How can we work with conflict, creatively, and initiate a productive, potentially life-changing dialogue? Most people today avoid conflicts because they often quickly become painful and emotionally threatening. Addressing differences requires skills going beyond the...
This drama follows a woman who survives a horrific attack by her estranged husband and finds solace as an endurance swimmer. She eventually overcomes political and religious hurdles in a bid to swim further than anyone has done before—with her hands bound. This...
The filmmakers “thread [several] icepick-precise vignettes about the petty bureaucracies of working-class life in Iran.” —IndieWire The drama Terrestrial Verses follows everyday people as they navigate the cultural, religious, and institutional constraints imposed on...
Explore how the traditions of Buddhism and analytical psychology can enrich our understandings of the mind and of psychological development. C.G. Jung is known as the first psychoanalyst to take a genuine interest in Buddhism, and is even quoted as once saying that...
Please join HCCC to celebrate the opening of our winter/spring exhibitions, “THIS SIDE UP” and “Fiber in 3D”. The evening will also feature open studios by the current resident artists.
Mornings are a special time. When our brains have not yet started to make the connections that will eventually lead us to identify with our roles in the world, we are simply mindful beings. Join us early on Friday mornings for a quick moment of mindfulness with...
A gambler (Yasna Mirtahmasb, who won best actor at the 2023 Tokyo International Film Festival) finds an unexpected romance with a talented female videographer. Determined to turn his life around, he strives to become a better, more useful person by taking...
When a large Iranian-American family gathers, a secret is uncovered that catapults the estranged mother and daughter into an exploration of the past, and to discover they are more alike than they know. Winner of the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival. “[The]...
Many spiritual traditions emphasize the importance of bringing our awareness to the present moment, and provide us with tools and techniques that help to do just that. Join us as we inspect how this and other aspects of spirituality are integral not only to the...
Many spiritual traditions emphasize the importance of bringing our awareness to the present moment, and provide us with tools and techniques that help to do just that. Join us as we inspect how this and other aspects of spirituality are integral not only to the...
This music workshop with PK-5th grade students focuses on hands-on music-making and teamwork. All students will have a chance to make music and express emotion.
Are you longing to cultivate self-compassion and let go of perfectionism? Are you ready to let go of what other people think and embrace authenticity? Are you interested in discovering practices for developing gratitude and joy? Join us for a 1-Day Daring Greatly™...
Are you longing to cultivate self-compassion and let go of perfectionism? Are you ready to let go of what other people think and embrace authenticity? Are you interested in discovering practices for developing gratitude and joy? Join us for a 1-Day Daring Greatly™...
Introduced by Maureen Herzog and Dave Walker, Foundation for Independent Media Arts Three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure in 1930s Mississippi. Loosely based on Homer’s Odyssey, this “Movies Houstonians Love” presentation follows Ulysses Everett McGill...
GRAMMY-nominated early music organization Ars Lyrica Houston presents a quintessentially Baroque program called Fugal Games on Saturday, January 13th at 4pm in Duncan Recital Hall at Rice University. Five expert early music instrumentalists join for the artful and...
Session 2 – Join fiber artist Sarita Westrup to create a beautiful and functional twined basket-in-the round in this intensive one-day workshop. Participants will learn how to weave with round reeds, beginning with a star base, and create a spiral to form the walls...
DACAMERA Young Artists present a concert inspired by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s exhibition “Rembrandt to Van Gogh: Masterpieces from the Armand Hammer Collection,” on view now through January 21. Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Passacaglia Clara...
Join Holocaust Museum Houston for a presentation from Dr. Ruth J. Simmons on her upbringing in Jim Crow-era Texas and how that affected her career in academia. A Distinguished Presidential Fellow at Rice University and Senior Adviser to the President of Harvard...
Jewish resistance during the Holocaust is still understood mostly in terms of rare armed group activities in the Nazi occupied East, for example ghetto uprisings or partisan activities. This new research is based on a broader definition and countless hitherto untapped...
The Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc. – Willie Lee Gay H-Town Chapter will host a day of presentations and discussions focused on plantation tourism, how enslaved people are depicted at sites, plantation preservation, and how plantation records...
