• Reception: Voces del Pueblo: Artists of the Levantamiento Chicano in New Mexico

    Visual Art Museum 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States

    5:00 - 7:30 pm Join us for a free public reception celebrating the opening of the exhibition, Voces del Pueblo: Artists of the Levantamiento Chicano in New Mexico, curated by Ray Hernández-Durán, Ph.D. and Irene Vásquez, Ph.D. This is an exhibition 7 years in the making that feature a group of New Mexican artists who were among the earliest generation of Chicana and Chicano activists in the state. All 6 artists, 3 men and 3 women, were students at New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU) in Las Vegas (more...)

  • Día Del Niño

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

    11:00 am - 3:00 pm NHCC | Domenici Education Building Join us for a day of celebrating the youth in our community during this free event for families of all ages and sizes! Enjoy Nanny’s Petting Zoo, performances from Voces de Coronado and Ballet Folklorico Fiesta Mexicana, student films, and our Youth Art Market. Learn about birds and bugs with the U.S. Forest Service. Make art, play, climb a rock wall and discover a variety of community resources from the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & (more...)

  • New Mexico Philharmonic: Mendelssohn Goes to Scotland

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

    2:00 – 4:00 pm New Mexico Philharmonic presents Mendelssohn Goes to Scotland Nimrod David Pfeffer conductor Wagner Introduction to Act 3 from Tristan und Isolde Haydn: Symphony No. 39 in g minor, “Tempesta di mare” Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3, “Scottish” Although he was inspired to write his third symphony by a trip to Scotland in 1829, Felix Mendelssohn did not complete the work for another fourteen years. The same trip also inspired his Hebrides Overture. Still, audiences over the years would agree that it was worth the (more...)

  • 2nd Annual DCA Ekphrastic Poetry Reading

    Salón Ortega 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

    3:00 pm NHCC | Salón Ortega Please join us for readings of the winning poems and honorable mention poems from the 2025 DCA Ekphrastic Poetry Contest. Light refreshments will be served. Free community event, please register below. More information about the contest is available at nmculture.org/poetry.

  • Happy Arte Hour

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

    6:00 – 8:00 pm NHCC | Pete V. Domenici Education Building NHCC invites adults (21+) 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. In early celebration of World Collage Day, join Elena Baca in a hands-on workshop using a variety of collage techniques and materials. We will begin with a quick collage game (more...)

  • Inaugural Native Theater & Performing Arts Festival: Professional Native Theatre Panel Event

    Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

    7:00 – 9:00 pm NHCC | Wells Fargo Auditorium Dancing With Fire Productions in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center presents the Inaugural Native Theater & Performing Arts Festival. Please join us for our Inaugural Native American Theater & Performing Arts Festival on April 24-27 and May 1-4, 2025 at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, featuring music, dance, staged readings, and more! About the Festival: Our Key Host of the festival will be Ms. Lori Chavez, beginning with an Opening Reception with music and dance performances on (more...)

  • Inaugural Native Theater & Performing Arts Festival: Echo in the Canyon

    Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

    7:00 – 9:00 pm NHCC | Wells Fargo Auditorium Dancing With Fire Productions in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center presents An Inaugural Native Theater & Performing Arts Festival. Please join us for our Inaugural Native American Theater & Performing Arts Festival on April 24-27 and May 1-4, 2025 at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, featuring music, dance, staged readings, and more! About the Festival: Our Key Host of the festival will be Ms. Lori Chavez, beginning with an Opening Reception with music and dance performances on (more...)

  • ¡Vamos! – Uncover Genealogy

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

    10:00 am – 12:00 pm NHCC | Pete V. Domenici Education Building NHCC invites you to uncover the fascinating stories of your family’s past in this interactive workshop designed for all ages. Join Elena Baca and NHCC Archivist, Robin Moses, to learn the basics of genealogy, from creating family trees to exploring historical records and family traditions. With hands-on activities, storytelling, and simple research tools, participants will gain the skills to start their own family history journey. Vamos to the National Hispanic Cultural Center on the first (more...)

  • Festival Ballet Albuquerque: Romeo & Juliet Ballet

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

    7:00 pm Saturday 2:00 pm Sunday Festival Ballet Albuquerque presents an original production of Romeo & Juliet, the two star-crossed lovers, by William Shakespeare, to the music by Sergei Prokofiev. It is a story about an age-old feud between two powerful families, Capulets and Montagues, erupting into bloodshed. A group of masked Montagues risk further conflict by gatecrashing the Capulet’s ball. A young lovesick Romeo Montague falls instantly in love with Juliet Capulet, who is due to marry her father’s choice, Count Paris. With the help of Juliet’s nurse, the women arrange for the couple be married the following day by Friar Lorence. Romeo’s (more...)

  • Inaugural Native Theater & Performing Arts Festival: Staged Readings: I Am Joaquin & Craft Lady, Spider, and Bird

    Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

    2:00 pm NHCC | Wells Fargo Auditorium Dancing With Fire Productions in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center presents An Inaugural Native Theater & Performing Arts Festival. On April 27 and May 4, at 2:00 pm both days, there will be two staged readings of I Am Joaquin by Rodolfo Corky Gonzales; Directed by Patricio Tlacaelel Trujillo y Fuentes and Craft Lady, Spider, and Bird by Alysse Kinsel and Leia Pickel (UNM Theater and Film students 2024). About the Festival: Our Key Host of the festival will (more...)