NHCC Book Club
HLA Conference Room6:00 pm – 7:30 pm NHCC | HLA Conference Room The NHCC invites lovers of literature, folks who love to read, and those who enjoy talking about the history and vast the array of identities that contribute to Latinidad/Hispanidad to join us! We will meet on the fourth Wednesday of every month in the Center’s HLA Conference Room. Free community event. Please let us know who will be attending by registering below.
Inaugural Native Theater & Performing Arts Festival: Opening Reception
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM7:00 – 9:00 pm NHCC | Wells Fargo Auditorium Dancing With Fire Productions and the NHCC present the Inaugural Native Theater Festival, with “Echo In The Canyon,” a full Performing Arts production featuring: Debbie Smallcanyon (Diné), Michael Lente (Laguna Pueblo/Paguate Village), Ria Thundercloud, (Ho-Chunk Nation/Sandia Pueblo), Sheldon Blackhorse (Diné), and Stanley Shunkamolah (Kiowa/Osage/Pawnee/Comanche). Special Youth Appearance by: Oliver Cordova (Diné). Including Traditional Dancing by: Niko DeRoin (Otoe-Missouria and Choctaw). Directed & Designed by: Kim Delfina Gleason (Diné). In addition, the Inaugural Native American Theater & Performing Arts (more...)
Reception: Voces del Pueblo: Artists of the Levantamiento Chicano in New Mexico
Visual Art Museum 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States5:00 - 7:30 pm Join us for a free public reception celebrating the opening of the exhibition, Voces del Pueblo: Artists of the Levantamiento Chicano in New Mexico, curated by Ray Hernández-Durán, Ph.D. and Irene Vásquez, Ph.D. This is an exhibition 7 years in the making that feature a group of New Mexican artists who were among the earliest generation of Chicana and Chicano activists in the state. All 6 artists, 3 men and 3 women, were students at New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU) in Las Vegas (more...)
Inaugural Native Theater & Performing Arts Festival: Echo in the Canyon
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NMApril 25, 26, May 2, & 3, 2025 7:00 – 9:00 pm NHCC | Wells Fargo Auditorium Dancing With Fire Productions and the NHCC present the Inaugural Native Theater Festival, with “Echo In The Canyon,” a full Performing Arts production featuring: Debbie Smallcanyon (Diné), Michael Lente (Laguna Pueblo/Paguate Village), Ria Thundercloud, (Ho-Chunk Nation/Sandia Pueblo), Sheldon Blackhorse (Diné), and Stanley Shunkamolah (Kiowa/Osage/Pawnee/Comanche). Special Youth Appearance by: Oliver Cordova (Diné). Including Traditional Dancing by: Niko DeRoin (Otoe-Missouria and Choctaw). Directed & Designed by: Kim Delfina Gleason (Diné). In addition, the (more...)
Día Del Niño
Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM11:00 am - 3:00 pm NHCC | Domenici Education Building Join us for a day of celebrating the youth in our community during this free event for families of all ages and sizes! Enjoy Nanny’s Petting Zoo, performances from Voces de Coronado and Ballet Folklorico Fiesta Mexicana, student films, and our Youth Art Market. Learn about birds and bugs with the U.S. Forest Service. Make art, play, climb a rock wall and discover a variety of community resources from the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & (more...)
New Mexico Philharmonic: Mendelssohn Goes to Scotland
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM2:00 – 4:00 pm New Mexico Philharmonic presents Mendelssohn Goes to Scotland Chelsea Gallo, conductor Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, “Scottish” Although he was inspired to write his third symphony by a trip to Scotland in 1829, Felix Mendelssohn did not complete the work for another fourteen years. The same trip also inspired his Hebrides Overture. Still, audiences over the years would agree that it was worth the wait. Hear this great symphony with New York Philharmonic cover conductor Chelsea Gallo leading your NMPhil! Run time: Approximately 2 (more...)
Inaugural Native Theater & Performing Arts Festival: Staged Readings
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NMApril 27 & May 4, 2025 2:00 – 4:00 pm NHCC | Wells Fargo Auditorium Dancing With Fire Productions and the NHCC present the Inaugural Native Theater Festival, with “Echo In The Canyon,” a full Performing Arts production featuring: Debbie Smallcanyon (Diné), Michael Lente (Laguna Pueblo/Paguate Village), Ria Thundercloud, (Ho-Chunk Nation/Sandia Pueblo), Sheldon Blackhorse (Diné), and Stanley Shunkamolah (Kiowa/Osage/Pawnee/Comanche). Special Youth Appearance by: Oliver Cordova (Diné). Including Traditional Dancing by: Niko DeRoin (Otoe-Missouria and Choctaw). Directed & Designed by: Kim Delfina Gleason (Diné). In addition, the Inaugural Native (more...)
Happy Arte Hour
Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM6:00 – 8:00 pm NHCC | Pete V. Domenici Education Building NHCC invites adults 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 with the link 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, (more...)
Inaugural Native Theater & Performing Arts Festival: Professional Native Theatre Panel Event
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM7:00 – 9:00 pm NHCC | Wells Fargo Auditorium Dancing With Fire Productions and the NHCC present the Inaugural Native Theater Festival, with “Echo In The Canyon,” a full Performing Arts production featuring: Debbie Smallcanyon (Diné), Michael Lente (Laguna Pueblo/Paguate Village), Ria Thundercloud, (Ho-Chunk Nation/Sandia Pueblo), Sheldon Blackhorse (Diné), and Stanley Shunkamolah (Kiowa/Osage/Pawnee/Comanche). Special Youth Appearance by: Oliver Cordova (Diné). Including Traditional Dancing by: Niko DeRoin (Otoe-Missouria and Choctaw). Directed & Designed by: Kim Delfina Gleason (Diné). In addition, the Inaugural Native American Theater & Performing Arts Festival (more...)
¡Vamos!
Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM10:00 am – 12:00 pm NHCC | Pete V. Domenici Education Building Vamos to the National Hispanic Cultural Center on the first Saturday of the month for vibrant monthly family workshops that provide immersive experiences exploring Visual Arts, Performing Arts and History and Literary Arts. Designed to inspire creativity, foster cultural appreciation, and build community, each workshop will offer an inclusive and welcoming space where participants of all ages and backgrounds can come together to explore and celebrate culture through artistic expression, movement, and traditions in an engaging, (more...)