history and literary arts
Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime: Vámonos
10:00 am Get ready for our next Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime, featuring the children’s book Vámonos, by Cynthia Weill. Listen to the story and create art with wheels! Free community event. For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers. Please register here or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance. This program is generously supported by Bank of Albuquerque. ¡Evento Gratuito! Explorar las Artes: Hora Bilingüe de Cuentos Preescolares El martes, 21 de marzo, 2023 10:00 am | Biblioteca de NHCC ¡Escuchen el cuento Vámonos por Cynthia Weill y hagan arte (more...)
Alicia Gaspar de Alba: Book Reading
NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-245:00 pm: Pre-event reception 6:00 pm: Reading begins Join us for the first event in the NHCC's El Arte de la Palabra series, featuring author Alicia Gaspar de Alba. The award-winning author will be reading from her collection of short stories and essays, Crimes of the Tongue. Free Community Event, generously supported by AARP New Mexico. Please register here or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance. Alicia Gaspar De Alba is a Professor of Chicana/o and Central American studies, English, and gender studies at UCLA, where she has worked since (more...)
Alicia Gaspar de Alba: Writing Workshop
NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-2410:00 am As part of the NHCC's El Arte de la Palabra series, award-winning author Alicia Gaspar de Alba will host a writing workshop, titled The Mariposa Hour: Oral Storytelling. This oral storytelling workshop is based on techniques from The Moth, which Gaspar de Alba teaches in her bilingual creative writing class, The Mariposa Hour. Free Community Event, generously supported by AARP New Mexico. Please register here or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance. Alicia Gaspar De Alba is a Professor of Chicana/o and Central American (more...)
Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime: La Última Mariposa
NHCC-Newsletter-August-26–September-710:00 am Get ready for our next Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime, featuring the children’s book La Última Mariposa, by Carmen Tafolla. Listen to the story and make your own beautiful butterfly! Free community event. For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers. Please register here or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance. This program is generously supported by Bank of Albuquerque. ¡Evento Gratuito! Explorar las Artes: Hora Bilingüe de Cuentos Preescolares El martes, 18 de abril, 2023 10:00 am | Biblioteca de NHCC ¡Escuchen el cuento La Última Mariposa por Carmen (more...)
Community Listening Session- Voces de Latinidad Project: Damián Vergara Wilson, PhD.
NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-246:00 pm Reception followed by Speaker & Discussion Join us for the first Community Listening Session in a series of six for our Voces de Latinidad documentary film project. Each gathering in this series will focus of a different cultural aspect of the question: “Who or what is Latinidad?” Voces de Latinidad aims to feature unique voices from our community culminating in a short documentary and digital archive celebrating the rich diversity of our lived experiences. Recently featured in a New York Times article, this first gathering (more...)
Community Listening Session- Voces de Latinidad Project: Maritza Perez
Off Campus: South Valley Social Enterprise CenterNOTE: Thank you for your interest in our June 3 Voces de Latinidad community listening session. Due to a change in the scheduled speaker’s schedule, this session will be rescheduled for a later date. Please check our website and social media for updates. Thank you, and we appreciate your support of the Voces de Latinidad project.
El Arte de la Palabra Reading: The Corazón Collective
NHCC-Newsletter-August-11-–-246:00 pm: Reception & Book-signing 6:30 pm: Readings begin Join us for a reading and book-signing event featuring members of the Corazón Collective! The Corazón Collective is a collective of female and nonbinary writers, poets, and educators from Texas and California who will be offering workshops and readings in El Paso and New Mexico this June. This event is part of the NHCC's El Arte de la Palabra program. Free Community Event. Please register below or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance. This program (more...)
Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime: Hug Me
NHCC-Newsletter-August-26–September-710:00 am Get ready for our next Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime, featuring the children’s book Hug Me, by Simona Ciraolo. This story focuses on a young cacti who only wants a hug. Listen to the story and enjoy age-appropriate art activities related to the book. Free community event. For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers. Please register here or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance. This program is generously supported by Bank of Albuquerque.
Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime: The Very Hungry Caterpillar/La Oruga Muy Hambrienta
NHCC-Newsletter-August-26–September-710:00 am Head to the Center for our next Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime, featuring The Very Hungry Caterpillar/La Oruga Muy Hambrienta, by Eric Carle! This much-loved children's book tells the story of a tiny caterpillar who is born hungry and eats everything in sight over the course of a week. Free community event. For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers. Please register below or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance. This program is generously supported by Bank of Albuquerque.
Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime
NHCC-Newsletter-August-26–September-710:00 am Head to the Center for our next Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime, featuring Dreamers/Soñadores, by Yuyi Morales! This picture book tells the story of the author's journey from Mexico to the United States with her young son. Free community event. For children ages 3 to 5 and caregivers. Please register below or call the NHCC Welcome Center at 505-724-4771 for assistance. This program is generously supported by NM Gas.