• 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...)

  • Film: ¡COLORES! The Musical Adventures of John Donald Robb in New Mexico

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    7 pm The late John Donald Robb loved and composed all kinds of music, but his passion for the songs of everyday folk is what he is remembered for most. Roaming the countryside of the Southwest during the 40s and 50s, Robb recorded and transcribed over 3,000 Hispano folk songs, the largest collection of its time. This documentary celebrates the life of this adventurous musician and the modern day ethnomusicologists who continue to record and archive New Mexico's disappearing folk music traditions. Presented in partnership with New (more...)

  • Film: Where God Left His Shoes

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    7 pm The film originally scheduled for December 12, Nosotros los Nobles/The Noble Family, will be rescheduled at a later date. There will be no film screenings on December 26 or January 9. The Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series will resume on January 23. Jobless and living with his family in a homeless shelter, a one-time boxer takes his 10-year-old stepson with him as he hustles for work on Christmas Eve. Praised as John Leguizamo’s “truest performance on film,” Where God Left His Shoes is (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...)

  • Film: Neruda

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    7 pm In post-World War II Chile, a police prefect pursues Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda, now a fugitive in his own country for joining the Communist Party. In this story of a persecuted artist and his obsessive adversary, Neruda sees his chance to become a symbol for liberty as well as a literary legend. Directed by Pablo Larraín; Spanish with English subtitles; 107 minutes; rated R. Presented as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series. Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before (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...)

  • Inside Opera Series: Il Postino

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

    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...)

  • Film: The Last Suit/El último traje

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    7 pm At 88, Abraham Bursztein is seeing his place in the world rapidly disappear. His kids have sold his Buenos Aires residence, set him up to move to a retirement home, and disagree on how to handle his fading health. But Abraham survived the Holocaust, made a successful life in a foreign land, and isn’t about to quietly fade away. Instead, he plots a secret one-way trip to Poland, where he plans to find the Christian friend who saved him from certain death at the end (more...)

  • Film: La filla d’algú/La hija de alguien

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    Tonight’s film screening has been postponed 7 pm Eli, a 30-year-old lawyer, is pregnant with her first child. On the day of the oral hearing of a high-profile media trial that she has been preparing with her father, a renowned Barcelona lawyer, he suddenly disappears. From this point on, Eli must race to unravel family secrets that have been kept from her until now... or that she hasn’t wanted to see, and her search will lead her to a reality that will turn her world upside down. (more...)

  • Film: Young and Beautiful

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    All events at the NHCC through April 9, 2020 have been cancelled / postponed. Please call the NHCC at 505-246-2261 for more information. 7 pm Poti, Nais, Ione, and Das are young Spanish women who live on their own terms. But as they approach their thirties, a profound unease overcomes them: they are still far from being the independent, self-confident, and passionate adults they always dreamed of being. Each has to examine her identity through dialogue, in an intimate exchange with Marina, their friend and the director (more...)