• Film: All of Me/Llévate mis amores

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    7 pm Based in the Mexican village of La Patrona, this documentary offers an intimate insight into a group of women, appropriately known as the Patronas, who since 1995 have prepared food, bagged it, and tossed it to migrants traveling on top of the freight train known as “La Bestia” (The Beast) as it makes its way to the U.S. Their remarkable example of love and solidarity, despite the risk both to themselves and to those riding the rails, contrasts with the violence of one of the (more...)

  • Shoes for the Santo Niño

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

    Friday at 7 pm Saturday at 2 pm Shoes for the Santo Niño is the story of Julianita, the youngest of eleven children, who slips out of her home one evening to take a pair of “practical” shoes that she has made to the Santo Niño de Atocha. When she enters the church, the Santo Niño and the saints come to life, and Julianita is whisked off into an evening of mystery, magic, and miracles. This joyous piece by the Santa Fe Opera depicts the important role (more...)

  • Alice King Community School: A Party in a Pear Tree (Rental)

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    7 pm both days Alice King Community School music classes, grades 2 through 5, present their inaugural holiday musical, A Party in a Pear Tree, by John Jacobson and Roger Emerson. Directed by Dr. Gary Wayne Pyland, it’s sure to be the most hilarious twelve days ever! All Tickets $3 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 (more...)

  • Performers Ballet & Jazz Company Presents Christmas Joy (Rental)

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

    7 pm—Friday & Saturday 2 pm—Saturday & Sunday Come…. Experience the Miracle! Awaken your heart to the true Spirit of Christmas in dance, as The Performers Ballet & Jazz Company presents the 33rd 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 (more...)

  • Film: How to Be a Latin Lover

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    7 pm When an aging gigolo is kicked to the curb by his 80-year-old millionaire wife, he is forced to move in with his estranged sister and her young son. Anxious to return to the lap of luxury, he attempts to reignite his powers as a Latin lover and win over the wealthy widowed grandmother of his nephew's schoolmate. 2017; Ken Marino; English; 115 minutes; rated PG-13. There will be no film screenings on December 21, December 28, January 4, or January 11. The Bank of America (more...)

  • The Nutcracker Ballet 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 2 pm—Saturday & Sunday Festival Ballet Albuquerque, with choreography by Patricia Dickinson Wells, and full live orchestra under the baton of Maestro Guillermo Figueroa, present The Nutcracker Ballet in the Land of Enchantment. This beloved holiday classic comes to life in the late 1800s in territorial New Mexico, with many surprises including Spanish and flamenco dancers, dancing southwestern snakes, sheep and shepherdesses, hummingbirds, a lively fandango, and a storyteller doll with children. Traditional favorites such as the Sugar Plum Fairy, Snowflakes, and Flowers (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, NM

    7:30 pm New Year’s with the Opera is a fun variety show featuring a quartet of Opera Southwest’s most beloved recent performers 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. Join us after the performance in the Salón Ortega for a champagne reception to celebrate 2018! Special Early Discount (August 1st through November 30th) $36, $44, $52 After Party add an additional $45 Early Discount (December 1st through December 15th) (more...)

  • New Mexico Philharmonic Orchestra: Winds & Horns Aplenty (Rental)

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

    2 pm New Mexico’s own wind and horn connoisseur—Professor Eric Rombach-Kendall—conducts an afternoon of magnificent music. The orchestra pays tribute to Rossini, plays Bach's glorious Passacaglia and Fugue in c minor, and returns to the dawn of the 20th century with Arthur Bird's remarkable Serenade for Wind Instruments. And if you love brass, don't miss the massive brass sound in Terracini's Concerto for Brass! $24, $35, $46, $68 Eric Rombach-Kendall, conductor Rossini/arr. Gryc: Rossiniana, Four Pieces from “Sins of Old Age” Bird: Serenade for Wind Instruments Bach/arr. (more...)

  • Film: Bless Me, Ultima

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

    7 pm The screen adaptation of Rudolfo Anaya's iconic work, set in the 1940s in rural New Mexico, about a young boy and the mysterious healer who opens his eyes to the wonders of the spiritual realm. As the entire world is plunged into war and Antonio Marez grapples with the harsh realities all around him, his life is forever changed by the sudden arrival of Ultima, a curandera who inspires him to see the world from a new perspective. Presented as part of the Bank of (more...)

  • Siembra, Latino Theatre Season: El Corrido de Jorge

    NHCC-BOD-January-2020-Meeting

    February 1-4 & 8-11, 2018 7:30 pm—Thursday-Saturday 2 pm—Sunday Jorge, the protagonist of Patricia Crespín’s play (written and performed in English), has big dreams of being a singer. He even writes his own songs. But when his father doesn’t return from a working trip to Mexico, Jorge is forced to put his dreams on hold and help his mother take care of the ranch and raise his younger siblings. When his mother dies from malnutrition, Jorge makes a pact with himself to find his father, whom he is convinced abandoned (more...)