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Contains 49 Results:
Seeking the Human Spirit: Art and Activism, 2018-03-20
File — Container: Shelf 32, Box: 241, Folder: 29
Identifier: 32.241.29
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Art & Activism: An Evening with Peter Sellars
Pay What You Can, suggested contribution $20The arts play an important connecting role in society in ways that other sectors cannot. Artists can move through a variety of environments using music, performance, visual arts and other media to address difficult topics, challenge cultural stigmas, bring diverse people together, and provoke new ways of thinking that can lead to powerful social and political changes. In a time of...
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Event: 2018-03-20
Immigration and Family Separation Crisis: A Call to Understand, Connect, and Act , 2018-07-17
File — Container: Shelf 32, Box: 241, Folder: 38
Identifier: 32.241.38
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The Rothko Chapel and Houston Immigration Legal Services partnered to hold a thoughtful, non-partisan community gathering to educate the Houston community on why families are fleeing central America, the resulting separation of families when they arrive to the U.S border, and the issues around family detention and the criminalization of refugees. Program attendees heard first-hand accounts of what is occurring on the border and in Houston area immigration detention centers and learned about...
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Event: 2018-07-17
Twelve Moments: Zen Buddhist Meditation, 2018-04-04
File — Container: Shelf 32, Box: 241, Folder: 34
Identifier: 32.241.34
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Gaelyn Godwin Roshi, Zen Buddhist Tradition
Pay What You Can, suggested value $10For the month of April, the Rothko Chapel presented a meditation in the Zen Buddhist tradition on the 50th anniversary of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s assassination. Led by Gaelyn Godwin Roshi of Houston Zen Center, this session explored the practice of allowing ourselves to be fully present with the moment and will lift up MLK’s profound impact on equity, peace and justice.We enter...
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Event: 2018-04-04
Punto Blanco Lunch with David Leslie, 2018-02-20
File — Container: Shelf 32, Box: 241, Folder: 36
Identifier: 32.241.36
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This group visited in the Rothko Chapel, and in return asked director David Leslie to visit their location in Mexico
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Event: 2018-02-20
Twelve Moments: Islamic Tradition, 2018-05-02
File — Container: Shelf 32, Box: 241, Folder: 36
Identifier: 32.241.36
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For the month of May, the Rothko Chapel presented a meditation in the Islamic tradition led by Imam Dr. Wazir Ali of Masjid Warithud-Deen Mohammed and Masjid Al-Qur’an. About the presenter:
Imam Dr. Wazir Ali is the Imam of the historic Masjid Warithud-Deen Mohammed and Masjid Al-Qur’an in Houston, Texas. Imam Dr. Ali completed an eight year mentorship program in Islamic Studies, comparative religion and Masjid administration under the guidance of Imam Qasim Ahmed. Imam Ali is...
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Event: 2018-05-02
Summer Programs, 2018-06 - 2018-08
File — Container: Shelf 32, Box: 241, Folder: 36
Identifier: 32.241.36
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Contains materials related to public programs during the time period, except for Awards and Colloquia which have separate series.
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Event: 2018-06 - 2018-08
Financial Materials, 1990 - 2015
Sub-Series — Container: Shelf 32, Box: 71
Identifier: 32.71
Scope and Contents
Includes:01. Annual Budget, 2004-2006
02. Fiscal Sponsorship, 2015
03. Fiscal Sponsorship, Women’s Annual Women’s Seeder Haggdah, 2015
04. Dominique de Menil’s liquidation of SAFILIPO investments for the Rotko Chapel, 1996
05. Budget, 2003-2005
06. Budget, 1990
07. Latimer Capital Campaign, 2005
08. Investment Review, 1998-2000
09. Investment Review, 2002-2003
10. Cash Summary and Chart of Accounts, June 1996
11. Financial Correspondence, 1999
12. Expenses, 2013-2014
13. Audited...
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Record Keeping: 1990 - 2015
Twelve Moments: Difference, 2018-10-03
File — Container: Shelf 32, Box: 241, Folder: 46
Identifier: 32.241.46
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For the month of October, the Rothko Chapel presented contemplative storytelling on the topic of "Difference" in the Jewish tradition, led by Rabbi Dan Gordon of Temple Beth Torah. About the presenter:
Rabbi Dan Gordon has been spiritual leader of Temple Beth Torah since 1998. He is involved in many interfaith activities, and has been part of four different interfaith tours overseas (three to Israel and one to Turkey). A chaplain for St. Luke’s Hospital, he teaches Sacred...
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Event: 2018-10-03
Twelve Moments: Reflecting on Forgiveness in the Face of Hate, 2018-11-07
File — Container: Shelf 32, Box: 241, Folder: 47
Identifier: 32.241.47
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In a national climate of increasing anger and hate, how does one even begin to consider the concept of reconciliation? In response to the barrage of hate incidents occurring across the country, most recently at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Imam Dr. Wazir Ali (Masjid Warithud-Deen Mohammed and Masjid Al-Qur’an) reflected on forgiveness and reconciliation, and the many difficult questions we ask ourselves on this universal topic. About the presenter:
Imam Dr. Wazir...
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Event: 2018-11-07
34th Annual Houston Interfaith Thanksgiving Service, 2018-11-15
File — Container: Shelf 32, Box: 241, Folder: 45
Identifier: 32.241.45
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34th Annual Houston Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
Theme: "Care for Creation"
Free and open to all, no registration requiredLeading up to the 2019 Rothko Chapel Symposium on Climate Change, the 34th Annual Houston Interfaith Thanksgiving Service focused on the environment. Leaders and members of nine different faith communities across the city came together to share prayers, readings, chants and reflections on the theme of “care for creation.” This year's service included...
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Event: 2018-11-15