• Surviving Microaggressions Workshop (Rental)

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

    10 am – 5 pm Domenici Education Building, Room 122/124 When you are often the only person who identifies the way you do, entering a room can be extremely uncomfortable. Now imagine that a joke is then made on your behalf. Poking fun at your natural hair, or teasing your personality characteristics because they reject the stereotype associated with your group affiliation. "Not being black enough," "Acting white," or having your native language skills criticized by friends and family are often commonplace. These statements or questions are (more...)

  • Camina el Autor: The Iconography of Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala, Peruvian/Quechuan Chronicler

    History and Literary Arts Building

    Camina el Autor showcases the extraordinary work of Guaman Poma; explores the history of the indigenous people of Peru, Andean civilization, and Spanish conquest; and broadens our understanding of Peruvian culture and history.The digital images and accompanying texts have been provided to the NHCC by the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with assistance from the Consulate General of Peru in Denver. The NHCC has curated these (398 fullpage drawings) to present a vibrant and informative exhibit that encourages learning, discovery, and contemplation. Exhibit programming will include talks (more...)

  • Live Pop-Up Salsa: Son Como Son and Ivón Ulibarrí & Café Mocha

    Patio | Fountain Courtyard 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States

    7 pm MelazaMusic and the National Hispanic Cultural Center present a live pop-up salsa event with Son Como Son and Ivón Ulibarrí & Café Mocha. This family-friendly event, also featuring drinks and delicious Latin cuisine, will be held in the NHCC’s enchanting Fountain Courtyard. $12 w/ $2 discount for NHCC members; free for children 12 and younger Son Como Son bills itself as “Salsa, Cuban Style.” Founded in 1993, it is unquestionably one of Albuquerque’s longest-standing and most popular salsa ensembles. The band has played regularly to (more...)

  • La Canoa: At Intersection of Cultural Heritage and Climate Change: A Call to Action

    NHCC-Newsletter-August-26–September-7

    2 pm - 4 pm Please join Theresa Cárdenas as she discusses climate change and how it has become one of the most significant and fastest growing threats to people and their cultural heritage worldwide. In particular, Cárdenas will talk about the historic impact of climate change on cultural heritage in New Mexico. The impacts of climate change are damaging infrastructure, ecosystems, and social systems that provide essential benefits and quality of life to communities. What does this mean for our lands and peoples of New Mexico? (more...)

  • Opera Southwest Presents Bottesini’s Alì Babà

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

    October 20, 25 & 27, 2019 2 pm—Sundays 7:30 pm—Friday Opera Southwest presents Alì Babà, a fully staged opera with orchestra, sung in Italian with English translation supertitles and presented in three acts with one intermission. With a libretto based on “Alì Babà and the Forty Thieves,” the well-known and lively story from One Thousand and One Nights, Alì Babà was composed by Giovanni Bottesini, an Italian composer and double bass virtuoso known as the “Paganini of the bass.” $19, $39, $59, $79, $99; discounts for groups of eight or more (more...)

  • Book Reading and Signing: Jaima Chevalier and her Book “Fringe”

    NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24

    6:30 pm Jaima Chevalier's book Fringe is a tribute to flamenco legend María Benitez and includes almost 200 rare and exclusive images from locally famous to world-renowned photographers, all showcasing Benítez's central role in dance history. Beníitez is an iconic figure in American flamenco. Her riveting story begins with the complexity of her mixed Native American and Puerto Rican heritage followed by her extraordinary journey as a young woman leaving her home on the outskirts of Taos Pueblo to study flamenco in Spain. From the inherent irony (more...)

  • La Canoa – Giving Baque: On Hemispheric Indigeneities and the Southern Border of New Mexico

    NHCC-Newsletter-August-26–September-7

    2 pm - 4 pm Building on and departing from the work of interethnic thought-leaders in New Mexico, Dr. Gregorio Gonzales will consider how competing logics of settler-statecraft and Native American nationhood operate in a place of both Native- and nuevomexicanx-led struggles for political autonomy and religious liberty. The current humanitarian crisis along New Mexico’s southern border demonstrates the urgency of Indigenous transnational existences as they transit and transgress the political integrities of settlerstates and tribal nations alike. Dr. Gonzales will discuss the significance of New Mexico (more...)

  • National Hispanic Cultural Center Holiday Hours

    NHCC Campus 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

    The NHCC Visual Arts Museum and NHCC Library will be closed Wednesday, December 25th and Wednesday, January 1st but will otherwise maintain normal operating hours. The Performing Arts Box Office will be closed Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, December 23rd, 24th & 25th and have special holiday hours of 12 pm to 5 pm Thursday, Friday and Saturday, December 26th 27th and 28th. Closed Sunday and Monday, December 29th and 30th but open on Tuesday, December 31st from 10 am to 5 pm. Closed on Wednesday, January 1st. (more...)

  • Opera Southwest Presents New Year’s with the Opera!

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

    2 pm & 7 pm New Year’s with the Opera is a fun variety show featuring Opera Southwest’s most beloved performers, the Albuquerque Youth Symphony, and the Opera Southwest Chamber Orchestra. With a variety of opera favorites and light classics, there is something for everyone to ring in the New Year. This year, for the first time, we offer a family-friendly presentation at 2 pm along with our evening performance at 7 pm. $45, $55, $65; an additional $45 upcharge for the New Year’s Eve VIP After-Party (more...)

  • Inside Opera Series: Il Postino

    NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24

    6-7:30 pm Tuesdays, January 21, 28, and February 4 Join us for our second year of “Inside Opera”—a workshop series presented by the NHCC in partnership with Opera Southwest.  This year the opera is “Il Postino” and each workshop will focus on a different element of the performance (see below). Those who attend any one of the three workshops will receive a 15% discounted ticket to the show. Sign up for the workshops here:  https://nhccnm.wufoo.com/forms/inside-opera-workshop-series-il-postino/ Inside Opera: The Three Versions of Il Postino Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020 (more...)