Emma Pérez Book Reading: “From History to the Future, Mapping Dystopia”

6:00 pm reception 7:00 pm reading The reception and the reading have been moved into the HLA Salon Ortega Join us for a reading featuring author Dr. Emma Pérez, the latest author in the NHCC’s historia, idioma, e identidad Series! Dr. Pérez will be reading from her historical novel Forgetting the Alamo, Or, Blood Memory (2009), as well as Chronicle of a Shifter (2023), a forthcoming novela about a future dystopia in which sex/gender shifters, and Brown, Black, Indigenous people are held in detention camps because they (more…)

¡Cine Magnifico! Pizarro (Colombia)

8:00 p.m. This is a story about the burden of family heritage. It begins when María José, in exile in Barcelona, realizes that – no matter how far she runs – she cannot escape the ghost of her father, Carlos Pizarro, an M-19 commander assassinated on April 26, 1990 after signing a successful peace treaty with the Colombian government. Pizarro is an iconic figure of war and peace in Colombia. Twenty years after his assassination, she returns to her country to understand the causes that led to (more…)

¡Cine Magnifico! Canción Sin Nombre (Peru)

6:00 p.m. Peru, at the height of the political crisis of the 1980’s. Georgina is a young woman from the Andes whose newborn daughter is stolen at a fake health clinic. Her desperate search for the child leads her to the headquarters of a major newspaper, where she meets Pedro Campos, a lonely journalist who takes on the investigation. Based on a true story. 2019; directed by Melina León; Spanish and Quechua with English subtitles; Not Rated Free Community Event Note: Tickets for this and other Cine (more…)

¡Cine Magnifico! The Last Movie (USA)

5:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.- Film Screening 6:45 p.m. Talk with journalist Fietta Jarque Dennis Hopper’s second feature film after making his directorial debut with Easy Rider. The Last Movie (1971) was shot in Peru and edited at the artist’s home in Taos (New Mexico). Consciously self-reflexive and co-written by Hopper and Rebel Without a Cause screenwriter Stewart Stern. The Last Movie follows a Hollywood movie crew in the midst of making a western in a remote Peruvian village. When production wraps, Hopper, as the baleful stuntman (more…)

¡Cine Magnifico! & ¡Globalquerque!: ¡NYICFF Kid Flicks!

11:00 a.m. ¡NYICFF Kid Flicks! celebrates the best Spanish-language short films from around the globe. This program includes seven short films for children. Free Community Event Presented as part of the free ¡Globalquerque! Global Fiesta and International Cinema Series Note: Tickets for this and other Cine Magnifico showings will be available at the door one hour prior to the screening.

Vamos al Museo: Family Art Workshop

10:30 am ¡Vamos al Museo! is a morning of artmaking 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. In February, attendees will have a chance to meet and work with artist April Garcia, whose soft sculpture artworks are featured in the art museum exhibition, Fronteras del Futuro: Art in New Mexico and Beyond (on view Tuesday – Sunday from 10:00 am – 4:00 (more…)

Oralidad Festival: Songs and Stories from the Native American Performing Arts Program

11:00 am Music, dance, and storytelling intermingle in a program that showcases Native American pride and culture. It is an intertribal presentation, directed by John Williams, that will be performed by students from Albuquerque Public Schools. The program will include two Native American songs, two winter stories accompanied by performances, and a Native American dance that allows for audience participation. This activity will also allow attendees to develop communication and life skills. Instituto Cervantes, AMP Concerts, and the National Hispanic Cultural Center present the second edition of (more…)

Arte Poquito: Teatro de Bebé

10:00 am Infants 0-18 months and their caregivers explore dramatic arts and even visit the NHCC Wells Fargo Theater. This multi-sensory program includes time for socializing and dramatic play. Arte Poquito is a free, monthly, 45-minute program for infants ages 0 to 18 months and caregivers that nurtures creativity and provides bilingual introductory arts experiences balanced with social interaction. Each program focuses on different aspects of Hispanic/Latine arts, including music, dance, and storytelling. NHCC instructors model the introduction of core arts concepts to infants and caregivers in (more…)

Barelas Stories: Four Workshops

10:30 am to 12:30 pm Residents of Barelas are invited to a series of workshops that will result in a trilogy of plays about the neighborhood. The dates are March 9, 16, 23 and 30. Do you have stories, images, characters or incidents about the neighborhood that you’d like to see in a play? In this series of four sessions we will play with words and techniques that reveal our stories and our styles. The workshops will culminate with a public sharing of stories, anecdotes and scenes at the (more…)

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