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Nacha Mendez Trio

7:30 pm Nacha Mendez combines storytelling, music, and song in a journey through her personal experience that speaks to her Latin blood, Native American history, and experience as an artist throughout Europe. Mendez grew up in the small border town of La Union in southern New Mexico, where she began singing and playing guitar at an early age. She learned traditional ranchera singing from her grandmother and performed in border towns near El Paso. $17 w/ $2 discount for NHCC members COVID PROTOCOLS:

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Film: Nuevas Cinefilias, Estaciones singulares: La reina de los lagartos

12 pm (available for 48 hours) On the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here In La reina de los lagartos, Burnin’ Percebes (Fernando Martínez and Juan González) introduce us to Berta and Javi, a couple who are saying goodbye after a summer romance. However, the spaceship that was supposed to pick up Javi, the prince of an alien race of lizards, never comes to take him away. 2019; Spanish with English subtitles; 63 minutes; not recommended for children under 12. Free community event

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Film: Nuevas Cinefilias, Estaciones singulares: This Film Is About Me

12 pm (available for 48 hours) Alexis Delgado’s This Film Is About Me is a singular portrait of Renata Felicitas Soskey, serving time in a Galician prison for the brutal murder of her neighbor. Renata sees it clearly: this film is about her—about her personality, her charisma, her poetry, and her unpredictability, and not about her crime or her punishment. The director also becomes a player as the film unfolds, caught up in his fascination with his subject. 2019; Spanish and German with English subtitles; 61 minutes;

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Film: Nuevas Cinefilias, Estaciones singulares: Violeta no coge el ascensor

12 pm (available for 48 hours) On the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here In Mamen Díaz’ indie comedy Violeta no coge el ascensor, twenty-something Violeta is spending a stifling summer in Madrid as an intern in a publishing house. Dodging the heat between affairs that only multiply her self-doubts, she makes new friends and makes decisions—some good and some bad—as she comes to learn that “failure is more an art than a drama.” 2019; Spanish with English subtitles; 87 minutes; not rated. Free community event

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Festival Oralidad

Reception—6 pm, Cayetana Romero Lobby Introduction to Festival Oralidad—6:30 pm, Wells Fargo Auditorium Concert, Nacha Mendez Trio—7:30 pm, Bank of America Theatre Reception and festival introduction free to the public; concert tickets $17 w/ $2 discount for NHCC members, purchase Here Please note: Both the festival introduction and the concert will require either a proof of vaccination completed at least 14 days prior to the event or a negative COVID test administered by a health care professional within 72 hours of the event. Originals or photos of

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Film: Nuevas Cinefilias, Estaciones singulares: Arima

12 pm (available for 48 hours) On the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here Jaione Camborda’s debut feature film Arima is a story, steeped in mystery, of four women and a girl whose lives are altered when two strangers arrive unexpectedly in their village. The events in this “ghost film” move between real and imagined, nightmare and dream, fear and desire. 2019; Galician and Spanish with English subtitles; 77 minutes; not recommended for children under 12. Free community event

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Mundos de Mestizaje: Torreón Tour

11 am (MST) The National Hispanic Cultural Center is offering a guided tour of the Mundos de Mestizaje fresco by Frederico Vigil twice a week, Thursdays and Fridays at 11 am. Located in the Torreón on the NHCC Campus, Mundos de Mestizaje depicts thousands of years of Hispanic culture, history, and identity. Admission for the tour is $2 and tickets are available for advance purchase below. Tickets can also be purchased in the New Mexico Mutual Welcome Center, depending on availability. Capacity for each tour is limited.

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Mundos de Mestizaje: Torreón Tour

11 am (MST) The National Hispanic Cultural Center is offering a guided tour of the Mundos de Mestizaje fresco by Frederico Vigil twice a week, Thursdays and Fridays at 11 am. Located in the Torreón on the NHCC Campus, Mundos de Mestizaje depicts thousands of years of Hispanic culture, history, and identity. Admission for the tour is $2 and tickets are available for advance purchase below. Tickets can also be purchased in the New Mexico Mutual Welcome Center, depending on availability. Capacity for each tour is limited.

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Mundos de Mestizaje: Torreón Tour

11 am (MST) The National Hispanic Cultural Center is offering a guided tour of the Mundos de Mestizaje fresco by Frederico Vigil twice a week, Thursdays and Fridays at 11 am. Located in the Torreón on the NHCC Campus, Mundos de Mestizaje depicts thousands of years of Hispanic culture, history, and identity. Admission for the tour is $2 and tickets are available for advance purchase below. Tickets can also be purchased in the New Mexico Mutual Welcome Center, depending on availability. Capacity for each tour is limited.

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