Festival Ballet Albuquerque: Romeo & Juliet Ballet
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM7:00 pm Saturday 2:00 pm Sunday Festival Ballet Albuquerque presents an original production of Romeo & Juliet, the two star-crossed lovers, by William Shakespeare, to the music by Sergei Prokofiev. It is a story about an age-old feud between two powerful families, Capulets and Montagues, erupting into bloodshed. A group of masked Montagues risk further conflict by gatecrashing the Capulet’s ball. A young lovesick Romeo Montague falls instantly in love with Juliet Capulet, who is due to marry her father’s choice, Count Paris. With the help of Juliet’s nurse, the women arrange for the couple be married the following day by Friar Lorence. Romeo’s (more...)
Inaugural Native Theater & Performing Arts Festival: Staged Readings: I Am Joaquin & Craft Lady, Spider, and Bird
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM2:00 pm NHCC | Wells Fargo Auditorium Dancing With Fire Productions in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center presents An Inaugural Native Theater & Performing Arts Festival. On April 27 and May 4, at 2:00 pm both days, there will be two staged readings of I Am Joaquin by Rodolfo Corky Gonzales; Directed by Patricio Tlacaelel Trujillo y Fuentes and Craft Lady, Spider, and Bird by Alysse Kinsel and Leia Pickel (UNM Theater and Film students 2024). About the Festival: Our Key Host of the festival will (more...)
Visual Arts Museum: First Sunday Free Admission
Visual Art Museum 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States10:00 am to 4:00 pm On the first Sunday of every month, the Visual Arts Museum is free to all New Mexico residents!
Inaugural Native Theater & Performing Arts Festival: Closing Reception: Native Fashion Show
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Wells Fargo Auditorium 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM5:00 – 7:30 pm NHCC | Wells Fargo Auditorium Dancing With Fire Productions in collaboration with the National Hispanic Cultural Center presents the Inaugural Native Theater & Performing Arts Festival. Please join us for our Inaugural Native American Theater & Performing Arts Festival on April 24-27 and May 1-4, 2025 at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, featuring music, dance, staged readings, and more! About the Festival: Our Key Host of the festival will be Ms. Lori Chavez, beginning with an Opening Reception with music and dance performances on (more...)
UNM Chicano & Chicana Studies & Ballet Folklórico Santa Fe: Noche de Folklore
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM7:30 pm NHCC | Albuquerque Journal Theatre UNM Chicano & Chicana Studies & Ballet Folklórico Santa Fe present Noche de Folklore. Ballet Folklorico UNM Mariachi Lobo Banda 505 UNM Colectivo de Son Jarocho Baile Ilusión Flamenco NIF Ballet Folklórico Dolores Gonzales Elementary - Música Azteca by: Los Mazehuales en la Villa Real de la Santa Fé *The event is a rental event not an NHCC production. The title, content, photos/images and description for this event were provided to the NHCC by the organization renting the NHCC venue (more...)
Saturday Special- Torreón Tour: Mundos de Mestizaje
NHCC Torreón 1701 4th street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States11:00 am In addition to our regularly scheduled Thursday and Friday Torreón Tours, the National Hispanic Cultural Center now has a newly added Saturday Tour on the second Saturday of every month. This is a guided tour of the Mundos de Mestizaje fresco created by artist Frederico Vigil, located in the Torreón on the NHCC Campus, depicting thousands of years of Hispanic culture, history, and identity. Admission to the tour is $2 and tickets are available for advance purchase below. Tickets can also be purchased in the New Mexico Mutual (more...)
SOMOS ABQ 2025
NHCC Campus 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM4:00 – 11:00 pm (Doors open at 3:30 pm) NHCC Campus SOMOS ABQ 2025: A Love Letter to Albuquerque On Saturday May 10, the creative community of Burque will transform the National Hispanic Cultural Center into a living, breathing work of art—a place where music, creativity, and culture collide in a kaleidoscope of color, movement, sound and connection. By day, immerse yourself in large-scale art installations, hands-on maker activities, and interactive experiences that invite all ages to create, play, and explore. Wander through a world of sculpture, (more...)
OSW: NM Symphonic Chorus: Verdi’s Requiem
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM2:00 pm Opera Southwest presents the New Mexico Symphonic Chorus: Verdi's Requiem Verdi’s vigorous rhythms, sublime melodies, and dramatic contrasts express powerful emotions. Dive into the emotional depths of Verdi’s Messa da Requiem, where operatic drama meets sacred reverence. This monumental masterpiece captures the raw intensity of human emotion, blending heart-wrenching sorrow with soaring hope. From the thunderous “Dies Irae” to the ethereal “Libera Me”, Verdi’s powerful choral and orchestral writing brings the themes of life, death, and redemption to vivid life. Experience the electrifying energy and (more...)
Arte Para Chiquitos
Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM10:00 am NHCC | Pete V. Domenici Education Building Arte para chiquitos is a free, monthly, 45-minute program for babies and toddlers ages 0 months to 4 years and their caregivers that cultivates creativity and self-expression through the exploration of Hispanic/Latine arts and culture. Participants explore the NHCC Museum, Performing Arts Center, and engage in artmaking, music, movement, dance, drama, and bilingual story time. NHCC instructors model age-appropriate arts techniques that celebrate self-expression, build vocabulary, and strengthen both fine-motor and gross-motor skills in a fun environment. Free Community (more...)
Stitch Night
HLA Conference Room5:00 – 7:00 pm NHCC | HLA Conference Room Stitch socially with us on the second Wednesday of the Month! Bring whatever knitting, crocheting, weaving, or cross stitch, or fiber art projects you’re working on, and join the conversation with your fellow crafters for an informal craft get-together. If you would like to learn the basics of a particular stitching technique, please bring supplies with you, though we will always have basic crochet and knitting materials on hand for an impromptu demonstration! Meetings will be in the Conference (more...)