Festival
AfroMundo Festival: Documentary Screening & Panel Discussion: We Will Not Perish
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM3:00 pm NHCC | Wells Fargo Auditorium Screening of documentary Ayiti Pap Peri: Ayiti Will Not Perish. A spotlight on Haitian expatriates returning to work on behalf of their country. Panelists include the documentary’s Director & Journalist Cassandre Thrasybule, Haitian-American author Patrick Sylvain, Afro-Cuban Artist & Actress Lili Bernard, and Documentarist Aida Esther Bueno Sarduy. Followed by a Q&A. Free Community Event. This event is part of the 2025 AfroMundo Festival: Troubled Territories: The Will to Heal. About the Festival: From April 12 – 19, enjoy music, (more...)
AfroMundo Festival: Literary Reading: Changing the Narrative
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM7:00 pm NHCC | Wells Fargo Auditorium Presentations by Haitian-American poet Patrick Sylvain, Afro-Cuban filmmaker Aida Esther Bueno Sarduy, and Palestinian-Canadian author Saeed Teebi. Followed by a Q&A. Presentation consists of readings by Sylvain and Teebi, followed by the screening of a 17-minute documentary, Guillermina, by Sarduy. Free Community Event. This event is part of the 2025 AfroMundo Festival: Troubled Territories: The Will to Heal. About the Festival: From April 12 – 19, enjoy music, literature, oral histories, theater, film, culinary taste feasts, panel discussions, and more. (more...)
AfroMundo Festival: Documentary Screening: Together We Stand
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM7:00 pm NHCC | Bank of America Theatre Screening of documentary Standing Above the Clouds. Through the lens of mothers and daughters in three Native Hawaiian families, the film explores intergenerational healing and the impacts of safeguarding cultural sites. Panelists include Hawaiian tradition bearer Pua Case; Alaskan playwright Marleah Makpiaq LaBelle; Grand Canyon Havasupai Carletta Tilousi. Moderated by filmmaker Amber Espinosa. Followed by a Q&A. Free Community Event. This event is part of the 2025 AfroMundo Festival: Troubled Territories: The Will to Heal. About the Festival: From (more...)
AfroMundo Festival: Documentary Screening: No Other Land
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM7:00 pm NHCC | Bank of America Theatre Screening of multiple award-winning documentary No Other Land made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective of four directors. Over the course of five years, Basel Adra films his Palestinian community of Massager Yatta being destroyed and its populace incarcerated, all as he builds an alliance with an Israeli journalist. Panelists include author Saeed Teebi, Nicole D. Porter, Senior Director of Advocacy at The Sentencing Project, and Brandi Kellam, a Gracie and Emmy Award-winning Journalist. Moderated by Doaa Omran. Followed by a (more...)
AfroMundo Festival: Panel Discussion: Food is Power-Cultivating Resilience
Salón Ortega 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM7:00 pm NHCC | Salón Ortega Panel discussion with Palestinian/Syrian Chef Reem Assil; Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo Chef Norma Naranjo, and Haitian Chef Cynthia Verna. Followed by Q&A. Free Community Event. This event is part of the 2025 AfroMundo Festival: Troubled Territories: The Will to Heal. About the Festival: From April 12 – 19, enjoy music, literature, oral histories, theater, film, culinary taste feasts, panel discussions, and more. Mark your calendars and join us for this bilingual, weeklong, arts & humanities series that explores the shared traditions, histories, (more...)
AfroMundo Festival: Cross-cultural Healing Ceremonies: Wade in the Water: The Will to Heal
Salón Ortega 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM7:00 pm NHCC | Salón Ortega Multi-generational, cross-cultural healing ceremonies and offerings from Hawaii, Alaska, New Mexico, Haiti, Cuba and more. Free Community Event. This event is part of the 2025 AfroMundo Festival: Troubled Territories: The Will to Heal. About the Festival: From April 12 – 19, enjoy music, literature, oral histories, theater, film, culinary taste feasts, panel discussions, and more. Mark your calendars and join us for this bilingual, weeklong, arts & humanities series that explores the shared traditions, histories, struggles, activism and aspirations of Black and (more...)
AfroMundo Festival: Together We Heal: A Community Healing Circle
Salón Ortega 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM2:00 - 4:00 pm NHCC | Salon Ortega Sacred Spring Reiki Collective will lead a healing circle for community members and organizers at the 2025 AfroMundo Festival: Troubled Territories—The Will to Heal. This session will bring people together to heal in community; reminding us that we are all connected and are stronger and wiser together. We don't have to face our fears or problems alone. Communally, we can overcome great challenges. Together We Heal will help to calm the mind through the practice of intentional breathing, gentle movement, and reiki energy (more...)
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...)
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...)
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...)