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  • Escribir | Escuchar Latine Author Series: A. Gabriel Melendez Workshop

    Salón Ortega 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

    10:00 am NHCC | Salón Ortega Join us as we celebrate the launch of a new book by author A. Gabriel Melendez, Citizens by Treaty/Ciudadanos por tratado, with a writing workshop on Saturday, Sept. 13. Melendez’s book gathers works produced by Spanish-speaking people of Mexican descent who became US citizens by virtue of the Treaty of Guadalup Hidalgo (1948) and whose ancestors had resided in New Mexico, Arizona, California, Texas, and Colorado for hundreds of years. This anthology of songs, poems, speeches, and journalism shows the persistence (more...)

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  • Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime

    NHCC Library 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

    10:00 am NHCC | HLA Library Stories come to life through art, movement, and more! For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers. Bilingual Storytime is designed for children ages 3 to 5 and their caregivers. For school, childcare, or homeschool groups; please reach out to NHCC Librarian Amy Padilla at amy.padilla@dca.nm.gov or the NHCC HLA Interim Program Manager Robin Moses at robin.moses@dca.nm.gov to find out about group options and available dates. We are unable to accommodate these groups during the Bilingual Storytime on third Tuesdays. Free community event, generously supported by (more...)

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  • NHCC Book Club: The Last Cuentista/La Ultima Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera

    HLA Conference Room

    6:00 pm – 7:30 pm NHCC | HLA Conference Room The NHCC invites lovers of literature, folks who love to read, and those who enjoy talking about the history and the vast array of identities that contribute to Latinidad/Hispanidad to join us! We will meet on the fourth Wednesday of every month in the Center’s HLA Conference Room. The Last Cuentista/La Ultima Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera is September's book: A girl named Petra Peña wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita. But Petra's (more...)

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  • Genealogy Workshops

    Salón Ortega 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

    1:30 pm – 3:30 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 an opportunity to learn about the descendants of a person, their family, or their connection to an ancestor. Join us as we discover where we came from, where we have been and the complex interrelating parts of our familial ancestral lines. This workshop will feature a presentation from the Hispanic Genealogical Research (more...)

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  • Happy Arte Hour: Shannon Bay from NM Museum of Natural History and Science

    Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

    6:00 – 8:00 pm NHCC | Pete V. Domenici Education Building NHCC invites adults for artistic fun in a relaxed social setting. This is a great opportunity for friends to hang out, a unique date night option, or a place to come solo and connect with fellow art enthusiasts. Drinks and snacks will be available to purchase. Please pre-register with the link below (so we know how many materials to prepare). Registration for the following month is available the day after the current program month. For more information, (more...)

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  • VAMOS! Intro to African Dance 

    Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

    10:00 am – 12:00 pm NHCC | Domenici Education Building Experience the joy and energy of African dance in this special introductory class with guest artist Malé Fainké at the National Hispanic Cultural Center on Saturday, October 4, from 10am–12pm. Open to all ages and abilities, the workshop highlights the deep African influence on Hispanic music and rhythms through movement, culture, and community. Come ready to move, connect, and celebrate the roots that shape our shared traditions. Vamos to the National Hispanic Cultural Center on the first (more...)

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  • Stitch Night

    HLA Conference Room

    5:00 – 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...)

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  • Books on the Bosque: Fright Night

    Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

    6:00 pm – 10:00 pm National Hispanic Cultural Center | Bank of America Theatre Fright Night, Horror Event presented by Books on the Bosque. Meet bestselling authors Brian Asman, Nat Cassidy, Clay McLeod Chapman, Ramona Emerson, Philip Fracassi, Jennifer Givhan, T. Kingfisher, C.J. Leede, and Keith Rosson in conversation with Jeff C. Carter of the We Bleed Orange & Black Podcast. Bookstore Pop-Up, Wine & Beer Vendor TBD. Presented by Books on the Bosque. $35 General Admission, $45 Preferred Seating, and $65 VIP Seating 🎟 General Admission Ticket (more...)

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  • Arte Para Chiquitos: Exploring Numbers through Rhythm  

    Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

    10:00 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 Visual Art Museum, Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts, 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 (more...)

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  • Noche de Familia: Noche de Cempasúchil Film: Disney*Pixar’s Coco

    Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Bank of America Theatre 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM

    4:00 pm – 9:00 pm 4:00 pm: Event begins 5:00 pm: Disney*Pixar’s Coco at the Bank of America Theatre The whole family is invited to a night to experience the traditions of Latin America ahead of the Día de Los Muertos holiday. Take the opportunity to experience some movie magic by being transported to the festivities though green screen techniques of filmmaking. We will also be watching the Disney*Pixar’s classic film “Coco!” Despite his family’s generations-old ban on music, young Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like (more...)

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