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Arte Poquito: Arte de Bebé

10:00 am Infants 0-18 months and their caregivers will have a chance to explore visual arts and even visit the NHCC Art Museum. This multi-sensory program includes time for socializing and art exploration. Arte Poquito is a free, monthly, 45-minute program for infants ages 0 to 18 months and caregivers that nurtures creativity and provides bilingual introductory arts experiences balanced with social interaction. Each program focuses on different aspects of Hispanic/Latine arts, including music, dance, and storytelling. NHCC instructors model the introduction of core arts concepts to infants and caregivers (more…)

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Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime: Tía with the Tortilla

10:00 am The art of storytelling comes to life for children ages 18 months to 4 years and their caregivers with the eerie story of “Tía with the Tortilla.” Children and caregivers will have the chance to explore the story by acting out the characters, dancing La Varsoviana, and making a tortilla mask. Free community event. For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers. Please register here or or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance. This program generously supported through a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of

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An Evening for Educators: Día de los Muertos Professional Development

5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Spend a lively evening exploring Día de los Muertos celebrations, arts, and history at the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Take back lessons for your students that will give them a deeper understanding of this important cultural holiday. This is a free event for educators. The event is jointly sponsored by the National Hispanic Cultural Center and the UNM Latin American & Iberian Institute. Please register here or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.

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2022 Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya Lecture on the Literature of the Southwest, featuring Erika L. Sánchez

“CANCELLED: We regret to inform you that the 2022 Anaya Lecture has been cancelled upon the request of the speaker. Please join us for a film screening of Carl Franklin’s Bless Me, Ultima at the NHCC on Sept. 30 with a pre-lecture introduction by Dr. Gabriel Meléndez. Reception at 6pm, pre-lecture introduction at 6:30, and film screening at 7pm. The film screening is in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Rudolfo Anaya’s Bless Me, Ultima. Free ticketed event; visit https://nhccdev.wpengine.com/event/film-bless-me-ultima/.”

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Erika L. Sánchez Poetry Workshop: “Negative Capability and the Imagination”

“CANCELLED: We regret to inform you that the 2022 Anaya Lecture has been cancelled upon the request of the speaker. Please join us for a film screening of Carl Franklin’s Bless Me, Ultima at the NHCC on Sept. 30 with a pre-lecture introduction by Dr. Gabriel Meléndez. Reception at 6pm, pre-lecture introduction at 6:30, and film screening at 7pm. The film screening is in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Rudolfo Anaya’s Bless Me, Ultima. Free ticketed event; visit https://nhccdev.wpengine.com/event/film-bless-me-ultima/.”

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Explorar las Artes: Baila Conmigo

10:00 am Children 18 months to 4 years and their caregivers will have the chance to explore arts through traditional New Mexico dance and other dance forms using ribbon sticks, rhythm instruments, and even flamenco.  Explorar las Artes is a free, bi-monthly 45-minute program for toddlers ages 18 months to 4 years and caregivers that cultivates creativity and self-expression through the exploration of Hispanic/Latine arts and culture. Participants explore the NHCC museum and engage in artmaking, music, movement, dance, drama, and bilingual story time. NHCC instructors model

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Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime: Don Gato

10:00 am El Romance de Don Gato y Otros Cuentos Populares de America Latina By Lucia M. Gonzalez (Author), Lulu Delacre (Illustrator) The poem and traditional song “Don Gato” comes to life in this program! Children and caregivers will have the chance to explore the story through acting out the characters, singing the traditional song, making a cat mask, and meeting the Don Gato puppet.  Free community event. For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers. This program generously supported through a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico Healthy

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Writing Workshop by Emma Pérez: “Emotional Truths: A Queer Chicanx Approach”

10:00 a.m. Join us for a writing workshop led by author Emma Pérez: “Emotional Truths: A Queer Chicanx Approach” You have an idea for a story. How do you begin? What can you use from your own life experiences to tell your story and bring your character to life? In this workshop, we will experiment with scenes that tap into your emotional truths to write your story. Touching, sincere honesty provides readers with feelings they may link to their own lives even if the story is unfamiliar.

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Emma Pérez Book Reading: “From History to the Future, Mapping Dystopia”

6:00 pm reception 7:00 pm reading The reception and the reading have been moved into the HLA Salon Ortega Join us for a reading featuring author Dr. Emma Pérez, the latest author in the NHCC’s historia, idioma, e identidad Series! Dr. Pérez will be reading from her historical novel Forgetting the Alamo, Or, Blood Memory (2009), as well as Chronicle of a Shifter (2023), a forthcoming novela about a future dystopia in which sex/gender shifters, and Brown, Black, Indigenous people are held in detention camps because they

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