• Writing Workshop: Fiction (All Genres)

    History and Literary Arts Building

    6 pm, Wednesdays (eight weeks between January 16 and March 6) The NHCC is committed to cultivating local writers and celebrating their work. In this workshop, writers read excerpts from books by Latinx authors, engage in a variety of writing exercises that build skills and generate new writing,. Each class gives a public reading as a culminating event. Instructor:  Brenna Gomez (UNM). Deadline to register: Monday, January 14, 2019. Workshop Fee: $250 (about $30 per class). Limit: 12 writers so register early! Three Scholarships are available for (more...)

  • NHCC Book Club

    5:30 pm The NHCC Book Club meets once a month to talk about that month's selected book. In February, the book will be Natalie Scenters-Zapico, The Verging Cities (poetry). Scenter-Zapico will also be reading at the NHCC on March 22, 2019. To join the NHCC Book Club, register here. NHCC Book Club members who purchase their books through Bookworks get a 10% discount on that title.

  • Film: Harvest of Loneliness: The Bracero Program

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    7 pm This historical documentary, shedding light on the current debate over immigration reform and the use of “guest workers” in American agriculture, examines what was known as the Bracero Program—a system put in place from 1942 to 1964 to recruit Mexican farm laborers for temporary work in the United States. The film features testimony from surviving braceros as well as these workers’ family members and descendants, along with commentary from featured experts and extensive archival material. Anna Uremovich, archivist for the NHCC’s History and Literary Arts (more...)

  • First Friday: Volunteer Education and Conversation

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

    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 more information on the NHCC Docent and Volunteer program, Please call Annette Lujan at 505-383-4783 or email her at Annette.Lujan@state.nm.us for more information. Free event

  • Carnaval 2019: with PANdemonium and Odara Dance Ensemble

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

    7:30 pm The NHCC’s annual celebration of Carnaval is a dazzling spectacle of vibrant dance, engaging music, and beautiful costumes, featuring the band PANdemonium and the Odara Dance Ensemble and showcasing the Carnaval celebrations of Cuba, Trinidad, Brazil and New Orleans. Carnaval, the festive season occurring before Lent in many countries, including Latin American and Caribbean nations as well as parts of the United States, is one of the world’s most widespread celebrations and one of its biggest parties. Among the guidelines that the Performing Arts program (more...)

  • ¡Vamos al Museo!

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

    10:30 am to 12 pm A great morning of art-making for children of all ages and families of all sizes. A visit to the museum is included in this artist-led workshop. We will meet in the Creative Classroom in the Pete V. Domenici Building. This month, celebrate our upcoming exhibit, "Que Chola" as you explore identity portraits and patterns making art in black and white, through printmaking and collage Inspired by Nancy Camacho's work. Please pre-register HERE (so we know how many materials to prepare) For more (more...)

  • Monthly Speakers Program for the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of NM (Rental)

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    10:30 am Join Dr. Joseph Sanchez author, historian and former Director of the Petro glyph National Monument as he presents six consecutive lectures on New Mexico History entitled “Historical Dialogues: New Mexicans and the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, 1598-1692." The topic of the first lecture is “Prelude to Empire; The Development of Spanish and Mexican Archives.  A.  European Sovereignty, Migration, and Native American Territoriality.  1. Documentary Cartographical Collections and Bibliography of Spanish North America.  2. Cartography of Onate’s Exploration of the Great Plains and Miguel’s Map (more...)

  • 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...)

  • ABQ Philharmonic Presents “Art and Music Combined!” (Rental)

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

    3 pm - 4:30 pm Music director Byron Herrington conducts the ABQ Philharmonic in “Art and Music Combined!” Students create artwork based on listening to the music, which is then projected above the orchestra as well as displayed in the lobby. On the program are The Flying Dutchman Overture by Richard Wagner, Casablanca Suite by Max Steiner, Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes by Benjamin Britten, La Boutique Fantasque Suite by Ottorino Respighi/Rossini, and Háry János Suite by Zoltan Kodaly. For more information, please call 505-433-7445 or visit (more...)

  • ¡Baile! Rueda de Casino (Cuban Salsa) Dance Class

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    6 pm to 7 pm Beginning and Intermediate – This class is geared for teenagers and adults. Come learn footwork, partner skills and choreography. No experience necessary. 7 pm to 8 pm Intermediate and Advanced – In order to participate in this class, dancers must know how to keep time, closed position calls, dame, enchufla, and outside turn. Dance classes taught by Sarita Streng, Nick Babic, Adam “El Caballo” Metcalf, Larry Heard, and Rueda 505 Friends. In the meantime, a fun video from Rueda Con Ritmo Dance Group who was (more...)