Orpheum Community Hub

Orpheum Community Hub The Orpheum serves as the Albuquerque Homewise Homeownership Center and Community Hub. The Orpheum is a hidden gem in downtown Albuquerque.
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Located on the lower level of an arts complex, the Orpheum is a unique performance and meeting space.

Join the Albuquerque Disability Arts Collective this weekend for the All Abilities Art Show here at the Orpheum!
03/13/2026

Join the Albuquerque Disability Arts Collective this weekend for the All Abilities Art Show here at the Orpheum!

Join us for on Friday, March 6 for the exhibition Blossoming Birds: Luciérnagas en Flor, a solo exhibition by . Blossom...
02/20/2026

Join us for on Friday, March 6 for the exhibition Blossoming Birds: Luciérnagas en Flor, a solo exhibition by . Blossoming Birds is a surreal, romantic series that explores transformation through light, movement and courtship. Featuring fireflies, water, and blossoming landscapes, these works celebrate softness as a strength and beauty as devotion. 5-8pm

02/17/2026
Join us on Sunday, March 22nd for a hands-on workshop hosted by Mi Casita Home Decor in Corrales, where you’ll create yo...
02/17/2026

Join us on Sunday, March 22nd for a hands-on workshop hosted by Mi Casita Home Decor in Corrales, where you’ll create your own traditional trasterito—a handcrafted Mexican wall cupboard often found in kitchens. The $35 workshop includes a wooden trasterito, paints, and 6 miniature kitchen items to style your piece. Additional miniatures will be available for purchase. Spots are limited—register using the QR code or call 571-594-1668.
✨Swipe to see examples from past workshops!

Join the association for the opening reception of the New Mexico Scholastic Art Awards exhibition on February, 6th for ...
01/23/2026

Join the association for the opening reception of the New Mexico Scholastic Art Awards exhibition on February, 6th for ! 5:30-7:30

01/22/2026

We were on 🔥🔥last night! There’s only ONE MORE Latin Dance class next Wednesday, the 28th! Join us before it’s too late. 6-7pm

Join us next Friday for the closing reception of Art Teachers Are Art Makers: An exhibition featuring the artwork of New...
01/16/2026

Join us next Friday for the closing reception of Art Teachers Are Art Makers: An exhibition featuring the artwork of New Mexico Arts Educators! 5-7pm

01/15/2026

We did it again! Thanks to everyone who came to our Latin dance class last night, and thanks to our instructor, Santiago Candelaria! We’ll be back again next Wednesday. 6-7pm

Address

500 2nd Street SW
Albuquerque, NM
87102

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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+15057950545

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Our Story

The Orpheum was built in 1898 and has served as one of New Mexico’s first movie theaters, the Denver Hotel, the Viaduct Garage (an auto repair shop), and more recently, as a performance and studio space with affordable housing catering to the area’s thriving arts community.

The building’s namesake, Orpheus, was a legendary musician, poet, and prophet in ancient Greek religion and myth. It is said that his talent was so transformative that his “music and singing could charm the birds, fish and wild beasts, and even coax the trees and rocks into dance.” We see the potential of the Orpheum Community Hub to embody that same kind of transformative power to create new economic opportunity in the heart of Albuquerque.

In 2012, Homewise expanded to Albuquerque (prior to that, we only had an office in Santa Fe). When we were deciding where to establish our Albuquerque Homeownership Center, we knew that we wanted to be located in a neighborhood where we could put down roots and build strong community ties. Around this time the Orpheum Theater came up for sale and we decided that rehabilitating this one-time landmark would allow us to restore its former vibrancy as a cultural and economic hub of the area. By making both a physical and financial commitment to Barelas and the greater downtown, we are able to model the kind of ownership and financial stability that we help our clients achieve.