• Film: ¡Cine Magnífico: Cortos/Short Subjects

    12 pm (available through 9 pm on Sunday, November 22) Free Event Request password by Monday, November 16th HERE ¡Cine Magnífico!, the Albuquerque Latino Film Festival, is organized every year by Instituto Cervantes, an institution founded by the Spanish government in 1991 to promote the teaching, use and study of the Spanish language and to contribute to the advancement of Spanish, Hispanic and Latin American cultures throughout the world. Instituto Cervantes has more than 90 centers in over 43 different countries on five continents around the world; (more...)

  • Film: ¡Cine Magnífico: Largometrajes/Feature Films

    Various times; see individual titles below for screening times (all titles are available for 24 hours after individual screenings open) Free Event Request password by Monday, November 16 HERE ¡Cine Magnífico!, the Albuquerque Latino Film Festival, is organized every year by Instituto Cervantes, an institution founded by the Spanish government in 1991 to promote the teaching, use and study of the Spanish language and to contribute to the advancement of Spanish, Hispanic and Latin American cultures throughout the world. Instituto Cervantes has more than 90 centers in (more...)

  • Colcha Community Stitch-Along

    1 pm Live via Zoom Our Colcha Community Workshop is going virtual until we are able to meet in person, and is open to anyone wherever they may reside. This workshop is instructed by Annette Gutierrez-Turk. Annette has taught this art form to groups internationally and at the NHCC for many years. She is also an award winning artist, most recently recognized in 2019 at Santa Fe Spanish Market. This workshop is for all levels of experience in an informal setting.  Annette will demonstrate as well as (more...)

  • Tertulia Histórica Albuquerque: Masks On! Pandemics and Epidemics in New Mexico History

    Live via Zoom or in-person

    2 pm (MTS) Live via Zoom Register in advance for this meeting HERE. State Historian Rob Martínez explores how viruses and disease shaped New Mexico history. Since the dawn of time, humans have had to face adversity to survive.Viruses and disease are, sadly, part of that history and integral to the human experience. Pandemics and epidemics are part of the historical landscape.As early as the ancient Greeks, a fever killed most of Athens; the plague of the 1300s killed off one third of the European population; and in 1918 (more...)

  • Art Making: See Think Wonder

    This painting has been included in a variety of physical exhibits in the art museum and soon will be making an appearance in our upcoming digital exhibit,  "Mira Mira On the Wall: Reflecting on 20 years of NHCC Exhibitions" We hope you follow the prompts, share your thoughts and learn more about the artist and this painting. #NewMexicoCulture #PZThinkingRoutines #SeeThinkWonder #nhcc Try this Art making project at home: Click oh photo to enlarge:

  • ¡Música del Corazón!—Mariachis y Flamencos: New Mexico’s Beloved Stepchildren

    3 pm Free community event on the NHCC YouTube Channel HERE On the wings of melody, rhythm, and poetry, ¡Música del Corazón! concerts, featuring new groups and different traditions each year, tell us as much about our past as about our future. The concerts honor the contributions of John Donald Robb, Sr., former dean of UNM’s College of Fine Arts and a recognized music pioneer, and are dedicated in memory of his son, John Donald Robb, Jr., a driving force in the development of the UNM John (more...)

  • Art Making: See Think Wonder

    This photograph was included in one of the first physical exhibits in the art museum and soon will be making an appearance in our upcoming digital exhibit,  "Mira Mira On the Wall: Reflecting on 20 years of NHCC Exhibitions" We hope you follow the prompts, share your thoughts and learn more about the artist and this painting. #NewMexicoCulture #PZThinkingRoutines #SeeThinkWonder #nhcc ​#20in2020 #MiguelGandert Try this Art making project at home: Click on photo to enlarge:  

  • Instituto Cervantes Book Club

    10-11:30 am The Instituto Cervantes Book Club meets twice a month to talk about that month’s selected book. Book for December: A flor de piel by Javier Moro Pre-registration for the Instituto Cervantes Book Club is required. More information.

  • ¡Globalquerque! Cross-Cultural Crossover Encore

    2 pm Afro-Latin Jazz Alliance YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/c/AfroLatinJazzAlliance Free Join us December 4, 2020 for an ENCORE performance of the ¡Globalquerque! Cross-Cultural Crossover, presented in partnership with Arturo O'Farrill's Afro-Latin Jazz Alliance as part of their La Paza @ Digital Village YouTube Series!   The program features four past festival acts—Rahim AlHaj (Iraq), Nation Beat (Brazil/USA), Vivalda Ndula (Angola) and Nohe & Sus Santos (Honduras/New Mexico) collaborating on one another’s songs, deconstructing them and re-presenting them through a cross-cultural lens. Chats with the artists in between songs—where (more...)

  • Mira, Mira On the Wall: Reflecting on 20 Years of Exhibitions – Virtual Edition

    The National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) turns twenty years old in 2020 and the museum now has twenty years of exhibitions to reflect on and learn from. Mira Mira On the Wall: Reflecting on 20 Years of Exhibitions - Virtual Edition recounts a selection of exhibits that have been presented over the last two decades. It examines their impact on the permanent collection, the importance of the stories that have been told, and celebrates the artists that have participated in shaping the identity of the museum over (more...)