Date Night
Film: Museo
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-305:00 pm–7:00 pm DJ, cash bar, and food truck 7:00 pm Film Screening Well into their 30s, Juan and Benjamin can’t seem to finish veterinary school or leave their parents’ homes in Satélite, Mexico City’s version of an American suburb. On a fateful Christmas eve, however, they decide it’s finally time to distinguish themselves by pulling off the most infamous heist of cultural artifacts in all of Mexican history—looting the country’s iconic National Anthropology Museum. Museo Directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios features Gael García Bernal, Simon Russell Beale, (more...)
Carla Morrison
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM7:30 pm Raw, emotional retellings of personal heartbreaks are the bedrock of acclaimed singer-songwriter Carla Morrison’s material, and this honest approach have earned her multiple Grammy nominations and Latin Grammy wins over the course of five albums. Snowballing from her 2010 debut Mientras Tu Dormías to 2012’s Déjenme Llorar and the 2016 release of Amor Supremo, her success grew rapidly. Her words speak to the larger pursuits in life—family, career, child-rearing, friendship, lifelong relationships—and there are lessons in her delicate voice if you listen for the deeper meanings $27, $37, $47 Approximate time of event: 2 hours including intermission. COVID PROTOCOLS: This concert will require (more...)
Festival Flamenco Alburquerque 35 presents Eva Yerbabuena: D’Madrugá
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM8:00 pm Festival Flamenco Alburquerque 35 presents Eva Yerbabuena y Compañía in D’Madrugá. Flamenco’s grande dame returns to the Festival with a work of pure inspiration transmitted with unmatched beauty, depth, and energy. Miraculous and groundbreaking, Eva Yerbabuena illuminates what it is to be one of the world’s great dancers. (U.S. Premiere) $50, $65, $80, $95
Film: The Red Star (Argentina)
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-305:30 – 7:00 pm Tango demonstrations, tapas, and cash bar in Salon Ortega 7:00 pm film screening The Red Star (A Purim Story) is a mockumentary about Laila Salama, a mysterious woman who may have contributed to the 1960 kidnapping of Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires, but who has been omitted from the official history. Director Gabriel Lichtmann presents her story through a series of interviews with a colorful cast of characters; putting together the pieces, the film discovers a secret that had been hidden for decades. (more...)
New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus presents NakedMan
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM7:30 pm New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus presents the New Mexico premiere of NakedMan, a 16-movement song cycle about gay men’s lives, and the bravery required to love authentically and without shame. Over sixty gay men were interviewed about their experiences coming out, finding love, facing discrimination, serving in the military, wrestling with religion, losing loved ones, and accepting themselves. Their stories were woven together into NakedMan, an empowering, epic collection of anthems laying bare the lives and souls of gay men, championing love and healing over (more...)
NM Jazz Latino Orchestra
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM8:00 pm In their fifth performance at the NHCC, “Cuba Linda,” the New Mexico Jazz Latino Orchestra (NMJLO) honors the invaluable contributions of Cuban artists to the genres of Latin jazz and salsa. Their journey into the musical styles that have been introduced to the world by beloved Cuban legends begins with Latin jazz interpretations. $25, $27 w/ $2 discount for NHCC Members This event was postponed from January 22nd to July 9th. Ticket holders on January 22nd will automatically be transferred to the July 9th performance. (more...)
Film: Extraterrestrial (Spain)
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-306:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Join us for free tours of Fronteras del Futuro and other pre-film entertainment, including a cash bar and food from Phat Stax Burgers and More. 7:00 pm: Film screening When Julio wakes up in a strange apartment, his pleasure at realizing that he has spent the night with the beautiful Julia is complicated by the unexpected return of Julia’s boyfriend and the interference of a prying neighbor, as well as the discovery of a giant flying saucer hovering over the deserted city of Madrid and, (more...)
Film: Violeta Went to Heaven (Chile)
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-305:30 pm to 6:15 pm - Chilean folkloric music performed live 6:15 pm to 6:45 pm - “Violeta Parra in context” historical presentation by Dr. Carson Morris 7:00 pm - Film Screening Andrés Wood’s Violeta Went to Heaven tells the story of famed Chilean singer and folklorist Violeta Parra, tracing her evolution from impoverished child to international sensation and Chile's national hero, and interweaving key set pieces from Parra’s life to capture the swirling intensity of her inner contradictions, fallibilities, and passions. Loosely based on Ángel Parra's (more...)
Live Pop Up Salsa 2: End of Summer Night Swing
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM8:00 pm NHCC & Melaza Music Present Live Pop Up Salsa 2: End of Summer Night Swing. This night offers a MainStage showcase of some of New Mexico’s hardest working dancers, dance teachers, choreographers, and dance students, who may not have opportunities to demonstrate their art. The evening begins with an hour of dance shows in the Albuquerque Journal Theatre. At the end of the showcase, Fausto Cuevas y La Moderna will perform in the HLA Fountain Courtyard. $20 w/ $2 discount for NHCC Foundation members, children (more...)
Our Lady of the Tortilla
NHCC-BOD-January-2020-MeetingThursday-Sunday, September 8-11, 2022 7:30pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday 2pm on Sunday Sandia Performing Arts Company and the NHCC present Our Lady of the Tortilla by Luis Santeiro, directed by Rayrey Griego. The Cruz family is volatile even in the best of times. On this particular day, Nelson, the youngest son, enters the house in a panic to hide the more obvious religious relics from the sight of his “gringo” girlfriend, who is visiting for the weekend. Nelson’s mother, Dahlia, is obsessed with retrieving her husband (more...)