to our central ticketing system. DO NOT BUY FROM THIRD PARTIES. If you see a third party app or website\, please report it to the Center at (505) 246-2261.
URL:https://nhccnm.org/event/opera-southwest-the-farolitos-of-christmas/
LOCATION:Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre\, 1701 4th St SW\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87102
CATEGORIES:Music,Performing Arts,School and Youth Programs,Seasonal Events,Speakers
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260412
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260413
DTSTAMP:20260403T120242
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SUMMARY:AfroMundo Festival: “Narratives of Power: Myth\, History\, and the Stories that Shape Us”
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, April 12\, 2026\n7:00 pm \nNHCC | Wells Fargo Auditorium \n2026 AfroMundo Festival: “Futurism: Manifesting the Envisioned”\nFeatured Regions: U.S. & U.S. Territories: Puerto Rico\, Virgin Islands\, Guam\, American Samoa\, Mariana Islands \nLiterary Reading with Samoan storyteller Gabby Langkilde; Puerto Rican poet\, Dr. Eleuterio Santiago-Diaz; and Virgin Islands’ author\, Tiphanie Yanique. Followed by panel discussion and Q&A moderated by Dr. Belinda Deneen Wallace\, Director of UNM’s Liberal Arts and Integrative Studies Program. \nThe 2026 AfroMundo Festival is free to the general public with limited seating and includes films\, concerts\, literature\, oral traditions\, panel discussions\, culinary and other arts to foster a greater understanding of our shared humanity. Learn more at afromundo.org. \nPLEASE MAKE YOUR RESERVATION HERE! \nPanel discussion with:\nGabby Langkilde is a Samoan storyteller and the founder and executive editor of Pasefika Presence. Born and raised on the island of Tutuila in American Samoa\, her love for storytelling was cultivated early in life —listening to ancient Samoan legends shared by her grandfather and later crafting her own tales for cousins\, friends\, and family to enjoy. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Women\, Gender\, and Sexuality Studies from Harvard College\, where she wrote ‘Pasefika Presence\,’ one of the first recurring columns in The Harvard Crimson to center Pacific Islander perspectives and issues. After graduating\, she returned home to American Samoa and worked as an eighth-grade social studies teacher\, and in 2023\, she founded Pasefika Presence as an online\, submission-based magazine uplifting Pacific Islander stories and art. Rooted in the same commitment to centering Pacific Islander perspectives as her original column\, Pasefika Presence began as a way to engage her students in Pacific storytelling and has since grown into an international platform that has published two issues and received hundreds of submissions from creatives across the Pacific and its diasporas. Gabby went on to be awarded a Fulbright U.S. Graduate Award to pursue research in Auckland\, New Zealand\, and received an East-West Center Graduate Degree Fellowship to complete her master’s degree in Pacific Island Studies at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Today\, she continues to guide Pasefika Presence while using storytelling\, education\, and research to empower Pacific communities and expand space for Pasefika voices.\nhttps://www.pasefikapresence.org \nDr. Eleuterio Santiago Diaz is a poet\, professor\, and literary critic. Upon graduation from the University of Puerto Rico\, Santiago-Díaz worked as a teacher of Spanish\, physical education and industrial arts\, and as a librarian in Puerto Rican elementary schools. He earned a Master’s degree in Spanish from the University of California at Santa Barbara and a Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies from Brown University\, and is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of New Mexico. His teaching and research center on Afro-Caribbean and Caribbean literature examined in light of theories of race\, writing and modernity; Latino-Caribbean literature in the United States; and Modern Latin American poetry. Before joining UNM\, he taught language and literature in the departments of Spanish and Portuguese and African and Diaspora Studies at Tulane University\, at Cambridge Community College and at St. Cloud State University. Santiago-Díaz is the author of the poetry books Árbol de plaza talado en su novena edad (Ciudad de México\, Ediciones del Lirio\, 2021) and Breaths (Albuquerque\, NM: University of New Mexico Press\, 2012)\, the scholarly book Escritura afropuertorriqueña y modernidad (Pittsburgh\, PA: IILI/University of Pittsburgh\, 2007)\, and articles published in academic journals and anthologies such as Revista Iberoamericana\, Confluencia\, Bilingual Review\, Revista de Literatura\, História e Memória\, and Marvels of the African World: Cultural Patrimony\, New World Connections\, and Identities (Trenton\, NJ: Africa World Press\, 2003). Pending publication\, he has several creative projects: the poetry books Kernel and The Mollusk and the Thumb\, and a collection of short stories titled El Circo. \nTiphanie Yanique is the author of the novel\, Monster in the Middle\, which was published in 2021 and on numerous best of the year lists.  Monster in the Middle was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards and is a finalist for the Townsend Prize. Tiphanie is also the author of the poetry collection\, Wife\, which won the Bocas Prize in Caribbean poetry and the United Kingdom’s Forward/Felix Dennis Prize for a First Collection\, the novel\, Land of Love and Drowning\, which won the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Award from the Center for Fiction\, the Phillis Wheatley Award for Pan-African Literature\, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Rosenthal Family Foundation Award. Land of Love and Drowning was also a finalist for the Orion Award in Environmental Literature and the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award. She is the author of a collection of stories\, How to Escape from a Leper Colony\, which won her a listing as one of the National Book Foundation’s 5Under35 and the Bocas Prize in Fiction. Her writing has won the Boston Review Prize in Fiction\, a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers Award\, a Pushcart Prize\, an Academy of American Poet’s Prize and two Fulbright Scholarships. Tiphanie is also an outspoken activist on behalf of the Caribbean\, having appeared on Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman\, and published an op-ed in The New York Times on the US response to hurricanes in the Caribbean. Tiphanie is from the Virgin Islands and is Professor at Emory University. \nMODERATOR: Dr. Belinda Deneen Wallace\, Dr. Belinda Deneen Wallace (she/her) is an Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature and the Director of the Liberal Arts and Integrative Studies Program at the University of New Mexico. She teaches classes and conducts research on Global Black Speculative Fiction\, with an emphasis on Afrofuturism and Caribbean speculative literature. Her essays have appeared in a number of journals\, including Small Axe\, Cultural Dynamix\, and Radical Teacher and in several anthologies\, including the forthcoming book\, The Routledge Handbook of Latinx Visions\, where she contributed a chapter that explores the intersections between Caribbean-speculative fiction and Latinx-futurism. Presently\, she is editing a book on power\, gender\, and teaching speculative fiction in the college classroom. Belinda’s edited collection will be published in early 2027. \nAfroMundo Festival: Literary Reading: “Narratives of Power: Myth\, History\, and the Stories that Shape Us” | New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs
URL:https://nhccnm.org/event/afromundo-festival-literary-readingnarratives-of-power-myth-history-and-the-stories-that-shape-us/
LOCATION:Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium\, 1701 4th Street SW\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87102
CATEGORIES:Education,Speakers,Workshops
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260412
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260413
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SUMMARY:AfroMundo Festival: “Fight for Equality"
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, April 12\, 2026\n3:00 pm \nNHCC | Wells Fargo Auditorium \n2026 AfroMundo Festival: “Futurism: Manifesting the Envisioned”\nFeatured Regions: U.S. & U.S. Territories: Puerto Rico\, Virgin Islands\, Guam\, American Samoa\, Mariana Islands \nPanel Discussion with Darlene T. Gomez\, attorney for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives; Abraham Paulos of BAJI (Black Alliance for Just Immigration); Dr. Estévan Rael-Gálvez\, President and founder of Native Bound-Unbound; and Azadeh Shahshahani\, Legal and Advocacy for Project South. Moderated by Dr. Belinda Deneen Wallace\, Director of UNM’s Liberal Arts and Integrative Studies Program. \nThe 2026 AfroMundo Festival is free to the general public with limited seating and includes films\, concerts\, literature\, oral traditions\, panel discussions\, culinary and other arts to foster a greater understanding of our shared humanity. \nPLEASE MAKE YOUR RESERVATION HERE! \nPanel discussion with:\nDarlene T. Gomez is a lifelong native of Northern New Mexico\, having been born and raised in Lumberton where her ancestors homesteaded before New Mexico was incorporated into the United States. She has been practicing law for over 19 years and specializes in Indian Law\, Complex Family Law\, and advocating on behalf of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Relatives (MMIWR). Darlene attended the University of New Mexico School of Law where she first began her pro bono work fighting for clean water in her hometown of Lumberton. She was the inaugural recipient of the Carlos Vigil Scholarship\, among numerous other awards while in school. Darlene is tirelessly passionate about giving a voice to the voiceless through her pro bono work. She has been a fierce advocate for primary and secondary victims of the MMIWR crisis since 2001 and spends much of her time organizing rallies\, mentoring and advocating for secondary victims\, preparing and distributing press releases\, and serving as the attorney for 15 families of MMIWR victims. She is a founding member of the New Mexico MMIW Task Force and serves as the general counsel for the 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization Medicine Wheel Ride. She is widely considered a leading expert in MMIWR throughout the US and her persistent efforts on behalf of victims have led to an increase in domestic as well as international media attention for the MMIWR Public Health Crisis\nhttps://dargomezlaw.com/mmiw/ \nAbraham Paulos is a nationally recognized communications strategist\, writer\, and advocate who has spent over two decades driving the movement for human rights and immigrant justice. His work centrally focuses on the complex intersection of immigration\, race\, and criminalization\, with a specific emphasis on the unique challenges faced by Black migrants. Abraham currently serves as the Deputy Director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI). His career features influential leadership roles\, including serving as the Executive Director of Families for Freedom. He has also been a researcher for Human Rights First and a Program Director for Life of Hope\, a community-based organization serving low-income immigrants. A powerful voice in public discourse\, Abraham has highlighted systemic issues within the U.S. deportation system through his writing for outlets like Foreign Policy Association\, Huffington Post\, and City Limits. He has also been featured on major news platforms such as NY Daily News\, Democracy Now!\, Al Jazeera\, The Guardian\, Vice\, ABC News and NBC News. Abraham is a Stateless Eritrean refugee born in Sudan and raised in Chicago. He holds an associate’s degree from Harold Washington College\, a bachelor’s degree from George Washington University and a master’s degree from The New School.\nhttps://baji.org \nDr. Estevan Rael-Gálvez is the President and founder of Native Bond-Unbound: Archive of Indigenous Slavery. He was born and raised in the sovereign landscape of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado\, where the memories and stories of the complex identities that formed these communities were part of his upbringing on the family ranch\, including of “la India Panana\,” the Pawnee woman whose story continues to be told by descendants. Trained as an anthropologist\, historian\, and ethnographer\, he received his BA from UC Berkeley and his MA and PhD from the University of Michigan\, where he completed an award-winning dissertation on Indigenous slavery in colonial New Mexico. He has served as New Mexico State Historian\, Executive Director of the National Hispanic Cultural Center\, and Senior Vice President at the National Trust for Historic Preservation. His work is rooted in lived experience—holding a woven Diné blanket passed down as inheritance and protection or discovering archival traces of several Indigenous people in his family tree\, including Antonia\, listed simply as “India” in the 1750 Santa Fe census\, and Margarita\, an Apache woman named in a lawsuit over her possession.\nhttps://nativeboundunbound.org/home/ \nAzadeh Shahshahani\, Legal and Advocacy Director with Project South\, advances a practice of movement lawyering\, focused on confronting state repression and dismantling systems of surveillance\, incarceration\, and deportation.  Azadeh has organized for two decades to protect and defend migrants and Black and Muslim communities from systemic lslamophobia\, xenophobia\, and anti-Black racism. She also provides support to social justice movements in the Global South\, from Brazil to Palestine. \nAzadeh is a past president of the National Lawyers Guild. She currently serves on the Advisory Council of the American Association of Jurists. She is the author or editor of several groundbreaking human rights reports as well as law review articles and book chapters focused on movement lawyering\, immigrants’ rights\, surveillance of Muslim-Americans\, and using the international human rights framework as a tool for liberation. Her writings have appeared in The Guardian\, The Nation\, MSNBC\, TIME Magazine\, Boston Review\, Slate\, and Los Angeles Times\, among others. \n  \nMODERATOR: Dr. Belinda Deneen Wallace\, Dr. Belinda Deneen Wallace (she/her) is an Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature and the Director of the Liberal Arts and Integrative Studies Program at the University of New Mexico. She teaches classes and conducts research on Global Black Speculative Fiction\, with an emphasis on Afrofuturism and Caribbean speculative literature. Her essays have appeared in a number of journals\, including Small Axe\, Cultural Dynamix\, and Radical Teacher and in several anthologies\, including the forthcoming book\, The Routledge Handbook of Latinx Visions\, where she contributed a chapter that explores the intersections between Caribbean-speculative fiction and Latinx-futurism. Presently\, she is editing a book on power\, gender\, and teaching speculative fiction in the college classroom. Belinda’s edited collection will be published in early 2027
URL:https://nhccnm.org/event/afromundo-festival-panel-discussion-true-justice-bryan-stevensons-fight-for-equality/
LOCATION:Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium\, 1701 4th Street SW\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87102
CATEGORIES:Film,Speakers,Workshops
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SUMMARY:AfroMundo Festival: “The Future is Now”
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, April 13\, 2026\n7:00 pm \nNHCC | Bank of America Theatre \n2026 AfroMundo Festival: “Futurism: Manifesting the Envisioned”\nFeatured Regions: U.S. & U.S. Territories: Puerto Rico\, Virgin Islands\, Guam\, American Samoa\, Mariana Islands \nScreening of documentary “The Fight to Preserve & Revitalize the Chamorro Language.” Directed by Brian Muna. 2025. 13m. Followed by a panel discussion and Q&A. Panelists include Ashby Combahee\, Library and Archives Program Manager at the Highlander Research and Education Center; Darlene T. Gomez\, attorney for Medicine Wheel Ride; Gabby Langkilde\, founder of Pasefika Presence; and Akilah Martinez\, award-winning Diné creative technologist and cultural bearer. Moderated by CHamoru filmmaker Brian Muna. \nThe 2026 AfroMundo Festival is free to the general public with limited seating and includes films\, concerts\, literature\, oral traditions\, panel discussions\, culinary and other arts to foster a greater understanding of our shared humanity. Learn more at afromundo.org. \nPLEASE MAKE YOUR RESERVATION HERE! \nPanel discussion with:\nAshby Combahee is the Library and Archives Program Manager at the Highlander Research and Education Center. Their work focuses on the documentation and preservation of southern grassroots liberation movements in United States. They are a co-founder of Georgia Dusk: a southern liberation oral history. Ashby started the Southern Memory Workers Institute at the Highlander Center\, which is a 5-day popular education workshop sharing skills in public history\, archival preservation\, documentary arts\, and political strategy. They are also a research fellow with the Folk Education Association of America\, focused on resourcing Black craftspeople and Black-led folk schools. \nDarlene T. Gomez is a lifelong native of Northern New Mexico\, having been born and raised in Lumberton where her ancestors homesteaded before New Mexico was incorporated into the United States. She has been practicing law for over 19 years and specializes in Indian Law\, Complex Family Law\, and advocating on behalf of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Relatives (MMIWR). Darlene attended the University of New Mexico School of Law where she first began her pro bono work fighting for clean water in her hometown of Lumberton. She was the inaugural recipient of the Carlos Vigil Scholarship\, among numerous other awards while in school. Darlene is tirelessly passionate about giving a voice to the voiceless through her pro bono work. She has been a fierce advocate for primary and secondary victims of the MMIWR crisis since 2001 and spends much of her time organizing rallies\, mentoring and advocating for secondary victims\, preparing and distributing press releases\, and serving as the attorney for 15 families of MMIWR victims. She is a founding member of the New Mexico MMIW Task Force and serves as the general counsel for the 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization Medicine Wheel Ride. She is widely considered a leading expert in MMIWR throughout the US and her persistent efforts on behalf of victims have led to an increase in domestic as well as international media attention for the MMIWR Public Health Crisis \nGabby Langkilde is a Samoan storyteller and the founder and executive editor of Pasefika Presence. Born and raised on the island of Tutuila in American Samoa\, her love for storytelling was cultivated early in life —listening to ancient Samoan legends shared by her grandfather and later crafting her own tales for cousins\, friends\, and family to enjoy. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Women\, Gender\, and Sexuality Studies from Harvard College\, where she wrote “Pasefika Presence\,” one of the first recurring columns in The Harvard Crimson to center Pacific Islander perspectives and issues. After graduating\, she returned home to American Samoa and worked as an eighth-grade social studies teacher\, and in 2023\, she founded Pasefika Presence as an online\, submission-based magazine uplifting Pacific Islander stories and art. Rooted in the same commitment to centering Pacific Islander perspectives as her original column\, Pasefika Presence began as a way to engage her students in Pacific storytelling and has since grown into an international platform that has published two issues and received hundreds of submissions from creatives across the Pacific and its diasporas. Gabby went on to be awarded a Fulbright U.S. Graduate Award to pursue research in Auckland\, New Zealand\, and received an East-West Center Graduate Degree Fellowship to complete her master’s degree in Pacific Island Studies at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Today\, she continues to guide Pasefika Presence while using storytelling\, education\, and research to empower Pacific communities and expand space for Pasefika voices. \nAkilah Martinez (Glittering World Girl) is an award-winning Diné creative technologist and cultural bearer from the Navajo Nation focusing on the creation of building an Indigenous-based circular economic ecosystem that cycles off of language & culture futurism through video art and XR technology. Akilah’s a 2024 New Mexico Women in Tech Emerging Leader Award\, a guest speaker at the MIT Reality Hack in Cambridge\, MA and Bridge Innovation Studio UCLA. Akilah’s team\, Inkovator\, won 1st place for the Snap track at Stanford XR Immerse The Bay 2024 and team\, Yeigo\, won two 1st place Gold Prizes at MIT Reality Hack 2025.\nhttps://www.glitteringworldgirl.com \nMODERATOR: Brian Muna is an established CHamoru filmmaker on the island of Guam with over 10 years of experience in the industry. His filmmaking credits also include commercial work for corporations on island and has also worked abroad for projects filmed in Japan\, Taiwan\, and had volunteered for a short-form documentary filmed in the Philippines (2017) aimed to support a non-profit organization to support funding for a children’s orphanage. Under his company\, Brian Muna Films\, he has directed\, written\, filmed and produced short films\, music videos\, and documentaries surrounding issues within the island and Pacific region. He has participated in numerous international film festivals\, namely the Guam International Film Festival\, where was awarded “Best Made in the Marianas” winner with one additional nomination for the films he directed: Luther (2015); Plastic Bag (2018); Madam (2015). In 2020\, he was the recipient of the “Best Cinematography” award for the film Bittersweet (2020) at the Mumbai International Cult Film Festival. In 2024 Brian won “Best Short Film” at the 2024 Hawai’i International Film Festival for his documentary “CHamoru A Lost Language.” \nAfroMundo Festival: Documentary Screening & Panel Discussion—“The Future is Now” | New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs
URL:https://nhccnm.org/event/afromundo-festival-documentary-screening-panel-discussion-the-future-is-now/
LOCATION:Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre\, 1701 4th Street SW\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87102
CATEGORIES:Performing Arts,Speakers,Workshops
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260414
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260415
DTSTAMP:20260403T120242
CREATED:20260214T180912Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260325T180116Z
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SUMMARY:AfroMundo Festival: “Re-imaginings: Power & Transformation”
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, April 14\, 2026\n7:00 pm \nNHCC | Bank of America Theatre \n2026 AfroMundo Festival: “Futurism: Manifesting the Envisioned”\nFeatured Regions: U.S. & U.S. Territories: Puerto Rico\, Virgin Islands\, Guam\, American Samoa\, Mariana Islands \nScreening of Puerto Rican documentary “The Bee—A Reflection on Women\, Land\, and Occupation.” Directed by Nelson Varas-Diaz. 2024. 30m. Followed by a panel discussion and Q&A. Panelists include award-winning afro-diasporic siblings\, mulowayi and mapenzi who together comprise Las Nietas de Nonó; Afro-Puerto Rican attorney and former member of the Puerto Rican Senate\, Ana Irma Rivera Lassén; Robert Washington-Vaughns\, founder of Black Men Flower Project; and Tyeshia ‘Ty’ Wilson\, Certified Impact Philanthropy Advisor and award-winning Giving Circle expert. Moderated by Latinx\, transfeminist sociologist\, Amaury J. Rijo Sanchez. \nThe 2026 AfroMundo Festival is free to the general public with limited seating and includes films\, concerts\, literature\, oral traditions\, panel discussions\, culinary and other arts to foster a greater understanding of our shared humanity. Learn more at afromundo.org. \nPLEASE MAKE YOUR RESERVATION HERE! \nLas Nietas de Nonó are the afro-diasporic siblings\, mulowayi and mapenzi. In their creative process\, they evoke ancestral memory through personal archives. Their practice incorporates performance\, found objects\, organic materials\, ecology\, fiction\, video and installation. In 2022\, their solo show\, Posibles Escenarios\, Vol. 1 LNN was presented at Artists Space\, New York a grouping of newly commissioned multimedia works that extend Las Nietas’s explorations of themes such as processes of expropriation and colonial violence against Black communities and the development of microhistories in relation to geopolitics. They created Ilustraciones de la Mecánica in 2016 – a multimedia installation that was later commissioned by the 10th Berlin Biennale (2018) and the 79th Whitney Biennial (2019). They have received the Latinx Artist Fellowship from the US Latinx Art Forum (2022)\, the Rome Prize in Visual Art from the American Academy in Rome (2022)\, the United States Artist Award (2018)\, The Art of Change from the Ford Foundation (2017)\, and the Global Arts Fund from the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice (2017 & 2020). Their art has been shown in Haiti\, Cuba\, the Dominican Republic\, Puerto Rico\, Ecuador\, England\, Germany\, Italy\, Norway\, Scotland\, and the United States. In 2019\, they co-founded Parceleras Afrocaribeñas\, an organization run by Black womxn\, where spaces for environmental and racial justice are created in the face of industrial developments that threaten their barrio of San Antón\, in Carolina\, Puerto Rico. https://www.lasnietasdenono.com \nAnna Irma Rivera Lassén\, an Afro-Puerto Rican attorney and former member of the Puerto Rican Senate\, was born on March 13\, 1955\, in Santurce\, San Juan. Throughout her career\, Lassén has been a steadfast champion for human rights\, particularly focusing on issues of discrimination\, gender violence\, and socio-economic rights. Her commitment to justice was exemplified in her successful challenge against discriminatory courtroom attire rules in the 1980s\, setting a precedent for gender equality. Her expertise and advocacy have garnered recognition from prestigious organizations\, including the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Lassén’s leadership extends beyond legal circles. From 2012 to 2014\, she was the head of the Bar Association of Puerto Rico\, making history as the first Afro-Puerto Rican and openly lesbian individual to hold the position. Her tenure was marked by significant advancements in promoting gender equality and access to justice. Additionally\, she has contributed to the legislative process\, actively participating in assessments of bills aimed at advancing human rights protections in Puerto Rico. Her impact and dedication have been acknowledged through numerous awards and honors\, including the “Medalla Senatorial Capetillo-Roqué” from the Puerto Rican Senate and the “Martin Luther King/Arturo Alfonso Schomburg Prize.” Notably\, Anna was recognized as one of USA Today’s Women of the Year in 2023\, further underscoring her influential contributions to society. \nRobert Washington-Vaughns: Founder of Black Men Fower Project \nTyeshia ‘Ty’ Wilson is a Certified Impact Philanthropy Advisor\, an award-winning giving circle expert\, and a catalyst for collective action\, driven by the belief that everyone is a philanthropist capable of creating positive social change. As Senior Director of Community at Philanthropy Together\, Ty leverages her lived experiences and expertise in community organizing and coalition building to architect the organization’s global partnership and engagement strategy\, connecting diverse stakeholders to expand the collective giving movement. An energizing public speaker and bold advocate for collaborative\, community-led philanthropy\, Ty has spoken to thousands of people and trained hundreds through Philanthropy Together’s flagship Launchpad programs. She serves as immediate past Chair of HERitage Giving Fund\, the first Black giving circle in Texas\, and sits on multiple national boards including RegisterHER\, Philanos and the Women of Color in Fundraising and Philanthropy. Ty’s strategic\, community leadership experience spans hospitality\, fundraising\, and government sectors. Notably\, she previously served as Assistant to the City Manager and Chief of Staff at the City of Dallas. A proud Dallas native with deep Texas roots\, Ty holds degrees from UT Arlington and UNT Dallas\, and an Executive Certificate in Philanthropic Leadership from Georgetown University \nMODERATOR—Amaury J. Rijo Sanchez: As a Latinx\, transfeminist sociologist\, Sanchez’ work explores the intersections of decoloniality\, activist coalitions\, and cultural and creative expressions\, with focus on Latinx populations. Guided by a decolonial feminist lens\, he investigates how feminist organizing and queer artivism resist colonial infrastructures and generate alternative modes of community-building and survival. Sanchez’ research draws from ethnographic methods and critical theory to highlight the significance of mobilization from the margins in shaping more just futures. \nAfroMundo Festival: Documentary Screening & Panel Discussion—“Re-imaginings: Power & Transformation” | New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs \n 
URL:https://nhccnm.org/event/afromundo-festival-documentary-screening-panel-discussion-re-imaginings-power-transformation/
LOCATION:Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre\, 1701 4th Street SW\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87102
CATEGORIES:Film,Speakers,Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260415
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260416
DTSTAMP:20260403T120242
CREATED:20260214T182047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260325T180209Z
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SUMMARY:AfroMundo Festival: “Food is Power: Cultivating Community”
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, April 15\, 2026\n7:00 pm \nNHCC | Salón Ortega \n2026 AfroMundo Festival: “Futurism: Manifesting the Envisioned”\nFeatured Regions: U.S. & U.S. Territories: Puerto Rico\, Virgin Islands\, Guam\, American Samoa\, Mariana Islands \nPanel discussion followed by a Q&A. Panelists include Samoan Chef Devynne Fuga Ah-Mai\, and Puerto Rican Chef Pau Rocío. Moderated by Dr. Belinda Deneen Wallace\, Director of UNM’s Liberal Arts and Integrative Studies Program. \nThe 2026 AfroMundo Festival is free to the general public with limited seating and includes films\, concerts\, literature\, oral traditions\, panel discussions\, culinary and other arts to foster a greater understanding of our shared humanity. Learn more at afromundo.org. \nPLEASE MAKE YOUR RESERVATION HERE! \nPanel discussion with:\nChef Devynne Fuga Ah-Mai is a community-rooted chef\, entrepreneur\, and founder of Samoa Food Security\, an initiative dedicated to preserving Samoan food traditions while addressing the urgent need for accessible\, healthy\, and locally grown food. Through her work\, she bridges culinary arts with community well-being\, hosting food demonstrations\, cultural events\, and educational programs that uplift local farmers and promote sustainable food systems in American Samoa. Her culinary storytelling highlights the connection between heritage\, health\, and the environment\, making food not just nourishment but also a vehicle for cultural preservation and resilience. As a recipient of Creative West’s Pacific Jurisdiction Artist Fund award\, Chef Fuga continues to champion the intersection of art\, food\, and culture to strengthen her community’s future. \nPuerto Rican Chef Pau Rocío is a culinary artist known for conscious\, sustainable\, and Afro-Antillean cuisine\, offering personalized dining experiences\, often through her private chef services\, focusing on flavorful\, creative\, and story-driven dishes\, as seen on her Instagram @chefpaurocio and website chefpaurocio.com. She started her professional journey around 2019\, working in various hotel roles\, and now emphasizes food that tells a story. \nMODERATOR: Belinda Wallace \nAfroMundo Festival: Panel Discussion: “Food is Power”—Cultivating Resilience | New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs
URL:https://nhccnm.org/event/afromundo-festival-panel-discussion-food-is-power/
LOCATION:Salón Ortega\, 1701 4th Street SW\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87102
CATEGORIES:Education,Food,Performing Arts,Speakers,Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260416
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260417
DTSTAMP:20260403T120242
CREATED:20260214T182702Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260325T180250Z
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SUMMARY:AfroMundo Festival: “Manifesting the Envisioned”
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, April 16\, 2026\n7:00 pm \nNHCC | Salón Ortega \n2026 AfroMundo Festival: “Futurism: Manifesting the Envisioned”\nFeatured Regions: U.S. & U.S. Territories: Puerto Rico\, Virgin Islands\, Guam\, American Samoa\, Mariana Islands \nArtistic presentation by Puerto Rico’s award-winning Las Nietas de Nonó. Followed by a panel discussion and Q&A. Panelists include Las Nietas de Nonó; liberation strategist and fabulist c.j Davison; multidisciplinary CHamoru artist Dakota Camacho; and Alabama playwright\, performer and cultural worker David H. Parker. Moderated by artist AfroMundo Youth Council member\, Lauryn Mills-Bohannon. \nThe 2026 AfroMundo Festival is free to the general public with limited seating and includes films\, concerts\, literature\, oral traditions\, panel discussions\, culinary and other arts to foster a greater understanding of our shared humanity. Learn more at afromundo.org. \nPLEASE MAKE YOUR RESERVATION HERE! \nc.j Davison: c.j Davison (they/them) is a Black\, Southern\, and queer cultural organizer from Birmingham\, Alabama. At the root of their work; cj practices art as liberation strategy to fabulate\, investigate\, and document the world around us through a Black-queer paradigm. As a cultural organizer and artistic facilitator\, cj has raised over $2.5 million for artists and organizations led by and serving people living within the margins of the margins. Their work spans the stage and screen from producing and directing plays and musical across the country to creating short-form documentary and episodic projects that reimagine community\, care\, and liberation. \nDakota Camacho: Dakota Camacho comes from the Matao/CHamoru peoples of Låguas and comes from the villages of Tomhom\, Mongmong\, and Hagåtña\, and descends from the Che’ and Eging clans\, and they also have Ilokano lineage. Camacho was born in the lands of the Snohomish and raised in Snohomish\, Swinomish\, Duwamish\, Muckleshoot\, and Suquamish territories. They grew up in the Soufend of Seatle where they found their calling for poetry\, dancing\, and chanting. Amongst the Native peoples of that land\, Black\, Filipinx\, and other Peoples working towards justice on earth\, they learned of the transformative potential of culture. Camacho arrived in Guåhan\, Låguas (the Mariånas) in the year 2011\, to find Matao/CHamoru language and culture teachers. Camacho became friends with Jeremy Cepeda\, a fino’ håya language teacher\, and Jeremy guided Camacho on yo’ña (their) language learning journey. For many years\, Camacho traveled around the world sharing their dance and musical creations\, and cultivating relationships with Indigenous peoples in Aoteara\, Turtle Island (so-called “North/South America”)\, Hawai’i\, and momentarily so-called Australia and Africa. In 2019\, Camacho and Cepeda started the Gi Matan Guma’ collective to give life to their ancestral language and traditions in an attempt to walk the path of ináfa’maolek (peace and equity for all living beings). Camacho started the MALI’E’ project to try and find ways to activate Theory/Memory/Imagining of (Making) Matao [Creativity] through multi-disciplinary art.  Today\, Dakota is very happy to be working with Gi Matan Guma’ in Låguas and throughout the diaspora. \nLas Nietas de Nonó are the afro-diasporic siblings\, mulowayi and mapenzi. In their creative process\, they evoke ancestral memory through personal archives. Their practice incorporates performance\, found objects\, organic materials\, ecology\, fiction\, video and installation. In 2022\, their solo show\, Posibles Escenarios\, Vol. 1 LNN was presented at Artists Space\, New York a grouping of newly commissioned multimedia works that extend Las Nietas’s explorations of themes such as processes of expropriation and colonial violence against Black communities and the development of microhistories in relation to geopolitics. They created Ilustraciones de la Mecánica in 2016 – a multimedia installation that was later commissioned by the 10th Berlin Biennale (2018) and the 79th Whitney Biennial (2019). They have received the Latinx Artist Fellowship from the US Latinx Art Forum (2022)\, the Rome Prize in Visual Art from the American Academy in Rome (2022)\, the United States Artist Award (2018)\, The Art of Change from the Ford Foundation (2017)\, and the Global Arts Fund from the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice (2017 & 2020). Their art has been shown in Haiti\, Cuba\, the Dominican Republic\, Puerto Rico\, Ecuador\, England\, Germany\, Italy\, Norway\, Scotland\, and the United States. In 2019\, they co-founded Parceleras Afrocaribeñas\, an organization run by Black womxn\, where spaces for environmental and racial justice are created in the face of industrial developments that threaten their barrio of San Antón\, in Carolina\, Puerto Rico. \nDavid H. Parker (they/them) is a director\, producer\, screenwriter\, playwright\, performer\, and cultural worker from Birmingham\, AL. Intersectionality is at the core of their work\, with directing practices rooted in consent and wellness. They have been with the Birmingham Black Repertory Theatre Collective for almost 7 years and now serve as one of its Co-Artistic Directors. They earned their Master of Fine Arts from UCLA and their BA from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. David is grateful to claim multilocality\, with roots and community in Texas\, South Florida\, Los Angeles\, Baltimore\, the Ozarks\, and New York. David has directed or collaborated with Emmy\, Grammy\, and Tony Award-winning artists. David has also worked on and Off-Broadway; had their work reviewed in the New York Times and Los Angeles Times; trained at the Highlander Center in the footsteps of cultural organizers like Rosa Parks and Angela Davis; and recently published an interview with André De Shields in Southern Theatre magazine. \nMODERATOR: Lauryn Mills Bohannon \nAfroMundo Festival: Visual Artist Presentation & Conversation “Manifesting the Envisioned” | New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs
URL:https://nhccnm.org/event/afromundo-festival-visual-artist-presentation-conversation-manifesting-the-envisioned/
LOCATION:Salón Ortega\, 1701 4th Street SW\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87102
CATEGORIES:Performing Arts,Speakers,Workshops
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260417
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260418
DTSTAMP:20260403T120242
CREATED:20260214T183321Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260325T180316Z
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SUMMARY:AfroMundo Festival: “Spirits Rising: Ceremonies & Offerings”
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, April 17\, 2026\n7:00 pm \nNHCC | Salón Ortega \n2026 AfroMundo Festival: “Futurism: Manifesting the Envisioned”\nFeatured Regions: U.S. & U.S. Territories: Puerto Rico\, Virgin Islands\, Guam\, American Samoa\, Mariana Islands \nMulti-generational\, cross-cultural offerings from throughout the United States\, Puerto Rico\, American Samoa\, Guam and Virgin Islands. Followed by a Q&A and communal sharing of narratives. \nThe 2026 AfroMundo Festival is free to the general public with limited seating and includes films\, concerts\, literature\, oral traditions\, panel discussions\, culinary and other arts to foster a greater understanding of our shared humanity. Learn more at afromundo.org. \nPLEASE MAKE YOUR RESERVATION HERE! \nFeaturing:\nSherry Aragon\nTeresa Karolina\nDakota Camacho\nc.j Davison and David H. Parker\nDevine Fuga\nMoko Jumbie Yisrael Allan Peterson & Troupe \nAfroMundo Festival: Spirit Rising: Ceremonies & Offerings | New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs
URL:https://nhccnm.org/event/afromundo-festival-spirit-rising-ceremonies-offerings/
LOCATION:Salón Ortega\, 1701 4th Street SW\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87102
CATEGORIES:Performing Arts,Speakers,Workshops
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260418
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260419
DTSTAMP:20260403T120242
CREATED:20260214T183940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260325T180421Z
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SUMMARY:AfroMundo Festival: “Together We Heal”
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, April 18\, 2026\n1:00 – 3:00 pm \nNHCC | Salón Ortega \n2026 AfroMundo Festival: “Futurism: Manifesting the Envisioned”\nFeatured Regions: U.S. & U.S. Territories: Puerto Rico\, Virgin Islands\, Guam\, American Samoa\, Mariana Islands \nCommunal Healing and Talk Circle. Reiki Healers and Curanderas will be on hand to offer free\, healing services. \nThe 2026 AfroMundo Festival is free to the general public with limited seating and includes films\, concerts\, literature\, oral traditions\, panel discussions\, culinary and other arts to foster a greater understanding of our shared humanity. Learn more at afromundo.org. \nPLEASE MAKE YOUR RESERVATION HERE! \nSacred Spring Reiki Collective\nFreedom to Heal Program \nAfroMundo Festival: Spirit Rising: Healing & Talk Circle | New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs
URL:https://nhccnm.org/event/afromundo-festival-spirit-rising-healing-talk-circle/
LOCATION:Salón Ortega\, 1701 4th Street SW\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87102
CATEGORIES:Education,Performing Arts,Speakers,Workshops
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