Monthly Archives: March 2014

The journey begins . . . Listen to a few bars of Wagner and watch a clip of the Entrance of the Giants – your heart starts pounding, your pulse races – it’s better than the movies – you have never seen anything like this on a stage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhjuzEsgUQk&feature=youtu.be After our most successful backstage visit […]

Our March meeting is coming close.  We will be back in our traditional venue at Christ the King’s Parish Hall on Thursday, March 20, 2014, at 6:30 p.m. The topic of the evening is Franz Kafka Today – Still Enigmatic and Fascinating presented by our board member Dr. Klaus Weissenberger, Professor at Rice University. Like […]

Imagine yourself living in Prague in the early 1900s, belonging to the German speaking minority of which you represent the Jewish minority and your father, an entrepreneur, is mainly concerned to “make it.”  Against these odds Franz Kafka was trying to establish himself as a writer.  In an informal setting, we will discuss parts of […]

The Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany The Consulate General of Italy in Houston and The Italian Cultural & Community Center Cordially invite you to the screening of Bread & Tulips ~ Pane e Tulipani (in Italian with English subtitles) Introduction by the Consul General of Italy in Houston, Fabrizio Nava and by […]

Did you know that due to exposure while fighting fires, the rate of mesothelioma in fire fighters is two times greater than the rate in the U.S. population? Let us all support the Benefit Chamber Concert for the Rotary Fire Fighters Home on Thursday, March 13, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. at Christ the King Lutheran […]