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  • Querencia Writing Workshop

    6 pm (MTS) Live via Zoom 10 registered writers reading from our Querenica Writing Workshop will be working through out January 2020 creating poetry, fiction and nonfiction inspired by the theme of “querencia” and the anthology, Querencia: Reflections on the New Mexico Homeland, edited by Levi Romero, Vanessa Fonseca-Chavez and Spencer Herrera (UNM Press 2020). The workshop will culminate in a public reading on February 20, 2021. Free event with registration New Mexico cultural envoy Juan Estevan Arellano, to whom this work is dedicated, writes that querencia “is that (more...)

  • Querencia Writing Workshop

    6 pm (MTS) Live via Zoom 10 registered writers reading from our Querenica Writing Workshop will be working through out January 2020 creating poetry, fiction and nonfiction inspired by the theme of “querencia” and the anthology, Querencia: Reflections on the New Mexico Homeland, edited by Levi Romero, Vanessa Fonseca-Chavez and Spencer Herrera (UNM Press 2020). The workshop will culminate in a public reading on February 20, 2021. Free event with registration New Mexico cultural envoy Juan Estevan Arellano, to whom this work is dedicated, writes that querencia “is that (more...)

  • Querencia Writing Workshop

    6 pm (MTS) Live via Zoom 10 registered writers reading from our Querenica Writing Workshop will be working through out January 2020 creating poetry, fiction and nonfiction inspired by the theme of “querencia” and the anthology, Querencia: Reflections on the New Mexico Homeland, edited by Levi Romero, Vanessa Fonseca-Chavez and Spencer Herrera (UNM Press 2020). The workshop will culminate in a public reading on February 20, 2021. Free event with registration New Mexico cultural envoy Juan Estevan Arellano, to whom this work is dedicated, writes that querencia “is that (more...)

  • NHCC Book Club: Murmur of Bees—Sofia Segovia

    5:30 pm (MST) Live via Zoom. To join, contact cassandra.osterloh@state.nm.us “Set against the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution and the devastating influenza of 1918, The Murmur of Bees captures both the fate of a country in flux and the destiny of one family that has put their love, faith, and future in the unbelievable.” - Goodreads. Free and open to the public

  • Tertulia Histórica Albuquerque: Where Blood was Spilled: The U.S.—Mexican War of 1846

    Live via Zoom

    2 pm (MST) Live via Zoom Register in advance HERE The war between the U.S.A. and Mexico in 1846 was a world event that shaped the destiny of both nations. New Mexico was impacted directly, as it went from being part of the new nation of Mexico to being a U.S. territory, and ultimately, a U.S. state. In this presentation, State Historian Rob Martinez will discuss the causes of the conflict and examine the fallout from those events, as well as the impact on New Mexico history specifically. (more...)

  • Virtual ¡Happy Arte Hour!

    6:30 pm (MST) Live on Zoom Register in advance HERE We are back! Coming to you through zoom! Happy Arte Hour is an adult only at making program and social gathering. We really miss seeing you at the NHCC but hope you will join us on the first Thursday of the month at 6:30 pm (MST) February - December. Please register and prior to the class you will receive an email with the zoom link and items/art supplies  to gather from around your house.  Please do not (more...)

  • Virtual Screening & Discussion: Con Alma

    7 pm (MST) This event can be viewed AMP Concerts website HERE Con Alma: Exploring the Creative Process with Paola Prestini & Magos Herrera Screening of videos from the Con Alma project, including a world premiere video, La Creación de las Aves (The Creation of the Birds), followed by a live on-line discussion and open Q&A session with Paola Prestini and Magos Herrera, moderated by Cristina Baccin from KUNM’s Raices program. The discussion will be hosted by the National Hispanic Cultural Center via Zoom, in collaboration with (more...)

  • Perspectivas Modernas: Brazilian Rap and the Grammar of the Black Existence

    Live via Zoom or in-person

    6 pm (MST) Live via Zoom. Register HERE Paulo Dutra, UNM Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, examines the most famous Brazilian rap group Racionais Mc’s artistic production in order to explore their poetically crafted understanding of how people of African descent experience and negotiate their existence in Brazil. Paulo Dutra is the author of a short story collection Aversão oficial: resumida (2018) and of a poetry collection ablliterações (2019, semifinalist in the 2020 Oceanos Prize). Free and open to the public He specializes in the intersections (more...)

  • Colcha Community Stitch-Along

    1 pm (MST) Live via Zoom Our Virtual Colcha Community Workshop is open to all levels of experience in an informal setting, wherever they may reside. This workshop is instructed by Annette Gutierrez-Turk. Annette has taught this art form to groups internationally and at the NHCC for many years. She is also an award winning artist, most recently recognized in 2019 at Santa Fe Spanish Market. This workshop is for all levels of experience in an informal setting.  Annette will demonstrate as well as answer questions. We hope you will join (more...)

  • Film: Ciclo Ángela Molina, La Sabina

    12 pm (available for 48 hours) Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE In José Luis Borau’s La Sabina, an English writer visits a small town in the Andalusian mountains to investigate the disappearance of another Englishman long ago. He plunges into a strange world, where he learns of the legend of La Sabina, a mysterious dragon woman who destroyed men with her lovemaking, and whose cries can still be heard emanating from a cave. La Sabina becomes his obsession, as he immerses himself in the legend and investigates (more...)