Southwest of Eden: The Art of Adam and Eve
2019-05-17 - 2021-10-17 | September-2019-Board-Meeting-Minutes
This exciting exhibit features approximately fifty works of art from the Joyce Kaser Collection. Southwest of Eden: The Art of Adam and Eve examines the various ways in which New Mexican artists and others visually portray these two famous figures as well as the flora and fauna in their surroundings. For example, how many apples are featured, or are they pomegranates? Is the serpent male or female? Is it animal or human, or half and half? Is Eve always the instigator or is Adam assuming some responsibility? Situated in the NHCC Art Museum’s highly popular community gallery, Southwest of Eden invites the visitor to take a closer look at the imagery, symbolism and story of what happened in the garden.

El Perú: Art in the Contemporary Past
2019-09-06 - 2021-02-16 | September-2019-Board-Meeting-Minutes
El Perú: Art in the Contemporary Past, aims to break down stereotypes of what visitors expect to see in a “Peruvian art exhibit.” The exhibit celebrates the work of artists Baldomero Alejos (1924-1976) a photographer from Ayacucho; Ana de Orbegoso, a multimedia artist inspired by the Cuzco School, Pre-Colombian pottery and Peruvian history and identity; Kukuli Velarde, a ceramicist who addresses class racism, and exclusion in her ceramics, and Lorry Salcedo, a photographer whose striking black and white images connect the Peruvian past to its present. Each artist explores the Peruvian pre-colonial and colonial past while addressing race, class and inclusion in the contemporary present. Works include photography, sculpture, ceramics, painting, and multimedia in juxtaposition with examples of their historical antecedents.

Aquí Estamos: New Selections from the Permanent Collection
2020-02-28 - 2023-09-17 | Visual Art Museum, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
NHCC Art Museum
Every few years, the NHCC Art Museum refreshes its exhibit of artworks that showcase the breadth of the permanent collection. As always, the artworks featured in Aquí Estamos are global in scope and reflect the complexity of the Hispanic experience demonstrating that there is no one way to create art that exemplifies what it means to be Hispanic, Chicana/o, Latinx, and/or Latin American.

Artists Include:
Adriana GonzalesAlice Rahon
Alora Cinllo
Alvin Gill-Tapia
Ana Rosa Rivera Marrero
Antonio Pérez (Ñiko)
Arthur López
Arturo Elizondo
Barbara Carrasco
Carlos Quinto Kemm
Camilla Trujillo
Carmela Martínez Álvarez
Carmen Lomas Garza
Catalina Delgado-Trunk
Charles “Chaz” Bojórquez
Charles Frésquez
Christina “Tina” Fuentes
Christopher Espinoza
Cisco Jimenez
David Perez Escudero
Deborah Rael-Buckley
Eddie Domínguez
Eduardo Muñoz Bachs
Edward Gonzales
Elena Baca
Emilio Lobato III
Enrique Montenegro
Eric J. Garcia
Fanny Rabel
George T. López
Glugio “Gronk” Nicandro
Goldie Garcia
Irene Aguilar Alcántara
Jaime Palacios
Jessamine Toste
Jesse Amado
Jocelyn Lorena Salaz
Juanito Jimenez
Karima Muyaes
Lawrence López Ortiz
Liberty Gonzales
Luisa Bacilio Elías
Lydia Gallegos
Magali Lara
Malaquias Montoya
Margaret Herrera Chávez
Marion C. Martinez
Martha Varóz Ewing
Mónica Sosaya Halford
Nicholas Herrera
Orlando Leyba
Pamela Enriquez-Courts
Patrocinio Barela
Paula Castillo
Póla López
Raul Gonzalez
Ray Martín Abeyta
René Zamora
Ron Mier
Scherezade Garcia
Sergio Moyano
Sergio Tapia
Valerie Roybal
Verne Lucero
Vincent Campos
Victoria Martinez-Rodgers

Temporarily Closed
2020-03-13 - 2021-02-02 | NHCC Campus, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
¡Bienvenidos!
The National Hispanic Cultural Center is a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) with the State of New Mexico. In accordance with revised public health directives, the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs has temporarily closed its museums and historic sites to the public until further notice. The safety and well-being of our employees and visitors is the DCA’s foremost concern. We appreciate your ongoing support and understanding.
Please continue to visit this website for updates and to explore virtual visits, programs, and educational opportunities.
See you soon!

Incubation: Art Created in the COVID-19 Era
2020-05-15 - 2021-10-21 | NM
Incubation: Art Created in the COVID-19 Era, is an online exhibit of artwork created by Albuquerque High School students under the direction of four teachers. The work was created at the end of the spring semester, after schools closed across New Mexico in response to the COVID-19 crisis.

Prior to school closures and the closure of the NHCC campus, the AHS students and teachers were scheduled to hang an exhibit in the Pete Domenici Education Building on the NHCC. The students were working on completely different projects at that time and what you see here reflects their transition into online art instruction and the students’ reflections on this dramatic and sudden shift. Many artworks were submitted for this online exhibit and what is presented here is just a small sampling of the creativity that has taken place since March.,
During this time, the teachers focused intently on how to continue supporting their students through these new challenges. There were many emotions about how the school year ended so abruptly and about the continued need for social distancing. Yet, something magical also happened. The students created so much artwork in their homes that it needed to be shared and shown to others. The artwork demonstrates resourcefulness and creativity that is inspiring. There was so much artwork, that we were only able to show a portion of it.
IMPORTANT message to all the students! All of the art created, whether shown here or not, is amazing! Please, don’t stop creating. You are teaching the rest of the world about resilience and resourcefulness.
To all the teachers, thank you! You all have been challenged in many ways. Your dedication to your students is evident in the honesty of your statements and the varied projects shown. You have not only taught craftsmanship but life skills. Through the lengthy and complicated process of transitioning to an online exhibit, it is evident that your capacity for care and hard work is unwavering. Again, thank you.
Please click HERE and leave a comment for Teachers, Artists or NHCC staff, about this exhibit.

NHCC Book Club
2020-07-23 | NM
5:30 pm – Online via Zoom
The NHCC Book Club meets once a month to talk about that month’s selected book.
Book for July: The Ladies of Managua, Eleni N. Gage.
To join the NHCC Book Club, register here. NHCC Book Club members who purchase their books through Bookworks get a 10% discount on that title.

Art Project: Sombra
2020-08-07 | NHCC Campus, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
Today we are inspired by three artists,Cristina González, Jacob Sisneros and Paula Castillo. These artists have created large metal sculptures that create beautiful shadows and can be found on the NHCC campus. We hope their use of shapes and the sun inspire you to create your own sombra art!
Please share your art or shadow experiments with us! Tag us @nhccnm or make our staff really happy and email us some photos at ElenaD.Baca@state.nm.us

Instituto Cervantes Book Club - Registration
2020-08-12 - 2020-08-26 | NM
Instituto Cervantes is launching a Spanish Book Club, for the time being, online.
This is a club aimed at people interested in literature, both Spanish speakers and students of Spanish with a minimum level of B2 (Advanced Level). In this term we will read Tarta de almendras con amor by Angela Vallvey, Un mar violeta oscuro by Ayanta Barilli, Ni siquiera los muertos by Juan Gómez Bárcena and A flor de piel by Javier Moro.
They will read and discuss the texts and talk with the authors, who will accompany the group during one of the two sessions dedicated to each book.
The club is coordinated by Dr. Celia López-Chávez, professor emeritus of the University of New Mexico. It is a unique opportunity to follow the literary dynamism of literary production in Spanish and to discuss literature and contemporary issues.
Registration is required. Register between August 12 and August 26. Cost is $50.
Register online here.
More information.

An Evening for Latinx Youth with Authors Lynda Lopez and Natalia Sylvester
2020-08-13 | Live via Zoom
Live Zoom Event
Thursday, August 13, 2020
7:30 PM EST/5:30 PM MST

Register

The National Hispanic Cultural Center, in collaboration with Duende District and Greenlight Bookstore, present Lynda Lopez, editor of AOC: The Fearless Rise and Powerful Resonance of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Natalia Sylvester, author of Running, with special teen guests from the Latin American Youth Center and the National Hispanic Cultural Center.
The evening event will highlight and celebrate Latinx youth civic engagement, featuring authors Lynda Lopez and Natalia Sylvester. Lopez’s book AOC: The Fearless Rise and Powerful Resonance of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, explores the multiple meanings, from seventeen contributing writers’ points of view, of a young Latina politician in the U.S. Congress. Just thirty, AOC represents her generation, the millennials, in many groundbreaking ways: proudly working class, of Puerto Rican descent, master of social media, a feminist—and a great dancer. In Sylvester’s Running, fifteen-year-old Cuban-American Mariana Ruiz starts to see her father with new eyes when he runs for president. This authentic and humorous YA debut is about waking up and speaking out as Mari fights to find her voice while the whole world is watching.

Virtual 2020 Bosque Chile Festival
2020-08-15 - 2020-08-16 | NHCC Facebook
2 pm both days
Bernalillo County and the National Hispanic Cultural Center present the Virtual 2020 Bosque Chile Festival, a celebration of food, art, and culture on the Rio Grande. The public is invited to join in the celebration of the chile harvest on Saturday, August 15th and Sunday, August 16th, 2020. This year the festival will be presented virtually, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/bosquechilefestival.
The Bosque Chile Festival is a celebration of the art, culture, and food of New Mexico, developed to showcase and honor New Mexican and Latino/Hispanic culture and agriculture in the middle Rio Grande Valley through performances, art, educational sessions, chef demonstrations, value-added products, and produce that pay homage to time-honored and celebrated New Mexican traditions, foods, and crafts.
Click here for a schedule of events.
Free Community Event

Art Project: Straw Appliqué
2020-08-21 | NM
Make something! We are inspired by Straw Appliqué. This art form can be as simple or as complex as you want and it is always beautiful. We are presenting an activity that is a simple version that you can do en your casa.
If you do this project, tag us @nhccnm or make our staff happy and email us photos @ElenaD.Baca@state.nm.us

NHCC Book Club
2020-08-27 | NM
5:30 pm
The NHCC Book Club meets once a month to talk about that month’s selected book.
Book for August: A Long Petal of the Sea, Isabel Allende.
To join the NHCC Book Club, register here. NHCC Book Club members who purchase their books through Bookworks get a 10% discount on that title.

Film: Contemporáneos en línea: La mano invisible/The Invisible Hand
2020-09-04 | NM
8 pm (available for 48 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/institutocervantes
Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque presents Contemporáneos en línea, an online showcase of recent work by young, independent Spanish filmmakers. The program brings together two feature films and two documentaries, demonstrating the creative coexistence of these genres in contemporary cinematography. It is presented in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center as part of the Bank of America Free Film Series.
In La mano invisible, set in a bare industrial warehouse, a group of workers, including a bricklayer, a butcher, a dressmaker, a telemarketer, a waiter, a warehouse worker, a mechanic, an IT worker, and a cleaner, meet daily, mechanically doing and undoing their work with apparent normality. In front of them, dozens of spectators watch the spectacle from the darkness, while an obscure demiurge pulls the strings behind the scenes. 2017; directed by David Macián; Spanish with English subtitles; 80 minutes; rated R.
Free Event

Contemporáneos en línea programming:
Friday, September 4, 2020: La mano invisible (David Macián, 2017)
Friday, September 11, 2020: El mar nos mira de lejos (Manuel Muñoz Rivas, 2017)
Friday, September 18, 2020: Los demás días (Carlos Agulló, 2017)
Friday, September 25, 2020: La reconquista (Jonás Trueba, 2016)
All titles will be available on the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo channel for 48 hours.
La mano invisible trailer:

A Tribute to Carlos Ruiz Zafón
2020-09-04 | La Hilacha Podcast
8 am
La Hilacha Podcast Here
Episode ten of History and Literary Arts’ popular new podcast, “La Hilacha,” is a tribute to Carlos Ruiz Zafón, one of the world’s most popular Spanish writers, who died this past June at the age of 55. Ruiz Zafón’s works have been published in more than 40 countries and translated into more than 30 languages. Upon Ruiz Zafon’s passing Pedro Sánchez, the Spanish prime minister, tweeted: “We have lost one of the world’s most read and most admired Spanish writers. Carlos Ruiz Zafón, a key novelist of our epoch, made a significant contribution to modern literature.”

“La Hilacha: Words and Memories” is the title of this new NHCC podcast because we understand history and literature as an unraveling thread, from the richness of our individual and collective stories into the writing that tells these stories to the world. New episodes of the podcast appear every three weeks.
Free

Make something!: Play With Color
2020-09-04 | NM
Make something! School has begun and we have received requests for activities for young children. People of any age will enjoy playing with water drops and printing!
If you do this project, tag us @nhccnm or make our staff happy and email us a photo @ElenaD.Baca@state.nm.us
#newmexicoculture #nhccnm #steam #museumathome #paralosniños

11th Annual Vocal Artistry Art Song Festival of New Mexico: Canciones Españolas
2020-09-04 - 2020-09-05 | NM
7:30 pm
Vocal Artistry Website, www.vocalartistryartsong.com
Please consider a donation to support programming at the National Hispanic Cultural Center.
Click HERE to donate.
Vocal Artistry’s Art Song Festival is an annual festival open to all students, singers, and pianists living in the state of New Mexico. The goal is to encourage the further study of Art Song repertoire, which plays a vital role in sculpting classical singers. Open performances by singers and pianists from all over the state are held before a guest faculty, including international artists and representatives from the most renowned music conservatories. Master classes and open performances for all levels of singers and collaborative pianists are open to the public. Scholarship winners are then chosen on the basis of talent and artistic achievement; the scholarship awards, from and for the community, are presented at a final concert and reception. Over $10,000 in awards, through a sponsorship by the Meredith Foundation and the generosity of individual donors, go to the deserving applicants.

Isabel Bayrakdarian
This year, for the first time ever, Vocal Artistry goes virtual! For the 11th Annual Art Song Festival of New Mexico, Canciones Españoles, 59 students of singing and piano have submitted applications online to be adjudicated by international artists in Spanish Art Song. Soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian, celebrated in opera houses and concert halls around the world, will be adjudicating all the college singers. As the virtual format does not include a final award concert and reception, the scholarship awards will be sent to the performers and displayed online.
Matthew Valverde & André García-Nuthmann
“Dos Tenores,” a concert featuring Matthew Valverde, André García-Nuthmann, and pianist Kristin Ditlow, has been rescheduled for September 4 at 7:30 pm. It will be filmed in the Albuquerque Journal Theatre at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, and can be seen virtually live. The concert brings to life the works of Jaime León, Jean Berger, Manuel María Ponce, Federico Longas, Manuel de Falla, José López Alavéz, Miguel Sandoval, Mari Ésabel Valverde, and Alberto Ginastera, showcasing Art Song from Colombia, Mexico, Spain, Guatemala, and Argentina.
Kristin Ditlow
Vocal Artistry’s Art Song Festival sponsors include Air & Hammers—Edmund Connolly, Maxine Thevenot; Albuquerque Institute of Music—Tatiana Bayliyeva; Albuquerque Music Teachers Association; Louise Bass; Marilyn Bernard; City of Albuquerque; Cris & Marilyn Barnes; William G. & Kellie Grady; Cynthia & John Hatley; Robin & Julius Kaplan; Linda Liechty; Desca Music; Opera Southwest; New Mexico Performing Arts Society; Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico; Mary V. Pratt; Quintessence: Vocal Artists of the Southwest; Friends of Albuquerque Opera Guild of the Santa Fe Opera; Keri & Ross Sutter; and many other organizations and individuals who have supported the festival throughout the years.

Instituto Cervantes Book Club
2020-09-08, 2020-09-22 | NM
10-11:30 am
The Instituto Cervantes Book Club meets twice a month to talk about that month’s selected book.
Book for September: Tarta de almendras con amor, Angela Vallvey.
Pre-registration for the Instituto Cervantes Book Club is required.
More information.

Film: Contemporáneos en línea: El mar nos mira de lejos/The Sea Looks at Us from Afar
2020-09-11 | NM
8 pm (available for 48 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/institutocervantes
Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque presents Contemporáneos en línea, an online showcase of recent work by young, independent Spanish filmmakers. The program brings together two feature films and two documentaries, demonstrating the creative coexistence of these genres in contemporary cinematography. It is presented in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center as part of the Bank of America Free Film Series.
El mar nos mira de lejos is based on the legend of an ancient and forgotten civilization, lying buried under vast dunes in southern Spain. For more than a century, archaeologists and adventurers have sought traces of its former inhabitants; today, only a few men, ignorant of the myths and romantic illusions surrounding the area and barely visible among the sands, live in this solitary place facing the sea. 2017; directed by Manuel Muñoz Rivas; Spanish with English subtitles; 93 minutes; rated G.
Free Event

Contemporáneos en línea programming:
Friday, September 4, 2020: La mano invisible (David Macián, 2017)
Friday, September 11, 2020: El mar nos mira de lejos (Manuel Muñoz Rivas, 2017)
Friday, September 18, 2020: Los demás días (Carlos Agulló, 2017)
Friday, September 25, 2020: La reconquista (Jonás Trueba, 2016)
All titles will be available on the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo channel for 48 hours.
El mar nos mira de lejos Trailer:

Premiere: K-12 Social Studies and Language Arts Educational Curriculum for “Mundos de Mestizaje”
2020-09-11 | NM
5 pm
Link Available HERE
The History and Literary Arts program presents the premiere of a K-12 social studies and language arts educational curriculum inspired by “Mundos de Mestizaje,” the buon fresco masterpiece on the NHCC campus by artist Frederico Vigil. By engaging with images and video of the fresco online, children and young adults, anywhere, are able to explore history, geography, civics, government, literature, and economics through lesson plans and activities.
Free

Premiere: Bless Me, Ultima Radio Broadcast
2020-09-12 | NM
11 am
On Albuquerque’s Classical 95.5 KHFM and 98.7 WFMT-FM in Chicago
A live national broadcast of the world premiere performance of the opera Bless Me, Ultima, on Albuquerque’s Classical 95.5 KHFM and 98.7 WFMT-FM in Chicago, hosted by Valerie Martinez. Opera Southwest, along with the National Hispanic Cultural Center and San Jose’s Opera Cultura, is thrilled to have commissioned this work based on Rudolfo Anaya’s best-selling novel. The composer, Hector Armienta, worked with Mr. Anaya on the libretto, and the resulting production, which premiered at the NHCC in February of 2018, was an historic event.
Free community event

Maravilla 2020 “Una Noche en El Mundo Hispano”
2020-09-12 | NM
5:30 pm
Be apart of the Best Virtual Gala of the year by logging on to www.maravillagala.com
This year’s Maravilla is about community, appreciation and love – sharing the rich and colorful Hispanic culture, as well as the 27 Spanish speaking countries across the globe. The program encompasses the cultural soul that is our jewel – the National Hispanic Cultural Center.
This year we are celebrating all 27 Spanish speaking countries. The Maravilla 2020 is the National Hispanic Cultural Center Foundation‘s annual fundraiser who’s contribution supports our mission to inspire connection to the preservation, promotion and advancement of all Hispanic people through experiences, art, culture, and humanities.

The Silent and Featured Auction closes on Sunday, September 13, 2020 at 4PM! Click here to see all the items and start bidding.
Presenting Sponsor:

Heritage Month: ABQ Balloon Park Drive-In Film Screening: The Milagro Beanfield War
2020-09-17 | NM
Gates open at 6:30 pm
RV parking lot of the International Balloon Museum at Albuquerque’s Balloon Fiesta Park, 9201 Balloon Museum Drive NE,
For ticketing information and to purchase tickets, please visit www.balloonparkdrive.in. Ticket prices listed on this site are per car, rather than per patron.
As part of this year’s celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the National Hispanic Cultural Center and the Balloon Park Drive-In will screen a series of four films highlighting Hispanic/Latinx history, culture, and contributions.
Robert Redford’s film The Milagro Beanfield War, based on John Nichols’ novel of the same name, deals with the complex relationship of history, ethnicity, and land and water rights and usage in the tiny, fictitious town of Milagro in northern New Mexico. When impoverished farmer Joe Mondragón diverts water from the future site of a large, and lucrative, resort development to irrigate his small bean field, he sets off a chain reaction that threatens to erupt into a small war in this comedy of everyday people caught up in extraordinary circumstances. Filmed in Truchas, NM, the quirky story with its infusion of magical realism and its colorful cast of characters features performances by Ruben Blades, Sonia Braga, Melanie Griffith, Christopher Walken, and Freddy Fender. 1988; English; 120 minutes; rated R (adult situations/language, violence).

The Balloon Fiesta Drive-in is a new drive-in theatre allowing patrons to socialize safely outside their homes during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic while enjoying popular films.
Hispanic Heritage Month: ABQ Balloon Park Drive-In Film Screenings:
* Thursday, September 17, 2020: The Milagro Beanfield War (Robert Redford, 1988)
* Friday, September 25, 2020: Disney/Pixar Coco (Lee Unkrich, 2017)
* Sunday, October 4, 2020: La Bamba (Luis Valdez, 1987)
* Sunday, October 11, 2020: Selena (Gregory Nava, 1997)

Film: Contemporáneos en línea: Los demás días/All the Other Days
2020-09-18 | NM
8 pm (available for 48 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/institutocervantes
Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque presents Contemporáneos en línea, an online showcase of recent work by young, independent Spanish filmmakers. The program brings together two feature films and two documentaries, demonstrating the creative coexistence of these genres in contemporary cinematography. It is presented in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center as part of the Bank of America Free Film Series.
The documentary Los demás días follows the work of Dr. Pablo Iglesias, a palliative care physician at the Madrid Health Service, who provides specialized medical care for people with serious illnesses. We get to know him, the professionals who work closely with him, and his patients—sharing their doubts and convictions, their fears and illusions, as he tries to relieve their physical pain and accompany them on the delicate emotional journey that marks the end of their lives. 2017; directed by Carlos Agulló; Spanish with English subtitles; 95 minutes; rated PG-13.
Free Event

Contemporáneos en línea programming:
Friday, September 4, 2020: La mano invisible (David Macián, 2017)
Friday, September 11, 2020: El mar nos mira de lejos (Manuel Muñoz Rivas, 2017)
Friday, September 18, 2020: Los demás días (Carlos Agulló, 2017)
Friday, September 25, 2020: La reconquista (Jonás Trueba, 2016)
All titles will be available on the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo channel for 48 hours.
Los demás días Trailer:

NHCC Learning Website Survey
2020-09-18 | NM
MIRA! TEACHERS! PARENTS! We need your voice!
The NHCC Learning Website Survey will help us gauge your needs related to educational resources so that we may better serve students and the community as a whole. With the introduction of the NHCC Learning website that is now available to the public, your input is important in helping us provide the community with accessible and relevant digital resources that will benefit learners of all grade levels and ages as this website continues to grow.
Please fill this out and SHARE widely! This is open to anyone across the state.
Muchas Gracias!
Find the link below:
https://nhccnm.wufoo.com/forms/zrb6m4w149x2hr/
@AmeriCorps #americorps #APS #NMPED @ABQSschools @homewithaps @aps_fine_arts @aps_schools @sfpsdistrict #lascrucespublicschools

Tertulia Histórica Albuquerque: Revolts and Revolutions
2020-09-19 | Live via Zoom or in-person
2 pm (MTS)
Live via Zoom
Register in advance for this meeting HERE.
Rob Martínez, New Mexico State Historian
Since colonial times, revolts and resistance have been a regular part of New Mexico history. Puebloan people had revolutions against Spanish political, economic and religious institutions. Spanish colonists resisted Spanish governors who thought themselves superior. Mexican New Mexicans resisted Mexican governors they did not like, and Pueblo and Genizaro natives joined in. New Mexicans revolted against American governors and economic institutions when things were not to their liking. And even into the twentieth and twenty first centuries, New Mexicans of all backgrounds fought for their rights. State Historian Rob Martinez looks at the history of revolts, revolutions and resistance throughout New Mexico’s fascinating history.
Free, Registration Required
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

This event is part of the 2020-2021 Tertulia Histórica Albuquerque Lecture Series.
Mark your calendars for the rest of the fall season.
10/24 – Famous Suffragists and Hidden Figures: The Road to Suffrage in New Mexico.
Dr. Sylvia Ramos-Cruz.
11/21 – Masks On! Pandemics and Epidemics in New Mexico History.
State Historian Rob Martinez explores how viruses and disease shaped New Mexico history.
12/19 – Illuminating New Mexico: A History of Luminarias and Farolitos.
State Historian Rob Martinez examines the fascinating origins of these uniquely New Mexican cultural expressions.

NHCC Book Club
2020-09-24 | NM
5:30 pm
The NHCC Book Club meets once a month to talk about that month’s selected book.
Book for September: Ordinary Girls: A Memoir, Jacquira Diaz.
To join the NHCC Book Club, register here. NHCC Book Club members who purchase their books through Bookworks get a 10% discount on that title.

Film: Contemporáneos en línea: La reconquista/The Reconquest
2020-09-25 | NM
8 pm (available for 48 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/institutocervantes
Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque presents Contemporáneos en línea, an online showcase of recent work by young, independent Spanish filmmakers. The program brings together two feature films and two documentaries, demonstrating the creative coexistence of these genres in contemporary cinematography. It is presented in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center as part of the Bank of America Free Film Series.
In La reconquista, Manuela and Olmo find each other again in a future they promised each other 15 years earlier, when they were teenagers and first fell in love. Based on this romantic premise, La Reconquista is a film in search of time—about the consciousness of time, about lost time and recovered time, about what we remember and don’t remember about ourselves, and about the words, gestures, and feelings to which we remain faithful because they define and challenge us in the present, the past, and the future. 2016; directed by Jonás Trueba; Spanish with English subtitles; 103 minutes; rated PG-13.
Free Event

Contemporáneos en línea programming:
Friday, September 4, 2020: La mano invisible (David Macián, 2017)
Friday, September 11, 2020: El mar nos mira de lejos (Manuel Muñoz Rivas, 2017)
Friday, September 18, 2020: Los demás días (Carlos Agulló, 2017)
Friday, September 25, 2020: La reconquista (Jonás Trueba, 2016)
All titles will be available on the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo channel for 48 hours.
La reconquista Trailer:

Hispanic Heritage Month: ABQ Balloon Park Drive-In Film Screening: Disney/Pixar Coco
2020-09-25 | NM
Gates open at 6:30 pm
RV parking lot of the International Balloon Museum at Albuquerque’s Balloon Fiesta Park, 9201 Balloon Museum Drive NE,
For ticketing information and to purchase tickets, please visit www.balloonparkdrive.in. Ticket prices listed on this site are per car, rather than per patron.
As part of this year’s celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the National Hispanic Cultural Center and the Balloon Park Drive-In will screen a series of four films highlighting Hispanic/Latinx history, culture, and contributions.
When aspiring 12-year-old musician Miguel is accidentally transported to the Land of the Dead, an unexpected friend helps him uncover the mysteries behind his family’s stories and traditions. Disney/Pixar’s award-winning tale of family, fun, and adventure is inspired by the Mexican celebration of Día de los Muertos, and has been praised for its animation, voice acting, music, emotional story, and respect for Mexican culture. The voice cast stars Anthony Gonzalez, Gael García Bernal, Benjamin Bratt, Alanna Ubach, Renée Victor, Ana Ofelia Murguía, and Edward James Olmos. Coco was chosen by the National Board of Review as the Best Animated Film of 2017, and won two Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song, as well as a Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Film and several other prestigious awards. It is the first film with a nine-figure budget to feature an all-Latino principal cast. 2017; directed by Lee Unkrich & Adrian Molina; 105 minutes; rated PG.

The Balloon Fiesta Drive-in is a new drive-in theatre allowing patrons to socialize safely outside their homes during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic while enjoying popular films.
Hispanic Heritage Month: ABQ Balloon Park Drive-In Film Screenings:
* Thursday, September 17, 2020: The Milagro Beanfield War (Robert Redford, 1988)
* Friday, September 25, 2020: Disney/Pixar Coco (Lee Unkrich, 2017)
* Sunday, October 4, 2020: La Bamba (Luis Valdez, 1987)
* Sunday, October 11, 202: Selena (Gregory Nava, 1997)

Podcast: Globalquerque 2020: World Music
2020-09-25 - 2020-10-02 | NM
Listen to La Hilacha Podcast Here
In episode 11 of History and Literary Arts’ popular new podcast, La Hilacha, ¡Globalquerque!’s Tom Frouge joins Valerie Martinez, Director of History & Literary Arts ¡Escuchar!
“La Hilacha: Words and Memories” is the title of the NHCC podcast because we understand history and literature as an unraveling thread, from the richness of our individual and collective stories into the writing that tells these stories to the world. New episodes of the podcast appear every three weeks.
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