New Mexico Black Leadership Council

Category: Performing Arts and Film

  • Hubby Jenkins for AfroMundo Festival

    Hubby Jenkins for AfroMundo Festival

    The 3rd annual AfroMundo Festival 2024 brings you talented multi-instrumentalist Hubby Jenkins, a specialist in blues and old-time music. Jenkins has been nominated for Grammy and Americana awards, and has performed with the Carolina Chocolate Drops and Rhiannon Giddens.

     

    Tickets are free, but reservations required. Make yours HERE!

    Do you play the banjo? Don’t miss Hubby’s workshop in the afternoon! Event listing here.

  • Art of Jazz with Tracey Whitney

    Art of Jazz with Tracey Whitney

    Don’t miss this special free concert with Tracey Whitney, an Albuquerque jazz luminary!

  • Moving Stories with National Dance Institute of NM

    Moving Stories with National Dance Institute of NM

    Enjoy the exciting culmination of a collaboration between the Hiland Company dancers, Hiland Artistic Director Layla Amis, and Urban Verbs founders Hakim Bellamy, Colin Diles, and Carlos Contreras.

     

    The performance uses poetry, music, art and dance to reflect on our inner and outer worlds: As we become more deeply ourselves coupled and learn respect and compassion for one another, we can bring any dream into being.

     

    Doors open at 6:30. Get your tickets HERE!

  • Moving Stories with National Dance Institute of NM

    Moving Stories with National Dance Institute of NM

    Enjoy the exciting culmination of a collaboration between the Hiland Company dancers, Hiland Artistic Director Layla Amis, and Urban Verbs founders Hakim Bellamy, Colin Diles, and Carlos Contreras.

     

    The performance uses poetry, music, art and dance to reflect on our inner and outer worlds: As we become more deeply ourselves coupled and learn respect and compassion for one another, we can bring any dream into being.

     

    Doors open at 6:30. Get your tickets HERE!

  • Explore Africa at Explora

    Explore Africa at Explora

    Enjoy the short films “Eye in the Sky” and “Ethiopia & the World’s Oldest Bible” in this exciting exploration of the continent of Africa!

    Register HERE

  • Free Screening of Ava DuVernay’s Origin

    Free Screening of Ava DuVernay’s Origin

    Sign up to attend Origin, a film about the life of Isabel Wilkerson, author of the book Caste. The film follows Wilkerson as she travels through Germany, India, and the United States to research the caste systems in each country’s history.

    Sign up HERE to attend!

  • AfroMundo Film Series: Free CeCe

    AfroMundo Film Series: Free CeCe

    Don’t miss this documentary on the culture of violence surrounding Trans women of color and their unjust incarceration, told through the voices of Laverne Cox and CeCe McDonald. A dynamic panel discussion will immediately follow.

    Register HERE. UpLift Chronicles article on the film series HERE.

  • Etana

    Etana

    Singer-songwriter Etana has been nominated for two Grammys with her powerful voice. Her chosen name means “the strong one” in Swahili. Don’t miss the chance to hear this internationally known Jamaican artist and get down on Tumbleroot’s dance floor!

     

    Doors at 6:30. Tickets $25 for this 21+ show. Get yours HERE.

  • Ginuwine

    Ginuwine

    Don’t miss your chance to see Ginuwine, one of the great artists of ’90s hip-hop soul. Ginuwine emerged from Timbaland’s shadow with his own brand of seductive crooning, earning a proud place on the R&B charts.

     

    Grab your tickets HERE!

  • Youth Jazz Concert

    Youth Jazz Concert

    Talented young musicians will take center stage to showcase the beauty and innovation of jazz, a genre deeply rooted in African American history.

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