History & Literary Arts

Genealogy Workshops

1:30 – 3:30 pm Explore your cultural heritage at the NHCC with a free genealogy workshop as part of our Siempre Creativo program! These workshops will provide participating seniors with an opportunity to learn about the descendants of a person, their family, or evolution from an ancestor. Join us as we discover where we came from, where we have been and the complex interrelating parts of our familial ancestral lines. This workshop will feature a presentation from the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico. Free Community (more…)

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Genealogy Workshops

10:00 – 12:00 pm Explore your cultural heritage at the NHCC with a free genealogy workshop as part of our Siempre Creativo program! These workshops will provide participating seniors with an opportunity to learn about the descendants of a person, their family, or evolution from an ancestor. Join us as we discover where we came from, where we have been and the complex interrelating parts of our familial ancestral lines. Free Community Event, generously supported by AARP New Mexico. Please register here or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771

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Booksigning & Reading: José Ángel Mañas: Guerrero. A Novel of Conquest and Resistance

6:00 pm NHCC | Salón Ortega Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque is organizing a double presentation in New Mexico and Texas of the latest novel by José Ángel Mañas: Guerrero, published in English by the University of New Mexico Press (UNM Press) and distributed nationally in the United States. After the publication of Conquistadores de lo imposible, one of the best novels ever written about the conquest of America, Mañas delves once again into the modern era and recreates, with this absolutely real story, what is perhaps the most singular

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Escribir | Escuchar Latine Author Series: Estella González Reading

NOTE: This event has been cancelled and will be rescheduled for Spring 2025. We apologize for any inconvenience. 6:00 pm Reception and Book Signing 7:00 pm Reading NHCC | Salón Ortega Join us for a literary evening as we celebrate the launch of Huizache Women, the latest novel by Estella González! Delve into a captivating narrative intertwining the lives of women navigating the complexities of identity, family, and resilience in González’s evocative storytelling. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet the author, engage in enriching discussion, and hear excerpts from

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Escribir | Escuchar Latine Author Series: Writing Workshop: Michelle Otero

10:00 am – 12:00 pm NHCC | Pete V. Domenici Education Building, Learning Lab 122/124 Join us for a Writing Workshop with acclaimed writer and Albuquerque’s first poet laureate, Michelle Otero in celebration of her recent publication, Vessels: A Memoir of Borders. Exploring themes of identity, heritage, and the transformative power of storytelling, Michelle’s poignant reflections promise to inspire and resonate whether you’re a seasoned enthusiast of great writing or simply curious about the depths of human experience. Don’t miss out on this extraordinary opportunity to connect

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Escribir | Escuchar Latine Author Series: Reading: Michelle Otero

6:00 pm: Reception and Book-signing 7:00 pm: Reading NHCC | Salón Ortega Join us for a literary evening with acclaimed writer and Albuquerque’s first poet laureate, Michelle Otero in celebration of her recent publication, Vessels: A Memoir of Borders. Exploring themes of identity, heritage, and the transformative power of storytelling, Michelle’s poignant reflections promise to inspire and resonate whether you’re a seasoned enthusiast of great writing or simply curious about the depths of human experience. Don’t miss out on this extraordinary opportunity to connect through the beauty

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NHCC Book Club: Featuring Special Guest Ramón Gutiérrez, Historian and Author

6:00 pm: Reception and Book Signing 7:00 pm: Author’s Talk followed by Q&A Join us for a special Book Club event featuring a book-signing and author’s talk led by author Ramon Gutiérrez! In October, we will be reading New Mexico’s Moses: Reies López Tijerina and the Religious Origins of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement, by Ramon Gutierrez. In New Mexico’s Moses, Gutiérrez dives deeply into López Tijerina’s religious formation during the 1940s and 1950s. An Assemblies of God evangelist turned Pentecostal itinerant preacher, Tijerina used his

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NHCC Book Club

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm The NHCC is thrilled to announce that we will be reconnecting in person with lovers of literature, folks who love to read, and those who enjoy talking about the far reaches of Latinidad. We will meet on the fourth Wednesday of every month in the Center’s HLA Conference Room. In September, we will be reading Familia by Lauren E. Rico. Familia explores the story of two young women who are brought together by a genealogy test and a haunting question that shakes their understanding

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NHCC Book Club

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm The NHCC is thrilled to announce that we will be reconnecting in person with lovers of literature, folks who love to read, and those who enjoy talking about the far reaches of Latinidad. We will meet on the fourth Wednesday of every month in the Center’s HLA Conference Room. In August, we will be reading Motorcycle Ride on the Sea of Tranquility, by Patricia Santana. This powerful coming-of-age novel, winner of the 1999 Chicano/Latino Literary Contest, tells the story of a fourteen-year-old girl

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