7:30 pm—Thursday-Saturday 2 pm—Sunday Interview with a Mexican is based on conversations with Gustavo Arellano, columnist and author of Ask a Mexican and Taco USA. Adapted for the stage by Anthony J. Garcia, Executive Artistic Director of Denver’s Su Teatro, it is a carnival of conversations and random perspectives about what it means to be […]
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 […]
5 pm to 7 pm Día de Muertos is an annual traditional holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and many Hispanic communities. Join the NHCC and experienced, knowledgeable local artists to learn about the meaning of this celebration, the traditional arts and crafts associated with the celebration and development of ofrendas that honor families and individuals. The […]
10:30 am to noon The National Hispanic Cultural Center is pleased to offer children’s programming on the first Saturday morning of every month. This is a fun and engaging docent and artist-led family program. Families (limited to 25 participants) get a 30-minute museum tour focused on an art form, source inspiration, artist or type of […]
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 […]
5 pm to 7 pm Did you know? … Spanish was spoken in NM before English was. … when talking about your parents in NM Spanish, mi dad is preferred over mi papá, but mi mamá is preferred over mi mom. … as well as widespread borrowings like dad, bilinguals will spontaneously integrate an English word perfectly into Spanish grammar, […]
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm The New Mexico Hometown Heroes: Hispanic Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients exhibit is a tribute to the six Hispanic Congressional Medal of Honor recipients who have received the highest honor that the United States government bestows for acts of valor and heroism. It celebrates not only their stories of service but their […]
7 pm This month, the NHCC is offering another screening of the film Bless Me, Ultima in conjunction with La Ultima Exhibición, which will be closing on December 16, 2018. Curated by Augustine Romero, the exhibition in the NHCC Art Museum Community Gallery features visual interpretations of Rudolfo Anaya’s beloved novel. If you haven’t yet […]
8 pm—Friday & Saturday 2 pm-- Saturday School performance at 10 am on Friday Yjastros 33 is a flamenco epic, featuring world premiere choreographic masterpieces set on Yjastros, The American Flamenco Repertory Company by visiting Spanish artists during their residencies in the University of New Mexico’s Dance Program, with live accompaniment by a flamenco cantaor […]
1:00 pm Join us to hear from artists, Autumn Chacon, Aziza Murray, Ehren Kee Natay, and Nani Chacon (and possibly a couple more), about the roles that identity plays in their experiences as artists —what shows POC artists are invited to participate in, expectations and/or assumptions about what their work is about, whether they feel […]
