Yearly Archives: 2014

Dear Members and Friends of Houston-Leipzig, This is the last call for the Leipzig trip in October 2014. It is time to make final decisions about the October trip to Leipzig to participate in the celebrations of the 25 Years of the Peaceful Revolution. Opposition groups in Leipzig had begun organizing Peace Prayers since 1982. […]

It is now time to make concrete plans to be in Leipzig on October 9, 2014, to participate in the 25th anniversary celebrations of the peaceful end of the confrontation between 70,000 demonstrators carrying nothing but candles, and the secret police in full military combat gear. October 9, 1989, was the decisive Monday. Surgeons had […]

Our May meeting is coming up in our regular venue next Thursday, May 15, 2014, in the Parish Hall at Christ the King Lutheran Church. Previously I had already indicated that we will deal with money matters. The timing is perfect. Are you familiar with Thomas Piketty’s “Capital”?  Just published in English about two months […]

We had a wonderful pre-performance event at Das Rheingold on Wednesday, and the Houston Grand Opera is now making an exciting offer to Houston-Leipzig members and friends for two performances of Carmen, on May 4 and on May 8, for 15% off the ticket price. Be sure to use promo code 4406 to get the […]

Wagner’s Das Rheingold was pure gold on opening weekend at Houston Grand Opera! Critics call Das Rheingold “utterly enthralling”!  Do join us on Wednesday, April 23, 2014, for a fabulous offering by the Houston Grand Opera!  Das Rheingold starts Houston on the journey of Richard Wagner’s ring cycle, with Die Walkuere, Siegfried, and Goetterdaemmerung to […]

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 […]