• Opera Southwest: Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot

    Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM

    March 12, 15, 17 & 19, 2023 2:00 pm Sunday, 7:30 pm Wednesday & Friday Opera Southwest presents Giacomo Puccini’s Turandot, a fully staged opera with orchestra, sung in Italian with English translation supertitles. Nessun dorma… No one sleeps in this beautiful new production of one of Puccini’s most famous operas by director Mo Zhou. A fairytale set in ancient China, Turandot brims with masterful music from start to finish. Maestro Anthony Barrese conducts. $22, $42, $63, $85, $105 with discounts for groups of 8 or more, (more...)

  • Happy Arte Hour

    NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24

    6:00 pm to 8:00 pm 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. Explore the world of soft sculpture with artist April Garcia, whose work is on display in Fronteras del Futuro: Art in New Mexico and Beyond. A variety of fabrics and materials will be available for you to (more...)

  • AfroMundo Festival: Resistance & Creativity: Afro-Latin Culinary Memory, Power, Resistance & Survival

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    7:30 pm Join us on April 19 for a panel discussion by renowned chefs! For Afro diasporas, food remains one of the most effective means of resistance, of cultural retention, and innovation. The foods of Afro peoples continue to incorporate ingredients of ancestral dishes and to preserve African ways of preparing ingredients native to the Americas. Presenters will discuss the African roots of various dishes and defy stereotypes of what “soul” food is. Panelists include: New Mexico resident Seiça Santana Carriaga, from the coastal town Itanhaém in (more...)

  • Festival Ballet Albuquerque: Sacred Journeys IV

    Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM

    7:00 pm Friday & Saturday, 2:00 pm Sunday Festival Ballet Albuquerque & The National Hispanic Cultural Center present Sacred Journeys IV. Classical and contemporary dance combine with the eclectic music of two-time Grammy award-winning Taos Pueblo musician Robert Mirabal in this reflection of New Mexican cultures through dance, music, and spoken word. Mirabal collaborates with Festival Ballet Albuquerque’s artistic director Patricia Dickinson Wells and with internationally renowned New York City Ballet dancer Jock Soto, of Navajo and Puerto Rican descent. Soto, who will also make guest appearances (more...)

  • Albuquerque Philharmonic Orchestra, 50th Anniversary Concert

    Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM

    3:00 pm The Albuquerque Philharmonic Orchestra is celebrating their 50th Anniversary Grand Finale Concert!  Music Director Byron Herrington conducts Toccata and Fugue in d by J.S Bach, and Latin American Symphonette by Morton Gould on the first half.  Then we will have a 20-minute intermission, closing with Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73, by Johannes Brahms.  Join us in celebrating our 50th Anniversary with cake and coffee after the concert!  We would love to meet our patrons! Free community event. Tickets available at the door day (more...)

  • New Mexico Ballet Company: RESILIENCE

    Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM

    7:00 pm Saturday & 2:00 pm Sunday The New Mexico Ballet Company invites you to its 50-year anniversary performances celebrating the past, present, and future of the company. RESILIENCE includes classic works by NMBC's founder Suzanne M. Johnston, resident choreographer Vladimir Conde Reche, and new and original works by current Artistic Director Anna Bridge and artists of the New Mexico Ballet Company. Dancing with the community since 1972, NMBC is dedicated to creating and promoting professional, innovative dance productions for New Mexico audiences while providing the highest (more...)

  • Film Screening: Bound by Honor

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    5:00 pm: Reception & Book Signing 6:00 pm: Pre-Film Talk with Jimmy Santiago Baca 7:00 pm: Film Screening Our Summer Film Series kicks off with a 30th anniversary screening of Bound by Honor (Blood In, Blood Out) and special guest Jimmy Santiago Baca. Bound by Honor, an American epic crime drama, directed by Taylor Hackford, has become a cult-classic film within the Mexican-American community. Based on the true-life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on Chicano step-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their biracial cousin (more...)

  • Opening Reception: Hecho en Nuevo México: Recent Acquisitions by NM Artists

    September-2019-Board-Meeting-Minutes

    5:00 pm to 7:00 pm NHCC Art Museum Join us for a free public reception to celebrate the opening of a new exhibition, Hecho en Nuevo México: Recent Acquisitions by NM Artists. This new exhibition in the museum’s Community Gallery showcases New Mexican artists whose artworks have been added to the museum’s permanent collection over the last few years. This is an opportunity to celebrate artists from across New Mexico, explore artworks created in a range of styles and media, and to thank the generous donors who (more...)

  • Film: Acequias: The Legacy Lives On

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    5:00 – 7:00 pm: Food Trucks, Live Music & Cash Bar 7:00 – 8:15 pm: Acequias Screening 8:15 pm: Director Q&A following film screening The University of New Mexico’s Center for Regional Studies and the NHCC present Acequias: The Legacy Lives On. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Aracely “Arcie” Chapa, Acequias: The Legacy Lives On is an hour-long, visually stunning documentary film about New Mexico’s enduring acequias as seen through the eyes of farmers, advocates, scholars, practitioners, lawmakers, journalists, and members of the community. Chapa produces and directs an emotional and reverential (more...)

  • Happy Arte Hour

    Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

    6:00 pm to 8:00 pm 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 from La Fonda del Bosque and Pop Fizz. Explore printmaking inspired by the current NHCC Art Museum exhibit, Nexo Entre Raíces / Nexus Between Roots. Participants will work with a variety of tools and techniques to (more...)