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  • Teatro Paraguas: Volver, Volver, Volver

    Live via Zoom or in-person

    7 pm (MTS) Live via Zoom Free with registration; suggested donation of $7. Register HERE  Our friends and partners at Teatro Paraguas are presenting a live Zoom performance of Volver, Volver, Volver, a play by New Mexico playwright Leonard Madrid.  Both Teatro Paraguas and Leonard Madrid have collaborated on various projects with the NHCC’s Performing Arts program over the years. In Volver, Volver, Volver, which premiered at the NHCC in 2009, a young man who led a fast and reckless life is called back from the dead (more...)

  • Virtual Lunch with Josefa Gonzalez Mariscal

    12 pm (MTS) Live via Zoom Attendance is free with registration. Register HERE  Josefa Gonzalez Mariscal, the executive director of the NHCC, will share her leadership story in a virtual lunch hosted by the Young Professionals of Albuquerque. In May 2020, the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) named Josefa Gonzalez Mariscal the executive director of the NHCC, and she has an incredible leadership story! She grew up and studied art history in Mexico City. She has dual citizenship (Mexican and American), and speaks several languages. (more...)

  • Día de los Muertos: Lesson Plans

    Día de los Muertos is observed on November 1st and 2nd in many countries across Latin American. The celebration is the result of a blending of Catholic Spanish traditions with Indigenous customs and beliefs. It is believed that on Día de los Muertos the veil between the spirit world and real world is lifted long enough for the souls of the deceased to reunite with their families and friends. Those who celebrate Día de los Muertos welcome home the spirits of lost loved ones with music, food, offerings, (more...)

  • Día de los Muertos: Home Ofrenda

    Make an ofrenda @home to celebrate Día de los Muertos! The National Hispanic Cultural Center remains closed, and since we can't invite you to the NHCC to celebrate Día de los Muertos, we invite you to share the names of your loved ones in the comments on our social media to create a digital remembrance. If you create an ofrenda in your home, we hope you will share a photo or tag us in your post. (Your account privacy settings may prevent us from sharing it) Read through the post (more...)

  • Virtual Reading and Discussion: Sergio Troncoso, A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant’s Son

    Live via Zoom or in-person

    2 pm (MTS) RSVP for this online event here. Virtual Reading and Discussion: Sergio Troncoso, A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant’s Son (Cinco Punto Press, 2019) Presented by the National Hispanic Cultural Center in collaboration with Bookworks. How does a Mexican-American, the son of poor immigrants, leave his border home and move to the heart of gringo America? How does he adapt to the worlds of wealth, elite universities, the rush and power of New York City? How does he make peace with a stern old-fashioned father who (more...)

  • Virtual Día de los Muertos Concert: Las Flores del Valle of Albuquerque

    7 pm Museum of International Folk Art Facebook page HERE Every year the NHCC holds its annual Despedida (Farewell) to celebrate Día de los Muertos with music, poetry, and hands-on art at this time-honored community gathering. Unfortunately, with the current health restrictions, this year’s Despedida is another wonderful in-person event that has been canceled. We are going to miss our ofrendas around the NHCC campus, as well as the music, poetry, traditional hot chocolate mexicano, pan de muerto, and the opportunity to share our heartfelt memories with you, (more...)

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    Instituto Cervantes Book Club

    10-11:30 am The Instituto Cervantes Book Club meets twice a month to talk about that month’s selected book. Book for November: Ni siquiera los muertos, Juan Gómez Bárcena Pre-registration for the Instituto Cervantes Book Club is required. More information.

  • Bosque Gallery: Community Inspiration

    We hope you take a walk on the trail, west of the NHCC campus to view a new outside exhibit space. After your experience with the exhibit, go home and make something! Can you transform your outside space in to an exhibit space? 

  • Virtual: Inside Yjastros

    8 pm (MTS) Virtual performance with a digital viewing pass. Get pass HERE Link and password will be sent to you one hour before the premiere, providing 48 hours of access. In 1999, Yjastros: The American Flamenco Repertory Company set forth on an artistic journey that would become America's most distinctive flamenco project. This revolutionary performance entity combines the mosaic quality of the American repertory company with the authentic idiom of flamenco, creating a living archive of choreographic masterworks. This fall's performance season called for a special, (more...)

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    Instituto Cervantes Book Club

    10-11:30 am The Instituto Cervantes Book Club meets twice a month to talk about that month’s selected book. Book for November: Ni siquiera los muertos, Juan Gómez Bárcena Pre-registration for the Instituto Cervantes Book Club is required. More information.