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Tertulia Histórica Albuquerque: Where Blood was Spilled: The U.S.—Mexican War of 1846

Live via Zoom

2 pm (MST) Live via Zoom Register in advance HERE The war between the U.S.A. and Mexico in 1846 was a world event that shaped the destiny of both nations. New Mexico was impacted directly, as it went from being part of the new nation of Mexico to being a U.S. territory, and ultimately, a U.S. state. In this presentation, State Historian Rob Martinez will discuss the causes of the conflict and examine the fallout from those events, as well as the impact on New Mexico history specifically. (more...)

Public Reading: Enduring Querencias

1 pm (MST) Live via Zoom: Register HERE Presented by the NHCC/History and Literary Arts program and the Gutiérrez-Hubbell House History and Cultural Center/Bernalillo County Open Space. From December 2020- January 2021, ten writers created original works of poetry, fiction and nonfiction inspired by the theme of “querencia” and readings from the anthology, Querencia: Reflections on the New Mexico Homeland, edited by Levi Romero, Vanessa Fonseca-Chavez and Spencer Herrera (UNM Press 2020). Join us for a free public reading of works by Bonnie Bassan, Margo Chavez, Esther (more...)

Virtual Book Reading and Discussion: Manuel González, Duende de Burque: Alburquerque Poems and Musings

3 pm (MST) Live via Zoom. Register HERE A virtual event partnership with the University of New Mexico Press and the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Manuel González will read and be in conversation with Valerie Martinez, Director of History and Literary Arts at the National Hispanic Cultural Center. At its center, Manuel Gonzalez’s Duende de Burque is a love letter to Alburquerque and its surroundings—the Sandia Mountains, the Rio Grande Bosque, and all the people whose spirits fill these spaces.  Manuel González was the City of Albuquerque’s (more...)

Tertulia Histórica Albuquerque: From Sea To Sand: Holy Week Traditions of Spain, New Mexico and the Philippines

2 pm (MST) Live via Zoom Register in advance HERE This presentation will discuss various traditions of Semana Santa (Holy Week) beginning with its origins in Spain and how those traditions spread to the Americas and beyond.The early traditions in Spain and how they are celebrated today will be explored along with how those traditions left Spain and traveled to new lands and cultures, where they took root and are still celebrated today. Free community event The lecture will concentrate on two former colonies of Spain, the (more...)

NHCC Book Club: Mexican Gothic—Silvia Moreno-Garcia

5:30 pm (MST) Live via Zoom To join, contact cassandra.osterloh@state.nm.us “Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Mexican Gothic is a thoroughly enjoyable, thought-provoking novel. The main character, Noémi, receives a strange letter from her cousin, Catalina, who begs for help. She claims her new husband Virgil Doyle is poisoning her, that ‘fleshless things’ and ghosts trouble her, that ‘they will not let me go.’ Noémi — self-assured, chic and stubborn — leaves the glamor of 1950s Mexico City for the countryside, still depressed after a mining bust and fecund with secrets, (more...)

Money for Writers Workshop: Grant Writing for Latinx Writers

11 am (MST) Live via Zoom. Register HERE Writing a Compelling Proposal and Creating a Budget This workshop will share strategies for searching for literary grants and other financial resources, developing key elements of a successful grant proposal, and developing a grant budget. There will be time for Q & A at the end of this session. This workshop is a response to the requests for grant writing workshops expressed by Latinx writers at the National Latinx Writers Gathering in October of 2020. Presenters TBA. Workshop fee: $20.

Perspectivas Modernas: The Art and Craft of Oaxacan Mezcal

6 m (MTS) Live via Zoom. Register HERE Ronda Brulotte, The Art and Craft of Oaxacan Mezcal Not only is mezcal Oaxaca, Mexico’s fastest-growing rural industry, it connects the region to producers, brokers, and consumers across the US-Mexico border and throughout the world. In this presentation, Dr. Ronda Brulotte discusses the rise of mezcal as a global commodity within the artisanal food movement, as well as how this transformation has impacted rural producer communities in southern Mexico. Free community event Dr. Ronda Brulotte is Associate Professor of (more...)

National Council for History Education (NCHE) Conference Virtual Field Trip

2 pm (MTS) Live online. To attend Register HERE El Voto Femenino: The Remarkable Lives of Latina Suffragists Worldwide Join the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) for a journey into the remarkable lives and accomplishments of Latina suffragists instrumental in women’s suffrage worldwide. In 2020 the NHCC produced a landmark exhibit, “The Women’s Vote: Latina Suffragists Fighting for the Right to Vote/El voto femenino: sufragistas Latinas luchando por el derecho al voto,” in celebration of 100 years of the U.S. women’s vote. It features women from 27 (more...)

NHCC Children’s Bilingual Book Festival

9 am-5 pm (MST) Live online. Visit the festival website This annual festival is the only one of its kind in the U.S. that features children’s books in Spanish and English and Indigenous languages and English. The focus on Spanish, English, Indigenous languages books and authors makes this festival particularly meaningful and vibrant, reflecting the identities of many children in New Mexico, the American Southwest, and beyond. We want to encourage children to see themselves in contemporary children’s literature as well as introduce a bilingual body of (more...)

NHCC Book Club: Everyone Knows You Go Home—Natalia Sylvester

5:30 pm (MST) Live via Zoom To join, contact cassandra.osterloh@state.nm.us Winner of an  International Latino Book Award. “The first time Isabel meets her father-in-law, Omar, he’s already dead—an apparition appearing uninvited on her wedding day. Her husband, Martin, still unforgiving for having been abandoned by his father years ago, confesses that he never knew the old man had died. Omar asks Isabel for the impossible: persuade Omar’s family—especially his wife, Elda—to let him redeem himself.” - Goodreads. Free community event

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