During Cervantes Week, we will commemorate one of the most universally acclaimed figures of Spanish language and culture, Miguel de Cervantes. This event is organized by Instituto Cervantes-Albuquerque in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center, the Spanish Resource Center, and the Mexican Consulate in Albuquerque. La Semana Cervantina es un espacio en el que […]
8:30 am - 7 pm—Thursday & Friday 8:30 am - 4 pm—Saturday The University of New Mexico is hosting an interdisciplinary environmental justice public forum, “Decolonizing Nature: Resistance, Resilience, Revitalization,” which includes a four-day interdisciplinary conference from April 19 through April 22 at the NHCC; a companion exhibition at 516 ARTS from April 15 through […]
7 pm Beloved Mexican comic Cantinflas (Mario Moreno) portrays a young lawyer who dedicates himself to resolving the problems of the less fortunate. The title is a play on words deriving from his old professor’s description of him as “un hombre puro, y sin mancha” (a pure man, without stain)—qualities he is perceived to share […]
7 pm When three young catadores—boys picking trash in the slums of Rio de Janeiro—find a wallet in the daily detritus of their local dump, they little imagine that their lives are about to change forever. But when the police show up, offering a handsome reward for the wallet’s return, the boys realize that what […]
8 am to 6 pm (Rio Rez Run in Bosque from 8 am to 9 am; NHCC campus opens at 9 am) A full day of interactive art, education, wellness, and technology programs, this premiere event features a mix of contemporary and traditional activities coordinated by various organizations and professionals working with and within Indigenous […]
7 pm Cinco de Mayo: La batalla is the story of the 1862 Battle of Puebla, the most important battle in Mexican history. Defending the city of Puebla, the army of General Ignacio Zaragoza, numbering around 2,000 men, won an unlikely victory against a supposedly unbeatable French army of over 6,000—at that time the world’s […]
2 pm to 4 pm Join author A. Gabriel Meléndez for a reading from his new book The Book of Archives and Other Stories from the Mora Valley, New Mexico. The Book of Archives tells the story of New Mexico’s Mora Valley, located in the shadow of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, through the ghosts […]
7 pm When a Mexican mariachi singer and single father applies for a visa for his daughter to travel to Arizona, his application is promptly denied by an uptight U.S. embassy official looking forward to her forthcoming transfer to London. Subsequent events, and complications, bring the two together in a bilingual romantic comedy that has […]
7 pm An Acapulco playboy’s bachelor lifestyle comes to a halt when a former lover shows up on his doorstep with a baby girl, asks for money to pay her cab fare, and disappears. His attempt to return the child to her mother leads him to Los Angeles, to a successful career as a stuntman, […]
7 pm Two former thieves reunite to rob the biggest thief they know—a TV infomercial guru who has made millions selling worthless health products to poor Latino immigrants. While his empire is nearly impossible to infiltrate, they know that by going undercover as day laborers they can pull off the heist. When none of their […]
