Día de Familia

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Día de Familia: Día de Muertos  

11:00 am NHCC | Domenici Education Building Join us for a special day for the whole family commemorating Día de Muertos traditions. Contribute to our community ofrenda and view ofrendas created by local schools and community organizations. Decorate sugar skulls, craft paper flowers, enjoy face-painting, and sample Pan de Muerto. Visitors can also enjoy food from local food trucks. Please bring a non-returnable photo or item to contribute to our community ofrenda. Free Community Event, generously supported by NM Gas Co.

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Día de Familia: Fiesta de Cultura

11:00 am – 3:00 pm 11:30 am – 12:45 pm: Dance and Movement – Salon Ortega 1:00 – 1:45 pm: Performance by Mad About Music from UNM String Lab – Fountain Courtyard 2:00 – 3:00 pm: Dance and Movement – Salon Ortega Join us at the Center as we kick off Hispanic Heritage Month with a day of activities for the entire family! Our Fiesta de Cultura features a family-friendly celebration of independence and creative expression through the arts inspired by Hispanic culture. Activities include a scavenger

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Día de Familia: Día del Niño

11:00 am – 3:00 pm NHCC | Education Building Join us for a day of celebrating the youth in our community during this free event for families of all ages and sizes! Enjoy Nanny’s Petting Zoo, performances from Voces de Coronado and the National Institute of Flamenco, student films, and our inaugural Youth Art Market. Learn about birds and bugs with the US Forest Service. Make art, play, go on a StoryWalk and discover a variety of community resources from UNM Early Childhood Services Center, Explora, The

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Día de Familia: Tierra Hermosa

11:00 am–3:00 pm 3:00 to 4:30 pm: Screening of Boy & The World (Brazil, 2013) Celebrate Earth Day at the NHCC with art activities, music, film, and poetry for all! Take a stroll along the Bosque and honor our beautiful earth through the arts. Guests will explore bats with RD Wildlife and native seeds with the U.S. Forest Service. Everyone is encouraged to bring their bike for minor repairs! Story Riders will host a bike clinic. Express your love of the earth through poetry and take a

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Día de Familia y Comunidad: Fiesta de Barelas

11:00 am – 3:00 pm Join us for arts activities and music during a day that honors the Barelas community, one of Albuquerque’s oldest neighborhoods. Visitors will have a chance to make paper architecture, maracas, and weavings. Join Chuy Martinez and other flamenco performers for sing-along presentations featuring music from the John Donald Robb New Mexico music archives. Barelas neighborhood community organizations, such as Barelas Senior Center, Barelas Community Center, Working Classroom, Los Jardines and more, will be on hand to share information about their programs. Free Community

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Film: Disney Pixar’s Coco

10:00 am Head to the NHCC as we present Disney Pixar’s Coco to kick off our Dia de Familia: Día de los Muertos celebration. Despite his family’s generations-old ban on music, young Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead. After meeting a charming trickster named Héctor, the two new friends embark on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel’s family history.

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Noche de Familia

5:00 pm to 9:00 pm Join us at the Center for an evening of Halloween fun for the whole family! Our Noche de Familia will feature trick-or-treating, artmaking, music, and a free screening of Coco at 7:00 pm. The screening is on a first come first served seating. Please arrive early to guarantee a seat. Free family event. Register in advance below. This program generously supported by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico’s Healthy Kids, Healthy Families and Bank of America.

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