• Chispa: New Latin Music Series, Palenke Soultribe

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

    8 pm Palenke Soultribe (PST), a live electronic production collective based in Los Angeles, deconstructs Afro-Colombian rhythms and blends them with modern beats, catchy bass lines, and synthesized arpeggios. Always pushing the envelope visually and conceptually, the group represents a new generation of Colombian musicians ready to break all the rules. Watch them in action HERE. Opening for PST is Baracutanga, a seven-piece band – representing four different countries – that arranges traditional South American rhythms in interesting ways, such as huayño and cumbia with Middle-Eastern derbuka, (more...)

  • Gallery Tour with Carlos Quinto Kemm

    September-2019-Board-Meeting-Minutes

    2 pm to 3 pm Carlos will share insight on his work and process while guiding visitors through the exhibition, Fantasía Fantástica: Imaginative Spaces and Other-Worldly Collage, that showcases his elaborate collages spanning the last 27 years. Each piece is rich in detail and a myriad of mythological, literary, and art historical references that play hide and seek within the compositions. This special tour is free with NHCC Museum admission purchase.   About Carlos' work: Carlos Quinto Kemm creates stunning painted collage interpretations of the dream-like and mystical. His use (more...)

  • Chispa: Pimentel Concert Series, Pimentel Guitars 65th Anniversary

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

    This event is sold out! 7 pm This concert, celebrating the 65th anniversary of Pimentel Guitars and presented in partnership with Pimentel Music, is a tribute to the late master guitar makers Lorenzo Pimentel and Agustin Pimentel. The ninth in the NHCC’s Pimentel Music Series, it will feature acclaimed guitarists in genres ranging from classical to popular to jazz to folk to flamenco, with a line-up including Mariachi Tenampa, Gustavo Pimentel, Dan Lambert and the Creatures of Habit, Ambrose Rivera with Trio Bravo, Harry Irizarry, John Truitt, (more...)

  • La Canoa: Nuevomexicano Children’s Literature: Bilingual and Bicultural in Both Past and Present

    History and Literary Arts Building

    2 pm to 4 pm Join panelists Amy Córdova, artist and illustrator; and Enrique L. Lamadrid, Gabriel Meléndez, Anna M. Nogar, and Michael Trujillo, from the University of New Mexico for a discussion on Nuevomexicano children’s literature. Recent studies of popular cultural production often center on forms intended for adults. This roundtable will consider a genre designed for children that involves adult interlocutors and mentors. The panelist discussion will center on bilingual, culturally informed children’s books that treat topics relating to New Mexican history, oral literature and (more...)

  • Siembra: Solving for X: The Education Project, School Day Event

    NHCC-BOD-January-2020-Meeting

    By the Working Classroom 10 am  Working Classroom’s theatre ensemble collaborates with Scott Barrow from Tectonic Theater Project and guest director/playwright Milta Ortiz from Arizona’s Borderlands Theater to create an immersive bilingual performance based on community interviews and dedicated to bringing a face and voice to educational inequity. This is a free event with registration. Limited availability. For a PDF with all of the education opportunities please click HERE. If you would like to register please click HERE. For more information please contact Elena Baca at ElenaD.Baca@state.nm.us or (more...)

  • Film: The Burning Season

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    7 pm The real-life story of Chico Mendes, the Brazilian rubber tapper, union leader, and environmental activist whose relentless campaigning against the exploitation and destruction of the rainforest led to his assassination in 1990 by ranchers opposed to his activism. Presented as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series. 1994; directed by John Frankenheimer; English; 123 minutes; rated R. Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before show

  • Aliento: Carnaval 2017, School Day Event

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

    10 am 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. This is a free event with registration. Limited availability. For a PDF with all of the education opportunities please click HERE. If you would like to register please click HERE. For more information please contact Elena Baca at ElenaD.Baca@state.nm.us or call her direct line at 505-383-4734

  • Aliento: Carnaval 2017

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

    7:30 pm Come celebrate Carnaval as the NHCC and Frank Leto Musical Ventures turn the Albuquerque Journal Theatre into the set of a television dance show! As in years past, the Odara Dance Ensemble and the musical group PANdemonium will take you on a journey through the Carnaval traditions of Cuba, Trinidad, Brazil and New Orleans. But this year, the audience will be joining the celebration! As Fernando Fresquez hosts the dazzling spectacle of vibrant dance, engaging music, and beautiful costumes you have come to expect, there (more...)

  • Aliento: Jesús Muñoz Flamenco, Red Note, School Day Event

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

    10 am Casa Flamenca and the NHCC present a school day event for Jesús Muñoz Flamenco in Red Note--original music and works by a cast of international dancers and musicians that explores dynamic, visionary movements in dance, music, and visual art inspired by cante flamenco. Red Note will take you on a journey through southern Spain--where soul meets dance--and through the evolution of flamenco's dance and music. This is a free event with registration. Limited availability. For a PDF with all of the education opportunities please click HERE. (more...)

  • ¡HAH! Happy Arte Hour with Artist Rachel Muldez

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

    5:30 pm to 7:30 pm On the first Thursday of the month, the National Hispanic Cultural Center invites adults for artistic fun. Snacks and refreshments, as well as beer and wine are for sale from Pop Fizz to fuel your creative juices. This month, artist Rachel Muldez will be guiding a project inspired by her work in the NHCC Art Museum exhibition, Fantasía Fantástica: Imaginative Spaces and Other-Worldly Collage! Please pre-register using the link below (so we know how many materials to prepare) https://goo.gl/forms/yALP5QDJlO1F5oJx1 For more information (more...)