• 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

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    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...)

  • Film: Cariños

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    7 pm Cariños, a serialized cinematic experience from visionary auteur Christopher Michael Roybal, examines who, how, and why people love. The film follows a group of New Mexicans throughout 2017 as they collide in unconventional and unexpected ways, all while trying both to uncover and to keep hidden secrets that could change their lives forever. Cariños is unique because there are two distinct versions of this experimental fictional drama. The first version played out over the course of 2017 and broke the film into 53 individual scenes, (more...)

  • Carnaval Fever 2018

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

    7:30 pm Frank Leto Musical Ventures and the NHCC continue their annual partnership to celebrate Carnaval with a festive and colorful evening of music, dance, and theatre, featuring the Odara Dance Ensemble and the musical group PANdemonium. Carnaval 2018, a dazzling spectacle of vibrant dance, engaging music, and beautiful costumes, showcases the Carnaval traditions of Cuba, Trinidad, Brazil, and New Orleans. $17, $22, $27 w/ $2 discount for students/seniors/NHCC members; group rates available Thank you to our Performing Arts Season Sponsors Heritage Hotels and Resorts, the Albuquerque (more...)

  • New Mexico Philharmonic Orchestra: From Bach to Bachianas & Britten (Rental)

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

    2 pm Music Director Roberto Minczuk wields the baton in a glimmering afternoon of globe-spanning masterworks by renowned composers. Piazzolla's Libertango and Oblivion bring “Tango Nuevo” to the forefront. Bachianas Brasileiras by Villa-Lobos links Brazilian popular music to Baroque works—such as those of Bach, one of which is included in this concert. Also, an homage to Benjamin Britten by Arvo Pärt and the purity of Britten's own Simple Symphony. $24, $35, $46, $68 Roberto Minczuk, conductor Kimberly Fredenburgh, viola Kevin Vigneau, oboe Piazzolla: Libertango Piazzolla: Oblivion Stephenson: (more...)

  • Film: Red Sky at Morning

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    7 pm Based on the novel by Richard Bradford, Red Sky at Morning follows an adolescent boy who is relocated with his mother to Corazón Sagrado, New Mexico when his father goes off to World War II. Finding himself a minority in a predominantly Latino community, Josh Arnold must deal with adjusting to a new land and a new culture, making friends, and experiencing first love, as well as the war that is always in the background and ultimately threatens everything he has come to know. Presented (more...)

  • Opera Southwest Presents Bless Me, Ultima

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

    All 5 performances of Bless Me, Ultima are SOLD OUT! Opera Southwest will be handling a waiting list for any returned tickets. They will be released for sale to the public on a lottery basis (i.e. folks may put their names onto a waiting list for a drawing) two days before each performance. Please go to the OSW website HERE to get your name added to the waiting list.   February 18, 21, 23, 24 & 25, 2018 2 pm—Saturday & Sundays 7:30 pm—Wednesday & Friday Hector (more...)

  • Film: Nasario Remembers the Río Puerco

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    7 pm A new documentary follows celebrated folklorist Nasario García doing what he loves: wandering through landscape and memory amid the ghost towns of New Mexico's Río Puerco valley, reviving recuerdos (memories) of his youth when the ranching villages thrived and viejitos (elders) told stories beside a river that once ran. Through interviews with Dr. García, oral histories, archival photos, and footage of the landscape, Nasario Remembers the Río Puerco poses the question: do ruins remember us? Presented as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series. Filmmaker Shebana Coelho and folklorist and (more...)

  • PAPA, Public Academy for Performing Arts: DREAM Spring Dance Concert 2018 (Rental)

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

    7 pm The Public Academy for Performing Arts (PAPA) presents Dream, its annual spring dance concert featuring beginning to pre-professional ballet, contemporary, flamenco, hip-hop, jazz, and musical theatre dance students from grades 6-12. Approximate length of the event is two hours. $7, $12, $17 no other discounts 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...)