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  • “Let Us Now Praise the Unsung”

    NHCC-Newsletter-August-26–September-7

    11 am  This talk by Maria Varela, community organizer, photographer, writer, lecturer, and adjunct professor, is part of educational programming related to People Powered: New Mexicans and Social Movements. She worked for the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee from 1963-1967, primarily in Alabama and Mississippi, supporting civil rights organizers with photographs and educational materials. She has worked with Native and Hispano people in the Southwest to create culturally sustainable economic development ventures and to support their struggles around the poisoning of their land, water and communities due to (more...)

  • ¡Baile! Rueda de Casino (Cuban Salsa) Dance Class

    NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24

    6 pm to 7 pm Beginning and Intermediate - This class is geared for teenagers and adults. Come learn footwork, partner skills and choreography. No experience necessary. 7 pm to 8 pm Intermediate and Advanced - In order to participate in this class, dancers must know how to keep time, closed position calls, dame, enchufla, and outside turn. Dance classes taught by Sarita Streng, Nick Babic, Adam "El Caballo" Metcalf, Larry Heard, and Rueda 505 Friends. In the meantime, a fun video from Rueda Con Ritmo Dance (more...)

  • Film: Is It Really So Strange?

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    7 pm Burgeoning since Morrissey moved to LA, the Latino fan scene is the subject of Is It Really So Strange?, a documentary film by William E. Jones, who immersed himself in fan nights, concerts, and hair grease to record what he found to be a complex world. Embracing teens and twentysomethings from Mexican, Central American, and South American backgrounds, the Latino fan culture is a world away from Morrissey's UK following, though every bit as fanatical. That spirit of joyousness appears as much due to cultural (more...)

  • Mundos de Mestizaje

    NHCC Torreón 1701 4th street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 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 (more...)

  • ¡Baile! Rueda de Casino (Cuban Salsa) Dance Class

    NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24

    6 pm to 7 pm Beginning and Intermediate - This class is geared for teenagers and adults. Come learn footwork, partner skills and choreography. No experience necessary. 7 pm to 8 pm Intermediate and Advanced - In order to participate in this class, dancers must know how to keep time, closed position calls, dame, enchufla, and outside turn. Dance classes taught by Sarita Streng, Nick Babic, Adam "El Caballo" Metcalf, Larry Heard, and Rueda 505 Friends. In the meantime, a fun video from Rueda Con Ritmo Dance (more...)

  • First Friday: Docent Education and Conversation

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

    9:00 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

  • Magnify Dance Center: The Golden Years—A Tribute to Karen Alwin (Rental)

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

    6:30 pm—Friday 2 pm—Saturday Magnify Dance Center presents The Golden Years—A Tribute to Karen Alwin. Magnify Dance Center’s Biannual Spring Showcase features our beautiful dancers in mixed choreography for a special celebration honoring the Albuquerque dance legacy of Karen Alwin during this, her 50th year of teaching. $14, $18 w/ $3 discount for students and seniors 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 (more...)

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  • Jugamos Juntos: ¡Vamos al Museo! With Jessica Chao

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

    10:30 am to 12 pm The National Hispanic Cultural Center is pleased to offer free children’s programming during the summer. During June, July, and the first two Saturdays in August, families will be able to come to the Center on Saturday mornings for a new activity every week. 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 workshop led by Jessica Chao, an artist from the NHCC Art Museum exhibit Because It's Time: (more...)

  • Monthly Speakers Program for the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of NM (Rental)

    NHCC-BOD-January-2020-Meeting

    10:30 am Francelle Alexander will offer a presentation titled, “Albuquerque’s North Valley: Alameda & Los Ranchos.”  This presentation is from her book by the same name.  Her book will be on sale after her program for $25. This is the second volume, which chronicles the history of the village of Alameda and the villages of the Elena Gallegos Land Grant including Los Ranchos.  The modern village of Los Ranchos encompasses much of the North Valley today, and its incorporation as a village is unique in the Middle (more...)

  • Performance in the Museum With Artist Eric-Paul Riege

    September-2019-Board-Meeting-Minutes

    2 pm to 3 pm Join us for a performance in Because It’s Time: Unraveling Race and Place in NM with Eric-Paul Riege! Eric-Paul was born in 1994 in Gallup, New Mexico and lives there now. He is a weaver and performance artist who also creates what he calls, “wearable art”. Eric-Paul notes, “I am inspired by being present through my mind, body and beliefs. That happens through remembering my history and my people and my family—how it has gifted me my identity and worldview and craft.” (more...)