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(Des)Encaracolarse (Rental)

Saturday at 8 pm, Sunday at 2 pm (Des)Encaracolarse uses flamenco to explore the myriad metaphors contained in a seashell. The world-class artists and performers in Alice Blumenfeld’s company journey through the curves and spirals, echoes and reflections that make up the odysseys of shells. The title comes from a word invented by Pablo Neruda to show his obsession with shells. The performance premieres original artwork, choreography, music, and costuming, along with traditional sounds of Spain and Latin American poetry. Blumenfeld’s dancing has been called “sharp and (more…)

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Opera Southwest Presents Rossini’s Tancredi (Rental)

October 23, 26, 28 & 30, 2016 2 pm—Sundays 7:30 pm—Wednesday & Friday Rossini’s Tancredi is a fully-staged opera with orchestra, sung in Italian with English translation supertitles and presented in two acts with one intermission. This will be the New Mexico premiere of Rossini’s little-known masterwork. Set against the exotic backdrop of war, intrigue, and conquest in medieval Sicily, Tancredi follows the romance between the exiled soldier Tancredi and the beautiful Amenaide. When Amenaide is sentenced to death for a crime she did not commit, a disguised

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Siembra, Latino Theatre Season: The House on Mango Street

Stage Adaptation by Amy Ludwig March 30-April 2, 2017 Thursday-Saturday 7:30 pm; Sunday 2 pm April 6-9, 2017 Thursday-Saturday 7:30 pm; Sunday 2 pm April 13-15, 2017 Thursday & Friday 7:30 pm; Saturday 2 pm & 7:30 pm Based on the book by celebrated Chicago writer Sandra Cisneros, the stage adaptation, by Amy Ludwig, of The House on Mango Street is a touching and humorous collection of vignettes told by a young girl growing up in one of Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods. Esperanza Cordero dreams of a new life

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Siembra, Latino Theatre Season: Hembras de Pluma Present Rise: An Offering

March 9-12 & 16-19, 2017 7:30 pm—Thursday-Saturday 2 pm—Sunday Hembras de Pluma—“feathered women,” or “women wielding the pen”—is a collective of women artists who have come together to present personal stories of childhood, growing older, loss, love, grief and joy, told as monologues and short plays, and written and performed to honor their histories, their ancestors, their families, and themselves. Their new ensemble piece is presented in partnership with the NHCC as part of the Center’s Siembra: Latino Theatre Season, as well as its annual celebration of

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Siembra, Latino Theatre Season: Solving for X: The Education Project

By the Working Classroom  7 pm—Thursday-Saturday 2 pm—Sunday *Reception* Following the Friday, Feb. 17 performance, all audience members are invited to a special dessert reception to meet the cast and celebrate the performance. Working Classroom’s theatre ensemble collaborates with Scott Barrow from Tectonic Theater Project and guest director/playwright Milta Ortiz from Arizona’s Borderlands Theater to create an immersive bilingual performance based on community interviews and dedicated to bringing a face and voice to educational inequity. Presented in partnership with Working Classroom. $12 w/ $2 discount for students, seniors, &

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Siembra, Latino Theatre Season: The Season of La Llorona

By Rudolfo Anaya November 3-6, & November 10-13, 2016 7:30 pm—Thursday-Saturday 2 pm—Sunday Rudolfo Anaya, acknowledged as the foremost author of New Mexican Hispanic culture and folkways and acclaimed as the founder of modern Chicano literature, has written over 40 books and plays; this is his first play. His exploration of the Mesoamerican legend of La Llorona, the “Wailing Woman,” gives both historic and human depth to the well-known myth. Presented in partnership with Teatro Nuevo México. $18 w/ $3 discount for students, seniors, & NHCC members; $10

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Bosque Chile Festival

11 am to 7 pm Join in the celebration of the chile harvest on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016 at the National Hispanic Cultural Center from 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. This is a free event and festivities include entertainment, kids’ activities, arts and crafts vendors, food trucks, beer, wine, and chef demonstrations. Check out this Bosque Chile Festival video HERE. Entertainment schedule: 11:00 – Leah Leyva & The Band (Blues/Rock) 12:15 – The West Wind Band (Country) 1:15 –  La Chaparrita Monica Valdez 1:30 – Rebecca Arscott (Reggae/Pop)

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Festival Ballet Albuquerque Presents Dracula, A Love Story (Rental)

Saturday-Sunday, October 1-2, 2016 7 pm—Saturday 2 pm—Sunday Back by popular demand and just in time to kick off the Halloween season, Patricia Dickinson Wells brings Bram Stoker’s macabre novel Dracula back to the stage for two breathtaking performances of a fully realized dance rendition, Dracula, A Love Story. Festival Ballet Albuquerque, also known for its critically acclaimed productions of Firebird Ballet, The Nutcracker Ballet in the Land of Enchantment, Billy the Kid, Coppelia, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, performs a truly 21st century version of the

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