• ¡Globalquerque! International Cinema Series: The Concert/Le Concert (France)

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    12 pm In September, the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series showcases the ¡Globalquerque! International Cinema Series, presented in partnership with ¡Globalquerque!, New Mexico’s Fifteenth Celebration of World Music and Culture, returning to the NHCC on September 20 & 21. Most films in the series are from countries whose artists are represented in this year’s festival. Thirty years ago, Andrei Simoniovich Filipov was the conductor of the illustrious Bolshoi orchestra until he was fired for using Jewish musicians. Now he works as a janitor at the (more...)

  • ¡Globalquerque! International Cinema Series: The Jade Pendant (China/U.S.)

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    2 pm In September, the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series showcases the ¡Globalquerque! International Cinema Series, presented in partnership with ¡Globalquerque!, New Mexico’s Fifteenth Celebration of World Music and Culture, returning to the NHCC on September 20 & 21. Most films in the series are from countries whose artists are represented in this year’s festival. The Old West becomes a battleground for power and revenge in this gripping epic based on true events. Fleeing an arranged marriage in China, a young Chinese woman finds herself (more...)

  • ¡Baile! Casino (Cuban Salsa) Dance Class

    NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24

    6 pm to 8:15 pm 6 pm to 7:15 pm—Beginning and Intermediate Class. No experience is necessary to participate in this class. 7:15 pm to 8:15 pm—Advanced Class In order to participate in this class, dancers must come to at least one 6 pm class and be familiar with the vocabulary and movement introduced in these classes. Dance classes are taught by Larry Heard and Rueda 505 Friends. There is no need to pre-register; just show up in comfortable clothes ready to dance! For more information, contact (more...)

  • ¡Globalquerque! International Cinema Series: Fire at Sea/Fuocoammare (Italy)

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    7 pm In September, the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series showcases the ¡Globalquerque! International Cinema Series, presented in partnership with ¡Globalquerque!, New Mexico’s Fifteenth Celebration of World Music and Culture, returning to the NHCC on September 20 & 21. Most films in the series are from countries whose artists are represented in this year’s festival. This searching, Oscar-nominated documentary about the European immigration crisis focuses on the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, 150 miles south of Sicily, where thousands of people arrive each year from Africa (more...)

  • Sandia Performing Arts Company Presents Rosalie’s Magic Rocks

    NHCC-BOD-January-2020-Meeting

    Friday-Sunday, September 27-29 & October 4-6, 2019 7:30 pm—Friday & Saturday 2 pm—Sunday Sandia Performing Arts Company presents the world premiere of Rosalie's Magic Rocks, a tale of how life changes for an enterprising young Latina. Rosalie goes to live with her grandfather, and, misinterpreting his advice, begins selling magic rocks at her school. When she gets into trouble, her abuelo assists her in finding a solution. This story of coming of age in Hispanic New Mexico, a “Latino version of Tom Sawyer,” is based on real-life (more...)

  • ¡Baile! Casino (Cuban Salsa) Dance Class

    NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24

    6 pm to 8:15 pm 6 pm to 7:15 pm—Beginning and Intermediate Class. No experience is necessary to participate in this class. 7:15 pm to 8:15 pm—Advanced Class In order to participate in this class, dancers must come to at least one 6 pm class and be familiar with the vocabulary and movement introduced in these classes. Dance classes are taught by Larry Heard and Rueda 505 Friends. There is no need to pre-register; just show up in comfortable clothes ready to dance! For more information, contact (more...)

  • Disney’s Frozen, Jr.

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

    7 pm—Friday 2 pm—Saturday Cardboard Playhouse presents Disney’s Frozen, Jr. A worldwide Disney phenomenon is taking Broadway Junior by (snow)storm! The enchanting modern classic from Disney is ready for your Broadway Junior stars! Frozen, Jr. is based on the 2018 Broadway musical, and brings Elsa, Anna, and the magical land of Arendelle to life onstage. The show features all of the memorable songs from the animated film, with music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, plus five new songs written for the Broadway production. A story of true (more...)

  • Film: Sueño en Otro Idioma/I Dream in Another Language

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    7 pm When a young linguist travels into a rural area of Veracruz to record conversations between the last speakers of Zikril, a dying indigenous language, he discovers that the language is at the point of disappearing, as the last two speakers had a fight 50 years ago and have refused to speak to each other ever since. Trying to bring the two old friends back together, he discovers that a secret from the past, concealed by the language, will make it difficult for the heart of (more...)

  • Opera Southwest Presents Bottesini’s Alì Babà

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

    October 20, 25 & 27, 2019 2 pm—Sundays 7:30 pm—Friday Opera Southwest presents Alì Babà, a fully staged opera with orchestra, sung in Italian with English translation supertitles and presented in three acts with one intermission. With a libretto based on “Alì Babà and the Forty Thieves,” the well-known and lively story from One Thousand and One Nights, Alì Babà was composed by Giovanni Bottesini, an Italian composer and double bass virtuoso known as the “Paganini of the bass.” $19, $39, $59, $79, $99; discounts for groups of eight or more (more...)

  • Film: Don’t Swallow My Heart, Alligator Girl!/Não Devore Meu Coração

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    7 pm On the turbulent border of modern-day Brazil and Paraguay, marked by the waters of the Río Apa, a war is brewing between rival gangs on either side. Caught in the middle of it all, Joca, a Brazilian boy of 13, has fallen in love with Basano La Tatuada, an indigenous Paraguayan girl living on the border, and is determined to win her over regardless of the consequences. As Joca's brother Fernando becomes heavily embroiled in the hostilities, and Basano is threatened by the unwanted affections (more...)