¡Baile! Casino (Cuban Salsa) Dance Class
NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-246 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, contact (more...)
Colcha Community Stitch-Along
Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM9:30 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
Bosque Chile Festival
NHCC Campus 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM10 am - 6 pm A celebration of food, art, and culture on the Rio Grande The Bosque Chile Festival is a celebration of art, culture, and food of New Mexico, developed to showcase and honor New Mexican and Latino/Hispanic culture and agriculture in the middle Rio Grande Valley by offering performances, art, educational sessions, chef demonstrations, value-added products, and produce that pay homage to time-honored and celebrated New Mexican traditions, foods, and crafts. This public event features entertainment, kids’ activities, arts and crafts vendors, food trucks/vendors, craft (more...)
Mundos de Mestizaje
NHCC Torreón 1701 4th street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States12 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...)
Domingos en Arte: Redobles de Cultura
Patio | Fountain Courtyard 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States6 pm Domingos en Arte, the summer music and dance series presented by MelazaMusic and the National Hispanic Cultural Center, is completing its fourth season, with the final concert scheduled for August 18. We have invited a wide range of Latin artists for family-friendly summer Sundays that feature live music, drinks, and delicious Latin cuisine in the NHCC’s enchanting Fountain Courtyard. Redobles de Cultura is a collective of top New York City-based, next generation Afro-Puerto Rican and Afro-Caribbean bomba practitioners, cultural workers, and educators. Their work highlights (more...)
¡Baile! Casino (Cuban Salsa) Dance Class
NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-246 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, contact (more...)
NHCC Book Club
History and Literary Arts Building5:30 pm The NHCC Book Club meets once a month to talk about that month's selected book. Book for August: Fruit of the Drunken Tree (2018) by Ingrid Rojas. 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: A palabra xusta/La palabra justa
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-307 pm In August, the Center continues its partnership with Instituto Cervantes to present films in the organization’s current Espacio femenino series. Instituto Cervantes has offered this series since 2010, presenting contemporary work by women filmmakers and focusing on women’s concerns and issues. A palabra xusta is a game invented by a teacher for her students, in which each child writes, in one word, what s/he has learned in that day’s class. The answers are put on the board, and everyone chooses the best—the right word. In (more...)
Albuquerque Latin Dance Festival 2019
NHCC Campus 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NMAugust 23-25, 2019 Dance workshops 10 am to 5 pm Friday through Sunday; doors open for main concert 7 pm Saturday; wrap-up party 7 pm Sunday Main concert is $20 Early Bird and $25 in advance, w/ $2 discount for NHCC members; wrap-up party is $10, w/ $2 discount for NHCC members; dance workshops are $25 for a single workshop and $70 for a full day of workshops All-access pass, including all dance workshops, is $100 in advance, $120 after 5 pm on Thursday, August 22, w/ (more...)
Opening Reception for ALMA: Mosaics From the Soul
History and Literary Arts Building6 to 8:30 pm The ALMA Summer Institute (formally Mayor's Art Institute) was created in 1999 to provide paid training and mentorship for artistically talented youth and adults through its apprenticeship model. The apprentices work with Lead Artists to create handmade tile mosaics, helping with every aspect of making a public artwork. In 8-10 weeks, they assist with design, carve tiles from wet clay, glaze tiles, fire a kiln, cement tiles to the wall, and grout the finished artwork. The designs are conceptualized, researched, and drawn collaboratively (more...)