The Center for Texas Cultural Heritage

Exhibits at the Center will be geared towards a younger audience, ranging fromgrades four through seven.

Many of the displays, however, will offer an extra layer of historical detailfor curious adults.

"Birth of the Republic of Texas" — one of the many conceptual designs sumbittedby BRC Imagination Arts, the firm behind Space Center Houston.

With an additional hotel coming to the Discovery Green area, the new heritagecenter will be at the apex of the thriving tourist-friendly neighborhood.

Sarah Rothenberg

Rothenberg enlisted Shepherd School of Music composition faculty, Prix de Romeand Stoeger Award winner Pierre Jalbert to note an antiphonal fanfare thatevoked a sense of grandeur.

Rothenberg is enlisting the help of Da Camera artists past and present forMendelssohn's Octet and the continuo orchestra for Bach's Keyboard Concerto No.1 in D Minor, including violinist Vera Beths. . .

and violinist Harumi Rhodes, alongside emerging musicians currently in the DaCamera Young Artists program and alums.

City Dance Company

The TSU Jazz Ensemble played for guests outside of the museum.

Ballerinas with the City Dance Company performed on the grassy lawn.

Houston Council Member Ellen Cohen presented Josef Helfenstein, director of TheMenil Collection, with a city proclamation.

Founded in Los Angeles by Mark Lee and Sharon Johnston in 1998, Johnston Markleehas made a name for itself with a deep dedication to architectural history andtheory.

View House, Rosario, Argentina, 2009.

Hill House, Pacific Palisades, CA, 2004.

After several years of searching for an architecture firm to take on its newMenil Drawing Insitute, Menil officials announced this week that JohnstonMarklee will lead the design project.