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  • La Canoa Legacy Talks: Reies Tijerina, the Alianza, and the Apocalypse: The Biblical Sources of His Political Thought

    History and Literary Arts Building

    6 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 […]

  • Celebrating the Life of Dr. Orcilia Zuniga Forbes

    Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM

    2 pm to 5 pm Join the National Hispanic Cultural Center in celebrating the life of Dr. Orcilia Zuniga Forbes on October 8, 2016, in the Albuquerque Journal Theatre and Cayetana Romero Lobby, both within the NHCC's Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts. Dr. Zuniga Forbes was born on June 17, 1938, in Carlsbad, […]

  • La Canoa: In The Country of Empty Crosses: The Story of a Hispano Protestant Family in Catholic New Mexico

    History and Literary Arts Building

    2 pm to 4 pm Arturo Madrid, Distinguished Professor of the Humanities, Trinity University -In The Country of Empty Crosses: The Story of a Hispano Protestant Family in Catholic New Mexico Join Dr. Arturo Madrid, Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Trinity University for a talk on “In The Country of Empty Crosses: The Story […]

  • ¡Órale! Lowrider: Custom Made in New Mexico

    History and Literary Arts Building

    2 pm to 4 pm Join author Don Usner, and collaborators Kate Ware and Daniel Kosharek, for a presentation and book signing of ¡Órale! Lowrider: Custom Made in New Mexico, a beautiful photography book that pays homage to an enduring but evolving, cultural tradition with a fascinating compilation of four decades of lowriding, including photographs […]

  • Unveiling of Rudolfo Anaya Bust

    History and Literary Arts Building

    6 pm Join the National Hispanic Cultural Center for an unveiling and dedication of Reynaldo “Sonny” Rivera’s sculptural bust of Rudolfo Anaya in the Center’s History and Literary Arts Library from 6 to 7 pm, in advance of the Center’s presentation of Mr. Anaya’s work The Season of La Llorona in the Roy E. Disney […]

  • La Canoa: Los Matachines de Bernalillo, New Mexico

    History and Literary Arts Building

    2 pm to 4 pm Joseph Moreno, PhD candidate in Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies/Education, University of New Mexico - Los Matachines de Bernalillo, New Mexico Join Joseph Moreno, University of New Mexico PhD candidate in Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies/Education, and dancer in Los Matachines for the past 16 years, for a presentation on […]

  • La Canoa: Latinos in the Public Media and the Popular Imagination

    History and Literary Arts Building

    2 pm to 4 pm Join Michael A. Olivas, University of Houston law professor and native New Mexican, as he looks at this topic through several lenses, including depictions in the popular press; film and television industries; and music. He will show how the widespread and relentlessly negative characterizations of Latinos have serious consequences in […]

  • Give Me Life: Iconography and Identity in East LA Murals

    History and Literary Arts Building

    2 pm to 4 pm Join author Holly Barnet-Sanchez for a presentation and book signing as she offers detailed analyses of individual East LA murals, sets them in social context, and explains how they were produced. Leading experts on mural art, Barnet-Sanchez and her co-author Tim Drescher use a distinctive methodology, analyzing the art from […]

  • La Canoa: Nuevomexicano Children’s Literature: Bilingual and Bicultural in Both Past and Present

    History and Literary Arts Building

    2 pm to 4 pm Join panelists Amy Córdova, artist and illustrator; and Enrique L. Lamadrid, Gabriel Meléndez, Anna M. Nogar, and Michael Trujillo, from the University of New Mexico for a discussion on Nuevomexicano children’s literature. Recent studies of popular cultural production often center on forms intended for adults. This roundtable will consider a […]