Please join us for a stimulating talk with German Consul General Thomas H. Meister and Member of German Parliament, MdB Dagmar Freitag (SPD), also Chairperson of the Parliamentary Group USA, about the recent German elections on Thursday, October 5, 2017, at 6:30 p.m. at L’Alliance Française, 427 Lovett Boulevard, Houston, TX 77006. After Germany’s elections, […]
Come and hear Music for Octoberfest, the annual “Oktoberfest Konzert” by the Houston Brass Band on Sunday, October 2, 2017, at 5:00 p.m. at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 2353 Rice Boulevard, Houston, TX 77005. Free Admission.
The Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts at the University of Houston is hosting A Moores to Mendelssohn Celebration, a FREE recital featuring students from the Hochschule fuer Musik und Theatre “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy,” a Moores School of Music partner school in Leipzig, on Monday, October 2, 2017, in Dudley Recital Hall, Moores School […]
Join us for a Meet-and-Greet with Robby Clemens on Thursday, September 28, 2017, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Please let us know by September 26 whether you will be attending by writing to angelika@houstonleipzig.org or by paying below. Robby Clemens, a 55-year-old extreme runner from Leipzig, Germany, is often referred to as the German Forrest […]
Come and hear the Gyldfeldt Quartet from the Leipzig Conservatory at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy on September 30, 2017, at 8:00 p.m. at Duncan Recital Hall, Shepherd School of Music, at Rice University. The Gyldfeldt Quartet was founded by violinists August-Gyldfeldt Magnusson and Jonas Reinhold, violist Yağmur Erdoğan and cellist […]
It’s movie night at Houston-Leipzig. Do join us for Lola Rennt! – Run Lola Run on Thursday, August 24, 2017, at 6:30 p.m. at L’Alliance Française, 427 Lovett Boulevard, Houston, TX 77006 (please note parking restrictions below). The film is in German and has English subtitles. Have you ever had a particularly calamitous or unfortunate […]
With much sadness we heard that Dr. Hinrich Lehmann-Grube, first Mayor of Leipzig after the fall of the Wall, died on Sunday, August 6, 2017. He was 84 years old. Dr. Lehmann-Grube was Mayor when the sister city relationship between Houston and Leipzig was established, and he was instrumental and supportive in bringing the cities […]
We cordially welcome Consul General Thomas H. Meister to his post in Houston. His domain will encompass the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. We wish him a lucky hand in all his endeavors, and that he will find out the true meaning of the native American word Texas: “friend.” You can […]
Leipzig. Franziska von Sohl. Two new records: international visitors and ticket sales This year’s Leipzig Bach Festival drew to a close on June 18 with a performance of the Mass in B Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach in St. Thomas’ Church, Leipzig (Germany). Nearly 71,000 visitors attended the 120-plus events that made up the ten-day […]
Dr. Sandy Frieden of the University of Houston will teach “a series of bizarre and insanely beautiful films guaranteed to mess with your mind! Each class includes a lecture, snacks, and drinks.” The films will be shown at 14 Pews, 800 Aurora Street, Houston, TX 77009 from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. on the Thursdays set […]