Voces Summer Institute: Accepting Applications
History and Literary Arts BuildingVoces is a FREE month-long summer writing institute for teens (ages 15-18) presented each summer by the National Hispanic Cultural Center. Teens spend 4 WEEKS IN JUNE writing, creating art, writing, learning from guest artists, writing, sharing, writing, collaborating, writing, and reading/performing for peers and the public at two celebratory events. The program runs each weekend day in June from 9:30 am- 4 pm with a free lunch included. Voces is FREE. Register by May 17: https://nhccnm.wufoo.com/forms/w150mzfo087z6fn/. Limited to 15 students so grab your spot! #writingislife #voces2019 #keepwriting (more...)
Opera Southwest Presents Wagner’s Lohengrin–RELOCATED
Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, United StatesDue to facilities issues in the Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts at the NHCC, this performance will not take place at the NHCC. To learn more about the new dates and location, please visit https://www.operasouthwest.org/operas/lohengrin. Opera Southwest presents Wagner’s Lohengrin, a fully staged opera with orchestra, sung in German with English translation supertitles and presented in three acts with two intermissions. This will be the New Mexico premiere of Wagner’s bel canto masterpiece. Our pioneering reconstruction of the lost orchestration from the 1850 Weimar premiere of (more...)
National Poetry Month
History and Literary Arts BuildingJoin the NHCC’s History and Literary Arts program for a month of events including widely distributed pocket-size poems (in English and Spanish), poetry readings and book signings (including those associated with the Children’s Bilingual Book Festival), displays, and other events celebrating Latinx poets. In 2019, for the 100th birthday of Walt Whitman, we will pair several Whitman poems with poems by Latinx writers, creating a “conversation” between poets who never met, but who talk to each other across time. A Night of Poetry April 10, 6 pm (more...)
¡Baile! Rueda de Casino (Cuban Salsa) Dance Class
NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-246 pm to 7 pm Beginning and Intermediate – This class is geared for teenagers and adults. Come learn footwork, partner skills and choreography. No experience necessary. 7 pm to 8 pm Intermediate and Advanced – In order to participate in this class, dancers must know how to keep time, closed position calls, dame, enchufla, and outside turn. Dance classes taught by Sarita Streng, Nick Babic, Adam “El Caballo” Metcalf, Larry Heard, and Rueda 505 Friends. In the meantime, a fun video from Rueda Con Ritmo Dance Group who was (more...)
¡HAH! Happy Arte Hour
Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States5:30 pm to 7:30 pm On the first Thursday of the month, NHCC invites adults for artistic fun in a relaxed social setting, which includes snacks, refreshments, and beer & wine for sale from Pop Fizz. 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. This month, work with artist Jocelyn Salas and make a small painting, explore patterns, and learn how to work with gold leaf. Please pre-register (more...)
First Friday: Volunteer Education and Conversation
Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States9:00 am – 11 am On the first Friday of each month, NHCC docents and core volunteers meet for coffee and conversation along with monthly presentations on topics that build the knowledge and skills of the docent core to give tours, educate the NHCC visitors and share the NHCC mission and programs. For location and more information on the NHCC Docent and Volunteer program, Please call Annette Lujan at 505-383-4783 or email her at Annette.Lujan@state.nm.us for more information. Free event
NHCC Summer Reading Program Applications Due April 5
In 2019, the National Hispanic Cultural Center will launch its first summer reading program for students in grades 3 and 4 who need help with reading. This program is part of the Bilingual Children's Book Festival Students will read with trained tutors on a weekly basis in the NHCC library during the summer months, June-August, 2019. The NHCC library includes a collection of bilingual children’s books (Spanish and English) as well as age-appropriate books in English that are focused on Hispanic/Latino culture. Students must have transportation to (more...)
¡Vamos al Museo!
Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States10:30 am to 12 pm A great morning of art-making for children of all ages and families of all sizes. A visit to the museum is included in this artist-led workshop. We will meet in the Creative Classroom in the Pete V. Domenici Building. This month, join Jocelyn Salas and Elena in a slight museum takeover. We were anticipating construction and a section of the museum does not have artwork. We will search for clues and use our imaginations to recreate the missing artwork. Please pre-register HERE (more...)
Noah’s Ark Children’s Foundation is Hosting the “Children First” 5K Fun Run and Family Event (Rental)
Domenici Education Building 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States9:00 am-12:00 pm NHCC Multi-Purpose Room and Parking Lot We cordially invite you to participate in the Children First 5K Fun Run and Family Event! Noah’s Ark Children’s Academy is a 5 Star rated children's program that cares for children 6 weeks-12 years of age. Not only do we provide daily care, but we also take great pride in providing our children with curriculum that will help jumpstart their educational career. Since we are an all-inclusive school, we do not turn any children away. We care for (more...)
Monthly Speakers Program for the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of NM (Rental)
NHCC-BOD-January-2020-Meeting10:30 am Join Dr. Joseph Sanchez author, historian and former Director of the Petroglyph National Monument as he presents six consecutive lectures on New Mexico History entitled “Historical Dialogues: New Mexicans and the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, 1598-1692." The second lecture in this series is listed below. La Ruta de Oñate, 1598-1609 and the Establishment of New Mexico The Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, las Leyes de Indias y otros reglamentos Migration, Trade, Governance, and Culture Oñate's Contracts, 1595 to 1598 and their implications for early (more...)