¡Vamos al Museo!
2019-02-02 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:30 am to 12 pm
A great morning of art-making for children of all ages and families of all sizes. A visit to the museum is included in this artist-led workshop. We will meet in the Creative Classroom in the Pete V. Domenici Building.
Please pre-register HERE (so we know how many materials to prepare)
For more information please call or email Elena Baca at 505-246-2261 or ElenaD.Baca@state.nm.us
Free, $5 donations are encouraged to support the artists & purchase supplies

Pimentel Concert Series: Manuel Barrueco
2019-02-02 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
7 pm
Latin Grammy-nominated master guitarist Manuel Barrueco is internationally recognized as one of the most important guitarists of our time. His unique artistry is continually described as that of a superb instrumentalist and an elegant musician, possessed of a seductive sound and uncommon lyrical gifts. Barrueco’s career has been dedicated to bringing the guitar to the main musical centers of the world. Over three decades, he has performed across the United States from the New World Symphony in Miami to the Seattle Symphony, and from the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic to New York’s Lincoln Center. He has performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra and with the Boston Symphony under the direction of Seiji Ozawa, in the American premiere of Toru Takemitsu’s To the Edge of Dream, and also appears regularly with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and San Francisco Performances.
$35, $40, $45 w/ $2 off for children, seniors and NHCC members

Highlights of Barrueco’s international tours include the Musikverein in Vienna, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Royal Albert Hall in London, Philharmonie in Berlin, Teatro Real in Madrid, and Palau de la Música in Barcelona. He has completed a dozen tours of Japan, and made repeated appearances in Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, China, and Hong Kong. In Latin America and the Caribbean, he has performed in Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, and Puerto Rico. In the 2017-2018 concert season, he will offer two solo tours in Europe in addition to tours with the Cuarteto Latinoamericano and Beijing Guitar Duo. Barrueco’s discography includes over a dozen recordings for the EMI label.
“A major artist with remarkable musicianship and a world of technique…simply and
consistently…awesome.” (Los Angeles Times)
“An elegant musician and aristocrat of the guitar….” (Dallas Times Herald)
Founded by Lorenzo Pimentel, Pimentel & Sons Guitar Makers has become known around the world for the custom creation of stringed instruments unparalleled in craftsmanship and beauty. The family has a history of handing down its talents through generation to generation, both through music and guitar-making and through giving back to the community. Pimentel & Sons has received numerous awards including the New Mexico Governor’s Award, Connecticut Mutual’s Blue Chip Enterprise Award, the U.S. Leadership Outreach Award, and the Innovative Albuquerque Award, and the Pimentel family’s creations and innovations are displayed in New Mexico museums.
Thank you to our Performing Arts Season Sponsors Heritage Hotels and Resorts, the Albuquerque Journal and Southwest Airlines!

First Friday: Volunteer Education and Conversation
2019-02-01 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
9:00 am – 11 am
On the first Friday of each month, NHCC docents and core volunteers meet for coffee and conversation along with monthly presentations on topics that build the knowledge and skills of the docent core to give tours, educate the NHCC visitors and share the NHCC mission and programs.
For location and more information on the NHCC Docent and Volunteer program, Please call Annette Lujan at 505-383-4783 or email her at Annette.Lujan@state.nm.us for more information.
Free event

Inside Opera: María de Buenos Aires
2019-01-30 | History and Literary Arts Building
5:30-7 pm
NHCC Library, History and Literary Arts Building
Opera novices and aficionados are invited to three free interactive presentations about “María de Buenos Aires,” Astor Piazzolla’s extraordinary tango-opera. Over three Wednesday evenings, poet Valerie Martínez and conductor Oliver Prezant will lead you on a magical journey through the story, the libretto, the music, and the staging of this evocative work, which tells the story of María, a prostitute born in a poor suburb of Buenos Aires, who sleepwalks through life, death, the afterlife, and is reborn into “innocence.” The music, by tango legend Ástor Piazzolla, is based on “nuevo tango,” a genre that Piazzolla revolutionized by infusing Argentine tango with elements of jazz and classical music. Those who attend all three sessions will receive a 50% discount on tickets to a performance of the show, which runs from February 17-24 in the Journal Theater.
Dates and Topics:
January 23: Story, Text, and Context, with Valerie Martínez

Maria’s Argentina: old tango bars, duende, crafting the libretto, signs and symbols, magical realism.

January 30: The Music, with Oliver Prezant

Astor Piazzola and Tango Nuevo, singing the story-setting the text, the music of character and situation.

February 6: Maria on Stage – “Operita” or Opera? with Oliver Prezant

Director’s choice: blocking, lighting, sets, costumes. Maria in the land of musical theater and opera.

Register for the workshops HERE.
Valerie Martínez is currently the Director of History and Literary Arts at the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Santa Fe’s second Poet Laureate, Valerie taught poetry and literature at the college/university level for 23 years. As a core artist and Executive Director of Littleglobe, Valerie worked in collaboration with the Santa Fe Opera Community Engagement Program to co-create two community-based operas: Memorylines: Voces de Nuestras Jornadas (2008) and the Santa Fe Bus Opera (2010).
Oliver Prezant has presented lectures and education programs for The Santa Fe Opera and Opera Southwest. He is the Music Director and conductor of the Santa Fe Community Orchestra, and the Artistic Advisor to the ArtWorks Program, which provides arts education workshops for Santa Fe Public Schools students and teachers. He was on the faculty of the Contemporary Music Program at the College of Santa Fe and Santa Fe University of Art and Design.

Writing Workshop: Fiction (All Genres)
2019-01-30 | History and Literary Arts Building
6 pm, Wednesdays (eight weeks between January 16 and March 6)
The NHCC is committed to cultivating local writers and celebrating their work. In this workshop, writers read excerpts from books by Latinx authors, engage in a variety of writing exercises that build skills and generate new writing,. Each class gives a public reading as a culminating event. Instructor: Brenna Gomez (UNM).
Deadline to register: Monday, January 14 2019.
Workshop Fee: $250 (about $30 per class). Limit: 12 writers so register early!
Three Scholarships are available for $125 —first come-first served.
Register and pay here.
All fees must be paid prior to January 16th.

¡Baile! Rueda de Casino (Cuban Salsa) Dance Class
2019-01-29, 2019-01-22, 2019-01-15 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24
6 pm to 7 pm Beginning and Intermediate – This class is geared for teenagers and adults. Come learn footwork, partner skills and choreography. No experience necessary.
7 pm to 8 pm Intermediate and Advanced – In order to participate in this class, dancers must know how to keep time, closed position calls, dame, enchufla, and outside turn.
Dance classes taught by Sarita Streng, Nick Babic, Adam “El Caballo” Metcalf, Larry Heard, and Rueda 505 Friends.
In the meantime, a fun video from Rueda Con Ritmo Dance Group who was just in Cuba Rueda con Ritmo with Jorge Luna Roque in Holguín.
Click Here.
There is no need to pre-register. Just show up in comfortable clothes ready to dance! For more information, contact elsa.menendez@state.nm.us or 505-246-2261 ext.34744
$5 – $10 per class (pay what you can)

NHCC Art Museum Closed for Renovations Jan. 28 to Feb. 25
2019-01-28 - 2019-02-25
The NHCC Art Museum is getting a fabulous new entrance! In order to maintain safety and protect the artwork, the museum will be closed between January 28 and February 25, 2019. The Art Museum will reopen in time for the opening reception for its upcoming exhibition, Que Chola!, which will take place on Friday, March 8, 6-9 pm. The last few years have seen a surge in interest in the Chola as a figure and this exhibition will explore this dynamic from a feminist perspective through art and popular culture
During the time the museum is closed, visitors can still see Mundos de Mestizaje, Frederico Vigil’s fresco depicting thousands of years of Hispanic and pre-Hispanic history, every Saturday and Sunday from 12-5 pm or by scheduling an appointment by calling 505-383-4774.

High Spirit Dance Recital Dancing For Jesus (Rental)
2019-01-27 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
4 pm
A ballet, jazz, and hip-hop dance recital featuring children, young adults, and professional dancers—an exciting ensemble of students and teachers bringing today’s music to life in high-quality dance productions.
$12, $15, $17

The title, content, photos/images and description for this event were provided to the NHCC by the organization renting the NHCC venue for the event. By serving as a venue and posting the event on its website, the NHCC is not endorsing any views expressed in the title or description of the event, nor is it endorsing the content of the event.

Share Your Stories: People’s State of the Union
2019-01-27 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24
2-4 pm
In January of most years, the President delivers a State of the Union Address. It’s a broadcast from one to many. As a complement, we invite you to participate in a story circle at the NHCC, an opportunity to listen to each other about the state of our union. Who are we as a people? What touches our hearts and minds?What does democracy mean to us?
This event is a partnership between the NHCC and the US Department of Arts and Culture (USDAC), a grassroots action network inciting creativity to shape a culture of empathy, equity, and belonging. Each year in January, the USDAC hosts story circles in over 300 communities across the US. With permission, stories are uploaded to the People’s State of the Union (PSOTU) portal and become part of a “Poetic Address to the Nation” that is presented, nationwide, in March.
This event is free and open to the public. All ages are welcome; please bring family members, friends and colleagues. Please RSVP to help us plan your participation: https://nhccnm.wufoo.com/forms/s1hu81pb0rsihj8/.

Mundos de Mestizaje
2019-01-26 - 2019-01-27, 2019-01-19 - 2019-01-20, 2019-01-12 - 2019-01-13 | NHCC Torreón, 1701 4th street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
12 pm to 5 pm
A Vision of History through Fresco…
Mundos de Mestizaje by Frederico Vigil is a mural housed in the Torreón on the campus of the National Hispanic Cultural Center. This monumental fresco depicts thousands of years of Hispanic history highlighting diverse cultural connections between people and places from the Iberian Peninsula to the Americas. The 4,000 square foot painting is one of the largest frescos in North America.
The digitized imagery of the painting ensures that this culturally significant work can be a sharing and learning experience for students and families anywhere. We invite you to explore the imagery, history and complexities of the Mundos de Mestizaje mural.
Discover on your own by clicking the link HERE.(It may take a moment to load. Microsoft Internet Explorer is NOT recommended. Best experienced with Safari, Firefox or Chrome.)Free

Juan Gabriel: The Tribute (Rental)
2019-01-26 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
8 pm
Invicto Promotions presents Juan Gabriel: The Tribute with live mariachi!
Gold VIP: $40; VIP Balcony Suite: $35; Orchestra Level: $35; Mezzanine Level: $30
For tickets visit invictopromotionsticket.com. For more information call 505-508-9200.

The title, content, photos/images and description for this event were provided to the NHCC by the organization renting the NHCC venue for the event. By serving as a venue and posting the event on its website, the NHCC is not endorsing any views expressed in the title or description of the event, nor is it endorsing the content of the event.

La Canoa: Outside the Recipes: the Sustenance of Story
2019-01-26
2 pm
Querencia as defined by Nuevomexicano scholar Juan Estevan Arellano is “love of place.” Please join Dr. Patricia Perea as she presents a talk on the articulation of querencia to speak directly with the writings and experiences discussed in this lecture. These writings include Fabiola Cabeza de Baca’s The Good Life: New Mexico Traditions and Food (2005), Denise Chávez’s A Taco Testimony (2006) and The Pueblo Food Experience: Whole Food of Our Ancestors (2016). Each of these works connect the texture of food, the complex ties of family, and the starkness of geography to the experience of ancestral memory and belonging. In addition to discussing these narratives, Dr. Perea will also include her own experiences on the road home through community and story.
Dr. Patricia M. Perea currently teaches at the University of New Mexico in the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies. She completed Ph.D. in American Studies in 2010. Her dissertation and graduate work focused on Mexican American autobiography and visual culture. She is a published poet and continues familial traditions that include weaving and traditional colcha embroidery. Her most recent project was the publication of the cookbook: The Pueblo Food Experience Cookbook: Whole Foods of Our Ancestors. Her future projects include continuing work on recent Mexican American autobiography and the histories and experiences of Mexican Americans in the Texas Panhandle.
La Canoa is a monthly series (August-May) that features talks by Hispanic/Latino academic and community researchers with long-standing and distinguished records of research and teaching about New Mexico and the region.
This event is free and open to the public

Voces Summer Institute: Accepting Applications
2019-01-25 - 2019-05-17 | History and Literary Arts Building
Voces is a FREE month-long summer writing institute for teens (ages 15-18) presented each summer by the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Teens spend 4 WEEKS IN JUNE writing, creating art, writing, learning from guest artists, writing, sharing, writing, collaborating, writing, and reading/performing for peers and the public at two celebratory events. The program runs each weekend day in June from 9:30 am- 4 pm with a free lunch included. Voces is FREE. Register by May 17: https://nhccnm.wufoo.com/forms/w150mzfo087z6fn/. Limited to 15 students so grab your spot! #writingislife #voces2019 #keepwriting

During WEEK ONE (June 3-7) Voces students tour the NHCC’s art museum’s inspiring new exhibit “Qué Chola” and our breathtaking 4,000 square foot fresco, “Mundos de Mestizaje.” Voces writers write in response to what they see, think and feel. Then mural artist Helen Atkins takes the teens through visioning and creating a mural at the NHCC. #quechola #muralart #writingislife #voces2019 #keepwriting
It’s all about monologues in WEEK TWO (June 10-14). Playwright Monica Sanchez will be the guest instructor who will help Voces writers create their own monologues and rehearse them for staged readings. #ilovemonolgue #writingislife #voces2019 #keepwriting
ABQ Poet Laureate Michelle Otero will join Voces students in WEEK THREE (June 17-22) for a Bosque walk and to provide training for Voces teens in how to engage the elderly in poetry. Voces writers also tour the NHCC’s Braceros exhibit and create a devised dance movement piece with the students from Manos under the guidance of artist-in-residence Yvonne Montoya and Safos Dance Theater. This week ends with a very cool Saturday, 2 pm performance and FLASH MOB with audience, led by Voces and Safos. @safosdance #dancedance #poetry #writingislife #voces2019 #keepwriting
During WEEK FOUR (June 24-28) Voces teens work with Faustino Villa to get ready for their public reading/performance on June 28th. They’ll also screen their original Voces t-shirts and create/produce chapbooks of their writing. Chapbooks will be produced to give as gifts and to sell at the reading. Writers will also be finishing their prose and poetry for a Voces publication, which will be published in July. For all four weeks, Voces writers receive feedback about their writing from their peers and guest writers. #publishedauthor #writingislife #voces2019 #keepwriting
FRIDAY, JUNE 28 – VOCES CELEBRATION will take place at 6 pm in the NHCC Bank of America Theatre. #performance #nostagefright #writingislife #voces2019 #keepwriting
REGISTER: https://nhccnm.wufoo.com/forms/w150mzfo087z6fn/ Apply early to secure your place!
Questions? Contact Valerie Martínez at valerie.martinez@state.nm.us

Braceros Exhibit
2019-01-25 - 2019-06-30 | History and Literary Arts Building
This exhibition features more than 30 black and white photographs of braceros taken by the photojournalist collective known as the Hermanos Mayo. It also uses narratives, video and artifacts to tell the story of the Bracero Program. The program grew out of a series of bi-lateral agreements between Mexico and the United States, bringing Mexican men to the United States as guest-workers on short-term, primarily agricultural labor contracts. In 1942, these workers came to remedy wartime production shortages by supplying much-needed labor during the early years of World War II. The Bracero Program, which derived its name from the Spanish word for a manual laborer, “bracero” continued uninterrupted until 1964. During this extensive program, 4.6 million contracts were signed, with many individuals returning several times on different contracts, making it the largest United States contract labor program. An examination of the exhibition images, documents, and artifacts contributes to our understanding of the lives of migrant workers in Mexico and the United States, as well as our knowledge of immigration, nationalism, labor practices, and race relations.
This exhibit is free and open to the public

Braceros Exhibit Opening Reception
2019-01-25 | History and Literary Arts Building
6 pm
This exhibition features more than 30 black and white photographs of braceros taken by the photojournalist collective known as the Hermanos Mayo. It also uses narratives, video and artifacts to tell the story of the Bracero Program. The program grew out of a series of bi-lateral agreements between Mexico and the United States, bringing Mexican men to the United States as guest-workers on short-term, primarily agricultural labor contracts. In 1942, these workers came to remedy wartime production shortages by supplying much-needed labor during the early years of World War II. The Bracero Program, which derived its name from the Spanish word for a manual laborer, “bracero” continued uninterrupted until 1964. During this extensive program, 4.6 million contracts were signed, with many individuals returning several times on different contracts, making it the largest United States contract labor program. An examination of the exhibition images, documents, and artifacts contributes to our understanding of the lives of migrant workers in Mexico and the United States, as well as our knowledge of immigration, nationalism, labor practices, and race relations.
This event is free and open to the public

NHCC Book Club
2019-01-24 | History and Literary Arts Building
5:30 pm
The NHCC Book Club meets once a month to talk about that month’s selected book. In January, the book will be Pat Mora’s House of Houses (memoir). Pat Mora also will be the keynote speaker/reader at the NHCC Children’s Bilingual Book Festival on April 27, 2019.
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: The Queen of Spain
2019-01-24 | NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30
7 pm
In the second film in writer/director Trueba’s “now-franchise,” famous movie star Macarena Granada flees the glitz and glamour of 1950s Hollywood to return to her roots in Spain, where she has signed on to star in an epic period-piece musical as Queen Isabella. In the previous film, The Girl of Your Dreams, Macarena and her collaborators were dealing with Naziism at a time when Spanish films were made in Germany; the sequel focuses on the filming of a Spanish-American film in 1956, when America had started to produce films in Spain with the blessing of dictator Francisco Franco.
Presented as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series in partnership with Instituto Cervantes.
2016; Fernando Trueba; English; 128 minutes; not rated.
Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before show

Writing Workshop: Fiction (All Genres)
2019-01-23 | History and Literary Arts Building
6 pm, Wednesdays (eight weeks between January 16 and March 6)
The NHCC is committed to cultivating local writers and celebrating their work. In this workshop, writers read excerpts from books by Latinx authors, engage in a variety of writing exercises that build skills and generate new writing,. Each class gives a public reading as a culminating event. Instructor: Brenna Gomez (UNM).
Deadline to register: Monday, January 14, 2019.
Workshop Fee: $250 (about $30 per class). Limit: 12 writers so register early!
Three Scholarships are available for $125 —first come-first served.
Register and pay here.
All fees must be paid prior to January 16th.

Inside Opera: María de Buenos Aires
2019-01-23 | History and Literary Arts Building
5:30-7 pm
NHCC Library, History and Literary Arts Building
Opera novices and aficionados are invited to three free interactive presentations about “María de Buenos Aires,” Astor Piazzola’s extraordinary tango-opera. Over three Wednesday evenings, poet Valerie Martínez and conductor Oliver Prezant will lead you on a magical journey through the story, the libretto, the music, and the staging of this evocative work, which tells the story of María, a prostitute born in a poor suburb of Buenos Aires, who sleepwalks through life, death, the afterlife, and is reborn into “innocence.” The music, by tango legend Ástor Piazzolla, is based on “nuevo tango,” a genre that Piazzolla revolutionized by infusing Argentine tango with elements of jazz and classical music. Those who attend all three sessions will receive a 50% discount on tickets to a performance of the show, which runs from February 17-24 in the Journal Theater.
Dates and Topics:
January 23: Story, Text, and Context, with Valerie Martínez

Maria’s Argentina: old tango bars, duende, crafting the libretto, signs and symbols, magical realism.

January 30: The Music, with Oliver Prezant

Astor Piazzola and Tango Nuevo, singing the story-setting the text, the music of character and situation.

February 6: Maria on Stage – “Operita” or Opera? with Oliver Prezant

Director’s choice: blocking, lighting, sets, costumes. Maria in the land of musical theater and opera.

Register for the workshops HERE.
Valerie Martínez is currently the Director of History and Literary Arts at the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Santa Fe’s second Poet Laureate, Valerie taught poetry and literature at the college/university level for 23 years. As a core artist and Executive Director of Littleglobe, Valerie worked in collaboration with the Santa Fe Opera Community Engagement Program to co-create two community-based operas: Memorylines: Voces de Nuestras Jornadas (2008) and the Santa Fe Bus Opera (2010).
Oliver Prezant has presented lectures and education programs for The Santa Fe Opera and Opera Southwest. He is the Music Director and conductor of the Santa Fe Community Orchestra, and the Artistic Advisor to the ArtWorks Program, which provides arts education workshops for Santa Fe Public Schools students and teachers. He was on the faculty of the Contemporary Music Program at the College of Santa Fe and Santa Fe University of Art and Design.

American Crossroads Trio (Rental)
2019-01-20 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
7:30 pm
AMP Concerts presents American Crossroads Trio. Three of America’s most admired musicians meet for an unforgettable evening of musical diversity. David Bromberg pioneered the skillful blending of several genres into what is now known as Americana. David Hidalgo is the co-founder of acclaimed band Los Lobos. Larry Campbell is renowned for his work with Bob Dylan and Levon Helm, among many others. This will be an unscripted evening of spontaneity, discovery, and musical virtuosity by three American masters.
$37, $42, $47

The title, content, photos/images and description for this event were provided to the NHCC by the organization renting the NHCC venue for the event. By serving as a venue and posting the event on its website, the NHCC is not endorsing any views expressed in the title or description of the event, nor is it endorsing the content of the event.

NM Jazz Latino Orchestra
2019-01-19 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
8 pm

In their third performance at the NHCC, the New Mexico Jazz Latino Orchestra (NMJLO) will again present a two-part show featuring an opening set of straight-up Latin jazz and a second set fusing folkloric rhythms with jazz elements. This year’s performance also will feature internationally renowned musician Frankie Vazquez, along with César Bauvallet, Doug Lawrence, Bobby Shew, Jackie Zamora and special guest Mike Williams, formerly the lead trumpeter with the legendary, 18-time Grammy®-winning Count Basie Orchestra and one of the most powerful high-note trumpet players ever.

As with their past shows, NMJLO will showcase the extraordinary musical talents of artists who are now New Mexico residents, while bringing in international guest artists to introduce audiences to traditional instrumentation and rhythms from Latin America and show how jazz fusion can provide a harmonious and exciting blend of ancestral and contemporary tones.

Efrain “Frankie” Vazquez, born in Salinas, Puerto Rico, began performing with his own band at his father’s restaurant at the age of 16, as a conga player and then as a lead singer. A year later, he had played in three orchestras around Puerto Rico, and subsequently was invited to New York to perform on his first recording with Fuego 77. Currently, he has over 20 album collaborations to his credit, and has performed in Austria, India, Turkey, Panama, Spain, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Sicily, Mexico, Canada, Ecuador, Santo Domingo, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Martinique, Guadeloupe, the Virgin Islands, Belgium, Holland, England, Switzerland, China, and Japan.

$25, $27 w/ $3 off for NHCC members
Thank you to our Performing Arts Season Sponsors Heritage Hotels and Resorts, the Albuquerque Journal and Southwest Airlines!

Colcha Community Stitch-Along
2019-01-18 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
9:30 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
Facilitated by Sandia Mountains Chapter-EGA

Writing Workshop: Fiction (All Genres)
2019-01-16 | History and Literary Arts Building
6 pm, Wednesdays (eight weeks between January 16 and March 6)
Do you love reading good fiction—whether historical, popular, literary or sci-fi? Have you always wanted to write stories or novels? This eight week workshop is designed for writers who want to try writing fiction or those who need inspiration (and skills) to write more. Inspired by fiction by Latinx writers, you will write new work, develop your narrative skills and receive valuable feedback for revision from your fellow writers. The workshop culminates with a public reading of your new work at the NHCC.
Instructor: Brenna Gomez is adjunct faculty at the University of New Mexico (UNM) where she teaches composition, creative writing, and in the freshmen learning community program. She received her MFA in fiction from UNM in 2016 and served as Editor in Chief of UNM’s national literary magazine, Blue Mesa Review. Her fiction has appeared in Prairie Schooner and is forthcoming in StoryQuarterly. Brenna was the recipient of a 2017 Hedgebrook residency and the 2015 Hispanic writer award for the UNM Summer Writers’ Conference in Santa Fe. She is also a staff reader for Recommended Reading at Electric Literature and hosts author events Bookworks in Albuquerque.
Deadline to register: MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2019
Workshop Fee: $250 (Limit: 12 writers so register early!)
Three Scholarships are available for $125
Reserve your spot at the NHCC website: https://nhccnm.wufoo.com/forms/w8vb0wz09z746l/
Info/Contact: valerie.martinez@state.nm.us
Deadline to register: Monday, January 14, 2019.
Workshop Fee: $250 (about $30 per class). Limit: 12 writers so register early!
Three Scholarships are available for $125 —first come-first served.
Register and pay here.
All fees must be paid prior to January 16th.

Mayor Tim Keller’s State of the City Celebration
2019-01-12 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
12 pm – 2 pm
Albuquerque’s Mayor Tim Keller’s State of the City Celebration—a #OneAlbuquerque Community Celebration with Mayor Tim Keller, with food trucks, live music, local art, and more! The celebration begins at noon, with the State of the City Address at 1 pm. Please note that the live event in the NHCC’s Domenici Education Building has sold out; because of the incredible response for this event, we have added an On-Site Watch Party in the Albuquerque Journal Theatre. The Watch Party includes full participation in all of the OneAlbuquerque Celebration’s activities and entertainment. For additional information, please contact mayorkellerinvites@cabq.gov.
Free ticketed event
You must bring a copy of your ticket confirmation to the event. Please do not bring any large bags or backpacks. All bags will be checked.

2020 Centennial of the Women’s Vote
2019-01-11 | History and Literary Arts Building
3 pm
The NHCC, in partnership with the City of Albuquerque, will host a meeting of organizations and individuals who are planning events for 2020, the 100th year anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing and protecting women’s constitutional right to vote. The initiative will create a master calendar for 2020 that will co-promote events and minimize conflicts, supporting a robust year of programming celebrating this national milestone, its importance, and its resonance in contemporary society. RSVP here.

Eric J. Garcia: Presentation & Book Signing
2019-01-10 | September-2019-Board-Meeting-Minutes
6-8 pm
Known for mixing history with contemporary themes, Eric J. Garcia always tries to create art that is much more than just aesthetics. Born and raised in Albuquerque’s South Valley, Garcia received his BFA with a minor in Chicano studies from the University of New Mexico, then went on to complete his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has shown in numerous national exhibitions and his artwork can be found in the collections of The National Hispanic Cultural Center, National Museum of Mexican Art, The Art Institute of Chicago. Garcia is a versatile artist working in an assortment of media, from murals, to sculptural installations, to his controversial political cartoon series El Machete Illustrated, but all of his works have the common goal of educating and challenging.
Read more about Eric’s book here.
Free and open to the public
