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Greetings!
The Rothko Chapel is pleased to present free public programs that elevate the spirit, foster dialogue, and champion ethical action during its 2013-2014 season, which officially begins this month. The season is organized thematically into series.
Spiritual Pioneers invites contemporary luminaries to discuss humankind's perennial quest for meaning and truth, particularly as expressed outside established formal religious traditions. Nationally acclaimed New York Times bestselling author and spiritual memoirist Barbara Brown Taylor launches the series on Sunday, September 15 at 3pm. She is an ordained Episcopal priest who writes eloquently about her struggle with organized religion and her need for a more expansive way to express her spirituality.
Toward the Common Good explores current pressing social concerns and offers creative ways to take positive, proactive action. Experts and advocates from an array of issues ask what would it take to make sure everyone is included in the common good? The series begins with a substantive look at human trafficking nationally and in Houston.
Living Mindfully presents artists, musicians, spiritual leaders, and community advocates to commemorate significant moments in time, nurture reverence for humanity's highest aspirations, and foster spiritual well-being.
Please see below for the offerings this September and I hope to see you at the Rothko Chapel soon.
Emilee Dawn Whitehurst
Executive Director
To see programs by date click here.
For programs by series click here.
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 Free Day of Yoga Houston Monday, September 2, 9am
Suggested donation $10
To RSVP, please click here. The Houston yoga community celebrates the eighth annual Free Day of Yoga Houston this Labor Day with special music performances by Girish and Ricardo Hambra, world percussionist and singer. This year's gathering focuses on the heart and devotion. Yoginos: Yoga for Youth will lead the children's classes and an acroyoga jam follows the practice. |
 Twelve Moments of Spirituality and Healing: Wiccan Meditation with Rev. Melissa Murry Wednesday, September 4, 12pm Suggested donation $10 To RSVP, please click here. Using a "ladder," or cord with knots, to keep track of each recitation of the meditations, participants use an old Wiccan tool to focus group energy toward healing our Mother Earth, as well as any other needed healing. Rev. Melissa Murry, High Priestess of the Temple of the Sacred Raven, was initiated as a Third Degree High Priestess in the Coven of the Citrine Dragonfly of the Black Forest Tradition of Wicca.
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 Twilight Meditation Kinley Lange, Christian Contemplative Taize Service
Tuesday, September 17, 6pm
Suggested donation $10
To RSVP, please click here. Taiz� worship, originating from France, incorporates music and prayers with songs in many languages, including chants and icons from the Eastern Orthodox tradition. The music emphasizes simple phrases, usually lines from Psalms or other pieces of Scripture, repeated and sometimes also sung in canon. Kinley Lange has been working as a choral musician for almost 40 years, conducting children, youth, church, civic, and professional choirs.
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 Learning to Walk in the Dark Barbara Brown Taylor
Sunday, September 15, 3pm
Suggested donation $10
To RSVP, please click here. Popular religious and spiritual teachers have a lot of positive things to say about "light" and "enlightenment," but almost nothing to say about the value of "endarkenment." Yet darkness plays an essential role in the spiritual life, especially when the well-lit structures of old-time religion are falling down. What might it mean to learn to walk in the dark? Could this be a skill that none of us can do without? Ordained Episcopal priest and memoirist Barbara Brown Taylor shares her personal spiritual journey of learning to walk in the dark outside of organized religion. An Episcopal priest since 1984, she is the author of 12 books, including the New York Times bestseller An Altar in the World. A book signing and reception on the plaza follows the program.
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 Peace Pilot Film Projection on the Rothko Chapel
Saturday, September 21, 8pm
Suggested donation $10
To RSVP, please click here. To mark International Day of Peace, the Rothko Chapel screens filmmaker Trayc Claybrook's highly acclaimed Peace Pilot on the outside of the Chapel. The film features characters in metaphoric environments, representing the hero's journey towards personal, communal, and global transformation.
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 Modern-Day Slavery Lori Cohen, Sanctuary for Families and Constance Rossiter, YMCA Houston
Sunday, September 29, 3pm
Suggested donation $10
To RSVP, please click here. Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery and a gross violation of human rights, affecting all genders, ages, and nationalities. Houston is a major labor and sex trafficking hub in the United States; roughly one in four women trafficked in the United States travels through Houston according to the Department of Justice. Lori Cohen, Senior Staff Attorney of New York City's Sanctuary for Families and local activist Constance Rossiter, Social Responsibility Director of YMCA's Trafficked Persons Assistance Program, discuss human trafficking nationally and in Houston.
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Noteworthy Off-Site Event
Economic Justice Conference
Saturday, September 7, 8am-5:30pm
Hilton Hotel at UH
Sponsored by HPJC and UH SGA
The Houston Peace and Justice Center's annual conference will focus on economic justice issues this year, and is being co-sponsored by the Student Government Association at the University of Houston. Registration is free for students and anyone else who cannot afford to pay. Others may pay what they can - no one will be turned away. The recommended registration fee is $20 for those who can afford it, and additional contributions are welcome to help cover expenses for students. The conference will be at the Hilton Hotel at the University of Houston. For more information, please click here.
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All events are free unless otherwise indicated. Seating for inside events is first-come, first- served. RSVP to secure preferential seating up to 15 minutes prior to the start of the program. At evening events, doors open 30 minutes prior to start time.
Parking is available along the street or in the St. Thomas Parking Garage on the corner of West Alabama and Graustark for $2.00 (cash only).
The Rothko Chapel is a 501(c)3 tax deductible organization and is solely responsible for its funding. It is funded through individual contributions as well as through the generous support of The Brown Foundation, Inc., The Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation, Houston Endowment Inc., The Simmons Foundation, The George and Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation, and a grant from the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance.
The mission of the Rothko Chapel is to inspire people to action through art and contemplation, to nurture reverence for the highest aspirations of humanity, and to provide a forum for global concerns.
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