Theatre
AfroMundo Festival: Documentary Screening: No Other Land
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM7:00 pm NHCC | Bank of America Theatre Screening of multiple award-winning documentary No Other Land made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective of four directors. Over the course of five years, Basel Adra films his Palestinian community of Massager Yatta being destroyed and its populace incarcerated, all as he builds an alliance with an Israeli journalist. Panelists include author Saeed Teebi, Nicole D. Porter, Senior Director of Advocacy at The Sentencing Project, and Brandi Kellam, a Gracie and Emmy Award-winning Journalist. Moderated by Doaa Omran. Followed by a (more...)
AfroMundo Festival: Panel Discussion: Food is Power-Cultivating Resilience
Salón Ortega 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM7:00 pm NHCC | Salón Ortega Panel discussion with Palestinian/Syrian Chef Reem Assil; Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo Chef Norma Naranjo, and Haitian Chef Cynthia Verna. Followed by Q&A. Free Community Event. This event is part of the 2025 AfroMundo Festival: Troubled Territories: The Will to Heal. About the Festival: From April 12 – 19, enjoy music, literature, oral histories, theater, film, culinary taste feasts, panel discussions, and more. Mark your calendars and join us for this bilingual, weeklong, arts & humanities series that explores the shared traditions, histories, (more...)
Cervantes Film Series: La mirada tabú. Asómate al interior: La hija indigna
Virtual12:00 pm MST All the films can be seen in the link below: https://vimeo.com/showcase/la-mirada-tabu This heartbreaking documentary, created by the young Argentine filmmaker Abril Dores based on real events, explores the relationship between a genocidal father and his daughter. It is an inquiry into family ties and the deep emotions that bind us to people we do not always consider worthy of our love. It is a brilliant cinematographic work that confronts us with our inner demons and taboos. Synopsis: Analía Kalinec wakes up every day knowing (more...)
AfroMundo Festival: Cross-cultural Healing Ceremonies: Wade in the Water: The Will to Heal
Salón Ortega 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM7:00 pm NHCC | Salón Ortega Multi-generational, cross-cultural healing ceremonies and offerings from Hawaii, Alaska, New Mexico, Haiti, Cuba and more. Free Community Event. This event is part of the 2025 AfroMundo Festival: Troubled Territories: The Will to Heal. About the Festival: From April 12 – 19, enjoy music, literature, oral histories, theater, film, culinary taste feasts, panel discussions, and more. Mark your calendars and join us for this bilingual, weeklong, arts & humanities series that explores the shared traditions, histories, struggles, activism and aspirations of Black and (more...)
Cervantes Film Series: La mirada tabú. Asómate al interior: Happy Friday
Virtual12:00 pm MST All the films can be seen in the link below: https://vimeo.com/showcase/la-mirada-tabu This situation comedy by José Antonio Campos explores such a current and little named topic as the care of dependent relatives, through a hilarious story that transforms pain into laughter, and also provides an unusual solution to the vital anguish of a housewife who has sacrificed her whole life for her family and has never received gratitude or a kind word. Synopsis: Chari has been on the edge of her life, she can't (more...)
Inaugural Native Theater & Performing Arts Festival: Echo in the Canyon
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NMApril 25, 26, May 2, & 3, 2025 7:00 – 9:00 pm NHCC | Wells Fargo Auditorium Dancing With Fire Productions and the NHCC present the Inaugural Native Theater Festival, with “Echo In The Canyon,” a full Performing Arts production featuring: Debbie Smallcanyon (Diné), Michael Lente (Laguna Pueblo/Paguate Village), Ria Thundercloud, (Ho-Chunk Nation/Sandia Pueblo), Sheldon Blackhorse (Diné), and Stanley Shunkamolah (Kiowa/Osage/Pawnee/Comanche). Special Youth Appearance by: Oliver Cordova (Diné). Including Traditional Dancing by: Niko DeRoin (Otoe-Missouria and Choctaw). Directed & Designed by: Kim Delfina Gleason (Diné). In addition, the (more...)
Inaugural Native Theater & Performing Arts Festival: Staged Readings
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NMApril 27 & May 4, 2025 2:00 – 4:00 pm NHCC | Wells Fargo Auditorium Dancing With Fire Productions and the NHCC present the Inaugural Native Theater Festival, with “Echo In The Canyon,” a full Performing Arts production featuring: Debbie Smallcanyon (Diné), Michael Lente (Laguna Pueblo/Paguate Village), Ria Thundercloud, (Ho-Chunk Nation/Sandia Pueblo), Sheldon Blackhorse (Diné), and Stanley Shunkamolah (Kiowa/Osage/Pawnee/Comanche). Special Youth Appearance by: Oliver Cordova (Diné). Including Traditional Dancing by: Niko DeRoin (Otoe-Missouria and Choctaw). Directed & Designed by: Kim Delfina Gleason (Diné). In addition, the Inaugural Native (more...)
Inaugural Native Theater & Performing Arts Festival: Professional Native Theatre Panel Event
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM7:00 – 9:00 pm NHCC | Wells Fargo Auditorium Dancing With Fire Productions and the NHCC present the Inaugural Native Theater Festival, with “Echo In The Canyon,” a full Performing Arts production featuring: Debbie Smallcanyon (Diné), Michael Lente (Laguna Pueblo/Paguate Village), Ria Thundercloud, (Ho-Chunk Nation/Sandia Pueblo), Sheldon Blackhorse (Diné), and Stanley Shunkamolah (Kiowa/Osage/Pawnee/Comanche). Special Youth Appearance by: Oliver Cordova (Diné). Including Traditional Dancing by: Niko DeRoin (Otoe-Missouria and Choctaw). Directed & Designed by: Kim Delfina Gleason (Diné). In addition, the Inaugural Native American Theater & Performing Arts Festival (more...)
Festival Ballet Albuquerque: Romeo & Juliet Ballet
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM7:00 pm Saturday 2:00 pm Sunday Festival Ballet Albuquerque presents an original production of Romeo & Juliet, the two star-crossed lovers, by William Shakespeare, to the music by Sergei Prokofiev. It is a story about an age-old feud between two powerful families, Capulets and Montagues, erupting into bloodshed. A group of masked Montagues risk further conflict by gatecrashing the Capulet’s ball. A young lovesick Romeo Montague falls instantly in love with Juliet Capulet, who is due to marry her father’s choice, Count Paris. With the help of Juliet’s nurse, the women arrange for the couple be married the following day by Friar Lorence. Romeo’s (more...)
Inaugural Native Theater & Performing Arts Festival: Closing Reception: Native Fashion Show
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM5:00 – 7:30 pm NHCC | Wells Fargo Auditorium Dancing With Fire Productions and the NHCC present the Inaugural Native Theater Festival, with “Echo In The Canyon,” a full Performing Arts production featuring: Debbie Smallcanyon (Diné), Michael Lente (Laguna Pueblo/Paguate Village), Ria Thundercloud, (Ho-Chunk Nation/Sandia Pueblo), Sheldon Blackhorse (Diné), and Stanley Shunkamolah (Kiowa/Osage/Pawnee/Comanche). Special Youth Appearance by: Oliver Cordova (Diné). Including Traditional Dancing by: Niko DeRoin (Otoe-Missouria and Choctaw). Directed & Designed by: Kim Delfina Gleason (Diné). In addition, the Inaugural Native American Theater & Performing Arts Festival (more...)