Instituto Cervantes Book Club
2020-10-06, 2020-10-20
10-11:30 am
The Instituto Cervantes Book Club meets twice a month to talk about that month’s selected book.
Book for October: Un mar violeta oscuro, Ayanta Barilli.
Pre-registration for the Instituto Cervantes Book Club is required.
More information.

Film: LGTBI+ en línea: Eva menos Candela/Eva without Candela
2020-10-06
12 pm (available for 48 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here
Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque presents LGTBI+ en línea, an online showcase of short subjects, both feature films and documentaries, by Spanish, Colombian, and Mexican filmmakers showcasing the individuality and creativity demonstrated in the exploration of distinct sexual identities. It is presented in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center as part of the Bank of America Free Film Series.
Eva menos Candela, another short feature film by Ruth Caudeli, follows the filmmaker’s Porque no, shown as the opening film in this series. This film also deals with the lack of transparency in some lesbian relationships, as Eva and Candela come together two years after their relationship has ended. While it appears that they have moved on with their lives, there is still unfinished business between them. 2018; Spanish with English subtitles; 18 minutes; not recommended for children under 12.
Free virtual community event

Ciclo de cortometrajes LGTBI+ en español from Instituto Cervantes on Vimeo.
LGTBI+ programming:
* Friday, October 2: Porque no (Colombia/Spain: Ruth Caudeli, 2016)
* Tuesday, October 6: Eva menos Candela (Colombia, Ruth Caudeli, 2018)
* Friday, October 9: Juan de las brujas (Mexico, Andrew Houchens, 2019)
* Tuesday, October 13: Princesa de hielo (Spain, Pablo Guerrero, 2017)
* Friday, October 16: Piscina (Spain, Carlos Ruano, 2017)
* Tuesday, October 20: El niño que quería volar (Spain, Jorge Muriel Mencia, 2018)
* Friday, October 23: Visibles (Spain, Enrique Rey Monzón, 2018)
* Tuesday, October 27: En la azotea (Spain, Damià Serra Cauchetiez, 2016)
All titles will be available on the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo channel for 48 hours.

Herrera Internship Endowment
2020-10-06 - 2020-10-31
The Herrera Internship Endowment was created by Dr. Denise Herrera to honor her parents (Yolanda and Fred Herrera) and grandparents (Reyna and Mariano Herrera), who did not have the opportunity to pursue higher education. As a native New Mexican, Dr. Herrera has dedicated much of her academic and professional career to the advancement of underrepresented groups in higher education. As a participant in several diversity programs herself, Dr. Herrera has mentored students from elementary through postdoctoral levels. This internship is intended to honor that tradition of “lifting others while we climb” and paying it forward. The Herrera Internship provides scholarships to Hispanic female students who complete an internship with the National Hispanic Cultural Center.
We are currently accepting applications for the Herrera Internship! The internship will begin in January 2021. Application deadline is October 31, 2020.
Click HERE for additional eligibility information and application instructions. Contact annette.lujan@state.nm.us or 505-225-6656 with any questions.

Film: LGTBI+ en línea: Juan de las Brujas
2020-10-09
12 pm (available for 48 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here
Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque presents LGTBI+ en línea, an online showcase of short subjects, both feature films and documentaries, by Spanish, Colombian, and Mexican filmmakers showcasing the individuality and creativity demonstrated in the exploration of distinct sexual identities. It is presented in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center as part of the Bank of America Free Film Series.
Andrew Houchens’ short documentary Juan de las Brujas honors the fulfilling life and enduring legacy of Juan Medellín, a founding member of the renowned Ballet Folklórico de Amalia Hernández who remained with the company for nearly 40 years. The film uses colorful, hand-drawn animation to illustrate Medellín’s childhood memories, his start as a dancer, and his time with the ballet during its “golden age.” It has been described as a “humble love letter to Mexico.” 2019; Spanish with English subtitles; 18 minutes; not rated.
Free virtual community event

Ciclo de cortometrajes LGTBI+ en español from Instituto Cervantes on Vimeo.
LGTBI+ programming:
* Friday, October 2: Porque no (Colombia/Spain: Ruth Caudeli, 2016)
* Tuesday, October 6: Eva menos Candela (Colombia, Ruth Caudeli, 2018)
* Friday, October 9: Juan de las brujas (Mexico, Andrew Houchens, 2019)
* Tuesday, October 13: Princesa de hielo (Spain, Pablo Guerrero, 2017)
* Friday, October 16: Piscina (Spain, Carlos Ruano, 2017)
* Tuesday, October 20: El niño que quería volar (Spain, Jorge Muriel Mencia, 2018)
* Friday, October 23: Visibles (Spain, Enrique Rey Monzón, 2018)
* Tuesday, October 27: En la azotea (Spain, Damià Serra Cauchetiez, 2016)
All titles will be available on the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo channel for 48 hours.

Hispanic Heritage Month: ABQ Balloon Park Drive-In Film Screening: Selena
2020-10-11
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.
In this biographical drama, Selena Quintanilla (Jennifer Lopez) is born into a musical Mexican-American family in Texas. Her father, Abraham (Edward James Olmos), realizes that his young daughter is talented and begins performing with her at small venues. She finds success and falls for her guitarist, Chris Perez (Jon Seda), who draws the ire of her father. Seeking mainstream stardom, Selena begins recording an English-language album which, tragically, she would never complete. Directed by Gregory Nava. 1997; English; 128 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)

Film: LGTBI+ en línea: Princesa de hielo
2020-10-13
12 pm (available for 48 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here
Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque presents LGTBI+ en línea, an online showcase of short subjects, both feature films and documentaries, by Spanish, Colombian, and Mexican filmmakers showcasing the individuality and creativity demonstrated in the exploration of distinct sexual identities. It is presented in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center as part of the Bank of America Free Film Series.
In Pablo Guerrero’s short feature film Princesa de hielo, a young boy’s parents read the letter that he has written to Los Reyes Magos on the eve of Three Kings’ Day. A very special gift request on his list will test their convictions, as well as their love for their son. Spanish with English subtitles; 16 minutes; not rated.
Free virtual community event

Ciclo de cortometrajes LGTBI+ en español from Instituto Cervantes on Vimeo.
LGTBI+ programming:
* Friday, October 2: Porque no (Colombia/Spain: Ruth Caudeli, 2016)
* Tuesday, October 6: Eva menos Candela (Colombia, Ruth Caudeli, 2018)
* Friday, October 9: Juan de las brujas (Mexico, Andrew Houchens, 2019)
* Tuesday, October 13: Princesa de hielo (Spain, Pablo Guerrero, 2017)
* Friday, October 16: Piscina (Spain, Carlos Ruano, 2017)
* Tuesday, October 20: El niño que quería volar (Spain, Jorge Muriel Mencia, 2018)
* Friday, October 23: Visibles (Spain, Enrique Rey Monzón, 2018)
* Tuesday, October 27: En la azotea (Spain, Damià Serra Cauchetiez, 2016)
All titles will be available on the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo channel for 48 hours.

Virtual Reading and Discussion: Ray Gonzalez, Feel Puma: Poems
2020-10-14 | Live via Zoom or in-person
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
6 pm (MDT)
Virtual Reading and Discussion: Ray Gonzalez, Feel Puma: Poems (University of New Mexico Press, 2020)
RSVP for the online event HERE.

Presented by Bookworks, the National Hispanic Cultural Center, and the University of New Mexico Press. In Feel Puma, Ray Gonzalez traces his love of reading, philosophy, and learning with poems constantly in conversation—with each other, with texts by other writers and the writers themselves, with world history and his personal history and people he has encountered.
Ray Gonzalez is the author of fifteen books of poetry, including The Heat of Arrivals (1997), winner of the PEN/Oakland Josephine Miles Book Award; Cabato Sentora (2000), a Minnesota Book Award Finalist; The Hawk Temple at Tierra Grande (2003), winner of the 2003 Minnesota Book Award; Consideration of the Guitar: New & Selected Poems (2005); Cool Auditor: Prose Poems (2009); and Beautiful Wall (2015). Gonzalez is also the author of three collections of essays, two collections of short stories, and the editor of twelve anthologies. He has served as the poetry editor for the Bloomsbury Review for thirty-five years and in 1998, founded the poetry journal LUNA. Gonzales is a professor in the MFA Creative Writing Program at the University of Minnesota. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award in Literature from the Border Regional Library Association in 2003.

Virtual: César Chávez Celebration
2020-10-14 - 2020-10-18
Ongoing On the Recuerda César Chávez Committee Facebook page, www.facebook.com/cesarchaveznm
The 27th Annual César Chávez Day Fiesta originally scheduled for Saturday, March 28th was postponed, and is now going virtual starting on October 14th. Our César Chávez Day Fiesta has always been a celebration of the life and legacy of César Chávez, featuring a march—La Marcha de Justicia– followed by a family fiesta here at the Center. Please join us this year for a week of virtual events on the Recuerda a César Chávez Committee Facebook page as we continue to celebrate the life and legacy of the renowned civil rights leader.
Free Community Event
More information here

Wednesday, October 14, 2020
An introduction to the history and work of the RCCC
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Day of Service – Special video by our Day of Service Coordinator
Friday, October 16, 2020
Remembering César and honoring his legacy
Saturday, October 17, 2020
¡Si, se puede! Wishing Dolores Huerta a Happy 90th Birthday!
Sunday, October 17, 2020
Farmworker history and the fight for the people in the fields
Monday, October 18: 2020
¡Viva la huelga! Advocating for social justice amid a pandemic
Civil rights and labor leader César Chávez was born on March 31, 1927 in Yuma, AZ. Following his untimely death in 1993, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in America, posthumously in 1994. Every year since his death, the Recuerda a César Chávez Committee has commemorated the birth of this unique, humble leader by marching in his honor and celebrating his life with music, dancing, poetry, and enjoyable, culturally enriched activities for children. Chávez was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1994. Our event is designed to educate the entire family about César Chávez and the farm worker movement. The Recuerda a César Chávez Committee is made up of organizations and individual volunteers who want to see Chávez’s legacy of peaceful activism continue for generations to come. Our mission is to educate our youth and communities about the legacy, life, and work of this great civil rights leader—César Chávez.
A native of Dawson, New Mexico, Dolores Huerta was co-founder, with César Chávez, of the United Farmworkers Union. She was also recognized with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012 for her decades of ceaseless civil rights and labor organizing, and continues to be a civil rights icon worldwide to this day. At the corner of 4th Street and Avenida César Chávez, beside the National Hispanic Cultural Center, the new Avenida Dolores Huerta connects with Avenida César Chávez, making it the first intersection in the country to have streets named after the two civil rights leaders who worked side by side.

Virtual Exhibition: Qué Chola
2020-10-14 - 2021-10-21
Qué Chola was an exhibition at the National Hispanic Cultural Center Art Museum that opened on March 8, 2019 and closed on August 4, 2019. The exhibition celebrated Cholas and homegirls in art and popular culture as symbols of feminine strength and resilience in the face of racial, gender, and economic adversity.
The exhibition was popular and inspired many meaningful moments of connection. Visitors came from across the nation to show their love and respect for the figure of La Chola and all the powerful women she represents.

Qué Chola Slideshow
This slideshow presents snapshots of the exhibition and its events. We continue to honor the contributions of the artists in the exhibition, those who visited the museum, and those who participated in the programs.

Please share your thoughts, feedback, and memories in the virtual comment book!
Qué Chola Virtual Comment Book Link Here
Artists
Adriana Avila and Benjamin Avila
All Chola
Amy Martinez, Kari Orvik, and Vero Majano
Andrew Montoya
Antonia Fernandez
Arthur López
Blackout Theater
Jesús “Chuy” Rangel
Crystal Galindo
David Gonzales
Delilah Montoya
Eddyrose
Gaspar Enríquez
iLash
Judith F. Baca
Miguel Gandert
Nancy Camacho
Nanibah Chacon
Pamela Enriquez-Courts
Póla López
Rebekah Miles
Shizu Saldamando
Valerie J. Bower
Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlin
Vicko Alvarez Vega
Zeke Peña
¡Gracias!
Thank you to W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Marble Brewery, Rude Boy Cookies, Roybal-Mack & Cordova, P.C. and the NHCC Foundation Board for their generous support of this exhibit.

Colcha Community Stitch-Along
2020-10-16
1 pm
Live via Zoom
Our Colcha Community Workshop is going virtual until we are able to meet in person, and is open to anyone wherever they may reside. 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. This workshop is for all levels of experience in an informal setting. Annette will demonstrate as well as answer questions. We hope you will join us every month on the third Friday, for this virtual stitch-a-long. Everyone will have a chance to share what they are working on.
Please register here every month and we will email the zoom link to you.
Questions: Please email Elena at ElenaD.Baca@state.nm.us or call 505-220-7928
Thank you to the Sandia Mountains- EGA for their continued support of this program.
This is a free community event

For more information on Colcha, please watch this video.
Colcha Circle Video
Here is the pattern used in the beginner colcha kit. Click on thumbnail to enlarge.

Materials needed: Fabric, wool yarn, needle (recommended needle, chenille #18 ,sharp point, large eye) marking materials, sewing or embroidery scissors and copy of pattern piece.
Sources for Materials:
3-ply wool embroidery yarn Is available at Yarn Store at Nob Hill, 120 Amherst, NE, Albuquerque NM 87106
or
Single ply needlework wool at Twisted Stitches, 1011 Juan Tabo Bl NE, Albuquerque NM 87112
Osnaburg utility fabric as base cloth can be purchased at JoAnn Stores, usually found in upholstery department; 2 stores in Albuquerque.
Recommended needle, chenille #18 (sharp point, large eye), also found at Jo Ann Stores in needlework department.
Quilter’s blue marking pen or Sharpie also available at Jo Ann Stores.

Film: LGTBI+ en línea: Piscina
2020-10-16
12 pm (available for 48 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here
Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque presents LGTBI+ en línea, an online showcase of short subjects, both feature films and documentaries, by Spanish, Colombian, and Mexican filmmakers showcasing the individuality and creativity demonstrated in the exploration of distinct sexual identities. It is presented in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center as part of the Bank of America Free Film Series.
Carlos Ruano’s short feature film Piscina is a story of two boys from the barrio who have been friends for their entire lives. Like so many others, Santi and Jota are not in school and are not working; they spend their time drinking in the park and discussing the relative attractiveness of the girls they know. But it seems that something is preoccupying Jota…. 2017; Spanish with English subtitles; 9 minutes; not rated.
Free virtual community event

Ciclo de cortometrajes LGTBI+ en español from Instituto Cervantes on Vimeo.
LGTBI+ programming:
* Friday, October 2: Porque no (Colombia/Spain: Ruth Caudeli, 2016)
* Tuesday, October 6: Eva menos Candela (Colombia, Ruth Caudeli, 2018)
* Friday, October 9: Juan de las brujas (Mexico, Andrew Houchens, 2019)
* Tuesday, October 13: Princesa de hielo (Spain, Pablo Guerrero, 2017)
* Friday, October 16: Piscina (Spain, Carlos Ruano, 2017)
* Tuesday, October 20: El niño que quería volar (Spain, Jorge Muriel Mencia, 2018)
* Friday, October 23: Visibles (Spain, Enrique Rey Monzón, 2018)
* Tuesday, October 27: En la azotea (Spain, Damià Serra Cauchetiez, 2016)
All titles will be available on the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo channel for 48 hours.

National Latinx Writers Gathering: A Virtual Event for Latinx Writers in All Genres
2020-10-16 - 2020-10-18 | Live via Zoom or in-person
Friday-Sunday, October 16-18, 2020
www.uslatinxlit.org
The first National Latinx Writers Gathering, “Sembrando y Soñando,” will take place October 16-18, 2020. It is open to any Latinx writer working in any genre. As a result of the new coronavirus, all weekend events will be virtual.
The first year of this unprecedented convening of Latinx writers emphasizes community-building, connection, and experiential collaboration–determined by a national survey of Latinx writers who expressed what they want from a first conference of this kind. The first event will also determine the shape and content of annual Latinx convenings in the future–an undertaking organizers want to co-create together.

We are grateful to a coalition of organizations and individuals who have made this first convening possible: the National Hispanic Cultural Center, Letras Latinas/Institute for Latino/a Studies, Latinx Writers Caucus, City of Albuquerque, Artful Life, the Albuquerque Poet Laureate Program, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Planning Committee Members: Francisco Aragon, Rebeca Alderete Baca, Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhran, Sutherland Jaramillo, Demetria Martínez, Valerie Martínez, Elise McHugh, Cassandra Osterloh, Genaro Padilla, Rubén Quesada, Sara Rivera, and Shelle Sánchez.

Carnaval Celebration 2021 Auditions
2020-10-17 | Live via Zoom or in-person
3 pm
Live via Zoom, register for an audition by emailing odaradance@gmail.com
The NHCC’s annual celebration of Carnaval has been postponed because of the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions, but we are not giving up on the celebration. While we work out the details, the Odara Dance Ensemble will be holding online auditions on Saturday, October 17th. Please register for an audition by emailing odaradance@gmail.com by October 15th. Be prepared to audition to various styles of dance, including cultural elements of Cuba, Trinidad, Brazil, and New Orleans.
Carnaval, the festive season occurring before Lent in many countries, is one of the world’s most widespread celebrations and one of its biggest parties. Frank Leto Musical Ventures and the NHCC celebrate Carnaval annually at the Center with a festive and colorful evening of music, dance, and theatre, featuring the Odara Dance Ensemble and the musical group PANdemonium. Carnaval 2020, a dazzling spectacle of vibrant dance, engaging music, and beautiful costumes, showcased the Carnaval traditions of Cuba, Trinidad, Brazil, and New Orleans and marked the 15th annual Carnaval Celebration at the NHCC.
For more audition information click HERE
Photo by David Martinez

Film: LGTBI+ en línea: El niño que quería volar
2020-10-20
12 pm (available for 48 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here
Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque presents LGTBI+ en línea, an online showcase of short subjects, both feature films and documentaries, by Spanish, Colombian, and Mexican filmmakers showcasing the individuality and creativity demonstrated in the exploration of distinct sexual identities. It is presented in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center as part of the Bank of America Free Film Series.
In Madrid during the 1980s, five-year-old Ivan is confronted with the birth of a younger brother. His sister is his father’s favorite, and the new baby is his mother’s favorite. Jorge Muriel Mencia’s short feature film poses the questions of what Ivan’s place is in this new situation, and what if he could fly and escape? 2018; Spanish with English subtitles; 20 minutes; not recommended for children under 12.
Free virtual community event

Ciclo de cortometrajes LGTBI+ en español from Instituto Cervantes on Vimeo.
LGTBI+ programming:
* Friday, October 2: Porque no (Colombia/Spain: Ruth Caudeli, 2016)
* Tuesday, October 6: Eva menos Candela (Colombia, Ruth Caudeli, 2018)
* Friday, October 9: Juan de las brujas (Mexico, Andrew Houchens, 2019)
* Tuesday, October 13: Princesa de hielo (Spain, Pablo Guerrero, 2017)
* Friday, October 16: Piscina (Spain, Carlos Ruano, 2017)
* Tuesday, October 20: El niño que quería volar (Spain, Jorge Muriel Mencia, 2018)
* Friday, October 23: Visibles (Spain, Enrique Rey Monzón, 2018)
* Tuesday, October 27: En la azotea (Spain, Damià Serra Cauchetiez, 2016)
All titles will be available on the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo channel for 48 hours.

US Postal Service Release of Our Lady of Guápulo Stamp
2020-10-20
9:30 am (MTS)
A virtual first day of issue ceremony held on the Postal Service’s Facebook and Twitter pages:
usps.com/guapulo, facebook.com/USPS, and twitter.com/USPS
The United States Postal Service is partnering with the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) on the release of the Our Lady of Guápulo Christmas forever stamp.
The event will include remarks from Postal Service Vice President for Retail and Post Office Operations Angela Curtis and NHCC Art Museum and Visual Arts Program Director and Chief Curator Dr. Tey Marianna Nunn, and entertainment will be provided by NHCC History and Literary Arts Program Director Valerie Martinez and the Harlem School of the Arts.

Designed by Greg Breeding, the stamp features a detail of “Our Lady of Guápulo,” an 18th-century oil painting by an unknown artist in Cuzco, Peru, from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Enrobed in a pyramidal gown speckled with jewels and holding a scepter woven with roses and leaves, a crowned Virgin Mary looks down at a similarly adorned Christ child in her left arm. A red rosary ropes across the center of her dress and down to her right.
Between the 16th and 18th centuries, European painters worked with indigenous artists in and around Cuzco. The Europeans trained local artists in styles and forms that dominated their home countries at the end of the Renaissance period and during the Baroque era.
Our Lady of Guápulo is a local variant of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Extremadura, Spain. The image venerated as Our Lady of Guápulo originated as a sculpture, commissioned in Quito, Ecuador, in 1584 and transferred to a chapel in the nearby village of Guápulo in 1587.

NHCC Book Club
2020-10-22
5:30 pm
The NHCC Book Club meets once a month to talk about that month’s selected book.
Book for October: Into the Beautiful North, Luis Alberto Urrea.
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: LGTBI+ en línea: Visibles
2020-10-23
12 pm (available for 48 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here
Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque presents LGTBI+ en línea, an online showcase of short subjects, both feature films and documentaries, by Spanish, Colombian, and Mexican filmmakers showcasing the individuality and creativity demonstrated in the exploration of distinct sexual identities. It is presented in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center as part of the Bank of America Free Film Series.
Society has created a stereotype of the LGTBI community, in which its members, fashionable and wealthy, always have fun and never grow older than 40. Enrique Rey Monzón’s short documentary seeks to dispel this image, which leaves out older members of the community who need to find their own place in society and their own path to aging. 2018; Spanish with English subtitles; 19 minutes; rated G.
Free virtual community event

Ciclo de cortometrajes LGTBI+ en español from Instituto Cervantes on Vimeo.
LGTBI+ programming:
* Friday, October 2: Porque no (Colombia/Spain: Ruth Caudeli, 2016)
* Tuesday, October 6: Eva menos Candela (Colombia, Ruth Caudeli, 2018)
* Friday, October 9: Juan de las brujas (Mexico, Andrew Houchens, 2019)
* Tuesday, October 13: Princesa de hielo (Spain, Pablo Guerrero, 2017)
* Friday, October 16: Piscina (Spain, Carlos Ruano, 2017)
* Tuesday, October 20: El niño que quería volar (Spain, Jorge Muriel Mencia, 2018)
* Friday, October 23: Visibles (Spain, Enrique Rey Monzón, 2018)
* Tuesday, October 27: En la azotea (Spain, Damià Serra Cauchetiez, 2016)
All titles will be available on the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo channel for 48 hours.

Opening: The Bosque Gallery at the NHCC
2020-10-23 | Bosque Gallery at the NHCC, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87102
The Bosque Gallery at the NHCC Is an outdoor exhibition space opening on October 23. The open-air gallery will consist of 31 panels measuring 48 inches by 60 inches each, mounted on 730 feet of fencing along the western border of the NHCC campus, facing the Paseo del Bosque Trail.
In celebration of the NHCC’s 20th anniversary, the first exhibition presented along the open-air Bosque Gallery will be ¡Mira! Nuestra Arquitectura: An Architectural Journey, an architectural history of NHCC’s past, present, and future.
Exhibitions at Bosque Gallery will rotate among the key program areas of the NHCC – History and Literary Arts, Visual Arts, and Performing Arts – and will include topics that support the Center’s mission to preserve, promote, and advance Hispanic culture, arts, and humanities. Inspiration for Bosque Gallery comes from Las Rejas de Chapultepec in Chapultepec Park in Mexico City.
For more information on the ¡Mira! Nuestra Arquitectura: An Architectural Journey exhibit click HERE.

Tertulia Histórica Albuquerque: Famous Suffragists and Hidden Figures
2020-10-24 | Live via Zoom or in-person
2 pm (MTS)
Live via Zoom
Register in advance for this meeting HERE.
The campaign for woman suffrage in New Mexico is rich and deep. The struggle took 46 years, from 1874 to 1920. As with other aspects of women’s lives, most of the stories—political, economic, social—are not found in history books. They are still being unearthed in family lore, memoirs, songs, newspapers, and a few scholarly works. Join us to learn about the famous protagonists in this story, such as Adelina Otero Warren and Octaviano A. Larrazolo, as well as the less well-known, Ada McPherson Morley, Isabella Selmes Ferguson, Cora Armstrong Kellam and Margaret Green Cartwright.
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.
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.

Film: LGTBI+ en línea: En la azotea
2020-10-27
12 pm (available for 48 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here
Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque presents LGTBI+ en línea, an online showcase of short subjects, both feature films and documentaries, by Spanish, Colombian, and Mexican filmmakers showcasing the individuality and creativity demonstrated in the exploration of distinct sexual identities. It is presented in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center as part of the Bank of America Free Film Series.
In Damià Serra Cauchetiez’ short feature film, it is summer, and Adrián and his friends, all 12 years old, ascend a partially constructed building every evening to see a girl sunbathing nude in the next block. What Adrián’s friends do not know is that he is not interested in the girl, but in a boy. 2016; Spanish with English subtitles; 11 minutes; not recommended for children under 7.
Free virtual community event

Ciclo de cortometrajes LGTBI+ en español from Instituto Cervantes on Vimeo.
LGTBI+ programming:
* Friday, October 2: Porque no (Colombia/Spain: Ruth Caudeli, 2016)
* Tuesday, October 6: Eva menos Candela (Colombia, Ruth Caudeli, 2018)
* Friday, October 9: Juan de las brujas (Mexico, Andrew Houchens, 2019)
* Tuesday, October 13: Princesa de hielo (Spain, Pablo Guerrero, 2017)
* Friday, October 16: Piscina (Spain, Carlos Ruano, 2017)
* Tuesday, October 20: El niño que quería volar (Spain, Jorge Muriel Mencia, 2018)
* Friday, October 23: Visibles (Spain, Enrique Rey Monzón, 2018)
* Tuesday, October 27: En la azotea (Spain, Damià Serra Cauchetiez, 2016)
All titles will be available on the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo channel for 48 hours.

Teatro Paraguas: Volver, Volver, Volver
2020-10-28 | Live via Zoom or in-person
7 pm (MTS)
Live via Zoom
Free with registration; suggested donation of $7. Register HERE
Our friends and partners at Teatro Paraguas are presenting a live Zoom performance of Volver, Volver, Volver, a play by New Mexico playwright Leonard Madrid. Both Teatro Paraguas and Leonard Madrid have collaborated on various projects with the NHCC’s Performing Arts program over the years.
In Volver, Volver, Volver, which premiered at the NHCC in 2009, a young man who led a fast and reckless life is called back from the dead by an unknown bruja in Portales, and finds the inner peace that eluded him in life.

Leonard Madrid works as a designer, actor, playwright, and educator in Albuquerque. His plays Tecolotito, Perla, and Aurora have received the Kennedy Center’s KCACTF Latino Playwriting Award. Other works have received readings and performances around the nation. His participation in the production of Stories of Barelas was a highlight of our 2018-2019 season.
Teatro Paraguas has collaborated with the NHCC for many years, producing many works for our Siembra: Latino Theatre Seasons. The Santa Fe-based company stages contemporary award-winning Latinx plays in English and bilingual productions of Hispanic/Latinx poetry and classic cuentos (folk tales), while promoting children’s theatre, producing the works of New Mexico playwrights, and celebrating the history, richness, and diversity of New Mexico’s many cultures and artistic talents.

Virtual Lunch with Josefa Gonzalez Mariscal
2020-10-29
12 pm (MTS)
Live via Zoom
Attendance is free with registration. Register HERE
Josefa Gonzalez Mariscal, the executive director of the NHCC, will share her leadership story in a virtual lunch hosted by the Young Professionals of Albuquerque. In May 2020, the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) named Josefa Gonzalez Mariscal the executive director of the NHCC, and she has an incredible leadership story! She grew up and studied art history in Mexico City. She has dual citizenship (Mexican and American), and speaks several languages. Josefa is an alumna of the NYU Fine and Decorative Arts Appraisal Studies Program and has lectured and published both in the USA and abroad.

Young Professionals of Albuquerque is not your standard networking group. YPA is constantly seeking to build a community that offers professional development, social, and civic opportunities to help empower Albuquerque’s future leaders. Professionals under 40 unite for events and activities dedicated to Professional Development, Community Engagement, and Social/Networking. YPA members are Albuquerque natives as well as transplants who are seeking to connect with young professional peers, develop leadership skills, and get plugged in to the community.
For more information about the Young Professionals of Albuquerque check out their website:
www.ypabq.org

Día de los Muertos: Lesson Plans
2020-10-30 - 2020-11-02
Día de los Muertos is observed on November 1st and 2nd in many countries across Latin American. The celebration is the result of a blending of Catholic Spanish traditions with Indigenous customs and beliefs. It is believed that on Día de los Muertos the veil between the spirit world and real world is lifted long enough for the souls of the deceased to reunite with their families and friends. Those who celebrate Día de los Muertos welcome home the spirits of lost loved ones with music, food, offerings, and other colorful visuals traditions that vary from country to country and region to region.
In honor of Día de los Muertos, we have developed a series of lesson plans that celebrate several of the visual traditions unique to this colorful Latin American holiday. Join us in making a tapete de arena like the ones found in Oaxaca, México, in crafting a barrilete inspired by the giant kites that soar over the cities of Santiago Sacatepéquez and Sumpango, Guatemala, or in designing a myth-based costume worthy of La Calabiuza in Tonacatapeque, El Salvador. Although celebrated at the same time of year, Día de los Muertos is not Latin American Halloween; it is a time for remembering lost loved ones and for honoring Latin American history and culture.

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Día de los Muertos: Home Ofrenda
2020-10-30 - 2020-11-02
Make an ofrenda @home to celebrate Día de los Muertos!
The National Hispanic Cultural Center remains closed, and since we can’t invite you to the NHCC to celebrate Día de los Muertos, we invite you to share the names of your loved ones in the comments on our social media to create a digital remembrance. If you create an ofrenda in your home, we hope you will share a photo or tag us in your post. (Your account privacy settings may prevent us from sharing it) Read through the post for more information. We recognize the challenges and grief people are experiencing globally. The NHCC has always embraced Día de los Muertos as a celebration to honor our loved ones who have passed and bring our community together in celebration.

Virtual Reading and Discussion: Sergio Troncoso, A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant’s Son
2020-10-31 | Live via Zoom or in-person
2 pm (MTS)
RSVP for this online event here.
Virtual Reading and Discussion: Sergio Troncoso, A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant’s Son (Cinco Punto Press, 2019)
Presented by the National Hispanic Cultural Center in collaboration with Bookworks. How does a Mexican-American, the son of poor immigrants, leave his border home and move to the heart of gringo America? How does he adapt to the worlds of wealth, elite universities, the rush and power of New York City? How does he make peace with a stern old-fashioned father who has only known hard field labor his whole life? With echoes of Dreiser’s American Tragedy and Fitzgerald’s Gatsby, Troncoso tells his luminous stories through the lens of an exile adrift in the 21st century, his characters suffering from the loss of culture and language, the loss of roots and home as they adapt to the glittering promises of new worlds which ultimately seem so empty. A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant’s Son is the recipient of a Silver Award for Multicultural Adult Fiction from Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Awards, and a Best of Texas 2019 by Lone Star Literary Life.

Sergio Troncoso is the author of The Last Tortilla and Other Stories and Crossing Borders: Personal Essays, and the novels The Nature of Truth and From This Wicked Patch of Dust. He has taught at the Yale Writers’ Workshop for many years. A Fulbright scholar and winner of numerous literary awards, Troncoso was inducted into the Hispanic Scholarship Fund’s Alumni Hall of Fame and the Texas Institute of Letters. He was born in El Paso, Texas, and attended Harvard College and Yale University, where he earned graduate degrees in international relations and philosophy.

Virtual Día de los Muertos Concert: Las Flores del Valle of Albuquerque
2020-11-01
7 pm
Museum of International Folk Art Facebook page HERE
Every year the NHCC holds its annual Despedida (Farewell) to celebrate Día de los Muertos with music, poetry, and hands-on art at this time-honored community gathering. Unfortunately, with the current health restrictions, this year’s Despedida is another wonderful in-person event that has been canceled. We are going to miss our ofrendas around the NHCC campus, as well as the music, poetry, traditional hot chocolate mexicano, pan de muerto, and the opportunity to share our heartfelt memories with you, our familia.
But we can still celebrate, and we hope you will join our friends at the Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) for a virtual Día de los Muertos concert featuring our friends Carol and Leila—Las Flores del Valle of Albuquerque.
Free community event

Carol Vigil and Leila Flores-Dueñas comprise a New Mexico women’s dueto, whose smooth harmonies are reminiscent of the many hermanas duos that became famous during the 1960s. These groups helped form the lasting harmony structures of today’s U.S./Mexico Borderlands music scene. Accompanied by multi-talented musician and cultural anthropologist David F. Garcia, Las Flores del Valle aim to preserve and share the nuances of the many musical genres that are representative of their family histories.
Las Flores del Valle have shared their talents at venues such as the Gene Autry Theater in Los Angeles and Universidad Pedadógica Nacional in México City, as well as the National Hispanic Cultural Center. This has allowed them to showcase their forte of preserving cultural traditions and Southwest history through the arts. They are also known for their presentations on life along the U.S./Mexico border, covering topics such as the role of corridos (stories told in song) in Mexican and Southwestern music, soldaderas of the Mexican Revolution, Día de los Muertos, and women’s roles in Borderland music.

Instituto Cervantes Book Club
2020-11-03
10-11:30 am
The Instituto Cervantes Book Club meets twice a month to talk about that month’s selected book.
Book for November: Ni siquiera los muertos, Juan Gómez Bárcena
Pre-registration for the Instituto Cervantes Book Club is required.
More information.

Bosque Gallery: Community Inspiration
2020-11-03
We hope you take a walk on the trail, west of the NHCC campus to view a new outside exhibit space. After your experience with the exhibit, go home and make something! Can you transform your outside space in to an exhibit space?

Virtual: Inside Yjastros
2020-11-13
8 pm (MTS)
Virtual performance with a digital viewing pass.
Get pass HERE
Link and password will be sent to you one hour before the premiere, providing 48 hours of access.
In 1999, Yjastros: The American Flamenco Repertory Company set forth on an artistic journey that would become America’s most distinctive flamenco project. This revolutionary performance entity combines the mosaic quality of the American repertory company with the authentic idiom of flamenco, creating a living archive of choreographic masterworks.

This fall’s performance season called for a special, creative response to the difficult and unusual time that we are all experiencing. With that in mind, Yjastros Artistic Director Joaquin Encinias teamed up with Incredible Films to create Inside Yjastros, a unique streaming project that blends the power and beauty of performance by Yjastros: The American Flamenco Repertory Company with documentary footage from the company’s 20th year.
Viewing passes are on sale October 16, 2020 at 12 pm (MTS)
Stay tuned to the NIF website HERE, and social media for more details!
