• Film: Del corto al largo (y viceversa), Asamblea

    12 pm (MST) Available for 48 hours Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE Álex Montoya’s first feature film, an adaptation of the play La gente by Juli Disla and Jaume Pérez (who also wrote the screenplay for the film), is a comic look at the decision-making processes of assemblies formed as a result of political movements after 2011. In a last meeting before the summer, Josep wants to move forward on the approval of a plan, while respecting differing ideologies and allowing all members an opportunity to speak. (more...)

  • Film: Del corto al largo (y viceversa), Mala espina

    12 pm (MST) Available for 48 hours Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE Belén Macías’ second feature film, Marsella, dramatizes a tug of war between two women, raising the question of who should have custody of a child—the struggling working-class biological mother unable to raise her “properly,” or the wealthy middle-class adoptive mother who can do so. Does having money give one a greater claim on motherhood? 2013; Spanish with English subtitles; 98 minutes; not rated. Free community event During April, Instituto Cervantes presents the work of four (more...)

  • NHCC Children’s Bilingual Book Festival

    9 am-5 pm (MST) Live online. Visit the festival website This annual festival is the only one of its kind in the U.S. that features children’s books in Spanish and English and Indigenous languages and English. The focus on Spanish, English, Indigenous languages books and authors makes this festival particularly meaningful and vibrant, reflecting the identities of many children in New Mexico, the American Southwest, and beyond. We want to encourage children to see themselves in contemporary children’s literature as well as introduce a bilingual body of (more...)

  • Film: Del corto al largo (y viceversa), Marsella

    12 pm (MST) Available for 48 hours Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE Belén Macías’ second feature film, Marsella, dramatizes a tug of war between two women, raising the question of who should have custody of a child—the struggling working-class biological mother unable to raise her “properly,” or the wealthy middle-class adoptive mother who can do so. Does having money give one a greater claim on motherhood? 2013; Spanish with English subtitles; 98 minutes; not rated. Free community event During April, Instituto Cervantes presents the work of four (more...)

  • Film: Del corto al largo (y viceversa), Rodilla

    12 pm (MST) Available for 48 hours Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE Several of Juanjo Giménez’ short subjects explore the world of soccer, and its emotional impact on fans. In Rodilla, a chance sighting of the legendary player Rodilla working as a cab driver leads a middle-aged man on a search for a missing trading card to settle childhood scores. 2009; Spanish with English subtitles; 16 minutes; not rated. Free community event During April, Instituto Cervantes presents the work of four filmmakers in collaboration with Alcine, the (more...)

  • NHCC Book Club: Everyone Knows You Go Home—Natalia Sylvester

    5:30 pm (MST) Live via Zoom To join, contact cassandra.osterloh@state.nm.us Winner of an  International Latino Book Award. “The first time Isabel meets her father-in-law, Omar, he’s already dead—an apparition appearing uninvited on her wedding day. Her husband, Martin, still unforgiving for having been abandoned by his father years ago, confesses that he never knew the old man had died. Omar asks Isabel for the impossible: persuade Omar’s family—especially his wife, Elda—to let him redeem himself.” - Goodreads. Free community event

  • “NHCC Learning” Workshop for Educators

    6:30 pm (MST) Live via Zoom In this free workshop for educators, learn about and discuss NHCC Learning's educational resources and the AmeriCorps project, meet some of the NHCC's Visual Arts staff, and be entered in a raffle to win a special prize for attending!​ There are two opportunities to join this workshop: Thursday, April 22, 6:30 pm (MST) & Saturday, April 24, 10:00 am (MST). To register, click here!

  • Film: Del corto al largo (y viceversa), Nos hacemos falta

    12 pm (MST) Available for 48 hours Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE In Juanjo Giménez’ first feature film, Nos hacemos falta, a prisoner granted leave to attend his mother’s funeral encounters an old friend, a newly discovered little brother, and a truck with a clandestine cargo. As the assorted characters travel through the desert in this “peculiar road movie,” they discover what unites them, as well as what keeps them apart. 2001; Spanish with English subtitles; 97 minutes; not rated. Free community event During April, Instituto Cervantes (more...)

  • Tertulia Histórica Albuquerque: The Pen and The Sword: Literary Works of Colonial New Mexico

    2 pm (MST) Live via Zoom, Register HERE Join State Historian Rob Martínez as he explores New Mexico's early literary tradition with influences from epic poems of the ancient Mediterranean, colonial Mexico, and the mystic poetic traditions of San Juan de la Cruz and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. The talk will take you on a journey showing how these different styles are manifested in the works of authors like Villagrá, Benavides, Sigüenza y Góngora, and Quintana. Free community event Tertulia Histórica Albuquerque is presented by (more...)

  • “NHCC Learning” Workshop For Educators

    10 am (MST) Live via Zoom In this free workshop for educators, learn about and discuss NHCC Learning's educational resources and the AmeriCorps project, meet some of the NHCC's Visual Arts staff, and be entered in a raffle to win a special prize for attending!​ There are two opportunities to join this workshop: Thursday, April 22, 6:30pm (MST) & Saturday, April 24, 10:00 am (MST). To register, click here!