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| Upcoming Events | ||||
May 10 |
Pangea Day Emerson’s Schweitzer Club youth group is participating in this world-wide event. Short films have been submitted to make people laugh, pause, think, and provide a powerful glimpse into various lives on universal subjects. We intend to use Pangea Day to spread the practice of understanding, compassion and tolerance within The Schweitzer Club, Emerson Church and to the people of Houston. For more details check the RE Activities page. | Saturday 3–7:00pm |
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May 10 |
UU Music Fest There’ll be belly dancers, fire jugglers, hula hoops, hand drums, classical music, folk music, odd music, and rock and roll. For more details check the Announcements page. | Saturday 3:00pm |
Unitarian Fellowship | |
May 17 |
Houston Food Bank Empty Bowls For a $25 donation, receive a simple lunch of soup, bread and water, then select a bowl made by a ceramicist, glassblower or other professional artist. All proceeds benefit the Houston Food Bank. For more details check the Social Action page. | Saturday 11am–4pm |
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| May 31 | Emerson Service Auction, click for more details. | Saturday 6:30pm |
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| The Progressive Forum | ||||
| May 21 | Elizabeth Edwards, a breast cancer survivor, talks openly about overcoming life obstacles in a nonpolitical event. Wife of former Presidential hopeful John Edwards, she is the author of Saving Graces. She’s an accomplished attorney, law school professor, and a passionate advocate for children. | Wednesday 7:30pm |
Wortham Center | |
| The Rothko Chapel | ||||
| May 8 | Stolen Labor, Stolen Promises Heather White, President of New Standards, will speak about the high price paid by China’s workers and the undocumented working poor under China’s economic “miracle.” | Thursday 7:30pm |
Rothko Chapel | |
| May 15 | Human Rights in Zimbabwe The Houston Chapter of the United Nations Association and The Rothko Chapel are pleased to host Methodist Bishop Abel Tendekayi Muzorewa of Zimbabwe. Bishop Muzorewa will describe the developing crisis situation in Zimbabwe. | Thursday 7:30pm |
Chapel Archives House | |
| May 17 | Music from the Silk Road Asia Society presents music from Uzbekistan on the Rothko Chapel plaza. In the 18th and 19th centuries, a tradition of court music, performed largely by Jews or Muslims of Jewish origin, developed in Bhukara. The Izro Malakov Ensemble performers emigrated to the U.S. in the early 1990s and perform regularly at the Fez Festival of World Sacred Music, Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the Silk Road Project directed by Yo-Yo Ma and at colleges and universities across the U.S. | Saturday 7:30pm |
plaza by the reflecting pool |
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| May 21-22 | Fragments from Augustine the Saint Tenor Kenneth Gayle, Lauren Anderson of Houston Ballet, and featured guest artists will perform the chamber opera Fragments from Augustine the Saint, by National Endowment for the Arts award-winning composer Dr. Beverly Grigsby. The dark, meditative environment of The Rothko Chapel will serve to intensify the musical depiction of St. Augustine’s spiritual and philosophical struggles, his “dark night of the soul,” and inner transformation. | Wednesday and Thursday 7:30pm |
Rothko Chapel | |
| May 29 | Post 9/11 Human Rights Violations in the U.S. David Fathi, director of the U.S. Program at Human Rights Watch, will discuss immigration, national security and counterterrorism in the post 9/11 era. Human Rights Watch is the largest human rights organization based in the United States and one of the largest in the world. | Thursday 7:30pm |
Rothko Chapel | |
| Recurring Meetings | ||||
| Mondays | Professionally Speaking Singles Toastmasters (PSST!) Afraid of public speaking? Do your knees knock? Do you tremble with fear? Overcome those nerves and have fun doing it! Come visit PSST! on Monday nights at 7:00pm in Emerson’s own Schweitzer Hall (Delaney Hall, Room 111). Enter from the south parking lot, just look for our gold banner near the door to our room. Learn the fundamentals of public speaking and meet professional singles in a supportive and fun environment. Learn more about us at www.pssthouston.org. We look forward to meeting you! PSST is a chapter of Toastmasters International. You can check out Toastmasters International at www.toastmasters.org. | 7–8:30pm | Schweitzer Hall: Delaney, Room 111 |
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| 1st Saturdays | Rebel Investors Group of Houston (RIG) A select number of Houston’s most active stock market investors belong to The Rebel Investors Group of Houston. Members of this group are professional and semi-professional swing-traders and option traders, employing both fundamental and technical analysis. Rebel Investors typically use several software systems and monitor three or more multi-windowed computer screens throughout the trading day. Membership by invitation only. | TBD | √ | |
| 2nd Tuesdays | The Houston Knit at Night Guild is open to all, member or not. Be sure to bring your knitting! | 6:30pm | Westwood Hall: Main Room |
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