Performing Arts
2024 AfroMundo Festival: Afro-Latin Culinary Memory, Power, Resistance & Creativity
Wells Fargo Auditorium 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United StatesNOTE: A limited number of tickets are available for this event. 7:00 pm 2024 AfroMundo Festival Maroons, Rebels, Dreamers & Visionaries Featuring Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica & USA April 12 - 20, 2024 Music, literature, oral histories theater, films, culinary taste feasts, panel discussions and more. Afro-Latin Culinary Memory, Power, Resistance & Creativity: For Afro diasporas, food remains one of the most effective means of resistance, of cultural retention, and innovation. Come join in this culinary discussion with Angelica Mena: Afro-Columbian Chef and Founder of San Francisco’s Sukulentas; (more...)
2024 AfroMundo Festival: World Premier: Sterling’s Silver
Wells Fargo Auditorium 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM, United StatesNOTE: A limited number of tickets are available for this event. 7:00 pm 2024 AfroMundo Festival Maroons, Rebels, Dreamers & Visionaries Featuring Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica & USA April 12 - 20, 2024 Music, literature, oral histories theater, films, culinary taste feasts, panel discussions and more. An enhanced Reader’s Production of a play by Karen Jones Meadows. “In the 1800s a 150-year plan fueled by war, vision, passion, naïveté, rage, secrets, entrepreneurship, and African-American sweat, fashion a clandestine community determined to leave a living legacy of sovereignty (more...)
Festival Ballet Albuquerque: Billy the Kid & Other Tall Tales
Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States7:00 pm Friday 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm Saturday Billy the Kid, Blue Jean Blues, Southwest FolkTails, & Giselle Festival Ballet Albuquerque presents an original production of Billy the Kid, a ballet telling the story of Billy from childhood until his death at age 22, true to historical accuracy as anyone knows. The ballet has an ensemble of cowboys, townspeople, dance hall girls, and the important people in Billy’s life, including his beloved Mother, John Tunstall, J.J. Dolan, love interest Maria, and of course, Sheriff Pat Garrett. (more...)
Film: The Human Zoo (Calafate, zoológicos humanos)
Bank of America Theatre 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, United States5:00 pm Reception & Cash Bar 6:00 pm Doors 6:30 pm Director’s talk 7:00 pm Screening Panel Discussion & Q&A to immediately follow NHCC | Bank of America Theatre Toward the end of the 19th century, 25 people from four different Chilean indigenous groups were kidnapped from Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by a German businessman and taken to Europe to be exhibited as attractions in cities throughout the continent. THE HUMAN ZOO uncovers the history of this colonial spectacle, and follows the fallout into the present. (more...)
2nd Annual Native American Theater Festival
Bank of America Theatre 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, United StatesOpening Reception in the Cayetana Romero lobby and in front of the Bank of America Theatre: *Thursday, April 25 at 7:30 pm Theatrical Performance in the Bank of America Theatre: Beauty Way: Into the Matriarchy *Friday, April 26 at 7:30 pm *Sunday, April 28 at 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm *Friday, May 3 at 7:30 pm *Saturday, May 4 at 7:30 pm Staged Readings in the Wells Fargo Auditorium: *Saturday, April 27 at 1:00 pm: The Woman Who Was Captured by Ghosts by Julie Pearson Littlethunder *Saturday, (more...)
Yjastros: Flamenco Fandanguero: Primos de la Raza Cósmica
Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States8:00 pm Friday 4:00 pm Saturday This April, don’t miss FLAMENCO FANDANGUERO: Primos de la Raza Cósmica, the brand-new work produced for Yjastros: The American Flamenco Repertory Company, made in collaboration among the company’s Artistic Director Joaquín Encinias, Choreographer Marisol Encinias, Theater Director Alejandro Tomás Rodriguez, flamenco musicians Vicente Griego, Isa Jurado, and Ángel Ruiz, and son jarocho musician Sinuhé Padilla, and celebrated son jarocho dancers, Patricio Hidalgo and Yaratzé Hidalgo. FLAMENCO FANDANGUERO: Primos de la Raza Cósmica is a thrilling work of flamenco dance theatre by (more...)
Opera Southwest: Carmen – en español!
Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States2:00 pm Sundays 7:30 pm Wednesday, Friday & Saturdays Music / Georges Bizet Libretto / Henri Meilhac & Ludovic Halévy, Spanish translation by Eduardo De Bray Head to the National Hispanic Cultural Center for one of the most popular operas of our time! Opera Southwest and the NHCC present Carmen – en español! “Habanera” and “Toreador” are well-known arias that linger in your mind long after the performance is over. The controversial themes of rebellion, immorality, and the tragic death of the main character shocked French audiences when it was initially (more...)
Magnify’s 10th Anniversary Showcase- Through the Decades
Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States6:30 pm Friday 11:00 am Saturday Through the Decades, Magnify Dance Center’s 10th Anniversary Spring Showcase, will include an entertaining array of dance styles and musical hits of past and present with highlights performed by Magnify Dance Ensemble. A portion of proceeds will benefit Casa Esperanza. Join us for this two-act performance, which will inspire and delight! $20-$27 discounts for students and seniors. *The event is a rental event, not an NHCC production. The title, content, photos/images and description for this event were provided to the NHCC (more...)
Sandra’s School of Dance: Lights, Camera, Dance Recital 2024
Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States10:00 am, 1:00 pm & 4:00 pm Sandra's School of Dance presents Lights, Camera, Dance Recital 2024. Get ready for Lights, Camera, Dance; a movie-themed extravaganza at Sandra's School of Dance! Step into the spotlight as our talented dancers bring your favorite films to life through their incredible performances. From iconic dance sequences to show-stopping routines, this recital will transport you to the magical world of cinema. Tickets will be available starting on April 20, 2024 at 10:00 am. $20, $25, & $30 Advance Sales April 20th (more...)
East Mountain Dance: Recital 2024: The Wizard of Oz!
Albuquerque Journal Theatre 1701 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM, United States12:00 pm, 3:00 pm, & 6:00 pm East Mountain Dance presents our 2024 end-of-year recital, fully costumed, and performed on one of the best stages in NM! Broken into three unique performances, the studio’s classes will all have the opportunity to perform for friends, family, and the community. Please check with your student PRIOR to purchasing tickets as most classes and students will perform in ONLY one (1) of the three (3) shows on May 25th. The first two shows (12pm and 3pm) will be approximately 1 (more...)