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  • Los Pastores de Belén

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    3 pm Los Pastores, the New Mexican Shepherds Play, was brought to New Mexico in 17th century from Spain. The play follows the adventures, antics, and battles of shepherds, angels, and devils. On their journey to Bethlehem to take their presents, the shepherds are waylaid by Demonio. The audience is amused by the mischief of Bartolo, the lazy shepherd, and the rhetorical prowess and swordplay of San Miguel. Before it was revived in 1973, when a manuscript was discovered in a home in Las Nutrias, the last (more...)

  • Festival Ballet Albuquerque Presents The Nutcracker in the Land of Enchantment

    Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM

    7 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 in the Land of Enchantment. The beloved holiday classic is transported to territorial New Mexico in the late 1800s. Resplendent in its classical origins, this unique southwestern version adds elements of the state’s heritage and traditions including Spanish dancers, southwestern snakes, sheep and shepherdesses, a lively fandango, a Cochiti Pueblo Storyteller doll with children complete with Roadrunner and Coyote characters! A special treat are the lavish (more...)

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  • The Santaland Diaries

    NHCC-BOD-January-2020-Meeting

    7:30 pm—Friday & Saturday 2 pm—Sunday Cardboard Playhouse presents The Santaland Diaries By David Sedaris, Adapted by Joe Mantello, Starring Kelsey Leos Montoya Based on his beloved humorous and autobiographical essays, David Sedaris' The Santaland Diaries is a wry and witty look at the combination of retail hell and theatrical spectacle that is the holiday season, a sharp, narrowly observed dark comedy. $22 Kelsey Leos Montoya is a founding Member of Cardboard Playhouse Theatre Company and has performed with many theatre companies in Albuquerque. Kelsey starred as Erik (more...)

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  • Opera Southwest Presents New Year’s with the Opera!

    Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM

    2 pm & 7 pm New Year’s with the Opera is a fun variety show featuring Opera Southwest’s most beloved 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. This year, for the first time, we offer a family-friendly presentation at 2 pm along with our evening performance at 7 pm. $45, $55, $65; an additional $45 upcharge for the New Year’s Eve VIP After-Party (more...)

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  • New Mexico Philharmonic: Brass, Winds, & Bach’s Air

    Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM

    3 pm New Mexico Philharmonic presents Brass, Winds, & Bach’s Air. The NMPhil winds and brass step out to warm this midwinter afternoon! Dvořák’s Serenade for Winds, scored for two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, three French horns, cello, and double bass, is both lyrical and intensely beautiful. French horns and trumpets stand out in Crespo’s rollicking Spirit of Brass. Breathe in the beauty of Bach’s “Air on the G String.” Then—four trumpets, four trombones, horn, and tuba frame Jan Koetsier’s Brass Symphony—a masterpiece of the brass (more...)

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  • Inside Opera Series: Il Postino

    NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24

    6-7:30 pm Tuesdays, January 21, 28, and February 4 Join us for our second year of “Inside Opera”—a workshop series presented by the NHCC in partnership with Opera Southwest.  This year the opera is “Il Postino” and each workshop will focus on a different element of the performance (see below). Those who attend any one of the three workshops will receive a 15% discounted ticket to the show. Sign up for the workshops here:  https://nhccnm.wufoo.com/forms/inside-opera-workshop-series-il-postino/ Inside Opera: The Three Versions of Il Postino Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020 (more...)

  • Film: Neruda

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    7 pm In post-World War II Chile, a police prefect pursues Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda, now a fugitive in his own country for joining the Communist Party. In this story of a persecuted artist and his obsessive adversary, Neruda sees his chance to become a symbol for liberty as well as a literary legend. Directed by Pablo Larraín; Spanish with English subtitles; 107 minutes; rated R. Presented as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series. Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before (more...)

  • NM Jazz Latino Orchestra

    Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM

    8 pm In their fourth performance at the NHCC, the New Mexico Jazz Latino Orchestra will present a two-part show featuring Latin jazz, cha cha, salsa, and rumba and showcasing the versatility of the group’s musicians. The 13-piece ensemble seeks to highlight the great musical talents of New Mexico residents, while bringing in international guest artists to introduce audiences to traditional instrumentation and rhythms from Latin America and demonstrate how jazz fusion can provide a harmonious and exciting blend of ancestral and contemporary tones. This year’s concert (more...)

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  • High Spirit Dance Recital Dancing For Jesus

    Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM

    2 pm & 6 pm A ballet, jazz, and hip-hop dance recital featuring children, young adults, and professional dancers—an exciting ensemble of students and teachers bringing today’s music to life in high-quality dance productions. $12, $15, $17 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 (more...)

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  • Inside Opera Series: Il Postino

    NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24

    6-7:30 pm Tuesdays, January 21, 28, and February 4 Join us for our second year of “Inside Opera”—a workshop series presented by the NHCC in partnership with Opera Southwest.  This year the opera is “Il Postino” and each workshop will focus on a different element of the performance (see below).  Those who attend any one of the three workshops will receive a 15% discounted ticket to the show. Sign up for the workshops here:  https://nhccnm.wufoo.com/forms/inside-opera-workshop-series-il-postino/ Inside Opera: The Three Versions of Il Postino Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020 (more...)