National Hispanic Cultural Center 25th Anniversary Celebration

Register for events and tickets at:https://nhccnm.org/event/nhcc-25th-anniversary/

NHCC 25th Anniversary Celebration October 25 Join us on Saturday, October 25th to celebrate 25 years of art, community, and culture at the National Hispanic Cultural Center!
Albuquerque, New Mexico

25th Anniversary Torreón Tours
October 25, 2025
11:00 am, 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm & 2:00 pm
NHCC | NM Mutual Welcome Center
This is a free community event with limited availability. Please let us know who will be attending below.

In celebration of the National Hispanic Cultural Center’s 25th Anniversary we have an afternoon of Torreón Tours. Please join us for four guided tours throughout the afternoon starting at 11:00 am.

Kids Activities & Celebration
NHCC | Education Building
October 25, 2025
12:00 pm
Throughout the event, enjoy fun for all ages with activities like dance performances. On stage recitals by children, teens and professionals. Featuring our friends and partners at the National Institute of Flamenco. Join us for a special day for the whole family. Contribute to our community ofrenda and view ofrendas created by local schools and community organizations. Decorate sugar skulls, craft paper flowers, and enjoy face-painting, and much more.
Nosotros Special Performance
NHCC | Campus Cap off the evening with a headlining performance from the award-winning Latin band Nosotros! Enjoy a free performance from one of the most recognizable and original Latin bands in the Southwest United States. Award-winning ensemble Nosotros began as a guitar trio in Las Cruces in 1994. Now an eight-member band, they relocated to the Albuquerque/Santa Fe area in 2001 and have established themselves as one of the most popular bands in New Mexico. Combining Latin rhythms with elements of rock, salsa, jazz, and cumbia to create their original sound, they have released seven albums, including the anthology CD titled XX to celebrate their 20 years together as a band in 2014. They have received numerous New Mexico Music (“MIC”) Awards, including Album of the Year and Producer of the Year for their third, self-titled album, Nosotros, and have appeared with artists including Ozomatli, Los Lobos, Etta James, The Wailers, and the Gipsy Kings. M.E. Schenck, in Hyperactive Music Magazine, said, “Nosotros’ music is not to be explained, it is to be felt in the pit of our souls.”

Visual Art Museum Collection Tours October 28, 30 & November 1, 2025 12:00 pm, 1:30 pm & 3:00 pm Tuesday & Thursday 10:30 am, 12:00 pm, 1:30 pm, & 3:00 pm Saturday NHCC | Visual Art Museum Have you ever strolled through the NHCC Visual Art Museum and found yourself wondering about the rest of the art collection? Now’s your chance to get a behind-the-scenes tour with the Visual Arts staff and see more of the 4500 artworks that comprise the museum’s permanent collection!

Celebrate 25 Years with NHCC

Looking to bring the kids to our 25th Anniversary Celebration in October? The National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, NHCC is planning activities for all ages! Enjoy dance performances, crown-making, Muertos y Marigolds face-painting, and much more during our celebration on October 25!

Espooky Mercado at National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque

NHCC’s 2nd Annual Espooky Mercado
Friday, October 25, 2024
4:00 – 8:00 pm

NHCC’s 2nd Annual Espooky Mercado featuring unique and frightful offerings from local vendors. This pop-up gives visitors the chance to indulge their macabre side with supernatural goods of all varieties.
Espooky Mercado Vendor Submission:
National Hispanic Cultural Center will be hosting Espooky Mercado in collaboration with Dark Red Film Festival on October 25th from 4:00pm to 8:00pm. We are looking for vendors who can sell Halloween specific merchandise! We are looking for vendors whose items or artworks align with the spookiness of the season. If your work could be considered spooky, uncanny, macabre, a little dark, supernatural, harvest, fall or Halloween-inspired, this mercado is for you.

For more information about registering to become a vendor please click the link below: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx...

National Hispanic Cultural Center Events

HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH CALENDAR REMINDER:
September 20-22: Latinx Games Festival

September 20 (6-8pm)
September 21 (9am-4pm)
September 22 (9am-2pm)
September 26: Author Series with Michelle Otero
September 27: Bless me Ultima Screening
September 28: Writing workshop with Michelle Otero
October 4th (Morning): Latina Equal Pay Day Balloon Liftoff
October 5th (Daytime): Latina Equal Pay Day Events on campus
October 10th (Daytime): Poetry readings featuring Levi Romero and Michelle Otero
October 12th (Daytime): Poetry Workshop Sessions with Levi Romero and Michelle Otero
October 12 (Evening): Hispanic Heritage Away Game with NM United Streaming on the Plaza Mayor

NHCC Dia de Familia

https://www.nhccnm.org/event/dia-de-familia-dia-del-nino/

Women's History Day & Navajo Star Wars Intergalactic Night & The Pandemia Chronicles

The NHCC is pleased to invite you to attend some of the exciting events we have coming up in March. In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8th, the NHCC Foundation is hosting a luncheon featuring a meet and greet with Maria Hinojosa. Tickets are available through the Foundation. At 6:00 pm the NHCC will host a free reception and booksigning with Maria Hinojosa followed by her keynote speech, Latinos in the Media. The NHCC Art Museum’s current exhibition, Fronteras del Futuro, closes on March 12th and we are finishing with a cosmic lineup of events. On Thursday, March 9th, join us for a performance and interactive art installation on the Plaza Mayor with Fronteras del Futuro artist, Angel Cabrales. Teoquiyaoatl (Sacred Portal): Performance and Installation begins at 8:00 pm on the Plaza Mayor, and the Art Museum is open until 7:30 pm. On Friday, March 10th, we are hosting a Navajo Star Wars Intergalactic Night. From 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm, there will be art activities and music. The Art Museum is open till 6:00 pm and Manny Wheeler will give a pre-film talk about the importance of cultural representation and the preservation of the Navajo language, followed by the screening of the official dub of Star Wars: A New Hope in Navajo at 7:00 pm. We are pleased to present The Pandemia Chronicles: A Divination Ritual on Saturday, March 11th at 6:30 pm, a performance by Guillermo Gomez Peña. This event is held in partnership with the University of New Mexico’s Latinx Visions: Speculative Worlds in Latinx Art, Literature, and Performance conference. Registration for all free NHCC events is available at nhccnm.org.

HISPANIC CULTURAL DAY & NM Legislative Day Luncheon

National Hispanic Cultural Center
History of Hispanic Culture Day
February 14, 2023
An act relating to days of special observance; changing the Hispanic Culture Day observance to ODD - Numbered Years; amending a Section of the NMSA 1978.

HISPANIC CULTURE DAY. -- The second Tuesday of February of each odd-numbered year shall be knows and celebrated as "Hispanic Culture Day'; in recognition of the many contributions, sacrifices and accomplishments of Hispanic people form throughout the world who have buldt New Mexico into a beautiful and dynamic mosaic of cultural diversity. This day shall be observed with celebrations that honor all pat, present and future Hispanic citizens and leaders in ways that enhance relationshiops among all the people of New Mexico."

National Hispanic Cultural Center Foundation
www.nhccfoundation.org (505) 383-4703

Featuring Dolores Huerta Co-founder of the United Farm Workers Association, Dolores Clara Fernandez Huerta is one of the most influential labor activists of the 20th century and a leader of the Chicano civil rights movement.

Education (Ed) Program Manager Dr. Rosalia Pacheco, singing and telling the story of La LLorona at the NM State Legislature House of Representative. (Rosalia.Pacheco@dca.nm.gov)

Lt. Governor, Howie Morales with Dr. Pacheco and her son at the luncheon.

National Hispanic Cultural Center

Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime: 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪́𝘢 𝘛𝘦𝘯𝘪́𝘢 𝘜𝘯𝘢 𝘓𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘢

National Hispanic Cultural Center
1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102 Early Childhood Bilingual Storytime: 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪́𝘢 𝘛𝘦𝘯𝘪́𝘢 𝘜𝘯𝘢 𝘓𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘢 Jan. 17 | 10:00 am | NHCC Library Register here: https://my.nmculture.org/11496/16367

Early Childhood Bilingual Storytimes are returning to the NHCC in 2023! During January’s Bilingual Storytime, we will be reading from 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪́𝘢 𝘛𝘦𝘯𝘪́𝘢 𝘜𝘯𝘢 𝘓𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘢, by Angela Dominguez. Join us as we read an adorable book about llamas and craft our own llama art. ¡La Hora Bilingüe de Cuentos Preescolares vuelve al NHCC en 2023! El 17 de enero empezamos con 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪́𝘢 𝘛𝘦𝘯𝘪́𝘢 𝘜𝘯𝘢 𝘓𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘢, por Angela

Hector Galan at National Hispanic Cultural Center

NHCC Signature Event: Hector Galán Director Talk and Screening Hector Galán, the first documentary filmmaker to be inducted into the prestigious Texas Film Hall of Fame, capped off Hispanic Heritage Month celebration at the National Hispanic Cultural Center! Galán will be hosted a director’s talk and screening of his documentary Chicano! History of the Mexican-American Civil Rights Movement. Dr. Margie Huerta, Executive Director shared how NHCC will bring opportunities to film makers in the Spring. Sign up for updates.

"Remember Me"

The 2-time Grammy Award winning Mariachi Divas perform "Remember Me" from the hit "Coco." Watch our coverage from Disneyland here:

2nd Annual Children's Bilingual Book Festival

2^nd Annual Children’s Bilingual Book Festival
New Mexico Hispanic Cultural Center

2020 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE 

Saturday, April 25, 2020: 9 am - 5 pm

All activities are free and open to the public

Location1701 4th St. SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102

The Children's Bilingual Book Festival takes place at the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) in April of each year and features K-6 books in Spanish and English and Native Languages in English. 

On Friday and Saturday, April 24 and 25, 2020, the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, hosts its second annual Children’s Bilingual Book Festival, the only one of its kind in the U.S. that features children’s books in Spanish and English and Native languages and English. The focus on Spanish-English and Native Language-English books and authors makes this festival particularly meaningful and vibrant, reflecting the identities of many children in New Mexico and the Southwest. We want to encourage children to see themselves in contemporary children’s literature as well as introduce a bilingual body of work to a wider audience.

9AM

The nationally syndicated THE CHILDREN'S HOUR, heard on KUNM, broadcasts from the festival, featuring young storytellers (Dine, Spanish and English) sponsored by REFORMA de Nuevo Mexico, Northwest New Mexico Arts Council and the Connie Gotsch Foundation.

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10AM

CONSTANZA POLLIER was born in Chile, grew up in Venezuela, and now lives in New Mexico. She has dedicated the last five years to publishing books in English and Spanish, including SACRED BLUE LAKE, THE WINGED MAN, HUELLA and EL NIÑO YOGUI.  All her books are about the tribes and traditional societies that interest her as well as relate to her own life and travels in many countries. Each book has a glossary to help readers more deeply understand the Tiwa, Yanomamis, Chiloe or Yogui (India) communities.  SACRED BLUE LAKE received Honorable Mention for Children’s Literature at the 2017 Miami Book Festival.

11AM

CATHY CAMPER is the author of LOWRIDERS IN SPACE, LOWRIDERS TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH and LOWRIDERS BLAST FROM THE PAST, with a fourth volume in the works, all from Chronicle Books. She has a forthcoming picture book, TEN WAYS TO HEAR SNOW (Dial/Penguin), and also wrote BUGS BEFORE TIME: PREHISTORIC INSECTS AND THEIR RELATIVES (Simon & Schuster). Her zines include Sugar Needle and The Lou Reeder, and she’s a founding member of the Portland Women of Color zine collective. A graduate of VONA/Voices writing workshops for people of color in Berkeley, California, Cathy works as a librarian in Portland, Oregon, where she does outreach to schools and kids in grades K-12.

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NOON
LUCERITO!  Stanley and Yolanda Lucero play and teach traditional Spanish songs and games for children that involve movement and rhythm. The songs, passed down to them from their grandparents, reflect and reinforce Hispanic/Latino cultural community and family values.

1PM
ALEXANDRA DIAZ is the award-winning children's book author of THE ONLY ROAD/EL ÚNICO DESTINO (Simon & Schuster), which received the Pura Belpré Honor and Américas Award among others. Its sequel, THE CROSSROADS/LA ENCRUCIJADA (Simon & Schuster), has been awarded the Parents' Choice Silver Honor and 1st place in the International Latino Book Awards. Her next book, SANTIAGO'S ROAD HOME is forthcoming, also from Simon & Schuster).  A native Spanish speaker, Alexandra translates her books along with her mother.

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2PM
LINDA BOYDEN is an author/illustrator/storyteller/recovering-teacher/poet. She has written six and illustrated five picture books. Her first teen novel will be coming out in 2020 entitled, TWITCH from Native Realities Press. She belongs to the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers, and Writers Forum of Redding CA. “2020 is my ninth year of writing a poem a day. I write. I teach. I color in or outside the
lines."

4PM 
POESÍA ERES TÚ features elementary school contest winners reciting memorized, dramatized poems in Spanish. Poesía eres tú has strengthened the learning and teaching of Spanish language and culture among elementary school students for nearly twenty years. Each spring, organizers invite elementary school students from grades first through fifth to the NHCC to compete. The students come from public, private, and charter schools, and are recognized alongside teachers, family, and friends.

Festival Partners: NHCC, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Bookworks, the Public Library (City of Albuquerque), University of New Mexico Press, Dual Language Education of NM (DLENM), REFORMA de Nuevo Mexico, Northwest New Mexico Arts Council with funding from the City of Albuquerque and the National Endowment for the Arts.

¡Mira! The National Hispanic Cultural Center Turns 20!

¡Mira! The National Hispanic Cultural Center is turning twenty years this year! Our anniversary year offers us the opportunity for 20/20 vision, as we look back at what we’ve accomplished and set our sights on the future. Over the years, the NHCC has shared thousands of stories showcasing art, history, literature, and performance that celebrate Hispanic culture in New Mexico, the United States, and around the world. We are honored to have been able to do this in collaboration with our many partners and supporters as well as the communities we serve. As we look forward to the next 20 years, we are excited to continue learning from all of you, our friends, visitors, and patrons.
You have been instrumental in our growth over the past two decades.

         Every event at the NHCC this year will showcase the type of programming that makes the Center unique. Some will be themed around the idea of 20/20 vision in the year 2020 and will review what the Center has accomplished over the last two decades, highlight favorite moments, and contemplate lessons for the future. The year will also be marked by a social media campaign of fun facts and interviews with staff, patrons, and partners.