• Opera Southwest: Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot

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

    March 12, 15, 17 & 19, 2023 2:00 pm Sunday, 7:30 pm Wednesday & Friday Opera Southwest presents Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot, a fully staged opera with orchestra, sung in Italian with English translation supertitles. Nessun dorma… No one sleeps in this beautiful new production of one of Puccini’s most famous operas by director Mo Zhou. A fairytale set in ancient China, Turandot brims with masterful music from start to finish. Maestro Anthony Barrese conducts. $22, $42, $63, $85, $105 with discounts for groups of 8 or more, (more...)

  • Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime: Vámonos

    10:00 am Get ready for our next Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime, featuring the children’s book Vámonos, by Cynthia Weill. Listen to the story and create art with wheels! Free community event. For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers. Please register here or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance. This program is generously supported by Bank of Albuquerque.     ¡Evento Gratuito! Explorar las Artes: Hora Bilingüe de Cuentos Preescolares El martes, 21 de marzo, 2023 10:00 am   |   Biblioteca de NHCC ¡Escuchen el cuento Vámonos por Cynthia Weill y hagan arte (more...)

  • Día de Familia y Comunidad: Fiesta de Barelas

    NHCC Campus 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

    11:00 am – 3:00 pm Join us for arts activities and music during a day that honors the Barelas community, one of Albuquerque’s oldest neighborhoods. Visitors will have a chance to make paper architecture, maracas, and weavings. Join Chuy Martinez and other flamenco performers for sing-along presentations featuring music from the John Donald Robb New Mexico music archives. Barelas neighborhood community organizations, such as Barelas Senior Center, Barelas Community Center, Working Classroom, Los Jardines and more, will be on hand to share information about their programs. Free Community (more...)

  • Mundos de Mestizaje: Torreón Tour

    NHCC Torreón 1701 4th street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States

    11:00 am (MST) The National Hispanic Cultural Center is offering a guided tour of the Mundos de Mestizaje fresco created by artist Frederico Vigil. Tours of the fresco are offered Thursdays and Fridays at 11am. Located in the Torreón on the NHCC Campus, Mundos de Mestizaje depicts thousands of years of Hispanic culture, history, and identity. Admission for the tour is $2 and tickets are available for advance purchase below. Tickets can also be purchased in the New Mexico Mutual Welcome Center, depending on availability. Capacity for each tour is limited. A (more...)

  • Alicia Gaspar de Alba: Book Reading

    NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24

    5:00 pm: Pre-event reception 6:00 pm: Reading begins Join us for the first event in the NHCC's El Arte de la Palabra series, featuring author Alicia Gaspar de Alba. The award-winning author will be reading from her collection of short stories and essays, Crimes of the Tongue. 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 studies, English, and gender studies at UCLA, where she has worked since (more...)

  • Mundos de Mestizaje: Torreón Tour

    NHCC Torreón 1701 4th street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States

    11:00 am (MST) The National Hispanic Cultural Center is offering a guided tour of the Mundos de Mestizaje fresco created by artist Frederico Vigil. Tours of the fresco are offered Thursdays and Fridays at 11am. Located in the Torreón on the NHCC Campus, Mundos de Mestizaje depicts thousands of years of Hispanic culture, history, and identity. Admission for the tour is $2 and tickets are available for advance purchase below. Tickets can also be purchased in the New Mexico Mutual Welcome Center, depending on availability. Capacity for each tour is limited. A (more...)

  • Instituto Cervantes Film Series: Iberia (2005)

    Virtual

    12 pm MST (available for 48 hours) Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here Don't miss the latest online film series from Instituto Cervantes, focusing on the life and work of the internationally renowned director Carlos Saura. Saura's 2005 film Iberia traces a series of dances inspired by composer Isaac Albéniz's "Iberia" suite. The film received the Goya Award for Best Cinematography/Mejor Fotografía in 2006. 2005 | Spanish w/ English Subtitles | 1 hour 39 minutes | Not Rated Free Community Event This documentary film, Saura continues in his line of (more...)

  • Alicia Gaspar de Alba: Writing Workshop

    NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24

    10:00 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...)

  • Broadway Bound LIVE: Round 6

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    7:00 pm to 9:00 pm We are excited to announce Round 6: 48 Hour Film Challenge. In this round, the remaining contestants have been paired with film crews from across the City to write, film, and edit an 8-minute short film in just 48 hours. This challenge will showcase their acting abilities alongside prepared monologues that they have taped. The evening will begin at 7pm with a silent auction and meet and greet with the cast to precede the screenings. This is a time to mingle with the contestants, get autographs on (more...)

  • Annual César Chávez and Dolores Huerta Celebration: 30th Anniversary

    NHCC Campus 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

    9:00 am - 3:00 pm March for Justice: 10:00 am Fiesta: 12:00 - 3:00 pm The Recuerda a Cesar Chavez Committee (RCCC) is excited to announce the 30th Annual César Chávez and Dolores Huerta Celebration – the only celebration of its kind in the country that honors both great civil rights leaders. The legendary Dolores Huerta will be our honored guest! The event, which will be held from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, will feature a keynote address from Dolores Huerta, presentation of the “Sí Se Puede” (more...)