Afro Mundo: Lead Me Home
2023-10-18 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
7:00 pm: Social Justice Film Screening, Panel Discussion to immediately follow.
More than 500,000 people experience homelessness every night in America. Lead Me Home is a documentary short that tells a few of these real-life stories giving the audience a rare, in-depth look at the scale, scope, and diversity of what it means to be unsheltered today while calling into question uninformed attitudes and outmoded policies.
Free Community Event
Runtime: 40 minutes.

Noche de Familia Film Screening: Nocturna
2023-10-20 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
7:00 pm
Visually stunning and wildly inventive, this film explores the mystery of the night in a sweeping nocturnal adventure full of Alice in Wonderland-like characters and moody, dream-inspired landscapes. Have you ever wondered why your hair looks funny in the morning or where the sounds outside your window come from at night? A young boy named Tim finds out after an unusual discovery on the rooftop of his orphanage plunges him into the secret world of Nocturna, inhabited by curious creatures who control the night.
Free community event, appropriate for ages 8+.
Directors: Adrià García & Víctor Maldonado |Children’s/Family | 2007 (USA – Unknown) | Run Time – 80 min. | English & Spanish Language | Rated PG | Studio Filmax Animation

There are hairdressers who specialize in bed-heads, dream writers, and a vast herd of guardian cats led by the gigantic Cat Shepherd. Yet this world is in danger: the stars in the sky are disappearing, kids are becoming restless at night, and a mysterious shadow creature is haunting the empty streets, extinguishing anything that gives off light. If Tim and the Cat Shepherd can’t set things right, nighttime will never be the same! Bold anime-influenced character design and beautiful, fluid 2D animation help to create a fantastic dream world that balances the magical with a touch of menace. Tim and the audience ultimately learn that the night doesn’t have to be so scary after all.

Fright Night Film Screening: Dusk til Dawn
2023-10-20 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
8:00 pm
Criminal brothers kidnap a family in order to cross the border into Mexico where they are to meet a connection at a rowdy bar that turns out to be populated by vampires when the sun goes down. An amazing cast including Harvey Keitel, George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino, Juliette Lewis, & Cheech Marin. A Miramax Film.
Free Community Event
Directors: Robert Rodriguez | Action Horror | 1996 (USA) | Run Time: 108 min. | Rating: R | Studio Miramax Films

Fright Night Film Screening: BirdBoy: The Forgotten World
2023-10-20 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
9:00 pm
There is light and beauty, even in the darkest of worlds. Stranded on an island in a post-apocalyptic world, teenager Dinky and her friends hatch a dangerous plan to escape in the hope of finding a better life. Meanwhile, her old friend Birdboy has shut himself off from the world, pursued by the police and haunted by demon tormentors. But unbeknownst to anyone, he contains a secret inside him that could change the world forever.
Free Community Event, appropriate for ages 15+.
Directors: Alberto Vázquez & Pedro Rivero | Adult Animated Horror Drama | 2015 (Spain) | Run time: 76 min. | Not Rated: NR | Studio: Gkidz

Based on a graphic novel and short film by co-director Alberto Vázquez and winner of the Goya Award for Best Animated Feature (where Vázquez won Best Animated Short Film in the same year), Birdboy: The Forgotten Children is a darkly comic, beautiful and haunting tale of coming of age in a world gone to ruin.

Fright Night Film Screening: Dracula
2023-10-20 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:30 pm
Renfield, a solicitor, makes a journey into Transylvania via stagecoach. He mentions his destination, Castle Dracula, to the locals who react with alarm. They tell him Drácula is a vampire and when he doesn’t believe them, one insists he wear a cross. When he arrives at the Castle, the Count bids him welcome. After drinking drugged wine, Renfield collapses, still wearing the cross, and is bitten. Aboard ship, a now-enslaved Renfield laughs maniacally below as Drácula picks off the crew one by one. When the ship reaches England, he is the only living person found.
Free Community Event
Directors: George Melford | Adult Horror | 1931 (USA) | Run time: 104 min. | Not Rated: NR | Studio: Universal Pictures

Drácula meets Dr. Seward and his family at the opera. Lucía is completely fascinated by him and that night becomes his victim. Professor Van Helsing is called in, and he recognizes the danger for what it is. He also realizes that Dr. Seward’s patient Renfield is somehow tied up in events. But soon after meeting the Doctor’s new neighbor, Van Helsing figures out that Drácula is a vampire—based on the fact that Drácula casts no reflection in the mirror. By now, Seward’s daughter Eva is falling under his spell. To her horror, she feels increasingly weak and also increasingly wild—at one point attacking her fiancé Juan. With Seward’s and Harker’s help, Van Helsing seeks to trap Drácula, who outwits them and escapes with Eva by seizing control of a nurse’s mind. They follow Renfield into Carfax Abbey—an act which ends with Drácula killing his slave by strangulation, and then tossing him from a tall staircase. Deep in the catacombs under Carfax, they find Drácula asleep and Eva still alive. Van Helsing drives a stake through the vampire’s heart, and as Eva and Harker leave, Van Helsing prays over Renfield’s body.

Fright Night Film Screening: Rec
2023-10-20 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:45 pm
Reporter Ángela Vidal and her cameraman Pablo are covering the night shift in one of Barcelona’s local fire stations for the television series While You’re Sleeping. The firehouse receives a call about an old woman, Mrs. Izquierdo, who is trapped in her apartment. Ángela and Pablo accompany two of the firefighters, Álex and Manu, to the apartment building on Rambla de Catalunya. The old woman becomes aggressive and attacks one of the police officers, biting his neck. The crew find that the police and military have sealed off the building and trapped them inside.
Free Community Event
Directors: Jaume Balagueró | Adult Horror | 2007 (Spain) | Run time: 75 min | Rating: R | Studio: Columbia Pictures Industries Inc.

The Runaways: Living Composers from Spain in New York City
2023-10-22 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
6:00 pm
AMP Concerts and Cervantes Institute Albuquerque presents The Runaways: Living Composers from Spain in New York City. The Runaways is a solo piano and vocal performance of works by contemporary composers from Spain who have expanded their creative borders by moving to New York City. Rosa Torres-Pardo (piano) and Anna Tonna (mezzo soprano) will explore these captivating crossroads through the music of contemporary Spanish-American composers Sonia Megías, Octavio Vazquez and Ricardo Llorca.
The concert will be preceded by a talk by composer Ricardo Llorca, who will delve into the fascinating interaction between Spanish and American musical traditions, highlighting the profound influence each has had on the other.
Free Community Event, generously supported by AARP New Mexico. Please register below or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.

Opera Southwest: Bluebeard’s Castle with Doctor Atomic
2023-10-22 - 2023-10-29 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
Oct. 22, 27 & 29
2:00 pm Sundays
7:30 pm Friday
Enter Bluebeard’s Castle if you dare!
Just in time for Halloween, Opera Southwest presents a double bill of thrills and chills! First, join us for Bartok’s chilling one-act opera, Bluebeard’s Castle. Then, dive into the psychological horror story of the Doctor Atomic Symphony, based on the Doctor Atomic opera by John Adams. This symphony tells the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the creation of the first successful atom bomb.
$22, $42, $63, $85, $105 with discounts for groups of 8 or more, anyone 30 years old and younger and Opera for All with a WIC or EBT card.

First on the bill, Bluebeard’s Castle, the story of Judith, the young new wife of the menacing Duke Bluebeard, who unlocks the seven forbidden doors in her husband’s castle and is eventually confronted by the women he has already loved and murdered.
This production has us working with two senior set artists from Meow Wolf: Lance Ryan McGoldrick and David Cudney. In this symbolist opera, each room is assigned a color. The two artists are working with the traditional themes while interpreting them using modern technology and their specialized skills. McGoldrick and Cudney have been collaborating for a decade and they’re bringing all their artistic experience to the scenic design of this production. They’re creating atmospheric effects, sculptures, and projections that will enhance the seven secret rooms as Judith insists on unlocking each door of her new husband’s castle.
Next up, the Doctor Atomic Symphony performed by the OSW opera orchestra with projections. In this atmospheric composition, Adams presents highlights from the full opera, with instrumental treatments of the story and themes.
“With the incredible interest in Oppenheimer unleashed by this summer’s blockbuster movie, Oppenheimer, Opera Southwest decided to revisit the music of the popular new opera by John Adams, Doctor Atomic, by presenting the Doctor Atomic Symphony on the opening program of our 51st season,” said Tony Zancanella, OSW Executive Director. “As a small & nimble company, we are sometimes able to pivot programmatically to meet a broader cultural moment.” “There are all of these striking thematic and symbolic cross-connections between these works, which delve deep into the psychology of their central subjects as they tackle dark and morally complex themes.” said Artistic Director Anthony Barrese.
Run time: 2 hours 30 minutes, including one intermission.
*This event is a rental event, not an NHCC production. The title, content, photos/images, and description for the event were provided to the NHCC by the organization renting the NHCC venue. 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.

Film: Coyote Cage Screening
2023-10-24 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
7:00 pm Film Screening, Q&A to immediately follow

Thanks to incredible demand, the Center will host a second screening of the New Mexico thriller Coyote Cage! Coyote Cage is about a group of Latin American immigrants who find themselves in the middle of a human trafficking ring and seek shelter in a safe house…that is anything but. The screening will be followed by a Q&A Panel with the director.
Free Community Event. Please register below.

Film: Disney*Pixar’s Coco
2023-11-05 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
3:00 pm
Join the NHCC as we present Disney*Pixar’s Coco as part of our Dia de Familia: Día de los Muertos celebration.
Despite his family’s generations-old ban on music, young Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead. After meeting a charming trickster named Héctor, the two new friends embark on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel’s family history.
Directed by Lee Unkrich (Toy Story 3), co-directed by Adrian Molina (story artist Monsters University) and produced by Darla K. Anderson (Toy Story 3), Disney*Pixar’s Coco opened in U.S. theatres on November 22, 2017. English with Spanish Subtitles; 105 minutes; rated PG.
Free Community Event, generously supported by NM Gas.

Yjastros: The American Flamenco Repertory Company: Xicano Power
2023-11-10 - 2023-11-11 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
8:00 pm Friday, 4:00 pm Saturday
National Institute of Flamenco & the NHCC present the Yjastros: The American Flamenco Repertory Company in Xicano Power. Xicano Power is the seasonal culmination of Yjastros’ progression and evolution. This performance made its world premiere at the 2023 Festival de Jerez, marking the first time a company from the United States was ever invited to perform in the prestigious international festival. The current concert season marks the performance’s first appearance at the National Hispanic Cultural Center.
$48, $58, $68, $78 & $88 w/ a $5 discount for Seniors, Students w/ Id, Children 12 yeas old and younger and NHCC Members

This powerful display of flamenco is framed around the poet Rudolfo “Corky” González’s seminal poem “Yo Soy Joaquín.” González wrote the poem in 1967 to express the struggle of a people and the need for a Chicano movement. Here, the poem appears to express shared identities and deepen the company’s and audiences’ interpretation of these repertory pieces. In 2004, just five years after Yjastros: The American Flamenco Repertory Company’s inception, Israel Galván choreographed Xicano Power on the company.
In titling the work, Galván chose a name representative of the people performing. By doing so, Galván acknowledged the importance of the people doing the art. We have chosen Xicano Power for the title of this performance, focusing again on the interpreters and the power that shapes who they are. Chicano identity and culture permeate the land and space that this company comes from. The choreographies presented in Xicano Power showcase flamenco’s incredible expressive range: explosive, elegant, raw, delightful, complex, beautiful; each piece as unique as its creator.
For more information about our friends at the National Institute of Flamenco, please, click Here.
Xicano Power – Yjastros group (Photo credit: Rafael Manjavacas)

New Mexico Young Actors: OZ!
2023-11-18 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
1:30 pm & 4:30 pm
New Mexico Young Actors presents OZ! A musical adaptation of Frank Baum’s classic tale: The Wonderful Wizard of OZ. The story starts with a cyclone that carries Dorothy and Toto to the magical Land of Oz. When Dorothy’s house squashes the Wicked Witch of the East, she is ecstatically thanked by the liberated Munchkins and given permission to wear the witch’s powerful sliver slippers. Joined by the Scarecrow, the Cowardly Lion, and the Tin Woodsman, Dorothy and Toto journey to meet the great Oz who is the only one who can grant them their wishes and return Dorothy home.
$16 w/ a $2 discount for students 12 years old and younger
*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.

Afro Mundo: Liz Olivia Fernandez
2023-11-18 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
2:00 pm, Social Justice Film Screening, Discussion to immediately follow.
We will show 30 minutes total of Uphill on the Hill and Hardliner on the Hudson. They are unreleased. Both docs are 30-40 minutes each but given an hour 20 minutes is generally too long for audiences; we’ll show abridged and polished 15-minute segments of each.
In Uphill on the Hill, award -winning Cuban journalist Liz Olivia Fernandez travels to Washington D.C., where she exposes the political interests driving the U.S. government’s Cold War-era policy toward Cuba.
In Hardliner on the Hudson, award-winning Cuban journalist Liz Olivia Fernandez goes to Union City, New Jersey, where she looks into the murky past of Senator Bob Menendez and reveals how he became the de facto powerbroker for Biden’s Cuba policy.
Talk from award -winning Cuban journalist Liz Olivia Fernandez followed by a Q&A
Free community event

¡Música del Corazón! 10th Anniversary Celebration. John Donald Robb, Jr. Memorial Concert
2023-11-19 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
3:00 pm
Música del Corazón celebrates its tenth anniversary with our favorite performers in the Nuevoméxicano tradition with Nueva Luna, a conjunto featuring Lara Manzanares, Rob Martínez, and Felix “Gato” Peralta, with special guest Jordan Wax, the founder of Lone Piñón. Two emerging ensembles join us: A new mix of Jarocho musicians under the leadership of the renowned Laura Rebolloso, and UNM’s Mariachi Lobo directed by Robert Lucero, Jr., with ethnomusicologist Adolfo Estrada.
Free Community Event.

2:00 pm: ABQ Journal Theatre lobby
*Box Office Opens: NHCC requests all audience members obtain a free ticket before entering the theatre
*Visit the John Donald Robb information table and meet members of the Robb Trust Board
2:45 pm: ABQ Journal Theatre stage
*Pre-concert talk with scholars Carmella Scorcia Pacheco, Adolfo Estrada, and Enrique Lamadrid
3:00 pm: ABQ Journal Theatre stage
*Nueva Luna featuring Lara Manzanares, Felix “Gato” Peralta, and Rob Martinez, with special guest Jordan Wax, founder of Lone Piñon
*Laura Rebolloso and Friends*Robb Award presented to John Truitt, music educator, composer, Flamenco guitarist, woodwind specialist*UNM Mariachi Lobo directed by Robert Lucero, Jr. with Adolfo Estrada
Over the past decade, we marveled at the persistence and genius of traditional music as it recalls the past, adapts to the present, and shapes the future. Música del Corazón explores foundational genres of the romancero and cancionero, from Medieval ballads to Revolutionary corridos, Baroque and contemporary fandangos. We remember the hybrid music of Indo-Hispano rituals and that of Sephardic, Moorish, and Christian spiritualities. We revel with the beloved musical “stepchildren” of New Mexico – Flamenco, Mariachi, Jarocho, and Afro-Caribeño. We honor musical families and revivals facilitated by teachers and scholars and have invited musical groups of every size. It will be hard to sit still as we indulge ourselves, as we stand up for dance, the embodiment of music in all its forms.
Presented by University of New Mexico John Donald Robb Musical Trust and National Hispanic Cultural Center
Poster art: “La Fiesta de la Abundancia del Brillante” by Jim Vogel ©2023 used with permission of the artist
The UNM John Donald Robb Musical Trust supports the music and musical legacy of John Donald Robb, furthers his inspiring commitment to education and advances the understanding of the music of the Southwest.
robbtrust.org • facebook.com/UNMRobbMusicalTrust • unmrobbtrust@unm.edu

Empty seats and tickets not picked up by 2:40 pm will be released to people waiting to attend. Please come early to claim your seat.

AMP Concerts: Ryan Adams
2023-11-22 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
This concert has been canceled. If you have any questions, please call the NHCC Box Office at (505) 724-4771.

2023 New Mexico Music Hall of Fame Award
2023-11-25 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
6:30 pm
The New Mexico Music Hall of Fame award show is to recognize those who have made significant contributions to our State’s musical culture. The process of choosing these musical heroes begins each year with the New Mexico Music Hall of Fame Awards Committee asking New Mexico citizens to nominate artists and innovators they thought should be so honored. The nominations were then judged by the Committee and this year seven nominees were chosen for recognition of their lifetime achievement. The New Mexico Music Hall of Fame award show is dedicated to them and is a chance for many of their fans and friends to give heartfelt thanks for all they have done for the musical arts of New Mexico. The stories of each of our honorees are testimonies to lives well lived and generosity of spirit. Their artistry and innovations continue to inspire and provide direction for so many. In that spirit, the New Mexico Music Hall of Fame and the producers of have joined to present this event that benefits the New Mexico Music Hall of Fame Awards and the New Mexico Music Hall of Fame Museum.
Performances by Michael Anthony, Doug Lawrence, Chuscales and Sally Townes.
Congratulations to the 2023 inductees: Eva Torrez, Michael Anthony, Doug Lawrence, Jak Bailey,
John Denver, Chuscales, and Michael Brasher.

Baila! Baila!: Christmas In New Mexico 2023
2023-12-02 - 2023-12-03 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
2:00 pm & 7:00 pm Saturday
2:00 pm Sunday
Baila! Baila! & the National Hispanic Cultural Center present Baila! Baila!’s annual holiday show Christmas in New Mexico 2023. Christmas in New Mexico is a whirlwind extravaganza, taking audiences on a journey through the sights and sounds of a New Mexico Christmas and around the World. Music, song, and dance with the traditional Southwester flair that has been cultivated in our state over the generations, as well as unique segments saluting Christmas traditions from around the world, will delight theatregoers of all ages.
In 2023, Baila! Baila! will be celebrating their 34th year in spectacular fashion. Christmas in New Mexico features a large multigenerational cast including dancers as young as six, as well as Baila! Baila!’s professional company dancers. There will be special musical guest performances and an appearance by company founder Israela Garcia. Baila! Baila! Dance Academy was founded in 1990 with the mission of educating students in our mission of: “Preserving Our Culture Through The Arts”.
$37, $32 & $27 w/ $2 discount for students, seniors and NHCC members

Noche de Familia: Encanto
2023-12-08 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
7:00 pm
As part of our Noche De Familia: Invierno, an evening of family-friendly fun with a focus on celebrating winter and the holidays, the NHCC presents Encanto. Encanto is the tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift from super strength to the power to heal—every child except one, Mirabel (voice of Stephanie Beatriz). But when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is in danger, Mirabel decides that she, the only ordinary Madrigal, might just be her exceptional family’s last hope.
Director: Jared Bush | Production year: 2021 | Rating: PG | Studio: Walt Disney Pictures | Runtime: 99 minutes
Free community event. Please let us know who will be attending by make a reservation below.

Magnify Dance Ensemble: Christmas Joy
2023-12-09 - 2023-12-10 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
2 pm & 6:30 pm Saturday
2 pm Sunday
Magnify Dance Ensemble presents Christmas Joy. Come, Experience the Miracle! Awaken your heart to the true spirit of Christmas in dance as Magnify Dance Ensemble will present the 39th season of its Bravos Award-winning holiday production, Christmas Joy. More than 65 classically trained dancers will once again inspire audiences in the National Hispanic Cultural Center’s Albuquerque Journal Theater. They come to us with a collection of moving and inspirational classical ballet, jazz and contemporary dance performances choreographed to traditional and contemporary Christmas music.
A moving and uplifting production, Christmas Joy has become an Albuquerque holiday tradition. Christmas Joy is the recipient of multiple awards including the Bravos Award for Dance Excellence in 1999 by members of the Albuquerque Arts Alliance, and the Albuquerque Community Live Art and Performance Services (Q-Claps) Applause Award for favorite performance in 2012.
$34, $40 w/ a $2 discount for students, seniors and NHCC members. Group rates available.

Tickets will go on sale Saturday, October 21, 2023 at the Magnify Dance Ensemble studio and starting on Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 10:00 am here on this website and at the NHCC Nox Office.
*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.

Afro Mundo: Faith in Blackness
2023-12-13 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
7:00 pm, Panel Discussion to immediately follow
How do we explore the uniqueness of AfroLatine Spirituality? How can we center the experiences of Black Latines and allow those experiences to help us understand Latine Spirituality and Theology? What can we learn from the lived experiences of AfroLatines and that relationship to their spiritual practices? Faith in Blackness: An Exploration of AfroLatine Spirituality is a short-form documentary which will highlight the lived experiences of AfroLatine individuals of different faith traditions by sharing their stories and how their Blackness plays a role in their spirituality and vice-versa. We hope that this documentary will showcase the individual lived experiences of AfroLatines and their engagement to their faith and spiritual traditions.
Free Community Event

Nutcracker in the Land of Enchantment
2023-12-15 - 2023-12-17 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
December 15-17, 2023
7:00 pm Friday, Saturday & Sunday
2:00 pm Saturday & Sunday
Festival Ballet Albuquerque and the National Hispanic Cultural Center presents an original production, Nutcracker in the Land of Enchantment. The beloved holiday classic is transported to territorial New Mexico in the late 1800s, with added elements of the state’s heritage and traditions including Spanish dancers, southwestern snakes, sheep and shepherdesses, a lively fandango, a storyteller doll with children, and lavish western Victorian-era costumes. The 13th anniversary year includes Zozobra, in a production showcasing New Mexico heritage and traditions while maintaining the classical grace and family appeal of its origins. A live orchestra performs under the baton of Maestro Guillermo Figueroa, Music Director of the Santa Fe Symphony, and an internationally renowned conductor and violinist who was a 2012 Latin Grammy nominee.
$14, $20, $29, $39 & $49 w/ $2 discount for seniors, students and NHCC members

Opera Southwest: New Year’s with the Opera!
2023-12-31 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
2:30 pm
New Year’s with the Opera! is a fun variety show featuring Opera Southwest’s most beloved recent performers, the Albuquerque Youth Symphony, and the Opera Southwest Chamber Orchestra. With a variety of opera favorites and light classics, there is something for everyone to ring in the New Year.
General Public tickets on sale now! Learn more: Opera Southwest
$50, $60 & $70
Please join the Opera Southwest for an after party to celebrate the New Year. $145, $155 and $165 depending on where you sit for the performance.
*This event is a rental event, not an NHCC production. The title, content, photos/images, and description for the event were provided to the NHCC by the organization renting the NHCC venue. 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.

Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque: Film Series: Un millón en la basura
2024-02-09 | Virtual
12:00 pm MST (available for 48 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here
Juan Mariné. Goya de Honor: For the fourth consecutive year, the Cervantes Institute celebrates the Goya Honorary Award granted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Spain this year 2024 to cinematographer and film inventor Juan Mariné
José María Forqué’ Un millón en la basura is about Pepe Martínez works in the night cleaning service of Madrid watering the streets. His family is about to be evicted from their apartment, as they have not paid the rent for more than a year. The situation of grief worsens with the Christmas season. But, one night, Pepe finds a wallet in a garbage can full of bills. It seems that his luck has changed.
Free Community Event.
Screening: Un millón en la basura | Director/s: José María Forqué | Year: 1966 | Format: archivo digital | Running time: largometraje – 89 min | Genre: Fiction | Country: Spain/España | Original version: español | Subtitles: inglés, francés, portugués (de Brasil), italiano, español | Calificacion: TP
Program:
February 2: Orgullo (1955), by Manuel Mur-Oti
February 9: Un millón en la basura (1966), by José M. Forqué
February 16: El astronauta (1970), by Javier Aguirre
February 23: La grieta (1989), by Juan Piquer

Carnaval 2024: Comunidade
2024-02-10 | NM
Attention Carnaval ticket holders.
Due to an unforeseen medical issue with tonight’s performers, tonight’s, Saturday, February 10th, show has been canceled. We sincerely apologize for the cancellation. A full refund will be issued to the card you purchased your tickets. Questions can be directed to our box office by calling 505-724-4771.

Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque: Film Series: El astronauta
2024-02-16 | Virtual
12:00 pm MST (available for 48 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here
Juan Mariné. Goya de Honor: For the fourth consecutive year, the Cervantes Institute celebrates the Goya Honorary Award granted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Spain this year 2024 to cinematographer and film inventor Juan Mariné
Javier Aguirre El astronauta takes place in a village in southern Spain, a group of friends awaits the arrival of man on the moon, broadcast by the bar’s television set. One of the parishioners warns his friends that such a feat is nothing exceptional. Convinced that they can start the Spanish space race, they set out to set up a base on nearby land and build the first space prototype.
Free Community Event.
Screening: El astronauta | Director/s: Javier Aguirre | Year: 1970 | Format: archivo digital | Running time: largometraje – 84 min | Genre: fiction | Country: Spain/España | Original version: español | Subtitles: inglés, francés, portugués (de Brasil), italiano, español | Calificacion: SC
Program:
February 2: Orgullo (1955), by Manuel Mur-Oti
February 9: Un millón en la basura (1966), by José M. Forqué
February 16: El astronauta (1970), by Javier Aguirre
February 23: La grieta (1989), by Juan Piquer

Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque Film Series: La grieta
2024-02-23 | Virtual
12:00 pm MST (available for 48 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here
Juan Mariné. Goya de Honor: For the fourth consecutive year, the Cervantes Institute celebrates the Goya Honorary Award granted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Spain this year 2024 to cinematographer and film inventor Juan Mariné
A NATO mission dives to a crevice 15,000 meters deep where an experiment seems to have caused strange mutations in the creatures that inhabit it and where a submarine has been lost, which the latter seeks to rescue. The Dannekin rift will bring more than surprises to this group, which ignores the true nature of their expedition.
Free Community Event.
Screening: La grieta | Director/s: Juan Piquer | Year: 1989 | Format: archivo digital | Running time: largometraje – 80 min | Genre: Fiction | Country: España y Estados Unidos | Original version: español (doblado) | Subtitles: inglés, francés, portugués (de Brasil), italiano, español | Calificacion: TP
Program:
February 2: Orgullo (1955), by Manuel Mur-Oti
February 9: Un millón en la basura (1966), by José M. Forqué
February 16: El astronauta (1970), by Javier Aguirre
February 23: La grieta (1989), by Juan Piquer

AMP Concerts: Las Migas
2024-02-24 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
7:30 pm
AMP Concerts & the NHCC present Las Migas. 18 years ago, four women joined forces and talents to rebirth themselves as Las Migas, a group that would find its way to the top of the international flamenco music scene, with a Latin Grammy nomination in 2017 and later winning an Independent Music Award (MIN) for Best Flamenco Album in 2020 and a Latin Grammy for Best Flamenco Album in 2022.
$22, $32, $42
Run Time: 2 hours
Tickets for AMP Concerts members will go on sale starting on Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at 10:00 am with a special promo code. Tickets for the general public will go on sale starting on Friday, December 8, 2023 at 10:00 am.

Opera Southwest: Before Night Falls
2024-03-01 - 2024-03-03 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
7:30 pm Friday
2:00 pm Saturday & Sunday
Music / Jorge Martín-Buján
Libretto / Jorge Martín-Buján & Dolores M. Koch
A poet in love with the moon.
Jorge Martín-Buján’s Before Night Falls is based on the autobiography of Reinaldo Arenas (which has also been made into a major motion picture starring Javier Bardem). Reinaldo experienced childhood poverty, joy in nature, a stint with the guerillas, international acclaim as a writer, imprisonment as a political dissident (and unapologetically gay man), a daring escape from Cuba, and exile in the U.S. Arenas is determined to stave off death to finish his memoir “Before Night Falls.” The book was published posthumously to great acclaim in 1993.
This opera will be produced with the New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus (NMGMC). They have been an empowering voice in Albuquerque since 1981, with their mission to reduce intolerance through musical performance.
$22, $42, $63, $85, $105 with discounts for groups of 8 or more, anyone 30 years old and younger and Opera for All with a WIC or EBT card.
The production of Before Night Falls received funding from OPERA America’s Next Stage grant.
Running time: 2 hours 40 minutes, including one intermission.

PAPA Spring Dance Concert 2024
2024-03-07 - 2024-03-09 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
7:00 pm Thursday & Friday, 2:00 pm Saturday
The Public Academy for Performing Arts presents the annual Spring Dance Concert featuring beginning to pre-professional ballet, contemporary, flamenco, hip-hop, and jazz dance students in grades 6 – 12.
$10, $15 & $20
Approximate length of event: 2 hours
*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.

Sandia Performing Arts Company: Tacos Ricos
2024-03-08 - 2024-03-17 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
March 8—10 & 15—17, 2024
7:30 pm Fridays & Saturdays
2:00 pm Sundays
Sandia Performing Arts Company and the NHCC present Tacos Ricos. Mix together a competition between three taco trucks, a lovelorn security guard, and beings from another world and you have Tacos Ricos! Tacos Ricos is a comedy about competing food carts working the South Valley of Albuquerque, New Mexico. A culinary comedy about a karaoke contest with a twist. The contest is locally run and is modified. The words of the song must be changed to be about food. The vendors also compete selling food. They each specialize in different foods. Rita’s Burrita’s has specialty burritos. Tacos Ricos is “so tasty”. And NYC food cart has combined a taco and a burrito and calls it a “Burtaco.”
$20, with discounts for children 10 years old and younger and NHCC members
