Film: Pioneras: Mujeres de Vanguardia/Pioneers: Women of the Avant-Garde, Después de… No se os puede dejar solos
2021-03-23 | NM
12 pm (MST)
Available for 48 hours
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE
At the beginning of the Transition (la Transición—the Spanish transition to democracy following the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975), a small group of filmmakers took to the streets to record the opinions of politicians and citizens regarding the country that was about to be formed. Today, this documentary by Cecilia and José Juan Bartolomé is a milestone in the history of Spanish cinema, compiling testimonies that allow us to understand the plurality of a young society as it thinks about its past and considers how to build its future.
1979-1981; Spanish with English subtitles; 90 minutes; not rated
Free community event

In February, the Pioneras series featured on-line talks highlighting the work of women who have paved the way in investigating new artistic languages in disciplines such as electronic music, video creation, or photography. This programming is now complemented by “Pioneers of Spanish Cinema,” an on-line exhibition of films made from the 1950s through the early 1980s.
Pioneras Film Schedule:
March 9: Segundo López, aventurero urbano (Ana Mariscal, 1953)
March 12: La gata (Margarita Alexandre & Rafael Torrecilla, 1956)
March 16: El crimen de Cuenca (Pilar Miró, 1979)
March 19: Función de noche (Josefina Molina, 1981)
March 23: Después de… No se os puede dejar solos (Cecilia & José Juan Bartolomé, 1981)
March 26: Después de… Atado y bien atado (Cecilia & José Juan Bartolomé, 1981)
The series is supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the New Mexico Humanities Council.

Tertulia Histórica Albuquerque: From Sea To Sand: Holy Week Traditions of Spain, New Mexico and the Philippines
2021-03-20 | NM
2 pm (MST)
Live via Zoom
Register in advance HERE
This presentation will discuss various traditions of Semana Santa (Holy Week) beginning with its origins in Spain and how those traditions spread to the Americas and beyond.The early traditions in Spain and how they are celebrated today will be explored along with how those traditions left Spain and traveled to new lands and cultures, where they took root and are still celebrated today.
Free community event

The lecture will concentrate on two former colonies of Spain, the northernmost frontier of Nueva España, New Mexico, and the farthest away from the mainland, The Philippine Islands.While many of today’s celebrations show similarities, each celebration is also imbued with local tradition and lore. In some regions sacred ceremonies are private and closed off to outsiders while in other regions rituals are conducted in full public display.
Nicolasa Chávez, a fourteenth-generation New Mexican, is Curator of Latino/Hispano/Spanish Colonial Collections at the Museum of International Folk Art. She received her master ́s degree in history with a concentration in Iberian Studies at the University of New Mexico. She is the co-curator of the recent exhibition Música Buena: Hispano Folk Music of New Mexico with maestro Cipriano Vigil. She also curated Flamenco: From Spain to New Mexico and is the author of the accompanying publication The Spirit of Flamenco: From Spain to New Mexico. Her interest in Semana Santa traditions was sparked when she experienced Semana Santa in Sevilla, Spain, while living abroad.
Her research into the different song forms and genres within the flamenco family has also led to an interest in the history of the Saeta, which is performed during Holy Week in Andalucía, Spain, and the Alabado, performed during Holy Week in New Mexico. Most recently she conducted research on Semana Santa in the Philippines.
Albuquerque is presented by the National Hispanic Cultural Center in collaboration with the Office of the New Mexico State Historian.

Film: Pioneras: Mujeres de Vanguardia/Pioneers: Women of the Avant-Garde, Función de noche
2021-03-19 | NM
12 pm (MST)
Available for 48 hours
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE
In Josefina Molina’s Función de noche, the actress Lola Herrera, performing nightly in Miguel Delibes’ play Cinco horas con Mario, comes to confound her own life with that of the character she plays. In the close confines of her dressing room, she and her former husband, actor Daniel Dicenta, engage in a cathartic conversation about their professional and personal lives.
1981; Spanish with English subtitles; 90 minutes; Rated PG13
Free community event

In February, the Pioneras series featured on-line talks highlighting the work of women who have paved the way in investigating new artistic languages in disciplines such as electronic music, video creation, or photography. This programming is now complemented by “Pioneers of Spanish Cinema,” an on-line exhibition of films made from the 1950s through the early 1980s.
Pioneras Film Schedule:
March 9: Segundo López, aventurero urbano (Ana Mariscal, 1953)
March 12: La gata (Margarita Alexandre & Rafael Torrecilla, 1956)
March 16: El crimen de Cuenca (Pilar Miró, 1979)
March 19: Función de noche (Josefina Molina, 1981)
March 23: Después de… No se os puede dejar solos (Cecilia & José Juan Bartolomé, 1981)
March 26: Despuús de… Atado y bien atado (Cecilia & José Juan Bartolomé, 1981)
The series is supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the New Mexico Humanities Council.

Film: Pioneras: Mujeres de Vanguardia/Pioneers: Women of the Avant-Garde, El crimen de Cuenca
2021-03-16 | NM
12 pm (MST)
Available for 48 hours
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE
Pilar Miró’s El crimen de Cuenca is an unsparing depiction of real events that took place in 1913 in the Spanish province of Cuenca. When a shepherd mysteriously disappears, his companions, believed to be responsible for his murder, confess to the crime under torture and are condemned to prison, serving 11 years of an 18-year sentence. After they are released, the man they supposedly killed turns up alive. The film was initially banned in Spain and the director brought before the military courts; when it was allowed to be shown in 1981, it became the highest-grossing Spanish film in the country up to that time.
1979; Spanish with English subtitles; 92 minutes; Rated R (18+)
Free community event

In February, the Pioneras series featured on-line talks highlighting the work of women who have paved the way in investigating new artistic languages in disciplines such as electronic music, video creation, or photography. This programming is now complemented by “Pioneers of Spanish Cinema,” an on-line exhibition of films made from the 1950s through the early 1980s.
Pioneras Film Schedule:
March 9: Segundo López, aventurero urbano (Ana Mariscal, 1953)
March 12: La gata (Margarita Alexandre & Rafael Torrecilla, 1956)
March 16: El crimen de Cuenca (Pilar Miró, 1979)
March 19: Función de noche (Josefina Molina, 1981)
March 23: Después de… No se os puede dejar solos (Cecilia & José Juan Bartolomé, 1981)
March 26: Despuús de… Atado y bien atado (Cecilia & José Juan Bartolomé, 1981)
The series is supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the New Mexico Humanities Council.

Film: Pioneras: Mujeres de Vanguardia/Pioneers: Women of the Avant-Garde, La gata
2021-03-12 | NM
12 pm (MST)
Available for 48 hours
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE
Co-directed by Margarita Alexandre and Rafael Torrecilla, La gata, set in in the Andalusian countryside, is the story of a love triangle playing out in the world of bullfighting. It has been described as a “beautiful tragedy,” as well as a melodrama. Actress, director, and producer Margarita Alexandre worked in film and theatre in Spain during the early days of the Franco regime, and in Cuba following the Revolution. Born in León in 1923, she died in Madrid in 2015, at the age of 93.
1956; Spanish with English subtitles; 94 minutes; not rated.
Free community event

In February, the Pioneras series featured on-line talks highlighting the work of women who have paved the way in investigating new artistic languages in disciplines such as electronic music, video creation, or photography. This programming is now complemented by “Pioneers of Spanish Cinema,” an on-line exhibition of films made from the 1950s through the early 1980s.
Pioneras Film Schedule:
March 9: Segundo López, aventurero urbano (Ana Mariscal, 1953)
March 12: La gata (Margarita Alexandre & Rafael Torrecilla, 1956)
March 16: El crimen de Cuenca (Pilar Miró, 1979)
March 19: Función de noche (Josefina Molina, 1981)
March 23: Después de… No se os puede dejar solos (Cecilia & José Juan Bartolomé, 1981)
March 26: Despuús de… Atado y bien atado (Cecilia & José Juan Bartolomé, 1981)
The series is supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the New Mexico Humanities Council.

Colcha Community Stitch-Along
2021-03-12, 2021-02-12 | NM
1 pm (MST)
Live via Zoom
Our Virtual Colcha Community Workshop is open to all levels of experience in an informal setting, wherever they may reside. This workshop is instructed by Annette Gutierrez-Turk. Annette has taught this art form to groups internationally and at the NHCC for many years. She is also an award winning artist, most recently recognized in 2019 at Santa Fe Spanish Market. This workshop is for all levels of experience in an informal setting. Annette will demonstrate as well as answer questions. We hope you will join us every month on the second Friday, for this virtual stitch-a-long. Everyone will have a chance to share what they are working on.
Please register here every month and we will email the zoom link to you.
Questions: Please email Elena at ElenaD.Baca@state.nm.us or call 505-220-7928
Thank you to the Sandia Mountains- EGA for their continued support of this program.
This is a free community event

For more information on Colcha, please watch this video.
Colcha Circle Video
Here is the pattern used in the beginner colcha kit. Click on thumbnail to enlarge.

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Materials needed: Fabric, wool yarn, needle (recommended needle, chenille #18 ,sharp point, large eye) marking materials, sewing or embroidery scissors and copy of pattern piece.
Sources for Materials:
3-ply wool embroidery yarn Is available at Yarn Store at Nob Hill, 120 Amherst, NE, Albuquerque NM 87106
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Single ply needlework wool at Twisted Stitches, 1011 Juan Tabo Bl NE, Albuquerque NM 87112
Osnaburg utility fabric as base cloth can be purchased at JoAnn Stores, usually found in upholstery department; 2 stores in Albuquerque.
Recommended needle, chenille #18 (sharp point, large eye), also found at Jo Ann Stores in needlework department.
Quilter’s blue marking pen or Sharpie also available at Jo Ann Stores.

Film: Pioneras: Mujeres de Vanguardia/Pioneers: Women of the Avant-Garde, Segundo López, aventurero urbano
2021-03-09 | NM
12 pm (MST)
Available for 48 hours
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE
In Ana Mariscal’s neorealist comedy Segundo López, aventurero urbano, an honest countryman arrives in Madrid looking for work. When he befriends a street urchin, they embark on innumerable urban adventures. Mariscal, an iconic Spanish film actress, also stars in her directorial debut.
1953; Spanish with English subtitles; 80 minutes; not rated.
Free community event

In February, the Pioneras series featured on-line talks highlighting the work of women who have paved the way in investigating new artistic languages in disciplines such as electronic music, video creation, or photography. This programming is now complemented by “Pioneers of Spanish Cinema,” an on-line exhibition of films made from the 1950s through the early 1980s.
Pioneras Film Schedule:
March 9: Segundo López, aventurero urbano (Ana Mariscal, 1953)
March 12: La gata (Margarita Alexandre & Rafael Torrecilla, 1956)
March 16: El crimen de Cuenca (Pilar Miró, 1979)
March 19: Función de noche (Josefina Molina, 1981)
March 23: Después de… No se os puede dejar solos (Cecilia & José Juan Bartolomé, 1981)
March 26: Despuús de… Atado y bien atado (Cecilia & José Juan Bartolomé, 1981)
The series is supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the New Mexico Humanities Council.

Virtual Book Reading and Discussion: Manuel González, Duende de Burque: Alburquerque Poems and Musings
2021-03-07 | NM
3 pm (MST)
Live via Zoom. Register HERE
A virtual event partnership with the University of New Mexico Press and the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Manuel González will read and be in conversation with Valerie Martinez, Director of History and Literary Arts at the National Hispanic Cultural Center.
At its center, Manuel Gonzalez’s Duende de Burque is a love letter to Alburquerque and its surroundings—the Sandia Mountains, the Rio Grande Bosque, and all the people whose spirits fill these spaces. Manuel González was the City of Albuquerque’s third poet laureate (2016-2018). González is a performance poet who began his career in the poetry slam.
Free community event

Manuel González has represented Albuquerque many times on a national level as a member of the Albuquerque poetry slam team. Manuel has appeared on the PBS show, Colores, in “My Word is My Power.” He was one of the founding members of the poetry troupe, “The Angry Brown Poets.” Manuel teaches workshops on self-expression and poetry in high schools and youth detention centers. He also works with an art therapist to help incarcerated young men express themselves through writing.
Presented by Bookworks, History and Literary Arts Program/NHCC, and UNM Press.

Virtual ¡Happy Arte Hour!
2021-03-04 | NM
6:30 pm (MST)
Live on Zoom
Register in advance HERE
We are back! Coming to you through zoom!
Happy Arte Hour is an adult only at making program and social gathering. We really miss seeing you at the NHCC but hope you will join us on the first Thursday of the month at 6:30 pm (MST) February – December.
Please register and prior to the class you will receive an email with the zoom link and items/art supplies to gather from around your house. Please do not pass out the link, we will let you in to the zoom room from your registration, thank you!
Free community event

We will have simple project demos and suggestions for at home art making. We will have breakout rooms to bring back our roundtable small group discussions.
Join us on March 4th with Artist Jocelyn Salas! Jocelyn has two paintings in our permanent collection, courtesy of the NM Arts in Public Places program. Jocelyn is known to work in oils, cochineal, gold leaf and a variety of other techniques. She has currently shifted from painting to working with textiles, she will discuss her work and will show us a couple of approaches to the art of appliqué.
Supplies needed: Needle, thread, scissors, paper, pencil, fabric. Optional if you want to learn the freezer paper technique: freezer paper, glue stick and an iron.
Virtual Happy Arte Hour is a chance for us to reconnect with our regular participants and for new people near and far to join us for a creative night of fun!
#NewMexicoCulture #HappyArteHour #NHCC #Make #MuseumatHome

Perspectivas Modernas: Trans-American Detritus: A Study in Trans-Femicide
2021-03-02 | NM
6 pm (MST)
Live via Zoom. Register HERE
This presentation focuses on the photography series, En la Pista (2016) by Mexican artist Teresa Margolles. I focus on Margolles’ use of portraiture to capture a snapshot of the lives of transwomen in Juarez, Mexico, and the transitions of the border. Margolles’ work visually disrupts narratives of femicide and slows the frantic pace of life on the border within the boundaries of the frame of the photographs.
Free and open to the public

Francisco Galarte is an assistant professor of American Studies and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at UNM. He teaches courses in Chicanx/Latinx Studies, Transgender Studies, and Queer Studies. He currently serves as one of the general editors for TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly, published by Duke University Press.

Film: La Guerra Civil Española por nosotras/Female Views of the Spanish Civil War
2021-03-01 - 2021-03-07 | NM
12 am (MST)
Available through 11:59 pm (MST) March 7
Place: All titles will be available on the Mujeres de Cine VOD platform HERE
Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque, in collaboration with Mujeres de Cine (Women of Cinema), presents the on-line film series La Guerra Civil española por nosotras (Female views of the Spanish Civil War), bringing together the views of three Spanish female directors on this conflict. The cycle comprises three full-length films: La buena nueva, by Helena Taberna, El gran vuelo, by Carolina Astudillo Muñoz, and El silencio de otros, by Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar.
Free community event

In Helena Taberna’s La buena nueva, a young parish priest in a socialist village must confront the ecclesiastical and military hierarchy, putting his own life at stake, when the nationalists occupy the town following the uprising of 1936 and begin to execute his parishioners. His only support comes from his friendship with the village teacher, whose husband was killed at the beginning of the conflict.
2008; Spanish with English subtitles; 108 minutes; not rated.
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Carolina Astudillo’s film El gran vuelo is the story of Clara Pueyo Jornet, a militant member of the Communist Party who escapes from Barcelona’s Les Corts prison in the early days of the Franco dictatorship. From that moment on, she vanishes without a trace. She had been living on the run and seeking to escape from the rigidity of her own party as well; her story is also the story of the women of her time and their struggle for freedom in a society trying to repress them.
2014; Spanish with English subtitles; 60 minutes; not rated.
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Filmed over six years, El silencio de otros, by Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar, documents the epic struggle of victims of Franco’s 40-year dictatorship, as they organize a groundbreaking international lawsuit and fight a “pact of forgetting” around the crimes committed against them. A cautionary tale about fascism and the dangers of forgetting the past, the film speaks powerfully to issues of transitional justice and universal jurisdiction.
2018; Spanish with English subtitles; 95 minutes; not rated.
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La Guerra Civil Española por nosotras is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Government of Spain with the collaboration of Spain Arts & Culture.

2021 Winter ABQ Virtual Jewish Film Fest: The House on Wannsee Street
2021-02-28, 2021-02-25 | NM
Screening—Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 7 pm (MST)
* Available for 72 hours *
Zoom Conversation—Sunday, February 28, 2021 at 12 pm (MST)
Individual tickets are $8 and household tickets are $15; ticket prices include the film and the Zoom conversation. Purchase tickets HERE
The House on Wannsee Street is the story of generations of family secrets that are uncovered in this sweeping international story that begins with the Second World War and concludes with an emotional twenty-first-century revelation. When award-winning Argentinean filmmaker Poli Martínez Kaplun decided to dig deep into her family history, she found a shocking discovery. Searching through family albums and 8mm home movies, she unraveled a twentieth-century mystery.

What she found were long-forgotten images of her great grandfather, who she learned was a German-Jewish philosopher persecuted by the Nazis. To save his family from the concentration camps, he was forced to flee Berlin and moved to Egypt, then Switzerland, and finally Argentina, where they had to hide their Jewish identity in order to receive Church papers to enter the country (since after the Second World War Jews were not permitted entry as immigrants). Poignant questions of identity, resilience, compassion, and the plight of displaced persons are brought to life as Poli confronts her mother and aunts about the hidden Jewish identity they have concealed ever since. Eighty years later, Poli returns to Germany to their family house on Wannsee Street, a few feet from where the Final Solution was decreed for all Jews in Europe.
Directed by Poli Martínez Kaplun; 2019; Argentina; Documentary; 97 min; Spanish with English subtitles
The Jewish Community Center of Greater Albuquerque’s 7th Annual ABQ Jewish Film Fest will light up your home screens from January 31 to February 28 with eight recently released film premieres. Each year the festival endeavors to weave a colorful fabric of uniquely Jewish stories that come to us through movies from around the world. That has not changed. What has changed is that the coronavirus pandemic disallows in-person assemblies. So instead of the community gathering at theatrical venues, we will be in the safety and comfort of our own homes watching the festival movies. We will get together to engage in follow-up conversations, virtually, using the Zoom platform.
Each film will have a 72-hour screening period, during which time you may watch the film at your convenience. You will receive a link to watch the movie 24 hours in advance. You must sign up for the Zoom conversation separately—it is free with the purchase of the film ticket, but requires you to register.
The festival curators research current films showing at Jewish film festivals worldwide to select a representative line-up of the finest films for Albuquerque audiences to enjoy.
This year, that was an arduous task because not only has the roster of Jewish films grown substantially, but the quality of the films has increased as well. Although the task was daunting, it was truly a labor of love—screening and reviewing documentaries, dramas, comedies and all the territory in between, with films from Argentina, Canada, Israel, France, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the U.S.
The eight selected films represent the best of each genre and showcase the Jewish journey around the world from past to contemporary times.
For more information on the 2021 Winter ABQ Virtual Jewish Film Festival, please visit:
https://www.abqjewishfilmfest.com
#nhccnm #newmexicoculture #NMCulture #20in2020 #ARTE #CINE

Virtual Book Reading and Discussion: Michelle Otero, Bosque
2021-02-28 | NM
3 pm (MST)
Live via Zoom. Register HERE
Nestled in the heart of Albuquerque is a vibrant cottonwood forest that has flourished for centuries along the Río Grande—providing a home for porcupines, migratory birds, coyotes, and other wildlife as well as a sanctuary for its city residents. In her debut poetry collection, Bosque, Michelle Otero celebrates the importance of water and the bosque to the people of Albuquerque.

Free community event

“Michelle Otero reveals the palette of The Color Brown throughout the magnificent collection of poetry…A must read, Bosque quenches the spirit in time of drought. It is bound to be a classic of Chicanx literature.” — Demetria Martinez, author of Mother Tongue. Michelle Otero was the Poet Laureate for the City of Albuquerque, New Mexico from 2018-2020. Raised in Deming, she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in History with honors from Harvard and a Master’s in Creative Writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts. She was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to create writing workshops in Oaxaca, Mexico, for women who survived domestic and sexual violence. Her book of essays, Malinche’s Daughter, grew from that experience.
Presented by Bookworks, History and Literary Arts Program/NHCC, and UNM Press.

Film: Ciclo Ángela Molina, Las cosas del querer
2021-02-26 | NM
12 pm (available for 48 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE
Jaime Chávarrri’s Las cosas del querer follows the trajectory of a song-and-dance duo and their piano player in the 1940s, with a look into their backstage lives and an evocation of the popular music of their times. As the group’s rise to fame and fortune parallels Franco’s consolidation of power in collusion with the Spanish aristocracy, their return to Madrid marks the most difficult moments of their careers. Lavishly produced and vibrantly entertaining as a musical, Las cosas del querer also addresses issues of fascism, feminism, and homophobia in postwar Spain.
Free event

1989; Spanish with English subtitles; 89 minutes; rated G.
Ángela Molina’s distinguished career began in the midst of Spain’s transition to democracy, and continues to this day. She has also appeared in numerous international films, beginning with her appearance in Luis Buñuel’s last film, That Obscure Object of Desire. In recognition of her brilliant career, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded her the 2021 Goya Prize of Honor. Instituto Cervantes is pleased to present “Ciclo Ángela Molina” in homage to this extraordinary artist, beloved for her authenticity, her undeniable talent and her special sensibility, and in gratitude for her outstanding contributions to Spanish cinema.

NHCC Book Club: Atop the Windmill: I Could See Forever—Maria Dolores Gonzales
2021-02-25 | NM
5:30 pm (MST)
Live via Zoom
To join, contact cassandra.osterloh@state.nm.us
“In this memoir a series of vignettes features Dolores, the fourth-born daughter in a family of five girls, growing up in rural, northeastern New Mexico. Atop the Windmill appeals to both adult and young readers who have an interest in the rich Nuevomexicano linguistic and cultural heritage of New Mexico.”—Bilingual Strategies.

Free and open to the public

Pioneras: Mujeres de Vanguardia/Pioneers: Women of the Avant-Garde
2021-02-22 - 2021-02-25 | NM
11 am (MST)
Instituto Cervantes YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/cervantesabq
This series of on-line talks highlights the work of women who have paved the way in investigating new artistic languages in disciplines such as electronic music, video creation, or photography. It features New Mexico artists such as filmmaker Sally Kewayosh, Spanish-speaking artists living in the United States such as photographer and filmmaker Jose Girl, and Spanish artists such as musician Niet! and video artist Regina Álvarez.
Free community event

In March, this programming will be complemented by “Pioneers of Spanish Cinema,” an on-line exhibition of films made from the 1950s through the early 1980s by directors including Pilar Miró, Josefina Molina, and Ana Mariscal.
The Pioneras series is supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the New Mexico Humanities Council.
Schedule:
February 22: Jose Girl
February 23: Nietl!
February 24: Sally Kewayosh
February 25: Regina Álvarez

Public Reading: Enduring Querencias
2021-02-20 | NM
1 pm (MST)
Live via Zoom: Register HERE
Presented by the NHCC/History and Literary Arts program and the Gutiérrez-Hubbell House History and Cultural Center/Bernalillo County Open Space.
From December 2020- January 2021, ten writers created original works of poetry, fiction and nonfiction inspired by the theme of “querencia” and readings from the anthology, Querencia: Reflections on the New Mexico Homeland, edited by Levi Romero, Vanessa Fonseca-Chavez and Spencer Herrera (UNM Press 2020). Join us for a free public reading of works by Bonnie Bassan, Margo Chavez, Esther Garcia, Helena Oz, Beva Sanchez-Padilla, Elaine Soto, Leeanna Torres, Shelli Rottschafer, and Lucia Trujillo. Learn more about the Enduring Querencias: Lost and Reclaimed Expressions of Home exhibit at the Gutiérrez-Hubbell House here.
Free community event

Tertulia Histórica Albuquerque: UnRaveling: Pancho Villa and Sam Ravel: An Encounter During the Infamous 1916 Raid on Columbus
2021-02-20 | NM
2 pm (MST)
Live Via Zoom
Register in advance HERE
For more than a century scholars have debated why Pancho Villa attacked the border town of Columbus, New Mexico on March 9, 1916—a deadly incursion and the only time in the 20th century that a major foreign army invaded the continental United States. For Stacey Ravel Abarbanel, the battle is the context for a family tale so spectacular that she always wondered if it was true: when Villa raided the village he was looking to kill her grandfather, Sam Ravel.
Free community event

Abarbanel shares how Ravel, a Jewish immigrant from Lithuania, landed in Columbus and became entangled in this infamous encounter during the Mexican Revolution. Her essay about delving into this history was published in Tablet Magazine and she is now adapting the story for a documentary film titled UnRaveling.
Stacey Ravel Abarbanel works with museums and other arts/cultural organizations to amplify their messages and build audiences. From 2002–2014 she was director of external affairs for the Fowler Museum at UCLA, after ten years in arts-related publishing at Getty Publications and Architectural Digest. In addition to her consulting practice, her writings about art, culture, and history have appeared in Alta, UCLA Magazine, and other outlets.
Albuquerque is presented by the National Hispanic Cultural Center in collaboration with the Office of the New Mexico State Historian.

Film: Ciclo Ángela Molina, La mitad del cielo
2021-02-19 | NM
12 pm (available for 48 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE
Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón had a significant influence on Ángela Molina’s career, directing several of the films she made in the years of transition to democracy, including Camada negra (1977), El corazón del bosque (1979), and Demonios en el jardín (1982). In La mitad del cielo, set after the Spanish Civil War, Rosa, the daughter of a humble family in Asturias, travels to Madrid with her own daughter following the death of her husband. With the help of the influential supplier who hires her to work in his household, she obtains a market position that serves as the point of departure for a meteoric career rise. Rosa ultimately opens an exclusive restaurant that transforms into a political and intellectual meeting place.
Free event

1986; Spanish with English subtitles; 95 minutes; rated G.
Ángela Molina’s distinguished career began in the midst of Spain’s transition to democracy, and continues to this day. She has also appeared in numerous international films, beginning with her appearance in Luis Buñuel’s last film, That Obscure Object of Desire. In recognition of her brilliant career, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded her the 2021 Goya Prize of Honor. Instituto Cervantes is pleased to present “Ciclo Ángela Molina” in homage to this extraordinary artist, beloved for her authenticity, her undeniable talent and her special sensibility, and in gratitude for her outstanding contributions to Spanish cinema.

Film: Ciclo Ángela Molina, La Sabina
2021-02-12 | NM
12 pm (available for 48 hours)
Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE
In José Luis Borau’s La Sabina, an English writer visits a small town in the Andalusian mountains to investigate the disappearance of another Englishman long ago. He plunges into a strange world, where he learns of the legend of La Sabina, a mysterious dragon woman who destroyed men with her lovemaking, and whose cries can still be heard emanating from a cave. La Sabina becomes his obsession, as he immerses himself in the legend and investigates the cave. A young Ángela Molina appears with an international cast in this film, a co-production with Sweden that established her place in European and international cinema following her earlier work with Luis Buñuel.
Free event

1979; Spanish with English subtitles; 105 minutes; rated PG-13.
Ángela Molina’s distinguished career began in the midst of Spain’s transition to democracy, and continues to this day. She has also appeared in numerous international films, beginning with her appearance in Luis Buñuel’s last film, That Obscure Object of Desire. In recognition of her brilliant career, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded her the 2021 Goya Prize of Honor. Instituto Cervantes is pleased to present “Ciclo Ángela Molina” in homage to this extraordinary artist, beloved for her authenticity, her undeniable talent and her special sensibility, and in gratitude for her outstanding contributions to Spanish cinema.

Perspectivas Modernas: Brazilian Rap and the Grammar of the Black Existence
2021-02-09 | Live via Zoom or in-person
6 pm (MST)
Live via Zoom. Register HERE
Paulo Dutra, UNM Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, examines the most famous Brazilian rap group Racionais Mc’s artistic production in order to explore their poetically crafted understanding of how people of African descent experience and negotiate their existence in Brazil. Paulo Dutra is the author of a short story collection Aversão oficial: resumida (2018) and of a poetry collection ablliterações (2019, semifinalist in the 2020 Oceanos Prize).
Free and open to the public

He specializes in the intersections of race and artistic and cultural production in Luso-Brazilian/Latin-American context. His scholarly work on Don Quijote, race in Machado de Assis’s works, and Racionais Mc’s’s rap music has appeared in journals and book chapters in Brazil, Argentina and The United States.
This presentation is part of a new program, Perspectivas Modernas: Latin America, a new series of talks about Latin America presented by the National Hispanic Cultural Center/History and Literary Arts Program, UNM Department of History, UNM Latin American and Iberian Institute, and UNM Center for the Southwest.

Virtual Screening & Discussion: Con Alma
2021-02-05 | NM
7 pm (MST)
This event can be viewed AMP Concerts website HERE
Con Alma: Exploring the Creative Process with Paola Prestini & Magos Herrera
Screening of videos from the Con Alma project, including a world premiere video, La Creación de las Aves (The Creation of the Birds), followed by a live on-line discussion and open Q&A session with Paola Prestini and Magos Herrera, moderated by Cristina Baccin from KUNM’s Raices program. The discussion will be hosted by the National Hispanic Cultural Center via Zoom, in collaboration with Instituto Cervantes de Albuquerque and UNM’s Latin America and Iberian Institute. Prestini and Herrera will discuss the creative process, the social engagement, and the creation of the virtual event.
Donations will be accepted on the AMP Concerts webpage

Con Alma is an album and live digital experience of original works by composer Paola Prestini and vocalist and composer Magos Herrera, along with some classics from the Mexican and jazz songbook, created and recorded remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, that explores the question of how we can find communion in a time of isolation. The album grew out of the personal and collective experience of this moment of deep division—be it spiritual, ideological, political or geographical—and seeks to use music to create a shared sense of the experiences that we are all going through together, alone.
“Con Alma is a sonic painting representing a 15-year friendship through a collaborative process of writing, telling the story of shared ambitions and triumphs, love, trials, hope, and losses,” Herrera and Prestini wrote in a joint statement about the project. “The artists we worked with form our international musical family, and it’s a joy to be able to connect through this album, leaving an artifact of this time, and our response to the pandemic: alone, but together.”
Born in Mexico City and now based out of New York City, Magos Herrera presented a concert, blending classical jazz styling with Latin melodies, at the NHCC in 2012 as part of the Center’s signature Latin Diva Series.
Additional information on this project is available at https://www.conalmaproject.com. For other events at AMP Concerts, please visit: https://www.ampconcerts.org.

Virtual ¡Happy Arte Hour!
2021-02-04 | NM
6:30 pm (MST)
Live on Zoom
Register in advance HERE
We are back! Coming to you through zoom!
Happy Arte Hour is an adult only at making program and social gathering. We really miss seeing you at the NHCC but hope you will join us on the first Thursday of the month at 6:30 pm (MST) February – December.
Please register and prior to the class you will receive an email with the zoom link and items/art supplies to gather from around your house. Please do not pass out the link, we will let you in to the zoom room from your registration, thank you!
Free community event

We will have simple project demos and suggestions for at home art making. We will have breakout rooms to bring back our roundtable small group discussions.
Virtual Happy Arte Hour is a chance for us to reconnect with our regular participants and for new people near and far to join us for a creative night of fun!
Our first HAH of the year, February 4, 2021, we will keep the tradition of a Valentine inspired project.
#NewMexicoCulture #HappyArteHour #NHCC #Make #MuseumatHome

Tertulia Histórica Albuquerque: Where Blood was Spilled: The U.S.—Mexican War of 1846
2021-01-30 | Live via Zoom
2 pm (MST)
Live via Zoom
Register in advance HERE
The war between the U.S.A. and Mexico in 1846 was a world event that shaped the destiny of both nations. New Mexico was impacted directly, as it went from being part of the new nation of Mexico to being a U.S. territory, and ultimately, a U.S. state. In this presentation, State Historian Rob Martinez will discuss the causes of the conflict and examine the fallout from those events, as well as the impact on New Mexico history specifically.
Free, Registration Required

State Historian Rob Martínez is a native New Mexican from Albuquerque. A graduate of the University of New Mexico with an M.A. in Latin American history, with an emphasis on New Mexico history. Rob was a research assistant at the Vargas Project, learning research skills and paleography, abilities that would serve him well as a historian. Before becoming state historian in 2019, he was deputy state historian for six years at the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives.
Albuquerque is presented by the National Hispanic Cultural Center in collaboration with the Office of the New Mexico State Historian.

NHCC Book Club: Murmur of Bees—Sofia Segovia
2021-01-28 | NM
5:30 pm (MST)
Live via Zoom.
To join, contact cassandra.osterloh@state.nm.us
“Set against the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution and the devastating influenza of 1918, The Murmur of Bees captures both the fate of a country in flux and the destiny of one family that has put their love, faith, and future in the unbelievable.” – Goodreads.
Free and open to the public

Querencia Writing Workshop
2021-01-21, 2021-01-14, 2021-01-07 | NM
6 pm (MTS)
Live via Zoom
10 registered writers reading from our Querenica Writing Workshop will be working through out January 2020 creating poetry, fiction and nonfiction inspired by the theme of “querencia” and the anthology, Querencia: Reflections on the New Mexico Homeland, edited by Levi Romero, Vanessa Fonseca-Chavez and Spencer Herrera (UNM Press 2020). The workshop will culminate in a public reading on February 20, 2021.
Free event with registration

New Mexico cultural envoy Juan Estevan Arellano, to whom this work is dedicated, writes that querencia “is that which gives us a sense of place, that which anchors us to the land, that which makes us a unique people, for it implies a deeply rooted knowledge of place, and for that reason we respect it as our home.”
This sentiment is echoed in the foreword by Rudolfo Anaya, in which he writes that “querencia is love of home, love of place.” This collection of both deeply personal reflections and carefully researched studies explores the New Mexico homeland through the experiences and perspectives of Chicanx and indigenous/Genízaro writers and scholars from across the state. The importance of querencia for each contributor is apparent in their work and their ongoing studies, which have roots in the culture, history, literature, and popular media of New Mexico. Be inspired and enlightened by these essays and discover the history and belonging that is querencia.
