Art Museum hours and prices HERE How do museums acquire their collections? What makes an artwork, or an artist, worthy of collecting? These are questions museums face every day and the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) Art Museum is no exception. "The Art of Acquisition: New New Mexican Works at the NHCC" features art works that […]
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Art Museum hours and prices HERE Fantasía Fantástica: Imaginative Spaces and Other-Worldly Collage features the fantastical creations of four artists whose works toy with space and expand the parameters of collage. The artists, Nick Abdalla, Cynthia Cook, Carlos Quinto Kemm, and Rachel Muldez, collect objects and images that populate the day-to-day but often go unnoticed. They […] 
October 23, 26, 28 & 30, 2016 2 pm—Sundays 7:30 pm—Wednesday & Friday Rossini’s Tancredi is a fully-staged opera with orchestra, sung in Italian with English translation supertitles and presented in two acts with one intermission. This will be the New Mexico premiere of Rossini’s little-known masterwork. Set against the exotic backdrop of war, intrigue, […] |
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By Rudolfo Anaya November 3-6, & November 10-13, 2016 7:30 pm—Thursday-Saturday 2 pm—Sunday Rudolfo Anaya, acknowledged as the foremost author of New Mexican Hispanic culture and folkways and acclaimed as the founder of modern Chicano literature, has written over 40 books and plays; this is his first play. His exploration of the Mesoamerican legend of La […] |
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11 am to 8 pm M’tucci’s Cocina Grill will serve lunch and dinner on Fridays from 11 am until 8 pm, beginning November 4th. Our buffet will offer a changing and eclectic variety of Latino dishes as well as international favorites. Our full service bar will be open throughout, serving M’tucci’s outstanding cocktails. Cocktails will […] |
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10:30 am to 12:30 pm The National Hispanic Cultural Center is pleased to offer children’s programming on the first Saturday morning of every month. This is a fun and engaging docent and artist-led family program. Families (limited to 25 participants) get a 30-minute museum tour focused on an art form, source inspiration, artist or type of […] |
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2 pm The New Mexico Philharmonic presents VIVA ITALIA! Celebrate the romance of Italy with magical music by her greatest composers! Immerse yourself in Rossini’s beloved Overture to The Barber of Seville, Puccini’s soaring Crisantemi, gorgeous Vivaldi mandolin and guitar concertos, and so much more. Featuring dynamic young virtuoso guitarist Colin Davin. Christopher Confessore (yes, […] |
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11 am to 8 pm M’tucci’s Cocina Grill will serve lunch and dinner on Fridays from 11 am until 8 pm, beginning November 4th. Our buffet will offer a changing and eclectic variety of Latino dishes as well as international favorites. Our full service bar will be open throughout, serving M’tucci’s outstanding cocktails. Cocktails will […] |
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2 pm Award-winning performer Antonio Reyna is celebrating his 20th anniversary as an entertainer with an afternoon of music and dance for the whole family. Reyna is a New Mexican treasure who is beloved throughout the Southwest and Mexico, and whose performances have influenced the trajectory of traditional mariachi music. He is joined on stage […] |
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Tuesday-Friday, 10am-5pm 1st Saturday of the Month, 1pm-5pm A Life of Service: The Mari-Luci Jaramillo Collection, 1905-2007 The Mari-Luci Jaramillo Collection provides an unparalleled look at a life dedicated to and distinguished by service to community, state, and the nation. A native New Mexican and daughter of laborers, Mari-Luci Jaramillo grew from a studious child […] 11 am to 8 pm M’tucci’s Cocina Grill will serve lunch and dinner on Fridays from 11 am until 8 pm, beginning November 4th. Our buffet will offer a changing and eclectic variety of Latino dishes as well as international favorites. Our full service bar will be open throughout, serving M’tucci’s outstanding cocktails. Cocktails will […] Friday—2 pm to 9 pm; Saturday—10 am to 9 pm; Sunday—10 am to 6 pm Indigenerds will rejoice as Albuquerque plays host to the first-ever Indigenous Comic Con. From November 18 through November 20, the Duke City will welcome Indigenous artists, creators, and designers from the worlds of comic books, games, sci-fi/fantasy, film, and television […] |
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10 am to 3 pm Snag unique and beautiful holiday presents for your friends and family all while supporting local artists and artisans at the NHCC Foundation's annual Regalos: Holiday Craft Fair on Saturday, November 19, 2016, from 10am to 3pm, outside of La Tiendita in the NHCC's Visual Arts Building. To become a vendor […] 
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 […] |
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11 am to 8 pm M’tucci’s Cocina Grill will serve lunch and dinner on Fridays from 11 am until 8 pm, beginning November 4th. Our buffet will offer a changing and eclectic variety of Latino dishes as well as international favorites. Our full service bar will be open throughout, serving M’tucci’s outstanding cocktails. Cocktails will […] December 2-4, 9-11 & 16-18, 2016 Friday & Saturday—8 pm Sunday—2 pm The Dolls’ annual Christmas show is a traditional British Pantomime. This year it is…wait for the beans…Jack and the Beanstalk! Funny and fancy-free, this is a new play with fan-favorite humor that will have more singing, dancing and jokes than you can shake a […] |
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3 pm to 4 pm Instituto Cervantes, the National Hispanic Cultural Center, and the Education Office-Embassy of Spain present the awards for a student drawing contest to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote. Students in three age categories, ages 6-8, 9-11, and 12-15 were invited to […] 10:30 am to 12:30 pm The National Hispanic Cultural Center is pleased to offer children’s programming on the first Saturday morning of every month. This is a fun and engaging docent and artist-led family program. Families (limited to 25 participants) get a 30-minute museum tour focused on an art form, source inspiration, artist or type of […] 7:30 pm—Saturday 2 pm—Sunday Kalpulli Ehecatl/Ehecatl Aztec Dancers and Friends present Panquetzaliztli, a theatrical performance in three acts. The presentation, an Aztec celebration of the season, draws upon Mesoamerican creation myths and the history behind traditional holiday customs and includes a lyrically performed version of the Panquetzaliztli (Alzamiento de los Estandartes, or Raising of the Banners) celebration, a […] Join poet and author Margaret Randall on Dec. 3 for a presentation, reading and book signing of ONLY THE ROAD/SOLO EL CAMINO: Eight Decades of Cuban Poetry. This book, featuring the work of more than 50 poets born between 1902 and 1981, paints a full and dynamic picture of modern Cuban life and poetry, highlighting unique features and idiosyncrasies; changes across generations; and the ebbs and flows between repression and freedom following the 1959 Revolution. It is the most complete bilingual anthology of Cuban poetry available to an English readership. |