5:30 pm The NHCC Book Club meets once a month to talk about that month’s selected book. Book for November: Lost City Radio, Daniel Alarcon. To join the NHCC Book Club, register here. NHCC Book Club members who purchase their books through Bookworks get a 10% discount on that title.
2 pm (MTS) Live via Zoom Register in advance for this meeting HERE. State Historian Rob Martínez explores how viruses and disease shaped New Mexico history. Since the dawn of time, humans have had to face adversity to survive.Viruses and disease are, sadly, part of that history and integral to the human experience. Pandemics and […]
5:30 pm The NHCC Book Club meets once a month to talk about that month’s selected book. Book for December: Sabrina and Corina: Stories, Kali Fajardo-Anstine. To join the NHCC Book Club, register here. NHCC Book Club members who purchase their books through Bookworks get a 10% discount on that title.
2 pm (MST) Live via Zoom Register in advance for this meeting HERE. State Historian Rob Martínez examines the fascinating origins of these uniquely New Mexican cultural expressions. Before there was a Christmas tree, mistletoe, egg nog or Santa Claus, there were luminarias and farolitos lighting the dark paths for ancient New Mexicans, commemorating that […]
1 pm - 2:30 pm (MST) Live via Zoom ~ Free Holiday Event ~ Have some paper, drawing utensils and scissors with you to enjoy some of the interactive fun! Make a Zine Create your own poetry Try your hand at New Year's related trivia Hear a story (Feliz New Year, Ava Gabriela by Alexandra […]
6 pm (MTS) Live via Zoom 10 registered writers reading from our Querenica Writing Workshop will be working through out January 2020 creating poetry, fiction and nonfiction inspired by the theme of “querencia” and the anthology, Querencia: Reflections on the New Mexico Homeland, edited by Levi Romero, Vanessa Fonseca-Chavez and Spencer Herrera (UNM Press 2020). The workshop […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
