Theatre
Opera Southwest Presents Puccini’s Tosca (Rental)
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NMOctober 28 & 31 and November 2 & 4, 2018 2 pm -- Sundays 7:30 pm—Wednesday & Friday Opera Southwest presents Puccini’s Tosca, a fully staged opera with orchestra, sung in Italian with English translation supertitles and presented in three acts with one intermission. One of the greatest hits in the operatic repertoire, Tosca tells the dramatic love story of Floria Tosca and Mario Cavaradossi. This thrilling melodrama is matched by an equally powerful score and inventive orchestration. Maestro Anthony Barrese conducts. $15, $29, $45, $59, $75, (more...)
Su Teatro and the NHCC Present Interview with a Mexican
NHCC-BOD-January-2020-Meeting7:30 pm—Thursday-Saturday 2 pm—Sunday Interview with a Mexican is based on conversations with Gustavo Arellano, columnist and author of Ask a Mexican and Taco USA. Adapted for the stage by Anthony J. Garcia, Executive Artistic Director of Denver’s Su Teatro, it is a carnival of conversations and random perspectives about what it means to be a Mexican, inside or outside the US. Development of the work was funded by the National Performance Network, which has as commissioning partners Su Teatro, MACLA, Colorado State University-Pueblo, and the NHCC. (more...)
Film: Bless Me, Ultima
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-307 pm This month, the NHCC is offering another screening of the film Bless Me, Ultima in conjunction with La Ultima Exhibición, which will be closing on December 16, 2018. Curated by Augustine Romero, the exhibition in the NHCC Art Museum Community Gallery features visual interpretations of Rudolfo Anaya’s beloved novel. If you haven’t yet seen this popular exhibition, now is the time to go! The screen adaptation of Anaya's iconic work, set in the 1940s in rural New Mexico, is the story of a young boy (more...)
An Unpredictable Evening with Todd Rundgren (Rental)
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM8 pm A Wizard, A True Star. The title of Todd Rundgren's 1973 solo album aptly sums up this multi-faceted artist’s contributions to state-of-the-art music. As a songwriter, video pioneer, producer, recording artist, computer software developer, conceptualist, and interactive artist (re-designated TR-i), Rundgren has made a lasting impact on both the form and the content of popular music. $34, $44, $54 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 (more...)
Film: Tortilla Soup
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-307 pm In this comedy-drama inspired by Eat Drink Man Woman, widower Martin Naranjo, the former chef-owner of a gourmet restaurant, shares a Los Angeles home with his three single adult daughters. Though he long ago lost his ability to taste, Martin still lives to cook lavish dinners for his loved ones and serve them in a family-style ritual at traditional sit-down meals. Although the women humor their father’s old-fashioned ways, each of them is searching for fulfillment outside the family circle. Presented in partnership with Instituto Cervantes (more...)
Performers Ballet & Jazz Company Presents Christmas Joy (Rental)
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM1 pm & 5 pm—Saturday 2 pm—Sunday Come…. Experience the Miracle! Awaken your heart to the true Spirit of Christmas in dance, as The Performers Ballet & Jazz Company presents the 34th season of its Bravos Award-winning holiday production, Christmas Joy. Over fifty classically trained dancers will once again inspire audiences with a repertoire 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. In 1999, (more...)
Film: Mi Gran Noche/My Big Night
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-307 pm This “instant camp classic” is set in a TV studio, where the advance taping of a New Year’s Eve special is fraught with difficulties. A crane falls on an extra; there are riots and protests outside the studio; a hunky singer is being blackmailed by two girl-crush fans; an aging crooner is targeted for assassination by his adopted son and manager; and two extras fall in love, even though the woman seems to be a bad-luck charm. “A manic farce of schlubs and monsters, professional (more...)
Nutcracker Ballet in the Land of Enchantment
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM7 pm—Friday, Saturday & Sunday 2 pm—Saturday & Sunday Festival Ballet Albuquerque is partnering with the National Hispanic Cultural Center to present an original production, The Nutcracker Ballet in the Land of Enchantment, choreographed by Patricia Dickinson Wells. 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 Victorian-era western costumes. Now in its 8th year (more...)
The Blind Boys of Alabama (Rental)
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM7:30 pm AMP Concerts presents The Blind Boys of Alabama. Hailed as "gospel titans" by Rolling Stone, the Blind Boys of Alabama first rose to fame in the segregated South with their thrilling vocal harmonies and roof-raising live show. They released their debut single in 1948, launching a 70-year career that would see them rack up five Grammy awards and collaborate with everyone from Mavis Staples and Stevie Wonder to Prince and Lou Reed. This special concert will feature songs from the Talkin’ Christmas! album as well (more...)
Opera Southwest Presents New Year’s with the Opera! (Rental)
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM7:30 pm New Year’s with the Opera is a fun variety show featuring a quartet of 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! Join us after the performance in the Ortega Ballroom for a champagne reception to ring in the New Year. $45, $55, $65; an additional $45 upcharge for the New Year’s Eve after-party The title, content, photos/images and description for this event (more...)