Olga Kern International Piano Competition: Semifinal Rounds
2019-10-30 - 2019-10-31 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
11 am to 5 pm
The Olga Kern International Piano Competition presents the Semifinal Rounds. On the heels of their stunning performances during the Preliminary Rounds, the OKIPC is proud to present the contestants who qualified for the next round of the competition in their quest to progress to the Final Round with the New Mexico Philharmonic, and to win the competition.
The winners of the OKIPC are sure to have long and storied musical careers—don’t miss this opportunity to see and hear who they might be!
$10

For more information, please check out the Olga Kern Piano Competition website: http://olgakerncompetition.org/

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.

First Friday: Volunteer Education and Conversation
2019-11-01 | 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

Todd Snider with Dean Alexander
2019-11-01 | NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30
7:30 pm
AMP Concerts presents Todd Snider with Dean Alexander. Todd Snider has long been recognized as one of his generation’s most gifted and engaging songwriters. If Snider is anything, he is a true artist. At a point in time when the world has never been more complicated and confusing, with people getting louder and louder, he did a 180 and went back to his roots as a folk singer, to a simpler, quieter form of expression. And this may be what the world is waiting to hear—just a man, his guitar, and the truth.
$27, $32

Approximate time of event: 2 hours including intermission.

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.

Día de los Muertos: Despedida
2019-11-01 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
5 pm – 7 pm
Free Community Event
The National Hispanic Cultural Center will hold its annual Despedida (Farewell) to celebrate Día de los Muertos with music, poetry, and hands-on art at this time-honored community gathering. This is a great event for all ages. Tour the ofrendas around the NHCC campus and enjoy music, poetry, traditional hot chocolate mexicano, pan de muerto, and the sharing of heartfelt memories.
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 more information please call 505-246-2261.
Free community event

HLA Book Sale: Grab a Great Book (or 5) and More!
2019-11-02 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24
10 am – 4 pm | Salon Ortega | $1 Admission
Door Prizes, Refreshments, and More

Once or twice a year, the NHCC History and Literary Arts program hosts a great book sale.
We are lucky enough to receive plenty of book donations, and we have some treasures.
If you are a history or literature buff, you’ll be especially pleased.
We also have a wide range of other finds, including catalogues from our previous exhibits, and posters.
Come by (earlier is better) and browse books at terrific prices. Door prizes, too!
All proceeds go toward History and Literary Arts programming, which enables us to bring you events, workshops, readings, and more.

¡Vamos al Museo!
2019-11-02 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
¡Vamos al Museo! is cancelled for the month of November but will resume on December 7, 2019.
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)
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

Salud y Sabor celebrates Mexico and Día de los Muertos
2019-11-02 | Domenici Education Building – Grand Hall
11:30 am – 2 pm
Free Family Fun
Salud y Sabor, a partnership between the Agri-cultura Network, Street Food Institute, and the NHCC is a free event with food, art, and entertainment aimed at providing families with an opportunity to connect around nutrition, cooking, healthy lifestyles, and culture.
Once a month, community members gather for cooking demonstrations using fresh, locally grown ingredients, as well as fun art activities for kids and adults, health screenings, and live entertainment. An emphasis is placed on exploring traditional Hispanic dishes, providing basic information/free screenings from local Western and alternative health practitioners, and creating a vibrant atmosphere with art activities and live music. In most months, free samples of local produce are available.
This month’s theme is Mexico and Día de los Muertos.
For more information on Salud y Sabor, call 505/246-2261.
Free public event

Mundos de Mestizaje
2019-11-02 - 2019-11-03, 2019-11-09 - 2019-11-10, 2019-11-16 - 2019-11-17, 2019-11-23 - 2019-11-24 | 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

Judy Collins
2019-11-03 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
7:30 pm
AMP Concerts presents Judy Collins. Judy has inspired audiences with sublime vocals, boldly vulnerable songwriting, personal life triumphs, and a firm commitment to social activism. In the 1960s, she evoked both the idealism and the steely determination of a generation united against social and environmental injustices. Five decades later, her luminescent presence shines brightly as new generations bask in the glow of her iconic 50-album body of work, and gain inspiration from the spiritual discipline that has enabled her to thrive in the music industry for half a century.
$42, $52, $62

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.

Who We Are, Together: NM Families Project Presentation for Martinez and Tafoya
2019-11-03 | History and Literary Arts Building
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 Martinez and Tafoya.
Please RSVP as space is limited: http://bit.ly/2WFltQa

¡Baile! Casino (Cuban Salsa) Dance Class
2019-11-05, 2019-11-19 | 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, call 505-246-2261.
$5 to $10 per class (pay what you can)

¡HAH! Happy Arte Hour
2019-11-07 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
¡HAH! Happy Arte Hour is cancelled for the month of November but will resume on December 5, 2019.
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)
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

Lecture by Vincent Valdez
2019-11-07 | NHCC-BOD-January-2020-Meeting
6 pm
Vincent Valdez, a visual artist based in Houston, Texas, received his B.F.A. at The Rhode Island School of Design in Providence in 2000. He has had solo exhibitions and participated in group shows at venues, such as, Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin; David Shelton Gallery, Houston, Texas; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas; MASS MoCA; National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.; and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas. His work is found in numerous collections, including the Ford Foundation; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin; National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago; Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame; David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University; and others.
Free

This year’s Gale Memorial Speaker Series in the Department of Art at UNM is organized by Ray Hernández-Durán, Professor of Art History. The lecture series is focused on U.S. Latinx Art and will consist of six events, five lectures and one panel discussion, scheduled from October 15 through November 19, 2019. Events will take place at the UNM Art Museum, the National Hispanic Cultural Center, and the Albuquerque Museum.
Invited presenters include: Carmen Ramos, Curator, Smithsonian, Washington, D.C.; Vincent Valdez, Visual Artist, Houston, Texas; Rocío Aranda-Alvarado, Program Officer, Ford Foundation, NYC; Karen Mary Davalos, Latino/Chicano Studies Professor, University of Minnesota; and Frank Blazquez, Visual Artist, Albuquerque, NM. The panel discussion will focus on four Chicana/o artists who were part of the early Chicano movement in New Mexico, c. 1968–1978. All events are free and open to the public.
For more information about this series, click here.
For questions about this series, please contact Ray at: rhernand@unm.edu. For questions about the Vincent Valdez lecture at the NHCC, please contact Elena at elenad.baca@state.nm.us

Book Reading and Signing: Jaima Chevalier and her Book "Fringe"
2019-11-08 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24
6:30 pm
Jaima Chevalier’s book Fringe is a tribute to flamenco legend María Benitez and includes almost 200 rare and exclusive images from locally famous to world-renowned photographers, all showcasing Benítez’s central role in dance history. Beníitez is an iconic figure in American flamenco. Her riveting story begins with the complexity of her mixed Native American and Puerto Rican heritage followed by her extraordinary journey as a young woman leaving her home on the outskirts of Taos Pueblo to study flamenco in Spain. From the inherent irony of her identity as a Native American woman striving to master the art of a culture that had colonized the Southwestern United States, she grew into an artist driven to forge her own way in the world, starting a business, , a non-profit institution, a school, and a professional touring company. Her illustrious career, from appearances in film and television to stages across the world, is an inspiration to artists, students of history, and seekers of core human truths. Her ability to overcome both racial and gender discrimination made her equally comfortable on the Metropolitan Opera stage as well as dancing around a gypsy campfire–all coalescing to make her story one that dances straight into the heart of what it means to be an American original.
Jaima Chevalier, a Santa Fe native, is the author of five books including La Conquistadora: Unveiling the History of Santa Fe’s Six Hundred Year Old Religious Icon and Nativo (with Oliver Galvan-De La Cruz). Her documentary films include Veiled Lightning/Native Voltage (director) and El Corazon de Santa Fe (Producer).
Join us in the Salon Ortega of the historic History and Literary Arts Building on the NHCC Campus.
This event is free and open to the public

Yjastros: A Nuestro Aire, A Celebration of 20 Years
2019-11-08 - 2019-11-09 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
8 pm—Friday & Saturday
2 pm—Saturday
Yjastros: The American Flamenco Repertory Company presents A Nuestro Aire, A Celebration of 20 Years, celebrating peerless choreography and the two-decade artistic journey of the incredible company. This season reprises classic works by Artistic Director Joaquin Encinias, A Nuestro Aire and Caravana de los Zincalí, and premieres new works from master artists and choreographers Mercedes Ruiz and La Popi. A unique treasure in the American cultural landscape, Yjastros brings the creative visions of world-renowned flamenco artists to the American public, while cultivating the living art of flamenco in the United States.
$30, $40, $50, $60 w/ $5 discount for students, seniors and NHCC members
Thank you to our Performing Arts Season Sponsors Heritage Hotels and Resorts, the Albuquerque Journal and Southwest Airlines!

New Mexico Philharmonic: Glorious Vivaldi!
2019-11-10 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
3 pm
New Mexico Philharmonic presents Glorious Vivaldi! Enjoy three of the Italian Baroque concerto master’s finest—Vivaldi’s Concerto Grossi in d minor and g minor, along with the much-loved Concerto for Two Violins in a minor with star violinists Sarah Tasker and Gabriela Fogo. The second half of the program features Albuquerque’s own marvelous Coro Lux and the NMPhil—in Gloria, Vivaldi’s blissful sacred masterwork.
Sarah Tasker, violin
Gabriela Fogo, violin
Coro Lux and Soloists
$24, $35, $46, $68

Vivaldi: Concerto Grosso in d minor, Op. 3, No. 11
Vivaldi: Concerto Grosso in g minor
Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Violins in a minor
Vivaldi: Gloria

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¡Baile! Casino (Cuban Salsa) Dance Class
2019-11-12 | NM

Música del Corazón: Sin Fronteras/Without Borders, Recovery and Celebration
2019-11-13 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
7 pm—Pre-concert string instrument-making
7:30 pm—Concert
On the wings of melody, rhythm, and poetry, ¡Música del Corazón! concerts, featuring new groups and different traditions each year, tell us as much about our past as about our future. The concerts honor the contributions of John Donald Robb, Sr., former dean of UNM’s College of Fine Arts and a recognized music pioneer, and are dedicated in memory of his son, John Donald Robb, Jr., a driving force in the development of the UNM John Donald Robb Musical Trust. The sixth annual John D. Robb, Jr. concert and 30th anniversary celebration of the Robb Trust features Frank McCulloch, Cipriano Vigil, Bayou Seco, and Lone Piñon. MC’d by Dr. Enrique Lamadrid, a nationally recognized folklorist and musicologist, the event also includes the presentation of the 2019 Robb Award for Excellence in Music of the Southwest.
The New Mexico Musical Heritage Project offers a pre-concert string instrument-making demonstration and performances by UNM students.
Free public event
Thank you to our Performing Arts Season Sponsors Heritage Hotels and Resorts, the Albuquerque Journal and Southwest Airlines!

Film: ¡COLORES! The Musical Adventures of John Donald Robb in New Mexico
2019-11-14 | NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30
7 pm
The late John Donald Robb loved and composed all kinds of music, but his passion for the songs of everyday folk is what he is remembered for most. Roaming the countryside of the Southwest during the 40s and 50s, Robb recorded and transcribed over 3,000 Hispano folk songs, the largest collection of its time. This documentary celebrates the life of this adventurous musician and the modern day ethnomusicologists who continue to record and archive New Mexico’s disappearing folk music traditions. Presented in partnership with New Mexico PBS and the John Donald Robb Musical Trust as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series.
Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before show

2008; NMPBS; English; 27 minutes; not rated.
The screening will be followed by a live performance of selections from John D. Robb’s Joy Comes to Deadhorse, the precursor to The Fantasticks, narrated by V.B. Price and performed by the New Mexico Performing Arts Society under the direction of Franz Vote. There will be a dessert reception in the lobby after the performance.

Colcha Community Stitch-Along
2019-11-15 | 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

La Cosecha Student Leadership Institute
2019-11-15 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Denver) | NHCC Campus, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
The National Hispanic Cultural Center is pleased to be a co-sponsor of the 11th Annual Student Leadership Institute (SLI 2019).
SLI will take place Friday, November 15, at the National Hispanic Cultural Center. The institute is part of La Cosecha Dual Language Conference and will bring together over 240 linguistically and culturally diverse students from around the country to focus on issues of identity, leadership, and the development of an asset-based perspective related to their diverse backgrounds.
Gathering the Truths of our Past…
Embracing our Present…
Preparing our Future!
MISSION
The mission of the DLeNM Student Leadership Institute is to support linguistically and culturally diverse youth to:

embrace language, culture, and history as a source of power and responsibility;
embrace their power and responsibility as an invitation to lead; and to
embrace their invitation to lead as an incentive to build partnerships with each other as a means of preparing themselves for a future of advocacy and the use of power for the betterment of our diverse communities.

DESCRIPTION
SLI 2019 will begin with students reflecting and working together to define their roles for the day and the work to which they are committing. Students will then attend workshop sessions in the morning and after lunch. Some workshops will be student-led and all will support participants to reflect on ways to affect positive change in their communities.
Tertulias (brief round-table conversations) will take place in the afternoon and create a space where adult leaders will host intimate conversations about their own linguistic and cultural background and how their diverse experiences have helped them in their lives and along their career paths. They are intended to be informal and are a great way for adults to engage and briefly mentor our student leaders.
SLI truly is an investment in our collective future that has the potential to be a benchmark moment in the minds of each of the participating students. As a networking opportunity for our future leaders, it ensures that our young people form strong and meaningful peer relationships at a young age, recognize assets, and develop a sense of responsibility, commitment, and concern for one another.

Diwali: The Festival of Lights
2019-11-16 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Diwali is one of the biggest Hindu festivals, celebrated in India with great enthusiasm and happiness for five continuous days. The third day is celebrated as the main Diwali festival, or “Festival of Lights,” and different varieties of colorful fireworks are always associated with this festival. On this auspicious day, people light diyas (lamps) and candles all around their houses. They perform Laxmi Puja in the evening and seek divine blessings from the Goddess of Wealth. The festival of Diwali is never complete without the exchange of gifts, as people present Diwali gifts to all near and dear ones.
$10

Tickets are available at the INDIA Association of New Mexico or by calling 505-306-9624.

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.

There Must Be Other Names for the River
2019-11-16 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24
7 pm (doors open at 6 pm)
516 ARTS, the National Hispanic Cultural Center, and UNM Art & Ecology Program artists Marisa Demarco, Dylan McLaughlin, and Jessica Zeglin present There Must Be Other Names for the River. This composition for six singers is based on streamflow data from the river known today as the Rio Grande. Each singer channels the river, representing a point where flows were observed and recorded. Arranged in the shape of the water body within the performance space, the singers’ voices change in intensity with the flows and distort over time as human interference is felt along the length of the river. After embodying past decades, the singers project possible futures for the voice of the river and the bodies through which its waters flow. The artists say, “The Rio Grande is itself a living being who has experiences over time including birth, growth, and possibly death…. By listening and embodying, can we change our relationships with the river and see beyond its uses to humans? Can we hear the river as more than a resource?” The original sound art performance is presented in conjunction with Species in Peril Along the Rio Grande, an exhibition currently on view at 516 ARTS.
Free public event
For more information on Species in Peril Along the Rio Grande click HERE.
To download a Species in Peril Along the Rio Grande program click HERE.
Thank you to our Performing Arts Season Sponsors Heritage Hotels and Resorts, the Albuquerque Journal and Southwest Airlines!

Book Reading and Signing: Norma Elia Cantú, Cabañuelas
2019-11-17 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24
2 pm
Norma Elia Cantú will read from her new novel, Cabañuelas (University of New Mexico Press, 2019), the successor to her award-winning Canícula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera, which chronicles her childhood experiences on the border. Nena leaves Laredo, Texas, and moves to Madrid, Spain, to research the historical roots of traditional fiestas in Laredo. Immersing herself in post-Franco Spain and its rich history, its food, music, and fiestas, Nena finds herself falling for Paco, a Spaniard. Nena’s research and experiences teach her about who she is, where she comes from, and what is important to her. As her work comes to a close, Nena must decide where she can best be true to her entire self: in Spain with Paco or in Laredo, her home, where her job and family await her return. After reading, Cantú will talk about the craft of writing a novel—in celebration of National Novel Writing Month (November).
This event is free and open to the public
Presented in conjunction with the University of New Mexico Press

NHCC Book Club
2019-11-21 17:30 - 19:00 | NHCC-Newsletter-August-26–September-7
5:30 pm
The NHCC Book Club meets once a month to talk about that month’s selected book.
Book for November: Her Body and Other Stories (2017) by Carmen Maria Machado.
To join the NHCC Book Club, register here. NHCC Book Club members who purchase their books through Bookworks get a 10% discount on that title.

The Neighborhood Project: Las Voces de Barelas Opening Reception
2019-11-24 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
3 pm – 5 pm
The Neighborhood Project: Las Voces de Barelas is a community art initiative by Working Classroom student artists under the instruction of guest teaching artist Adria Malcolm which set out to explore the people of the historic Barelas area through the mediums of environmental portraiture and feature-writing. The project aims to bridge the gap between otherness and commonality through the sharing of the most vital elements of an individual’s story.
The project artists learned how to conduct thorough interviews, explored rapport building with subjects, and learned the basics of journalistic feature writing and portraiture. Las Voces de Barelas serves as a way for Working Classroom to give back and explore the community that it calls home and present stories of a shared human experience.
Free Public event
