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March 2020
Temporarily Closed
¡Bienvenidos!
The National Hispanic Cultural Center is a division of the Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) with the State of New Mexico. In accordance with revised public health directives, the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs has temporarily closed its museums and historic sites to the public until further notice. The safety and well-being of our employees and visitors is the DCA’s foremost concern. We appreciate your ongoing support and understanding.
Please continue to visit this website for updates and to explore virtual visits, programs, and educational opportunities.
See you soon!
January 2021
NHCC Book Club: Murmur of Bees—Sofia Segovia
5:30 pm (MST)
Live via Zoom.
To join, contact cassandra.osterloh@state.nm.us
“Set against the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution and the devastating influenza of 1918, The Murmur of Bees captures both the fate of a country in flux and the destiny of one family that has put their love, faith, and future in the unbelievable.” – Goodreads.
Free and open to the public
Tertulia Histórica Albuquerque: Where Blood was Spilled: The U.S.—Mexican War of 1846
2 pm (MST)
Live via Zoom
The war between the U.S.A. and Mexico in 1846 was a world event that shaped the destiny of both nations. New Mexico was impacted directly, as it went from being part of the new nation of Mexico to being a U.S. territory, and ultimately, a U.S. state. In this presentation, State Historian Rob Martinez will discuss the causes of the conflict and examine the fallout from those events, as well as the impact on New Mexico history specifically.
Free, Registration Required
February 2021
Virtual ¡Happy Arte Hour!
6:30 pm (MST)
Live on Zoom
We are back! Coming to you through zoom!
Happy Arte Hour is an adult only at making program and social gathering. We really miss seeing you at the NHCC but hope you will join us on the first Thursday of the month at 6:30 pm (MST) February – December.
Please register and prior to the class you will receive an email with the zoom link and items/art supplies to gather from around your house. Please do not pass out the link, we will let you in to the zoom room from your registration, thank you!
Free community event
Virtual Screening & Discussion: Con Alma
7 pm (MST)
This event can be viewed AMP Concerts website HERE
Con Alma: Exploring the Creative Process with Paola Prestini & Magos Herrera
Screening of videos from the Con Alma project, including a world premiere video, La Creación de las Aves (The Creation of the Birds), followed by a live on-line discussion and open Q&A session with Paola Prestini and Magos Herrera, moderated by Cristina Baccin from KUNM’s Raices program. The discussion will be hosted by the National Hispanic Cultural Center via Zoom, in collaboration with Instituto Cervantes de Albuquerque and UNM’s Latin America and Iberian Institute. Prestini and Herrera will discuss the creative process, the social engagement, and the creation of the virtual event.
Donations will be accepted on the AMP Concerts webpage
Online Writing Workshop for Latinx Teens: “The Songs That Made You”
12 pm (MST)
Online via Zoom: Register HERE
Deadline to Register, Friday, January 29, 2021
Fee: $10. Workshop Limit: 15. Financial scholarships are available.
For writers ages 15-19 anywhere in the U.S. Writers of fiction, poetry, nonfiction and drama are welcome. In this workshop, young Latinx writers will create a playlist of 10 songs that reflect an important moment and/or experience in their lives. What memory or feeling do these particular songs evoke? Why have you chosen these songs and not others? Is there a theme to your playlist (i.e. summer songs, winter songs, heartbreak, home)?
Perspectivas Modernas: Brazilian Rap and the Grammar of the Black Existence
6 pm (MST)
Live via Zoom. Register HERE
Paulo Dutra, UNM Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, examines the most famous Brazilian rap group Racionais Mc’s artistic production in order to explore their poetically crafted understanding of how people of African descent experience and negotiate their existence in Brazil. Paulo Dutra is the author of a short story collection Aversão oficial: resumida (2018) and of a poetry collection ablliterações (2019, semifinalist in the 2020 Oceanos Prize).
Free and open to the public
Colcha Community Stitch-Along
1 pm (MST)
Live via Zoom
Our Virtual Colcha Community Workshop is open to all levels of experience in an informal setting, wherever they may reside. This workshop is instructed by Annette Gutierrez-Turk. Annette has taught this art form to groups internationally and at the NHCC for many years. She is also an award winning artist, most recently recognized in 2019 at Santa Fe Spanish Market. This workshop is for all levels of experience in an informal setting. Annette will demonstrate as well as answer questions. We hope you will join us every month on the second Friday, for this virtual stitch-a-long. Everyone will have a chance to share what they are working on.
Please register here every month and we will email the zoom link to you.
Questions: Please email Elena at ElenaD.Baca@state.nm.us or call 505-220-7928
Thank you to the Sandia Mountains- EGA for their continued support of this program.
This is a free community event
Online Writing Workshop for Latinx Teens: “The Songs That Made You”
12 pm (MST)
Online via Zoom: Register HERE
Deadline to Register, Friday, January 29, 2021
Fee: $10. Workshop Limit: 15. Financial scholarships are available.
For writers ages 15-19 anywhere in the U.S. Writers of fiction, poetry, nonfiction and drama are welcome. In this workshop, young Latinx writers will create a playlist of 10 songs that reflect an important moment and/or experience in their lives. What memory or feeling do these particular songs evoke? Why have you chosen these songs and not others? Is there a theme to your playlist (i.e. summer songs, winter songs, heartbreak, home)?
Tertulia Histórica Albuquerque: UnRaveling: Pancho Villa and Sam Ravel: An Encounter During the Infamous 1916 Raid on Columbus
2 pm (MST)
Live Via Zoom
For more than a century scholars have debated why Pancho Villa attacked the border town of Columbus, New Mexico on March 9, 1916—a deadly incursion and the only time in the 20th century that a major foreign army invaded the continental United States. For Stacey Ravel Abarbanel, the battle is the context for a family tale so spectacular that she always wondered if it was true: when Villa raided the village he was looking to kill her grandfather, Sam Ravel.
Free community event