ARTS AND CULTURE
DOCUMENTARY FILMS
Remarkable Experiences
Friends of Jones Hall
WATCH in nine minutes how the 1966 opening of the Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts propelled the Houston Ballet, the Houston Grand Opera, the Houston Symphony and Performing Arts Houston to international acclaim and contributed to the robust performing arts in Houston. Fenberg interviews arts patron Lynn Wyatt, former Houston Ballet principal dancer Lauren Anderson, prominent Rice University sociologist Stephen Klineberg, noted University of Houston history professor Joseph Pratt, and others. The film was presented before Itzhak Perlman performed with the Houston Symphony as part of Jones Hall’s 50th anniversary celebration.
READ the 100-page book Fenberg wrote and produced with CORE Design Studio that tells the history of the performing arts in Houston and Jones Hall. The commemorative book was given to those who attended Jones Hall’s 50th anniversary celebratory gala.
Remarkable Experiences
Friends of Jones Hall
WATCH in nine minutes how the 1966 opening of the Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts propelled the Houston Ballet, the Houston Grand Opera, the Houston Symphony and Performing Arts Houston to international acclaim and contributed to the robust performing arts in Houston. Fenberg interviews arts patron Lynn Wyatt, former Houston Ballet principal dancer Lauren Anderson, prominent Rice University sociologist Stephen Klineberg, noted University of Houston history professor Joseph Pratt, and others. The film was presented before Itzhak Perlman performed with the Houston Symphony as part of Jones Hall’s 50th anniversary celebration.
READ the 100-page book Fenberg wrote and produced with CORE Design Studio that tells the history of the performing arts in Houston and Jones Hall. The commemorative book was given to those who attended Jones Hall’s 50th anniversary celebratory gala.
Ever Open
Congregation Emanu El
WATCH the 15-minute film that depicts the rich history and current activities of Congregation Emanu El, one of the largest Reform Jewish congregations in the nation. It was established in Houston, Texas, in 1944 with an emphasis on freedom of speech and social justice, values that it perpetuates today in the community and among its congregants. Watch an interview with Senior Rabbi Oren Hayon about the creation of Ever Open, a 15-minute documentary film commemorating Congregation Emanu El’s 75th anniversary.
The interview starts at 4:35 and 24:02.
Ever Open
Congregation Emanu El
WATCH the 15-minute film that depicts the rich history and current activities of Congregation Emanu El, one of the largest Reform Jewish congregations in the nation. It was established in Houston, Texas, in 1944 with an emphasis on freedom of speech and social justice, values that it perpetuates today in the community and among its congregants. Watch an interview with Senior Rabbi Oren Hayon about the creation of Ever Open, a 15-minute documentary film commemorating Congregation Emanu El’s 75th anniversary.
The interview starts at 4:35 and 24:02.
PRESENTATIONS
The John A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
WATCH Steven Fenberg at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam describe how Audrey and John Beck created a sweeping overview of the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist periods through the paintings they collected by renowned and remarkable painters.
The John A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
WATCH Steven Fenberg at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam describe how Audrey and John Beck created a sweeping overview of the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist periods through the paintings they collected by renowned and remarkable painters.
Audrey Jones Beck: A Preeminent Benefactor of the Visual Arts in Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
WATCH as part of the Tales of Houston Women series, Steven Fenberg describe with rare photographs the life of Audrey Jones Beck and how she and her husband John assembled an encyclopedic collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces and donated them to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and to the people of Houston.
Audrey Jones Beck: A Preeminent Benefactor of the Visual Arts in Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
WATCH as part of the Tales of Houston Women series, Steven Fenberg describe with rare photographs the life of Audrey Jones Beck and how she and her husband John assembled an encyclopedic collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masterpieces and donated them to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and to the people of Houston.
Hidden Treasures: An Exploration of Emanul El's Classical Music
Congregation Emanu El
WATCH Steven Fenberg explore the beauty of Congregation Emanu El’s classical music as Jewish synagogues turn to more contemporary music. Fenberg presents recently retired renowned organist and longtime choir director Dr. Ann Frohbieter, the congregation’s professional choir and its outstanding 1966 Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ. Together they showcase the glorious and vanishing music composed in the 19th- and early 20th- centuries for cantor, choir and organ. Kurt Weill’s elegant Kiddush is performed and composer Dr. Michael Horvit conducts his Even When G-d is Silent as part of the program.
Hidden Treasures: An Exploration of Emanul El's Classical Music
Congregation Emanu El
WATCH Steven Fenberg explore the beauty of Congregation Emanu El’s classical music as Jewish synagogues turn to more contemporary music. Fenberg presents recently retired renowned organist and longtime choir director Dr. Ann Frohbieter, the congregation’s professional choir and its outstanding 1966 Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ. Together they showcase the glorious and vanishing music composed in the 19th- and early 20th- centuries for cantor, choir and organ. Kurt Weill’s elegant Kiddush is performed and composer Dr. Michael Horvit conducts his Even When G-d is Silent as part of the program.
AIDS: Just Say Know
AIDS Foundation Houston
Steven Fenberg wrote and produced AIDS: Just Say Know, a short educational play that was performed throughout greater Houston in theaters, community centers, workplaces, religious centers and as in-service training for teachers and law enforcement officials when the lethal disease was just emerging. The play shows through the interactions of four characters how to prevent HIV/AIDS. It requires two chairs, a box and four actors. Paper and a pencil are at each audience member’s seat so anonymous questions can be collected at the end of the play and answered by a qualified cast member.
AIDS: Just Say Know
AIDS Foundation Houston
Steven Fenberg wrote and produced AIDS: Just Say Know, a short educational play that was performed throughout greater Houston in theaters, community centers, workplaces, religious centers and as in-service training for teachers and law enforcement officials when the lethal disease was just emerging. The play shows through the interactions of four characters how to prevent HIV/AIDS. It requires two chairs, a box and four actors. Paper and a pencil are at each audience member’s seat so anonymous questions can be collected at the end of the play and answered by a qualified cast member.
PUBLICATIONS
Remarkable Experiences
Friends of Jones Hall
READ the 100-page history of the performing arts in Houston. The book produced in collaboration with CORE Design Studio celebrates the evolution of the Houston Ballet, the Houston Grand Opera, the Houston Symphony and Performing Arts Houston (formerly Society for the Performing Arts) and shows how the 1966 opening of Jones Hall propelled their success and transformed Houston.
WATCH the documentary.
Remarkable Experiences
Friends of Jones Hall
READ the 100-page history of the performing arts in Houston. The book produced in collaboration with CORE Design Studio celebrates the evolution of the Houston Ballet, the Houston Grand Opera, the Houston Symphony and Performing Arts Houston (formerly Society for the Performing Arts) and shows how the 1966 opening of Jones Hall propelled their success and transformed Houston.
WATCH the documentary.
Hidden Treasures
Congregation Emanu El
READ the program notes about the power of 19th- and early 20th-century Jewish classical music composed for cantor, choir and organ—a body of exquisite sacred music that is vanishing as many congregations turn to more contemporary music.
WATCH the program.
Hidden Treasures
Congregation Emanu El
READ the program notes about the power of 19th- and early 20th-century Jewish classical music composed for cantor, choir and organ—a body of exquisite sacred music that is vanishing as many congregations turn to more contemporary music.
WATCH the program.
Jones Hall, The Building That Expanded Houston's Horizons
Houston Chronicle
Jones Hall, The Building That Expanded Houston's Horizons
Houston Chronicle
INTERVIEWS
Audrey Jones Beck: An Interview With Thomas P. Lee, Jr.
Houston History Magazine
Audrey Jones Beck: An Interview With Thomas P. Lee, Jr.
Houston History Magazine
Jones Hall: Past, Present and Future
Houston Public Media
LISTEN to a conversation with reporter Amy Bishop about the Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts’ 50th anniversary and its profound impact on the performing arts in Houston.
LISTEN to Part 2.
Jones Hall: Past, Present and Future
Houston Public Media
LISTEN to a conversation with reporter Amy Bishop about the Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts’ 50th anniversary and its profound impact on the performing arts in Houston.
LISTEN to Part 2.
Ever Open
Congregation Emanu El