Workshops
SOLD OUT: Latinos in the Media: An Evening with Maria Hinojosa
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30An evening with Maria Hinojosa registration is currently full, including the waiting list. Seats will be released to the waiting list at 7:05pm at the performance. Please arrive early to ensure that your ticket is not released to the waiting list. 6:00 PM: Reception & Book-signing in the Performing Arts Lobby 7:00 PM: Keynote Speech As a reporter who was the first Latina in many newsrooms, Maria Hinojosa dreamt of a space where she could create independent, multimedia journalism that explores and gives a critical voice to the (more...)
Alicia Gaspar de Alba: Writing Workshop
NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-2410:00 am As part of the NHCC's El Arte de la Palabra series, award-winning author Alicia Gaspar de Alba will host a writing workshop, titled The Mariposa Hour: Oral Storytelling. This oral storytelling workshop is based on techniques from The Moth, which Gaspar de Alba teaches in her bilingual creative writing class, The Mariposa Hour. Free Community Event, generously supported by AARP New Mexico. Please register here or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance. Alicia Gaspar De Alba is a Professor of Chicana/o and Central American (more...)
Colcha Community Stitch A-long
9:30 am on the 4th Tuesday of each month Our Colcha community Workshop is open to all levels of experience in an informal setting. This workshop is instructed by Annette Gutierrez-Turk. Annette has taught this art form to groups internationally and at the NHCC for many years. She is also an award-winning artist, most recently recognized in 2019 at Santa Fe Spanish Market. Annette will demonstrate as well as answer questions. We hope you will join us every month on the fourth Tuesday, on zoom or in (more...)
Entre Palabras Online Book Club: Woman of Light
Live via Zoom5:30 pm MDT NHCC’s Entre Palabras Online Book Club explores diverse themes and topics within the Hispanic/Latine diaspora including identity, place, borders, nationality, race, gender, and language. The book club highlights pieces centered on New Mexico and the Southwest as well as Hispanic/Latine/Latin American works from both the United States and a variety of countries throughout the Hispanic world. El club de libros en línea “Entre Palabras” del NHCC explora diversos temas del diaspora hispane/latine, como identidad, lugar, fronteras, nacionalidad, raza, género, e idioma. El club de (more...)
Happy Arte Hour
NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-246:00 pm to 8:00 pm NHCC invites adults for artistic fun in a relaxed social setting. This is a great opportunity for friends to hang out, a unique date night option, or a place to come solo and connect with fellow art enthusiasts. Drinks and snacks will be available to purchase. Explore the world of soft sculpture with artist April Garcia, whose work is on display in Fronteras del Futuro: Art in New Mexico and Beyond. A variety of fabrics and materials will be available for you to (more...)
AfroMundo Festival: Resistance & Creativity: Afro-Latin Culinary Memory, Power, Resistance & Survival
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-307:30 pm Join us on April 19 for a panel discussion by renowned chefs! For Afro diasporas, food remains one of the most effective means of resistance, of cultural retention, and innovation. The foods of Afro peoples continue to incorporate ingredients of ancestral dishes and to preserve African ways of preparing ingredients native to the Americas. Presenters will discuss the African roots of various dishes and defy stereotypes of what “soul” food is. Panelists include: New Mexico resident Seiça Santana Carriaga, from the coastal town Itanhaém in (more...)
Colcha Community Stitch A-long
Live via Zoom or in-person9:30 am on the 4th Tuesday of each month Our Colcha community Workshop is open to all levels of experience in an informal setting. This workshop is instructed by Annette Gutierrez-Turk. Annette has taught this art form to groups internationally and at the NHCC for many years. She is also an award-winning artist, most recently recognized in 2019 at Santa Fe Spanish Market. Annette will demonstrate as well as answer questions. We hope you will join us every month on the fourth Tuesday, on zoom or in (more...)
Entre Palabras Online Book Club: Hollow Beasts
Live via Zoom5:30 pm MDT NHCC’s Entre Palabras Online Book Club explores diverse themes and topics within the Hispanic/Latine diaspora including identity, place, borders, nationality, race, gender, and language. The book club highlights pieces centered on New Mexico and the Southwest as well as Hispanic/Latine/Latin American works from both the United States and a variety of countries throughout the Hispanic world. El club de libros en línea “Entre Palabras” del NHCC explora diversos temas del diaspora hispane/latine, como identidad, lugar, fronteras, nacionalidad, raza, género, e idioma. El club de (more...)
New Mexico Folk Dance for Seniors
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Rehearsal Halls1:30 to 3:30 pm New Mexico Folk Dance will feature 4 weeks of traditional New Mexico music with dance classes such as La Marcha. Classes run for four consecutive Thursdays from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm. New Mexico Folk Dance is part of the NHCC’s Siempre Creativo program, which provides a free multidisciplinary arts program for seniors. Free Community Event, generously supported by AARP New Mexico. Please register here or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.
Hamilton Masterclass with Broadway Bound LIVE
NHCC-BOD-January-2020-Meeting11:00 am Enjoying Broadway Bound LIVE and looking to hone your own acting chops? You're in luck: Broadway Bound is hosting a FREE acting masterclass, featuring members from the touring cast of Hamilton, at the National Hispanic Cultural Center! Actors will be expected to come with prepared monologues, so please prepare accordingly. This free community event will be limited to 40 attendees, so please register here or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance. Please help serve the mission of the NHCC by letting us know who will be attending (more...)