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  • Workshop: Dr. Irene Blea

    Virtual

    6:00 - 8:00 pm NHCC | ZOOM Join author, Irene Blea, Ph.D. as she reads from her unusual, magical realistic, memoir. Dr. Irene I. Blea shares frequent conversations with award-winning author, Rudolfo Anaya, who died in 2020. They were friends for over forty years, shared working on the University of New Mexico campus, and lived near one another. Anaya is best known for his book, Bless Me, Ultima. In this volume, Dr. Blea recalls platicas, conversations, with her friend, Rudy, about the essence of his writing, growing up in New Mexico, (more...)

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  • ¡Vamos!: Intro to Belly Dance

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

    10:00 am – 12:00 pm NHCC | Domenici Education Building Vamos to the National Hispanic Cultural Center on the first Saturday of the month for vibrant monthly family workshops that provide immersive experiences exploring Visual Arts, Performing Arts and History and Literary Arts. Designed to inspire creativity, foster cultural appreciation, and build community, each workshop will offer an inclusive and welcoming space where participants of all ages and backgrounds can come together to explore and celebrate culture through artistic expression, movement, and traditions in an engaging, fun, (more...)

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  • The Early Chicano Movement at New Mexico Highlands University, ca. 1968–1970: A Historical Overview

    Visual Art Museum 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States

    6:00 to 7:00 pm Join us at the Visual Art Museum for a Lecture and Q&A with Julianna Loera-Wiggins on the Early Chicano Movement at New Mexico Highlands University. She will be introduced by Ray Hernández-Durán, Ph.D, co-curator of the NHCC art exhibition Voces del Pueblo: Artists of the Levantamiento Chicano in New Mexico. Free Community Event. Please register using the link below. About the exhibition: Voces del Pueblo: Artists of the Levantamiento Chicano in New Mexico features a group of New Mexican artists who were among the earliest generation (more...)

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  • Reading: Yolanda Nava

    Salón Ortega 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

    6:30 pm NHCC | Salón Ortega Join us for a two-day reading and workshop event featuring author Yolanda Nava, in celebration of her book Through The Dark. Through the Dark tells the remarkable true story of Nava's fight with a mysterious illness that nearly claimed her life – eventually diagnosed as a rare autoimmune disease. Inspiring, uplifting, and transcendent in purpose, Through The Dark reads like a gripping thriller as Nava conducts an investigation into her own life.  On October 4, the Center will host a workshop with Yolanda Nava (more...)

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  • VAMOS! Intro to African Dance 

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

    10:00 am – 12:00 pm NHCC | Domenici Education Building Experience the joy and energy of African dance in this special introductory class with guest artist Malé Fainké at the National Hispanic Cultural Center on Saturday, October 4, from 10am–12pm. Open to all ages and abilities, the workshop highlights the deep African influence on Hispanic music and rhythms through movement, culture, and community. Come ready to move, connect, and celebrate the roots that shape our shared traditions. Vamos to the National Hispanic Cultural Center on the first (more...)

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  • Workshop: Yolanda Nava

    Salón Ortega 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

    10:00 am NHCC | Salón Ortega Head back to the Center on Oct. 4 for the second half of our two-day reading and workshop event featuring author Yolanda Nava, in celebration of her book Through The Dark. Through the Dark tells the remarkable true story of Nava's fight with a mysterious illness that nearly claimed her life – eventually diagnosed as a rare autoimmune disease. Inspiring, uplifting, and transcendent in purpose, Through The Dark reads like a gripping thriller as Nava conducts an investigation into her own life.  (more...)

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  • Pláticas Públicas: In the Gallery with the Artists

    Visual Art Museum 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States

    2:00 to 4:00 pm Head to the NHCC Visual Art Museum for a Gallery Tour led by Juanita J. Lavadie and Ignacio “Nacho” Jaramillo, two of the artists featured in the NHCC art exhibition Voces del Pueblo: Artists of the Levantamiento Chicano in New Mexico. Free Community Event. Please register using the link below. About the exhibition: Voces del Pueblo: Artists of the Levantamiento Chicano in New Mexico features a group of New Mexican artists who were among the earliest generation of Chicana and Chicano activists in the state. The (more...)

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  • NHCC 25th Anniversary: Nosotros Special Performance

    NHCC Campus 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

    6:00 pm NHCC Campus Cap off the evening with a headlining performance from the award-winning Latin band Nosotros! Enjoy a free performance from one of the most recognizable and original Latin bands in the Southwest United States. Award-winning ensemble Nosotros began as a guitar trio in Las Cruces in 1994. Now an eight-member band, they relocated to the Albuquerque/Santa Fe area in 2001 and have established themselves as one of the most popular bands in New Mexico. Combining Latin rhythms with elements of rock, salsa, jazz, and (more...)

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  • Archiving Collections Open House

    Off Campus: Albuquerque Museum (2000 Mountain Rd NW) 2000 Mountain Rd NW, ALBUQUERQUE, NM, United States

    2:00 - 4:00 pm If you've wondered how to care for your family photographs, documents, quilts, and other treasures, come to the Archiving Collections Open House! Learn collections care techniques from collections managers at Albuquerque Museum, National Hispanic Cultural Center, and the Special Collections branch of the Albuquerque Public Library at this free, drop-in event. Specialists will share easy techniques to store, digitize, and care for your treasured family items. Free event, available on a drop-in basis. NOTE: items cannot be appraised. Click on the thumbnail below (more...)

  • New Mexican Chicanas in the Spotlight: Chicana Feminism and Art in New Mexico

    Visual Art Museum 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States

    6:00 to 7:00 pm Head to the NHCC Visual Art Museum for a conversation a Lecture and Q&A with Bernadine Hernández, associate professor in the Department of English at the University of New Mexico. She will be introduced by Ray Hernández-Durán, co-curator of the NHCC art exhibition Voces del Pueblo: Artists of the Levantamiento Chicano in New Mexico. Free Community Event. Please register using the link below. About the exhibition: Voces del Pueblo: Artists of the Levantamiento Chicano in New Mexico features a group of New Mexican artists who (more...)

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