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March 2023
PAPA’s Senior Showcase 2023
7:00 pm
The Senior Class of 2023 at Public Academy for Performing Arts showcases what they do best in music, dance, theatre, film, and visual art. Don’t miss your opportunity to see these rising stars, as this event is one night only!
Approximate length of event: 2.5 hours
$10, $20, $30
Broadway Bound LIVE: Round 7
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
The program is a televised musical theatre competition show for low-income young adults between the ages of 18-28. The program awards up to 18 contestants with private voice, group dance, and group acting lessons for 16 weeks as they compete for a $60,000 scholarship to AMDA College of the Performing Arts in New York City. Learn more at www.katharsismedia.org/bblsponsor.
$22, $27 & 32 with a $2 discount for seniors and students 12 years old and younger
*Price of the ticket includes a $2 Facility Fee
Run time: Approximately 2 hours.
April 2023
New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus: The Show Must Go On
7:30 pm Saturday | 3:00 pm Sunday
New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus presents The Show Must Go On. We’re ready to rock you as NMGMC presents the music of Queen. This choral rock concert will feature some of Queen’s most popular hits presented in a fun, campy way that only NMGMC can do. Get ready to hear favorites like “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Somebody to Love,” “We Are the Champions,” and more. The chorus and the live band on stage will deliver what will truly be an epic evening of entertainment.
$22, $27, $37, $47. Tickets go on sale starting on Monday, February 6, 2023 at 10:00 am.
Feature Film: Backstreet to the American Dream
1st Annual NHCC Film Symposium: The Power of Our Stories
Feature: Backstreet to the American Dream (2021) directed by Patricia Nazario
6:00 pm: Pre-film reception and cash bar
7:00 pm: Film Screening Followed by Director’s Q&A
Backstreet to the American Dream is a modern-day look at the classic American Dream done through the quintessential 21st Century entrepreneurial endeavor – food trucks! This deep dive into the birthplace of the $2 billion dollar global industry, Los Angeles, profiles two trucks and juxtaposes the experiences of American entrepreneurs and Mexican immigrants. Indeed, these are very different operations in the same city: the gourmet burger truck, Grill ‘Em All, is the first season winner of The Great Food Truck Race on the Food Network in 2010, and El Pescadito, a mariscos lonchera (seafood truck), that has been parking at the same swap meet in an immigrant neighborhood since 1982.
Through rich and vibrant stories of everyday Americans, this powerful 90-minute feature takes the audience on a journey waved from intimate moments. You’ll consider pop culture and family traditions, formal and informal economies, and the unifying quest for the American Dream. Additionally, a four-minute animated open (in English/Spanish/and the indigenous Náhuatl language), scored with native sounds from handmade instruments, traces street food from South L.A. back to Ancient Mexico and reveals many Náhuatl names still used for food to this very day.
Free Community Event. Please register here or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.
2022 | Documentary | Spanish with English Subtitles | 71 minutes | not rated
Feature Film: What We Leave Behind
1st Annual NHCC Film Symposium: The Power of Our Stories
Feature: What We Leave Behind (2022) directed by Iliana Sosa
6:00 pm: Pre-film reception and cash bar
7:00 pm: Film Screening followed by Director’s Q&A
What We Leave Behind is a 2022 documentary film. It’s a portrait of director Iliana Sosa’s grandfather, Julián Moreno, as he starts building a house in the Mexican state of Durango. As a younger man, Julián had spent decades living between the United States and Mexico, first working as a bracero and later traveling by bus to visit his children and grandchildren in the Southwestern United States. In the film, Julián revisits this past with his granddaughter as the two forge a tighter bond together. Voiceovers from the director punctuate the film and pair with imagery of the local landscape; the soundtrack features an a cappella song by the Cardencheros de Sapioriz, who are also from Durango.
The film received development, production, and post-production support from several institutions, including the Ford Foundation’s JustFilms, the Sundance Institute, the IDA, the Austin Film Society, the True/False & Catapult Rough Cut Retreat, the Jacob Burns Film Center, the Gotham Documentary Lab, the University of Texas at Austin, and the Ji.hlava New Visions Forum.
Free Community Event. Please register here or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.
2022 | Documentary | Spanish with English Subtitles | 71 minutes | not rated
Directors’ Talks with Iliana Sosa, Patricia Nazario, & Aracely Chapa
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
On April 15th, participate in Director’s Talks and question and answer sessions with filmmakers Patricia Nazario, Iliana Sosa, and Aracely Chapa from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm in Salón Ortega. A full schedule of events is available below.
This is event is part of the 1st Annual NHCC Film Symposium: The Power of Our Stories.
Free Community Event. Please register here or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.
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Festival Ballet Albuquerque: Sacred Journeys IV
7:00 pm Friday & Saturday, 2:00 pm Sunday
Festival Ballet Albuquerque & The National Hispanic Cultural Center present Scared Journeys IV. Classical and contemporary dance combine with the eclectic music of two-time Grammy award-winning Taos Pueblo musician Robert Mirabal in this reflection of New Mexican cultures through dance, music, and spoken word. Mirabal collaborates with Festival Ballet Albuquerque’s artistic director Patricia Dickinson Wells and with internationally renowned New York City Ballet dancer Jock Soto, of Navajo and Puerto Rican descent. Soto, who will also make guest appearances onstage, is originally from Gallup and now lives in Eagle Nest.
$14, $20, $29, $39, $49 w/ a $2 discount for seniors, children under 12 and NHCC members
Run time: 90 mins
Dia de Familia: Tierra Hermosa
11:00 am–3:00 pm
3:00 to 4:30 pm: Screening of Boy & The World (Brazil, 2013)
Celebrate Earth Day at the NHCC with art activities, music, film, and poetry for all! Take a stroll along the Bosque and honor our beautiful earth through the arts. Guests will explore bats with RD Wildlife and native seeds with the U.S. Forest Service.
Express your love of the earth through poetry and take a poetry walk with the New Mexico Poetry Society. Art activities include plein air painting on the bosque and other nature-inspired projects that connect art and science. Tierra Adentro Charter School Dance Ensemble will present a flamenco pre-film performance. Then, finish out the day with a free film screening of the award-winning Brazilian animated children’s film, Boy & The World.
Free Community Event. Please register here or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance.
Generously supported by United Way DEI Fund and Bank of America.
Albuquerque Philharmonic Orchestra, 50th Anniversary Concert
3:00 pm
The Albuquerque Philharmonic Orchestra is celebrating their 50th Anniversary Grand Finale Concert! Music Director Byron Herrington conducts Toccata and Fugue in d by J.S Bach, and Latin American Symphonette by Morton Gould on the first half. Then we will have a 20-minute intermission, closing with Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73, by Johannes Brahms. Join us in celebrating our 50th Anniversary with cake and coffee after the concert! We would love to meet our patrons!
Free community event. Tickets available at the door day of performance
May 2023
NM Ballet Company: NMBC School Spring Recital
7:00 pm Friday, 2:00 pm Saturday
NMBC School presents its Spring 2023 Recital in celebration of the Company’s 50th anniversary. Featuring original choreography by NMBC faculty, the two performances will showcase the talent, dedication, and growth of our students.
Dancing with the community since 1972, NMBC is dedicated to creating and promoting professional and innovative dance productions for New Mexico audiences while providing the highest caliber of education and training for young artists in the community.
$17 Kids 12 & under, $22 13 years of age and older
Run time: 90 min