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  • Willie Velasquez Your Vote Is Your Voice: Film Screening & Voter Registration

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    10 am (screenings at 11 am & 2 pm) Free screenings of the documentary film Willie Velasquez Your Vote Is Your Voice and voter registration drive, presented in partnership with New Mexico PBS. The film introduces viewers to the man who led the Southwest Voter Registration and Education Project and launched 1,000 voter registration drives in 200 cities, paving the way for Latinos to have a voice in government and underscoring the growing power of the Latino vote. Patrons will be able to register to vote on-site. (more...)

  • ¡Vamos al Museo!: Día de los Muertos: Sugar Skulls & Mini Ofrendas

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

    10:30 am to 12:30 pm The National Hispanic Cultural Center is pleased to offer children’s programming on the first Saturday morning of every month. This is a fun and engaging docent and artist-led family program.  Families (limited to 25 participants) get a 30-minute museum tour focused on an art form, source inspiration, artist or type of material.  Following the tour, the whole family can create their own artwork in the Pete V. Domenici Education Building Messy Classroom. A great morning of art-making for children of all ages and (more...)

  • Book Reading & Signing: The Mariachi Murder (Jemimah Hodge Mystery Series)

    History and Literary Arts Building

    2 pm to 4 pm Join us for a book reading and signing with celebrated artist and author Marie Romero Cash as she reads from "The Mariachi Murder", the fourth murder mystery in her series featuring forensic psychologist Jemimah Hodge. The novel offers readers the pleasures we have come to expect from the Jemimah Hodge series: a vivid physical and cultural landscape populated with true-to-life characters in a fast-paced story. Set in New Mexico, in and around Santa Fe, the familiar—Cash’s family has lived here for generations—meets (more...)

  • Festival Ballet Albuquerque Presents Dracula, A Love Story (Rental)

    Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM

    Saturday-Sunday, October 1-2, 2016 7 pm—Saturday 2 pm—Sunday Back by popular demand and just in time to kick off the Halloween season, Patricia Dickinson Wells brings Bram Stoker’s macabre novel Dracula back to the stage for two breathtaking performances of a fully realized dance rendition, Dracula, A Love Story. Festival Ballet Albuquerque, also known for its critically acclaimed productions of Firebird Ballet, The Nutcracker Ballet in the Land of Enchantment, Billy the Kid, Coppelia, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, performs a truly 21st century version of the (more...)

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  • (Des)Encaracolarse (Rental)

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    Saturday at 8 pm, Sunday at 2 pm (Des)Encaracolarse uses flamenco to explore the myriad metaphors contained in a seashell. The world-class artists and performers in Alice Blumenfeld’s company journey through the curves and spirals, echoes and reflections that make up the odysseys of shells. The title comes from a word invented by Pablo Neruda to show his obsession with shells. The performance premieres original artwork, choreography, music, and costuming, along with traditional sounds of Spain and Latin American poetry. Blumenfeld’s dancing has been called “sharp and (more...)

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  • (Des)Encaracolarse: Flamenco Master Class (Rental)

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    12:45 pm Enjoy a flamenco dance master class with Alice Blumenfeld before the performance of (Des)Encaracolarse. The class will include a short lecture about the history of flamenco, the basics of flamenco dance technique, and a short “patada” (flamenco choreography). All ages welcome, no previous experience necessary. Limited to 50 people. $25

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  • ¡HAH! Happy Arte Hour: Día de los Muertos: Ofrendas & Sugar Skulls

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

    5:30 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. Please pre-register using this link HERE (so we know how many materials to prepare) For more information please call or email Elena Baca at (more...)

  • Film: Pride + Prejudice + Zombies

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    7 pm This British-American film is based on Seth Grahame-Smith’s 2009 novel of the same name, parodying Jane Austin’s 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice. In 19th century England, the five Bennet sisters, all trained in weaponry and martial arts, must cope with the pressures to marry while protecting themselves from a growing population of zombies. Elizabeth Bennet and wealthy zombie killer Mr. Darcy fall in love, despite their class differences, while battling the undead uprising. Directed by Burt Steers; presented in partnership with Instituto Cervantes. 2016; English; (more...)

  • Celebrating the Life of Dr. Orcilia Zuniga Forbes

    Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts: Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM

    2 pm to 5 pm Join the National Hispanic Cultural Center in celebrating the life of Dr. Orcilia Zuniga Forbes on October 8, 2016, in the Albuquerque Journal Theatre and Cayetana Romero Lobby, both within the NHCC's Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts. Dr. Zuniga Forbes was born on June 17, 1938, in Carlsbad, New Mexico, and passed on August 28, 2015. The eldest of eight children and mother of two, Dr. Zuniga Forbes was a remarkable woman who cared deeply about her family and community. (more...)

  • Chispa: Bohemia Viva

    NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-30

    7:30 pm—Saturday 2 pm—Sunday Bank of America Theatre—Saturday; Visual Arts Sculpture Garden—Sunday Argentina’s Luis Luján and Andrea Mottura perform timeless classics in Spanish, English, and Italian, as well as the duo’s original compositions, with guitar accompaniment by Luis. They have toured Latin America and Europe for the past four years, incorporating the stories of their travels to accompany their music. $17, with $2 discount for students/seniors/NHCC members

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