Monthly Archives: May 2013

Today we remember those who gave their lives for their country.  Reach out to the family of a fallen soldier, take time to comfort a child who lost a father or mother in the military, take time to help with a wounded-warrior or support-our-troops project, take time to pay respects to a veteran. In observance […]

Join Texas Music Festival in celebration of its 24th season featuring classical music’s rising stars in performance throughout the month of June. Enjoy over 30 live performances by students from top schools including The Julliard School, Cleveland Institute of Music, Eastman School of Music, and more in collaboration with distinguished conductors and faculty artists from […]

Christ the King Lutheran Church welcomes Dr. Margot Käßmann to preach and speak on June 8 and 9. The Rev. Dr. Käßmann is Ambassador of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) for the Reformation anniversary in 2017. A special luncheon on Sunday afternoon will offer more opportunity to meet Pastor Käßmann. Christ […]

Remember when you were a kid and Memorial Day weekend was the beginning of summer – a leisurely time that stretched ahead endlessly with promises of swimming and biking, lemonade and hot dogs, picnics in the park or in the backyard, smells of suntan lotion, sand between your toes, building real sandcastles and castles in […]

The Houston Liederkranz cordially invites you to their May Dance/Maitanz on Saturday, May 18, 2013, from 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the Liederkranz Hall, 5100 Ella Boulevard, Houston, TX  77019.  Come and show your best dancing-with-the-stars form as you polka, waltz, and dance the night away.  Night Session and Jaegermeister will play your favorite […]

For those of you who will be downtown at noon on Thursday, May 16, stop by the Houston Visitors Center in City Hall, 901 Bagby, for a Learn-at-Lunch series, featuring China:  Explore Beijing Opera. Houston’s sister city from China is Shenzhen. The program is sponsored by the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau and the […]

The Consulate General of Germany and the Consulate General of Italy cordially invite you to the free screening of the movie Solino on May 15, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. at the Rice Media Center on the Rice University Campus.  Consul General Klaus-Jochen Guehlcke of Germany and Consul General Fabrizio Nava of Italy will introduce the […]

The magnificent baroque city of Dresden, residence of the Saxon Court with its legendary love of music and art, is the final destination in this season’s tour of Bach’s cities. Multiple choirs, period brass, and strings re-create the 17th-century musical splendor of Schütz and Praetorius. J.S. Bach – who rather bluntly pointed out the superior […]

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