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  • Film: Favela Rising (Brazil)

    NHCC-BOD-January-2020-Meeting

    2 pm ¡Globalquerque!, Avokado Artists, and the NHCC present the International Cinema Series in September; films in this series are presented in partnership with ¡Globalquerque!, New Mexico’s Twelfth Annual Celebration of World Music and Culture, returning to the NHCC on September 23 & 24. The schedule includes the two films that will be shown during the free Global Fiesta on September 24, including Favela Rising. Haunted by the murders of his family and many of his friends, a former drug trafficker turns social revolutionary in Rio de (more...)

  • Globalquerque 2016 Free Global Fiesta

    Plaza Mayor

    10:30am - 4pm A free fun-filled day for all ages packed with educational workshops, hands-on art activities, films, and performances.  Join us for a variety of international dance classes, a chance to play with circus equipment and musical instruments from around the world, food and crafts for sale in the Global Village, free entrance to the museum, and more!  For the full schedule, visit here.

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  • K-12 Educator’s Workshop: Día de los Muertos: Cultural Literacy in Practice

    Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

    5 pm to 8 pm Join the UNM Latin American & Iberian Institute and the National Hispanic Cultural Center for a free professional development workshop for K-12 educators focused on Día de los Muertos. We'll discuss how to bring cultural literacy and culturally relevant resources to students through activities that explore the history and practices associated with Día de los Muertos. Certificates of professional development, refreshments, and supplies will be provided to participants. Registration is required for this free event. This is a free event with registration. Limited (more...)

  • Film: The Dark Horse (New Zealand)

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    7 pm ¡Globalquerque!, Avokado Artists, and the NHCC present the International Cinema Series in September; films in this series are presented in partnership with ¡Globalquerque!, New Mexico’s Twelfth Annual Celebration of World Music and Culture, held at the NHCC on September 23 & 24. The Dark Horse is based on the true story of Maori speed-chess master Genesis Potini, who was diagnosed as bipolar and spent his life in and out of hospitals, with short jail stints for vagrancy. Taught chess as a child by his older (more...)

  • Siembra, Latino Theatre Season: Woman on Fire

    NHCC-BOD-January-2020-Meeting

    By Marisela Treviño Orta September 29-October 2, October 6-9, & October 13-16, 2016 7:30 pm—Thursday-Saturday 2 pm—Sunday Woman on Fire is a re-imagining of Sophocles’ Antigone set along the Arizona/Mexico border. The ghost of a woman who died while crossing the border haunts the unwilling heroine Juanita, the wife of a U.S. Border Patrolman. Juanita finds herself torn between the law of man and a higher law when she must decide whether or not to put her husband's career and their marriage at risk in order to (more...)

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  • Dia de los Muertos

    Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

    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. For a PDF with all of our Día de los Muertosevents click HERE. For more information please call or email Elena Baca at 505-246-2261 or ElenaD.Baca@state.nm.us Dia de los Muertos 2016 events at the NHCC are generously sponsored by (more...)

  • Willie Velasquez Your Vote Is Your Voice: Film Screening & Voter Registration

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    10 am (screenings at 11 am & 2 pm) Free screenings of the documentary film Willie Velasquez Your Vote Is Your Voice and voter registration drive, presented in partnership with New Mexico PBS. The film introduces viewers to the man who led the Southwest Voter Registration and Education Project and launched 1,000 voter registration drives in 200 cities, paving the way for Latinos to have a voice in government and underscoring the growing power of the Latino vote. Patrons will be able to register to vote on-site. (more...)

  • ¡Vamos al Museo!: Día de los Muertos: Sugar Skulls & Mini Ofrendas

    Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

    10:30 am to 12:30 pm 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. A great morning of art-making for children of all ages and (more...)

  • Book Reading & Signing: The Mariachi Murder (Jemimah Hodge Mystery Series)

    History and Literary Arts Building

    2 pm to 4 pm Join us for a book reading and signing with celebrated artist and author Marie Romero Cash as she reads from "The Mariachi Murder", the fourth murder mystery in her series featuring forensic psychologist Jemimah Hodge. The novel offers readers the pleasures we have come to expect from the Jemimah Hodge series: a vivid physical and cultural landscape populated with true-to-life characters in a fast-paced story. Set in New Mexico, in and around Santa Fe, the familiar—Cash’s family has lived here for generations—meets (more...)

  • Festival Ballet Albuquerque Presents Dracula, A Love Story (Rental)

    Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM

    Saturday-Sunday, October 1-2, 2016 7 pm—Saturday 2 pm—Sunday Back by popular demand and just in time to kick off the Halloween season, Patricia Dickinson Wells brings Bram Stoker’s macabre novel Dracula back to the stage for two breathtaking performances of a fully realized dance rendition, Dracula, A Love Story. Festival Ballet Albuquerque, also known for its critically acclaimed productions of Firebird Ballet, The Nutcracker Ballet in the Land of Enchantment, Billy the Kid, Coppelia, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, performs a truly 21st century version of the (more...)

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