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03Mar 2024

We are excited to have a real Houston Celebrity join us for our March 2024 Meeting! Dr. Neil Frank, longtime Chief Meteorologist at KHOU-TV, will be our Guest Speaker on March 7th.  Dr Frank’s topic is “Global Warming – Can we learn something from Germany?” Will you join us? If so, please reply to houston.leipzig.sca@gmail.com or […]

11Jan 2023

The Houston-Leipzig Sister City Association cordially invites you to join us for Zoom presentation by Gisela Kallenbach, on Saturday, January 14, 2023, at 11:30 a.m. (registration link below). She has led an extraordinary life under communist dictatorship in the former East Germany and in a free, democratic Germany. Gisela Kallenbach is a person who experienced […]

19Jan 2022

Remember the Peaceful Revolution beginning in Leipzig on October 9, 1989, and the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 9, 1989? After the opening of eastern Germany, a young student from Leipzig received an invitation from the American Embassy (or was it from the CIA?) to visit the United States. This visit culminated years […]

07Jan 2021

We welcome our 2021 President Mark Buehler.  Many of you know Mark.  He has been a faithful member from the very beginning, and we look forward to a year under his reign.  Following is his President’s Message for January. Dear Members and Friends, On behalf of  Houston-Leipzig, I wish you a Happy New Year.  As […]

19Aug 2019

We’ve had a wonderful movie summer at Houston-Leipzig, and are easing into an exciting fall.  Please join us on Thursday, September 12, 2019, at 6:30 p.m. for a presentation by Anne Breaux on 100 Years Bauhaus. What does Bauhaus mean to you?  Maybe you’ve heard of its most important directors:  Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies […]

24Jul 2019

Movie Night with beer tasting at Houston-Leipzig The Story of German Beer (2016) – a documentary by Jens Niehuss Do join us for our next meeting, on Thursday, August 8, 2019, 6:30 p.m., at L’Alliance Française, 427 Lovett Boulevard, Houston, TX  77006 (please note parking restrictions below), for a tasting of a flight of German beers along with […]

27Jun 2019

Movie Night at Houston-Leipzig:  Barbara (2012) – a film by Christian Petzold Please join us for our next meeting, on Thursday, July 11, 2019, 6:30 p.m., at L’Alliance Française, 427 Lovett Boulevard, Houston, TX  77006 (please note parking restrictions below), where we will continue our series of Cinema in East Germany 1946 – 1989.  This time we will […]

26May 2019

Phoenix (2014) – a film by Christian Petzold Houston-Leipzig Summer Movie Night June 13, 2019, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. L’Alliance Française As every summer, we will screen German films (with English subtitles) during the months of June, July, and August.  This year our first two movies – Phoenix and Barbara – were directed by award-winning […]

01Apr 2019

Join us for a tour of the once-in-a-lifetime exhibit of Vincent Van Gogh led by Dr. Helga Kessler Aurisch on Thursday, April 18, 2019, at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston (MFAH).   Dr. Helga Kessler Aurisch, Curator of European Art at the MFAH, will lead us on one of her excellent tours at the Museum […]