History & Literary Arts Library
La Canoa: Making Frederico Vigil’s Miracle Wall
History and Literary Arts Building2 pm Our La Canoa Legacy series features talks by Hispanic-Latino faculty and community researchers with long-standing and accomplished records of research and teaching about New Mexico and the region. The final talk of this season features Aracely Chapa, Director of the Center for Regional Studies, at UNM, talking about the process that resulted in Frederico Vigil's fresco "Mundos de Mestizaje" that graces the wall of the Torreon on the NHCC Campus. The talk will start in the Research Library in the History and Literary Arts Building (more...)
Book Reading & Signing, The Spirit of Flamenco: From Spain to New Mexico
History and Literary Arts Building2 pm Author and curator Nicolasa Chavez will host a book reading and signing of her beautiful, opulently illustrated book The Spirit of Flamenco: From Spain to New Mexico. The Spirit of Flamenco: From Spain to New Mexico explores the dance, music, fashion/costumes, history, and culture, of flamenco's growth from fifteenth century Arabic Spain through to its eventual establishment in New Mexico through one of the country's largest and longest running organizations, Festival Flamenco Internacional de Albuquerque run by Eva Enciñias-Sandoval, and the fame of María Benítez's (more...)
Jugamos Juntos: Cuentos, Bilingual or Cultural Storytime
History and Literary Arts Building10:30 am -- 12 pm The National Hispanic Cultural Center is pleased to offer children’s programming on Saturday mornings during June, July, and half of August, from 10:30 am to noon. Families can come to the Center for hands-on art activities, bilingual sing-alongs, outdoor activities in the bosque, and story times in the Center’s library. Cuentos on June 25th will be a children’s bilingual or cultural story time. Please join us in the HLA Library, located in the History & Literary Arts Building. For more information please call (more...)
The House on Mango Street — Book Club
Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NMThursdays, July 7, 14 & 21, 2016 5:30 pm — 7 pm Join us for 3 weeks of reading and discussing the seminal work by author Sandra Cisneros. Your registration includes one copy of the book which will be mailed to you or can be picked up after June 6. Registration required. Limited to 25 participants. Please pre-register HERE. $15
Book Reading & Signing: Hotel Mariachi, Urban Space and Cultural Heritage in Los Angeles
History and Literary Arts BuildingPhoto credit: Miguel A. Gandert: Violines volando / Violins in Flight, from Hotel Mariachi, University of New Mexico Press
The House on Mango Street — Book Club
Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NMThursdays, July 7, 14 & 21, 2016 5:30 pm — 7 pm Join us for 3 weeks of reading and discussing the seminal work by author Sandra Cisneros. Your registration includes one copy of the book which will be mailed to you or can be picked up after June 6. Registration required. Limited to 25 participants. Please pre-register HERE. $15
The House on Mango Street — Book Club
Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NMThursdays, July 7, 14 & 21, 2016 5:30 pm -- 7 pm Join us for 3 weeks of reading and discussing the seminal work by author Sandra Cisneros. Your registration includes one copy of the book which will be mailed to you or can be picked up after June 6. Registration required. Limited to 25 participants. Please pre-register HERE. $15
Education Guide: Field Trip Opportunities
Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NMThe National Hispanic Cultural Center offers a variety of field trip opportunities for students of all ages and abilities. We include home school, public, charter, private schools, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Senior Centers and other organizations. We offer local and international, culturally engaging theatre, music, dance, and art making experiences that provide a rich fieldtrip experience. We can make available a Spanish speaking educator or docent upon request. All programs are free unless noted. For a PDF with all of the education opportunities please click HERE. If (more...)
La Canoa Legacy Talks: Reies Tijerina, the Alianza, and the Apocalypse: The Biblical Sources of His Political Thought
History and Literary Arts Building6 pm to 8 pm Ramón A. Gutiérrez, University of Chicago Preston & Sterling Morton Distinguished Service Professor of American History and the College -Reies Tijerina, the Alianza, and the Apocalypse: The Biblical Sources of His Political Thought- The La Canoa Legacy Series features talks by Hispanic/Latino academic and community researchers with long-standing and distinguished records of research and teaching about New Mexico and the region. Like la canoa—referring in New Mexican Spanish to several utilitarian objects used to receive and transport people and resources and thus (more...)
Book Reading & Signing: The Mariachi Murder (Jemimah Hodge Mystery Series)
History and Literary Arts Building2 pm to 4 pm Join us for a book reading and signing with celebrated artist and author Marie Romero Cash as she reads from "The Mariachi Murder", the fourth murder mystery in her series featuring forensic psychologist Jemimah Hodge. The novel offers readers the pleasures we have come to expect from the Jemimah Hodge series: a vivid physical and cultural landscape populated with true-to-life characters in a fast-paced story. Set in New Mexico, in and around Santa Fe, the familiar—Cash’s family has lived here for generations—meets (more...)