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  14 Pews

  800 Aurora Street
  Houston, TX 77009

  Phone: 281.888.9677   |   Email   |   Official Website

  Admission:

  Price of admission is $10 and for members it's $5

• Map

  Full map and directions

• Parking Info

  Free parking available

• Accessibility Services

  

• Technical Specs

  1 performance (3 hrs or less inside church) : $325
  Each hour after 3 hours is: $75 per hour
  If you want our art off the walls there is a $50 fee to remove all art and store until your event is over and then set back up
  renting the backyard (this is in addition to the church rental) : $150
  renting the kitchen and living room (this is in addition to the church rental) : $250
  Rental Rate must include performer's set-up and clean-up time
  If you want 14 Pews to set-up payment method through our Merchant Services account, there will be a 10% charge per ticket, which will cover State Tax, Merchant Services and Wells Fargo fees
  our HD projector is Mitsubushi XD400U
  we can screen Blu-ray, HD and standard dvds
  our sound board can have 3 mics

• • Current Events

    05/26/12- 05/27/12

    Six in Paris 14 Pews Six in Paris Presented by 14 Pews at 14 Pews May 26-May 27, 2012 14 Pews presents Six in Paris. In 1965 six French New Wave directors took a Paris neighborhood and concocted a short sketch around it. The results sometimes favor character and story, and sometimes local flavor, but almost all are engaging in their own right. Jean Douchet and Jean-Luc Godard (repsectively) offer gloriously French slices of romantic comedy in the sexually open 1960s with "Saint Germain des Prés" and...

• • Upcoming Events

    05/26/12- 05/27/12	Six in Paris 14 Pews Six in Paris Presented by 14 Pews at 14 Pews May 26-May 27, 2012 14 Pews presents Six in Paris. In 1965 six French New Wave directors took a Paris neighborhood and concocted a short sketch around it. The results sometimes favor character and story, and sometimes local flavor, but almost all are engaging in their own right. Jean Douchet and Jean-Luc Godard (repsectively) offer gloriously French slices of romantic comedy in the sexually open 1960s with "Saint Germain des Prés" and...
    05/27/12	Brave New Waves: Explorations in Electronic Sound 14 Pews Brave New Waves: Explorations in Electronic Sound Presented by Brave New Waves Sound Series at 14 Pews May 27, 2012 14 Pews and Brave New Waves Sound Series present Brave New Waves: Explorations in Electronic Sound. Brave New Waves, is a monthly music series focusing on electronic, electro-acoustic and other music forms. Performances are held the last Sunday of each month at 14 Pews, featuring local Houston, Texas area, and International artists and performers. Chosen with consideration to showcase a variety of electronic based music styles, Brave New...
    05/31/12	John Butcher, Thomas Lehn, Gino Robair: trio concert 14 Pews John Butcher, Thomas Lehn, Gino Robair: trio concert Presented by Nameless Sound at 14 Pews May 31, 2012 Nameless Sound presents John Butcher, Thomas Lehn, Gino Robair. 2 Nights, 2 Different Concerts! Wednesday, May 30th at Studio 101:with the Nameless Sound Ensemble. Thursday, May 31st at 14 Pews: trio performance. Nameless Sound presents the return of two favorite guests, saxophonist John Butcher and analogue synthesist Thomas Lehn, and welcomes percussionist Gino Robair for his Nameless Sound debut. John Butcher (London): tenor and...
    06/02/12	Bill Cunningham New York 14 Pews Bill Cunningham New York Presented by 14 Pews at 14 Pews June 2, 2012 14 Pews presents Bill Cunningham New York. June 2nd -- back by popular demand. “We all get dressed for Bill,” says Vogue editrix Anna Wintour. The “Bill” in question is 80+ New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham. For decades, this Schwinn-riding cultural anthropologist has been obsessively and inventively chronicling fashion trends and high society charity soirées for the Times Style section in his...
    06/03/12	Examined Life 14 Pews Examined Life Presented by 14 Pews at 14 Pews June 3, 2012 14 Pews presents Examined Life. Examined Life pulls philosophy out of academic journals and classrooms, and puts it back on the streets. In Examined Life, filmmaker Astra Taylor accompanies some of today's most influential thinkers on a series of unique excursions through places and spaces that hold particular resonance for them and their ideas. Peter Singer's thoughts on the ethics of consumption are amplified...
    06/16/12	!Women Art Revolution 14 Pews !Women Art Revolution Presented by 14 Pews at 14 Pews June 16, 2012 14 Pews presents !Women Art Revolution. An entertaining and revelatory “secret history” of Feminist Art, !Women Art Revolution deftly illuminates this under-explored movement through conversations, observations, archival footage and works of visionary artists, historians, curators and critics. Starting from its roots in 1960s antiwar and civil rights protests, the film details major developments in women?s art through the 1970s...
    06/29/12	14 Pews Film Festival 14 Pews 14 Pews Film Festival Presented by 14 Pews at 14 Pews June 29, 2012 14 Pews presents the 14 Pews Film Festival. Showcasing the films created by the students enrolled in our 14 Pews Film Academy. Starting June 2012 we will kick-off our first workshop called OUR HISTORY WORKSHOP. It’s a 3-week workshop where High School students will be guided along the process of creating a 5-10 minute personal documentary. At the completion of the workshop, the short documentaries will be shown on June 29th at the 14...
    07/07/12	PHANTOM MUSEUMS: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers 14 Pews PHANTOM MUSEUMS: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers Presented by 14 Pews at 14 Pews July 7, 2012 14 Pews presents PHANTOM MUSEUMS: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers. For those who already know the short films of the Brothers Quay, Phantom Museums is a welcome, thorough investigation of a lifelong dedication to stop-motion animation and dream sequence narratives. For those just discovering this identical twin team of Stephen and Timothy Quay, Phantom Museums is the place to start. This collection of short films includes roughly...
    07/13/12- 07/15/12	Somers Town 14 Pews Somers Town Presented by 14 Pews at 14 Pews July 13-July 15, 2012 14 Pews presents Somers Town. Directed by Shane Meadows. Two teenagers, both newcomers to London, forge an unlikely friendship over the course of a hot summer. Tomo (Thomas Turgoose) is a runaway from Nottingham and Marek (Piotr Jagiello) is a Polish immigrant who lives with his dad in the working-class immigrant district of Somers Town. When Marek agrees to allow the homeless Tomo to move into his bedroom, behind...
    07/20/12- 07/22/12	Le Grand Voyage 14 Pews Le Grand Voyage Presented by 14 Pews at 14 Pews July 20-July 22, 2012 14 Pews presents Le Grand Voyage. In this remarkable directorial debut, the stern father of a Muslim family in France has his teenage son drive him to Mecca for the religious pilgrimage known as the hajj. The son, who is irreligious and has a non-Muslim girlfriend, doesn't relate to his traditionalist father, nor does the dad relate to his son -- a culture clash (and generational clash) that is the spine of their entire trip to Saudi...
    07/27/12- 07/29/12	XXY 14 Pews XXY Presented by 14 Pews at 14 Pews July 27-July 29, 2012 14 Pews presents XXY. For just about everybody, adolescence means having to confront a number of choices and life decisions, but rarely any as monumental as the one facing 15 year-old Alex (Inés Efron,) who was born an intersex child.* As Alex begins to explore her sexuality, her mother invites friends from Buenos Aires to come for a visit at their house on the gorgeous Uruguayan shore, along with their 16-year- old son...
    08/29/12	Trouble the Water 14 Pews Trouble the Water Presented by 14 Pews at 14 Pews August 29, 2012 14 Pews presents Trouble the Water. Nominated for an Academy Award® for best feature documentary, TROUBLE THE WATER takes you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never before seen on screen. It's a redemptive tale of two self-described street hustlers who become heroes-two unforgettable people who survive the storm and then seize a chance for a new beginning. The film opens the day before the storm makes landfall-twenty-four year old...

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Current &
Upcoming Events

• Current Events

  05/26/12- 05/27/12

  Six in Paris 14 Pews Six in Paris Presented by 14 Pews at 14 Pews May 26-May 27, 2012 14 Pews presents Six in Paris. In 1965 six French New Wave directors took a Paris neighborhood and concocted a short sketch around it. The results sometimes favor character and story, and sometimes local flavor, but almost all are engaging in their own right. Jean Douchet and Jean-Luc Godard (repsectively) offer gloriously French slices of romantic comedy in the sexually open 1960s with "Saint Germain des Prés" and...

• Upcoming Events

  05/26/12- 05/27/12	Six in Paris 14 Pews Six in Paris Presented by 14 Pews at 14 Pews May 26-May 27, 2012 14 Pews presents Six in Paris. In 1965 six French New Wave directors took a Paris neighborhood and concocted a short sketch around it. The results sometimes favor character and story, and sometimes local flavor, but almost all are engaging in their own right. Jean Douchet and Jean-Luc Godard (repsectively) offer gloriously French slices of romantic comedy in the sexually open 1960s with "Saint Germain des Prés" and...
  05/27/12	Brave New Waves: Explorations in Electronic Sound 14 Pews Brave New Waves: Explorations in Electronic Sound Presented by Brave New Waves Sound Series at 14 Pews May 27, 2012 14 Pews and Brave New Waves Sound Series present Brave New Waves: Explorations in Electronic Sound. Brave New Waves, is a monthly music series focusing on electronic, electro-acoustic and other music forms. Performances are held the last Sunday of each month at 14 Pews, featuring local Houston, Texas area, and International artists and performers. Chosen with consideration to showcase a variety of electronic based music styles, Brave New...
  05/31/12	John Butcher, Thomas Lehn, Gino Robair: trio concert 14 Pews John Butcher, Thomas Lehn, Gino Robair: trio concert Presented by Nameless Sound at 14 Pews May 31, 2012 Nameless Sound presents John Butcher, Thomas Lehn, Gino Robair. 2 Nights, 2 Different Concerts! Wednesday, May 30th at Studio 101:with the Nameless Sound Ensemble. Thursday, May 31st at 14 Pews: trio performance. Nameless Sound presents the return of two favorite guests, saxophonist John Butcher and analogue synthesist Thomas Lehn, and welcomes percussionist Gino Robair for his Nameless Sound debut. John Butcher (London): tenor and...
  06/02/12	Bill Cunningham New York 14 Pews Bill Cunningham New York Presented by 14 Pews at 14 Pews June 2, 2012 14 Pews presents Bill Cunningham New York. June 2nd -- back by popular demand. “We all get dressed for Bill,” says Vogue editrix Anna Wintour. The “Bill” in question is 80+ New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham. For decades, this Schwinn-riding cultural anthropologist has been obsessively and inventively chronicling fashion trends and high society charity soirées for the Times Style section in his...
  06/03/12	Examined Life 14 Pews Examined Life Presented by 14 Pews at 14 Pews June 3, 2012 14 Pews presents Examined Life. Examined Life pulls philosophy out of academic journals and classrooms, and puts it back on the streets. In Examined Life, filmmaker Astra Taylor accompanies some of today's most influential thinkers on a series of unique excursions through places and spaces that hold particular resonance for them and their ideas. Peter Singer's thoughts on the ethics of consumption are amplified...
  06/16/12	!Women Art Revolution 14 Pews !Women Art Revolution Presented by 14 Pews at 14 Pews June 16, 2012 14 Pews presents !Women Art Revolution. An entertaining and revelatory “secret history” of Feminist Art, !Women Art Revolution deftly illuminates this under-explored movement through conversations, observations, archival footage and works of visionary artists, historians, curators and critics. Starting from its roots in 1960s antiwar and civil rights protests, the film details major developments in women?s art through the 1970s...
  06/29/12	14 Pews Film Festival 14 Pews 14 Pews Film Festival Presented by 14 Pews at 14 Pews June 29, 2012 14 Pews presents the 14 Pews Film Festival. Showcasing the films created by the students enrolled in our 14 Pews Film Academy. Starting June 2012 we will kick-off our first workshop called OUR HISTORY WORKSHOP. It’s a 3-week workshop where High School students will be guided along the process of creating a 5-10 minute personal documentary. At the completion of the workshop, the short documentaries will be shown on June 29th at the 14...
  07/07/12	PHANTOM MUSEUMS: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers 14 Pews PHANTOM MUSEUMS: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers Presented by 14 Pews at 14 Pews July 7, 2012 14 Pews presents PHANTOM MUSEUMS: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers. For those who already know the short films of the Brothers Quay, Phantom Museums is a welcome, thorough investigation of a lifelong dedication to stop-motion animation and dream sequence narratives. For those just discovering this identical twin team of Stephen and Timothy Quay, Phantom Museums is the place to start. This collection of short films includes roughly...
  07/13/12- 07/15/12	Somers Town 14 Pews Somers Town Presented by 14 Pews at 14 Pews July 13-July 15, 2012 14 Pews presents Somers Town. Directed by Shane Meadows. Two teenagers, both newcomers to London, forge an unlikely friendship over the course of a hot summer. Tomo (Thomas Turgoose) is a runaway from Nottingham and Marek (Piotr Jagiello) is a Polish immigrant who lives with his dad in the working-class immigrant district of Somers Town. When Marek agrees to allow the homeless Tomo to move into his bedroom, behind...
  07/20/12- 07/22/12	Le Grand Voyage 14 Pews Le Grand Voyage Presented by 14 Pews at 14 Pews July 20-July 22, 2012 14 Pews presents Le Grand Voyage. In this remarkable directorial debut, the stern father of a Muslim family in France has his teenage son drive him to Mecca for the religious pilgrimage known as the hajj. The son, who is irreligious and has a non-Muslim girlfriend, doesn't relate to his traditionalist father, nor does the dad relate to his son -- a culture clash (and generational clash) that is the spine of their entire trip to Saudi...
  07/27/12- 07/29/12	XXY 14 Pews XXY Presented by 14 Pews at 14 Pews July 27-July 29, 2012 14 Pews presents XXY. For just about everybody, adolescence means having to confront a number of choices and life decisions, but rarely any as monumental as the one facing 15 year-old Alex (Inés Efron,) who was born an intersex child.* As Alex begins to explore her sexuality, her mother invites friends from Buenos Aires to come for a visit at their house on the gorgeous Uruguayan shore, along with their 16-year- old son...
  08/29/12	Trouble the Water 14 Pews Trouble the Water Presented by 14 Pews at 14 Pews August 29, 2012 14 Pews presents Trouble the Water. Nominated for an Academy Award® for best feature documentary, TROUBLE THE WATER takes you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never before seen on screen. It's a redemptive tale of two self-described street hustlers who become heroes-two unforgettable people who survive the storm and then seize a chance for a new beginning. The film opens the day before the storm makes landfall-twenty-four year old...

Past
Events

• Past Events

  05/24/12	The Strange Demise of Jim Crow 14 Pews
  05/08/12	Richard J. Dobson: Pleasures of the High Rhine - Concert and book signing 14 Pews
  05/04/12	Chico & Rita 14 Pews
  05/02/12	Science on Screen: FORKS OVER KNIVES (with Dr. Adam Weinstein) 14 Pews
  04/29/12	Binarium Sound Series April 2012 14 Pews
  04/28/12	ZOMBIE-FEST 14 Pews
  04/27/12	Rejoice & Shout 14 Pews
  04/20/12	Man on a Wire 14 Pews
  04/18/12	SOLD OUT Science on Screen: FORKS OVER KNIVES (with Dr. Adam Weinstein) 14 Pews
  04/11/12	48HFP Around the World @ 14 Pews 14 Pews
  04/09/12	Alvin Fielder Houston Quartet: Live Recording Session 14 Pews
  04/06/12- 04/07/12	Kinyarwanda 14 Pews
  03/30/12	Night Catches Us 14 Pews
  03/24/12	Melancholia 14 Pews
  03/23/12	Happy Happy 14 Pews
  03/18/12- 04/28/12	SOMEPLACE ELSE: Pop-up Art Show showcasing Cressandra Thibodeaux (FotoFest 2012) 14 Pews
  03/16/12- 03/17/12	Le Havre 14 Pews
  03/09/12- 03/10/12	Under Fire: Journalists in Combat 14 Pews
  03/05/12	The Gold Rush 14 Pews
  02/26/12	Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey 14 Pews
  02/26/12	Binarium Sound Series February 2012 14 Pews
  02/19/12	Music for Silent Films Show 14 Pews
  02/18/12	Incendiary 14 Pews
  02/17/12	Bill Cunningham New York 14 Pews
  02/06/12	Metropolis - With Live Music 14 Pews
  02/05/12	No Idea Festival 2012 14 Pews
  02/04/12	Granito: How to Nail a Dictator 14 Pews
  02/03/12	SENNA 14 Pews
  01/29/12	Binarium Sound Series January 2012 14 Pews
  01/27/12	Pop-up Art Show with 14 Pews Artist-in-Residence SANDY EWEN 14 Pews
  01/14/12	Eric Taylor in Concert 14 Pews
  01/13/12	The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu 14 Pews
  01/08/12- 01/10/12	Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey 14 Pews
  01/06/12- 01/08/12	Bill Cunningham New York 14 Pews
  12/25/11	Binarium Sound Series December 14 Pews
  12/18/11	14 Pews Holiday Party DATE CHANGE 14 Pews
  12/16/11- 12/18/11	CANCELLED The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu 14 Pews
  12/09/11	Pop-up Art Show with KLEY NIXON 14 Pews
  12/09/11	CANCELLED Tony & Janina’s American Wedding 14 Pews
  12/03/11	Lakota by Bobby Bridger 14 Pews
  12/02/11	The Interrupters 14 Pews
  11/27/11	Binarium Sound Series November 14 Pews
  11/26/11	It Gets Better Debate 14 Pews
  11/23/11	Sundance Cinemas Appreciation Party 14 Pews
  11/21/11	Science on Screen: How to Die in Oregon (with Dr. C. Kent Osborne) CANCELLED 14 Pews
  11/20/11- 11/27/11	We Were Here 14 Pews
  11/11/11- 11/19/11	Bobbindoctrin Puppet Theatre: My Cold Dead Fingers 14 Pews
  11/04/11- 11/05/11	Semper Fi: Always Faithful 14 Pews
  11/02/11- 11/05/11	We Were Here 14 Pews
  10/30/11	Binarium Sound Series October 14 Pews
  10/28/11- 10/29/11	Real Life Superheroes 14 Pews
  10/26/11- 10/27/11	Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone 14 Pews
  10/22/11	Buck (Kid's Day) 14 Pews
  10/21/11	Buck (Seniors and Students Day) 14 Pews
  10/19/11- 10/23/11	The Swell Season 14 Pews
  10/14/11	King Corn 14 Pews
  10/08/11- 10/09/11	The Boy Mir 14 Pews
  10/07/11- 10/08/11	Tony & Janina’s American Wedding 14 Pews
  10/01/11	Angelus Harp Ensemble 14 Pews
  09/30/11	The Happy Poet 14 Pews
  09/25/11	Binarium Sound Series September 14 Pews
  09/25/11	Tulpan 14 Pews
  09/24/11	Nowhere in Africa 14 Pews
  09/23/11	Keith Rowe and Kjell Bjørgeengen 14 Pews
  09/18/11	Since Otar Left 14 Pews
  09/17/11- 09/18/11	CANCELLED Dubai: A City of Dreams 14 Pews
  09/17/11	My Country, My Country 14 Pews
  09/10/11- 09/11/11	The Interrupters 14 Pews
  09/10/11- 09/11/11	CANCELLED Full Battle Rattle 14 Pews
  09/08/11	Science on Screen: Waking Life (with Dr. David Eagleman) 14 Pews
  09/07/11	Oscilloscope Circle of Trust Screening Series: If A Tree Falls 14 Pews
  09/02/11- 09/04/11	Jellyfish (Meduzot) 14 Pews
  08/27/11	Oscilloscope Circle of Trust Screening Series: The Exploding Girl 14 Pews
  08/20/11- 08/21/11	Under Great White Northern Lights 14 Pews
  08/13/11- 08/14/11	The World's Fastest Indian 14 Pews
  08/12/11- 08/13/11	CANCELLED Houston Filmmakers Weekend 14 Pews
  08/05/11	Latin American Series: Adrift in Manhattan 14 Pews
  07/31/11	Binarium Sound Series 035 14 Pews
  07/29/11- 07/30/11	Fantasies of Stabbing Edison in the Neck: A Nikola Tesla Puppet Show 14 Pews
  07/23/11- 07/24/11	Queen to Play 14 Pews
  07/15/11- 07/16/11	One Hot Texican Summer (or the Summer I found out I was Mexican) 14 Pews
  07/03/11	Oscilloscope Circle of Trust Screening Series: No Impact Man 14 Pews
  07/02/11	Queen to Play 14 Pews
  06/28/11	CANCELLED Science on Screen: If A Tree Falls 14 Pews
  06/26/11	Binarium Sound Series 034 14 Pews
  06/25/11- 06/26/11	Strongman 14 Pews
  06/18/11	Emily Sloan: Fit to Be Tied 14 Pews
  06/14/11	Flow 14 Pews
  06/12/11	Southern Naptist Convention 14 Pews
  06/11/11- 06/12/11	Queen of The Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us? 14 Pews
  06/07/11	Word for Word 14 Pews
  05/31/11	Science on Screen: Gattaca (with Dr. Steve Scherer) 14 Pews
  05/29/11	Binarium Sound Series 033 14 Pews
  05/28/11- 05/29/11	My Perestroika 14 Pews
  05/21/11	Cuadro La Tempestad Spring Concert Series: Espana - Nord y Sud 14 Pews
  05/15/11	Slamdance on the Road: One Hundred Mornings 14 Pews
  05/15/11	Slamdance on the Road: Mind of the Demon: the Larry Linkogle Story 14 Pews
  05/15/11	Slamdance on the Road: Snow On Tha Bluff 14 Pews
  05/14/11	Slamdance on the Road: Shunka 14 Pews
  05/14/11	Slamdance on the Road: Snow and Ashes 14 Pews

Facility
Information

• The following facility details serve as the premier source for unique and affordable venues for performance, receptions, convening, meeting space, speakers, etc., in greater Houston and the region.

  
  

  Rental Contact Information

  Rental Contact Phone: 281.888.9677

  Rental Contact Email: info@14pews.com

  Rental Information Website: http://14pews.org/pages/performance_space_79.asp

  General Information

  Parking Info: Free parking available

  Union Affliations: None

  Beer / Wine Permitted: No

  Liquor Permitted: No

  Food Permitted: Yes

  Catering Services allowed: Yes

  Catering Services available: Yes

  Support Staff available: Yes

  Crew(s) provided / fees: Please look under pricing.

  Insurance Required: Yes

  Insurance Provided: Yes

  Security Personnel Required: No

  Box Office: Yes

  Organizations/Artists which have previously used this space: Please contact JCC for more information.

• Facility Information

  Seating (range): 1 - 99

  Lighting Available: No

  Sound System Available: Yes

  Sound Details (loudspeakers, power amps, # of microphones, etc.): Sound board with 3 microphones

  Audio Recording Available: No

  Reception Area: Yes

  Loading Dock: No

• Accessibility Services

  

• Pricing

  Specify breakdown of rates: 1 performance (3 hrs or less inside church) : $325 Each hour after 3 hours is: $75 per hour If you want our art off the walls there is a $50 fee to remove all art and store until your event is over and then set back up renting the backyard (this is in addition to the church rental) : $150 renting the kitchen and living room (this is in addition to the church rental) : $250 Rental Rate must include performer's set-up and clean-up time

  Non-profit Rates: No

• Additional Documents

  Technical_facilitite­s_description.pdf