Speakers
Reading: Dr. Irene Blea
Salón Ortega 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM6:30 - 8:00 pm Join 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 (more...)
Noche de Familia: Noche de Curanderismo & Bless Me, Ultima
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM4:00 pm Limpia Workshop 6:30 pm Film Screening: Bless Me, Ultima New Mexico Gas Company presents Noche de Familia: Noche de Curanderismo, consisting of a limpia workshop and screening of Bless Me, Ultima. Noche 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 (more...)
The Early Chicano Movement at New Mexico Highlands University, ca. 1968–1970: A Historical Overview
Visual Art Museum 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States6:00 to 7:00 pm Join 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. Free Community Event. Please register using the link below. About 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 (more...)
Books on the Bosque: Fright Night
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM6:00 pm – 10:00 pm National Hispanic Cultural Center | Bank of America Theatre Fright 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. $35 General Admission, $45 Preferred Seating, and $65 VIP Seating 🎟 General Admission Ticket (more...)
New Mexican Chicanas in the Spotlight: Chicana Feminism and Art in New Mexico
Visual Art Museum 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States6:00 to 7:00 pm Head 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. Free Community Event. Please register using the link below. About the exhibition: Voces del Pueblo: Artists of the Levantamiento Chicano in New Mexico features a group of New Mexican artists who (more...)
Pláticas Públicas: In the Gallery with the Artists
Visual Art Museum 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States2:00 to 4:00 pm Head 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. Free Community Event. Please register using the link below. About 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 (more...)