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Shelf 30

 Container

Contains 103 Results:

Jain Preksha Meditation, 2012-05-02

 File — Container: Shelf 30, Box: 93, Folder: 63
Identifier: 30.93.63
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: 2012-05-02

Awakenings: Contemporary Expressions of Nature and Spirit, 2012-05-12

 File — Container: Shelf 30, Box: 93, Folder: 65
Identifier: 30.93.65
Abstract

Aperio, Music of the Americas

Led by pianist Michael Zuraw and percussionist Craig Hauschildt, Aperio’s musicians will perform works for piano, percussion, and electronic instruments that evoke the sensual extremes associated with natural phenomena, meditative practices, and ancient folk music. This program of profoundly reflective music will complement Mark Rothko’s meditative canvases.

Dates: Event: 2012-05-12

Jewish Meditation , 2012-06-06

 File — Container: Shelf 30, Box: 93, Folder: 67
Identifier: 30.93.67
Abstract

Rabbi Scott- Hausman-Weiss

Dates: Event: 2012-06-06

Summer Solstice Observation, 2012-06-20

 File — Container: Shelf 30, Box: 93, Folder: 69
Identifier: 30.93.69
Abstract In observation of the Summer Solstice, the Rothko Chapel will be open from sunrise to sunset (approximately 6:20am-8pm). In addition, the following programs will be available at no charge:Sun Salutations 6:21am sunriseCelebrate the start of the Summer Solstice with 108 sun salutations on the Plaza. Sun salutations are a series of yoga poses designed to warm up the body, and 108 is considered an auspicious number in yoga philosophy. Participants are welcome to complete...
Dates: Event: 2012-06-20

Twelve Moments: Integration and Unification Through Meditation , 2012-07-11

 File — Container: Shelf 30, Box: 93, Folder: 70
Identifier: 30.93.70
Abstract

Meditation Leader Michael Perkola, Buddhist Tradition

Join Michael Perkola for a guided meditation to create unity and presence. Michael has primarily focused on learning from Zen Buddhism and the Gurdjieff Tradition. Since 2005, he has formed and led meditation groups in Houston and Tokyo. He currently teaches a weekly meditation class at YogaOne Studios.

Dates: Event: 2012-07-11

Summer Sounds: Baba Ifalade , 2012-07-12

 File — Container: Shelf 30, Box: 93, Folder: 71
Identifier: 30.93.71
Abstract Baba Ifalade and D.R.U.M. on the Chapel Plaza Suggested donation $10D.R.U.M. is an award-winning African percussion ensemble led by Baba Ifalade (Alafia Gaidi), lead vocalist and performer, and practitioner of African traditional religion and culture. D.R.U.M. stands for Divine Rhythm, United Motion. The group has won the Houston Press’s “Best World Beat Band” on numerous occasions. Their hour-long, family-friendly performance of African and African-diaspora music will include...
Dates: Event: 2012-07-12

As if They Were Not There: Sound Art in the Rothko Chapel, 2012-07-28

 File — Container: Shelf 30, Box: 93, Folder: 72
Identifier: 30.93.72
Abstract Collaboration with the Menil Collection“The Mark Rothko paintings are very quiet, very silent. It’s almost as if they were not there.” Dominique de Menil, March, 1974In conjunction with the opening of the exhibitionSilence, at the Menil Collection, the Rothko Chapel will present the following sound performances. Steve Roden and Stephen Vitiello will collaborate in an improvised performance titled The Spaces Contained in Each that uses recordings of relative...
Dates: Event: 2012-07-28

Kirtan and Dialogue with Mahamandaleshwar Swami Nityananda, 2012-07-30

 File — Container: Shelf 30, Box: 93, Folder: 73
Identifier: 30.93.73
Abstract

Join revered Mahamandaleshwar Swami Nityananda for an evening of kirtan (Indian devotional chanting) and dialogue. Live tabla and harmonium (classical Indian drum and keyboard) will accompany Mahamandaleshwar Swami Nityananda, who is celebrated worldwide for his ability to make spirituality a practical part of modern daily life.

Dates: Event: 2012-07-30

Twelve Moments: Sikh and Kundalini Yoga Tradition, 2012-08-01

 File — Container: Shelf 30, Box: 93, Folder: 74
Identifier: 30.93.74
Abstract Meditation Leader Sat Kartar, Sikh and Kundalini Yoga Traditions Sat Kartar Singh Khalsa has been a student and teacher of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan for 37 years. Yogi Bhajan said "Kundalini Yoga is...a practice of experience of a person's own excellence which is dormant and which is awakened." Sat Kartar is a Minister of Sikh Dharma and a Texas Licensed Acupuncturist with a Master of Science in Oriental Medicine. Sikhism is the fifth largest religious...
Dates: Issued: 2012-08-01

Summer Sounds: Brazilian Arts Foundation, 2012-08-09

 File — Container: Shelf 30, Box: 93, Folder: 75
Identifier: 30.93.75
Abstract Brazilian Arts Foundation: Capoeira Performance on the Chapel Plaza Suggested donation $10Houston's Brazilian Arts Foundation will present an interactive, family-friendly performance of capoeira accompanied by live drumming. Capoeira is the national treasure of Brazil; a unique Afro-Brazilian martial art, capoeira is played in a ‘roda,’ or circle, between two players. The game challenges physical agility and coordination, as well as strategy and interaction. A reception for the...
Dates: Event: 2012-08-09