NHCC Art Museum Opening Reception: What We Bring to the Table
2025-09-05 | Visual Art Museum, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
5:00 – 7:30 pm
NHCC Visual Art Museum
Join us for a free Public Reception celebrating the grand opening of the new Visual Art exhibition What We Bring to the Table! Meet the artists and explore the exhibition featuring artwork from the Center’s staff.

About the Exhibition: To celebrate the National Hispanic Cultural Center’s 25th birthday, we explore artworks created by the artists who spend their days (and nights) keeping the Center going.
Featured Artworks by: Adri De La Cruz, Visual Arts Set & Exhibition Designer. Anna Lee DeSaulniers, Film Coordinator. Amy Padilla, History & Literacy Arts Librarian. Christopher Acevedo, Visual & Performing Arts Set & Exhibition Designer. Elena Baca, Education Program Manager. Gabriella Vigil, Event Coordinator. hazel batrezchavez, Curator. Jacob Saavedra, Customer Service Representative. James R. Chávez, Business Operations Specialist. Joe Stephensen, Contractor. Josh Barreras, Campus Safety & Security. Katie Rooke, Graphic Designer. Kim Arthun, Contractor. Petra Brown, History & Literacy Arts Digitization Project Manager. Ralph Trujillo, Custodial. Rosemary Castro-Gallegos, Performing Arts Set & Exhibition Designer. Robin Sanchez, Interim History & Literary Arts Program Manager & Archivist. Samantha, Campus Safety & Security.
Exhibition on view: September 5, 2025- June 7, 2026

¡Vamos!: Intro to Belly Dance
2025-09-06 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:00 am – 12:00 pm

NHCC | Domenici Education Building
Vamos to the National Hispanic Cultural Center on the first Saturday of the month for vibrant monthly family workshops that provide immersive experiences exploring Visual Arts, Performing Arts and History and Literary Arts. Designed to inspire creativity, foster cultural appreciation, and build community, each workshop will offer an inclusive and welcoming space where participants of all ages and backgrounds can come together to explore and celebrate culture through artistic expression, movement, and traditions in an engaging, fun, and educational environment!
This month, discover the rich connections between Arab and Hispanic traditions in this Intro to Belly Dance workshop. Taught by guest artist Sadie Adair, the workshop will introduce participants to the vibrant rhythms and movements of belly dance, highlighting how Arab culture has influenced Hispanic music and dance across centuries. No experience is necessary—just bring your curiosity and a love of movement!
Check www.nhccnm.org/events for updates. Please note that this program will not be held in July or November.

Please pre-register so we know how many materials to prepare at nhccnm.org/events.
For more information, please call or email Elena Baca at 505-220-7928 or ElenaD.Baca@dca.nm.gov.
Free community event, $5 donations are encouraged to support the program & purchase supplies.

Noche de Familia: Noche de Curanderismo & Bless Me, Ultima
2025-09-06 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
4:00 pm Limpia Workshop
6:30 pm Film Screening: Bless Me, Ultima
New Mexico Gas Company presents Noche de Familia: Noche de Curanderismo, consisting of a limpia workshop and screening of Bless Me, Ultima.
Noche de Curanderismo will be dedicated to the immersion and celebration of the indigenous healing practices of Latin America and the Southwest. Curanderismo refers to these practices that rely on natural remedies. The community will have an opportunity to explore curanderismo through a limpia workshop. A limpia is a spiritual clearing practice. The workshop will be followed by a screening of Bless Me Ultima, a film that integrates these practices into a captivating narrative.
Rudolfo Anaya’s beloved and iconic Bless Me, Ultima returns to the NHCC with Carl Franklin’s screen adaptation in partnership with the English department of the University of New Mexico. Bless Me, Ultima is set in the 1940s in rural New Mexico and tells the story of a young boy and the mysterious healer who opens his eyes to the wonders of the spiritual realm. As the entire world is plunged into war and Antonio Marez grapples with the harsh realities all around him, his life is forever changed by the sudden arrival of Ultima, a curandera who inspires him to see the world from a new perspective.
2011; Carl Franklin; English; 102 minutes; Rated PG-13.
Workshop Runtime: 2 hours
Film Runtime: 1h 46m
Free community event, please register using the link below.

Visual Arts Museum: First Sunday Free Admission
2025-09-07, 2025-10-05 | NM
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
The Art Museum presents multiple exhibitions in its three gallery spaces each year and welcomes visitors of all ages. Our three galleries showcase artworks from a range of media that focus on diverse subject matter and examine identity and culture.
On the first Sunday of every month, the Visual Arts Museum is free to all New Mexico residents!

AMP Concerts: Tab Benoit
2025-09-09 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
7:30 pm
AMP Concerts presents Tab Benoit. Tab Benoit is a Grammy nominated singer, songwriter and guitarist who has built a remarkable 30+ year career on the foundation of his gritty and soulful Delta swamp blues, acquiring a devoted legion of fans along the way, as well as 5 Blues Music Awards, including BB King Entertainer of the Year (twice) and an induction into The Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.
$35, $46 & $54
Approximate time of event: 2 hours including intermission.
AMP Concert member pre-sale begins Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at 10:00 am. Tickets for the general public begin Friday, March 21, 2025 at 10:00 am.

*The event is a rental event not an NHCC production. The title, content, photos/images and description for this event were provided to the NHCC by the organization renting the NHCC venue for the event. By serving as a venue and posting the event on its website, the NHCC is not endorsing any views expressed in the title or description of the event, nor is it endorsing the content of the event.
*All NHCC performance/event ticket sales go through the National Hispanic Cultural Center Website. NHCC is a division of New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs. You will be redirected to our central ticketing system. DO NOT BUY FROM THIRD PARTIES. If you see a third party app or website, please report it to the Center at (505) 246-2261.

Arte para Chiquitos: Exploring Texture
2025-09-09 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:00 am
NHCC | Pete V. Domenici Education Building
Arte para chiquitos is a free, monthly, 45-minute program for babies and toddlers ages 0 months to 4 years and their caregivers that cultivates creativity and self-expression through the exploration of Hispanic/Latine arts and culture. Participants explore the NHCC Visual Art Museum, Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts, and engage in artmaking, music, movement, dance, drama, and bilingual story time. NHCC instructors model age-appropriate arts techniques that celebrate self-expression, build vocabulary, and strengthen both fine-motor and gross-motor skills in a fun environment.
Free Community Event. Please register below or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.
This program is generously supported by NM Gas.

Stitch Night
2025-09-10, 2025-10-08 | HLA Conference Room
5:00 – 7:00 pm
NHCC | HLA Conference Room
Stitch socially with us on the second Wednesday of the month! Bring whatever knitting, crocheting, weaving, or cross stitch, or fiber art projects you’re working on, and join the conversation with your fellow crafters for an informal craft get-together. If you would like to learn the basics of a particular stitching technique, please bring supplies with you, though we will always have basic crochet and knitting materials on hand for an impromptu demonstration!
Meetings will be in the Conference Room of The History and Literary Arts building from 5:00pm-7:00pm. For young adult and adult audiences.
Free community event. Please let us know who will be attending by registering below.

Escribir | Escuchar Latine Author Series: A. Gabriel Melendez Reading
2025-09-11 | Salón Ortega, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
6:30 pm Reception and Book Signing
7:00 pm Reading
NHCC | Salón Ortega
Join us as we celebrate the launch of a new book by author A. Gabriel Melendez, Citizens by Treaty/Ciudadanos por tratado, with a reading and reception on Thursday, Sept. 11. Melendez’s book gathers works produced by Spanish-speaking people of Mexican descent who became US citizens by virtue of the Treaty of Guadalup Hidalgo (1948) and whose ancestors had resided in New Mexico, Arizona, California, Texas, and Colorado for hundreds of years. This anthology of songs, poems, speeches, and journalism shows the persistence of a vibrant culture in the face of upheaval and change.
Plus, don’t miss the associated writing workshop on Saturday, September 13, from 10 am to 12 pm. Please register separately for both events below.
Free community event, generously supported by AARP Albuquerque.

NHCC Fall Film Series: Las Tres Sisters
2025-09-11 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
7:00 pm
The NHCC Fall Film Series features Hispanic filmmakers that preserve our stories, promote our experiences and advance the vast cultural identity of our gente. This film series kicks off with Las Tres Sisters (2025) on Thursday, Sept. 11.
Following in the footsteps of their beloved grandmother, three Mexican-American sisters take an adventure through Mexico to complete a traditional pilgrimage and repair their relationship (IMDB).
Las Tres Sisters has received recognition for its story and impact, specifically within the Latino film community. It has been nominated for Best Picture at the Mexican Film and Television Awards and was awarded a LALIFF Works In Progress award from the Latino Film Institute.

Escribir | Escuchar Latine Author Series: A. Gabriel Melendez Workshop
2025-09-13 | Salón Ortega, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:00 am
NHCC | Salón Ortega
Join us as we celebrate the launch of a new book by author A. Gabriel Melendez, Citizens by Treaty/Ciudadanos por tratado, with a writing workshop on Saturday, Sept. 13. Melendez’s book gathers works produced by Spanish-speaking people of Mexican descent who became US citizens by virtue of the Treaty of Guadalup Hidalgo (1948) and whose ancestors had resided in New Mexico, Arizona, California, Texas, and Colorado for hundreds of years. This anthology of songs, poems, speeches, and journalism shows the persistence of a vibrant culture in the face of upheaval and change.
Plus, don’t miss the associated reading and book-signing on Thursday, September 11. Please register separately for both events below.
Free community event, generously supported by AARP Albuquerque.

Speaker Series: Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of NM: The Santa Fe New Mexican
2025-09-13 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:30 am – 12:30 pm

The Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of NM presents the 2025 Speaker Series. The H.G.R.C. of N.M. will host Inez Russell-Gomez a past Editor of the Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper. The Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper, under extraordinary times, has survived 175 years! Inez Russell-Gomez will cover a historic timeline of stories in shifting times and of the newspaper business that is determined to survive. She will share with us her insightful thoughts on an amazing history, while celebrating the 175 Anniversary & Years of New Mexico News Stories.
The HGRC Office is in the History and Literary Arts Building at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, Tuesday & Thursday from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm. By appointment only on Saturdays.
For more information on the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of NM or to make an appointment please call 505-833-4197 or check out their website here: https://www.hgrc-nm.org/index.html
Free Community Event.

Saturday Special- Torreón Tour: Mundos de Mestizaje
2025-09-13 | NHCC Torreón, 1701 4th street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
11:00 am
In addition to our regularly scheduled Thursday and Friday Torreón Tours, the National Hispanic Cultural Center now has a newly added Saturday Tour on the second Saturday of every month. This is a guided tour of the Mundos de Mestizaje fresco created by artist Frederico Vigil, located in the Torreón on the NHCC Campus, depicting thousands of years of Hispanic culture, history, and identity.
Admission to the tour is $2 and tickets are available for advance purchase below. Tickets can also be purchased in the New Mexico Mutual Welcome Center, depending on availability. Capacity for each tour is limited.
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 sharing and learning experience for students and families anywhere. We invite you to explore the imagery, history and complexities of the Mundos de Mestizaje mural.
Discover on your own by clicking the link HERE.
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National Hispanic Cultural Center Foundation: Maravilla 2025
2025-09-13 | Off Campus: Clyde Hotel (330 Tijeras Ave NW), 330 Tijeras Ave NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
5:30 pm
Join the NHCC Foundation for an elegant evening gala celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the National Hispanic Cultural Center. A night of culture, community, and celebration.
Somos Plata symbolizes the strength, brilliance, and unity of the Hispanic community — just like silver, which is resilient, luminous, and timeless. This evening will honor the past, celebrate the present, and inspire the future of the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Somos Plata. We are a part of this story. Somos Plata. We Are Silver.
The 2025 Maravilla will be held at:
The Clyde Hotel
330 Tijeras Ave NW
Albuquerque NM 87102
For more information, please follow the link below:
www.maravillagala.com
Presented by Holmans USA

Mexican Independence Day Celebration in partnership with the Mexican Consulate
2025-09-15 | Patio | Fountain Courtyard, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
5:30 – 7:30 pm
In collaboration with the Consulate of Mexico, the National Hispanic Cultural Center is proud to host a celebration of Mexican Independence Day featuring vendors, dancing, and much more!
On Sept. 15, the Center will be joined by the Consulate of Mexico providing a formal flag unveiling and the traditional Grito, a celebration announcement of independence. The courtyard of the celebration will be adorned with Mexican flags and other decorations. The event will feature local vendors selling refreshments while celebrating with traditional music and dance.
Free Community Event, in collaboration with the Mexican Consulate.

Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime
2025-09-16 | NHCC Library, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:00 am
NHCC | HLA Library
Stories come to life through art, movement, and more! For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers.
Bilingual Storytime is designed for children ages 3 to 5 and their caregivers. For school, childcare, or homeschool groups; please reach out to NHCC Librarian Amy Padilla at amy.padilla@dca.nm.gov or the NHCC HLA Interim Program Manager Robin Moses at robin.moses@dca.nm.gov to find out about group options and available dates. We are unable to accommodate these groups during the Bilingual Storytime on third Tuesdays.
Free community event, generously supported by NM Gas. Please let us know who will be attending by registering below.

The iDance 2025 Recital
2025-09-20 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
2:00 pm
Join the Innovative Dance Company on September 20, 2025 at 2 pm at the National Hispanic Cultural Center for the iDance Recital, where our talented young dancers will light up the stage with their passion, energy, and skill. This special event showcases the hard work and dedication of our students, as they perform a variety of captivating routines that reflect their growth and love for dance. Whether it’s their first recital or they are seasoned performers, each dancer will leave you inspired and entertained. Don’t miss this unforgettable afternoon of dance and celebration!
$21, $23, $25

*The event is a rental event not an NHCC production. The title, content, photos/images and description for this event were provided to the NHCC by the organization renting the NHCC venue for the event. By serving as a venue and posting the event on its website, the NHCC is not endorsing any views expressed in the title or description of the event, nor is it endorsing the content of the event.
*All NHCC performance/event ticket sales go through the National Hispanic Cultural Center Website. NHCC is a division of New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs. You will be redirected to our central ticketing system. DO NOT BUY FROM THIRD PARTIES. If you see a third party app or website, please report it to the Center at (505) 246-2261.

Viva Indie: The future of New Mexico Film
2025-09-23 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
6:00 pm: Discussion
7:00 pm: Networking Mixer
NHCC | Bank of America Theatre
Presented by NHCC & New Mexico Film Office
Join us for a discussion on the future of filmmaking in New Mexico! We will hear from filmmakers who have carved out careers from our vibrant local industry. We will discuss challenges and triumphs of independent filmmaking as well as how to get started or enhance your participation as a local filmmaker or cinephile.
Moderators: Respect the Connect (Trad to Trav and Lenwords)
Film Panel:
Alejandro Montoya Marin
Matthew Page
Michelle Waterson Gomez
Shaandiin Tome
Free community event. Limited availability. Please register to attend.

NHCC Book Club: The Last Cuentista/La Ultima Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera
2025-09-24 | HLA Conference Room
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
NHCC | HLA Conference Room
The NHCC invites lovers of literature, folks who love to read, and those who enjoy talking about the history and the vast array of identities that contribute to Latinidad/Hispanidad to join us! We will meet on the fourth Wednesday of every month in the Center’s HLA Conference Room.
The Last Cuentista/La Ultima Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera is September’s book:
A girl named Petra Peña wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita. But Petra’s world is ending. Earth has been destroyed by a comet, and only a few scientists and their children – among them Petra and her family – have been chosen to journey to a new planet. They must carry on the human race.
Hundreds of years later, Petra wakes to this new planet – discovering that she is the only person who remembers Earth. A sinister Collective has purged the memories of all aboard, taken over the ship during its journey, bent on erasing the sins of humanity’s past.
Petra alone now carries the stories of our past, and with them, any hope for our future. Can she make them live again?
Free community event. Please let us know who will be attending by registering below.

Genealogy Workshops
2025-09-25 | Salón Ortega, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
NHCC | Salón Ortega
Explore your cultural heritage at the NHCC with a free genealogy workshop as part of our Siempre Creativo program! These workshops will provide participating seniors with an opportunity to learn about the descendants of a person, their family, or their connection to an ancestor. Join us as we discover where we came from, where we have been and the complex interrelating parts of our familial ancestral lines.
This workshop will feature a presentation from the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico.
Free Community Event, generously supported by AARP New Mexico. Please register here or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.

The Early Chicano Movement at New Mexico Highlands University, ca. 1968–1970: A Historical Overview
2025-09-25 | Visual Art Museum, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
6:00 to 7:00 pm
Join us at the Visual Art Museum for a Lecture and Q&A with Julianna Loera-Wiggins on the Early Chicano Movement at New Mexico Highlands University. She will be introduced by Ray Hernández-Durán, Ph.D, co-curator of the NHCC art exhibition Voces del Pueblo: Artists of the Levantamiento Chicano in New Mexico.
Free Community Event. Please register using the link below.
About the exhibition: Voces del Pueblo: Artists of the Levantamiento Chicano in New Mexico features a group of New Mexican artists who were among the earliest generation of Chicana and Chicano activists in the state. The artworks on display capture a distinctly New Mexican Chicana and Chicano experience that has received little attention in Chicano art history. Learn more at nhccnm.org/museum.

The Albuquerque Folk Festival
2025-09-28 | NHCC Campus, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:00 am – 8:00 pm
National Hispanic Cultural Center Campus
Enjoy the Albuquerque Folk Festival this year! Kids under 18 & seniors 85+ enter for free at the gate, day of festival.
The Albuquerque Folk Festival offers over 100 events including 5 performance areas, 6 music and dance workshop venues, 3 Jam venues, a musical instrument petting zoo, arts and crafts vendors, food vendors, kids’ tent, merch booth, a consignment booth, a free instrument check area, a bike parking area, free parking, free golf cart rides for transport. Gates open at 10:00 am and close at 8:00 pm.
Time of Event:
*Gates open at 10:00 am.
*The festival starts at 10:00 am and ends at 8:00 pm.
*Evening blues dance & lesson starts at 5:30 pm
*Most workshops, kids’ tent, jams, and storytelling start at 10:30 am and end between 4:30-5:30 pm
All sales are final. This is a rain or shine event. We hope you will be able to use your purchased ticket and enjoy the festival, but if you can’t, we thank you for your support to our non-profit, educational, all-volunteer event!
For more information, please go to the Albuquerque Folk Festival home page: http://www.abqfolkfest.org/index.shtml
Click here for The Albuquerque Folk Festival Program Overview
Advance Tickets: (through September 14): $20 Adults, $15 students, seniors (65-84), and military (Active & Veterans) w/ Id.
Regular Tickets: (September 15 to September 28): $29 Adults, $24 students, seniors (65-84), and military (Active & Veterans) w/ Id.
Kids under 17 years old and younger & seniors 85+ enter for free at the gate, day of festival.
*Price of the tickets include a $4 ticket service fee.

*The event is a rental event not an NHCC production. The title, content, photos/images and description for this event were provided to the NHCC by the organization renting the NHCC venue for the event. By serving as a venue and posting the event on its website, the NHCC is not endorsing any views expressed in the title or description of the event, nor is it endorsing the content of the event.
*All NHCC performance/event ticket sales go through the National Hispanic Cultural Center Website. NHCC is a division of New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs. You will be redirected to our central ticketing system. DO NOT BUY FROM THIRD PARTIES. If you see a third party app or website, please report it to the Center at (505) 246-2261.

Happy Arte Hour: Shannon Bay from NM Museum of Natural History and Science
2025-10-02 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
6:00 – 8:00 pm
NHCC | Pete V. Domenici Education Building
NHCC invites adults 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.
Please pre-register with the link below (so we know how many materials to prepare). Registration for the following month is available the day after the current program month. For more information, please call or email Elena Baca at 505-246-2261 or elenad.baca@dca.nm.gov.
Free Community Event. $5+ donations are encouraged to support the artists & purchase supplies.

Reading: Yolanda Nava
2025-10-02 | Salón Ortega, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
6:30 pm

NHCC | Salón Ortega
Join us for a two-day reading and workshop event featuring author Yolanda Nava, in celebration of her book Through The Dark. Through the Dark tells the remarkable true story of Nava’s fight with a mysterious illness that nearly claimed her life – eventually diagnosed as a rare autoimmune disease. Inspiring, uplifting, and transcendent in purpose, Through The Dark reads like a gripping thriller as Nava conducts an investigation into her own life.

On October 4, the Center will host a workshop with Yolanda Nava at 10:00 am. Please register separately for both events.
Free Community Event.

VAMOS! Intro to African Dance
2025-10-04 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
NHCC | Domenici Education Building
Experience the joy and energy of African dance in this special introductory class with guest artist Malé Fainké at the National Hispanic Cultural Center on Saturday, October 4, from 10am–12pm. Open to all ages and abilities, the workshop highlights the deep African influence on Hispanic music and rhythms through movement, culture, and community. Come ready to move, connect, and celebrate the roots that shape our shared traditions.
Vamos to the National Hispanic Cultural Center on the first Saturday of the month for vibrant monthly family workshops that provide immersive experiences exploring Visual Arts, Performing Arts and History and Literary Arts. Designed to inspire creativity, foster cultural appreciation, and build community, each workshop will offer an inclusive and welcoming space where participants of all ages and backgrounds can come together to explore and celebrate culture through artistic expression, movement, and traditions in an engaging, fun, and educational environment!
Check www.nhccnm.org/events for updates. Please note that this program will not be held in July or November.
Please register below or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.
Free community event, $5 donations are encouraged to support the program & purchase supplies.

Workshop: Yolanda Nava
2025-10-04 | Salón Ortega, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:00 am
NHCC | Salón Ortega
Head back to the Center on Oct. 4 for the second half of our two-day reading and workshop event featuring author Yolanda Nava, in celebration of her book Through The Dark. Through the Dark tells the remarkable true story of Nava’s fight with a mysterious illness that nearly claimed her life – eventually diagnosed as a rare autoimmune disease. Inspiring, uplifting, and transcendent in purpose, Through The Dark reads like a gripping thriller as Nava conducts an investigation into her own life.

On October 2, the Center will host a reading with Yolanda Nava at 6:00 pm. Please register separately for both events.
Free Community Event.

Pláticas Públicas: In the Gallery with the Artists
2025-10-05 | Visual Art Museum, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
2:00 to 4:00 pm
Head to the NHCC Visual Art Museum for a Gallery Tour led by Juanita J. Lavadie and Ignacio “Nacho” Jaramillo, two of the artists featured in the NHCC art exhibition Voces del Pueblo: Artists of the Levantamiento Chicano in New Mexico.
Free Community Event. Please register using the link below.
About the exhibition: Voces del Pueblo: Artists of the Levantamiento Chicano in New Mexico features a group of New Mexican artists who were among the earliest generation of Chicana and Chicano activists in the state. The artworks on display capture a distinctly New Mexican Chicana and Chicano experience that has received little attention in Chicano art history. Learn more at nhccnm.org/museum.

New Mexico Philharmonic: Schubert’s Tragic Symphony
2025-10-05 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
2:00 pm
New Mexico Philharmonic presents Schubert’s Tragic Symphony

Francois Lopez-Ferrer, conductor
Ella Tasker violin
Sean Choi piano
Mozart Overture to Don Giovanni
Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218: I. Allegro
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58: III. Rondo-Vivace
Schubert Symphony No. 4 in c minor, “Tragic”
Step into the heart of musical drama with Schubert’s emotionally charged “Tragic” Symphony. This concert showcases the brilliant young talents of Ella Tasker and Sean Choi, first-place winners of the Jackie McGehee Young Artists’ Competition, performing selections from Mozart’s lyrical Violin Concerto No. 4 and Beethoven’s radiant Piano Concerto No. 4, respectively. And we open the evening with the stormy passion of Mozart’s Don Giovanni Overture. This afternoon is a perfect blend of elegance and fire.
Run time: Approximately 2 hours

*The event is a rental event not an NHCC production. The title, content, photos/images and description for this event were provided to the NHCC by the organization renting the NHCC venue for the event. By serving as a venue and posting the event on its website, the NHCC is not endorsing any views expressed in the title or description of the event, nor is it endorsing the content of the event.
*All NHCC performance/event ticket sales go through the National Hispanic Cultural Center Website. NHCC is a division of New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs. You will be redirected to our central ticketing system. DO NOT BUY FROM THIRD PARTIES. If you see a third party app or website, please report it to the Center at (505) 246-2261.

Launchpad Presents Michael Schenker
2025-10-08 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
7:00 pm, doors at 6:00 pm
Launchpad Presents Michael Schenker, with special guest Armored Saint.
Michael Schenker is a German guitarist. He played in the rock band UFO and leads the Michael Schenker Group (MSG). He was an early member of the hard rock band Scorpions, a band co-founded by his elder brother Rudolf Schenker. In the mid-1970s, Schenker joined UFO, playing lead and rhythm guitar. He left the band in 1978 to briefly rejoin Scorpions for the recording of Lovedrive, and then to form MSG. He has rejoined UFO three times, producing an album each time. Schenker continues to perform and record. He has been called “a legendary figure in the history of metal guitar.”
$44, $64, $84 & $104. *Price includes a $4 NHCC facility fee
Tickets on sale Friday, March 21, 2025 at 12:00 pm.
*The event is a rental event not an NHCC production. The title, content, photos/images and description for this event were provided to the NHCC by the organization renting the NHCC venue for the event. By serving as a venue and posting the event on its website, the NHCC is not endorsing any views expressed in the title or description of the event, nor is it endorsing the content of the event.
