Film: Only Human/Seres Queridos
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-307 pm Leni, a Jewish television personality, brings her boyfriend Rafi, a Palestinian university professor, home to meet her family in Madrid. Sharing an apartment, the extended family includes a belly-dancing sister, a brother with a wounded pet duck, and a blind grandfather with a loaded rifle. Add in a potentially lethal block of frozen soup, and the couple discovers that whatever can go wrong, will…. Presented as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series. 2004; directed by Dominic Harari and Teresa Pelegrí; Spanish (more...)
AMP Concerts Presents John Gorka (Rental)
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM7:30 pm A singer/songwriter famed for his stunningly soulful baritone, John Gorka is one of the leading lights of the new folk movement. In 1987, Gorka cut his debut album, I Know, for the Red House label, winning acclaim for his songs’ subtle wit and acute observations. In the 1990s, he released several albums on the Windham Hill label. Since returning to Red House in 1998, Gorka has released several well-regarded albums, including The Company You Keep and So Dark You See, as well as Red Horse. (more...)
Colcha Community Stitch-Along
Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM9:30 am – 12 pm Join our monthly gathering for colcheras of all skill levels led by Annette Gutierrez Turk. If you are beginning or advanced in the traditional New Mexican style of embroidery, bring your current colcha project along and enjoy these monthly, informal, community work sessions to share ideas, resources and encouragement! For more information, call Elena at 505-246-2261 or e-mailing elenad.baca@state.nm.us. Free event
Circo Radical “Las Memorias de las Lobas”
NHCC Campus 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM5:30 pm Presented by Nusenda Credit Union, the National Hispanic Cultural Center’s Circo Radical Ensemble is delighted to invite you to their original performance, “Las Memorias de las Lobas.” This new, multi-generational circus performance is built by 10 advanced circus students along with 10 professional circus artists who work together intensively over 10 days to conceptualize, train, research, design, and develop new work using stilts, live music, juggling, aerials, clown and mask. “Las Memorias” is inspired by the legend of La Loba from the Pueblo people. La (more...)
Jugamos Juntos: Ciencia en la Cocina
Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM10:30 am to 12 pm The National Hispanic Cultural Center is pleased to offer free children’s programming during the summer. During June, July, and first Saturday in August, families will be able to come to the Center on Saturday mornings for hands-on art activities, bilingual sing-alongs, outdoor activities in the Bosque and explore the science of cooking on a rotating basis. On the fourth Saturday, Ciencia en la Cocina, brings together the science and culture of cooking with easy experiments and recipes. Please pre-register HERE (so we (more...)
Circo Radical “Las Memorias de las Lobas”
NHCC Campus 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM5:30 pm Presented by Nusenda Credit Union, the National Hispanic Cultural Center’s Circo Radical Ensemble is delighted to invite you to their original performance, “Las Memorias de las Lobas.” This new, multi-generational circus performance is built by 10 advanced circus students along with 10 professional circus artists who work together intensively over 10 days to conceptualize, train, research, design, and develop new work using stilts, live music, juggling, aerials, clown and mask. “Las Memorias” is inspired by the legend of La Loba from the Pueblo people. La Loba (more...)
Domingos en Arte: Los Hacheros
7:30 pm (doors open at 6:30 pm) Brooklyn’s Los Hacheros are modern-day torchbearers of the Golden Age of Latin music, reviving folkloric styles like son montuno, guaracha, and salsa, and often combining them with bomba, a fiery rhythm from the mountains of Puerto Rico. Their debut album Pilón was acclaimed for “…its solid arrangements and lively original songs have impressed old-school salseros and young music fans alike.” Their sophomore album, Bambulaye, was recorded live to vintage analog tape, giving it a raw, warm sound similar to that (more...)
Film: Extraterrestrial
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-307 pm When Julio wakes up in a strange apartment, his pleasure at realizing that he has spent the night with the beautiful Julia is complicated by the unexpected return of Julia’s boyfriend and the interference of a prying neighbor, as well as the discovery of a giant flying saucer hovering over the deserted city of Madrid and, possibly, the end of the world. Presented as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series. 2011; directed by Nacho Vigalondo; English; 90 minutes; not rated. Free (more...)
Spanish Cooking Class-Tapas!
Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NMJuly 27 6 pm to 8:30 pm $35 per person Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque, in partnership with the National Hispanic Cultural Center and Pop Fizz, again celebrates its monthly Spanish cooking class. In July, attendees will have the opportunity to taste a variety of delicious tapas, thanks to our Spanish chef Chari Arellano. The menu includes: Appetizer: Gazpacho Main course: Varied tapas including filet with caramelized onion and goat cheese, Spanish prawn tortilla, and patatas bravas (a classic dish of fried potatoes accompanied by a spicy sauce) Dessert: Flan Drink: (more...)
AMP Concerts Presents Over the Rhine (Rental)
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-307:30 pm After more than 20 years of making music, it's obvious that Ohio duo Over The Rhine is in it for the long haul. Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist, named to Paste magazine's list of 100 Best Living Songwriters, began performing together in 1990 in local Cincinnati clubs and gathering places. Their first show drew about 20 people, most of them friends. But even from this somewhat humble beginning, audiences knew that they had stumbled onto something special. Treating their listeners like family, Karin and Linford (more...)