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  • Reading & Booksigning: A. Gabriel Meléndez, The Book of Archives

    History and Literary Arts Building

    2 pm to 4 pm Join author A. Gabriel Meléndez for a reading from his new book The Book of Archives and Other Stories from the Mora Valley, New Mexico. The Book of Archives tells the story of New Mexico’s Mora Valley, located in the shadow of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, through the ghosts of history it harbors: troubadours and soldiers, Plains Indians and settlers, families fleeing and finding home. There, more than a century ago, villagers collect scraps of paper documenting the valley’s history and (more...)

  • San Ysidro Feast Day Celebration

    September-2019-Board-Meeting-Minutes

    10 am to 2 pm Each spring, New Mexico communities celebrate San Ysidro (aka San Isidro or Saint Isidore) the patron saint of farmers, gardeners, and workers. San Ysidro blesses the fields, brings rain and discourages drought, and assures a healthy growing season for local crops such as chile, beans, corn and squash. Traditionally observed on May 15, join us May 13 as we celebrate San Ysidro's Feast Day with local farmers, activities, food, artists and so much more! Participants include: City of Albuquerque Open Space, Querencia (more...)

  • La Canoa: New Mexicans and the Battle of Bataan

    History and Literary Arts Building

    2 pm Join Margaret Garcia for a presentation and excerpts from her book Tell Me Another War Story, chronicling the history of the New Mexico National Guard 200th Coast Artillery, their valiant stand on Bataan in the Philippines, and their reluctant surrender on April 9th 1942, followed by the infamous Bataan Death March and status as POWs.  She will also talk about her father, Evans Garcia’s experiences growing up in southern New Mexico, in the battle and  prison camp, and how he and his “buddies” stayed together (more...)

  • Reading & Booksigning: Antonio C. Marquez, Volver

    NHCC-Newsletter-August-26–September-7

    2 pm to 4 pm Join author Antonio C. Marquez for a reading from his new book, a memoir titled Volver: A Persistence of Memory. Volver recounts Marquez’ life story from his childhood memories to the impact of immigration and war on his family; his experiences of gang conflict in El Paso and Los Angeles; his enlistment in the Marine Corps; and his activism in the civil rights movement and the antiwar movement of the Vietnam era. Born on the eve of World War II into a (more...)

  • La Canoa: Narrating the Manito Trail in Wyoming and Arizona

    History and Literary Arts Building

    2 pm Join Vanessa Fonseca, Assistant Professor, English - Arizona State University; Levi Romero, Assistant Professor, Chicana and Chicano Studies – University of New Mexico; and Trisha Martínez, Ph.D. Student, American Studies – University of New Mexico, as they discuss the Manito Trail. This is an interdisciplinary ethnographic project documenting Hispanic New Mexican, or Manito, migration from New Mexico to different parts of the United States from the 1850’s to the present. Looking at the many major migration routes of Manito families, this project focuses on the (more...)

  • Reading & Booksigning: Robert Con Davis-Undiano, Mestizos Come Home! Making and Claiming Mexican American Identity

    History and Literary Arts Building

    6 pm to 8 pm Join author Robert Con Davis-Undiano for a reading from his recently released book, Mestizos Come Home! Making and Claiming Mexican American Identity. Davis-Undiano’s landmark book details the profound ways in which Mexican Americans have contributed to U.S. culture since the 1960s. It addresses the need for Mexican Americans and Latinos to stop apologizing for being in the U.S., as well as the need for mainstream culture to stop making them the “enemy.” The intent of the work is to encourage Latinos to (more...)

  • Reading & Booksigning: Jonathan Marcantoni, Kings of 7th Avenue and Tristiana

    History and Literary Arts Building

    2 pm to 4 pm Join author Jonathan Marcantoni, who will be traveling to Albuquerque from Colorado, for an interactive reading event, drawing from the material in his books Kings of 7th Avenue and Tristiana. Kings of 7th Avenue takes an unflinching look at Tampa’s multi-ethnic communities to show how the roots of misogyny and abuse have grown so deep that they have become tradition, tracing the meteoric rise of one couple and the violent fall of another against the backdrop of Tampa’s infamous Ybor City club (more...)

  • The Piñata Exhibit (Sure to be a Smash Hit!) Artist Meet and Greet: Isaías Rodríguez (aka the Little Piñata Maker)!

    September-2019-Board-Meeting-Minutes

    2 pm to 4 pm Please join us for a very special opportunity to meet artist Isaías Rodríguez (aka the Little Piñata Maker)! You don't want to miss this very special opportunity to meet artist Isaías Rodríguez (aka the Little Piñata Maker) who will be leading a tour of The Piñata Exhibit (Sure to be a Smash Hit!). In addition Isaías Rodríguez (aka the Little Piñata Maker)! Will be holding a trunk show and sale. Isaías spent the last ten years capturing the fun and creativity of (more...)

  • Reading & Booksigning: Irene Blea, Beneath the Super Moon

    History and Literary Arts Building

    2 pm to 4 pm Join author Irene Blea for a reading from her book Beneath the Super Moon. The third book in Blea’s “Suzanna” trilogy, Beneath the Super Moon follows Suzanna Montoya from the mid-1960s, in the early days of the Chicano Movement, as she has settled in the city, developed a critical consciousness, and begun to address urban concerns about race, class, and gender. Suzanna’s analytical gift provides a colorful voice as she takes action to address the manifestations of racism, sexism, and class discrimination (more...)

  • Reading & Booksigning: Pablo Brescia, The Defeat of the Real, and Santiago Vaquera-Vásquez, En el Lost y Found

    NHCC-Newsletter-August-26–September-7

    2 pm to 4 pm Join Pablo Brescia as he reads from his book La derrota de lo real/The Defeat of the Real (Miami and Mexico, 2017) and Santiago Vaquera-Vásquez as he reads from his book En el Lost y Found (2016). Pablo Brescia makes us see that what is created by literature can be, at the same time, fictional and present within us. Some stories deconstruct reality, others assemble worlds playing with detective fiction or science fiction; some are ironic, others satiric; some refer back to (more...)