Oralidad Festival: Lara Manzanares & Joe Hayes

7:30 pm Lara Manzanares, a bilingual singer-songwriter with roots in Tierra Amarilla, will perform a joint show with master storyteller Joe Hayes. The performance will begin with a folk narration by Hayes aimed at adult and children, to be followed by a performance by the singer-songwriter. This show weaves together the past, present, and future of the oral tradition as well as the performers’ passion for blending cultures and the roots of New Mexico. Instituto Cervantes, AMP Concerts, and the National Hispanic Cultural Center present the second (more…)

Oralidad Festival: Francisco Carrillo Martín

6:15 pm Join us as essayist and teacher Francisco Carrillo Martín gives a talk that delves into some of the ideas in his latest book, Fuera de foco: cinco derivas por la obra de Juan Rulfo, which was published at the end of 2021. Through the Mexican author’s literature and photography, he will reflect on how the migratory process of the 1940s and 1950s to the main Latin American cities transformed the voices and landscapes of the rural tradition. Instituto Cervantes, AMP Concerts, and the National Hispanic (more…)

Oralidad Festival: Andrea Cote Botero

6:00 pm Colombian poet Andrea Cote Botero will read a selection of conversational poems from her books Puerto Calcinado and En las praderas del fin del mundo and will discuss with the public the role of the listener in the construction of a poetics of ruin in contemporary subjectivity. Instituto Cervantes, AMP Concerts, and the National Hispanic Cultural Center present the second edition of the Oralidad Festival. Oralidad is born with two essential purposes: to promote the oral tradition of storytelling and to establish a collaboration between (more…)

Oralidad Festival: Enrique Lamadrid & Susana Rivera

4:00 pm Authors and University of New Mexico professors Dr. Enrique Lamadrid and Dr. Susana Rivera present the latest collection of poems by E.A. “Tony” Mares: Reflections through the Convex Mirror of Time: Poems in Remembrance of the Spanish Civil War. They will be joined at the event by the four poets who wrote the back cover texts for this volume: Levi Romero, Demetria Martinez, Gary Brower, and Michael Thomas. Instituto Cervantes, AMP Concerts, and the National Hispanic Cultural Center present the second edition of the Oralidad Festival. (more…)

Oralidad Festival: Opening ceremony & Inaugural Talk featuring Enrique Lamadrid and Demetria Martínez

5:00 pm Inauguration. Opening ceremony with the presence of the director of Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque, Silvia Grijalba, and the Consul of Spain in Texas and New Mexico, Mrs. Julia Olmo. 5:05 pm Enrique Lamadrid and Demetria Martínez kick off the 20222 Oralidad Festival by leading a discussion titled “‘The Voice of My Conscience:’ Life, Times, and Talents of Luis S. Martínez (1898-1986): memories of a poet of the people and the rescue of his work.” In this presentation, social activist, poet, journalist, and novelist Demetria Martínez joins (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.

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