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Christopher Rothko and Kate Rothko Prizel, spoke on the legacy of their father

Abstract with Singer/Songwriter Sara HickmanIn celebration of its 40th anniversary, the Rothko Chapel honors its members and donors and anyone who turned 40 in 2011 with free admission to a special concert at the Chapel with singer-songwriter Sara Hickman.Known for her one-of-a-kind live shows, native Houstonian Hickman is the Official State Musican of Texas. She got her first guitar at age seven, and at eight wrote and performed her first song on stage. After studies at...

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Vimeo Livestream Sunday, February 28, 2-4pm CDT Free registration

To lift up the last 50 years of the Rothko Chapel’s work and mission, and renew and strengthen its commitment to serve as a welcoming interfaith sanctuary for all and a place to rally around the significant human rights issues of the day, the Chapel will hold an interfaith service and human rights celebration including Sufi Whirling, prayers, reflections, and music.

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Javier Sicilia, poet

Abstract Collaboration with the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity Suggested donation $10One of Mexico’s best-known poets, Javier Sicilia, laid down his pen last year after his 24-year-old son was murdered by drug traffickers in Cuernavaca, Mexico. In his son’s memory, Sicilia created the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity to urge an end to the drug violence — violence that has left an estimated 60,000 dead, 10,000 disappeared, and more than 160,000 Mexicans displaced...

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A Rothko Chapel Member’s Event, The Chapel’s first annual members event will feature an innovative concert performed by award-winning New Mexico musician Randy Granger and accompanied by Jodi Roberts on Tibetan bowls and Stephanie Phillips on viola. The concert will integrate indigenous instruments and Western music to create sounds of healing and oneness

Abstract With Carol Mancusi-UngaroCarol Mancusi-Ungaro, co-author of the 2004 Barnett Newman: A Catalogue Raisonné, will address issues pertaining to the history, presence, and preservation of Newman’s Broken Obelisk. Installed on the plaza of the Rothko Chapel in 1970, the sculpture embraces the ethos of the Chapel while embodying the cultural development of Houston. Barnett Newman (1905-1970), best known as a painter, is indelibly linked with the Rothko Chapel as the...

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Contains materials related to public programs during the time period, except for Awards and Colloquia which have separate series.

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For voice, string quartet, and soundtrack, artists: Etty Ben-Zaken, Eitan Steinberg, and Houston Symphony mucisicans: Rodica Oancea Gonzales, Michaela Orancea-Frustina, violin and Linda Goldstein, viola. Eitan Steinberg is a composer and recipient of Israel’s Prime Minister’s Prize for composers in 2007. His music embodies the convergence of different cultures and is inspired by traditional and folk materials from around the world

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Contemplative service of meditation, reading, music, led by Kinley Lange; Keerthana and Kruthi Bhat performed South Indian Classical Music