¡Música del Corazón!—Aventuras musicales: Spain, Mexico, New Mexico
2017-11-05 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
12:15 pm—Pre-concert lecture
1 pm—Concert
Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before performance
New Mexico folk traditions, old and new, take center stage during an afternoon of captivating music as the University of New Mexico’s Robb Musical Trust and the National Hispanic Cultural Center present their annual celebration of traditional Nuevo Mexicano music, ¡Música del Corazón!
On the wings of melody, rhythm, and poetry, ¡Música del Corazón! concerts, featuring new groups and different traditions each year, tell us as much about our past as about our future. The concerts honor the contributions of John Donald Robb, Sr., former dean of UNM’s College of Fine Arts and a recognized music pioneer, and are dedicated in memory of his son, John Donald Robb, Jr., a driving force in the development of the Robb Musical Trust. The 2017 concert is also dedicated to Priscilla Robb McDonnell, sister of John D. Robb, Jr. It is preceded by an informative pre-concert lecture by concert curator Enrique Lamadrid.
This year’s concert commemorates Nuevo Mexicano roots in the musical contexts of Mexico and Spain, in keeping with the vision of the Robb Musical Trust. Featured performers are:
• Lone Piñon, a lively string conjunto equally at home with the tunes of the bailes nuevomexicanos, the huapangos of Mexico’s Huasteca region, the sones abajeños of the state of Michoacán, and the music of the borderlands;
• Tomás Lozano and his Alburquerque group ¡Viva la Pepa!, celebrating our deepest Iberian heritage with the ancient romance ballads still sung in the upper Rio Grande, and the unusual instruments that once accompanied them;
• Frank McCulloch, returning with his Amigos to explore more of his vast regional repertoire of songs and ballads, charting how Mexico has always inspired the New Mexican musical imagination;
For more information, please contact the Robb Musical Trust at 505-277-8967 or admin@robbtrust.org.
Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before performance
Thank you to our Performing Arts Season Sponsors Heritage Hotels and Resorts, the Albuquerque Journal and Southwest Airlines!

Monthly Speakers Program for the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of NM (Rental)
2017-11-04 | NHCC-BOD-January-2020-Meeting
10:30 am
Join Dr. Joseph Sanchez for his presentation “Nuestra Herencia Cultural: The New Mexico Land Grant Connection in Perspective,” on November 4, 2017. “Between Two Rivers, The Atrisco Land Grant in Albuquerque History 1692-1968” will also be included in Dr. Sanchez’s presentation. The book will be available at the meeting for $35.
Dr. Joseph P. Sánchez retired from the National Park Service in 2014 after 35 years of service. During that time, he served as a National Park Service research historian and administrator, including a term as Superintendent of Petroglyph National Monument (2003-2014). His publications include studies on Spanish colonial and Mexican period Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California and Alaska. As an NPS historian, he directed congressionally mandated studies on the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the Camino Real de los Tejas, and Old Spanish Trail, which are designated National Historic Trails. Dr. Sanchez was inducted into the prestigious knighthood, Orden de Isabel la Católica by King don Juan Carlos of Spain In 2005. In 2010-11, the Secretary of the Interior and the Director of the National Park Service named him to serve as chair of the American Latino Heritage Theme Analysis Task Force to review how Latino themes can better supplement and/or be integrated into the narration of our national story.

Reading & Booksigning: Pablo Brescia, The Defeat of the Real, and Santiago Vaquera-Vásquez, En el Lost y Found
2017-11-04 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-26–September-7
2 pm to 4 pm
Join Pablo Brescia as he reads from his book La derrota de lo real/The Defeat of the Real (Miami and Mexico, 2017) and Santiago Vaquera-Vásquez as he reads from his book En el Lost y Found (2016).
Pablo Brescia makes us see that what is created by literature can be, at the same time, fictional and present within us. Some stories deconstruct reality, others assemble worlds playing with detective fiction or science fiction; some are ironic, others satiric; some refer back to Wilcock and Bolaño, others to Borges. In these stories, Brescia’s narrative pulse proves to be necessary by helping us capture reality’s insane ways.
Santiago Vaquera-Vásquez is an unrepentant border crosser, ex-dj, Xicano writer, painter, and academic. An Associate Professor of Creative Writing and Hispanic Southwest Literatures and Cultures in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of New Mexico, he is recently back in New Mexico after a year as a Fulbright Senior Lecturer in Ankara, Turkey. He has also taught and lectured at universities across the United States, Latin America, and Europe. A member of the research group UC-Mexicanistas.

Pablo Brescia was born in Buenos Aires and has lived in the United States since 1986. He has published three books of short stories: La derrota de lo real/The Defeat of the Real (Miami and Mexico, 2017), Fuera de Lugar/Out of Place (Peru, 2012/Mexico, 2013) and La apariencia de las cosas/The Appearance of Things (México, 1997), and a book of hybrid texts No hay tiempo para la poesía/NoTime for Poetry (Buenos Aires, 2011), with the pen name Harry Bimer. Some of his stories are collected in ESC (Miami, 2013) and Gente ordinaria/Ordinary People (Mexico, 2014). His blog is Preferiría (no) hacerlo/I Would Prefer (Not) To (http://pablobrescia.blogspot.com). He teaches Latin American Literature at the University of South Florida.
Santiago Vaquera-Vásquez is the author of four collections of short stories, Algún día te cuento las cosas que he visto (2012), Luego el silencio (2014), One Day I’ll Tell You the Things I’ve Seen (2015), and En el Lost y Found (2016). His most recent work is a co-edited anthology of scholarly writing, The Latino/a Midwest Reader. Widely published in Spanish, his literary work has appeared in anthologies and literary journals in Spain, Italy, Latin America and the United States. He has discussed his work with Eduardo Halfón and Daniel Alarcón in The Believer, and with Edmundo Paz Soldán and Santiago Roncagliolo in The Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies. His stories bear witness to the lives of Latinas/os who travel from California to Mexico City, from Madrid to Istanbul. The stories are populated by wanderers building a home out of movement and living through the cultural consequences of migration. Commenting on his writing, Junot Díaz has said “Santiago Vaquera is literary lightning. He impresses, he illuminates, and when he is at his best you are left shaken, in awe.
Free public event

¡Vamos al Museo! Celebrates Día de los Muertos
2017-11-04 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:30 am
The National Hispanic Cultural Center is pleased to offer children’s programming on the first Saturday morning of every month. This is a fun and engaging artist-led family program. Families get a 30-minute museum tour focused on an art form, source inspiration, artist or type of material. Following the tour, the whole family can create their own artwork in the Pete V. Domenici Education Building Creative Classroom.
This month, celebrate Día de los Muertos with a great morning of art-making for children of all ages and families of all sizes!
Please pre-register using the link HERE (so we know how many materials to prepare)
For more information please call or email Elena Baca at 505-246-2261 or ElenaD.Baca@state.nm.us
Free, $5 donations are encouraged to support the artists & purchase supplies
Thank you to Holman’s USA for sponsoring all of our Día de los Muertos activities!

Día de los Muertos: Despedida
2017-11-03 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
5 pm to 7 pm
Día de Muertos is an annual traditional holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and many Hispanic communities. Join the NHCC and experienced, knowledgeable local artists to learn about the meaning of this celebration, the traditional arts and crafts associated with the celebration and development of ofrendas that honor families and individuals.
The National Hispanic Cultural Center will hold its annual Despedida to celebrate Día de los Muertos with music, poetry and hands-on art making at this time-honored community gathering. This is a great event for all ages. Tour the ofrendas around the NHCC campus; enjoy music, traditional chocolate mexicano, pan de muertos, and sharing of special and heartfelt memories.
For more information please call or email David Torres at 505-246-2261 or DavidM.Torres@state.nm.us
Free community event
Thank you to Holman’s USA for sponsoring all of our Día de los Muertos activities!

First Friday: Docent Education and Conversation
2017-11-03, 2017-10-06 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
9:30 am – 12 pm
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 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

Siembra, Latino Theatre Season: Ay, Compadre!
2017-11-02 - 2017-11-19 | NHCC-BOD-January-2020-Meeting
November 2-5, 9-12 & 16-19, 2017
7:30 pm—Thursday-Saturday
2 pm—Sunday
A 1994 play by Rudolfo Anaya, Ay, Compadre! is a classic work about aging and how a couple of “compas” are dealing with it. Set in New Mexico and directed by Evelyn Facio, it is a comedy about two Hispanic couples whose relationships are complicated by strong lifelong friendships, rivalries, and family loyalties. Daniel longs to return to the barrio, while his compadre Iggy wants to enjoy the country club life. The two wives are caught between the two worlds, as well as the intrigues of who is sleeping with whom. Presented by Del Cielo Productions.
This play contains mature content and language and may not be suitable for all audiences.

$18 w/ $2 discount for students, seniors, & $3 discount for NHCC members; $10 Thursday shows only
Thank you to our Performing Arts Season Sponsors Heritage Hotels and Resorts, the Albuquerque Journal and Southwest Airlines!

Film: Calling Home the Dead/Llamar a los muertos a casa
2017-11-02 | NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30
7 pm
The villagers of Lake Pátzcuaro lovingly clean and adorn graves with beautiful handmade ofrendas, blankets of marigolds, and special foods, preparing for the shared remembrance of Día de los Muertos. They shoot rockets into the heavens to awaken the departed souls and call them home. More tone poem than traditional documentary, Calling Home the Dead is a visually stunning exploration of indigenous practices seldom seen outside Mexico, celebrating the continuity of life and the enduring love of family and friends. Presented as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series.
“On the Day of the Dead, when the spirits come back to us, the road from heaven must be
made easy, they say, and not slippery with tears.”
2011; Jim Hill & Meesh Rheault Miller; Spanish with English subtitles; 47 minutes; not rated.
For further information, please visit www.callinghomethedead.com.
Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before show

¡HAH! Happy Arte Hour
2017-11-02 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
5:30 pm
On the first Thursday of the month, NHCC invites adults for artistic fun in a relaxed social setting, which includes snacks, refreshments, and beer & wine for sale from Pop Fizz. This is a great opportunity for friends to hang out, a unique date night option, or a place to come solo and connect with fellow art enthusiasts.
This month, celebrate Día de los Muertos with related activities!
Please pre-register using the link HERE (so we know how many materials to prepare)
For more information please call or email Elena Baca at 505-246-2261 or ElenaD.Baca@state.nm.us
Free, $5 donations are encouraged to support the artists & purchase supplies
Thank you to Holman’s USA for sponsoring all of our Día de los Muertos activities!

Film: Juan of the Dead
2017-10-26 | NHCC-BOD-January-2020-Meeting
7 pm
Juan, a fortyish slacker, ekes out a living in Havana through occasional fishing expeditions with his friend Lázaro. When a rising zombie apocalypse threatens the city, he first ignores the problem, and then decides to launch a zombie extermination service. The Cuban government and media claim that the living dead are dissidents revolting against the government on the anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, and, as events spiral further out of control, Juan and his gang are forced to find a way to survive. Presented as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series.
2011; directed by Alejandro Brugués; Spanish with English subtitles; 100 minutes; not rated.
Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before show

Opera Southwest Presents Rossini’s William Tell (Rental)
2017-10-22 - 2017-10-29 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
October 22, 25, 27 & 29, 2017
2 pm — Sundays
7:30 pm—Wednesday & Friday
Rossini’s William Tell is a fully-staged opera with orchestra, sung in French with English translation supertitles and presented in four acts with two intermission. This will be the New Mexico premiere of Rossini’s masterwork.
The last opera Rossini ever wrote, and considered his magnum opus, William Tell tells the dramatic story of the Swiss legend. You probably know the part where he shoots an apple off of his son’s head, but do you remember how he overthrew the tyrannical leader of Austria? Maestro Anthony Barrese conducts.
$15, $29, $45, $59, $75, $89; discounts for groups of 10+ and patrons 30 and younger

The title, content, photos/images and description for this event were provided to the NHCC by the organization renting the NHCC venue for the event. By serving as a venue and posting the event on its website, the NHCC is not endorsing any views expressed in the title or description of the event, nor is it endorsing the content of the event.

Over the Santa Fe Trail to Mexico: The Travel Diary of Dr. Rowland Willard
2017-10-21 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-26–September-7
2 pm
Join us for the opening lecture of the La Canoa: Legacy Talks 2017-2018 season for an exploration of a late 1800’s travel diary through New Mexico and into Chihuahua, Mexico. Joy Poole, Deputy State Librarian, New Mexico State Library will take us through a three years journey with Dr. Rowland Willard, a physician, who traveled the Santa Fe Trail to Taos, NM in 1825. Hear how the Fourth of July was celebrated in Taos. Learn how an American doctor practiced medicine on the Mexican frontier. How did the Chief of Taos Pueblo pay the doctor for his services? Learn some of the 19th century ailments of his patients. Some of his patients included the ranchers around Cordova, the Padres and their wives, and the Taos Alcalde. Dr. Willard shares many first impressions of Hispano culture including fandangos, Catholic faith, his host families and his first meal in Taos. How did the composition of companions travelling with him from Missouri to Mexico change? He arrived in Chihuahua during a measles epidemic. Compare and contrast his first impressions of the Mexican frontier in Taos with his final impressions of the Mexican frontier in Chihuahua before returning to the United States in 1828.

Free Community Event

Colcha Community Stitch-Along
2017-10-20 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
9:30 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

Film: Beatriz at Dinner
2017-10-19 | NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30
7 pm
Beatriz, a massage therapist and holistic healer, and also an immigrant, is marooned at the home of a wealthy client after her car breaks down. Invited to stay for dinner as a “family friend,” she finds herself at a celebration of the legislative approval of a major building development, and in the company of the billionaire developer. The philosophical conflict that arises when their worlds collide plays out more soulfully, and sadly, than satirically in this independent drama. Presented as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series.
2017; directed by Miguel Arteta; English; 82 minutes; rated R.
Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before show

¡Salud y Sabor! Día de los Muertos/México
2017-10-19 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Salud y Sabor, a partnership between the Agri-cultura Network, Street Food Institute, and the NHCC, is a free evening of food, art, and entertainment aimed at providing families with an opportunity to connect around nutrition, cooking, healthy lifestyles, and culture.
Once a month, community members gather for cooking demonstrations using fresh, locally grown ingredients, as well as fun art activities for kids and adults, health screenings, and live entertainment. An emphasis is placed on exploring traditional Hispanic dishes, providing basic information/free screenings from local Western and alternative health practitioners, and creating a vibrant atmosphere with art activities and live music. In most months, free samples of local produce are available.
For more information on Salud y Sabor, contact David Torres at 505/246-2261 or email him DavidM.Torres@state.nm.us
Free public event
Thank you to Holman’s USA for sponsoring all of our Día de los Muertos activities!

Día de los Muertos Ofrenda Installation
2017-10-16 - 2017-11-10 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10 am to 5 pm
Each year the NHCC works with schools and community organizations to host an Ofrenda (altar) Installation, in celebration of Día de los Muertos. Participants submissions will be on display will be in the Domenici Education Building and the Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts October 16, 2017 to November 10, 2017.
For more information or questions please call or email Elena at ElenaD.Baca@state.nm.us or 505-383-4734
Free community event
Thank you to Holman’s USA for sponsoring all of our Día de los Muertos activities!

Second Cervantes Drawing and Painting Contest for New Mexico Students
2017-10-14 - 2017-11-27 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
All drawings and paintings must be sent by 5 pm on November 27
Instituto Cervantes, the National Hispanic Cultural Center, and the Spanish Resource Center are organizing a student drawing and painting contest to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the creation of Pablo Picasso’s Guernica and to celebrate the exhibition El Prado in Santa Fe—the U.S. debut of 92 full-scale reproductions of some of the greatest masterpieces from Madrid’s Museo del Prado.
All school districts in New Mexico are encouraged to participate. Students in three age categories, ages 6-8, 9-11, and 12-15 are invited to submit original drawings depicting any subject matter relating to great Spanish or Latin American painters—Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Joan Miró, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, etc. Teachers are encouraged to introduce any of these artists in their classrooms. The drawings and paintings will be on display at the NHCC from December 9, 2017 through April 7, 2018.
Free public event

Submissions must be original artworks 17” x 11”, either horizontal or vertical. Each submission must have the following information on the back:
• Contestant’s first and last name;
• Contestant’s age;
• Name of school;
• Contact telephone number and e-mail.
All drawings and paintings must be sent by 5 pm on November 27 to:
Instituto Cervantes (Drawing Contest)
1701 Fourth Street SW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Artwork will not be returned.
A special grand prize of $500 will be awarded, with $300 going to the student and $200 to the school. First, second, and third prizes in each age category will also include monetary awards for both the student and the school ($200 for the student and $100 for the school for first place; $100 for the student and $100 for the school for second place; $100 for the student for third place). Fourth, fifth, and sixth place winners in each category will receive a medal of honor, courtesy of the Mexican Consulate in Albuquerque.
An exhibition of all artwork will open at 2 pm on Sunday, December 9, with the winners announced at a Winter Ceremony at 3 pm. Prizes and certificates will be given out during the celebration; all participants will receive a participation certificate.
For further information, please contact Instituto Cervantes at 505-724-4777 or adxabq@cervantes.es.

Reading & Booksigning: Irene Blea, Beneath the Super Moon
2017-10-14 | History and Literary Arts Building
2 pm to 4 pm
Join author Irene Blea for a reading from her book Beneath the Super Moon.
The third book in Blea’s “Suzanna” trilogy, Beneath the Super Moon follows Suzanna Montoya from the mid-1960s, in the early days of the Chicano Movement, as she has settled in the city, developed a critical consciousness, and begun to address urban concerns about race, class, and gender. Suzanna’s analytical gift provides a colorful voice as she takes action to address the manifestations of racism, sexism, and class discrimination where they happen—in her life—all while she seeks to reunite with the sons she left behind when she ran from her abusive husband.
Free public event

Film: The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo
2017-10-12 | NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30
7 pm
Through the prism of Frida Kahlo’s life and art, this documentary explores the ancient culture of Mexico; the Mexican Revolution; the wildfire of communism that burned through Latin America in the 1920s and ‘30s; the painters, photographers, filmmakers, writers, and poets who congregated in Mexico City; and the revival of interest in popular culture for which Kahlo has become a symbol. Her life as an international sensation in the worlds of modern art and radical politics is framed for the first time within the full spectrum of the historical and cultural influences that shaped her. Narrated by Rita Moreno. Presented as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series.
2005; directed by Amy Stechler; English; 90 minutes; not rated.
This screening also celebrates the unveiling of a new Frida Kahlo piñata by the Center’s Art Museum. The Piñata Exhibit (Sure To Be a Smash Hit!), on display in the museum through the spring of 2018, celebrates the popular art form with works from Mexico, California, Arizona, Nevada, and Texas, as well as New Mexico, and is continuing to add new works throughout its run. The newest addition, the Frida piñata, pays homage to the beloved artist in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.
Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before show

Festival Chispa Presents: Inti-Illimani
2017-10-11 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
7:30 pm
6:30-7:00 pm: Join Inti-Illimani before the concert begins in the Bank of America Theatre for a community dialogue! Come meet the band and here them talk about their music.
Founded in 1967 by students at Santiago’s Universidad Técnica del Estado, Inti-Illimani has performed worldwide for hundreds of thousands of fans, collaborated with legendary artists, earned awards and honors for activism as well as musicianship, and produced one of Latin America’s richest discographies. On tour during the 1973 military coup in Chile, they remained in Italy in de facto exile until 1988, touring Chile days after they were no longer banned from the country and returning permanently in 1990. The time in Europe added elements of other musical genres to their music, creating a fusion of folk/Latin/contemporary classical/avant-garde/world music played on over 30 instruments. They have lectured extensively on Latin American folk/indigenous music, culture, and social change, and founded and teach at an arts-centric school in one of Santiago’s poorest neighborhoods. Still including one of the original founders, the group celebrates 50 years of performing music grounded in their beloved Chile, yet continuing to reach across time, space, and nations. More than a musical ensemble, they have become a cultural location, expressing the essence of the Latin American ethnomusical experience. Their current tour also promotes an album recorded in homage to the legendary Violeta Parra for her centenary.
Festival Chispa Presents, a partnership with Avokado Artists, is a series that showcases some of the finest and most innovative groups, both legendary and up-and-coming, that the Latino world has to offer. Fusing various musical genres, cultures, and traditions, this dynamic series breaks down musical boundaries and leaves the audience wanting more!
$22, $27 w/ $2 off for Students & Seniors, $3 off for NHCC Members

New Mexico Philharmonic Orchestra: Divertimento, Dances, & Vivaldi! (Rental)
2017-10-08 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
2 pm
Maestra Suzanna Pavlovsky brings her singular passion and excitement to the podium in a colorful fall afternoon concert of sumptuous sound, featuring NMPhil stars violinist and concertmaster Krzysztof Zimowski and principal cellist Joan Zucker. The Baroque influence of Italy abounds—in Mozart’s lush Divertimento in D, and three gorgeous Vivaldi Concerti. Los Angeles-based Michael McLean’s innovative Five Dances will make you think “tango” and “fandango”!
$24, $35, $46, $68
Suzanna Pavlovsky, conductor
Krzysztof Zimowski, violin
Joan Zucker, cello
Mozart: Divertimento in D Major, K. 136
Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in a minor Op. 3, No. 6, RV 356
Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in a minor, RV 418
Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin and Cello in B-flat Major, RV 547
McLean: Five Dances

The title, content, photos/images and description for this event were provided to the NHCC by the organization renting the NHCC venue for the event. By serving as a venue and posting the event on its website, the NHCC is not endorsing any views expressed in the title or description of the event, nor is it endorsing the content of the event.

The Piñata Exhibit (Sure to be a Smash Hit!) Artist Meet and Greet: Isaías Rodríguez (aka the Little Piñata Maker)!
2017-10-07 | September-2019-Board-Meeting-Minutes
2 pm to 4 pm
Please join us for a very special opportunity to meet artist Isaías Rodríguez (aka the Little Piñata Maker)! You don’t want to miss this very special opportunity to meet artist Isaías Rodríguez (aka the Little Piñata Maker) who will be leading a tour of The Piñata Exhibit (Sure to be a Smash Hit!). In addition Isaías Rodríguez (aka the Little Piñata Maker)! Will be holding a trunk show and sale.
Isaías spent the last ten years capturing the fun and creativity of traditional piñatas but on a mini scale. All of his little piñatas are no bigger than 3-4 inches and each one is unique. You can learn more about Isaías and his work on his website HERE.
The Piñata Exhibit (Sure to be a Smash Hit!) celebrates this popular art form with over 175 examples from Mexico, California, Arizona, Nevada, Texas and New Mexico. Traditional and iconic works, alongside creations by contemporary piñata artists, illustrate how piñatas maintain their historical and social importance while also reflecting transnational shifts in popular, political, and visual culture.
Free with the price of museum admission

Los Pleneros de la 21
2017-10-07 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
7:30 pm
Los Pleneros de la 21 (“LP21”), an Afro-Puerto Rican bomba and plena ensemble featuring musicians, dancers, and artisans, returns to New Mexico for a four-day National Performance Network (NPN) residency, Redobles de Cultura Boricua, which will include workshops and other activities as well as the group’s concert at the NHCC. LP21’s complex, multi-part vocal harmonies, set to the rhythms of hand-held plena drums and barrel-shaped bomba drums, resurrect the African-rooted bomba and plena musical styles of Puerto Rico. Billboard praised the band for its “exhilaratingly deep Latino explorations of Afro-Caribbean grooves,” and the New York Times wrote, “the melodies are gorgeous and the tunes perfectly arranged, precise rhythms making way for singing or a drum section.” LP21 is also a non-profit community-based organization, founded in 1983 by National Heritage Fellow Juan Gutiérrez and located in the heart of El Barrio (NYC’s Spanish Harlem); the group’s mission is to “unite community building and cultural equity through music.” Members make traditional music programming accessible to the public, expose inner city youth and others to the cultural heritage of Puerto Rico while encouraging their active participation in these traditions, and perform a repertoire of work embedded in the rich tradition of Puerto Rican folk music for audiences everywhere. Presented in partnership with Outpost Productions.
$35, $32 w/ $3 discount for students & seniors and $5 discount for Outpost & NHCC members

Monthly Speakers Program for the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of NM (Rental)
2017-10-07 | NHCC-BOD-January-2020-Meeting
10:30 am
Women in early eighteenth century Spanish Colonial New Mexico had rights and privileges that were not enjoyed by other women in North America until the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Under Spanish law women were considered separate entities and valuable members of Spanish society. As such, they could own property, inherit in their own name, and act as court witnesses. In particular they could make accusations and denunciations to the local alcalde mayor and governor, which they frequently did. The thirty-one documents in Spanish Colonial Women and the Law show that Spanish Colonial women were aware of their rights and used them to assert themselves in the struggling communities of New Mexico. The presentation by Linda Tigges and Richard Salazar will use language from the documents to show how Spanish Colonial women to used Spanish the law to support and protect themselves.

Linda Tigges, a former land planner with the City of Santa Fe and the principal with Tigges Planning Consultants, dealing with land use cases since 1979. She has worked with historic land use documents since the early 1980s and is currently a Spanish Colonial historian in Santa Fe and Albuquerque. She has published articles in the New Mexico Genealogist, Herencia, and Nuestra Raices Journal.
Richard Salazar retired as director of the Archival Services Division at the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives in 1996. Since that time, he has conducted historical research for various acequia associations in northern New Mexico and has worked with New Mexico’s archival documents, including land grant records, for over forty years.

¡Vamos al Museo!
2017-10-07 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:30 am
The National Hispanic Cultural Center is pleased to offer children’s programming on the first Saturday morning of every month. This is a fun and engaging docent and artist-led family program. Families (limited to 25 participants) get a 30-minute museum tour focused on an art form, source inspiration, artist or type of material. Following the tour, the whole family can create their own artwork in the Pete V. Domenici Education Building Messy Classroom.
This month, join Isaías Rodríguez, who is also known as The Little Piñata Maker and is featured in The Piñata Exhibit (Sure to be a Smash Hit!), for a fun project!
A great morning of art-making for children of all ages and families of all sizes!
Please pre-register using the link HERE (so we know how many materials to prepare)
For more information please call or email Elena Baca at 505-246-2261 or ElenaD.Baca@state.nm.us
Free, $5 donations are encouraged to support the artists & purchase supplies

National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day (RENTAL)
2017-10-06 | NM
6 pm
This all-ages free event includes an art show/spoken word, salsa dancing lessons, then dancing, and free food along with HIV education and testing.
NLAAD is a national community mobilization and social marketing campaign that unites the Hispanic/Latino community in efforts to raise HIV awareness, promotion of HIV testing, prevention, and education; in addition to other critical health issues such as viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and tuberculosis (TB). Annually on October 15th, NLAAD mobilizes community based organizations, leaders of the Latinx community, health departments, and elected officials to spread awareness within the Latino community about HIV, and bring about improvements in HIV related health practices by building capacity, developing and disseminated resources, utilizing media channels, and casting the spotlight on Latinx faces behind the epidemic.
As part of the event there is a call out to artists and poets to submit their work for display at the event. If you know any LGBTQ youth who are artistically inclined and would be willing to display their talent, please share this information with them.
If you have any questions, please contact
Josh Garcia – MPower Coordinator Josh.Garcia@pprm.org
Martin Martinez – NMDOH Metro Area HIV Health Educator Martin.Martinz@state.nm.us
#NLAAD #NLAADABQ

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Film: Frida
2017-10-05 | NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30
7 pm
This biopic/drama depicts the professional and personal life of surrealist Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, who lived a bold and uncompromising life as an artistic, political, and sexual revolutionary. The film chronicles her turbulent marriage to Diego Rivera and her political activism, as well as the lifelong, debilitating effects of the traumatic bus accident she suffered at age eighteen. The Oscar-winning soundtrack features performances by Chavela Vargas and Lila Downs. Presented as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series.
2002; directed by Julie Taymor; English; 123 minutes; rated R.
This screening also celebrates the unveiling of a new Frida Kahlo piñata by the Center’s Art Museum. The Piñata Exhibit (Sure To Be a Smash Hit!), on display in the museum through the spring of 2018, celebrates the popular art form with works from Mexico, California, Arizona, Nevada, and Texas, as well as New Mexico, and is continuing to add new works throughout its run. The newest addition, the Frida piñata, pays homage to the beloved artist in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.
Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before show

¡HAH! Happy Arte Hour
2017-10-05 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
5:30 pm
On the first Thursday of the month, NHCC invites adults for artistic fun in a relaxed social setting, which includes snacks, refreshments, and beer & wine for sale from Pop Fizz. This is a great opportunity for friends to hang out, a unique date night option, or a place to come solo and connect with fellow art enthusiasts.
This month, join Isaías Rodríguez, who is also known as The Little Piñata Maker and is featured in The Piñata Exhibit (Sure to be a Smash Hit!), for a fun project!
Please pre-register using the link below HERE (so we know how many materials to prepare)
For more information please call or email Elena Baca at 505-246-2261 or ElenaD.Baca@state.nm.us
Free, $5 donations are encouraged to support the artists & purchase supplies

4th Annual Globalquerque International Cinema Series: The Wonders/Le meraviglie (Italy)
2017-09-28 | NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30
7 pm
The dynamics of the overcrowded household of a family of beekeepers, living in stark isolation in central Italy, are disrupted by the simultaneous arrival of a silently troubled teenaged boy, taken in as a farmhand, and a production crew recruiting local farmers to participate in a cheesy televised celebration of ancient Etruscan culture. 2015; directed by Alice Rohrwacher; Italian with English subtitles; 100 minutes; not rated.
From late August through September, the Bank of America Thursday Film Series showcases the International Cinema Series, presented in partnership with Avokado Artists and ¡Globalquerque!, New Mexico’s Thirteenth Celebration of World Music and Culture, returning to the NHCC on September 22 & 23.
Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before show
