BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Holocaust Museum Houston - ECPv6.15.14//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://hmh.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Holocaust Museum Houston REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20180311T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20181104T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20190310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20191103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20200308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20201101T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20210314T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20211107T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190926T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190926T200000 DTSTAMP:20260404T024809 CREATED:20230808T120430Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230809T051937Z UID:10000287-1569522600-1569528000@hmh.org SUMMARY:From behind the barbed wire: Uncaged Art from the Tornillo Childrens Detention Center DESCRIPTION:Join Holocaust Museum Houston for a lecture by Dr. Yolanda Chávez Leyva\, Director of the Institute of Oral History at the University of Texas at El Paso and an Associate Professor in History\, as she explores the ethical and historical issues associated with curating an art exhibit created by anonymous migrant youth held in detention. Tornillo opened in June 2018 and closed in January 2019. At the time\, it was the largest detention center for young unaccompanied asylum-seekers. In December 2018 and January 2019\, students engaged in an art project intended to help them remember their towns\, cities and countries as well as the culture and history of where they came from. While psychologists and attorneys witnessed depressed and anxious youth\, held in prison like settings\, they were able to create beautiful art that spoke to their desire to be free.\nYolanda Chávez Leyva was born and raised on the Ciudad Juárez-El Paso border and has dedicated her life to listening to and documenting the histories of fronterizos\, border people. She specializes in border history\, public and oral history and Chicana history. She is co-founder of Museo Urbano\, a museum of the streets that highlights fronterizo history by taking it where people are from museums to the actual streets of El Paso.\nAdmission is free and open to the public\, but advance registration is required.\n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/from-behind-the-barbed-wire-uncaged-art-from-the-tornillo-childrens-detention-center/ LOCATION:Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater CATEGORIES:LECTURE ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/yolanda_leyva_2019_002.jpg__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191009T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191009T120000 DTSTAMP:20260404T024809 CREATED:20230802T140620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T140628Z UID:10000139-1570615200-1570622400@hmh.org SUMMARY:Community Art Workshop: Día de los Muertos DESCRIPTION:oin us for a community art workshop with artist Theresa Escobedo. Participants will have an opportunity to learn how to make sugar skulls\, paper flowers and create papel picado in honor of Día de los Muertos. \nThe sugar skulls\, flowers\, and papel picado created in this workshop will also be included in the community ofrenda (altar) displayed in the museum through November. \nTheresa Escobedo (b. 1985) \nTheresa Escobedo is a multi-disciplinary artist\, curator\, and arts administrator active in Houston. Her creative work intersects ancestry\, history\, and spiritualism\, and combines elements of the artist’s mixed cultural heritage to demonstrate and ultimately represent broad ancestral influences and cosmopolitan spiritual perspectives. Her practice has evolved to include the design and installation of ofrendas\, each of which demonstrates a decisive act of remembrance and works to safeguard familial mythologies\, complex cultural histories\, and spiritual pursuits. These days\, her approach to altar-making merges indigenous practices with contemporary influences and affirms the universality of the practice of altar-making as an art form. \nHer most recent work\, presented at Holocaust Museum Houston\, has its roots in the family history described in the book Stolen Heritage. Authored by the artist’s third cousin\, Abel Rubio\, the published tome offers anecdotal accounts of a family’s struggle for survival in the Texas/Mexican frontier\, participation on both sides of the conflict during the Texas/Mexican revolution\, and the post-revolutionary trauma of stolen life and land. \nThe event will be hosted in person and is for all ages. Admission is free and open to the public. \nPlease note: Face masks are required for all guests ages 2 and up. Complimentary masks are available at the Security desk. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/community-art-workshop-dia-de-los-muertos/ LOCATION:Holocaust Museum Houston Classroom CATEGORIES:Community Gathering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/ofrenda.jpg-1440x880-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191010T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191010T110000 DTSTAMP:20260404T024809 CREATED:20230802T120005Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T120013Z UID:10000091-1570698000-1570705200@hmh.org SUMMARY:Boniuk Library Book Club — “The Library Book” DESCRIPTION:This month Boniuk Library’s Book Club is joining hundreds of readers across the Gulf Coast Region in reading\, discussing\, and attending special events around this year’s Gulf Coast Reads pick: “The Library Book\,” by Susan Orlean. \nEqual parts true crime and love-letter to libraries\, “The Library Book” examines the Los Angeles Public Library fire. Susan Orlean masterfully weaves together the fire investigation with stories from the Library’s past and present to create a vivid picture of the role libraries play in our lives. \nCheck out the book everyone’s talking about and join the discussion on October 10. \nBe on the lookout for other Gulf Coast Reads events at the Museum and around Houston as we celebrate libraries and the right to read throughout October. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/boniuk-library-book-club-the-library-book/ LOCATION:Boniuk Library CATEGORIES:Book Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/the-library-book-cover.jpg-880x1440-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191010T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191010T193000 DTSTAMP:20260404T024809 CREATED:20230802T120148Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T120156Z UID:10000092-1570730400-1570735800@hmh.org SUMMARY:Boniuk Library Book Club — “The Library Book” DESCRIPTION:This month Boniuk Library’s Book Club is joining hundreds of readers across the Gulf Coast Region in reading\, discussing\, and attending special events around this year’s Gulf Coast Reads pick: “The Library Book\,” by Susan Orlean. \nEqual parts true crime and love-letter to libraries\, “The Library Book” examines the Los Angeles Public Library fire. Susan Orlean masterfully weaves together the fire investigation with stories from the Library’s past and present to create a vivid picture of the role libraries play in our lives. \nCheck out the book everyone’s talking about and join the discussion on October 10. \nBe on the lookout for other Gulf Coast Reads events at the Museum and around Houston as we celebrate libraries and the right to read throughout October. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/boniuk-library-book-club-the-library-book-2/ LOCATION:Boniuk Library CATEGORIES:Book Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/the-library-book-cover.jpg-880x1440-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191010T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191010T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T024809 CREATED:20230809T075556Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230809T093901Z UID:10000318-1570734000-1570739400@hmh.org SUMMARY:How Identity Ages DESCRIPTION:Houston Grand Opera (HGO) and the Holocaust Museum Houston (HMH) present “How Identity Ages\,” a panel discussion on the impact of aging on our identity\, personal agency\, and mental health\, as part of HGO’s Seeking the Human Spirit and inspired by the opera Saul. This six-year\, multi-disciplinary initiative\, under the auspices of HGOco\, explores universal spiritual themes raised in opera and expands and deepens Houstonians’ connections to opera and to art. Handel’s biblical oratorio Saul\, running Oct. 25 – Nov. 8\, is one of four 2019-20 mainstage productions connected with Seeking the Human Spirit that explores the theme of “identity” in profound and powerful ways. \nProfessionals on the panel include: \n\nDr. Matthias Henze\, Professor and Founding Director of the Program in Jewish Studies\, Rice University\nDr. Robert Curt Peterson\, Assistant Professor of psychiatry & behavioral sciences\, Baylor College of Medicine\, staff Psychologist\, Menninger Clinic\nJuanita Rasmus\, co-pastor at St. John’s United Methodist Church downtown\nDr. Carleen Graham\, Director of HGOco- Moderator\n\nThe event is free\, but registration is required. \n \n VIEW THE 2019-2020 hOUSTON gRAND oPERA sEASON\n \n \n \n \n \n Photo credit: Bill Cooper URL:https://hmh.org/event/how-identity-ages/ LOCATION:Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/itgipoww.jpeg__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191012T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191012T200000 DTSTAMP:20260404T024809 CREATED:20230727T114848Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230727T115643Z UID:10000011-1570903200-1570910400@hmh.org SUMMARY:A Strike and An Uprising! (in Texas) DESCRIPTION:1987 Jobs With Justice march\, Nacogdoches\, TX1987 Jobs With Justice march\, Nacogdoches\, TX \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Emma Tenayuca with strikers in 1938Emma Tenayuca with strikers in 1938 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Join Holocaust Museum Houston for a screening of the documentary\, “A Strike and An Uprising! (in Texas)\,” based in the telling of two events: the San Antonio pecan shellers’ strike of 1938 and the Jobs with Justice march led by Nacogdoches cafeteria workers\, groundskeepers\, and housekeepers in 1987. Lewis explores both events in the same film\, using the methods of oral history and by relating these stories strongly to contemporary ideas and events. \nAnne Lewis is an independent documentarian whose work reveals working class people fighting for social change. Her mentors include Paul Falkenburg\, Marcel Ophuls\, and Marion Kraft. Marcel Ophuls and Marion Kraft were refugees from Nazi Germany. Anne was associate director and assistant camerawoman for Harlan County\, U.S.A. She moved to eastern Kentucky and joined the Appalshop cooperative. \nThe screening will be followed by an audience Q&A with Anne Lewis. \nAdmission is free and open to the public\, but advance registration is required.\n \n REGISTER TO ATTEND URL:https://hmh.org/event/a-strike-and-an-uprising-in-texas/ LOCATION:Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater CATEGORIES:FILM SCREENING END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191017T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191017T164500 DTSTAMP:20260404T024809 CREATED:20230803T114913Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230803T114921Z UID:10000229-1571322600-1571330700@hmh.org SUMMARY:The Book Thief DESCRIPTION:In partnership with Gulf Coast Reads\, Holocaust Museum Houston is celebrating libraries and the right to read throughout the month of October. \nJoin us for a free screening of\, “The Book Thief.” Based on Markus Zusak’s bestselling novel\, this film shares the magic of reading with audiences through the story of Liesel Meminger\, a young girl living in Nazi Germany whose life is transformed by books. \nTo learn more about Gulf Coast Reads\, visit www.gulfcoastreads.org. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/the-book-thief/ LOCATION:Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater CATEGORIES:FILM SCREENING ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/the-book-thief-film-poster.jpg-880x1440-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191105T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191105T193000 DTSTAMP:20260404T024809 CREATED:20230809T075911Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230920T125354Z UID:10000528-1572982200-1572982200@hmh.org SUMMARY:Jewish Book & Art Festival: Jack Fairweather & Bev Saltzman Lewyn DESCRIPTION:Authors Jack Fairweather and Bev Saltzman Lewyn will discuss their respective books. Fairweather’s The Volunteer: One Man\, an Underground Army\, and the Secret Mission to Destroy Auschwitz tells the incredible true story of Witold Pilecki\, a Polish resistance fighter’s infiltration of Auschwitz to sabotage the camp from within\, and his death-defying attempt to warn the Allies about the Nazis’ plans. Lewyn’s On The Run In Nazi Berlin: A Memoir is the story of her own father-in-law\, Bert Lewyn.In Berlin\, 1942\, the Gestapo arrested 18-year-old Bert Lewyn and his parents\, sending Bert to work in a factory making guns and his parents to their deaths. Bert went underground\, surviving the terror\, and immigrated to the United States in 1949. \nHolocaust Museum Houston is a proud community partner for Jack Fairweather and Bev Saltzman Lewyn during the Ann and Stephen Kaufman Jewish Book & Arts Festival.\n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/jewish-book-art-festival-jack-fairweather-bev-saltzman-lewyn/ LOCATION:Evelyn Rubenstein JCC Kaplan Theatre CATEGORIES:Book Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/jack-fairweather.jpg-1440x880-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191106T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191106T200000 DTSTAMP:20260404T024809 CREATED:20230808T115922Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230808T162730Z UID:10000250-1573066800-1573070400@hmh.org SUMMARY:Artist Talk with Photographer Danny Lyon DESCRIPTION:Photo: A Toddle House in Atlanta has the distinction of being occupied during a sit-in by some of the most effective organizers in America when the SNCC staff and supporters take a break from a conference to demonstrate\, 1963\n© Danny Lyon\, Etherton Gallery\, Tucson\, AZ \nPhotographer Danny Lyon will discuss his exhibition\, Danny Lyon: Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement\, and his family history. His experience with Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)\, would shape and dictate the course of his career. He has dedicated himself to chronicling social movements\, working across mediums\, including books\, blogs\, photography and documentaries. “I am a realist\, he writes\, “meaning I believe in the power of the camera\, documents and reality. \nA giant of post-War documentary photography and film\, Brooklyn\, NY native Danny Lyon helped define a mode of photojournalism in which the picture-maker is deeply and personally embedded in his subject matter. A self-taught photographer and a graduate of the University of Chicago\, Lyon began his photographic career in the early 1960s as the first staff photographer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)\, a national group of college students who joined together after the first sit-in by four African American college students at a North Carolina lunch counter. From 1963 to 1964\, between arrests and police beatings\, Lyon traveled the South and Mid-Atlantic regions documenting the Civil Rights Movement. URL:https://hmh.org/event/artist-talk-with-photographer-danny-lyon/ LOCATION:Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater CATEGORIES:LECTURE ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/sit_in_toddle_house_atlantagray.jpg__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191107T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191107T110000 DTSTAMP:20260404T024809 CREATED:20230802T114908Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T114916Z UID:10000086-1573119000-1573124400@hmh.org SUMMARY:Boniuk Library Book Club – “The Cooking Gene” DESCRIPTION:Explore your family’s culinary history with Boniuk Library Book Club. \nOn November 7\, Boniuk Library book club is coming together for a book discussion and recipe swap\, in honor of this month’s book “The Cooking Gene\,” by Michael Twitty. In this illuminating memoir\, culinary historian Michael Twitty traces his family history through the recipes and food culture of the old south. \nJust in time for Thanksgiving we will be sharing our favorite family recipes and the stories behind them\, so bring along a recipe and be ready to share your culinary history.\n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/boniuk-library-book-club-the-cooking-gene/ LOCATION:Boniuk Library CATEGORIES:Book Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/the-cooking-gene-by-michael-twitty.jpg-880x1440-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191107T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191107T190000 DTSTAMP:20260404T024809 CREATED:20230802T115215Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T115222Z UID:10000088-1573147800-1573153200@hmh.org SUMMARY:Boniuk Library Book Club – “The Cooking Gene” DESCRIPTION:Explore your family’s culinary history with Boniuk Library Book Club. \nOn November 7\, Boniuk Library book club is coming together for a book discussion and recipe swap\, in honor of this month’s book “The Cooking Gene\,” by Michael Twitty. In this illuminating memoir\, culinary historian Michael Twitty traces his family history through the recipes and food culture of the old south. \nJust in time for Thanksgiving we will be sharing our favorite family recipes and the stories behind them\, so bring along a recipe and be ready to share your culinary history.\n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/boniuk-library-book-club-the-cooking-gene-2/ LOCATION:Boniuk Library CATEGORIES:Book Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/the-cooking-gene-by-michael-twitty.jpg-880x1440-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191114T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191114T200000 DTSTAMP:20260404T024809 CREATED:20230809T082135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230810T102117Z UID:10000485-1573756200-1573761600@hmh.org SUMMARY:The Music of Mieczyslaw Weinberg DESCRIPTION:Holocaust Museum Houston\, together with Rice University’s Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance and DACAMERA\, presents The Music of Mieczyslaw Weinberg\, a free performance by pianist and DACAMERA Artistic Director Sarah Rothenberg with DACAMERA Young Artists. The performance will be preceded by a panel discussion\, Mieczyslaw Weinberg:  Music as Memory\,  featuring Rothenberg in discussion with Houston Grand Opera music director Patrick Summers and Boston Globe critic Jeremy Eichler\, author of the forthcoming book\, “Time’s Echo: War\, Modern Music\, and the Soundscapes of Memory.” This panel of musical experts will explore the fascinating life story of Polish-Russian Jewish composer Mieczeslaw Weinberg (1919-1996)\, encompassing many of the struggles and tragedies of the twentieth century\, and whose recently rediscovered compositions are finally receiving international recognition. Weinberg’s “Piano Quintet\,” composed in 1944\, is a dramatic and powerful testament to the historical moment in which it was composed. \nThe performance and panel discussion are part of the Boniuk Institute’s ongoing efforts to promote religious tolerance and literacy. \nThis project is co-presented by Rice University’s Boniuk Institue for Religious Tolerance\, DACAMERA and Holocaust Museum Houston. Major support is provided by The Boniuk Institute and the Association for Jewish Studies Arts and Culture Community Grant. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/the-music-of-mieczyslaw-weinberg/ LOCATION:Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater CATEGORIES:PERFORMANCE ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/weinberg_larger.jpg__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191117T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191117T110000 DTSTAMP:20260404T024809 CREATED:20230731T122707Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231003T172610Z UID:10000020-1573977600-1573988400@hmh.org SUMMARY:ADL Walk Against Hate DESCRIPTION:ADL Walk Against Hate events have successfully united communities in Philadelphia\, Las Vegas and San Diego since 2010. On Sunday\, November 17th\, 2019\, Houston will celebrate our inaugural Walk Against Hate and bring the entire community together to promote diversity and celebrate the values of respect and inclusion. \nWHY WE WALK: We Defend Civil Rights. We Combat Anti-Semitism. We Teach Students to Fight Bias. We Train Law Enforcement. We Fight Extremism. We Counter Cyberhate. We Empower the Vulnerable Through Hate Crimes Legislation. We Confront Discrimination and Secure Justice. We Work Tirelessly for Immigrants and Refugees. \nJoin the Holocaust Museum Houston Guild team for a step in the right direction! \n\n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/adl-walk-against-hate/ LOCATION:The Emery/Weiner School CATEGORIES:Community Gathering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/2mp-walking-npfh-shoes.jpg-1440x880-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191117T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191117T120000 DTSTAMP:20260404T024809 CREATED:20230809T080451Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230810T095353Z UID:10000473-1573986600-1573992000@hmh.org SUMMARY:NEXTGen’s Tacos & Tours DESCRIPTION:Dolores Huerta leads supporters of the United Farm Workers (UFW) in an unidentified march\, early 1970s.Unidentified photographer. Walter P. Reuther Library\, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs\, Wayne State University\, Detroit\, Michigan \nHolocaust Museum Houston’s young professionals group\, NEXTGen\, invites you to an exclusive tour of the newly expanded Holocaust Museum Houston. The tour will spotlight the Museum’s traveling exhibit\, Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields / Revolución en los Campos. This captivating exhibit shares the compelling story of legendary activist and leader Dolores Huerta (b.1930) and the farm workers movement of the 1960s and ‘70s. It is a quintessentially American tale of struggle and sacrifice\, of courage and victory. The exhibition\, which features bilingual text in English and Spanish\, explores Huerta’s public life as an activist and co-founder of the United Farm Workers Union (UFW)\, and what led her to become a Latina civil rights icon. In her life as a communicator\, organizer\, lobbyist\, contract negotiator\, teacher\, and mother\, her unparalleled leadership skills helped dramatically improve the lives of farm workers. This event will also feature Dr. Jesse Esparza\, Assistant Professor of History at Texas Southern University\, who will give a brief talk on the UFW movement and labor history. \nSpecial thanks to Taco Cabana for generously donating tacos and coffee for this event! This event is open to the public but RSVP is required. If you would like to become a NEXTGen member\, please visit hmh.org/NEXTGen For more information\, please contact Rocio Rubio\, Corporate Relations Officer\, at rrubio@hmh.org or 713-527-1838. \nDolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields / Revolución en los Campos is organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service in collaboration with the National Portrait Gallery\, Washington\, D.C. This exhibition received federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool\, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/nextgens-tacos-tours-2/ LOCATION:Holocaust Museum Houston CATEGORIES:Tour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/dolores_huerta_demonstrations_california_1970_s.jpg__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191117T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191117T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T024809 CREATED:20230803T093617Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230920T114144Z UID:10000185-1574002800-1574010000@hmh.org SUMMARY:For Sama DESCRIPTION:“For Sama” is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war. A love letter from a young mother to her daughter as well as a filmmaker’s self-portrait\, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo\, Syria as she falls in love\, gets married and gives birth to Sama\, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her. Her camera captures incredible stories of loss\, laughter and survival as Waad wrestles with an impossible choice – whether or not to flee the city to protect her daughter’s life\, when leaving means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much. The film is the first feature documentary by Emmy award-winning filmmakers Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts. \nFilm followed by panel discussion. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/for-sama/ LOCATION:Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater CATEGORIES:FILM SCREENING ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/for-sama-event-1920x1080.jpg-1440x880-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191121T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191121T200000 DTSTAMP:20260404T024809 CREATED:20230808T115957Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230808T173937Z UID:10000258-1574359200-1574366400@hmh.org SUMMARY:Dolores DESCRIPTION:Holocaust Museum Houston’s Latino Initiatives Advisory Committee and young professionals group\, NEXTGen\, invite you to a private film screening of “Dolores.” One of the most important\, yet least known activists of our time\, Dolores Huerta was an equal partner in founding the first farm workers union with César Chávez. Tirelessly leading the fight for racial and labor justice\, Huerta evolved into one of the most defiant feminists of the 20th century and she continues the fight to this day\, in her late 80s. With unprecedented access to this intensely private mother of 11\, Peter Bratt’s film Dolores chronicles Huerta’s life from her childhood in Stockton\, California to her early years with the United Farm Workers\, from her work with the headline-making grape boycott launched in 1965 to her role in the feminist movement of the ’70s\, to her continued work as a fearless activist. \nDolores” Awards and Nominations: \n\n2017 Critics Choice Documentary Award – Most Compelling Living Subject of A Documentary\n2017 Critics Choice Documentary Award – Best Political Documentary (Nominated)\nSan Francisco International Film Festival Audience Award – Best Documentary Feature\nCinema Eye Honors Awards The Unforgettables\n\nThis film will be screened in English and have Spanish subtitles. Admission is free and open to the public\, but advance registration is required. For more information\, please contact Rocio Rubio\, Corporate Relations Officer\, at rrubio@hmh.org or 713-527-1838. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/dolores/ LOCATION:Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater CATEGORIES:FILM SCREENING ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/untitled-4.png__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191205T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191205T110000 DTSTAMP:20260404T024809 CREATED:20230802T113924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T113934Z UID:10000079-1575538200-1575543600@hmh.org SUMMARY:Boniuk Library Book Club – “Tell Me How It Ends” DESCRIPTION:Join Boniuk Library Book Club for a special meeting in honor of Universal Human Rights month. This month we will be discussing MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient Valeria Luiselli’s book: “Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay In Forty Questions.” This short\, impactful collection is the result of the author’s work as a volunteer interpreter for children who illegally crossed the southern border into the U.S. Over the course of forty essays\, Luiselli paints a vivid picture of these young migrants and reveals the true impact that racism and fear can have on society. \nThis month\, Boniuk Library Book Club will only be holding one meeting to allow everyone the chance to participate in our evening event with guest speaker Dolores Huerta. If you are unable to attend book club in person\, we hope you will join us online on Goodreads. URL:https://hmh.org/event/boniuk-library-book-club-tell-me-how-it-ends/ LOCATION:Boniuk Library CATEGORIES:Book Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/tell-me-how-it-ends-book-cover.jpg-880x1440-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191205T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191205T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T024810 CREATED:20230808T100950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230808T101654Z UID:10000240-1575570600-1575577800@hmh.org SUMMARY:An Evening with Dolores Huerta DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation with Dolores Huerta about her life and work as a revolutionary and inspirational leader dedicated to social justice and the future of America. Dolores Huerta was the cofounder of the United Farm Workers Association and is one of the most influential labor activists of the 20th century\, as well as a leader of the Chicano civil rights movement. She has been the recipient of many honors including the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award in 1998 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012.As of 2015\, Huerta has been the Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus of the United Farm Workers of America and the President of the Dolores Huerta Foundation. She is currently featured in Holocaust Museum Houston’s Lester and Sue Smith Human Rights Gallery\, alongside Cesar Chavez\, highlighting the history of the United Farm Workers Association.The evening will begin with a blessing from Danza Azteca Taxcayolotl and a one act Teatro Campesino play performed by the Houston Latinx theatre company\, TEATRX.Admission is free and open to the public\, but advance registration is required. URL:https://hmh.org/event/an-evening-with-dolores-huerta/ LOCATION:Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater CATEGORIES:Moderated Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/01-dolores-huerta-headshot-2500.jpg-880x1440-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191208T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191208T190000 DTSTAMP:20260404T024810 CREATED:20230809T075855Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230809T125452Z UID:10000405-1575824400-1575831600@hmh.org SUMMARY:International Human Rights Day Celebration DESCRIPTION:Join Holocaust Museum Houston and the Rothko Chapel for an early celebration of International Human Rights Day. Human Rights Day is observed every year on the December 10th\, which is the anniversary of the day that the United Nations General Assembly adopted\, in 1948\, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. \nThe evening will begin with a contemplative practice led by Rabbi David Segal\, organized by Rothko Chapel\, followed by a tour of Human Rights Gallery led by the HMH Education Department. Our keynote speaker\, Kamil Khan\, who currently serves as the Community Engagement Coordinator at Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston will speak about his experience working with asylum seekers and refugees. His experiences include working in a refugee camp on the Thailand-Myanmar border where he was a Vocational Specialist for refugee adults between the ages of 20-25. He has worked for the UNHCR Thailand where he helped process asylum cases and provided culturally-sensitive linguistic services to asylum seekers from Pakistan. Prior to joining Interfaith Ministries\, Kamil was working as an Employment Specialist at the International Rescue Committee in Boise\, Idaho; he provided employment services to refugees from DR Congo\, Myanmar\, Ukraine\, Syria\, Eritrea\, and Afghanistan. \nAdmission is free and open to the public\, but advance registration is required. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/international-human-rights-day-celebration/ LOCATION:Moral Choices Hall CATEGORIES:Community Gathering ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/dsc_0623.jpg__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191210T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191210T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T024810 CREATED:20230731T121751Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230731T121801Z UID:10000019-1576004400-1576009800@hmh.org SUMMARY:ADL Hate to Hope with Dancing with the Stars' Dmitry Chaplin and Vera Levitskaya DESCRIPTION:Join Dancing with the Stars’ Dmitry Chaplin and his grandmother\, Vera Levitskaya\, as she tells her story. She was the only one to survive the Holocaust in the town of Khashevatoe in Ukraine.\n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/adl-hate-to-hope-with-dancing-with-the-stars-dmitry-chaplin-and-vera-levitskaya/ LOCATION:Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater CATEGORIES:Survivor Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/untitled-design-47.png-1440x880-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191212T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191212T203000 DTSTAMP:20260404T024810 CREATED:20230803T111317Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230803T111325Z UID:10000206-1576177200-1576182600@hmh.org SUMMARY:Greater Houston Jewish Genealogical Society Meeting - Genealogical Talk and Hanukah Party DESCRIPTION:Join GHJGS this December for the ultimate Jewish holiday celebration: We will reminisce how\, once again\, someone tried to destroy our ancestors\, over plates of wonderful food based on recipes that have been passed on from one generation to another… \nOur evening will start with a presentation from Charlie Burns\, GHJGS member\, who has been documenting the beautiful artwork of Jewish tombstone (MATZEVAH – מצבה ) in Eastern Europe. Charlie has been traveling to different countries in Eastern Europe to document the tombstones in Jewish cemeteries for many years and will share photos and stories from his numerous trips. \nFollowing the presentation\, we will celebrate Hanukah with a dessert potluck where each one of us is invited to bring a favorite dish and share both the food and the recipe with the group. What better way is there to preserve our heritage and ensure that traditions are kept alive? \nPLEASE BRING A FAVORITE DESSERT AND PRINT COPIES OF YOUR RECIPE TO SHARE WITH FELLOW MEMBERS. GHJGS WILL PROVIDE COFFEE. Do you have a special story about your recipe? We would love hear it – Please share it with us! Please email president@ghjgs.org to let us know what you will be bringing so we can be sure to have enough treats on hand.\n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/greater-houston-jewish-genealogical-society-meeting-genealogical-talk-and-hanukah-party/ LOCATION:Holocaust Museum Houston Classroom CATEGORIES:GHJGS Meeting ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/charles.jpg-880x1440-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191214T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191214T160000 DTSTAMP:20260404T024810 CREATED:20230809T081912Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230810T120957Z UID:10000551-1576312200-1576339200@hmh.org SUMMARY:Teacher Workshop: Holocaust 101 DESCRIPTION:Join us for a one-day Holocaust 101 education workshop for teachers. Educators will learn how to approach the subject of the Holocaust in the classroom. The workshop will use Holocaust Museum Houston’s galleries to introduce the Holocaust and will provide a variety of resources to utilize in the classroom. Topics include the long and short term causes of the Holocaust\, using testimonies and diaries with students\, and how art can help us gain a better understanding of the survivor experience. \nTeachers from the 6th-12th grade\, university and extracurricular programs (music\, art\, etc.) are encouraged to participate. The fee for this program is $25 per person\, which includes workshop materials\, lunch\, and parking. \nThis workshop will credit 7 CPE hours and 6 GT hours. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/teacher-workshop-holocaust-101/ LOCATION:Holocaust Museum Houston Classroom CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/img_9255_002.jpg__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191219T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191219T090000 DTSTAMP:20260404T024810 CREATED:20230808T115931Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230808T164442Z UID:10000253-1576738800-1576746000@hmh.org SUMMARY:Community Changemakers: Join the Conversation Breakfast DESCRIPTION:Holocaust Museum Houston is honored to present “Community Changemakers: Join the Conversation” Breakfast featuring Dolores Huerta on Friday\, December 6th from 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. At 89 years of age\, Huerta is one of the most influential labor activists of the 20th century and a living civil rights icon. She will speak about her work\, followed by a panel of inspiring Houstonian women who will discuss their background\, roles in our community and how they are striving to make a difference in our world. \nPanelists are as follows: \n\nCyndy Garza Roberts\, Director of Community Impact/External Affairs\, Comcast\nKarina Gonzalez Edwards\, Principal\, Houston Ballet\nThe Honorable Lina Hidalgo\, Harris County Judge\nLaura Jaramillo\, SVP/Community Development Manager\, Wells Fargo\nDr. Laura Murillo\, CEO\, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce\n\nFor questions regarding the event or to purchase a breakfast table or tickets\, please contact Rocio Rubio at rrubio@hmh.org or 713-527-1638. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/community-changemakers-join-the-conversation-breakfast/ LOCATION:Holocaust Museum Houston CATEGORIES:BREAKFAST AND PANEL DISCUSSION ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/dolroes_breakfast_1.png__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200107T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200107T190000 DTSTAMP:20260404T024810 CREATED:20230809T075918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230810T033956Z UID:10000419-1578420000-1578423600@hmh.org SUMMARY:Journey of Jewish Heritage Informational Meeting DESCRIPTION:The Remuh Synagogue in Krakow\, Poland. Photo courtesy of Polish National Tourism Board. \nLearn more about the Museum’s upcoming trip to the Lithuania and Poland. \nSome highlights from the trip include: \n\nTake an in-depth tour of Vilnius’ old Jewish Quarter\, including the beautifully restored Choral Synagogue\, the Holocaust Museum\, and the cemetery where the most respected Talmudic scholar of Vilnius is buried.\nVisit the moving memorial at Ponary Forest\, where more than 100\,000 Jews were marched to their execution during the Holocaust.\nTake in places relevant to The Book Smugglers including the sites of the Strashan Library\, the Vilnius Judehrat Offices\, and the Vilna Ghetto Theater.\nSurvey the sites and memorials of the Warsaw Ghetto and the historic resistance of its 1943 uprising.\nGather for an evening Shabbat dinner with the local community at Krakow’s Jewish Community Center.\nEnjoy lunch and a meeting with a survivor of the Holocaust at a specially arranged presentation hosted by an expert staff member of the Galicja Jewish History Museum.\nPay a visit of remembrance at both Auschwitz and Treblinka.\n\n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/journey-of-jewish-heritage-informational-meeting/ LOCATION:Holocaust Museum Houston Classroom CATEGORIES:Information Session ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/p0000004488-credit_polish_national_tourist_board.jpg__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200109T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200109T110000 DTSTAMP:20260404T024810 CREATED:20230802T115607Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T115615Z UID:10000089-1578562200-1578567600@hmh.org SUMMARY:Boniuk Library Book Club – “The Librarian of Auschwitz” DESCRIPTION:Start the year off right by joining Boniuk Library Book Club. Whether your new year’s resolution involved getting more informed\, trying new things\, joining a social group\, or just reading more- we can help! Join us on January 9 for a discussion of Antonio Iturbe’s\, “The Librarian of Auschwitz.” \nWith Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27\, this month’s book pick will remind readers to find hope in the darkest of times. Based on the life of Dita Kraus\, this novel tells the story of a courageous young girl willing to risk everything to keep the magic of books alive. \nIf you are unable to attend book club in person\, we hope you will join us online by clicking HERE.\n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/boniuk-library-book-club-the-librarian-of-auschwitz/ LOCATION:Boniuk Library CATEGORIES:Book Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/book-cover-image-librarian-of-auschwitz.jpg-880x1440-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200109T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200109T190000 DTSTAMP:20260404T024810 CREATED:20230802T115728Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T115736Z UID:10000090-1578591000-1578596400@hmh.org SUMMARY:Boniuk Library Book Club – “The Librarian of Auschwitz” DESCRIPTION:Start the year off right by joining Boniuk Library Book Club. Whether your new year’s resolution involved getting more informed\, trying new things\, joining a social group\, or just reading more- we can help! Join us on January 9 for a discussion of Antonio Iturbe’s\, “The Librarian of Auschwitz.” \nWith Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27\, this month’s book pick will remind readers to find hope in the darkest of times. Based on the life of Dita Kraus\, this novel tells the story of a courageous young girl willing to risk everything to keep the magic of books alive. \nIf you are unable to attend book club in person\, we hope you will join us online by clicking HERE.\n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/boniuk-library-book-club-the-librarian-of-auschwitz-2/ LOCATION:Boniuk Library CATEGORIES:Book Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/book-cover-image-librarian-of-auschwitz.jpg-880x1440-q85-crop-subsampling-2-upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200123T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200123T200000 DTSTAMP:20260404T024810 CREATED:20230809T082222Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230809T124832Z UID:10000399-1579804200-1579809600@hmh.org SUMMARY:Their Music Endures Concert DESCRIPTION:In partnership with DACAMERA Young Artists\, Holocaust Museum Houston’s young professionals’ group\, NEXTGen invites you to the “Their Music Endures” concert. Join us for a networking reception to meet and mingle with socially conscious individuals like yourself then enjoy the works of Karel Berman\, Erwin Schulhoff\, and Ilse Weber\, three Czech composers whose creative spirits could not be extinguished despite the horrors of the Holocaust. \nThis event is free and open to the public\, but advance registration is required. \nAbout NEXTGen \nNEXTGen is the Museum’s affinity group for young professionals ages 21-39 who share a common passion for the Museum and its mission. The goal of NEXTGen is to inspire inclusiveness by engaging young leaders of change and advocating on behalf of tolerance. If you are not currently a NEXTGen member but would like to join or learn more\, please visit our website at hmh.org/NEXTGen. \nAbout DACAMERA Young Artists \nThe DACAMERA Young Artist Program is a fellowship program for emerging professional instrumentalists\, vocalists\, and composers. This program is designed to achieve two goals: 1) Provide career-expanding experiences and training to the next generation of artists\, encouraging them to create music for the community throughout their careers\, and 2) Offer young students and neglected audiences exposure to great music and talented performers\, using music as a vehicle for scholastic exploration and inspiration. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/their-music-endures-concert/ LOCATION:Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater CATEGORIES:Concert ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/da_camera_picture.png__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200125T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200125T200000 DTSTAMP:20260404T024810 CREATED:20230808T120412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230926T101846Z UID:10000272-1579975200-1579982400@hmh.org SUMMARY:Film Screening: "Singing Our Way To Freedom" DESCRIPTION: URL:https://hmh.org/event/film-screening-singing-our-way-to-freedom/ LOCATION:Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater CATEGORIES:FILM SCREENING END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200126T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200126T150000 DTSTAMP:20260404T024810 CREATED:20230809T081648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230809T123323Z UID:10000389-1580047200-1580050800@hmh.org SUMMARY:Survivor Sunday - Bill Orlin DESCRIPTION:Join Holocaust Museum Houston as Holocaust Survivor Bill Orlin shares his testimony. Between 1939 and 1945\, Orlin and his family lived on the run. The eldest son of Sender and Sonia Orlinski\, he was seven years old when German troops invaded Poland and occupied his hometown of Brok. The Jewish residents were forcibly marched to Ostrow Mazowiecki\, about 50 miles northwest of Warsaw. \nThe forced march\, although terrifying at the time\, may have saved the family’s lives. Once Orlin and his family were in Soviet-controlled Poland\, they continued their eastward journey into the Soviet interior\, where they remained in relative safety for the rest of WWII. When Germany invaded the USSR in June 1941 the family “ran\,” as Orlin recalls. Although the family was together\, life was tremendously difficult\, suffering from hunger and malnutrition for the next several years. \nThis event is free with Museum admission. No registration is necessary. URL:https://hmh.org/event/survivor-sunday-bill-orlin/ LOCATION:Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater CATEGORIES:Survivor Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/satopening22june2019_267.jpg__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200127T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200127T193000 DTSTAMP:20260404T024810 CREATED:20230809T082322Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230809T121212Z UID:10000376-1580149800-1580153400@hmh.org SUMMARY:Virtual Film Screening: "Life Will Smile" DESCRIPTION:40 min | Documentary\, Short | 2017 (USA)Director\, Drey Kleanthous \nJoin Holocaust Museum Houston and AJC on International Holocaust Remembrance Day for a virtual screening of the film\, “Life Will Smile.” \n“Life Will Smile” narrates the untold story of the humanism and bravery of the Greek civil society in the small\, southernmost Ionian island\, where—with courage and commitment—the 35\,000 inhabitants saved every single one of their Jewish brothers and sisters. In doing this\, they were led by two brave men: Bishop Chrysostomos and the Mayor of Zakynthos. For their fearless action\, the two men were honored by Yad Vashem in 1978 as “Righteous Among the Nations.” \nThe documentary is exclusively narrated by one of the Jewish survivors of Zakynthos\, 84-year old Haim Konstantini. \nThe Hon. Lambros Kakissis\, Consul of Greece\, Houston and Film Director\, Steven Priovolos will introduce the film. Following the film screening Her Excellency\, Alexandra Papadopoulou\, Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic to the US will participate in a conversation with Randy Czarlinsky\, Regional Director of AJC Houston about Greece today. \nThe program and film screening will take place on Zoom. \n \n Register URL:https://hmh.org/event/virtual-film-screening-life-will-smile/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://hmh.org/wp-content/uploads/life_will_smile_for_web.png__1440x880_q85_crop_subsampling-2_upscale.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR