• Yjastros, 30th Season

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

    Thursday-Saturday, April 14-16, 2016 7 pm—Thursday 8 pm—Friday & Saturday This powerful, poignant show features accomplished flamenco artists Marisol and Joaquin Encinias, singer Vicente Griego, guitarist Calvin Hazen, and members of Yjastros: The American Flamenco Repertory Company, directed by Joaquin Encinias. Yjastros 30th Season will astound and delight with exquisite selections from the company’s repertory as they blend intricate rhythms, delirious melodies, and an uncanny elegance on a stage where impossible feats become reality. Audiences will share an intimate experience of the strength, stamina, grace, and artistry needed (more...)

  • Colcha Community Stitch-Along

    Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

    9:30 am – noon 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, ext. 167, or e-mailing elenad.baca@state.nm.us. Free event

  • DreamBuilders 2016

    Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

    9 am to 3:30 pm Join us on April 15th for DreamBuilders 2016, an annual STEAM event developed to inspire and foster interest in the intersection of the Arts with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) disciplines. This is a community project designed to focus on artistic expressions enabled through and integrated with technology while highlighting our rich cultural identity. We offer day-long workshops for middle school, high school and college age students as well as specialized workshop for teachers, parents, and professionals across the entire spectrum (more...)

  • Saturdays in the Museum

    September-2019-Board-Meeting-Minutes

    1 pm to 2 pm National Hispanic Cultural Center Art Museum presents Saturdays in the Museum Tours every Saturday afternoon starting at 1 pm. Each tour will be different depending on the exhibit and theme. Free with NHCC Museum admission

  • New Mexico Philharmonic Orchestra Presents ¡Zarzuelas! Rediscovered Romance

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

    2 pm Javier Lorenzo, conductor Areu, Selections Areu, Zarzuela, El Retiro Areu, Zarzuela, Un Conato de Coburgo Unheard for more than a century, rediscovered Spanish operettas, or zarzuelas, by late 19th and early 20th century composer Manuel Areu will be performed by your NMPhil and conducted by Areu expert and Argentina native Dr. Javier Lorenzo. These rare masterworks will astound you with their beauty and spirit! To contact the NM Philharmonic directly, please call (505) 323-4343 or visit New Mexico Philharmonic Website $24, $35, $46, $68, group (more...)

  • Salud y Sabor: Cuba

    Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

    5:30 pm to 7:30 pm Sponsored by the University of New Mexico Hospitals, Salud y Sabor, a partnership between the Agri-cultura Network, Street Food Institute, and the NHCC, is a free evening of food, hands-on art, health screening and information, and entertainment aimed at providing families with an opportunity to connect around nutrition, cooking, healthy lifestyles, and culture On the third Thursday of each month, community members gather for cooking demonstrations using fresh, locally grown ingredients, as well as fun art activities for kids and adults, health (more...)

  • Film: Las ovejas no pierden el tren/Sidetracked

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    7 pm A couple in their 40s who have moved to the country attempt to navigate new directions in their lives, and find their daily routines entangled with surreal situations. “Ciclo Cine Español Contemporáneo,” presented in partnership with Instituto Cervantes. 2014; Spanish with English subtitles; 103 minutes; recommended for 12 and older. Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before show

  • Flamenco en la Voz de Cervantes: Miguel de Cervantes Celebration with Fernando Barros Lirola and Company

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

    Pre-show reading—6 pm Performance—7 pm Commemorate the 400th anniversary of Miguel de Cervantes’ death with a special flamenco recital, performed by singer and composer Fernando Barros Lirola and his company. The performance will combine music and dance in an exploration of Cervantes’ major work, Don Quixote, and a tribute to the flamenco tradition, one of the most revered in Spanish culture. It will be preceded by a reading of the best-known passages from Don Quixote. Fernando Barros, internationally recognized as an innovator, reveals in his compositions the (more...)

  • Film: Cuchillos en el cielo/Knives in the Sky

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    4:30 pm; a talk by the director will follow the screening Declared innocent and released from prison after ten years, a woman tries to reconnect with the daughter conceived through a prison rape, while seeking at the same time to bring the rapists to justice, in Alberto Durant's 2012 film Cuchillos en el cielo. The narrative of the woman and her rapist is a microcosm of a larger story—the aftermath of the violent political conflict that took place in Peru from 1980-2000. This special screening at the (more...)

  • Saturdays in the Museum

    September-2019-Board-Meeting-Minutes

    1 pm to 2 pm National Hispanic Cultural Center Art Museum presents Saturdays in the Museum Tours every Saturday afternoon starting at 1 pm. Each tour will be different depending on the exhibit and theme. Free with NHCC Museum admission