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Contains 194 Results:
Dismantling Hurtful Worldviews on Earth Day , 2014-04-22
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 95
Identifier: 31.94.95
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
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Event: 2014-05-03
Mark Rothko: The Houston Connection , 2014-05-06
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 99
Identifier: 31.94.99
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Chelby King
Suggested donation $10How did John and Dominique de Menil come to commission Mark Rothko to create his masterpiece, the Rothko Chapel, in Houston? Art historian Chelby King discusses Houston art professor Jermayne McAgy’s influence on the de Menil’s commission and her connection to Rothko. Chelby King was awarded a M.A. in art history from the University of Houston in May 2013 following a fifteen-year career in arts management. Her organizational work has focused on...
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Event: 2014-05-06
Twelve Moments: Vipassana Tradition, 2014-05-07
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 100
Identifier: 31.94.100
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Ginger Clarkson, Vipassana Tradition
Suggested donation $10Using Qigong exercises to relax the body and focus the mind, this meditation helps participants notice whatever body sensations, thoughts, perceptions, and emotions arise from moment to moment. Vipassana meditation involves fluid attention to what is actually occurring, both internally and externally, without trying to change, judge, or analyze it. A practitioner aims to observe consciously whatever happens, neither...
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Event: 2014-05-07
Poetry for Peace , 2014-05-13
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 101
Identifier: 31.94.101
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Naomi Shihab Nye and Chana Bloch
Suggested donation $10To commemorate Israeli Independence Day and Palestinian Nakba Day, Palestinian-American poet Naomi Shihab Nye and Jewish-American poet Chana Bloch read from their poetry and translations. Both poets draw upon their heritage in their work, yet see peace as essential. Naomi Shihab Nye is the author of numerous books of poems, including You and Yours, 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East, Fuel, and Red Suitcase. She...
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Event: 2014-05-13
Mark Rothko: A Response in Verse , 2014-05-21
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 102
Identifier: 31.94.102
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Nicole Brossard
Suggested donation $10Throughout the years, visitors have responded to the silent power of Mark Rothko’s work, and particularly the Rothko Chapel, by composing poems. Acclaimed Canadian avant-garde poet and novelist Nicole Brossard debuts a poem inspired by her intense admiration and affection for Rothko’s work. She also reads from her latest collection of poems in English. Brossard has published more than 30 books, including Nicole Brossard: Selections (2010,...
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Event: 2014-05-21
Twelve Moments: Zen Tradition , 2014-06-04
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 104
Identifier: 31.94.104
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Cathy Crouch, Zen Tradition
Suggested donation $10This meditation introduces participants to a fundamental Buddhist practice, mindfulness of breathing. By cultivating awareness of our bodily sensations, emotions and thoughts, we can over time develop some freedom in how we respond to our life more in line with our intentions. Cathy Crouch is an assistant teacher with the Houston Zen Center. She began her meditation practice in 1975 and joined the Houston Zen community as it was...
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Event: 2014-06-04