New Mexico Black Leadership Council

Tag: Cultural Vibrancy

  • Gathering of Nations Powwow

    Gathering of Nations Powwow

    Entertainment on Stage 49: Friday 4/28 – Rocking the Blues Night; Saturday, 4/29 – Reggae Night

    Friday, April 28 (Expo NM – NM State Fairgrounds): 
    10:00am Gates open to public – Traders’ Market Vendors open (Creative Arts/Lujan bldgs) & food court- early morning musical performances in Tingley
    12:00pm is Grand Entry of Dancers (Tingley Coliseum) & Stage 49 Music all day (See Stage 49 page for more info and show schedule)
    All children and Elders dance competitions in the afternoon
    1:30pm Miss Indian World Public Speaking Competition at Stage 49
    4:00pm Horse and Rider Parade (on powwow grounds)
    6:00pm  Rocking the Blues Night begins on Stage 49
    7:00pm evening Grand Entry of Dancers (Tingley)
    The Miss Indian World Dance Competition (Tingley)
    Regular Adult dance competitions all evening
    11:00pm – End of day’s events – Close
    Saturday, April 29: (Expo NM – NM State Fairgrounds)
    10:00am Gates open to public – Traders’ Market Vendors open & food court – Early Morning musical performances in Tingley
    12:00pm Grand Entry of Dancers – Stage 49 Music all day (see Stage 49 info page)
    All children and Elders dance competitions in the afternoon (Tingley)
    4:00pm Horse and Rider Parade (Powwow Grounds)
    6:00pm Grand Entry of Dancers  (Tingley)
    6:00pm Funky Reggae Night and Concert at Stage 49 (see line-up on Stage 49, includes Mista Chief & Rising Buffalo, Native Roots, Nth Power featuring Shira Elias, & Common Kings)
    7:30pm Crowning of Miss Indian World
    Regular Adult Dance competitions all evening
    11:59pm Event Concludes for 2023! Closed

    Get your tickets HERE!

  • Gathering of Nations Miss Indian World Talent Presentations

    Gathering of Nations Miss Indian World Talent Presentations

    Miss Indian World is a Cultural Goodwill Ambassador to all cultures presenting and representing Native American, Indigenous & First Nations Tribal Culture. The Miss Indian World Pageant is the largest & Most Prestigious Cultural Title for Young Native, Indigenous Women (18-25 years old). Its purpose is to give young Native American women an opportunity to showcase their tribes and cultures; while serving as a cultural Ambassador of Native Americans by demonstrating the pride and continuance of the diverse cultures of Native people. Miss Indian World is crowned at the Gathering of Nations Powwow in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

    Get your tickets HERE

  • Warriors of Afro-Peruvian Music (AfroMundo Festival event)

    Two Grammy nominees — Charo Goyonehe, appointed Meritorious Person of Afro Peruvian Culture, and Rosa Guzmán, champion of Peru’s criolla music — fly in from Peru for a legendary concert with Freddy “Huevito” Lobatón, Master of of Afro Peruvian percussive instruments, and Yuri Juárez, Master of Afro-Peruvian folk guitar.

    Charo Goyonehe and Rosa Guzmán are Cultural Activists who through songs preserve Afro-Peruvian traditions and combat racism, sexism and marginalization.

    Free, but tickets required.

  • Migrations: Transmitting Traditions & Knowledge through Dance (AfroMundo)

    Come learn of the significance of Afro Brazilian communal dances Samba de Roda & Samba de Caboclo. Bridge cultures, build community, and join in this dance that is a feat of resistance and perseverance and whose steps are a call to unity and strength. At the  Valle del Oro National Wildlife Refuge—a gem of a bird sanctuary and communal gathering space tucked in Bernalillo’s South Valley, minutes away from Albuquerque.

    With visiting Brazilian tradition-bearers Viviam Caroline de Jesus Queirós and Marcus Gonçalves da Silva aka Guellwaar Adún. Samba de Roda is an endangered Masterpiece of Humanity’s Oral and Intangible Heritage.

  • Afro-Latin Culinary Memory, Power, Resistance & Survival (AfroMundo Festival)

    For Afro diasporas, food remains one of the most effective means of resistance, of cultural retention, and innovation. The foods of Afro peoples continue to incorporate ingredients of ancestral dishes and to preserve African ways of preparing ingredients native to the Americas. Presenters will discuss the African roots of various dishes and defy stereotypes of what “soul” food is.

    Food pickup at Three Sisters Kitchen from 4-6 pm; panel discussion at National Hispanic Cultural Center at 7:30.

  • From Decimas to Spoken Word: AfroMundo Festival Event

    Explores the poetic tradition of decimas in the context of poetry as a means of resistance for Afro peoples. With poet Eleuterio Santiago-Díaz and special guest artists Pauila Melissa Alves, aka Mel Adún, Marcus Gonçalves da Silva, aka Guellwaar Adún, Monice Aguilar, J. Gourdin, and Leandro Pita.

  • AfroMundo Festival

    AfroMundo Festival

    AfroMundo Festival: Resistance & Creativity
    Music, dance, films, culinary taste feasts, panel discussions & more!
    All events are free and open to the general public.

  • Adult Storytime: Esteban – First North American Black Explorer

    Come to the San Pedro Library hear the true story of Esteban (or Estevanico), an enslaved African man, who may have been the first non-native person to visit the southern reaches of the Colorado Plateau in what we now call New Mexico. 5600 Trumbull SE, Albuquerque.

  • Dia de Los Niños: Bilingual Storyteller Liz Mangual

    Dia de los Niños is a celebration of children,  families, and reading that emphasizes the importance of literacy for children from all backgrounds. Celebrate with bilingual storytime at the International District Library!

    Participating children will receive a free book, courtesy of the Friends for the Public Library.

  • Black Women Trailblazers of New Mexico

    Black Women Trailblazers of New Mexico

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