Stitch Night
2024-09-11 | HLA Conference Room, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
5:00 to 7:00 pm
Stitch socially with us on the second Wednesday of the Month! Bring whatever knitting, crocheting, weaving, or cross stitch, or fiber art projects you’re working on, and join the conversation with your fellow crafters for an informal craft get-together. If you would like to learn the basics of a particular stitching technique, please bring supplies with you, though we will always have basic crochet and knitting materials on hand for an impromptu demonstration!
In 2024, we will meet on March 13, April 10, May 8, June 12, August 14, September 11, October 9, November 13, and December 11.
Meetings will be in the Conference Room of The History and Literary Arts building from 5:00pm-7:00pm.
Free Community Event. For young adult and adult audiences.

Latin Dance for Seniors
2024-09-11 | Salón Ortega, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
SOLD OUT *this event has filled to capacity. Please join us for our other Siempre Creativo dance programs for seniors by clicking HERE.
1:30 – 3:30 pm
Latin Dance for Seniors will feature 4 weeks of Latin dance lessons taught by instructor Carlota Silva. Classes run for four consecutive Wednesdays from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm. Latin Dance for Seniors is part of the NHCC’s Siempre Creativo program which provides a free multidisciplinary arts programs for seniors.
A free Community Event, generously supported by AARP.
Please register a maximum of 2 people for the Siempre Creativo art and dance classes to make space for everyone who would like to attend. Let us know who will be attending below.

Instituto Cervantes Film Series: Con ton y son
2024-09-12 | Virtual
2:00 am (MST)
In this online film series, which will play throughout the month of September on the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo channel, we bring together, in collaboration with the Punto y Raya platform, four sessions with experimental pieces that allow us to explore the possibilities of the audio-visual image and abstraction as a form of creation: a freer creation, where form, color, movement and sound compose evocative messages.
The short films will be available on the Cervantes Institute’s Vimeo channel for one week, starting at 2:00 am on September 12. Cervantes Vimeo Link Here.
Abstracción en movimiento: Punto y Raya at the Instituto Cervantes
In October 2022, the Cervantes Institute in Prague hosted the abstract animation workshop «Muchos metros de película» (Many meters of film), in which a group of schoolchildren, led by artists Laura Ginès and Pepon Meneses, made a collective film emulating the camera-less animation technique popularized in the mid-1950s by artists such as Norman Mclaren, Len Lye, and Stan Brakhage.
This technique would have required 35 mm celluloid strips, which – once manipulated – would have had to be mounted and projected in situ. Due to the cost of celluloid and the technical complexity of its projection, the artists opted to simulate the procedure using paper strips, to give priority to the longitudinal treatment of the drawing with respect to the strip rather than to the frame-by-frame treatment. Thus, using cash register paper rolls as 35 mm celluloid, they worked on paper strips with markers, rollers and pads as photograms, and then photographed the pictures, edited and projected, to create an abstract and gestural collective film in which they play with the concept of dots and stripes in movement: expansion and transformation.

Screening: Con ton y son; Director/s: Pepon Meneses y Laura Ginès; Year: 2022; Format: Digital; Running time: Cortometraje – 1 min; Genre: Anamation/Animación; Country: República Checa; Rating/Calificacion: SC
In this online film series, which will play throughout the month of September on the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo channel, we bring together, in collaboration with the Punto y Raya platform, four sessions with experimental pieces that allow us to explore the possibilities of the audio-visual image and abstraction as a form of creation: a freer creation, where form, color, movement and sound compose evocative messages.
“Abstracción en movimiento” presents the pieces produced by those attending the Punto y Raya workshops held at the Instituto Cervantes centers in Prague, Tunis, Utrecht and Warsaw, since 2021.
Young students between the ages of 12 and 16, guided by artists and expert facilitators and directed by Noel Palazzo and Ana Santos -directors of the Punto y Raya Festival- offer us for this cycle evocative films with great communicative force, created from simple forms and updated animation and illusionism techniques adapted to the new possibilities offered by the digital world.
“Abstracción en movimiento” Program:
• September 5: Live Visual Music (2021), coordinated by Aurora Gasull
• September 12: Con ton y son (2022), coordinated by Pepon Meneses and Laura Ginès
• September 19: Generations and The Country of the Future (2023), coordinated by Ana Santos and Nöel Palazzo
• September 26: Abstract phantasmagorias (2023), coordinated by Ana Santos and Nöel Palazzo.
All titles will be available on the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo channel for one week, from 2:00 am on the Thursday indicated until 2:00 am the following Thursday.

Mexican Independence Day Celebration in partnership with the Mexican Consul
2024-09-12 | Patio | Fountain Courtyard, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
5:30 – 7:30 pm
In collaboration with the Consulate of Mexico, the National Hispanic Cultural Center is proud to host a celebration of Mexican Independence Day featuring vendors, dancing, and much more!
On Sept. 12, the Center will be joined by the Consulate of Mexico providing a formal flag unveiling and the traditional Grito, a celebration announcement of independence. The courtyard of the celebration will be adorned with Mexican flags and other decorations. The event will feature local vendors selling aguas frescas, churros, and other delicious foods while celebrating with Folklorico and Azteca dancing.
Free Community Event, in collaboration with the Mexican Consul.

The Atrisco Companies: Mariachi Spectacular de Albuquerque
2024-09-12 - 2024-10-15 | History and Literary Arts Building
On view in the History & Literary Arts Building
The Atrisco Companies is a family of social enterprises comprising seven nonprofit and community-focused organizations. The organization’s mission is to make exceptional community services accessible to New Mexicans, empowering them to pursue richer and more meaningful experiences for their families. Among these organizations is Mariachi Spectacular de Albuquerque, one of the seven nonprofits overseen by Atrisco Companies.
For over 30 years, Mariachi Spectacular de Albuquerque has been a premier conference and concert series in the country. Music enthusiasts and tourists alike consider Mariachi Spectacular de Albuquerque a “must-visit” destination, standing out among peer programs in cities like San Antonio, Tucson, Los Angeles, and Chicago.
The success of Mariachi Spectacular has been hard-earned through decades of dedication. The organization continuously strives to enhance its program with unique elements that set it apart from the competition. One such innovation, introduced over 20 years ago, is the Mariachi Hall of Fame—a brilliant addition that has made us the proud hosts of the only Hall of Fame dedicated to the mariachi genre in the world. Right here in Albuquerque.
Over the past three decades, Mariachi Spectacular de Albuquerque has inducted more than 30 mariachi musicians, arrangers, and contributors into our International Mariachi Hall of Fame. Each inductee is honored with a portrait, celebrating their significant contributions to the mariachi tradition. We are honored to have in our Hall of Fame Mariachi trailblazers such as José “Pepe” Martinez, Miguel Martinez, and Rebecca Gonzales, the first female Mariachi to in history to join a prestigious Mariachi show group, Los Camperos.
Mariachi Spectacular’s vision is to one day establish a permanent space where these Hall of Fame portraits can be displayed, allowing us to share the rich history of these mariachi icons with our community, nation, and thus the world.
Mariachi Spectacular de Albuquerque is deeply grateful for the partnership and support of the National Hispanic Cultural Center in displaying these portraits, helping us bring the story of mariachi to life for all to see.

Exhibit Reception: Rendered Presence: Artistas de Nuevo México
2024-09-13
5:00 – 7:00 pm
Join us for a free public reception celebrating the opening of Rendered Presence: Artistas de Nuevo México. Guest curated by Vicente Telles, the exhibition explores artworks by artists living and working throughout New Mexico. Many of the artworks are figurative and created on a scale that challenges limited understandings of New Mexican art. In their own way, each artist explores identity and the self, art history, and the expanse of Hispanic, Chicana/o/x, and Latina/o/x contemporary art.
Acompáñenos en una recepción gratuita celebrando la apertura de Rendered Presence: Artistas de Nuevo México. El curador invitado es Vicente Telles y la exhibición explora las obras de arte de artistas viviendo y trabajando por todo Nuevo México. Muchas de las obras de arte son figurativas y creadas en una escala que crea dificultades de comprensión para los que tienen un limitado entendimiento del arte nuevo mexicano. Cada artista, de su manera personal, explora la identidad y su ser interior, la historia del arte y la gran extensión del arte contemporáneo Hispano, Chicana/o/x y Latina/o/x.

Participating Artists / Artistas participantes:
Vanessa Alvarado
Beedallo
Gabriela Campos
Rubén Cantú
Pola Lopez
Andres Martinez
Isabela Ortega
Eric Romero
Travis Ruiz
Marie Sena
Vicente Telles
Daisy Quezada Ureña
Jim Vogel

About the curator:
Vicente Telles is a Santero and Cultural Iconographer who is driven by the desire to honor the culture and tradition of his native New Mexico. He began painting traditional retablos using natural pigments created from clays and minerals on homemade gesso, which is then sealed with an archival varnish. Always looking for ways to push boundaries, his style has evolved to include various interpretations of traditional Catholic and cultural iconography, which is evident in his social commentary retablos and his ongoing border culture series. In recent years, Telles has worked to honor his network of fellow artists and is engaging in opportunities to expand network connections through organizing art shows throughout the southwest. Recently, he was instrumental in organizing the multi-site exhibition Son de Allí y son de Acá in Albuquerque as well as in San Diego at Chicano Park Museum and Cultural Center.
Acerca del curador:
Vicente Telles es un Santero y Iconógrafo Cultural que es motivado por su deseo de honrar la cultura y tradiciones de su Nuevo México natal. Comenzó pintando retablos tradicionales usando pigmentos creados de arcillas y minerales en yeserías hecho en casa que después se sella con un barniz de archivo. Siempre buscando nuevos modos de extender los límites, su estilo se ha evolucionado para incluir varias interpretaciones tradicionales, católicas y la cultura iconográfica, evidente en sus comentarios sociales en sus retablos y sus series incesantes de la cultura fronteriza. En los años recientes ha trabajado en homenajear su red de artistas colegas. Está participando en las oportunidades para extender la red de conexiones a través de la organización de exposiciones de arte por todo el sudoeste. Recientemente jugó un papel importante en la organización de sitios múltiples de la exhibición Son de Allí y son de Acá en Albuquerque y San Diego en el Museo del Parque Chicano y Centro Cultural.

Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime
2024-09-17 | NHCC Library, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:00 am
Stories come to life through art, movement, and more! For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers. This month, we will be reading Fresh Juice/Jugo Fresco by Robert Liu-Trujillo, and making fresh juice to go along with the story!
Free Community Event, generously supported by NM Gas.
Bilingual Storytime is designed for children ages 3 to 5 and their caregivers. For school, childcare, or homeschool groups; please reach out to the NHCC Librarian at amy.padilla@dca.nm.gov to find out about group options and available dates. We are unable to accommodate these groups during the Bilingual Storytime on third Tuesdays.

Latin Dance for Seniors
2024-09-18, 2024-09-25, 2024-10-02 | Salón Ortega, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
1:30 – 3:30 pm
NHCC | Salon Ortega
Latin Dance for Seniors will feature 4 weeks of Latin dance lessons taught by instructor Carlota Silva. Classes run for four consecutive Wednesdays from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm. Latin Dance for Seniors is part of the NHCC’s Siempre Creativo program which provides a free multidisciplinary arts programs for seniors.
Free Community Event, generously supported by AARP.
Please register a maximum of 2 people for the Siempre Creativo art and dance classes to make space for everyone who would like to attend. Let us know who will be attending below.

Instituto Cervantes Film Series: Generaciones and El país del futuro
2024-09-19 | Virtual
2:00 am (MST)
In this online film series, which plays throughout the month of September on the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo channel, we bring together, in collaboration with the Punto y Raya platform, four sessions with experimental pieces that allow us to explore the possibilities of the audio-visual image and abstraction as a form of creation: a freer creation, where form, color, movement and sound compose evocative messages.
The short films will be available on the Cervantes Institute’s Vimeo channel for one week, starting at 2:00 am on September 19.
Link Generaciones: https://vimeo.com/video/963031836
Link El País del futuro: https://vimeo.com/video/963034780
The Tunisian cities of Tunis and Sousse were the setting for two workshops coordinated by the Instituto Cervantes of Tunis under the title “Counterline and Counterpoint” held in November 2023.
Abstracción en movimiento: Punto y Raya at the Instituto Cervantes
Students from the Lycée Pierre Mendès France in Tunis and the Mhamed Driss Lycée Français International in Sousse were guided by the founders of the international platform Punto y Raya, dedicated to the production, promotion and education of audiovisual arts in its purest form, Ana Santos and Nöel Palazzo, to create two abstract audiovisual works inspired by the classical mosaics housed in some museums in Tunisia. The final work is a similar dialogue between organic and geometric forms, creating its own moving designs and fluctuating freely between one style and another to tell a story of harmony and counterpoint.

Inspired by the ancient mosaics that can be found in the Bardo National Museum or the Archaeological Museum of El Djem in Tunis; mixing themes of Greek mythology, country scenes, hunting or landscapes, from the third century BC to the fifth century AD, with games of shapes, rhythms and compositions more geometric and closer to the Islamic tradition, Generaciones and El país del futuro propose precious narratives where nature is always present despite the high degree of abstraction in the image.
Screening: Generaciones y El país del futuro; Director/s: Punto y Raya (Nöel Palazzo y Ana Santos); Year: 2023; Format: Digital; Running time: Cortometraje – 1 min; Genre: Anamation/Animación; Country: Túnez; Rating/Calificacion: SC
“Abstracción en movimiento” presents the pieces produced by those attending the Punto y Raya workshops held at the Instituto Cervantes centers in Prague, Tunis, Utrecht and Warsaw, since 2021.
Young students between the ages of 12 and 16, guided by artists and expert facilitators and directed by Noel Palazzo and Ana Santos – directors of the Punto y Raya Festival – offer us for this cycle evocative films with great communicative force, created from simple forms and updated animation and illusionism techniques adapted to the new possibilities offered by the digital world.
indicated until 2:00 am the following Thursday.
“Abstracción en movimiento” Program:
• September 5: Live Visual Music (2021), coordinated by Aurora Gasull
• September 12: Con ton y son (2022), coordinated by Pepon Meneses and Laura Ginès
• September 19: Generations and The Country of the Future (2023), coordinated by Ana Santos and Nöel Palazzo
• September 26: Abstract phantasmagorias (2023), coordinated by Ana Santos and Nöel Palazzo.
All titles will be available on the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo channel for one week, from 2:00 am on the Thursday indicated until 2:00 am the following Thursday.

Latinx Games Festival 2024
2024-09-20 - 2024-09-22 | NHCC Campus, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
Session Times TBD
Latinx Games Festival is a celebration of Gaming, Latino Culture and Latin American Game Development! Join us In-Person at the National Cultural Hispanic Center from September 20th – September 22th, 2024.
Featuring insightful panels, playable Latino made video games, career advancement opportunities, the first ever Latino Games Exhibition, and The Latinx Game Awards, this festival connects our community to the video game industry and plants the seeds for a culturally richer, more mature video game industry. This event exists as an industry-wide call to action for global Latino representation throughout the video game industry.
For the first time ever, this year’s event will be held in-person at the NHCC. A special online Steam event will take place from September 15 – 22, 2024!
For more information on festival content click HERE. Reservations for advance tickets available below.

Colcha Community Stitch A-Long
2024-09-24 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
9:30 am in-person
10:30 am Zoom – cancelled for September, please check back next month
Our Colcha Community Stich-A-Long is open to all levels of experience in an informal setting. This workshop is instructed by Annette Gutierrez-Turk. Annette has taught colcha, a Spanish Colonial embroidery style, to groups internationally and at the NHCC for many years. She is also an award-winning artist, most recently recognized in 2019 at Traditional Spanish Market in Santa Fe. Annette is taking September off. Please check back next month for instructions and to have your questions answered by Annette. This month, we will still meet in person to work and share projects.
Join us every month on the fourth Tuesday, in-person at 9:30am and on Zoom at 10:30am. Everyone will have a chance to share what they are working on.
Please register here every month and we will email the Zoom link to you. Questions: email Elena at ElenaD.Baca@dca.nm.gov or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771.
Free Community Event.
Thank you to the Sandia Mountains-EGA for their continued support of this program.
For more on Colcha, please watch this video: Colcha Circle Video
Here is the pattern used in the beginner colcha kit. Click the thumbnail below to enlarge.

NHCC Book Club
2024-09-25 | HLA Conference Room, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
The NHCC is thrilled to announce that we will be reconnecting in person with lovers of literature, folks who love to read, and those who enjoy talking about the far reaches of Latinidad. We will meet on the fourth Wednesday of every month in the Center’s HLA Conference Room.
In September, we will be reading Familia by Lauren E. Rico. Familia explores the story of two young women who are brought together by a genealogy test and a haunting question that shakes their understanding of what family is and who they truly are.
Free community event. Please let us know who will be attending below.

Escribir | Escuchar Latine Author Series: Reading: Michelle Otero
2024-09-26 | Salón Ortega, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
6:00 pm: Reception and Book-signing
7:00 pm: Reading
NHCC | Salón Ortega
Join us for a literary evening with acclaimed writer and Albuquerque’s first poet laureate, Michelle Otero in celebration of her recent publication, Vessels: A Memoir of Borders. Exploring themes of identity, heritage, and the transformative power of storytelling, Michelle’s poignant reflections promise to inspire and resonate whether you’re a seasoned enthusiast of great writing or simply curious about the depths of human experience.
Don’t miss out on this extraordinary opportunity to connect through the beauty of language and storytelling.
The Saturday after the reading, dive deeper into the art of memoir with a special writing workshop led by Michelle Otero, offering a unique opportunity to explore your own voice and craft. Please bring writing materials of your choice.
Free community event. Please make your reservation below.
This event is generously supported by the AARP Albuquerque.

Instituto Cervantes Film Series: Fantasmagorías abstractas
2024-09-26 | Virtual
2:00 am (MST)
In this online film series, which will play throughout the month of September on the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo channel, we bring together, in collaboration with the Punto y Raya platform, four sessions with experimental pieces that allow us to explore the possibilities of the audio-visual image and abstraction as a form of creation: a freer creation, where form, color, movement and sound compose evocative messages.
The short films will be available on the Cervantes Institute’s Vimeo channel for one week, starting at 2:00 am on September 12. Cervantes Vimo Link Here.
Abstracción en movimiento: Punto y Raya at the Instituto Cervantes
Separated by more than four centuries, the two diverse technologies of theatrical illusionism and computer science meet in an audio-visual dialogue created by high school students from the Visser’t Hooft Lyceum in Leiden (The Netherlands) under the direction of Punto y Raya founders Ana Santos and Nöel Palazzo, dedicated to the production, promotion and education of audio-visual arts in their purest state.

This powerful abstract film – born from a workshop held in December 2023 at the Cervantes Institute in Utrecht – was created frame by frame by drawing directly on the tablet with the free FlipaClip application and using the reflections produced by a four-sided cone with an angulation of 45º with respect to the surface of the screen.
The ghostly effect known as Pepper’s ghost, which consists of seeing the reflection of the real image through the angulation of acetate sheets and glass panels, merges with 21st-century computer technology to create Fantasmagorías abstractas, an evocative and emotive film, in which abstraction becomes a universal language (form, color, movement and sound) accessible to all.
Screening: Fantasmagorías abstractas ; Director/s: Punto y Raya (Nöel Palazzo y Ana Santos); Year: 2023; Format: Digital; Running time: Cortometraje – 2 min; Genre: Animation/Animación; Country: Países Bajos; Rating/Calificacion: SC
“Abstracción en movimiento” presents the pieces produced by those attending the Punto y Raya workshops held at the Instituto Cervantes centers in Prague, Tunis, Utrecht and Warsaw, since 2021.
Young students between the ages of 12 and 16, guided by artists and expert facilitators and directed by Noel Palazzo and Ana Santos – directors of the Punto y Raya Festival – offer us for this cycle evocative films with great communicative force, created from simple forms and updated animation and illusionism techniques adapted to the new possibilities offered by the digital world.
“Abstracción en movimiento” Program:
• September 5: Live Visual Music (2021), coordinated by Aurora Gasull
• September 12: Con ton y son (2022), coordinated by Pepon Meneses and Laura Ginès
• September 19: Generations and The Country of the Future (2023), coordinated by Ana Santos and Nöel Palazzo
• September 26: Abstract phantasmagorias (2023), coordinated by Ana Santos and Nöel Palazzo.
All titles will be available on the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo channel for one week, from 2:00 am on the Thursday indicated until 2:00 am the following Thursday.

Noche de Familia: Bless Me, Ultima
2024-09-27 | Cayetana Romero Lobby
5:00 – 7:00 pm (Film screening held immediately following)
Join us for a Noche de Familia inspired by Rudolfo Anaya’s beloved novel Bless Me, Ultima! Craft a flapping owl hand puppet, design a drawing inspired by the novel, and use herbs or leaves to emboss clay creations. Free books and coloring books will be available. All ages and individuals will be welcome.
After this event, stick around and settle in for a free screening of the movie in the Albuquerque Journal Theatre! Please register separately for the screening. This event is part of the Center’s Hispanic Heritage Month celebration.
Free Community Event, generously supported by New Mexico Gas Company.

Film Screening: Bless Me Ultima
2024-09-27 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
5:00 – 7:00 pm: Noche de Familia (art activities inspired by Bless Me, Ultima for attending families and intergenerational visitors)
6:30 to 7:00 pm: Reception
7:00 – 7:30 pm: Introduction and Pre-film talk by Ricardo Lopez
7:30 pm: Film screening begins
Rudolfo Anaya’s beloved and iconic Bless Me, Ultima returns to the NHCC with Carl Franklin’s screen adaptation. Bless Me, Ultima is set in the 1940s in rural New Mexico, and tells the story of a young boy and the mysterious healer who opens his eyes to the wonders of the spiritual realm. As the entire world is plunged into war and Antonio Marez grapples with the harsh realities all around him, his life is forever changed by the sudden arrival of Ultima, a curandera who inspires him to see the world from a new perspective.
Free Community Event, generously supported by Las Pistoleras Instituto Cultural de Arte and the UNM Department of English and Literature.

Instituto Cervantes: ¡Cine Magnífico! Latino Film Festival
2024-09-27 - 2024-09-28
3:00 pm to 8:00 pm Friday
11:00 am to 8:00 pm Saturday
South Broadway Cultural Center (1025 Broadway Blvd SE)
Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque is launching the twelfth edition of Cine Magnífico, Latino Film Festival of Albuquerque. This event has focused on the dissemination of culture and audio-visual creation in Spanish in its 11 previous editions, and has given visibility during these years in New Mexico to numerous films and short films made in Spain and various Spanish-speaking countries.
The 2024 edition of the festival will have as its main venue the South Broadway Cultural Center in Albuquerque and will be complemented by screenings in Santa Fe (NM) and El Paso (Texas). It will include a program of six feature films from countries such as Spain, Chile, Costa Rica and the United States. Cine Magnifico will also feature talks, meetings with filmmakers and will also focus on young filmmakers from New Mexico.
Tickets are free. Reservations are required.

Genealogy Workshops
2024-09-28 | Salón Ortega, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:00 – 12:00 pm
NHCC | Salón Ortega
Explore your cultural heritage at the NHCC with a free genealogy workshop as part of our Siempre Creativo program! These workshops will provide participating seniors with the opportunity to participate in interactive tours of the NHCC Art Museum and Torreón, paired with genealogy workshops and coffee socials.
This event is part of the NHCC’s Siempre Creativo program. Free Community Event, generously supported by AARP.

Escribir | Escuchar Latine Author Series: Writing Workshop: Michelle Otero
2024-09-28 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
NHCC | Pete V. Domenici Education Building, Learning Lab 122/124
Join us for a Writing Workshop with acclaimed writer and Albuquerque’s first poet laureate, Michelle Otero in celebration of her recent publication, Vessels: A Memoir of Borders. Exploring themes of identity, heritage, and the transformative power of storytelling, Michelle’s poignant reflections promise to inspire and resonate whether you’re a seasoned enthusiast of great writing or simply curious about the depths of human experience.
Don’t miss out on this extraordinary opportunity to connect through the beauty of language and storytelling.
Dive deeper into the art of memoir with a special writing workshop led by Michelle Otero, offering a unique opportunity to explore your own voice and craft. Please bring writing materials of your choice.
Free community event. Please make your reservation below.
This event is generously supported by the AARP Albuquerque.

The Albuquerque Folk Festival
2024-09-29 | NHCC Campus, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
• Gates open Sunday at 10:00 am.
• The festival starts and 10:00 am and ends at 8:00 pm.
• Evening dance(s) start at 5:30 pm.
• Most workshops, kids’ tent, jams, storytelling, and musical instrument petting zoo start at 10:30 am and end between 4:30-5:30 pm
Enjoy the Albuquerque Folk Festival this year! Kids under 12 & seniors 85+ enter for free at the gate day of festival.
The Albuquerque Folk Festival offers over 100 events including 5 performance venues, 6 music and dance workshop venues, 2-3 Jam venues, a musical instrument petting zoo, arts and crafts vendors, food vendors, kids’ tent, merch booth, a consignment booth, a free instrument check area, a bike valet. Gates open at 10:00 am and close at 8:00 pm.
All sales are final. We hope you will be able to use your purchased ticket and enjoy the festival, but if you can’t, we thank you for your support to our non-profit, educational, all-volunteer event!
For more information, please go to the Albuquerque Folk Festival home page: http://www.abqfolkfest.org/index.shtml
Ticket prices:
Advance Tickets: $20 Adults, $15 students, seniors, military w/ Id, $5 for children, $45 Family Pass for 2 adults and unlimited children and Special $25 for Single Parent Family and unlimited children.
Day of Event Tickets: $25 Adults, $20 students, seniors, military w/ Id, $10 for children, $50 Family Pass for 2 Adults and Unlimited children and Special $30 for Single Parent Family for 1 Adult and Unlimited children.
The Albuquerque Folk Festival offers Free tickets to kids 11 years old and younger as well as to seniors 85+ at the gate when you arrive.
$5 discount (only one discount can be applied) off all gate ticket prices with:
¨ $5 off coupon
¨ Bring an instrument.
¨ Bring a grandkid.
¨ After 5:30 pm

Happy Arte Hour
2024-10-03 | Domenici Education Building, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
6:00 pm
NHCC invites adults 21+ for artistic fun in a relaxed social setting. 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. Drinks and snacks will be available to purchase.
Please pre-register below (so we know how many materials to prepare). Registration for the following month is available the day after the current program month. For more information, please email Education Program Manager Elena Baca at ElenaD.Baca@dca.nm.gov.
Free Community Event. Donations are encouraged to support the artists & purchase supplies.
Join us for Color Mixing and Portrait painting with artist Vanessa Alvarado. Vanessa will provide instruction on image transfer and mixing paint to match colors on a printed image. With this foundational knowledge of color mixing and photo transferring, anyone can be successful at painting a portrait.
Each participant will create a small acrylic painting to take home.

Latina Equal Pay Community Liftoff
2024-10-04 | Plaza Mayor
8:30 am
Ahead of the NHCC’s Latina Pay Day celebration, head to the Center for a hot air balloon launch and remarks from community leaders in support of raising the pay. The liftoff event will be held on the NHCC’s majestic Plaza Mayor!
Free Community Event.

Seventh Annual Women’s Art Show
2024-10-05 | Grand Hall
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
NHCC | Domenici Education Building, Grand Hall
Free community event
Come and join several of New Mexico’s talented Women Artists as they showcase their artwork. You’ll be able to find beautiful, handcrafted gifts ranging from jewelry to paintings.
This event is being generously sponsored by:
* Margarita Maestas, Retired Educator
* National Hispanic Cultural Center
* Martinez, Hart, Sanchez, & Romero
* Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce
* MANA De Albuquerque
* The University Of New Mexico Chicana & Chicano Studies
For more information please contact the event organizer:
Linda Martinez | (505) 268-0108 | tinworkbylinda@msn.com
*The event is a rental event not an NHCC production. 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.

Latina Equal Pay Day
2024-10-05 | NHCC Campus, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
11:00 am to 3:00 pm
Join us for a celebration of Latina Equal Pay Day at the NHCC. This day, which recognizes the gender and racial pay gaps that still affect Hispanic women in the workforce, will feature a Women’s Art Market, interviews with Latina leaders, bookmaking, scavenger hunts, and more at the Center.
Free Community Event.

Balloon Fiesta Torreón Tour
2024-10-05 | NHCC Torreón, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
11:00 am
During the week of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, the Center will be hosting additional weekend guided tours of the dramatic Mundos de Mestizaje fresco by Frederico Vigil. These additional tours will be held on the first two Saturdays of October at 11 am. Located in the Torreón on the NHCC Campus, Mundos de Mestizaje depicts thousands of years of Hispanic culture, history, and identity.
Admission for the tour is $2 and tickets are available for advance purchase below. Tickets can also be purchased in the New Mexico Mutual Welcome Center, depending on availability. The capacity on each tour is limited. Please arrive at the Welcome Center 10 minutes before the scheduled tour.

New Mexico Philharmonic: Rhapsody in Blue
2024-10-06 | Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre, 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
2:00 – 4:00 pm
New Mexico Philharmonic presents Rhapsody in Blue
Na’Zir McFadden, Conductor
Sydney Tasker, cello
Kate Shao, piano
Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade in a minor
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Just over 100 years ago, George Gershwin composed a concerto for jazz orchestra, and the result redefined American music. Take in his Rhapsody in Blue, performed by Kate Shao, first-place winner in the piano division of this year’s Jackie McGehee Young Artists’ Competition. The youthful vigor continues with cellist Sydney Tasker, the first-place string division winner, performing Saint-Saëns’s Cello Concerto No. 1. Also on the program are Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s energetic Ballade and Tchaikovsky’s fantasy overture Romeo and Juliet.
Run time: Approximately 2 hours
$34, $44, $54, & $78 w/ discounts for students
*Price includes a NHCC facility fee
*The event is a rental event not an NHCC production. 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.

Visual Arts Museum: First Sunday Free Admission
2024-10-06 | Visual Art Museum, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102, United States
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
On the first Sunday of every month, the Visual Arts Museum is free to all New Mexico residents!

Instituto Cervantes Film Series: Día del Cine Español: 7 mesas (de billar francés)
2024-10-06 | Virtual
The film will be available on the Cervantes Institute’s Vimeo channel for 48 hours, starting at 12:00 pm (MTS) on October 5. Instituto Cervantes. Canal Vimeo HERE.
The fourth edition of Spanish Film Day, to be held on October 6, is presented as the consolidation of an event that aims to raise awareness of the importance of Spanish film heritage as an essential part of contemporary culture.
For the first time, the film selected to commemorate this day is directed by a woman. It is 7 mesas (de billar francés), the fifth feature film by Gracia Querejeta, a filmmaker who belongs to a family that is an essential reference in Spanish cinema.

This family melodrama showcases all the ingredients of the concern for human relationships that Spanish cinema has maintained throughout its history. With a great cast headed by actresses Maribel Verdú and Blanca Portillo, the film’s story of solidarity and self-improvement shows a way of life that underlines women’s ability to reinvent themselves in times of crisis.
The neighborhood setting makes the billiard tables that title this cinematographic work become an image that symbolizes a world resistant to the onslaught of the fluid life we seem to live today. The struggle to rescue and revive these spaces of coexistence results in a wonderful hymn to the preponderance of public space and its inestimable value for citizenship.
The film had a remarkable national and international tour: in addition to its presence in various festivals, the actresses Maribel Verdú and Amparo Baró were awarded the goya awards for best female main cast performance, respectively. 7 mesas (de billar francés), produced and premiered in the 21st century, forces us to think that heritage continues to be created at all times in the cinematographic sphere, where production continues to be a significant reference in the lives of spectators.
Director/s: Gracia Querejeta | Year: 2007 | Format: Digital | Running time: Largometraje – 112 min | Genre: Ficción/Fiction | Country: España/Spain | Original version: español/Spanish | Subtitles: inglés/English | Rated/Calificacion: TP/All audiences
