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November 2020
NHCC Book Club
5:30 pm
The NHCC Book Club meets once a month to talk about that month’s selected book.
Book for November: Lost City Radio, Daniel Alarcon.
To join the NHCC Book Club, register here. NHCC Book Club members who purchase their books through Bookworks get a 10% discount on that title.
Colcha Community Stitch-Along
1 pm
Live via Zoom
Our Colcha Community Workshop is going virtual until we are able to meet in person, and is open to anyone 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 third 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
Tertulia Histórica Albuquerque: Masks On! Pandemics and Epidemics in New Mexico History
2 pm (MTS)
Live via Zoom
Register in advance for this meeting HERE.
State Historian Rob Martínez explores how viruses and disease shaped New Mexico history. Since the dawn of time, humans have had to face adversity to survive.Viruses and disease are, sadly, part of that history and integral to the human experience. Pandemics and epidemics are part of the historical landscape.As early as the ancient Greeks, a fever killed most of Athens; the plague of the 1300s killed off one third of the European population; and in 1918 the world was in the grip of Spanish Flu. New Mexico was not immune to such outbreaks. State Historian Rob Martínez takes a look at how epidemics and pandemics impacted New Mexico through the centuries.
Free, Registration Required
December 2020
Instituto Cervantes Book Club
10-11:30 am
The Instituto Cervantes Book Club meets twice a month to talk about that month’s selected book.
Book for December: A flor de piel by Javier Moro
Pre-registration for the Instituto Cervantes Book Club is required.
More information.
¡Iluminarte!
Time and details TBA
¡ILUMINARTE! is a winter holiday celebration inspired by luminarias and farolitos—a New Mexico tradition. In 2019, this Sunday evening event included an illuminated bike parade along the Paseo del Bosque Trail led by Story Riders–a bilingual, after-school, bike-riding program for elementary school students—along with performances by Circo Latino and AirDance New Mexico at the NHCC and “River of Lights” at the Botanical Gardens. The evening concluded with readings by Albuquerque Poet Laureate Michelle Otero with students from three elementary schools at Tingley Beach, along the Rio Grande. Stay tuned for 2020 events, which may be virtual. ¡ILUMINARTE! is a collaboration between the NHCC, the City of Albuquerque, Story Riders, AirDance New Mexico, and the Albuquerque Poet Laureate Program.
Instituto Cervantes Book Club
10-11:30 am
The Instituto Cervantes Book Club meets twice a month to talk about that month’s selected book.
Book for December: A flor de piel by Javier Moro
Pre-registration for the Instituto Cervantes Book Club is required.
More information.
NHCC Book Club
5:30 pm
The NHCC Book Club meets once a month to talk about that month’s selected book.
Book for December: Sabrina and Corina: Stories, Kali Fajardo-Anstine.
To join the NHCC Book Club, register here. NHCC Book Club members who purchase their books through Bookworks get a 10% discount on that title.
Colcha Community Stitch-Along
1 pm
Live via Zoom
Our Colcha Community Workshop is going virtual until we are able to meet in person, and is open to anyone 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 third 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
Tertulia Histórica Albuquerque: Illuminating New Mexico: A History of Luminarias and Farolitos
2 pm (MST)
Live via Zoom
Register in advance for this meeting HERE.
State Historian Rob Martínez examines the fascinating origins of these uniquely New Mexican cultural expressions. Before there was a Christmas tree, mistletoe, egg nog or Santa Claus, there were luminarias and farolitos lighting the dark paths for ancient New Mexicans, commemorating that long ago tradition of High Mass at midnight. Like most New Mexican traditions, these lights, like Las Posadas, reach back deep into a rich Catholic tradition that is a blend of Spanish, Puebloan, Mexican, and American influences that are still vibrant today. Add the contributions of Asians from places like China and you have a very unique New Mexico religious expression that illuminates New Mexico like no other tradition. State Historian Rob Martínez takes us on a journey to discover where these sacred lights came from.
Free, Registration Required