New Mexico Philharmonic Orchestra Presents Winter Winds and Brass (Rental)
2017-01-08 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
2 pm
The New Mexico Philharmonic presents Winter Winds and Brass. New Mexico’s own Professor Eric Rombach-Kendall leads your NMPhil in a winter concert of winds and brass to warm up your afternoon! The program includes Mozart’s luminous Serenade in c minor, Reinecke’s remarkable and charming Octet, and more brassy classical gems by Cheetham, Warlock, and Tomasi.
$24, $35, $46, $68
Eric Rombach-Kendall, conductor
Mozart: Serenade in c minor
Reinecke: Octet, Op. 216
Cheetham: Commemorative Fanfare
Warlock: Capriol Suite
Tomasi: Fanfares Liturgiques for Brass Ensemble, Timpani, and Drums

Film: Chico & Rita
2017-01-12 | NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30
7 pm
A lifelong affair of the heart between Chico, a piano player, and Rita, a vocalist, takes the protagonists through “Havana in its pre-Fidel days of big spenders, New York in the heyday of jazz, Paris when foreign musicians were hot, [and] Vegas in its early golden years.” Essentially constructed as a musical, the indie production was nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Feature. Presented in partnership with Instituto Cervantes as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series.

2012; directed by Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal & Tono Errando; Spanish with English subtitles; 94 minutes; rated R.
Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before show

Chispa: From Havana to Lima
2017-01-14 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
8 pm
From the Caribbean to South America, folkloric music is rich in history and tradition that derives from the impact and presence of African rhythms. For decades, these rhythms have left an indelible imprint on music around the world. When American jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie first started incorporating these Afro-Latino rhythms in the 1940s, a new musical art form was born, Latin Jazz. The first half of this concert focuses on salsa and Afro-Cuban inspired Latin Jazz, and features internationally acclaimed jazz musicians Bobby Shew and Doug Lawrence along with master Cuban musician César Bauvallet. Accompanied by an all-star nine-piece band, these great musicians will play the music and arrangements of Tito Puente, Mario Bauza, Mongo Santamaría, Chucho Valdes, Poncho Sanchez, and César Bauvallet. Dancing, as well as listening, is encouraged!
The second half of the concert will feature, for the first time in New Mexico, Salsa Criolla. This brand-new concept, beginning to travel the world, involves salsa and jazz musicians presenting a blend of salsa repertoire with Afro‐Peruvian festejo backgrounds, synchronizing these two popular musical styles with traditional instrumentation to provide a blend of ancestral and contemporary tones. The interpretation of this new musical art form will feature brilliant vocalist Jackie Zamora from Lima, Peru, along with César Bauvallet. Joining them will be traditional Peruvian cajón player Christian Orellana, guitarist Mathias Rodriguez, bassist Andy Zadrozny, flutist Doug Lawrence, trumpeter Paul Gonzales, and percussionists Victor Rodriguez, Ricky Carrido, and Tomás White. This set will also feature a medley of boleros, Peruvian valses, and a traditional landó performed by Ms. Zamora and Mr. Bauvallet.
$22, $27

Saturdays in the Museum
2017-01-14 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Denver) | September-2019-Board-Meeting-Minutes
2 pm to 3 pm
National Hispanic Cultural Center Art Museum presents Saturdays in the Museum Tours every Saturday afternoon starting at 2 pm. Each tour will be different depending on the exhibit and theme.
Free with NHCC Museum admission

Colcha Community Stitch-Along
2016-07-15 | 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

Film: Crimen Ferpecto/The Perfect Crime
2017-01-19 | NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30
7 pm
An ambitious, womanizing salesman’s desire for a “perfect life” is derailed when a competition for a promotion devolves into murder, blackmail, surrealistic plot twists, and the realization that there is no such thing as the “perfect crime.” Presented in partnership with Instituto Cervantes as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series.
2004; directed by Álex de la Iglesia; Spanish with English subtitles; 105 minutes; not rated.
Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before show

Siembra, Latino Theatre Season: Los Bufones
2017-01-20 - 2017-01-22 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
7:30 pm—Friday and Saturday
2 pm—Sunday
A world premiere based on Velázquez’ mesmerizing paintings of jesters and dwarfs at the court of Philip IV of Spain, Los Bufones brings to life these fascinating individuals—comedians and outcasts, confidantes and spies—in a richly melodic new theatre piece, sung in Spanish with English supertitles.
For the King’s Bufones, who are both adored and hated in the world of the court, each day is a striving for balance in a web of intrigues and ambitions. In musical solos and ensembles, they reveal their personal lives as intimates of the royal family, as well as their privileged perspective on the crumbling order, splendor, and decadence of mid-seventeenth century Spain at the end of its Golden Era.
Featuring Ingela Onstad, soprano; Christina Martos, soprano; Sam Shepperson, tenor; André García-Nuthmann, tenor; Michael Hix, baritone; and Carlos Archuleta, baritone. Get the full cast list HERE.
Conductor, Kristin Ditlow; violin, Megan Holland; cello, Joel Becktell; piano, Debra Ayers.
Music and libretto by Ron Strauss
Versión en español de María Cristina López
Stage direction by Jean Moss
Produced in collaboration with Teatro Paraguas
$12, $17, $22 w/ $2 discount for students, seniors and NHCC Members

La Canoa: Latinos in the Public Media and the Popular Imagination
2017-01-21 | History and Literary Arts Building
2 pm to 4 pm
Join Michael A. Olivas, University of Houston law professor and native New Mexican, as he looks at this topic through several lenses, including depictions in the popular press; film and television industries; and music. He will show how the widespread and relentlessly negative characterizations of Latinos have serious consequences in all areas of the public imagination and the polity. New Mexico has a long and significant history of music, movies, and literature that have contributed to the historical record, and he will draw many examples from local lore.
Free event, open to the public.

AMP Concerts Presents David Bromberg (Rental)
2017-01-24 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
7:30 pm
David Bromberg is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. An eclectic artist, he plays bluegrass, blues, folk, jazz, country and western, and rock and roll equally well. He is known for his quirky, humorous lyrics and his ability to play rhythm and lead guitar at the same time.
Bromberg has played with many famous musicians, including Jerry Jeff Walker, Willie Nelson, Jorma Kaukonen, Jerry Garcia, Rusty Evans (The Deep), and Bob Dylan. He co-wrote the song “The Holdup” with former Beatle George Harrison, who played on Bromberg’s self-titled 1972 album. In 2008, he was nominated for a Grammy Award.
$32, $37, $42

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.

Film: Tristana
2017-01-26 | NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30
7 pm
A young woman, orphaned by the death of her mother, is seduced by the older man to whose guardianship she is entrusted. When she leaves him for a young artist, and eventually returns to him following the amputation of her leg, the film becomes a haunting study of a human relationship in which the power changes hands, a lifelong theme of the famed Spanish director. Presented in partnership with Instituto Cervantes as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series.
1970; directed by Luis Buñuel; Spanish with English subtitles; 98 minutes; rated PG.
Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before show

Chispa: Frank Leto Concert for Children
2017-01-26 - 2017-01-27 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
9:30 am & 11:00 am
Award-winning composer and early-childhood educator Frank Leto has a calm and natural way with children. He inspires them to move expressively and sing along joyfully with his original compositions. Teachers, parents and students will participate enthusiastically to Frank’s multicultural, interactive music. It is fun for young and old alike. His concerts, accompanied with live music and performances by Pilar Leto, create a fun and educational one-hour concert.
$7
To make your reservations call (505) 889-5386 or e-mail musicalventures@gmail.com
For a PDF with all of the education opportunities please click HERE.

Siembra, Latino Theatre Season: Río del Corazón: The Magic of Tony Mares, featuring Lola’s Last Dance
2017-01-27 - 2017-01-29 | NHCC-BOD-January-2020-Meeting
7:30 pm—Friday-Saturday
2 pm—Sunday
Río del Corazón: The Magic of Tony Mares, a tribute to the late Ernesto Antonio “Tony” Mares of Albuquerque, includes a performance of his play Lola’s Last Dance, as well as dramatic readings of poems selected from his books.

Born in 1938 in Albuquerque’s Old Town, E.A. “Tony” Mares was a poet, actor, playwright, historian, professor, translator, and activist. He taught history, Spanish, creative writing, and American literature at Colorado College, the University of New Mexico, the University of Arkansas, New Mexico Highlands University, the University of North Texas, and elsewhere prior to his death in January 2015.
Lola’s Last Dance, inspired by several retired prostitutes who lived in Old Town during Mares’ youth, was originally commissioned by La Compañía de Teatro de Alburquerque, produced in 1979, and published by University of New Mexico Press in 1989. Lola, the central character, has always lived life to the fullest. “I always needed to be free,” she says, “free to walk out into the sun. Free to dance whenever I wanted and with whomever I wanted.” Her dreams are now filled with many lively ghosts whom she recognizes from her glorious past, such as the Banker, the Senator, and the Rag-and-Bone Man. But there is one veiled figure whom she does not recognize…
Presented in partnership with Teatro Paraguas, the current production is directed by Paola Martini.
$18 w/ $3 discount for students, seniors, & NHCC members

Give Me Life: Iconography and Identity in East LA Murals
2017-01-28 | History and Literary Arts Building
2 pm to 4 pm
Join author Holly Barnet-Sanchez for a presentation and book signing as she offers detailed analyses of individual East LA murals, sets them in social context, and explains how they were produced. Leading experts on mural art, Barnet-Sanchez and her co-author Tim Drescher use a distinctive methodology, analyzing the art from aesthetic, political, and cultural perspectives to show how murals and graffiti reflected and influenced the Chicano civil rights movement. This free event, generously sponsored by The Bank of Albuquerque, will take place at 2pm on January 28th, 2017 in the Library within the National Hispanic Cultural Center’s History and Literary Arts Building.

Chicanismo, the idea of what it means to be Chicano, was born in the 1970s, when grassroots activists, academics, and artists joined forces in the civil rights movimiento that spread new ideas about Mexican American history and identity. The community murals those artists painted in the barrios of East Los Angeles were a powerful part of that cultural vitality, and these artworks have been an important feature of LA culture ever since. Give Me Life: Iconography and Identity in East LA Murals offers detailed analyses of individual East LA murals, sets them in social context, and explains how they were produced. Leading experts on mural art, the authors use a distinctive methodology, analyzing the art from aesthetic, political, and cultural perspectives to show how murals and graffiti reflected and influenced the Chicano civil rights movement.
This event, made possible by the National Hispanic Cultural Center and by the generous support of the Bank of Albuquerque, will take place at 2 p.m. on Jan. 28, 2017, in the History and Literary Arts Building.
Free public event

High Spirit Dance Recital: Dancing for Jesus (Rental)
2017-01-29 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
2 pm & 6 pm
A ballet, jazz, and hip-hop dance recital featuring children, young adults, and professional dancers—an exciting ensemble of students and teachers bringing today’s music to life in high-quality dance productions.
$12, $15, $17

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.

¡HAH! Happy Arte Hour: Valentines with Nick Abdalla
2017-02-02 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
On the first Thursday of the month, the National Hispanic Cultural Center invites adults for artistic fun. Snacks and refreshments, as well as beer and wine are for sale from Pop Fizz to fuel your creative juices. This month, artist Nick Abdalla will guide a project inspired by love! Nick and his wife have been exchanging found-object sculptural Valentines for over 30 years and their creative expressions of amor will serve as inspiration for this month’s Happy Arte Hour.
Please pre-register using the link below (so we know how many materials to prepare)
https://goo.gl/forms/yALP5QDJlO1F5oJx1
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

About Nick Abdalla and his work:
Nick collects objects such as beads, twine, cardboard and rattan furniture parts. With a little sculpting putty and paint, he builds large scale creations that seem to take on a magical life of their own. Each sculpture taunts the imagination with agile forms that appear to be something different from every angle. Abdalla describes his process as one of feeling rather than thinking and notes the importance of listening to his work.
Nick’s Artist Statement:
“’All who wander are not lost.’ ‘I’m not lost, I’m just exploring.’ ‘Wherever you go, there you are.’ As simplistic as these slogans seem, they speak to my present approach to making things. The process has become important, or perhaps, the most important factor in my work. It is what I discover, what I find, what I feel that makes me do this. I begin by knowing nothing about what the piece will become.”
You can see Nick’s work in person at the NHCC Art Museum.

Film: Biutiful
2017-02-02 | NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30
7 pm
Uxbal, a man on the wrong side of the law, struggles to provide for his children on the dangerous streets of Barcelona, as well as to do some modest good in his corrupt and compromised world. As fate closes in on him, Uxbal learns to accept the realities of life, whether bright, bad…or “biutiful.” Presented as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series.
2010; directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu; Spanish with English subtitles; 148 minutes; rated R.
Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before show

Rainbow Studio Theater Presents Roots Revival Revisited (Rental)
2017-02-02 - 2017-02-04 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:30 am – Thursday & Friday (Student performance)
8 pm – Friday & Saturday (Public performance)
2 pm – Saturday (Public performance)
In a library in Anywhere, USA, students learn about their past history, origin, and culture from a larger-than-life, animated Big Book of Stories that pays homage to the oral history tradition of blacks in America. The Griot (also known as the school librarian) uses a backdrop of high-energy music, dance, and spoken word to take these unwitting students, who initially think they “know it all,” on an eye-opening, riveting journey, full of poignant, heart-wrenching, and inspiring stories they didn’t learn in school. Roots Revival Revisited is an original story written by Albuquerque’s own Cathryn McGill.
Student Performances – $3
Public Performances – $22.50
Tickets available by calling 505-407-6784 or clicking on the link below.
*School Time Performances are for seniors (60+) & students (k-12)

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.

Making Art: Cartas y Corazones
2017-02-03 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10 am to 12 pm
Just in time for Dia de San Valentin, join us for a printmaking workshop! Students visit the NHCC Art Museum for a facilitated discussion about one piece of art or art-making technique, followed by a hands-on art making project inspired in some way by the artwork! Watch as your own brilliant students discover their inner creativity.
This is a free event with registration. Limited availability. Limit 35 students
For a PDF with all of the education opportunities please click HERE.
If you would like to register please click HERE.
For more information please contact Elena Baca at ElenaD.Baca@state.nm.us or call her direct line at 505-383-4734

¡Vamos al Museo! Valentines with Nick Abdalla
2017-02-04 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:30 am to 12:00 pm
On the first Saturday morning of every month, join us for this fun and engaging docent- and artist-led family program. During the February event, families (limited to 25 participants) will get a 30-minute museum tour focused on the NHCC Art Museum’s current exhibit Fantasía Fantástica: Imaginative Spaces and Other-Worldly Collage led by artist Nick Abdalla, whose work you will see in the exhibit. Following the tour, Nick will lead you in a family-friendly project that will include an exploration of sculptural valentines that Nick and his wife have been exchanging for over 30 years. It’s a great morning of art-making for children of all ages and families of all sizes!
Please pre-register using the link HERE (so we know how many materials to prepare)
Free, $5 donations are encouraged to support the artists & purchase supplies
For more information please call or email Elena Baca at 505-246-2261 or ElenaD.Baca@state.nm.us.

About Nick Abdalla and his work:
Nick collects objects such as beads, twine, cardboard and rattan furniture parts. With a little sculpting putty and paint, he builds large scale creations that seem to take on a magical life of their own. Each sculpture taunts the imagination with agile forms that appear to be something different from every angle. Abdalla describes his process as one of feeling rather than thinking and notes the importance of listening to his work.
Nick’s Artist Statement:
“’All who wander are not lost.’ ‘I’m not lost, I’m just exploring.’ ‘Wherever you go, there you are.’ As simplistic as these slogans seem, they speak to my present approach to making things. The process has become important, or perhaps, the most important factor in my work. It is what I discover, what I find, what I feel that makes me do this. I begin by knowing nothing about what the piece will become.”

First Friday: Docent Education and Conversation
2017-01-06 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
9:30 am – 12 pm
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 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

Chispa: A Mariachi Valentine’s, Featuring Reynaldo Maestas
2017-02-12 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
2 pm
Mariachi singer Reynaldo Maestas, Baila! Baila!, and Mariachi Tapatio perform romantic music and dance for Valentine’s Day, delighting audiences with amazing colors, tantalizing rhythms, quick footwork, and powerful vibratos. The concert will include a set of “Canciones de Amor” in both English and Spanish; duets will feature the beautiful vocals of members of Mariachi Tapatio and Reynaldo Maestas.
$22

Albuquerque Latin Valentine Love Fest
2017-02-14 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
7 pm to 12 pm
Whether You are a Couple, Single or a Student, Valentine’s Was Made For Salsa!
Join us Tuesday, Feb 14th, 2017. Enter the magical Valentine’s atmosphere with live music from the 3 piece ensemble, Empire Strings and enjoy live salsa by Ivon Ulibarri & Cafe Mocha throughout the night! There will be plenty of dance performances, dessert, drink & fun for dancers and spectators alike.
We’ll be celebrating Valentine’s in the Grand Ballroom at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th St.
For Group Discounts Contact (505) 980-3100
(Hosted by Guanábana Productions, Inc., bringing you ABQ LDF 2017, the annual Albuquerque Latin Dance Festival)
Advance sales – $35 couples, $20 singles w/ discounts for students. Tables available.
Door sales subject to change

Film: No eres tú, soy yo
2017-02-14 | NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30
7 pm
Lovelorn Javier goes to extraordinary lengths to recover from his broken marriage. When his self-confidence takes a serious hit and his psychoanalyst offers little helpful advice, he sinks into a deep depression and seeks solace in the arms of his many ex-girlfriends. Presented as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series.
2010; directed by Alejandro Springall; Spanish with English subtitles; 101 minutes; rated PG-13.
Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before show

Hispanic Culture Day
2017-02-14 | Hotel Eldorado, 309 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe, NM, 87501, United States
10 am
Hispanic Culture Day, co-hosted by Senator Peter Wirth and the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) Foundation, will begin with a joint session of the New Mexico State Senate and the New Mexico House of Representatives in the House Chambers. It will be followed by a ticketed luncheon at Hotel Eldorado honoring Rep. Monica Youngblood and Sen. Jacob R. Candelaria for their tremendous advocacy for and in support of Hispanic cultures and communities.
The keynote speaker for the Hispanic Culture Day Joint Session is Dr. Arturo Madrid, the T. Frank and Norine R. Murchison Distinguished Professor of the Humanities, Emeritus at Trinity University. Dr. Madrid will give a talk titled, “No llegamos ayer: art, culture, and memory in New Mexico.” The event also will include Afro-Latino music and dance by Frank Leto and his musical group PANdemonium and Pilar Leto and her dance group Odara Dance Ensemble.
The luncheon is presented by Molina Healthcare and the National Hispanic Cultural Center Foundation, and will include remarks from Sen. Wirth, Rep. Youngblood and Sen. Candelaria, as well as the NHCC’s Executive Director Rebecca Avitia and NHCC Foundation’s Director Anna Sanchez. The luncheon will also include entertainment from Ehactl Aztec Dancers and musical group Luz de Luna.
Dr. Madrid is a native of New Mexico and a graduate of the University of New Mexico (1960), and a professor emeritus with Trinity University. In addition to serving as the founding president of the Tomás Rivera Center, the nation’s first institute for policy studies on Latino issues, Dr. Madrid has also held academic and administrative appointments at Dartmouth College, The University of California, San Diego, and the University of Minnesota and has served as Director of the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE) and the Minority Institutions Science Improvement Program (MISIP) in the U.S. Department of Education and National Director of the Ford Foundation’s Graduate Fellowship Program for Mexican Americans, Native Americans and Puerto Ricans.
For more information on luncheon tickets or sponsorship, contact Anna Sanchez at asanchez@nhccfoundation.org or 505-383-4782.

¡Salud y Sabor!: Brasil
2017-02-16 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Salud y Sabor, a partnership between the Agri-cultura Network, Street Food Institute, and the NHCC, is a free evening of 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.
For more information on Salud y Sabor, contact Elena Baca at 505/246-2261, x167 or ElenaD.Baca@state.nm.us. Free public event

Film: Voces inocentes
2017-02-16 | NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30
7 pm
Eleven-year-old Chava suddenly becomes the man of the house after his father abandons the family in the middle of El Salvador’s bloody civil war, at a time when 12-year-old boys are forced by the national army to fight against the guerrillas. The film is based on screenwriter Oscar Torres’ own experiences of growing up in a mountain village in El Salvador during the war. Presented as part of the Bank of America Free Thursday Film Series.
2004; directed by Luis Mandoki; Spanish with English subtitles; 110 minutes; rated R.
Free ticketed event; tickets available one hour before show

Siembra, Latino Theatre Season: Solving for X: The Education Project
2017-02-16 - 2017-02-26 | NHCC-BOD-January-2020-Meeting
By the Working Classroom
7 pm—Thursday-Saturday
2 pm—Sunday
*Reception* Following the Friday, Feb. 17 performance, all audience members are invited to a special dessert reception to meet the cast and celebrate the performance.
Working Classroom’s theatre ensemble collaborates with Scott Barrow from Tectonic Theater Project and guest director/playwright Milta Ortiz from Arizona’s Borderlands Theater to create an immersive bilingual performance based on community interviews and dedicated to bringing a face and voice to educational inequity. Presented in partnership with Working Classroom.
$12 w/ $2 discount for students, seniors, & NHCC members; $5 Thursday shows only

Chispa: New Latin Music Series, Palenke Soultribe
2017-02-17 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
8 pm
Palenke Soultribe (PST), a live electronic production collective based in Los Angeles, deconstructs Afro-Colombian rhythms and blends them with modern beats, catchy bass lines, and synthesized arpeggios. Always pushing the envelope visually and conceptually, the group represents a new generation of Colombian musicians ready to break all the rules. Watch them in action HERE.
Opening for PST is Baracutanga, a seven-piece band – representing four different countries – that arranges traditional South American rhythms in interesting ways, such as huayño and cumbia with Middle-Eastern derbuka, or the Afro-Cuban bata and Afro-Peruvian festejo blended with Andian zampoñas. See their video HERE.
$12, $17, $22 w/ $2 discount for students, seniors and NHCC Members.
Presented in partnership with Avokado Artists.

Gallery Tour with Carlos Quinto Kemm
2017-02-18 | September-2019-Board-Meeting-Minutes
2 pm to 3 pm
Carlos will share insight on his work and process while guiding visitors through the exhibition, Fantasía Fantástica: Imaginative Spaces and Other-Worldly Collage, that showcases his elaborate collages spanning the last 27 years. Each piece is rich in detail and a myriad of mythological, literary, and art historical references that play hide and seek within the compositions.
This special tour is free with NHCC Museum admission purchase.

About Carlos’ work:
Carlos Quinto Kemm creates stunning painted collage interpretations of the dream-like and mystical. His use of color, texture, and dimension lure the eye deep into the image. Each scene is rich in detail as well as a myriad of mythological, literary, and art historical references that play hide and seek within the composition. The complexity of his work is evidence of his extensive visual vocabulary and passion for collage which he notes is a useful medium to “stimulate imaginative awakenings.”
“Allied to visionary and mystical pathways, my work feeds my questing need to make sense of life’s purpose. It is my heartfelt desire to give visual dialogue to those levels beyond personal symbols that will speak of the complexities of modern life in an age of incomprehensible madness.”
