Domingos en Arte: Edmar Castañeda
2019-07-21 | Patio | Fountain Courtyard, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
6 pm
Domingos en Arte, the summer music and dance series presented by MelazaMusic and the National Hispanic Cultural Center, enters its fourth season, with concerts scheduled through August. 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.
On July 21, a partnership with Outpost Productions and the New Mexico Jazz Festival brings Colombian-born harp virtuoso Edmar Castañeda to the courtyard stage. Castañeda has forged a unique musical path, bringing a wholly original voice to jazz and other genres, and taking the world by storm with his virtuosity and command of his instrument. A consummate collaborator, he has formed partnerships with Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Wynton Marsalis, and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, among others, and has performed at venues including the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Tanglewood Jazz Festival, and the 10th Annual World Harp Congress. “If you aren’t watching Castañeda in action, you might think you’re listening to an ensemble rather than a solo player…. Between both hands, you hear the overlapping polyrhythms of joropo, a complex, triple-meter dance from South America.” (Hartford Courant)
$20 w/ $5 discount for NHCC members and Outpost members; free for children 12 and younger
Thank you to our Performing Arts Season Sponsors Heritage Hotels and Resorts, the Albuquerque Journal and Southwest Airlines!

¡Baile! Casino (Cuban Salsa) Dance Class
2019-07-23, 2019-08-06, 2019-08-13 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24
6 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 Elsa Menéndez at elsa.menendez@state.nm.us or 505-246-2261, ex. 34744.
$5 to $10 per class (pay what you can)

Film: ¡Las Sandinistas!
2019-07-25 | NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30
7 pm
¡Las Sandinistas! documents a watershed moment in history, when a group of Nicaraguan women shattered barriers to lead rebel troops in battle and reshape their country with landmark social reforms during the 1979 Sandinista Revolution and the ensuing U.S.-backed Contra War, only to face renewed marginalization by their male peers once the wars ended. The film centers on the personal stories of Dora María Téllez, the young medical student who became a key Sandinista general, and four of her revolutionary allies. Now, amid staggering levels of gender violence in Nicaragua, these same women brave the streets once again to lead popular movements for equality and democracy. Presented in partnership with New Mexico PBS as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Jenny Murray.
2018; Jenny Murray; English and Spanish with English subtitles; 60 minutes; not rated.
Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before show

Dessert With a Doc/Disfrutar con un Médico (Rental)
2019-07-27 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24
11 am to 2 pm
Lovelace Women’s Hospital invites you to our wellness event for women and families.
• Dessert during table chats with health care providers
• Vendors for health and fun
• Door prizes and giveaways
FREE TO ATTEND:
Call 898.3030 or visit lovelace.com/events to register.
Lovelace Women’s Hospital le invita a un evento de bienestar para las mujeres y familias.
• Postre y pláticas en la mesa con proveedores
de servicios médicos
• Comerciantes de salud y diversión
• Premios con el número de la entrada y regalos
LA ENTRADA ES GRATIS: Llame al 898.3030.

Mundos de Mestizaje
2019-07-27 - 2019-07-28, 2019-08-03 - 2019-08-04, 2019-08-10 - 2019-08-11, 2019-08-17 - 2019-08-18 | NHCC Torreón, 1701 4th street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
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 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 sharing and learning experience for students and families anywhere. We invite you to explore the imagery, history and complexities of the Mundos de Mestizaje mural.
Discover on your own by clicking the link HERE.
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Free

Film: The Mamboniks
2019-07-28 | NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30
2 pm
Lox and bagels meet salsa and congos in Peabody Award winner Lex Gillespie’s joyous and singular celebration of the Jewish love affair with Latin music and dance, set in New York, Havana, Miami Beach, and the Catskill Mountains. During the 1950s, free-spirited, mostly Jewish dancers from New York City fell head over heels for the mambo, the hot dance from Cuba that became a worldwide sensation. Their love for Latin rhythms earned them a nickname: the “mamboniks.” Now retired, yet still dancing in Florida, a lovable, somewhat zany collection of dancers from the ‘50s share a passion that age has not cooled. With colorful first-person accounts and an infectious Afro-Cuban soundtrack including Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, and “mambo king” Pérez Prado, The Mamboniks explores a largely unexamined and exhilarating aspect of Jewish life and culture, and a time when Jews, Latinos, and African-Americans met on the dance floor, although America was racially segregated and anti-Semitism was commonplace.
2018; Lex Gillespie; English; 89 minutes; not rated.
Following the screening, join us in the lobby outside the theatre to celebrate the film, and the finale of the 6th Annual ABQ Jewish Film Fest, with a “Cuban nosh” provided by La Fonda del Bosque and a cash bar provided by Pop Fizz.
The Jewish Community Center’s 6th Annual ABQ Jewish Film Fest features six recently released film premieres, weaving a colorful tapestry of uniquely Jewish stories that come from around the world. The NHCC is partnering with the JCC on the screenings of Leona (July 20) and The Mamboniks (July 28).
Tickets are being sold by the Jewish Community Center; $10 in advance, $12 at the door, $55 for a full festival pass (6th Annual ABQ Jewish Film Fest)

Breathe, Barelas, Breathe: A Reading of Excerpts from a Trilogy of One-Act Plays
2019-07-28 | NM
6 pm
Sunday, July 28, 6 pm at B. Ruppe Drugstore parking lot
807 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102

Free food and drink followed by a reading of excerpts from the trilogy.

This trilogy of one-act plays is written by Barelas resident playwrights Raúl Garza, Leonard Madrid and Mónica Sánchez, and inspired by the history, dreams and musings of one of Albuquerque’s oldest neighborhoods. This trilogy has been developed with the support of Artful Life’s El Puente/Barelas project and in partnership with the NHCC and Homewise.
Two additional readings of the plays are below:
Wednesday, July 31, 7 pm at the NHCC Wells Fargo Auditorium
1701 4th St, SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102
Staged reading of the entire trilogy (90 minutes) followed by refreshments.
Saturday, August 3, 7 pm at Orpheum Arts Space
500 2nd St, SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102
Staged reading of the entire trilogy (90 minutes). Arrive early to see a photo exhibit about Barelas. Followed by refreshments.
The playwrights:
Raúl Garza is a Barelas-inspired playwright who tells stories that resound with culture, identify, and sense of place. His full-length play, Fantasmaville, received the National Latino Playwriting Award. When not writing, Raúl explores kundalini yoga, devours pop culture, and travel beyond his means. www.theraulito.com.
Leonard Madrid works as a designer, actor, playwright, and educator in Albuquerque. His plays, Tecolotito, Perla, and Aurora, have received a Kennedy Center’s Award for Latino Playwrights. Other plays have received readings and performances around the nation. www.leonardmadrid.org.
Mónica Sánchez has followed her bliss toward a life in the theatre and the theatre of life. She has been a professional theatre maker for the last three decades and happily resides in Barelas. This fall she will join the faculty at Colorado College as Assistant Professor of Playwriting and Performance. www.dramatista.com.
Breathe, Barelas, Breathe Flyer HERE

Quintessence: 7th Annual Summer Choral Festival (Rental)
2019-07-28 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
3 pm in the Albuquerque Journal Theatre,
with a 2 pm pre-concert lecture in the Wells Fargo Auditorium
Quintessence: Choral Artists of the Southwest present a concert of works from their 7th Annual Summer Choral Festival. Join the 100-voice festival chorus performing glorious works of Brahms and Beethoven for choir and orchestra, and the Scholars’ Chamber Chorus performing a fantastic set of works by contemporary women composers.
$10 w/ $5 discount for students

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.

Breathe, Barelas, Breathe: A Staged-Reading of a Trilogy of One-Act Plays
2019-07-31 | NHCC-BOD-January-2020-Meeting
7 pm
In the NHCC Wells Fargo Auditorium

This will be a staged reading of the entire trilogy (90 minutes) followed by refreshments.
This trilogy of one-act plays is written by Barelas resident playwrights Raúl Garza, Leonard Madrid and Mónica Sánchez, and inspired by the history, dreams and musings of one of Albuquerque’s oldest neighborhoods. This trilogy has been developed with the support of Artful Life’s El Puente/Barelas project and in partnership with the NHCC and Homewise.
Two additional readings of the plays are below:
UPCOMING
Saturday, August 3, 7 pm at Orpheum Arts Space
500 2nd St, SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102
Staged reading of the entire trilogy (90 minutes). Arrive early to see a photo exhibit about Barelas. Followed by refreshments.
PAST
Sunday, July 28, 6 pm at B. Ruppe Drugstore parking lot
807 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102
Free food and drink followed by a reading of excerpts from the trilogy.
The playwrights:
Raúl Garza is a Barelas-inspired playwright who tells stories that resound with culture, identify, and sense of place. His full-length play, Fantasmaville, received the National Latino Playwriting Award. When not writing, Raúl explores kundalini yoga, devours pop culture, and travel beyond his means. www.theraulito.com.
Leonard Madrid works as a designer, actor, playwright, and educator in Albuquerque. His plays, Tecolotito, Perla, and Aurora, have received a Kennedy Center’s Award for Latino Playwrights. Other plays have received readings and performances around the nation. www.leonardmadrid.org.
Mónica Sánchez has followed her bliss toward a life in the theatre and the theatre of life. She has been a professional theatre maker for the last three decades and happily resides in Barelas. This fall she will join the faculty at Colorado College as Assistant Professor of Playwriting and Performance. www.dramatista.com.
Breathe, Barelas, Breathe Flyer HERE

¡HAH! Happy Arte Hour
2019-08-01 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
5:30 pm to 7:30 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.
Please pre-register using the link HERE (so we know how many materials to prepare).
This month, work with guest artist Sean Wells who will discuss working in the contemporary style inspired by traditional Spanish Colonial Art forms. She will lead us in a painting workshop using acrylic paints on canvas. Paintings created during this month’s HAH or Vamos will be voluntarily included in an exhibition in the education building.

About Sean Wells:
Sean’s artwork has been featured on internationally distributed beer labels (Cerveza de los Muertos), nationally distributed wine labels (La Catrina Vino) and New Mexico Lottery Scratchers for which she received a national award for top scratcher design. She is an award-winning 5th generation Spanish Colonial artist and juried member of the Spanish Colonial Arts Society in the retablo category, promoting the traditional arts through her television show, New Mexican Santera. Sean received “Best Visual Artist 2016” and “Top 5 Artists” 2017 and 2018 from the readers of Albuquerque the Magazine. Through art, Sean aspires to bring an appreciation for the Hispanic traditions and culture of Northern New Mexico to a broader audience.
Sean’s art has been featured on the following posters:

2015 Day of the Tread Bike Ride, Albuquerque NM
2016 Day of the Tread Bike Ride, Albuquerque NM
2017 Barelas Festival, Albuquerque, NM
2017 Day of the Tread Bike Ride, Albuquerque NM
2017 La Cosecha International Dual Language Conference, Albuquerque, NM
2017 Run for the Zoo Poster, Albuquerque, NM
2018 Barelas Festival, Albuquerque, NM
2018 Blue Ball Poster, Frozen Dead Guy Days, Nederland CO
2018 Day of the Tread Bike Ride, Albuquerque NM
2018 Gypsy Festival, Madrid, NM
2018 Lincoln County Days, Lincoln County, NM

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

First Friday: Volunteer Education and Conversation
2019-08-02 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
9 am – 11 am
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 location and 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

Cardboard Playhouse Presents Disney’s Aladdin, Dual Language Edition
2019-08-02 - 2019-08-04 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
7 pm—Friday
2 pm—Saturday & Sunday
Disney’s Aladdin, Dual Language Edition features the Academy Award-winning score from Disney’s animated classic, with lyrics in both Spanish and English and a revamped plot that creates dramatic necessity for the bilingual script. The story begins centuries ago, when the royalty of Agrabah spoke one language and the citizens another. Communication is impossible without translation—which is controlled by the evil vizier, Jafar. When the rebellious princess Jazmin and a delinquent street rat, Aladdin, meet in the marketplace, they find something special in one another. Together, they work to transcend the barriers between them, and, with a little magic, help create a better future for themselves and for Agrabah. This touching musical adventure will thrill both Spanish- and English-speaking audiences!
$10, $12, $15 w/ $2 discount for seniors, children 12 and under, and NHCC Foundation members

¡Vamos al Museo!
2019-08-03 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
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.
Please pre-register HERE (so we know how many materials to prepare)
This month, work with guest artist Sean Wells who will discuss working in the contemporary style inspired by traditional Spanish Colonial Art forms. She will lead us in a painting workshop using acrylic paints on canvas. Paintings created during this month’s HAH or Vamos will be voluntarily included in an exhibition in the education building.

About Sean Wells:
Sean’s artwork has been featured on internationally distributed beer labels (Cerveza de los Muertos), nationally distributed wine labels (La Catrina Vino) and New Mexico Lottery Scratchers for which she received a national award for top scratcher design. She is an award-winning 5th generation Spanish Colonial artist and juried member of the Spanish Colonial Arts Society in the retablo category, promoting the traditional arts through her television show, New Mexican Santera. Sean received “Best Visual Artist 2016” and “Top 5 Artists” 2017 and 2018 from the readers of Albuquerque the Magazine. Through art, Sean aspires to bring an appreciation for the Hispanic traditions and culture of Northern New Mexico to a broader audience.
Sean’s art has been featured on the following posters:

2015 Day of the Tread Bike Ride, Albuquerque NM
2016 Day of the Tread Bike Ride, Albuquerque NM
2017 Barelas Festival, Albuquerque, NM
2017 Day of the Tread Bike Ride, Albuquerque NM
2017 La Cosecha International Dual Language Conference, Albuquerque, NM
2017 Run for the Zoo Poster, Albuquerque, NM
2018 Barelas Festival, Albuquerque, NM
2018 Blue Ball Poster, Frozen Dead Guy Days, Nederland CO
2018 Day of the Tread Bike Ride, Albuquerque NM
2018 Gypsy Festival, Madrid, NM
2018 Lincoln County Days, Lincoln County, NM

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
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

Breathe, Barelas, Breathe: A Staged Reading of a Trilogy of One-Act Plays
2019-08-03 | Orpheum Art Space
7 pm
Orpheum Arts Space
500 2nd St, SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102
This will be a staged reading of the entire trilogy (90 minutes). Arrive early to see a photo exhibit about Barelas. Followed by refreshments.
This trilogy of one-act plays is written by Barelas resident playwrights Raúl Garza, Leonard Madrid and Mónica Sánchez, and inspired by the history, dreams and musings of one of Albuquerque’s oldest neighborhoods. This trilogy has been developed with the support of Artful Life’s El Puente/Barelas project and in partnership with the NHCC and Homewise.
Two additional readings of the plays are below:
PAST
Sunday, July 28, 6 pm at B. Ruppe Drugstore parking lot
807 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102
Free food and drink followed by a reading of excerpts from the trilogy.
Wednesday, July 31, 7 pm at the NHCC Wells Fargo Auditorium
1701 4th St, SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102
Staged reading of the entire trilogy (90 minutes) followed by refreshments.
The playwrights:
Raúl Garza is a Barelas-inspired playwright who tells stories that resound with culture, identify, and sense of place. His full-length play, Fantasmaville, received the National Latino Playwriting Award. When not writing, Raúl explores kundalini yoga, devours pop culture, and travel beyond his means. www.theraulito.com.
Leonard Madrid works as a designer, actor, playwright, and educator in Albuquerque. His plays, Tecolotito, Perla, and Aurora, have received a Kennedy Center’s Award for Latino Playwrights. Other plays have received readings and performances around the nation. www.leonardmadrid.org.
Mónica Sánchez has followed her bliss toward a life in the theatre and the theatre of life. She has been a professional theatre maker for the last three decades and happily resides in Barelas. This fall she will join the faculty at Colorado College as Assistant Professor of Playwriting and Performance. www.dramatista.com.
Breathe, Barelas, Breathe Flyer HERE

Monthly Speakers Program for the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of NM (Rental)
2019-08-03 | NHCC-BOD-January-2020-Meeting
10:30 am
Dr. Joseph Sanchez and he will continue his lecture series on the History of New Mexico.
The sixth lecture in this series is:
Revolt and Reconquest: New Mexico and the Camino Real.
Dr. Joseph Sanchez is an author, historian, and former Director of the National Petroglyph Monument. Internationally recognized he was awarded the Medalla de Acero al Merito Historico Capitan Alonso de Leon by the Sociedad Nuevoleonesa de Historia, Geografia y Estadistica, Monterrey, Mexico in 2000. In 2005 he was inducted into the prestigious knighthood order of the Orden de Isabel la Catolica by King Juan Carlos of Spain. Please welcome Dr. Joseph Sanchez.

Qué Chola Farewell Party
2019-08-04 | September-2019-Board-Meeting-Minutes
2 pm – 5 pm
Join us for a final chance to view the exhibition, Qué Chola! Museum admission will be free, there will be curator tours of the exhibition, food trucks, a fashion show, music, vendors, and more!
Free event
Free museum admission for the first Sunday of the month (recurring)

Domingos en Arte: The Juani de la Isla Quartet
2019-08-04 | Patio | Fountain Courtyard, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
6 pm
Domingos en Arte, the summer music and dance series presented by MelazaMusic and the National Hispanic Cultural Center, is now in its fourth season, with concerts scheduled through August. 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.
On August 4, the new cross-cultural musical ensemble The Juani de la Isla Quartet, founded by acclaimed flamenco guitarist Juani de la Isla, explores the fusion of rhythm and melodic junctures among flamenco, Latin music, and Latin jazz in a genre-spanning performance. Juani de la Isla, highly praised in Spain as a flamenco accompanist and soloist, has recorded over 150 albums with artists worldwide. The ensemble also features Latin jazz pianist and violinist Dr. Mariano Morales, from Puerto Rico; Cuban-born bassist Yosmel Montijo; and Latin Grammy-winning percussionist and cajón player Diego “El Negro,” from Venezuela.
$15 w/ $2 discount for NHCC members; free for children 12 and younger
Thank you to our Performing Arts Season Sponsors Heritage Hotels and Resorts, the Albuquerque Journal and Southwest Airlines!

Educator Community Gathering
2019-08-07 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24
5:30 to 7:30 pm
All teachers, administrators, parents, & artists are invited to join us to view the fresco mural, Mundos de Mestizaje, enjoy appetizers and beverages, and participate in discussions about curricula and community needs.
The National Hispanic Cultural Center and AmeriCorps VISTA are seeking partnerships with schools, educators, parents, and artists to develop a curriculum for as many K-12 students as possible. Our first focus is creating content incorporating Mundos de Mestizaje.

Mundos de Mestizaje is a 4000sqft concave, buon fresco depicting thousands of years of history and highlights the diverse cultural connections between people and places. This impressive work of art is one of the largest frescos in North America and can be found in the National Hispanic Cultural Center’s Torreón.
We encourage all community members interested in education development to attend!
Through outreach and discussion, we intend to better understand community needs and how this curriculum would be most useful and inspiring for students.
Share your knowledge and learn more about joining our Working Group of advisors!
Please RSVP by August 4
For any questions, please email vanessa.justice@state.nm.us or call 505-288-5572
To learn more about AmeriCorps VISTA, visit www.nationalservice.gov.
This event is free and open to the public.

Film: Los amores cobardes
2019-08-08 | NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30
7 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.
When Eva, a young, independent cartoonist, returns home to Málaga for the summer holidays to spend time with her mother and her best friend Gema, she unexpectedly encounters an old boyfriend. She has had no contact with Rubén since he broke off their relationship, with no explanation and no farewell, six years earlier. While reflecting on the past, Eva will have to make decisions about the future. Presented in partnership with Instituto Cervantes as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series.
2018; Carmen Blanco; Spanish with English subtitles; 92 minutes; rated PG-13.
Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before show

Live Pop-Up Salsa: Son Como Son and Ivón Ulibarrí & Café Mocha
2019-08-09 | Patio | Fountain Courtyard, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
7 pm
MelazaMusic and the National Hispanic Cultural Center present a live pop-up salsa event with Son Como Son and Ivón Ulibarrí & Café Mocha. This family-friendly event, also featuring drinks and delicious Latin cuisine, will be held in the NHCC’s enchanting Fountain Courtyard.
$12 w/ $2 discount for NHCC members; free for children 12 and younger

Son Como Son bills itself as “Salsa, Cuban Style.” Founded in 1993, it is unquestionably one of Albuquerque’s longest-standing and most popular salsa ensembles. The band has played regularly to packed audiences of dedicated and enthusiastic salseros at the NM Jazz Workshop’s Salsa Under the Stars series; at the Cooperage; and at special concerts in venues such as the Telluride Jazz Festival. Son Como Son is directed by renowned trombonist, vocalist, percussionist, composer, and arranger César Bauvallet, who moved from Havana, Cuba to Albuquerque in 1992.
Ivón Ulibarrí & Café Mocha, also one of Albuquerque’s oldest and hottest salsa bands, serves up a blend of son, cha-cha, merengue, cumbia, and other styles from the Caribbean and beyond. An award-winning vocalist and songwriter and a pioneer of salsa music in New Mexico, Ivón has been entertaining for over 30 years.

Salud y Sabor Celebrates Venezuela: Strength in Culture
2019-08-10 | Domenici Education Building – Grand Hall
11:30 am to 2:00 pm
Salud y Sabor is a free late morning/early afternoon of food, art, health, culture, and entertainment that celebrates our communities and connects families with nutrition, cooking, healthy lifestyles, and play. Once a month, community members gather for cooking demonstrations using fresh, locally grown ingredients, fun art and movement activities for kids and adults, health screenings, cultural exchange, and live entertainment. Join us for free samples of local produce and special recipes. All activities emphasize traditional Latin American and Indigenous food and culture, basic information/free screenings from local Western and alternative health practitioners, and a vibrant atmosphere with art activities, storytelling, and live music.
This event is presented as a partnership between the NHCC, Agri-Cultura Network and Street Food Institute.
Thank you to our presenting sponsor UNM-Health Sciences Center!
This event is free and open to the public

POSTPONED: Who We Are, Together: NM Families Project Presentation for Torres & Urioste
2019-08-10 | History and Literary Arts Building
This event has been postponed to a date TBD. Please check back here for further information.
2-4 pm
This project engaged 2-3 generations of seven NM families in testing their DNA and researching their family lineage with the help of the NHCC and experts in the field. For seven Sundays these families will present what they learned about who they are, where they are, where they came from, and from whom they descend, followed by dialogue. Join us to explore the diverse heritage and history of NM through our families: who we are, together.
For this presentation, hear more about the histories of the families Torres and Urioste.
Other presentation dates below:
Aug. 25, 2-4 pm: Sanchez, Martinez, Tovar and Begley
Sept. 15, 2-4 pm: Romero and Martinez
Sept. 22, 2-4 pm: Madrid and Padilla
Oct. 6, 2-4 pm: C De Baca
Oct. 20, 2-4 pm: Lopez, Fraga, Liomas and Gomez
Nov. 3, 2-4 pm: Martinez and Tafoya
Please RSVP as space is limited: http://bit.ly/2WFltQa

Colcha Community Stitch-Along
2019-08-16 | 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

Bosque Chile Festival
2019-08-17 | NHCC Campus, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10 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 beer and wine, educational sessions, a chicharron competition, chef demonstrations, a fun run, and a poetry slam.
$5, kids 5 and younger free

The Festival provides Bernalillo County an avenue to offer a destination event showing the world what New Mexicans have known all along—chile is a culture and a way of life. Through the Festival we strive to increase visitation at the NHCC and to further the Center’s mission of preserving, promoting, and advancing Hispanic culture, arts, and humanities through the disciplines of performing arts, visual arts, literary arts and history. This event is presented by Bernalillo County and the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Like us on Facebook and receive up to date info about the Bosque Chile Festival and Ristra Run, www.facebook.com/bosquechilefestival.
No pets allowed; service animals only.
No alcoholic beverages may be brought on site; purchased alcoholic beverages must be consumed on site.
Like us on Facebook and receive up to date info about the Bosque Chile Festival, www.facebook.com/bosquechilefestival.
For more information email bosquechilefestival@bernco.gov or call (505) 468-1418.
This event is presented by Bernalillo County and the National Hispanic Cultural Center.

Domingos en Arte: Redobles de Cultura
2019-08-18 | Patio | Fountain Courtyard, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
6 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 the deep roots of Afro-Diaspora traditions, tracing their relevance through contemporary, urban, and global realities. Members include Nelson “Mateo” González, Julia Loíza Gutiérrez-Rivera, Nicky “Caja Dura” Laboy, Kyle Matthews, and Nina Dilet Rodríguez.
$15 w/ $2 discount for NHCC members; free for children 12 and younger
Thank you to our Performing Arts Season Sponsors Heritage Hotels and Resorts, the Albuquerque Journal and Southwest Airlines!
