New Mexico Black Leadership Council

Category: Performing Arts and Film

  • AAPAC Fundraiser: Jitney Special Showing

    AAPAC Fundraiser: Jitney Special Showing

    An ensemble of Black actors presents August Wilson’s play Jitney, about a group of rides-for-hire “jitney” drivers in the Hill district of Pittsburgh, where white drivers will not venture. The drivers grapple with the specter of Vietnam, family and community conflict, addiction, and racism.

     

    $30 ticket price includes parking. Get your Jitney Tickets HERE. AAPAC is slated to be defunded in July, and needs your help!

  • Alice Randall: My Black Country

    Alice Randall: My Black Country

    My Black Country is a recent release by Alice Randall,  award-winning professor, songwriter, and author. In the book, Randall recounts her past and her search for the first family of Black country music. My Black Country celebrates the radical joy in realizing the power of Black influence on American culture through the work of DeFord Bailey, Lil Hardin, Ray Charles, Charley Pride, and Herb Jeffries.

     

    Register HERE for this online event hosted by the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

    Randall will be joined in conversation by Steven Lewis, Curator of Music and the Performing Arts, and Kelly Navies, Oral History Museum Specialist.

  • Yinka Esi Graves: The Disappearing Act

    Yinka Esi Graves: The Disappearing Act

    Yinka Esi Graves is the Black Flamenco dancer in the documentary “Gurumbe: Canciones de tu Memoria Negra.” “The Disappearing Act” is her first solo production, in which she draws on her reality as a flamenco dancer of Afro-Caribbean descent and the historical and representational questions this has raised throughout her career.

     

    With dance, live music, text, and video, this experimental flamenco work was developed through a series of international residencies. Get your tickets HERE!

  • Michael Franti & Spearhead

    Michael Franti & Spearhead

    Bring your own blankets and chairs for an Memorial Day evening of family fun! Enjoy globally known musician Michael Franti, plus Santa Fe Brewing beer and food vendors. Click HERE for tickets and details.

  • AAPAC Kids’ Summer of Fun!

    AAPAC Kids’ Summer of Fun!

    The African American Performing Arts Center Summer of Fun! RSVP online by May 29! “From interactive workshops exploring the wonders of science to captivating storytelling sessions that transport them to magical worlds, each day promises a new adventure.”

    The program will take place from 8:00 to 4:00, June 10 to July 12. Kids aged 8 to 14 welcome! Find more info HERE.

  • Afriquerque: Stephen “DeWave Peace” Williams

    Afriquerque: Stephen “DeWave Peace” Williams

    Versatile guitarist Williams will wow you with music ranging from R & B to Funk, Jazz to Country, and more. “DeWave” has played locally at the New Mexico State Fair, Balloon Fiesta, Hotel Andaluz, and various concerts and casinos.

     

    Doors at 6:30. Tickets are $25. Get yours HERE.

  • NDI Junior/Senior Dance Showcase

    NDI Junior/Senior Dance Showcase

    See the best that NDI’s youngest dancers have to offer at the annual showcase: Dreams Never Die; TAKE FLIGHT!

    Tickets $12. Get yours HERE!

  • NDI Junior/Senior Dance Showcase

    NDI Junior/Senior Dance Showcase

    See the best that NDI’s youngest dancers have to offer at the annual showcase: Dreams Never Die; TAKE FLIGHT!

    Tickets $12. Get yours HERE!

  • NDI Dance Showcase: A Magical Day at the Park

    NDI Dance Showcase: A Magical Day at the Park

    See the best that NDI’s youngest dancers have to offer at the spring showcase: A Magical Day at the Park!

     

    Tickets $12. Get yours HERE!

  • NDI NM Annual Gala: Dream Big!

    NDI NM Annual Gala: Dream Big!

    Join National Dance Institute of NM for its annual gala and fundraiser in the big tent! This year is the institute’s 30th birthday, so the event will be extra-special, with 500 school children from Albuquerque and the surrounding areas in a highly energetic musical theater performance.

     

    Dream Big! will explore NDI students’ aspirations and dreams, dreamers who have changed the world, and dreams for our communities. The performance will be followed by a seated dinner, drinks, dancing, and live entertainment.

     

    Fundraiser tickets $300. Full tables available. Click HERE for more info and tickets.

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