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Contains 57 Results:

Interfaith Thanksgiving Service, 2010-11-18

 File — Container: Shelf 30, Box: 92, Folder: 12
Identifier: 30.92.12
Abstract

Theme: Freedom to Disagree

Houston’s diverse faith community comes together in the Rothko Chapel for an annual offering of prayers of thanksgiving.

Dates: Event: 2010-11-18

Messe de Notre Dame at the Rothko Chapel, 2010-12-03

 File — Container: Shelf 30, Box: 92, Folder: 14
Identifier: 30.92.14
Abstract Marcel Pérès and the Ensemble Organum, presented by Da Camera.Da Camera of Houston presents the world-renowned medieval music scholar and singer Marcel Pérès and his Ensemble Organum in a rare United States appearance and their Houston debut. This ancient music ensemble will sing one of the greatest religious compositions of all time, Guillaume de Machaut’s 14th-century Messe de Notre Dame, the first mass to be attributed to a single composer. The Rothko Chapel is hosting the...
Dates: Event: 2010-12-03

In the Lateness of the World: Singing in Dark Times , 2010-12-07

 File — Container: Shelf 30, Box: 92, Folder: 16
Identifier: 30.92.16
Abstract with Carolyn ForchéCarolyn Forché, poet, human rights activist, and granddaughter of a Czech immigrant whose family included a woman resistance fighter imprisoned during the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, will read original poetry and talk about poetry of witness. Her first poetry collection, Gathering the Tribes, won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition. Her second book, The Country between Us, was published with the help of Margaret Atwood. Forché is director of...
Dates: Event: 2010-12-07

The St. Romanos Chorale, 2010-12-10

 File — Container: Shelf 30, Box: 92, Folder: 18
Identifier: 30.92.18
Abstract Dr. William Attra, Choral DirectorThe St. Romanos Chorale takes its name from the Syrian religious poet and hymnographer of the Eastern Orthodox Christian Church, St. Romanos, who is considered to be the greatest of the Byzantine melodist-poets. The St. Romanos Chorale is composed of singers from several Orthodox Christian churches in the greater Houston area. The music is sung a capella in both Byzantine and Slavonic styles, predominantly in English, but also in Greek, Arabic,...
Dates: Event: 2010-12-10

About Art and What it Can Do, 2011-01-29

 File — Container: Shelf 30, Box: 92, Folder: 21
Identifier: 30.92.21
Abstract The Rothko Chapel and the Transformative Power of Art, A Series "About Painting and What It Can Do" Brice Marden, ArtistThis series will celebrate the artistic and spiritual import of the Rothko Chapel, bringing three speakers with close ties to Mark Rothko and the Chapel.American painter Brice Marden was featured in the exhibition Marden, Novros, Rothko: Painting in the Age of Actuality at Rice University in 1975. Marden and David Novros exhibited their work with...
Dates: Event: 2011-01-29

An Act of Faith , 2011-02-19

 File — Container: Shelf 30, Box: 92, Folder: 20
Identifier: 30.92.20
Abstract The Rothko Chapel and the Transformative Power of Art, A Series "Acts of Faith" The Reverend Susan J. BarnesThis series will celebrate the artistic and spiritual import of the Rothko Chapel, bringing three speakers with close ties to Mark Rothko and the Chapel.The Reverend Susan J. Barnes will address the overarching issue of faith and spirituality in the lives and enterprises of the Menils—of which the Rothko Chapel was the first outward and visible sign: the first...
Dates: Event: 2011-02-19

Music for Rothko, 2011-02-25 - 2011-02-27

 File — Container: Shelf 30, Box: 92, Folder: 25
Identifier: 30.92.25
Abstract Da Camera Honors the Rothko Chapel with “Music for Rothko” Presented in Collaboration with Houston Chamber ChoirDa Camera offers a powerful program of avant-garde music that resonates with the deep spirituality of this unique space. Intimate piano works of Erik Satie, unknown choral compositions of John Cage, and Morton Feldman’s “beloved Schubert” create the musical setting for a performance of Feldman’s masterpiece, Rothko Chapel, inspired by his visit to the chapel in 1971. ...
Dates: Event: 2011-02-25 - 2011-02-27

Tibetan Bon Buddhism , 2011-03-02

 File — Container: Shelf 30, Box: 92, Folder: 27
Identifier: 30.92.27
Abstract

Alejandro Chaoul

Dates: Event: 2011-03-02

Human Rights, University, and Sovereignty in African and Islamic Perspectives, 2011-03-19

 File — Container: Shelf 30, Box: 92, Folder: 29
Identifier: 30.92.29
Abstract Spirit Matters: A Series Exploring Identity, Religion, and Human Rights "Human Rights, Universality and Sovereignty in African and Islamic Perspectives" Abdullahi An-Na’im, Ph.D.Chapel co-founder Dominique de Menil built her life according to the belief that spiritual forces are of consequence in real world affairs. She insisted that a capacity for reverence was essential to successfully advancing justice. And yet, contemporary religious forces often seem to be at odds with...
Dates: Event: 2011-03-19

Songs for Justice: Thomas Mapfumo & the Blacks Unlimited, 2022-07-21

 File — Container: Shelf 30, Box: 218, Folder: 35
Identifier: 30.218.35
Abstract The Rothko Chapel presents the Songs for Justice series, featuring concerts and conversations exploring the power of music in furthering social justice movements and addressing today’s inequities and injustices. Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited will perform deep mbira anthems, rollicking township dance grooves, and refracted glimmers of reggae, RandB, and African jazz on the Plaza to conclude this program series.About the presenter Affectionately known to the world as the...
Dates: Event: 2022-07-21