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Contains 194 Results:
Black Lives Matter: Getting Beyond the Hashtag, 2015-01-07
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 95, Folder: 22
Identifier: 31.95.22
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Contemplation and Dialogue
Alex Byrd, Ph.D., Judge Josefina Rendon, Assata Richards, Ph.D., and Mtangulizi Sanyika, Ph.D.Like much of the nation, the Chapel has been wrestling with our response to the lack of justice in the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases and the possibilities for action going forward. Please join us for “Black Lives Matter,” which builds on our yearlong program series on Living As If: The Art, Spirituality, and Practice of Non-Violence. Harnessing the...
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Event: 2015-01-07
Songs of Freedom , 2015-01-15
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 95, Folder: 23
Identifier: 31.95.23
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Rutha Mae Harris"Without the songs of the movement, personally I believe that there wouldn't have been a movement."- Rutha Mae Harris The Rothko Chapel continues its tradition of honoring The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life with a musical tribute on his birthday. This year the Chapel is thrilled to feature the renowned Freedom Singer Rutha Mae Harris in an exploration of singing as a nonviolent practice during the Civil Rights movement. In addition to rousing...
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Event: 2015-01-15
Museum Experience, 2015-01-31
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 95, Folder: 24
Identifier: 31.95.24
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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. From 1pm-2pm join an acroyoga jam on the Rothko Chapel lawn that is open to everyone. At 2pm, 2:45pm and 3:30pm, experience musical performances by Da Camera Young Artists celebrating Thomas Merton's 100th birthday. Pocket To Me is on site selling delicious pita pockets!
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Event: 2015-01-31
Twelve Moments: Modern Tradition, 2015-02-04
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 95, Folder: 25
Identifier: 31.95.25
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Jerry Ruhl, Ph.D., Modern Meditation“Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone – we find it with another.” This quote from Thomas Merton points toward a neglected aspect of meditation, that it is always relational. Consciously or unconsciously we yearn for enduring, supportive, loving attachment and relationship with others, with nature, and with God. We become fully realized in order to be more available for relationship, not the other...
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Event: 2015-02-04
Twilight Meditation: Jewish Contemplative Concert, 2015-02-10
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 95, Folder: 26
Identifier: 31.95.26
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Daniel Mutlu, Jewish Contemplative ConcertCongregation Beth Israel Cantor Daniel Mutlu leads a contemplative practice of Jewish worship music. Mutlu earned a Masters in Sacred Music from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City and was invested into the Cantorate in 2008. Mutlu also served as Professor of Traditional Nusach at Hebrew Union College. An avid composer and arranger, Mutlu has also premiered original works in Boston, Jerusalem, and New York....
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Event: 2015-02-10
Modern Mass with Loadbang, 2015-02-12
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 95, Folder: 27
Identifier: 31.95.27
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bserve the silence of the Rothko Chapel filling with the sound of sacred music, both medieval and modern. New York-based music chamber group LoadBang performs Guillaume de Machaut's 15th century masterpiece “Misse de Nostre Dame” interwoven with composer and group member Andy Kozar’s modern interpretation of the piece titled “Mass.” While Machaut’s music is the epitome of religious music, Kozar’s interpretation reflects on the loss of his Catholic faith as well as honors the place that...
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Event: 2015-02-12
A Service of Worship for Ash Wednesday, 2015-02-18
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 95, Folder: 28
Identifier: 31.95.28
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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: 2015-02-18
Twelve Moments: Bon-Buddhist Tradition, 2015-03-04
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 95, Folder: 29
Identifier: 31.95.29
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Alejandro Chaoul, Ph.D., Bon-Buddhist MeditationLearn about meditation in the ancient Bon-Buddhist tradition of Tibet, and how it can be a "medicine" for our mind-wandering and emotional entanglements. We will also practice simple techniques of "Meditation Precious Pills" for every day life. Dr. 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...
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Event: 2015-03-04
Mending Bones: Walking a Bone Labyrinth , 2015-03-08
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 95, Folder: 30
Identifier: 31.95.30
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To commemorate International Women’s Day, step inside a unique labyrinth on the Rothko Chapel plaza and engage in the ancient practice of walking contemplation. Installed by artist Jo Zider, this labyrinth is composed of ceramic “bones” that invite participants to consider violence against women, and what role we might all play in compassionately ending it. In the center of the labyrinth, place a bone in the healing circle as a prayer or indication of your intention. The labyrinth is...
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Event: 2015-03-08
How to Start a Revolution, 2015-03-19
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 95, Folder: 31
Identifier: 31.95.31
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Film Screening and DialogueSit under the stars on the Rothko Chapel plaza and meet the most important man you never heard of thanks to Ruaridh Arrow’s award-winning documentary How to Start a Revolution. Arrow’s film explores the life and ideas of Dr. Gene Sharp, a thinker and writer responsible for toppling dictatorships across the globe because of the power of his pen. His seminal work From Dictatorship to Democracy has formed the blueprint for non-violent revolutions in Latin...
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Event: 2015-03-19