Theatre
American Crossroads Trio (Rental)
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM7:30 pm AMP Concerts presents American Crossroads Trio. Three of America’s most admired musicians meet for an unforgettable evening of musical diversity. David Bromberg pioneered the skillful blending of several genres into what is now known as Americana. David Hidalgo is the co-founder of acclaimed band Los Lobos. Larry Campbell is renowned for his work with Bob Dylan and Levon Helm, among many others. This will be an unscripted evening of spontaneity, discovery, and musical virtuosity by three American masters. $37, $42, $47 The title, content, photos/images (more...)
Film: The Queen of Spain
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-307 pm In the second film in writer/director Trueba’s “now-franchise,” famous movie star Macarena Granada flees the glitz and glamour of 1950s Hollywood to return to her roots in Spain, where she has signed on to star in an epic period-piece musical as Queen Isabella. In the previous film, The Girl of Your Dreams, Macarena and her collaborators were dealing with Naziism at a time when Spanish films were made in Germany; the sequel focuses on the filming of a Spanish-American film in 1956, when America had (more...)
Film: La boda de Valentina/Valentina’s Wedding
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-307 pm Valentina has the perfect life in New York, with a perfect job and a perfect boyfriend, Jason—far away from the family in Mexico City that she has been keeping a secret. Her two worlds collide in chaos when Jason proposes marriage and wants to meet her family—the most scandal-plagued, surreal political dynasty in the history of Mexico. Presented as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series. 2018; Marco Polo Constandse; English; 107 minutes; rated R. Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour (more...)
DNAWORKS and the NHCC Present The Real James Bond…Was Dominican
NHCC-BOD-January-2020-Meeting7:30 pm—Thursday-Saturday 2 pm—Sunday What happens when a James Bond-obsessed Dominican boy in Queens (who won’t go anywhere without his nerf gun), finds out that the real James Bond was Dominican? This is a true story about Porfirio Rubirosa, Ian Fleming’s inspiration for Bond, and a young Dominican actor-to-be – whose discovery of “Rubi” shakes his very foundation. Set to a live percussion score and immersive projections, The Real James Bond…Was Dominican is a young man’s guide to love, sex, color, code-switching, white-washing, success, fake-it-till-you-make-it, and the (more...)
Opera Southwest Presents Astor Piazzolla’s María de Buenos Aires
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NMFebruary 17, 20, 22 & 24, 2019 2 pm -- Sundays 7:30 pm—Wednesday & Friday Opera Southwest presents Astor Piazzolla’s María de Buenos Aires, a fully-staged opera with orchestra, sung in Spanish with both English and Spanish translation supertitles, and presented in two acts with one intermission. OSW is thrilled to present Piazzolla’s only opera in partnership with the National Hispanic Cultural Center. The story goes that his surrealist depiction of the titular Maria’s sleepwalk through violence, death, the afterlife, and rebirth was composed entirely on the (more...)
Last Out – Elegy of a Green Beret (Rental)
NHCC-BOD-January-2020-MeetingSaturday at 2 pm & 7 pm Sunday at 2 pm Army Green Beret Danny Patton is a modern-day warrior fighting battles that range from tribal Afghanistan to his own living room. As the corrosive gears of war rip apart his family, his integrity, and his soul, Danny is thrust into his final, eternal mission. On the other side, with Valhalla beckoning, he discovers that combat can be fueled by vengeance or by love… it just depends which price you are willing to pay. You’ve heard the (more...)
Film: Harvest of Loneliness: The Bracero Program
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-307 pm This historical documentary, shedding light on the current debate over immigration reform and the use of “guest workers” in American agriculture, examines what was known as the Bracero Program—a system put in place from 1942 to 1964 to recruit Mexican farm laborers for temporary work in the United States. The film features testimony from surviving braceros as well as these workers’ family members and descendants, along with commentary from featured experts and extensive archival material. Anna Uremovich, archivist for the NHCC’s History and Literary Arts (more...)
Carnaval 2019: with PANdemonium and Odara Dance Ensemble
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM7:30 pm The NHCC’s annual celebration of Carnaval is a dazzling spectacle of vibrant dance, engaging music, and beautiful costumes, featuring the band PANdemonium and the Odara Dance Ensemble and showcasing the Carnaval celebrations of Cuba, Trinidad, Brazil and New Orleans. Carnaval, the festive season occurring before Lent in many countries, including Latin American and Caribbean nations as well as parts of the United States, is one of the world’s most widespread celebrations and one of its biggest parties. Among the guidelines that the Performing Arts program (more...)
ABQ Philharmonic Presents “Art and Music Combined!” (Rental)
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM3 pm - 4:30 pm Music director Byron Herrington conducts the ABQ Philharmonic in “Art and Music Combined!” Students create artwork based on listening to the music, which is then projected above the orchestra as well as displayed in the lobby. On the program are The Flying Dutchman Overture by Richard Wagner, Casablanca Suite by Max Steiner, Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes by Benjamin Britten, La Boutique Fantasque Suite by Ottorino Respighi/Rossini, and Háry János Suite by Zoltan Kodaly. For more information, please call 505-433-7445 or visit (more...)
Public Academy for Performing Arts Presents PAPA Spring Dance Concert 2019: 5 6 7 8 (Rental)
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-307 pm both days The Public Academy for Performing Arts (PAPA) presents 5 6 7 8, its annual spring dance concert featuring beginning to pre-professional ballet, contemporary, flamenco, hip-hop, and jazz dance students from grades 6-12. Approximate length of the event is two hours. $7, $12, $17 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 (more...)