Latinx Games Festival 2024
NHCC Campus 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NMSession Times TBD Latinx Games Festival is a celebration of Gaming, Latino Culture and Latin American Game Development! Join us In-Person at the National Cultural Hispanic Center from September 20th - September 22th, 2024. Featuring insightful panels, playable Latino made video games, career advancement opportunities, the first ever Latino Games Exhibition, and The Latinx Game Awards, this festival connects our community to the video game industry and plants the seeds for a culturally richer, more mature video game industry. This event exists as an industry-wide call to action (more...)
Colcha Community Stitch A-Long
Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM9:30 am in-person 10:30 am Zoom – cancelled for September, please check back next month Our Colcha Community Stich-A-Long is open to all levels of experience in an informal setting. This workshop is instructed by Annette Gutierrez-Turk. Annette has taught colcha, a Spanish Colonial embroidery style, to groups internationally and at the NHCC for many years. She is also an award-winning artist, most recently recognized in 2019 at Traditional Spanish Market in Santa Fe. Annette is taking September off. Please check back next month for instructions and (more...)
Latin Dance for Seniors
Salón Ortega 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM1:30 – 3:30 pm NHCC | Salon Ortega Latin Dance for Seniors will feature 4 weeks of Latin dance lessons taught by instructor Carlota Silva. Classes run for four consecutive Wednesdays from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm. Latin Dance for Seniors is part of the NHCC’s Siempre Creativo program which provides a free multidisciplinary arts programs for seniors. Free Community Event, generously supported by AARP. Please register a maximum of 2 people for the Siempre Creativo art and dance classes to make space for everyone who would (more...)
NHCC Book Club
HLA Conference Room 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM6:00 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 (more...)
Escribir | Escuchar Latine Author Series: Reading: Michelle Otero
Salón Ortega 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM6:00 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 (more...)
Instituto Cervantes Film Series: Fantasmagorías abstractas
Virtual2:00 am (MST) In this online film series, which will play throughout the month of September on the Instituto Cervantes Vimeo channel, we bring together, in collaboration with the Punto y Raya platform, four sessions with experimental pieces that allow us to explore the possibilities of the audio-visual image and abstraction as a form of creation: a freer creation, where form, color, movement and sound compose evocative messages. The short films will be available on the Cervantes Institute's Vimeo channel for one week, starting at 2:00 am (more...)
Noche de Familia: Bless Me, Ultima
Cayetana Romero Lobby5:00 – 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 (more...)
Film Screening: Bless Me Ultima
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM5:00 – 7:00 pm: Noche de Familia (art activities inspired by Bless Me, Ultima for attending families and intergenerational visitors) 6:30 to 7:00 pm: Reception 7:00 – 7:30 pm: Introduction and Pre-film talk by Ricardo Lopez 7:30 pm: Film screening begins Rudolfo Anaya’s beloved and iconic Bless Me, Ultima returns to the NHCC with Carl Franklin’s screen adaptation. Bless Me, Ultima is set in the 1940s in rural New Mexico, and tells the story of a young boy and the mysterious healer who opens his eyes to (more...)
Instituto Cervantes: ¡Cine Magnífico! Latino Film Festival
3:00 pm to 8:00 pm Friday 11:00 am to 8:00 pm Saturday South Broadway Cultural Center (1025 Broadway Blvd SE) Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque is launching the twelfth edition of Cine Magnífico, Latino Film Festival of Albuquerque. This event has focused on the dissemination of culture and audio-visual creation in Spanish in its 11 previous editions, and has given visibility during these years in New Mexico to numerous films and short films made in Spain and various Spanish-speaking countries. The 2024 edition of the festival will have as (more...)
Genealogy Workshops
Salón Ortega 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM10:00 – 12:00 pm NHCC | Salón Ortega 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 the opportunity to participate in interactive tours of the NHCC Art Museum and Torreón, paired with genealogy workshops and coffee socials. This event is part of the NHCC’s Siempre Creativo program. Free Community Event, generously supported by AARP.