¡Baile! Rueda de Casino (Cuban Salsa) Dance Class
NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-246 pm – 7 pm Beginning and Intermediate - This class is geared for teenagers and adults. Come learn footwork, partner skills and choreography. No experience necessary. 7 pm – 8 pm Intermediate and Advanced - In order to participate in this class, dancers must know how to keep time, closed position calls, dame, enchufla, and outside turn. Dance classes taught by Sarita Streng, Nick Babic, Adam "El Caballo" Metcalf, Larry Heard, and Rueda 505 Friends. In the meantime, a fun video from Rueda Con Ritmo Dance (more...)
Film: Vicky Cristina Barcelona
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-307 pm Vicky and Cristina, two young Americans spending a summer in Spain, meet a charming Casanova and his beautiful but volatile ex-wife. When they all become romantically entangled, the sparks begin to fly in hilarious fashion, lighting up the stunning city of Barcelona. The sexy, romantic comedy has been described as “one of Woody Allen’s finest films.” Presented as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series; in June, the series features films by award-winning Spanish actor Javier Bardem. 2008; directed by Woody Allen; (more...)
Summer Institute Performances: The Manoa Project
NHCC-BOD-January-2020-MeetingThursday—8 pm Friday—8 pm The NHCC’s Summer Institutes—Circo Latino, the Manoa Project, and Voces—join the Manoa Project Teen Ensemble for a stirring performance of a fully produced original show written and created by a group of theatre students who have trained and worked together over four weeks. The performance, inspired by themes of community, agriculture, farming, and our relationship with nature, will be based on the NHCC Art Museum’s exhibit Outstanding in His Field: San Ysidro—Patron Saint of Farmers. $10 w/ $2 discount for students
Summer Institute Performances: Circo Latino
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NMThursday—5 pm Friday—10 am The NHCC’s Summer Institutes—Circo Latino, the Manoa Project, and Voces— come see young artists, ages 8-13, present an original show featuring trapeze, juggling, stilting, acrobatics, clowning, live music, and more, exploring themes of community, agriculture, farming and our relationship with nature as presented in the NHCC Art Museum exhibit Outstanding in His Field: San Ysidro—Patron Saint of Farmers. Free public event; suggested donation $5
Summer Institute Performances: Voces
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-307 pm The NHCC’s Summer Institutes—Circo Latino, the Manoa Project, and Voces— students from the Voces writing program will perform selected pieces from their month of intensive writing that explore their own inner voices and the themes of community, agriculture, farming and our relationship with nature represented in the NHCC Art Museum’s current exhibit Outstanding in His Field: San Ysidro—Patron Saint of Farmers. Free public event; suggested donation $5
Saturdays in the Museum
September-2019-Board-Meeting-Minutes2 pm to 3 pm National Hispanic Cultural Center Art Museum presents Saturdays in the Museum Tours every Saturday afternoon starting at 2 pm. Each tour will be different depending on the exhibit and theme. Free with NHCC Museum admission
Jugamos Juntos: ¡Vamos al Museo!
Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM10:30 am to 12 pm The National Hispanic Cultural Center is pleased to offer free children’s programming during the summer. During June, July, and the first Saturday in August, families will be able to come to the Center on Saturday mornings for hands-on art activities, bilingual sing-alongs, outdoor activities in the Bosque and to explore the science of cooking on a rotating basis. The first Saturday of each month, Vamos al Museo will offer hands-on art presented by a visual artist in conjunction with a visit to (more...)
Seeing Double: Paired Perspective Museum Tours
September-2019-Board-Meeting-Minutes2 pm Join us on Saturday, July 1 at 2 pm for a special tour of the NHCC Art Museum’s exhibition, Outstanding in His Field: San Ysidro—Patron Saint of Farmers. Led by two different specialists with two distinct perspectives, it’s sure to have you seeing the artwork in new ways! The tour will be led by artist Arturo Olivas and Master Gardener Chris Fenner, who will discuss San Ysidro and the exhibit as a whole from an artistic and an agricultural perspective. The price of admission allows (more...)
Domingos en Arte: Los Texmaniacs & Mariachi Flor de Toloache
Patio | Fountain Courtyard 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States7 pm (doors open at 6:30 pm) Grammy-winning Los TexManiacs, a conjunto band created by Albuquerque’s Max Baca in 1997, is joined by Grammy-nominated Mariachi Flor de Toloache, from New York. Los TexManiacs incorporates elements from genres including rock & roll and jazz, while still honoring the roots of Tejano conjunto; their album Borders y Bailes won the 2010 Grammy Award for Tejano Album of the Year. Founded in 2008, with members from a wide variety of national and cultural backgrounds, Mariachi Flor de Toloache is New (more...)
Film: The Sea Inside/Mar Adentro
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-307 pm The Sea Inside is based on the life story of Ramón Sampedro, a Spanish ship mechanic and part-time poet who was left quadriplegic and bedridden at the age of 26 following a diving accident. Sampedro fought a 30-year campaign for the legal right to end his life with dignity; despite his wish to die, he was able to inspire those who were close to him to live life to the fullest. Presented as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series. 2004; directed (more...)