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¡Vamos!

10:00 am – 12:00 pm NHCC | Pete V. Domenici Education Building Vamos to the National Hispanic Cultural Center on the first Saturday of the month for vibrant monthly family workshops that provide immersive experiences exploring Visual Arts, Performing Arts and History and Literary Arts. Designed to inspire creativity, foster cultural appreciation, and build community, each workshop will offer an inclusive and welcoming space where participants of all ages and backgrounds can come together to explore and celebrate culture through artistic expression, movement, and traditions in an (more…)

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¡Vamos!

10:00 am – 12:00 pm NHCC | Pete V. Domenici Education Building Vamos to the National Hispanic Cultural Center on the first Saturday of the month for vibrant monthly family workshops that provide immersive experiences exploring Visual Arts, Performing Arts and History and Literary Arts. Designed to inspire creativity, foster cultural appreciation, and build community, each workshop will offer an inclusive and welcoming space where participants of all ages and backgrounds can come together to explore and celebrate culture through artistic expression, movement, and traditions in an

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1st Annual Luminito Celebration

7:00 to 8:15 pm Plaza Mayor | National Hispanic Cultural Center Whether you call them ‘farolitos’ or ‘luminarias,’ come celebrate New Mexico’s distinctive holiday lights at the Center! On Dec. 12, join us for a holiday celebration illuminated by the world’s tallest ‘Luminito,’ a 20-foot-tall, steel-reinforced structure inspired by New Mexico’s traditional holiday lights. The Luminito will be lit up during the event, spreading holiday cheer throughout the Center.  Throughout the evening, the event will be further illuminated with festive lights and images projected onto some of

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NHCC Volunteer Clean Up Day

Shift 1: 8:30 – 11:30 am Shift 2: 1:30 – 3:00 pm The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs is proud to play our role in keeping New Mexico enchantingly clean as four of our museums and Historic Sites offer a volunteer clean-up day on Friday, October 18. Volunteers will meet at the NHCC Welcome Center at 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102. Those interested in volunteering can contact Philip Baca at Philip.Baca@dca.nm.gov or by phone at 505-895-0093.

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NM United Hispanic Heritage Watch Party

6:30 – 8:00 pm Soccer clinic in Education grass area 8:00 – 10:00 pm Game Time Please join us as we welcome New Mexico United soccer to the NHCC campus with an exciting Watch Party on our Plaza Mayor. Together we can show some Burqueño support as United takes on Orange County SC. The City of Albuquerque will be providing a big screen so everyone can see the game in style. Before the Watch Party, there will be a fun soccer clinic on our grassy area beside our

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Poets from the 2023 New Mexico Anthology: Workshop

10:00 am – 12:00 pm You are cordially invited to celebrate the rich tapestry of New Mexico’s poetic voices at the presentation of the New Mexico Poetry Anthology! Join co-editors and former poet laureates Michelle Otero and Levi Romero, along with select contributing poets, as they weave together a poetic tapestry evoking the diverse landscapes, cultures, histories, and poetic traditions that define our state. A writing workshop will be held the Saturday after the presentation, providing attendees with an opportunity for hands-on exploration of poetic expression. We

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Poets from the 2023 New Mexico Poetry Anthology: Reading

6:00 pm: Reception and Book-signing 7:00 pm: Reading begins You are cordially invited to celebrate the rich tapestry of New Mexico’s poetic voices at the presentation of the New Mexico Poetry Anthology! Join co-editors and former poet laureates Michelle Otero and Levi Romero, along with select contributing poets, as they weave together a poetic tapestry evoking the diverse landscapes, cultures, histories, and poetic traditions that define our state. A writing workshop will be held the Saturday after the presentation, providing attendees with an opportunity for hands-on exploration

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Liberation Music of the Americas

7:30 – 9:00 pm This event has been moved to the NHCC’s Bank of America Theatre to accommodate a larger audience. Join us for a night of Música y Platíca con Lasotras, a musical collective from Albuquerque with roots all over the Americas, moderated by Enrique Cardiel. This event, sponsored by Radical Harmonies, a Mellon Foundation Grantee, is the third in a series of events, offers inspirational spaces for exploration, dialogue, and the convergence of thought and action. As an intellectual expression and creative output, music can

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Noche de Familia: Bless Me, Ultima

5:00 – 7:00 pm (Film screening held immediately following) Join us for a Noche de Familia inspired by Rudolfo Anaya’s beloved novel Bless Me, Ultima! Craft a flapping owl hand puppet, design a drawing inspired by the novel, and use herbs or leaves to emboss clay creations. Free books and coloring books will be available. All ages and individuals will be welcome. After this event, stick around and settle in for a free screening of the movie in the Albuquerque Journal Theatre! Please register separately for the

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