5:30 pm to 7:30 pm Please join us for screenings of short films from Mexico, a cash bar, and a live Catrina en el Museo styled by BBLex Productions. Participate in our community ofrenda while you celebrate Día de los Muertos at the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Special thanks to the Consul de Mexico for […]
This symposium seeks to develop new borderland and border-crossing approaches to continental North America that center Indigenous peoples, homelands, political concerns, and related dynamics – temporally and spatially expanding borderlands frameworks. Bringing historians in strategic conversation with scholars of other disciplines and with Indigenous community members, we ask how cross-disciplinary and community-facing dialogue can advance […]
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Join us for an opening reception to celebrate the artists behind our newest exhibition, The Mountains Wore Down to the Valleys! The Mountains Wore Down to the Valleys is a collaborative sound and visual installation by New Mexican artists Adri De La Cruz and Marisa Demarco. The multi-phase exhibition begins with […]
9:00 to 10:00 am In partnership with the UNM's John Donald Robb Musical Trust we invite school groups and the community for a free performance and demonstration led by Alex Manzanares and members from Ballet Folklorico Santa Fe in our Bank of America Theatre. Audience members will be asked to participate and learn some of […]
7:00 pm Dr. Josefina Bittar, a professor at the Languages and Applied Linguistics Department at UC Santa Cruz, and Dr. Carson Morris, NHCC History and Literary Arts Program Manager, present lectures on the influences of Guarani and Nahuatl on the Spanish language. Please join us for a pre-talk reception beginning at 6:00 pm. Free Community […]
10:00 am Infants 0-18 months and their caregivers explore dramatic arts and even visit the NHCC Wells Fargo Theater. This multi-sensory program includes time for socializing and dramatic play. Arte Poquito is a free, monthly, 45-minute program for infants ages 0 to 18 months and caregivers that nurtures creativity and provides bilingual introductory arts experiences […]
2:30 pm- Pre-concert discussion and dance lessons 3:00 pm- Concert begins Join us on Sunday, Nov. 13 for a celebration of the regional folk traditions of New Mexico, presented in collaboration with the UNM John Donald Robb Musical Trust. The 9th Annual John D. Robb, Jr. Concert: Música del Corazón will feature performances of Baroque […]
10:00 am Join us as we celebrate Indigenous People’s Month with a special reading of Estoy Orgullosa de Mi Pasado, by Amy White. Estoy Orgullosa de Mi Pasado tells the story of a Navajo girl named Tania. When she talks about her clan and their homes, about the clothes she wears, and about what her family […]
5:00 pm Inauguration. Opening ceremony with the presence of the director of Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque, Silvia Grijalba, and the Consul of Spain in Texas and New Mexico, Mrs. Julia Olmo. 5:05 pm Enrique Lamadrid and Demetria Martínez kick off the 20222 Oralidad Festival by leading a discussion titled "'The Voice of My Conscience:' Life, Times, […]
6:15 pm Join us as essayist and teacher Francisco Carrillo Martín gives a talk that delves into some of the ideas in his latest book, Fuera de foco: cinco derivas por la obra de Juan Rulfo, which was published at the end of 2021. Through the Mexican author's literature and photography, he will reflect on […]
7:30 pm Lara Manzanares, a bilingual singer-songwriter with roots in Tierra Amarilla, will perform a joint show with master storyteller Joe Hayes. The performance will begin with a folk narration by Hayes aimed at adult and children, to be followed by a performance by the singer-songwriter. This show weaves together the past, present, and future […]
11:00 am Music, dance, and storytelling intermingle in a program that showcases Native American pride and culture. It is an intertribal presentation, directed by John Williams, that will be performed by students from Albuquerque Public Schools. The program will include two Native American songs, two winter stories accompanied by performances, and a Native American dance […]
6:00 pm Colombian poet Andrea Cote Botero will read a selection of conversational poems from her books Puerto Calcinado and En las praderas del fin del mundo and will discuss with the public the role of the listener in the construction of a poetics of ruin in contemporary subjectivity. Instituto Cervantes, AMP Concerts, and the […]