Tuesdays through Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm The National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) turned twenty years old in 2020 and the museum now has twenty years of exhibitions to reflect on and learn from. Mira Mira On the Wall: Reflecting on 20 Years of NHCC Exhibitions recounts a selection of exhibits that have […]
The National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) turned twenty years old in 2020 and the museum now has twenty years of exhibitions to reflect on and learn from. Mira Mira On the Wall: Reflecting on 20 Years of Exhibitions recounts a selection of exhibits that have been presented over the last two decades. It examines their impact […]
“¡Mira! Nuestra Arquitectura: An Architectural Journey” An architectural history of the NHCC, in celebration of our 20th anniversary. To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the National Hispanic Cultural Center, the History and Literary Arts program presents “¡Mira! Nuestra Arquitectura: An Architectural Journey,” an architectural history of the Center’s past, present and future. This virtual tour […]
“¡Mira! Nuestra Arquitectura: An Architectural Journey” An architectural history of the NHCC, in celebration of our 20th anniversary. To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the National Hispanic Cultural Center, the History and Literary Arts program presents “¡Mira! Nuestra Arquitectura: An Architectural Journey,” an architectural history of the Center’s past, present and future. This exhibit consists […]
The 2021 Revolutions International Theatre Festival, from October 20 through November 6, 2021, spotlights the cultural wisdom, resilience, and creativity of Colombia, Haiti, and Uganda through performances, panel discussions, and workshops all live-streamed and featured on-line. Produced by Revolutions Inc, a new nonprofit organization and laboratory space dedicated to supporting and nurturing artists, and presented […]
October 24, 27, 29 & 31, 2021 Sundays at 2 pm, Wednesday and Friday at 7:30 pm Verdi’s La Traviata is a fully staged opera with orchestra, sung in Italian with English translation supertitles. Presented in three acts with one intermission. One of the most famous of the great classic operas, Verdi’s La Traviata is a sweeping love story set against the backdrop […]
12 pm on Monday, October 25 until 12 pm on Sunday, October 31 Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here In October, Instituto Cervantes is collaborating for a third year with FIVER (Festival de Cine, Danza y Nuevos Medios) to present a cycle of short films: La mirada de ellas: 10 años de cinedanza en España, curated by FIVER director Samuel Retortillo. The screenings are among the activities celebrating the tenth anniversary of Baila España, held […]
11 am (MST) The National Hispanic Cultural Center is offering a guided tour of the Mundos de Mestizaje fresco by Frederico Vigil twice a week, Thursdays and Fridays 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 […]
7 pm From the personal to the political, the experiences of diverse women speak of how masculinized and violent the public streets still remain. In three insightful conversations with female friends, collaborators, and high school students, Xiana do Teixeiro’s 2018 film Tódallas mulleres que coñezo seeks a discourse on fear that is not frightening, a […]
11 am (MST) The National Hispanic Cultural Center is offering a guided tour of the Mundos de Mestizaje fresco by Frederico Vigil twice a week, Thursdays and Fridays 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 […]
7 pm Samuel Alarcón’s 2018 documentary traces the last days of the Spanish artist Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, exiled, buried, and almost forgotten in Bordeaux, and the mystery surrounding his body. Years after his death, when Goya’s remains were exhumed to be returned to Spain, it was discovered that someone had stolen the head […]
12 pm (available for 48 hours) On the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here Jaione Camborda’s debut feature film Arima is a story, steeped in mystery, of four women and a girl whose lives are altered when two strangers arrive unexpectedly in their village. The events in this “ghost film” move between real and imagined, nightmare […]
7 pm For 19 years Sinatra DeVine Productions has been producing show-stopping variety shows highlighting up-and-coming Drag Queen performances in celebration of National Coming Out Day. This show has always been on the cutting edge when "drag" was only considered taboo. Our last show was in 2016, and fans and supporters have been "aching" to […]
10 am to 4 pm The first Sunday of every month the NHCC Art Museum is free to all New Mexico residents. Visit exhibitions such as: Aquí Estamos: New Selections from the Permanent Collection, Southwest of Eden: The Art of Adam and Eve, and Mira Mira on the Wall: Reflecting on 20 Years of NHCC Exhibitions. Reserve […]
6 pm (MST) Live Via Zoom. Register HERE Memorial Ride is a high-speed, ragtag chase across the American Southwest. Cooper Town, an American Indian soldier, has returned from the Middle East to attend hi father's funeral, make some quick cash off his father's old Harley, and spend a whirlwind weekend with his girlfriend, Sheri Mun. […]
Today's Torreón Tour has been canceled 11 am (MST) The National Hispanic Cultural Center is offering a guided tour of the Mundos de Mestizaje fresco by Frederico Vigil twice a week, Thursdays and Fridays 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 […]
1 pm (MST) Live via Zoom Our Virtual Colcha Community Workshop is open to all levels of experience in an informal setting, wherever they may reside. This workshop is instructed by Annette Gutierrez-Turk. Annette has taught this art form to groups internationally and at the NHCC for many years. She is also an award winning artist, most recently recognized […]
8 pm—Friday 2 pm & 8 pm—Saturday Yjastros: The American Flamenco Repertory Company Presents Yjastros By Design, the seasonal culmination of the company’s progression and evolution. This season’s performances show the company’s resurgence from a challenging period that has deepened the members’ resolve to continue honing their flamenco expression in new ways. Yjastros By Design features intricate re-imaginings of choreographic […]
11 am (MST) The National Hispanic Cultural Center is offering a guided tour of the Mundos de Mestizaje fresco by Frederico Vigil twice a week, Thursdays and Fridays 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 […]
12 pm (available for 48 hours) On the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here In Mamen Díaz’ indie comedy Violeta no coge el ascensor, twenty-something Violeta is spending a stifling summer in Madrid as an intern in a publishing house. Dodging the heat between affairs that only multiply her self-doubts, she makes new friends and makes […]
3 pm (MTS) 2:30 p.m. MTUNM Mariachi Ensemblepre-concert performancePerformers include:-"Son Veracruz" with Otilio Ruiz, Leticia Cuevas, Kateri López, Daniel Salazar, and Anabel María;-Vicente Griego, with Lidón Patiño and Javier Saume Mazzei from the National Institute of Flamenco; and-César Bauvallet, with Janet Harman, Pilar & Frank Leto, and Ricky Carrido. Free community event. Tickets will be […]
11 am (MST) The National Hispanic Cultural Center is offering a guided tour of the Mundos de Mestizaje fresco by Frederico Vigil twice a week, Thursdays and Fridays 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 […]
7:30 pm Nacha Mendez combines storytelling, music, and song in a journey through her personal experience that speaks to her Latin blood, Native American history, and experience as an artist throughout Europe. Mendez grew up in the small border town of La Union in southern New Mexico, where she began singing and playing guitar at […]
Reception—6 pm, Cayetana Romero Lobby Introduction to Festival Oralidad—6:30 pm, Wells Fargo Auditorium Concert, Nacha Mendez Trio—7:30 pm, Bank of America Theatre Reception and festival introduction free to the public; concert tickets $17 w/ $2 discount for NHCC members, purchase Here Please note: Both the festival introduction and the concert will require either a proof […]
5 -7 pm Free, in-person, public reception at the NHCC Art Museum Per the public health order, masks are required indoors The exhibition Tempo y Tiempo features photographs by four artists working in New Mexico: Frank Blazquez, Bobby Gutierrez, Pico del Hierro-Villa, and Ximena Montez. Collectively, the artists tell stories about what it is to […]
The exhibition Tempo y Tiempo features photographs by four artists working in New Mexico: Frank Blazquez, Bobby Gutierrez, Pico del Hierro-Villa, and Ximena Montez. Collectively, the artists tell stories about what it is to live in New Mexico, illustrating a range of identities, experiences, and moments.
12 pm (available for 48 hours) Alexis Delgado’s This Film Is About Me is a singular portrait of Renata Felicitas Soskey, serving time in a Galician prison for the brutal murder of her neighbor. Renata sees it clearly: this film is about her—about her personality, her charisma, her poetry, and her unpredictability, and not about […]
2 pm (MST) New Mexico Young Actors presents The Musical Adventures of Oliver Twist. Based on the novel by Charles Dickens, this musical follows the orphan Oliver from his escapades during a life of thievery with Fagin’s criminal gang to the loving home of Mr. Brownlow. The tuneful score is by Scott DeTurk, who is […]
Interactive Recital Workshop for Children, Michelle Adam—12 pm, Wells Fargo Auditorium Workshop, Emmy Tither—1:30 pm, Wells Fargo Auditorium Round Table Discussion, Nicolasa Chávez & Orlando Romero—4 pm, Wells Fargo Auditorium Concert, Shkeme and Native Roots—7 pm, Bank of America Theatre All events free to the public; previous registration for the workshops required by e-mail at […]
6:30 pm Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Perla Batalla earns critical acclaim for her distinctive voice, emotional honesty, and culture-merging compositions. She was born in Los Angeles to a family immersed in music. Her dad, a Mexican mariachi and D.J., and her Argentine mom ran the family record shop, Discoteca Batalla, where Perla was exposed to an education […]
Workshop, Matilde Machiavello—1 pm, Wells Fargo Auditorium Presentation, Santiago Vaquera-Vásquez—4 pm, Wells Fargo Auditorium Concert, Perla Batalla—6:30 pm, Bank of America Theatre Workshop and presentation free to the public; concert tickets $17, $27, $37 w/ $2 discount for NHCC members, purchase Here Instituto Cervantes and the National Hispanic Cultural Center, with the collaboration of AMP […]
11 am (MST) The National Hispanic Cultural Center is offering a guided tour of the Mundos de Mestizaje fresco by Frederico Vigil twice a week, Thursdays and Fridays 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 […]
12 pm (available for 48 hours) On the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here In La reina de los lagartos, Burnin’ Percebes (Fernando Martínez and Juan González) introduce us to Berta and Javi, a couple who are saying goodbye after a summer romance. However, the spaceship that was supposed to pick up Javi, the prince of […]
12 pm (available for 48 hours) On the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here In Isabel Herguera’s Amore d’inverno (Winter Love), a couple walks along the river while hunters hide behind a hill and friends in the forest remember the “Dancer of Clavesana,” a metaphor for free love who vanishes slowly into the winter landscape. The […]
11 am (MST) The National Hispanic Cultural Center is offering a guided tour of the Mundos de Mestizaje fresco by Frederico Vigil twice a week, Thursdays and Fridays 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 […]
7 pm Friday, 2 pm & 7 pm Saturday Baila! Baila!’s annual holiday show is a whirlwind extravaganza, taking audiences on a journey through the sights and sounds of Christmas in New Mexico. Music, song, and dance with the traditional Southwestern flair that has been cultivated in our state over the generations, as well as […]
11 am (MST) The National Hispanic Cultural Center is offering a guided tour of the Mundos de Mestizaje fresco by Frederico Vigil twice a week, Thursdays and Fridays 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 […]
12 pm (available for 48 hours) On the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here Begoña Vicario’s Jane, Tarzán nez zen horren guay (Jane, Tarzan Wasn’t So Cool) was created by a collective of 20 young Basque artists, coordinated by the director. It reinterprets the famous scene from Cedric Gibbons’ 1934 film Tarzan and His Mate in […]