Lecture
Lecture & Booksigning: Heribert von Feilitzsch, The Road to Columbus
NHCC-Newsletter-August-26–September-76 pm Mexican Revolution and diplomatic history scholar Heriberto von Feilitzsch presents a lecture tracing the events that led to Pancho Villa’s attack on New Mexico one hundred years ago—on March 9, 1916. He will be signing his book Felix A. Sommerfeld and the Mexican Front in the Great War following the lecture. Von Feilitzsch grew up in Germany, only yards from the East German border—the “Iron Curtain.” In 1988 he came to the United States as a student. Fascinated with the Mexican-American border, he pursued a (more...)
Tour & Book Signing: Moving Forward, Looking Back: Journeys Across the Old Spanish Trail
History and Literary Arts Building4 pm to 6 pm Join artist and curator Janire Nájera for an exhibition tour and book signing of Moving Forward, Looking Back: Journeys Across the Old Spanish Trail, which explores Spanish heritage in the United States Southwest via the Old Spanish Trail, a route that linked the colonial outposts of New Mexico and California. The exhibition is presented by the National Hispanic Cultural Center and SPAIN Arts and Culture, and supported by Wales Arts International. This free event will take place at 4pm on April 2, (more...)
DreamBuilders 2016
Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM9 am to 3:30 pm Join us on April 15th for DreamBuilders 2016, an annual STEAM event developed to inspire and foster interest in the intersection of the Arts with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) disciplines. This is a community project designed to focus on artistic expressions enabled through and integrated with technology while highlighting our rich cultural identity. We offer day-long workshops for middle school, high school and college age students as well as specialized workshop for teachers, parents, and professionals across the entire spectrum (more...)