history and literary arts

Archiving Collections Open House

2:00 – 4:00 pm If you’ve wondered how to care for your family photographs, documents, quilts, and other treasures, come to the Archiving Collections Open House! Learn collections care techniques from collections managers at Albuquerque Museum, National Hispanic Cultural Center, and the Special Collections branch of the Albuquerque Public Library at this free, drop-in event. Specialists will share easy techniques to store, digitize, and care for your treasured family items. Free event, available on a drop-in basis. NOTE: items cannot be appraised. Click on the thumbnail below (more…)

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Workshop: Yolanda Nava

10:00 am NHCC | Salón Ortega Head back to the Center on Oct. 4 for the second half of our two-day reading and workshop event featuring author Yolanda Nava, in celebration of her book Through The Dark. Through the Dark tells the remarkable true story of Nava’s fight with a mysterious illness that nearly claimed her life – eventually diagnosed as a rare autoimmune disease. Inspiring, uplifting, and transcendent in purpose, Through The Dark reads like a gripping thriller as Nava conducts an investigation into her own life. 

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Reading: Yolanda Nava

6:30 pm NHCC | Salón Ortega Join us for a two-day reading and workshop event featuring author Yolanda Nava, in celebration of her book Through The Dark. Through the Dark tells the remarkable true story of Nava’s fight with a mysterious illness that nearly claimed her life – eventually diagnosed as a rare autoimmune disease. Inspiring, uplifting, and transcendent in purpose, Through The Dark reads like a gripping thriller as Nava conducts an investigation into her own life.  On October 4, the Center will host a workshop with Yolanda Nava

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Reading: Dr. Irene Blea

6:30 – 8:00 pm NHCC | Salon Ortega Join author, Irene Blea, Ph.D. as she reads from her unusual, magical realistic, memoir. Dr. Irene I. Blea shares frequent conversations with award-winning author, Rudolfo Anaya, who died in 2020. They were friends for over forty years, shared working on the University of New Mexico campus, and lived near one another. Anaya is best known for his book, Bless Me, Ultima. In this volume, Dr. Blea recalls platicas, conversations, with her friend, Rudy, about the essence of his writing, growing up in New

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Herencia 1776 Ceremony

NOTE: This event has been moved to the Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts lobby due to weather. 9:30 – 10:30 am As part of the arts and diplomacy herencia series at the center, please join friends and familia for a ceremony sharing the collective history of 1776 between Spain and the United States. Co-hosted with the Spanish Resource Center Education Ministry of Spain. Special guests include renowned poet Aaron Abeyta and historian Dr. Tomas Chavez! The event begins at 9:30am and will be located in

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Stitch Night

5:00 – 7:00 pm NHCC | HLA Conference Room Stitch socially with us on the second Wednesday of the month! Bring whatever knitting, crocheting, weaving, or cross stitch, or fiber art projects you’re working on, and join the conversation with your fellow crafters for an informal craft get-together. If you would like to learn the basics of a particular stitching technique, please bring supplies with you, though we will always have basic crochet and knitting materials on hand for an impromptu demonstration! Meetings will be in the Conference

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Rescheduled: Escribir | Escuchar Latine Author Series: Estella González Reading

6:30 pm Reception and Book Signing 7:00 pm Reading NHCC | Salón Ortega Join us for a literary evening as we celebrate the launch of Huizache Women, the latest novel by Estella González! Delve into a captivating narrative intertwining the lives of women navigating the complexities of identity, family, and resilience in González’s evocative storytelling. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet the author, engage in enriching discussion, and hear excerpts from her compelling new work. The Saturday after the presentation, come and participate in an ancillary creative writing

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Adobe Days!

Thank you for your interest in our Adobe Days! Currently the event is at maximum capacity. You are welcome to come and observe, but we are no longer making reservations for participants. 10:00 am – 2:00 pm NHCC | Education Building/ Creative Classroom Have you ever wondered about the traditional making of adobe bricks? Want to pass down this knowledge to the next generation? If so, please join the NHCC and Cornerstones Community Partnerships for this annual event! All ages are welcome. Please register in advance. Registration is suggested but not

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Reflexiones y Realidades: Artist Reflections & Dialogue on the Border

7:00 – 8:30 pm NHCC | Bank of America Theatre Join us for the Albuquerque premiere of Savior, a short film directed, edited, and filmed in Albuquerque by filmmaker Ray Santisteban. The film features Albuquerque poet Marcial Delgado, who has been invited to create a dialogue between the community of poets in Albuquerque writing on immigration and Dr. Laura Belmonte, an Associate Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies at UNM and author of the book Borderland Brutalities: Violence in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands in Literature, Culture, and Art.

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