Performance: "DUET: Lift Me Up For I Am Dying, an audio installation featuring Avri Levitan (Tel Aviv) and Tyme Khleifi (Ramallah)"

Rothko Chapel

05.14.13 - 05.15.13

On the 65th anniversary of the formation of the Israeli State and the Palestinian Nakba, the Rothko Chapel will play DUET, an audio installation by Scottish artist Ross Birrell. DUET features recit

Lecture: "Earth Church: A Vision of Full-World Spirituality" with Jim Blackburn

Rothko Chapel

05.02.13

Values and belief structures were derived when the world was relatively empty of humans and human impacts. That is no longer the situation as the planet is being filled up and, in some cases, overw

Twelve Moments of Spirituality and Healing: Buddhist Meditation with Claire Villarreal

Rothko Chapel

05.01.13

Claire Villarreal will lead a meditation from the Buddhist tradition using the breath to calm and center guests in the present, then bringing healing energy through the body. The series is co-spons

Crystal Bowl Concert featuring Dana Shamas

Rothko Chapel

04.12.13

PBS' new series documenting contemporary Texas culture includes an episode on the Rothko Chapel. Camera crews be on site filming while the Rothko Chapel offers a crystal bowl concert featuring

Musical Humor, Seriously

Eine kleine: Conductor reveals the real secret of Mozart's addictive little tune and why we love it

By Naomi Galvez

04.10.13 | 7:01 pm

When Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed Eine kleine Nachtmusik — A Little Night Music as it's familiarly called — he actually never penned a proper title. He simply noted that he comp ...

2013 Menil Community Arts Festival & Houston Indie Book Fair

The Menil Collection

04.20.13

The Menil Collection and a group of surrounding arts organizations come together to host an afternoon of art and entertainment that will extend across the Menil campus. Highlighting the divers

Twelve Moments of Spirituality and Healing Jewish Meditation with Henry Abramovitch

Rothko Chapel

04.03.13

In this contemplative session, guests will examine Talmudic text and use the practice of active imagination to explore the Jewish concepts of "tikkun" (repair) and "tikkun olam,"

2013 Óscar Romero Award for Human Rights Ceremony Honoring Blanca Velázquez

Rothko Chapel

04.07.13

The 2013 Óscar Romero Award will be given to Blanca Velázquez, a champion of worker rights and dignity in Mexico. The 12th such award given by the Rothko Chapel since 1986, this award

Follow the bi-cultural trail

Ambitious Texan-French art project across Houston opens doors to new opportunities

By Joel Luks

03.15.13 | 3:37 pm

In the not-so-distant past, the 1994 American-French film Stargate spawned a television series, comics and video games and ran over and over again on some network akin to Lifetime, on a kind o ...

Yoga and Meditation on the Plaza

Rothko Chapel

03.09.13 - 03.30.13

Yoga and Meditation on the Plaza provides an opportunity for participants to connect with their body and breath while enjoying the atmosphere of the Rothko Chapel grounds. Mike Thacker and Stephani