Shelf 31
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Contains 194 Results:
America Beyond Capitalism, 2014-01-23
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 73
Identifier: 31.94.73
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Gar Alperovitz, Ph.D. with David Benson
Suggested donation $10 What does staggering income inequality mean for the future of America’s economy, and capitalism in general? Is there an economic model that would more equitably distribute wealth? What type of institutional transformation would need to occur for such a model to develop? Author and activist Gar Alperovitz, Ph.D. discusses these questions and more with local expert David Benson. Dr. Alperovitz, Lionel R. Bauman...
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Event: 2014-01-23
Museum Experience, 2014-01-25
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 74
Identifier: 31.94.74
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To celebrate the Houston Museum District Association's Museum Experience, the Rothko Chapel hosts a day full of events in conjunction with The Menil Collection and Houston Center for Photography. In addition, Oh My! Pocket Pies is selling delicious treats on the plaza.11am – 6pm Photo scavenger Hunt! Houston Center for Photography dares you to be creative and capture with your camera details from the buildings and nature surrounding the organizations in zone 1. ...
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Event: 2014-01-25
Twilight Meditation: Bon-Buddhist Meditation , 2014-01-30
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 75
Identifier: 31.94.75
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Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, Bon-Buddhist Tradition
Suggested donation $10Tenzin 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...
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Event: 2014-01-30
Twelve Moments: Modern Meditation , 2014-02-01
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 76
Identifier: 31.94.76
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Dr. Jerry Ruhl, Modern Tradition
Suggested donation $10Participants are invited to experience the power of presence in this meditation. Presence can be soothing or stimulating, intrusive or spacious. It is the ground from which healing emerges. Presence fills nature. Certain landscapes – mountains, trees, rocks, bodies of water – bind us beyond our understanding to something majestic and profound. Unfortunately, in our busy lives, we may only become mindful of our daily need for...
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Event: 2014-02-01
Mark Rothko: Marriage of Modern Art and Architecture, 2014-02-06
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 77
Identifier: 31.94.77
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Eileen Costello, Ph.D.
Suggested donation $10Mark 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...
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Event: 2014-02-06
Where Soldiers Come From, 2014-02-19
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 78
Identifier: 31.94.78
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Film Screening and Dialogue
Heather Courtney
Suggested donation $10In light of the withdrawal of the majority of combat troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014, Where Soldiers Come From is a timely, Emmy-award winning documentary by Heather Courtney that follows the four-year journey of childhood friends forever changed by America’s longest war. Where Soldiers Come From looks beyond the guns and policies of an ongoing war to tell a human story about family, friendship, and...
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Event: 2014-02-19
Soul Repair from Moral Injury after War , 2014-02-20
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 79
Identifier: 31.94.79
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Rev. Rita Nakashima Brock, Ph.D.
Suggested donation $10 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...
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Event: 2014-02-20
Losar, 2014-03-02
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 80
Identifier: 31.94.80
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Losar, or the Tibetan New Year, begins on March 2nd and marks the Year of the Wood Horse. To celebrate, The Ligmincha Bon-Buddhist Center for Meditative and Healing Arts, Dawn Mountain Tibetan Temple, and the Houston Zen Center come together on the plaza to pray and meditate together. The celebration begins with the Sang Chod, or Smoke Offering, a ritual traditionally to begin the Tibetan lunar calendar year, followed by a meditation with mantra, and the traditional zen ringing of the bowl....
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Event: 2014-03-02
Twelve Moments: Baha’i Tradition, 2014-03-05
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 81
Identifier: 31.94.81
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Ajit Giani, Baha'i Tradition
Suggested donation $10This meditation explores the similarities of prayer and meditation in the Baha’i faith since the former is an expression to the Divine, and the latter is listening to the Divine within each of us. Participants chant prayers in various languages with time in between to meditate and listen to the Divine answer. Ajit Giani is the External Affairs Officer for the Baha’is of Houston, Director at Interfaith Ministries and chair of the...
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Event: 2014-03-05
Ash Wednesday Service, 2014-03-01
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 82
Identifier: 31.94.82
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Covenant Baptist Church
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2014-03-01