Shelf 31
Container
Contains 194 Results:
2014-2015 Season , 2014-03-31
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 89
Identifier: 31.94.89
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.
Dates:
Event: 2014-03-31
Twelve Moments: Bon-Buddhist Tradition , 2014-04-02
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 90
Identifier: 31.94.90
Abstract
Alejandro Chaoul, Bon-Buddhist Tradition
Suggested donation $10This meditation exposes participants to the power of meditation as medicine for the mind from the Bon-Buddhist perspective. Alejandro Chaoul is an assistant professor and director of education at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center’s Integrative Medicine program, where he conducts research using mind-body techniques with cancer patients, holds group and individual meditation classes, and directs the education initiatives on...
Dates:
Event: 2014-04-02
The People United Will Never Be Defeated!, 36 Variations on a Revolutionary Anthem , 2014-04-03
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 91
Identifier: 31.94.91
Abstract
Brendan Kinsella, Pianist
Dr. Tom O'Brien and Hosam Aboul-Ela, Dialogue
Presented in partnership with APERIO, Music of the Americas and FotoFest
Suggested donation $10 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...
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Event: 2014-04-03
Mark Rothko: A Musical Response , 2014-04-11
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 92
Identifier: 31.94.92
Abstract
Haskell Small
Suggested donation $10Mark Rothko’s work, including the Rothko Chapel, has inspired numerous responses in prose, poetry, movement, and music. Noted pianist Haskell Small performs his piece The Rothko Room: Journeys in Silence, which was inspired by the Rothko Room in the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC. Additionally, the concert includes pieces inspired by the spiritual power of mountains by Alan Hovhaness. Small is an accomplished composer and pianist, and...
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Event: 2014-04-11
A Night of Arab Poetry and Oud Music , 2014-04-16
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 93
Identifier: 31.94.93
Abstract
Fady Joudah, Poet and Rahim AlHaj, Oud Musician
Presented in partnership with FotoFest and Arab American Cultural and Community Center
Suggested donation $10In collaboration with FotoFest and the Arab American Cultural and Community Center, celebrated poet Fady Joudah and renowned musician Rahim AlHaj present an evening of Arab poetry and oud music. Fady Joudah is a Palestinian-American poet and physician. Joudah's poetry has been published in a variety of publications,...
Dates:
Event: 2014-04-16
Dismantling Hurtful Worldviews on Earth Day , 2014-04-22
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 95
Identifier: 31.94.95
Abstract
Anne McClintock, Ph.D.
Suggested donation $10What can feminism teach us about alternative ways to approach the environment? Ecofeminism envisions feminism and ecology as interconnected, arguing that the worldview that causes environmental degradation is the same that causes inequality for women. On Earth Day, Anne McClintock, Ph.D. discusses what ecofeminism can teach us, and how it can change the way we treat the Earth. Dr. McClintock is a writer, feminist scholar and public...
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Event: 2014-04-22
Sound Observations at the Rothko Chapel , 2014-04-24
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 94
Identifier: 31.94.94
Abstract
Charles Curtis and The Nameless Sound Ensemble
Presented in partnership with Nameless Sound
Suggested donation $10Nameless Sound and the Rothko Chapel unites to present a performance by renowned experimental and minimalist cellist Charles Curtis. Curtis performs French electronic music composer Éliane Radigue’s Naldjorlak I (2004), a piece perfectly suited to the meditative, sacred space of the Chapel. After a decade’s-long career creating electronic music for synthesizers,...
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Event: 2014-04-24
From Auschwitz to the International Court of Justice , 2014-04-27
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 96
Identifier: 31.94.96
Abstract
Judge Thomas Buergenthal
Suggested donation $10 In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Judge Thomas Buergenthal shares his inspiring personal journey from a prisoner in Auschwitz to a judge championing human rights on the International Court of Justice. Judge Buergenthal served as the American judge on the International Court of Justice from 2000 until 2010. Prior to the ICJ, he was a judge and president of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and served as a member of the...
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Event: 2014-04-27
Mark Rothko: Seeing in the Dark , 2014-04-29
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 97
Identifier: 31.94.97
Abstract
Harry Cooper, Ph.D.
Suggested donation $10 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...
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Event: 2014-04-29
MenilFest , 2014-05-03
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 98
Identifier: 31.94.98
Abstract
Seven Doors Chakra Tuning
Lisa Harris
Suggested donation $10As part of the MenilFest, singer Lisa Harris conducts a chakra tuning workshop on the Rothko Chapel plaza. Her composition SEVEN DOORS brings awareness to the seven chakras and explores vibrational techniques to balance and unblock the chakras. Spectators are encouraged to dance as well as practice yoga. Lisa Harris is a writer, songwriter, storyteller, lyricist/composer, filmmaker and director. She formally studied...
Dates:
Event: 2014-05-03