Opera Southwest Presents Verdi’s La Traviata

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 22, 25, 27 & 29, 2019 2 pm—Sundays 7:30 pm—Wednesday & Friday Opera Southwest presents Verdi’s La Traviata, a fully-staged opera with orchestra, sung in Italian with English translation supertitles and presented in three acts with one intermission. One of the most famous of the great classic operas, La Traviata is a sweeping love story set against the backdrop of decadent Paris high (more…)

NHCC & Opera Southwest Present Daniel Catan’s Il Postino

February 2, 7 & 9, 2020 2 pm—Sundays 7:30 pm—Friday Opera Southwest presents Daniel Catán’s Il Postino, a fully staged opera with orchestra, sung in Spanish with both Spanish and English translation supertitles, and presented in two acts with one intermission. Presented in partnership with the National Hispanic Cultural Center, Il Postino is based on the novel Ardiente Paciencia by Antonio Skármeta, as well as the film by Michael Radford. When exiled Chilean poet Pablo Neruda arrives on a tiny Italian island, he receives so much fan (more…)

Opera Southwest Presents Bottesini’s Alì Babà

October 20, 25 & 27, 2019 2 pm—Sundays 7:30 pm—Friday Opera Southwest presents Alì Babà, a fully staged opera with orchestra, sung in Italian with English translation supertitles and presented in three acts with one intermission. With a libretto based on “Alì Babà and the Forty Thieves,” the well-known and lively story from One Thousand and One Nights, Alì Babà was composed by Giovanni Bottesini, an Italian composer and double bass virtuoso known as the “Paganini of the bass.” $19, $39, $59, $79, $99; discounts for groups of eight or more (more…)

High Spirit Dance Recital: Dancing for Jesus (Rental)

2 pm A ballet, jazz, and hip-hop dance recital featuring children, young adults, and professional dancers—an exciting ensemble of students and teachers bringing today’s music to life in high-quality dance productions. $12, $15, $17 The title, content, photos/images and description for this event were provided to the NHCC by the organization renting the NHCC venue for the event. By serving as a venue and posting the event on its website, the NHCC is not endorsing any views expressed in the title or description of the event, nor (more…)

Judy Collins

7:30 pm AMP Concerts presents Judy Collins. Judy has inspired audiences with sublime vocals, boldly vulnerable songwriting, personal life triumphs, and a firm commitment to social activism. In the 1960s, she evoked both the idealism and the steely determination of a generation united against social and environmental injustices. Five decades later, her luminescent presence shines brightly as new generations bask in the glow of her iconic 50-album body of work, and gain inspiration from the spiritual discipline that has enabled her to thrive in the music industry (more…)

Surviving Microaggressions Workshop (Rental)

10 am – 5 pm Domenici Education Building, Room 122/124 When you are often the only person who identifies the way you do, entering a room can be extremely uncomfortable. Now imagine that a joke is then made on your behalf. Poking fun at your natural hair, or teasing your personality characteristics because they reject the stereotype associated with your group affiliation. “Not being black enough,” “Acting white,” or having your native language skills criticized by friends and family are often commonplace. These statements or questions are (more…)

Cardboard Playhouse Presents Disney’s Aladdin, Dual Language Edition

7 pm—Friday 2 pm—Saturday & Sunday Disney’s Aladdin, Dual Language Edition features the Academy Award-winning score from Disney’s animated classic, with lyrics in both Spanish and English and a revamped plot that creates dramatic necessity for the bilingual script. The story begins centuries ago, when the royalty of Agrabah spoke one language and the citizens another. Communication is impossible without translation—which is controlled by the evil vizier, Jafar. When the rebellious princess Jazmin and a delinquent street rat, Aladdin, meet in the marketplace, they find something special in (more…)

Cultural Responsive Teaching Workshop (Rental)

Education Building – Classroom 122/124 10 am to 5 pm Cultural responsive teaching encourages educators to allow students to enter the classroom as their authentic selves. Rather than forcing students to code-switch, they are asked about where they come from and to relate that to the course material. The goal is to create an environment where all students, regardless of their physical/mental ability, racial/sexual/gender identity, feel safe. Safe to participate. Safe to engage. And therefore safe to learn. $63.93 or $84.91 for groups

The Allman Betts Band with special guest JD Simo (Rental)

7:30 pm AMP Concerts presents The Allman Betts Band with special guest JD Simo. After a successful year touring as The Devon Allman Project with special guest Duane Betts, the sons of Gregg Allman and Dickey Betts have joined forces to form The Allman Betts Band. This tour will feature new music, songs from their solo projects and classic Allman Brothers and Gregg Allman tunes in honor of the 50th Anniversary of The Allman Brothers Band. Brotherhood of Light, the “original San Francisco psychedelic show” who has (more…)

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