Latest Past Events

Through the Dark Woods: Dante in Art and Music

Cullen Hall, St. Thomas University Houston

Saturday, February 27 at 7 pm Cullen Hall, St. Thomas University $35.00 A multi-media journey through Dante'sThe Divine Comedy, featuring eleven centuries of music and art, including Michelangelo, Botticelli, Dore, Rossetti , Gregorian plainchant, Medieval Cantigas, and gorgeous works by Schubert, Gounod, Ysaye and Arvo Part, performed by Julija Zibrat, violin and Kayleen Asbo, piano Audience members have raved: “There really aren’t words for what this offers, but I’ll try: pure passion”

$35

Music to Light the Dark: Orpheus and Rilke

Match Theater Houston 3400 Main St, Houston

Thursday, February 25 at 7 pm Match Theater, Houston, Texas Kayleen Asbo, lecture and piano With Julija Zibrat, violin $35.00 The music of Bach, Gluck, Mozart, Philip Glass, Arvo Part, poetry of Rilke and art of Rodin In 1922, the great poet Rainer Maria Rilke arrived at a chateau in Switzerland in a state of profound depression and grief with a case of writer’s block so intense that it had lasted almost

$35

The Many Faces of Mary Magdalene

Christ Church Cathedral 1117 Texas Avenue, Houston

July 2015  In July 2015 Brigid's Place will host a monumental, first-ever national month-long festival to reshape the legacy of Mary Magdalene. The Many Faces of Mary Magdalene invites all people to celebrate and re-imagine the beloved disciple of Jesus, the one who received the first revelation of his resurrection from the dead. Through art, scholarship, spiritual practices, and dynamic teaching about Mary Magdalene, a new vision of the Magdalene will