Organized and installed by NHCC docent Patrick Trujillo and intern Jonathan Natvig, this exhibition presents photographs of the historic Barelas neighborhood, one of the original plazas of Albuquerque, Los Barelas. Although the neighborhood predates Albuquerque (founded in 1707), this exhibit covers the period of statehood from 1912 to 2012.
This traveling art exhibition was organized by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in collaboration with the Smithsonian Latino Center and curated by Taína Caragol, the National Portrait Gallery’s curator of Latino art and history. Staging the Self features 54 works by six contemporary U.S. Latino artists—David Antonio Cruz, Carlee Fernandez, María Martínez-Cañas, Rachelle Mozman, Karen Miranda […]
Opening alongside its companion exhibition from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, “Staging the Self / Ponerse en Imagen”, this exhibition will highlight portraiture by New Mexican artists. Curated by the NHCC's Visual Arts Program Director Dr. Tey Marianna Nunn, this exhibition features paintings, drawings and photographs by eleven New Mexican artists: Lydia Gallegos, Miguel Gandert, Edward […]
7:30 pm New Year's with the Opera is a fun variety show featuring a quartet of Opera Southwest's most beloved recent performers, including Alex Richardson (Hamlet, Amleto, 2015), with artistic director Anthony Barrese at the piano. With a variety of opera favorites and light classics, there is something for everyone to enjoy! Join us after […]
7 pm Flor silvestre, the first film in a long collaboration among director Emilio Fernández, cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa, and actors Dolores del Río and Pedro Armendáriz, is a microcosm of Mexican society during the Revolution. José Luis, the son of a rich landowner, is disowned by his family when he marries Esperanza, a peasant woman, […]
6 pm A New Mexico Short Film. Sharlyn Cline is the long-time mistress of an aging ex-mafia leader, Carlo Pinelli. She and her daughter, Jessica, are lined up to receive Carlo’s worldly possessions. But unexpected people & events threaten to unravel Sharlyn’s carefully laid plans. $5 w/ $1 off for students and seniors
2 pm David Felberg, conductor and violin Schubert, Rondo in A Major Piazzolla, The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires Tchaikovsky, Serenade for Strings Astor Piazzolla's seminal and extraordinary The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires combines jazz and the tango of his native Argentina with classical forms and twentieth-century harmonic ideas. Exciting rhythms dance with luscious […]
8 pm Dave Rawlings is an award-winning guitar player, singer, songwriter, and producer best known for his work with Gillian Welch, Old Crow Medicine Show, and Ryan Adams. His Machine's debut album A Friend of a Friend was released in 2009 on Acony Records. Rawlings was voted 2012 Americana Instrumentalist of the Year. Featuring band […]
7 pm The plot of Bugambilia, set in Guanajuato in the 1800s, was inspired by Rodolfo Usigli’s poem “The Bugambilia,” dedicated by Usigli to Dolores del Río; the melodrama has been called the Mexican version of William Wyler’s Wuthering Heights. Amalia, the spoiled daughter of a wealthy miner, arouses the passions of all the men […]
8 pm Duke City Comedy and Player 2 present Kyle Kinane - Kyle's new special "I Liked His Old Stuff Better" debuted on Comedy Central in January, 2015. He’s appeared on @Midnight, Conan, Workaholics, Those Who Can't and Comedy Bang! Bang! He can be heard as the voice of Comedy Central and in various animated […]
7 pm Margarita, a young woman abandoned by her faithless fiancé, struggles to raise her small son in Mexico City during the difficult early years of the Mexican Revolution. Her troubles are exacerbated by entanglement with La Banda del Automóvil Gris (the Gray Automobile Gang), the members of which dressed in military uniform and used […]
2 Performances each day 9:30 am & 11 am Award-winning composer and early childhood educator Frank Leto has a calm and natural way with children, inspiring them to move expressively and sing along joyfully with his original compositions. Teachers, parents and students will participate enthusiastically in Frank's multicultural, interactive music-fun for young and old alike! […]
7 pm Based on the novella The Pearl by John Steinbeck, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the movie, La perla is the tragic fable of a Mexican fisherman who finds a valuable pearl and begins to fantasize about untold wealth for himself and his family. His wife, at first uncertain as to whether the […]
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 contemporary music to life in high-quality dance productions. $12, $15, $17
7 pm Released from prison after being framed for murder, Aurelio returns to his hometown to try to start a new life working his land, but finds that he is still regarded as a pariah. The already tense situation worsens, with melodramatic consequences, when he falls in love with the girlfriend of the town political […]
7:30 pm Frank and Pilar Leto and the NHCC continue their annual celebration of Carnaval with a festive and colorful evening of music, dance, and theatre featuring the Odara Dance Ensemble and the musical group PANdemonium. Carnaval 2016: “Ticket to Paradise” transports the audience to exotic Carnaval destinations. You are invited to join the party […]