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  • 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...)

  • NHCC Art Museum Holiday Pop Up Shop

    September-2019-Board-Meeting-Minutes

    10 am - 3 pm NHCC Art Museum Tiendita Festive and Fun Gifts Piñatas (own a piece of museum history!) Tea towels Mugs T-shirts Jewelry Cards and mucho más! ALL Proceeds directly support the NHCC Art Museum. For information please contact Tey Marianna Nunn at tey.nunn@state.nm.us Photo by Tey Diana Rebolledo

  • Mundos de Mestizaje

    NHCC Torreón 1701 4th street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States

    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 to the Americas. The 4,000 square foot painting is one of the largest frescos in North America. The digitized imagery of the painting ensures that this culturally significant work can be a (more...)

  • Christmas Joy

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

    1 pm & 5 pm—Saturday 2 pm—Sunday Come...Experience the Miracle!....Awaken your heart to the true Spirit of Christmas in dance as The Performers Ballet & Jazz Company will present the 35th Anniversary season of its Bravos Award-winning holiday production, Christmas Joy. Over fifty classically-trained dancers will once again inspire audiences in the National Hispanic Cultural Center's Albuquerque Journal Theater with a collection of moving and inspirational classical ballet, jazz and contemporary dance performances choreographed to traditional and contemporary Christmas music. $22, $33 w/ $3 discount for students, (more...)

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  • Los Pastores de Belén

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    3 pm Los Pastores, the New Mexican Shepherds Play, was brought to New Mexico in 17th century from Spain. The play follows the adventures, antics, and battles of shepherds, angels, and devils. On their journey to Bethlehem to take their presents, the shepherds are waylaid by Demonio. The audience is amused by the mischief of Bartolo, the lazy shepherd, and the rhetorical prowess and swordplay of San Miguel. Before it was revived in 1973, when a manuscript was discovered in a home in Las Nutrias, the last (more...)

  • ¡Baile! Casino (Cuban Salsa) Dance Class

    NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24

    6 pm to 8:15 pm 6 pm to 7:15 pm—Beginning and Intermediate Class. No experience is necessary to participate in this class. 7:15 pm to 8:15 pm—Advanced Class In order to participate in this class, dancers must come to at least one 6 pm class and be familiar with the vocabulary and movement introduced in these classes. Dance classes are taught by Larry Heard and Rueda 505 Friends. There is no need to pre-register; just show up in comfortable clothes ready to dance! For more information, call (more...)

  • Colcha Community Stitch-Along

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

    9:30 am – 12 pm 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 or e-mailing elenad.baca@state.nm.us. Free event Facilitated by Sandia Mountains Chapter-EGA

  • Festival Ballet Albuquerque Presents The Nutcracker in the Land of Enchantment

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

    7 pm—Friday, Saturday & Sunday 2 pm—Saturday & Sunday Festival Ballet Albuquerque is partnering with the National Hispanic Cultural Center to present an original production, The Nutcracker in the Land of Enchantment. The beloved holiday classic is transported to territorial New Mexico in the late 1800s. Resplendent in its classical origins, this unique southwestern version adds elements of the state’s heritage and traditions including Spanish dancers, southwestern snakes, sheep and shepherdesses, a lively fandango, a Cochiti Pueblo Storyteller doll with children complete with Roadrunner and Coyote characters! A special treat are the lavish (more...)

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  • The Santaland Diaries

    NHCC-BOD-January-2020-Meeting

    7:30 pm—Friday & Saturday 2 pm—Sunday Cardboard Playhouse presents The Santaland Diaries By David Sedaris, Adapted by Joe Mantello, Starring Kelsey Leos Montoya Based on his beloved humorous and autobiographical essays, David Sedaris' The Santaland Diaries is a wry and witty look at the combination of retail hell and theatrical spectacle that is the holiday season, a sharp, narrowly observed dark comedy. $22 Kelsey Leos Montoya is a founding Member of Cardboard Playhouse Theatre Company and has performed with many theatre companies in Albuquerque. Kelsey starred as Erik (more...)

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  • 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...)