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2009 Events |
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Docent Training for Holocaust Museum Houston |
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6/15/2009 |
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Location: Avrohm I. Wisenberg Multipurpose Learning Center |
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| Teaching the dangers of prejudice and hatred against the backdrop of the Holocaust would be an almost impossible task without the assistance of volunteers who help educate the thousands of visitors to Holocaust Museum Houston each year. In preparation for this fall’s busy tour schedule, HMH is now accepting applications for tour guides, commonly called docents, to help with those tasks. Volunteers will be trained in the history of the Holocaust and taught to give tours during seven weeks of training. The class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30 to 9 p.m. from Aug. 4 through Sept. 17. The deadline for applications is June 15, 2009. For more information on becoming a docent, call 713-942-8000, ext. 102 or e-mail |
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Memorial Service & Call to Conscience |
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6/14/2009 3:00 PM |
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Location: Morgan Family Center, 5401 Caroline St., Houston, TX 77004 |
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| Please join us for a Memorial Service & Call to Conscience remembering Officer Stephen Johns, who gave his life in defense of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and reminding all of the continued importance of teaching the dangers of hatred, prejudice and apathy in our community and our world. Speakers will include Michael S. Goldberg, chairman, Holocaust Museum Houston; the Rev. William A. Lawson, founding pastor, Wheeler Ave. Baptist Church; Fred Zeidman, chairman, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council; Ruth Steinfeld, president, Houston Council of Jewish Holocaust Survivors; and Rabbi David Rosen Senior Rabbi, Congregation Beth Yeshurun. For more information, call 713-942-8000 e-mail |
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“Cabaret in Context: An Historical Look at a Broadway Classic” |
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6/11/2009 6:30 PM
- 9:00 PM |
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Location: Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, 800 Bagby, Houston, TX |
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Speaker: Dr. Mary Lee Webeck |
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UP@TUTS and Cultural Bridges invite you to go back in time to the decadent world of 1930s Berlin, where life was beautiful in the Cabaret. The wine will flow as the music plays during a social reception in the main lobby. Casually browse the Museum exhibits to feel what the small nightclubs of the past were like before a nation was halted by the horrors of World War II. Then, the entertainment continues with sample performances from the Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) production of "Cabaret." Emcees for the evening will be guest speakers Cynthia Capers, associate director of education at Holocaust Museum Houston, and Michael Tapley, a veteran Broadway actor, former Cabaret director and the artistic director of The Tommy Tune Awards from TUTS. Capers will provide historical insight into the setting of "Cabaret" while Tapley will follow to explain the creative choices that helped the show stay true to its time and context. UP@TUTS is TUTS' urban professionals group. Cultural Bridges is an outreach program of Holocaust Museum Houston. Both organizations are dedicated to educating young professionals in Houston and increasing their involvement within the community. A donation of $10 per person is suggested, and advance registration is required. Visit www.hmh.org/register.asp to RSVP online. Seating is limited, and all seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, call 713-942-8000, ext. 312, or e-mail |
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Broadway Across America’s “Fiddler on the Roof,” Benefiting Holocaust Museum Houston |
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6/6/2009 2:00 PM |
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Location: Sarofim Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, 800 Bagby St., Houston, TX 77002 |
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Broadway Across America Houston is proud to present this special performance of “Fiddler on the Roof,” benefiting Holocaust Museum Houston. Join us as Tevye, the humble milkman, harried husband and devoted father to five marriageable daughters, takes us into his little village of Anatevka. Here, there is a tradition for everything – how to eat, how to wear clothes, how to pray, how to marry... all of which are happily imparted by the earthy philosopher as he draws us into “Fiddler on the Roof.” It is a remarkable journey traveling through secret love, forbidden betrothal, weddings, devotion and forgiveness, tempered by rejection, oppression and imminent revolution. And, emerging through it all, we find the humor, strength and perseverance of Tevye and his people, reminding us of life’s never-ending circle. For each ticket purchased for this performance or the June 6 performance, Broadway Across America will donate $10 to Holocaust Museum Houston. For tickets, visit www.broadwayacrossamerica.com/groupsales and enter the password "Holocaust." For more information, call 713-942-8000, or e-mail |
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First Thursdays |
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6/4/2009 5:00 PM
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Location: Morgan Family Center |
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| Beginning in 2009, Holocaust Museum Houston will be open extended hours on the First Thursday of every month. The Museum will remain open from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. for Members at the Sponsor Level and above. Quarterly, the Museum will present “Legacies and Lessons,” educational sessions about the Holocaust, other genocides and museum events. For questions about membership or First Thursdays, please call Member Services at 713-527-1640 or e-mail |
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Broadway Across America’s “Fiddler on the Roof,” Benefiting Holocaust Museum Houston |
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6/4/2009 8:00 PM |
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Location: Sarofim Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, 800 Bagby St., Houston, TX 77002 |
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Broadway Across America Houston is proud to present this special performance of “Fiddler on the Roof,” benefiting Holocaust Museum Houston. Join us as Tevye, the humble milkman, harried husband and devoted father to five marriageable daughters, takes us into his little village of Anatevka. Here, there is a tradition for everything – how to eat, how to wear clothes, how to pray, how to marry... all of which are happily imparted by the earthy philosopher as he draws us into “Fiddler on the Roof.” It is a remarkable journey traveling through secret love, forbidden betrothal, weddings, devotion and forgiveness, tempered by rejection, oppression and imminent revolution. And, emerging through it all, we find the humor, strength and perseverance of Tevye and his people, reminding us of life’s never-ending circle. For each ticket purchased for this performance or the June 6 performance, Broadway Across America will donate $10 to Holocaust Museum Houston. For tickets, visit www.broadwayacrossamerica.com/groupsales and enter the password "Holocaust." For more information, call 713-942-8000, or e-mail |
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Deep Memory: Where Does It Lead Us? |
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5/31/2009 7:00 PM
- 7:30 PM |
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Location: Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater |
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Speaker: Lawrence L. Langer |
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Throughout his career as a scholar and author, Lawrence L. Langer, professor of English emeritus at Simmons College in Boston, has consistently urged his audiences and readers to consider the difficulties of confronting the history, memory, literature and art of the Holocaust. In his numerous publications, he often refers to Auschwitz survivor Charlotte Delbo’s idea of “deep memory,” which gives her access to the most painful details of her camp experience. He argues that any monument to the Holocaust worthy of its name must include among its many paths one leading to a destination called “atrocity.” Efforts to minimize or circumvent the catastrophe through what he calls “evasive memory” run the risk of deflecting future generations from the true scope and gravity of the event. The revelations of “deep memory” provide a necessary balance to such temptations. This free public lecture will include a discussion of recent discoveries in Ukraine and Belarus that add a profound new dimension to our understanding of “deep memory” and its persisting challenge to the human imagination. Langer will invite guests to consider how the concept of “deep memory” necessarily complicates the work of Holocaust memorials and education centers. Seating is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis. Visit www.hmh.org/register.asp to RSVP online. For more information, call 713-942-8000 or e-mail |
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Warren Fellowship for Future Teachers |
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5/27/2009 09:00 AM
- 5:00 PM |
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Location: Avrohm I. Wisenberg Multipurpose Learning Center |
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| This week-long program introduces university students preparing for a career in teaching to the history and to the lessons of the Holocaust. This prestigious program is by application only. Applications must be received by March 31, 2009. To apply or for more information, call 713-942-8000, ext. 123 or e-mail |
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Never Again, Again, Again… Genocide: Armenia, The Holocaust, Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Darfur |
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5/27/2009 7:00 PM
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Location: Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater |
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Speaker: Lane H. Montgomery |
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Lane H. Montgomery’s haunting and beautiful book “Never again, Again, Again… Genocide: Armenia, The Holocaust, Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Darfur” is as educational as it is unnerving. Montgomery asserts that it’s not that the average reader doesn’t know about genocide; most simply are unaware of the scope of genocide over the last century. More than 70 million people have been systematically murdered in the past 100 years. Most of the perpetrators responsible for these horrific killings have never been, and never will be, brought to justice. Montgomery is on the advisory board of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative and is a member of the Center of the National Cathedral for Peace and Global Reconciliation in Washington, D.C. As an author and photographer, she has traveled worldwide to such places as Liberia, Rwanda, Haiti, Kosovo, Bosnia, Ethiopia and the Congo. She will discuss her work in this free public lecture. Seating is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis. Visit www.hmh.org/register.asp to RSVP online. For more information, e-mail |
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Memorial Day |
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5/25/2009 12:00 PM
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Location: Morgan Family Center |
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| The Museum will open at noon on Monday, May 25, 2009, in observance of Memorial Day. |
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"The Timekeepers" |
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5/23/2009 8:00 PM
- 9:30 PM |
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Location: Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater |
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Theatre New West, in conjunction with Holocaust Museum Houston, presents “The Timekeepers” by Dan Clancy, an uplifting tale of transcendence in the midst of a world gone mad. This award-winning play has played in London, Israel, Ireland, Canada, Poland, Germany and New York and has garnered rave reviews. It is a beautiful, intense piece of theater that manages to combine humor and poignancy with remarkable skill. Set at Sachsenhausen concentration camp in World War II Germany, a Jewish prisoner and a homosexual prisoner are thrown together in dire circumstances. Their wicked sense of humor, vast differences and passionate love for opera take them to rich, rarely explored territory. Performances are April 23 through May 23, Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 8 p.m. and one Sunday performance on May 17 at 6 p.m. There is no performance May 2. Tickets are $20 each. All seating is first-come, first-served. For tickets or more information, call Theatre New West at 713-522-2204 or e-mail |
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"The Timekeepers" |
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5/21/2009 7:30 PM
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Location: Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater |
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Theatre New West, in conjunction with Holocaust Museum Houston, presents “The Timekeepers” by Dan Clancy, an uplifting tale of transcendence in the midst of a world gone mad. This award-winning play has played in London, Israel, Ireland, Canada, Poland, Germany and New York and has garnered rave reviews. It is a beautiful, intense piece of theater that manages to combine humor and poignancy with remarkable skill. Set at Sachsenhausen concentration camp in World War II Germany, a Jewish prisoner and a homosexual prisoner are thrown together in dire circumstances. Their wicked sense of humor, vast differences and passionate love for opera take them to rich, rarely explored territory. Performances are April 23 through May 23, Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 8 p.m. and one Sunday performance on May 17 at 6 p.m. There is no performance May 2. Tickets are $20 each. All seating is first-come, first-served. For tickets or more information, call Theatre New West at 713-522-2204 or e-mail |
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Holocaust Museum Houston
5401 Caroline St.
Houston, Texas 77004-6804
713-942-8000
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Holocaust Museum Houston is a member of the Houston Museum District Association and is located in Houston's Museum District. |
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The Museum is open to the public seven days a week.
General admission is free.
Monday to Friday,
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday,
Noon to 5:00 p.m.
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The Laurie and Milton Boniuk Resource Center and Library is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Library is closed Saturdays and Sundays. |
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Docent-led tours can be scheduled for schools and groups of ten or more. Tours are available in Spanish, English and French. |
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To arrange a docent-led tour, please call Visitor Services at 713-942-8000, ext. 302 or submit the form below.
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Guided tours are available for all visitors on Saturday and Sunday. Weekend tours run at 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. |
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