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Contains 511 Results:
The People United Will Never Be Defeated! 36 Variations on a Revolutionary Anthem, 2014-04-03
Item — Container: Shelf 80, Box: 6, Object: 953
Identifier: 80.6.953
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Aperio artist Brendan Kinsella performs American composer Frederic Rzewski’s towering masterpiece for solo piano, 36 Variations on “The People United Will Never Be Defeated!” Rzewski composed this hour-long, virtuosic work in 1975 on the eve of the United States’ bicentennial as a meditation on the 1973 overthrow of the Allende government in Chile. In addition to being one of the greatest contemporary contributions to the classical music canon, it is a powerful statement on political...
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Event: 2014-04-03
Twilight Meditation: Bon-Buddhist Tradition, 2014-01-30
Item — Container: Shelf 80, Box: 6, Object: 954
Identifier: 80.6.954
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Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche leads participants in a Bon-Buddhist meditation. Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche is a teacher of the Bon Tibetan religious tradition and is the founder and director of the Ligmincha Institute. At age 10, Tenzin Rinpoche was ordained as a monk at Menri Monastery near Dolanji, India. In 1986 he received his geshe degree, equivalent to a doctorate in philosophy from Western universities. Upon graduating, Tenzin Rinpoche was employed at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives...
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Event: 2014-01-30
Mark Rothko: Marriage of Modern Art and Architecture, 2014-02-06
Item — Container: Shelf 80, Box: 6, Object: 955
Identifier: 80.6.955
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Mark Rothko’s paintings are often described in poetic terms that include allusions to the transcendental, the sublime, the spiritual, and the tragic. Rarely considered is Rothko’s keen interest in modernist architecture and his lifelong desire to transform the nature and experience of an existing architectural space with his paintings. Art historian Eileen Costello, Ph.D., discusses the architectural nature of Rothko’s paintings and how the Rothko Chapel, the culmination of the artist’s...
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Event: 2014-02-06
Soul Repair from Moral Injury after War, 2014-02-20
Item — Container: Shelf 80, Box: 6, Object: 956
Identifier: 80.6.956
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Rev. Rita Nakashima Brock, Ph. D. In 2014 America will end combat in its longest war in history, the war in Afghanistan. What does that mean for veterans returning to civilian society? After experiencing the dehumanizing atrocities of war, how do veterans repair morally and spiritually? How can we help? Author and minister Rev. Rita Nakashima Brock, Ph.D. discusses the challenges inherent in recovering morally and spiritually from war, and what we can do to support their recovery. Rev....
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Event: 2014-02-20
The Violence of Love: The Legacy of Archbishop Oscar Romero, 2014-02-27
Item — Container: Shelf 80, Box: 6, Object: 957
Identifier: 80.6.957
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Archbishop of San Salvador Óscar Romero’s life embodied working for justice to achieve peace. He called such work the violence of love, stating that “peace is not the product of terror or fear. Peace is not the silence of cemeteries. Peace is not the silent result of violent repression. Peace is the generous, tranquil contribution of all to the good of all. Peace is dynamism. Peace is generosity. It is right and it is duty.” Noted human rights advocate Julian Filochowski discusses Romero’s...
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Event: 2014-02-27
Mark Rothko: Traveler to the Sublime, 2014-03-06
Item — Container: Shelf 80, Box: 6, Object: 958
Identifier: 80.6.958
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How did Mark Rothko’s complex trajectory between the Russian empire, the United States and back to Europe impact his own pictorial message? In particular, how can we assess his paintings, namely those of the Rothko Chapel, in light of his European birth and of his Jewish heritage? Rothko's biographer Annie Cohen-Solal discusses Mark Rothko’s trajectory in prelude to her forthcoming Rothko biography, to be published in September 2014 in the “Jewish Lives” series, at Yale University Press. Dr...
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Event: 2014-03-06
Moments from the Sun, 2014-03-20
Item — Container: Shelf 80, Box: 6, Object: 959
Identifier: 80.6.959
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To celebrate the spring equinox, the Rothko Chapel shimmers with the sound of the sun in a multi-channel sound composition Moments from the Sun created by Jeff Talman in collaboration with astrophysicist Dr. Daniel Huber. Recordings of the sun in the Chapel play throughout the day, culminating with the final performance and a discussion with Mr. Talman and Dr. Huber in the evening. Jeff Talman is a sound artist and composer who has created sound installations throughout the world. Cited by...
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Event: 2014-03-20
Shostakovich: The Last Quartet, 2014-03-24
Item — Container: Shelf 80, Box: 6, Object: 961
Identifier: 80.6.961
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Da Camera and the Rothko Chapel collaborate to present the final three of Shoshtakovich’s string quartets, which are deep in meaning and intimate in content, performed by the world renowned Jerusalem String Quartet. A reception on the plaza follows the program. Video by Runaway Productions
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Event: 2014-03-24
The Whirling Dervishes, 2013-10
Item — Container: Shelf 80, Box: 6, Object: 962
Identifier: 80.6.962
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by Lynn Birdwell for Moonrise on the Plaza 2013
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Event: 2013-10
Mark Rothko: Seeing in the Dark, 2014-04-29
Item — Container: Shelf 80, Box: 6, Object: 963
Identifier: 80.6.963
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Harry Cooper Ph.D. What is the significance of Rothko’s turn to dark, expansive paintings in the 1960s? Do they realize or deny what Rothko called the “inner light” of his art? What was the different role of darkness throughout his previous work? Did Rothko intend to imbue colors like those used in the Rothko Chapel with particular meaning? Looking at both the Chapel works and related single canvases at the National Gallery of Art, Modern Art Curator Harry Cooper, Ph.D. explores these and...
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Event: 2014-04-29