• La Canoa: The Women of Local 890 and the Empire Mine Strike

    NHCC-Newsletter-August-26–September-7

    2 pm Please join Professor Kells as she examines "embodied rhetoric" in the Local 890 chapter of the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers of Hanover, New Mexico, who staged one of the nation’s most effective groundbreaking strikes near Silver City from October 1950 to January 1952. The grievances of the Empire Zinc […]

  • Reading & Booksigning and Walk Along the Bosque with Michelle Otero, Albuquerque Poet Laureate

    NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24

    6 pm: Walk Along the Bosque 7 pm: Poetry Reading Please join us for a reading by Albuquerque’s fourth (and newest) Poet Laureate, Michelle Otero. In addition, Michelle is coordinating a series of walks along the Rio Grande Bosque, “Walking with Poets,” hosted by local poets, highlighting the work of poets we love,  and raising […]

  • Dia de Los Muertos Art Show: “Lost Places”

    NHCC-Newsletter-August-26–September-7

    5:30 pm to 7:30 pm Join us for a special Dia de los Muertos art show. New Mexico artists were invited to create 8” x 8” works of art with poetry or text that honor a place whose absence they mourn—whether a lost region of the Amazon, Chaco Canyon, or an abuela’s kitchen. Proceeds from […]

  • Opening Reception for NM Hometown Heroes

    History and Literary Arts Building

    5:30 pm to 7:30 pm The New Mexico Hometown Heroes: Hispanic Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients exhibit is a tribute to the six Hispanic Congressional Medal of Honor recipients who have received the highest honor that the United States government bestows for acts of valor and heroism. It celebrates not only their stories of service but their […]

  • New Mexico Hometown Heroes: Hispanic Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients

    History and Literary Arts Building

    The New Mexico Hometown Heroes: Hispanic Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients exhibit is a tribute to the six Hispanic Congressional Medal of Honor recipients who have received the highest honor that the United States government bestows for acts of valor and heroism. It celebrates not only their stories of service but their connections to New Mexico: Private […]

  • La Canoa: Patriots From the Barrio

    NHCC-Newsletter-August-26–September-7

    2 pm Please join us and author Dave Gutierrez for a presentation of his book Patriots from the Barrio. Mr. Gutierrez will relate the true story of Company E 141st Infantry, the only all Mexican American U.S. Army unit in WWII. In September of 2017, Hollywood actor/producer Wilmer Valderrama obtained the film rights to the […]

  • ¡Iluminarte!

    ¡ILUMINARTE! A Celebration of Luminarias/Farolitos and Illuminated Bike Parade Una celebración de farolitos/luminarias y Desfile de bicicletas illuminadas A partnership between the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC), Storyriders (Dolores Gonzales, Valle Vista and Hawthorne Elementary Schools), and Artful Life. The National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) is happy to present "Iluminarte!" on Saturday, December 8, 2018, […]

  • Nuevomexicana/o Baby Boomers: Stories and Histories

    NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-24

    12:30 pm to 2:30 pm Join us for a presentation by University of New Mexico students and professors Anna Nogar, Department of Spanish and Portuguese and Myrriah Gómez, Honors College who are collecting oral histories of Nuevo/Mexicana/o Baby Boomers. Students will present video excerpts of their interviews in which New Mexicans (born between 1945 and […]

  • La Canoa: The Nuclear Option: Perpetuating the Myth of New Mexico as Wasteland

    NHCC-Newsletter-August-26–September-7

    2 pm Please join UNM Assistant Professor Myrriah Gómez for a presentation on New Mexico and the nuclear option. Long before the nuclear industrial complex began in here in 1942, New Mexico was depicted by outsiders as a “wasteland.” In an effort to combat that historical portrayal, the New Mexico Bureau of Immigration issued Aztlán: The History, Resources and Attractions […]

  • 2020 Centennial of the Women’s Vote

    History and Literary Arts Building

    3 pm The NHCC, in partnership with the City of Albuquerque, will host a meeting of organizations and individuals who are planning events for 2020, the 100th year anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing and protecting women's constitutional right to vote. The initiative will create a master calendar for 2020 that will […]