Community Roundtable Workshop: Dr. Lillian Gorman
Salón Ortega 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM10:00 am NHCC | Salón Ortega Join Dr. Lillian Gorman for a community roundtable workshop, titled 'Charting the Future of New Mexico Spanish as a Heritage Language,' that dives deep into the stories of New Mexico Spanish and our roles in sharing and preserving it. About the Author: Dr. Gorman is an associate professor at the University of Arizona and serves Director of the Spanish as a Heritage Language Program in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Her research interests center around issues of language and identity within (more...)
Book Presentation and Community Plática: Dr. Lillian Gorman
Salón Ortega 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM11:00 am NHCC | Salón Ortega As part of our book series in celebration of the National Hispanic Cultural Center's 25th Year Anniversary, the Center is excited to welcome a proud New Mexican, Dr. Lillian Gorman and the sharing of her book Zones of Encuentro: Language and Identities in Northern New Mexico. Please join us for a reading and workshop on January 25! About the Author: Dr. Gorman is an associate professor at the University of Arizona and serves Director of the Spanish as a Heritage Language (more...)
East Mountain Dance: Cinderella!
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM2:00 pm & 6:30 pm East Mountain Dance presents a fairytale favorite, “Cinderella!” the ballet. Cinderella, a young woman who is mistreated and underestimated by her stepmother and stepsisters, overcomes adversity and hardship with a little encouragement, guidance, and magic from her mystical Fairy Godmother. Join us as we follow Cinderella from dust and rags, through a garden of fairies, to a splendid ball at the palace, and back home where she finds herself awakening from the dream that is about to become her reality. Set to (more...)
Colcha Community Stitch A-Long
Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM9:30 am (MST) 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 (more...)
¡Vamos!- Intro to Movement and Dance Basics
Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM10:00 am – 12:00 pm NHCC | Pete V. Domenici Education Building Vamos to the National Hispanic Cultural Center on the first Saturday of the month for vibrant monthly family workshops that provide immersive experiences exploring Visual Arts, Performing Arts and History and Literary Arts. Designed to inspire creativity, foster cultural appreciation, and build community, each workshop will offer an inclusive and welcoming space where participants of all ages and backgrounds can come together to explore and celebrate culture through artistic expression, movement, and traditions in an (more...)
Visual Arts Museum: First Sunday Free Admission
Visual Art Museum 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States10:00 am to 4:00 pm On the first Sunday of every month, the Visual Arts Museum is free to all New Mexico residents!
Happy Arte Hour
Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM6:00 - 8:00 pm NHCC | Pete V. Domenici Education Building 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. Please pre-register with the link below (so we know how many materials to prepare). Registration for the following month is available the day after the current program month. For more (more...)
Arte Para Chiquitos
Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM10:00 am NHCC | Pete V. Domenici Education Building Arte para chiquitos is a free, monthly, 45-minute program for babies and toddlers ages 0 months to 4 years and their caregivers that cultivates creativity and self-expression through the exploration of Hispanic/Latine arts and culture. Participants explore the NHCC Museum, Performing Arts Center, and engage in artmaking, music, movement, dance, drama, and bilingual story time. NHCC instructors model age-appropriate arts techniques that celebrate self-expression, build vocabulary, and strengthen both fine-motor and gross-motor skills in a fun environment. Free Community (more...)
Stitch Night
HLA Conference Room5:00 - 7:00 pm NHCC | HLA Conference Room Stitch socially with us on the second Wednesday of the Month! Bring whatever knitting, crocheting, weaving, or cross stitch, or fiber art projects you’re working on, and join the conversation with your fellow crafters for an informal craft get-together. If you would like to learn the basics of a particular stitching technique, please bring supplies with you, though we will always have basic crochet and knitting materials on hand for an impromptu demonstration! Meetings will be in the Conference (more...)
Opera Southwest: Llantos 1492
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NMFebruary 16, 19, 21, & 23, 2025 2:00 pm Sundays, 7:30 pm Wednesday & Friday Opera Southwest presents Adam Del Monte’s Llantos 1492. “Oh, times of light, how they have fallen through the narrow passage of the hourglass into an ashtray of darkness.” The Reconquista is drawing to a close and the Inquisition’s dark cloud is gathering on the Spanish horizon. A lawyer defends a village of gitanos against false accusations. Against a musical backdrop that blends the musical traditions of flamenco and opera, the story unfolds: (more...)