Theatre
The 21st Revolutions International Theatre Festival
The 2021 Revolutions International Theatre Festival, from October 20 through November 6, 2021, spotlights the cultural wisdom, resilience, and creativity of Colombia, Haiti, and Uganda through performances, panel discussions, and workshops all live-streamed and featured on-line. Produced by Revolutions Inc, a new nonprofit organization and laboratory space dedicated to supporting and nurturing artists, and presented in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center, the festival will build upon the legacy of Tricklock Company and its deeply rooted artist-centric approach to production and collaboration. The three-week festival seeks (more...)
Film: Contemporáneos, Nuevas rutas: Tódallas mulleres que coñezo
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-307 pm From the personal to the political, the experiences of diverse women speak of how masculinized and violent the public streets still remain. In three insightful conversations with female friends, collaborators, and high school students, Xiana do Teixeiro’s 2018 film Tódallas mulleres que coñezo seeks a discourse on fear that is not frightening, a discourse on violence that is not violent—a tale of universal sisterhood. 2018; Galician with English subtitles; 71 minutes; not rated. Free community event The film cycle Contemporáneos, Nuevas rutas showcases the work of a (more...)
Film: Contemporáneos, Nuevas rutas: Oscuro y Lucientes
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-307 pm Samuel Alarcón’s 2018 documentary traces the last days of the Spanish artist Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, exiled, buried, and almost forgotten in Bordeaux, and the mystery surrounding his body. Years after his death, when Goya’s remains were exhumed to be returned to Spain, it was discovered that someone had stolen the head of the famous painter. 2018; Spanish with English subtitles; 82 minutes; not rated. Free community event The film cycle Contemporáneos, Nuevas rutas showcases the work of a new generation of filmmakers whose films have (more...)
Film: Nuevas Cinefilias, Estaciones singulares: Arima
12 pm (available for 48 hours) On the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here Jaione Camborda’s debut feature film Arima is a story, steeped in mystery, of four women and a girl whose lives are altered when two strangers arrive unexpectedly in their village. The events in this “ghost film” move between real and imagined, nightmare and dream, fear and desire. 2019; Galician and Spanish with English subtitles; 77 minutes; not recommended for children under 12. Free community event In November, Instituto Cervantes collaborates with the Seville European (more...)
19th Annual Come Out Show: Artistic Directions
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM7 pm For 19 years Sinatra DeVine Productions has been producing show-stopping variety shows highlighting up-and-coming Drag Queen performances in celebration of National Coming Out Day. This show has always been on the cutting edge when "drag" was only considered taboo. Our last show was in 2016, and fans and supporters have been "aching" to be part of that fabulously dragalicious experience once more. Chaz Malibu and Fontana DeVine will again serve as your hosts with the most. Come see past entertainers and newcomers, and remember and (more...)
Emporium & JAW Present Tommy Emmanuel
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM8 pm (doors open at 7 pm) $43, no discounts “Songs are our teachers. They show us the depth of the human race and its unrelenting desire to create.”—Tommy Emmanuel Any time you talk to any of Tommy Emmanuel’s fans, whether musicians or audience members, invariably they will speak of not one but two qualities that define his greatness. The first, predictably, is his extraordinary guitar playing. Tommy is considered by those in the know to be among this planet’s greatest guitarists, and his playing is simply (more...)
Film: Nuevas Cinefilias, Estaciones singulares: Violeta no coge el ascensor
12 pm (available for 48 hours) On the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here In Mamen Díaz’ indie comedy Violeta no coge el ascensor, twenty-something Violeta is spending a stifling summer in Madrid as an intern in a publishing house. Dodging the heat between affairs that only multiply her self-doubts, she makes new friends and makes decisions—some good and some bad—as she comes to learn that “failure is more an art than a drama.” 2019; Spanish with English subtitles; 87 minutes; not rated. Free community event In November, (more...)
Yjastros: The American Flamenco Repertory Company Presents Yjastros By Design
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM8 pm—Friday 2 pm & 8 pm—Saturday Yjastros: The American Flamenco Repertory Company Presents Yjastros By Design, the seasonal culmination of the company’s progression and evolution. This season’s performances show the company’s resurgence from a challenging period that has deepened the members’ resolve to continue honing their flamenco expression in new ways. Yjastros By Design features intricate re-imaginings of choreographic masterpieces set on Yjastros: The American Flamenco Repertory Company by Artistic Director Joaquín Encinias, together with guest artist Lidón Patiño from Castellón, Spain, and other choreographers. Both Encinias and Patiño will take the (more...)
Eighth Annual John D. Robb, Jr. Concert: Música del Corazón: Fandango Roots and Flowers
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM3 pm (MTS) 2:30 p.m. MTUNM Mariachi Ensemblepre-concert performancePerformers include:-"Son Veracruz" with Otilio Ruiz, Leticia Cuevas, Kateri López, Daniel Salazar, and Anabel María;-Vicente Griego, with Lidón Patiño and Javier Saume Mazzei from the National Institute of Flamenco; and-César Bauvallet, with Janet Harman, Pilar & Frank Leto, and Ricky Carrido. Free community event. Tickets will be available at the theatre one hour prior the the performance. COVID PROTOCAL: This concert will require either a proof of vaccination completed at least 14 days prior to the event or a (more...)
Festival Oralidad
Reception—6 pm, Cayetana Romero Lobby Introduction to Festival Oralidad—6:30 pm, Wells Fargo Auditorium Concert, Nacha Mendez Trio—7:30 pm, Bank of America Theatre Reception and festival introduction free to the public; concert tickets $17 w/ $2 discount for NHCC members, purchase Here Please note: Both the festival introduction and the concert will require either a proof of vaccination completed at least 14 days prior to the event or a negative COVID test administered by a health care professional within 72 hours of the event. Originals or photos of (more...)