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Film: Tódalas mulleres que coñezo

All events at the NHCC through April 9, 2020 have been cancelled / postponed. Please call the NHCC at 505-246-2261 for more information. 7 pm From the personal to the political, the experiences of diverse women speak of how masculinized and violent the streets still remain. In three insightful conversations with female friends, collaborators, and high school students, the director seeks a discourse on fear that is not frightening, a discourse on violence that is not violent—a tale of universal sisterhood. Presented in partnership with Instituto Cervantes (more…)

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Film: Young and Beautiful

All events at the NHCC through April 9, 2020 have been cancelled / postponed. Please call the NHCC at 505-246-2261 for more information. 7 pm Poti, Nais, Ione, and Das are young Spanish women who live on their own terms. But as they approach their thirties, a profound unease overcomes them: they are still far from being the independent, self-confident, and passionate adults they always dreamed of being. Each has to examine her identity through dialogue, in an intimate exchange with Marina, their friend and the director

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Film: La filla d’algú/La hija de alguien

Tonight’s film screening has been postponed 7 pm Eli, a 30-year-old lawyer, is pregnant with her first child. On the day of the oral hearing of a high-profile media trial that she has been preparing with her father, a renowned Barcelona lawyer, he suddenly disappears. From this point on, Eli must race to unravel family secrets that have been kept from her until now… or that she hasn’t wanted to see, and her search will lead her to a reality that will turn her world upside down.

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Mapitzmitl Xiukwetzpaltin (PAZ) Presents Tonal Machiotl/Piedra del Sol/Aztec Calendar

11 am This is the first of a series of workshops about the Aztec calendar, covering a range of subject matter pertaining to this indigenous timekeeping device that was rediscovered in Mexico City in 1790. It is an overview of the calendar; participants will be shown the meaning of the calendar’s different concentric rings, which are used to chart solar, ceremonial, and Venutian years. Free public event

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Yankwik Xiwitl/Año Nuevo Azteca/Aztec New Year

All events at the NHCC through April 9, 2020 have been cancelled / postponed. Please call the NHCC at 505-246-2261 for more information. 10 am; dancing begins at approximately 12 pm Join us as Kalpulli Ehecatl and Kalpulli Izkalli host Yankwik Xiwitl, or Mexika/Aztec New Year, on the NHCC’s Plaza Mayor. The free public event, ushering in Chikyei Tekpatl/Ocho Pedernal/Eight Stone Blade, features fire making with a hand drill, an offering of flowers and fruit, and ritual Aztec dancing. Free public event

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27th Annual César Chávez Day Fiesta

All events at the NHCC through April 9, 2020 have been cancelled / postponed. Please call the NHCC at 505-246-2261 for more information. March—10:30 am Fiesta—12 noon-3 pm Join us in honoring the life and legacy of César Chávez at the 27th annual César Chávez Day Fiesta, with a march—La Marcha de Justicia– beginning at 10:30 am at the National Hispanic Cultural Center and ending at noon on the Center’s Plaza Mayor.  Following the march, the family fiesta at the Center includes poetry, dancing, community exhibits, children’s

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Mira, Mira On the Wall: Reflecting on 20 Years of Exhibitions – Virtual Edition

The National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) turns twenty years old in 2020 and the museum now has twenty years of exhibitions to reflect on and learn from. Mira Mira On the Wall: Reflecting on 20 Years of Exhibitions – Virtual Edition recounts a selection of exhibits that have been presented over the last two decades. It examines their impact on the permanent collection, the importance of the stories that have been told, and celebrates the artists that have participated in shaping the identity of the museum over

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Revolutions Theatre Fest: The Solution Mixtape

All events at the NHCC through April 9, 2020 have been cancelled / postponed. Please call the NHCC at 505-246-2261 for more information. 5 pm In less than 90 minutes, writers/performers/hip-hop artists Idris Goodwin and Brian Quijada solve the nation’s biggest problems with beats, rhymes, and real talk.  Thro9ugh their autobiographical work, woven with humor, heart, and piercing commentary, they join forces to tackle issues of immigration, race, masculinity, and gender. Built on Brian’s live soundscapes, created on the spot, they tell stories and share poems designed

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