The American Red Cross – Greater Houston Chapter has been our home for our Houston-Leipzig membership programs and board meetings since last summer. They have been of invaluable help to us, and now they need help for their disaster relief. The American Red Cross Texas Gulf Coast Region, is headquartered at the same location and […]
Our program series for the first half of the year ends with a spectacular offering – Dr. Helga K. Aurisch, European, Curator of European Art at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, will introduce us with her customary charm, humor, and extensive knowledge to the exhibition High Society: The Portraits of Franz X. Winterhalter on […]
The following letter is from Shelby Lyn Simms, a student from the Houston area currently studying at Abilene Christian University, who is raising money with a Leipzig or Bust Invitational Golf Tournament for her study trip to Leipzig this summer. Hello! 2016 is going to be a great year as I plan to study abroad […]
We can hardly wait until Tuesday evening, when we meet to hear Paul Hopper on Siegfried – the Mythological Hero. It will be an enthralling talk! For more information, please take a look at the article on our website http://houstonleipzig.org/2016/03/31/houston-leipzig-presents-paul-hopper-on-siegfried-the-mythological-hero/. Please be sure to let us know now at angelika@houstonleipzig.org that you will join us […]
American Space Leipzig is an initiative between the University of Leipzig and the U.S. Government to encourage learning, exchange, and dialogue between the United States and Germany. The first center of its type in Central Germany, it offers a public platform for dialog and exchange between the USA and Germany on a local level. Its […]
Join us in this celebration of Leipzig, sister city to Houston, as the Rolston String Quartet performs a stunning chamber music program, rich in the luscious tones of Schubert’s “Quartettsatz” D703, Haydn’s String Quartet in G Major, Op. 77 No. 1, and Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in D Major, Op. 44 No. 1. This very special […]
GRAB YOUR FRIENDS AND EXPERIENCE AN ARTISTIC JOURNEY WITH REMOTE HOUSTON. Join a group of fifty people swarming out into the city on a guided audio tour that seems to follow you, as much you are following it. Meet up, put on headphones, and your perspective changes—you are provided with a soundtrack to streets, parking […]
Paul Hopper is back by popular demand! Remember the wonderful presentation he gave us last year about Die Walkuere? Everyone was enthralled. Now he will tell us about a great spectacle, masterful storytelling, and electrifying music. This is the year of Siegfried – the first hero and mortal to appear in a world of gods, […]
Vom Eise befreit sind Strom und Bäche Durch des Frühlings holden, belebenden Blick; Im Tale grünet Hoffnungsglück; Der alte Winter, in seiner Schwäche, Zog sich in rauhe Berge zurück. Von dort her sendet er, fliehend, nur Ohnmächtige Schauer körnigen Eises In Streifen über die grünende Flur; Aber die Sonne duldet kein Weißes, Überall regt sich […]
Das German Institute for the Southwest (Houston), ein Goethe-Institut Pruefungszentrum, sucht eine/n Deutschlehrer/in fuer eine Anfaengerklasse, Deutsch als Fremdsprache (Niveau A 1.1), zunaechst als Urlaubsvertretung fuer die Zeit vom 18. April bis zum 25. Mai 2016, an Montag- und Mittwochabenden von 18.30h bis 20.00h. Der/die ideale Kandidat/in beherscht deutsch als Muttersprache und hat einen Bachelor-abschluss […]