Buffalo Bayou Partnership

Ring in the Peace: Ars Lyrica Performances in the Cistern
2025-12-18 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-19 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-22 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-12-29 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-01-06 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-01-08 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-01-09 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | BUFFALO BAYOU PARK CISTERN, 105 Sabine Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States
Ars Lyrica presents Ring in the Peace, a 20-minute multi-cultural musical journey from the ninth century onward curated by Mexican-born mezzo-soprano Cecilia Duarte and Spanish-born percussionist Jesús Pacheco. Ring in the Peace offers listeners a new, memorable musical experience that fosters reflection and a sense of unity with one’s communities, both locally and across the world.
Performance times: 7 p.m., 7:45 p.m., and 8:30 p.m.

2025/2026 Dates:

Monday, December 8
Monday, December 15
Tuesday, December 16
Thursday, December 18
Friday, December 19
Monday, December 22
Monday, December 29
Tuesday, January 6
Thursday, January 8
Friday, January 9

Tickets: $25/person (ages 9 and up)
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Sound Healing Meditation
2025-12-20 10:00 - 10:45, 2025-12-21 10:00 - 10:45, 2025-12-27 10:00 - 10:45, 2025-12-28 10:00 - 10:45, 2026-01-03 10:00 - 10:45, 2026-01-04 10:00 - 10:45, 2026-01-10 10:00 - 10:45, 2026-01-18 10:00 - 10:45 and 1 more date | BUFFALO BAYOU PARK CISTERN, 105 Sabine Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States
Find your center and practice meditation in the spacious and tranquil Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern. Offered in collaboration with Union is Creation, this meditation series will feature the use of singing bowls and wind chimes to encourage mindfulness and connectivity.
Guests should bring their own cushions or mats. No food or drinks are allowed inside the Cistern.
Cost: $20
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Light and Sound Immersion Meditation in the Cistern
2026-01-07 18:00 - 18:45 | BUFFALO BAYOU PARK CISTERN, 105 Sabine Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States
Light & Sound Immersion in the Cistern is a restorative evening sound healing meditation set within the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern’s reverberant chambers.
Saumil Manek of Union is Creation produces resonant tones and harmonics while shifting light patterns by Kelly O’Brien of Fenris create a serene, dreamlike atmosphere. This unique experience invites deep relaxation, inner stillness, and a heightened connection to the senses.
Guests should bring their own cushions or mats. For sensitive hearing, guests may enjoy the experience with earplugs. No food or drinks are allowed inside the Cistern.
Cost: $25
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Sound Healing Meditation
2026-03-01 10:00 - 10:45, 2026-03-04 18:00 - 18:45, 2026-03-08 10:00 - 10:45, 2026-03-15 10:00 - 10:45, 2026-03-18 18:00 - 18:45, 2026-03-25 18:00 - 18:45, 2026-03-28 10:00 - 10:45, 2026-03-29 10:00 - 10:45 and 4 more dates | BUFFALO BAYOU PARK CISTERN, 105 Sabine Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States
Step into a deeper stillness inside the spacious and tranquil Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern.
Offered in collaboration with UNIONisCREATION™, this meditation and sound experience invites guests into a space of resonance, restoration, and inner alignment. Through gentle vibrations of singing bowls, wind chimes, and a gong, along with guided awareness, participants are supported in reconnecting body and mind.
This series is more than meditation – it is a practice of listening, feeling, and returning to center within one of Houston’s most iconic, immersive spaces. Each session unfolds as a shared moment of reflection, connection, and sound-guided stillness.
Guests should bring their own cushions or mats. No food or drinks are allowed inside the Cistern.
Cost: $20
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Undercurrents with Nick Flynn: Poetry Reading and Cistern Visit
2026-04-30 18:30 - 19:30 | THE WATER WORKS, 105 Sabine Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States
Experience an evening of poetry and immersive art with acclaimed writer Nick Flynn, presented in conjunction with Undercurrents by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. The program begins with a reading on the terrace above the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern, followed by a guided tour of the installation—offering a unique opportunity to experience the artwork alongside the poet’s words.
Stay tuned – more readings to come.
Cost
$20
Duration
6:30-7:30 PM / 1 hour
Location
The reading begins on the Wortham Insurance Terrace above the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern. (105-B Sabine St)

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About Nick Flynn
Nick Flynn teaches in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Houston. His most recent book is Low (Graywolf, 2023). His book Stay (Ze Books, 2020) chronicles his work with other artists (filmmakers, visual artists, musicians, etc) over the past twenty-five years. His bestselling memoir Another Bullshit Night in Suck City (Norton, 2004) was made into a film starring Robert DeNiro (Focus Features, 2012) and has been translated into fifteen languages.
