In 2019, the National Hispanic Cultural Center will launch its first summer reading program for students in grades 3 and 4 who need help with reading. This program is part of the Bilingual Children's Book Festival Students will read with trained tutors on a weekly basis in the NHCC library during the summer months, June-August, […]
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, join Jocelyn Salas and Elena in a slight museum […]
9:00 am-12:00 pm NHCC Multi-Purpose Room and Parking Lot We cordially invite you to participate in the Children First 5K Fun Run and Family Event! Noah’s Ark Children’s Academy is a 5 Star rated children's program that cares for children 6 weeks-12 years of age. Not only do we provide daily care, but we also […]
10:30 am Join Dr. Joseph Sanchez author, historian and former Director of the Petroglyph 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 second lecture in this series is listed below. La Ruta de Oñate, 1598-1609 and the […]
Education Building - Classroom 122/124 10 am to 5 pm Cultural responsive teaching encourages educators to allow students to enter the classroom as their authentic selves. Rather than forcing students to code-switch, they are asked about where they come from and to relate that to the course material. The goal is to create an environment where […]
In April 2019, we made lemonade out of lemons in the Art Museum. Not real lemonade, because food and drink aren’t allowed in the Museum! We were expecting construction, and to keep the art safe, it had to be put in storage. We took the families participating in our Saturday program, Vamos al Museo into […]
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 […]
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. […]
6 pm Join us to celebrate new poetry by writers completing an 8-week workshop at the NHCC. In 2018 the NHCC launched a series of community writing workshops in memoir, fiction and poetry. Each culminates with a reading of new work created by local authors. Authors: Mikki Aronoff, Bonnie Basan, Amy Beveridge, Das Lanzilotti, Sherrisse Noelle, […]
7 pm Tom, an irascible American doctor, comes to France to deal with the tragic loss of his son. Rather than return home, he decides to embark on the historical pilgrimage El Camino de Santiago (“The Way of Saint James”) to honor his son’s desire to finish the journey. What Tom doesn’t plan on is […]
