Rothko Chapel

Poetry Reading and Conversation Willis Barnstone, Aliki Barnstone, and Tony Barnstone Presented in partnership with Saint Julian Press Poetry offers a window to the Holy that dialogue cannot, reflecting essential human truths in artful form. Join a unique opportunity to engage with three acclaimed and evocative poets from the Barnstone family in a sacred place that is also rich with family history. The Rothko Chapel was designed, in part, by the architect Howard Barnstone, Willis’ brother. Each of the poets will read from their collections, examining their concepts of the Divine and challenging our own, as well as engage in conversation with each other and the audience. Music will be performed before and during the program by Max Dyer, cellist. A reception and book signing follow the program. About the poets: Willis Barnstone is a poet, memoirist, translator, Hispanist and comparatist, who has written more than 70 books of scholarship and poetry. A New Testament and Gnostic scholar, he published “The Resto