We hope you’ve had a wonderful holiday and for the new year we wish you health, happiness, and prosperity. We would also like to thank our 2012 President Michael von der Osten for leading us last year, and welcome our 2013 President Dr. Ute Eisele at the helm, who was also our 2007 President. In […]
Experience the Bach Festival Leipzig 2013! The annual Bach Festival in Leipzig is an exciting event, with performances by some of the world’s finest artists at venues that breathe Bach’s spirit. We invite you to join us at the Bach Festival 2013, June 14-23. Our small group travel package offers you well-planned days or the flexibility to […]
Herzliche Einladung zur Weihnachtsmesse 24. Dezember 2012 16:00 Uhr – 4:00 p.m. Christ the King Lutheran Church 2353 Rice Blvd, Houston, TX 77005 Die Gemeinde Christ the King Church lädt ein zum diesjährigen deutschsprachigen Weihnachtsgottesdienst in der festlich geschmückten Kirche. Die Türen öffnen um 15:15 Uhr. Weihnachtsliedersingen beginnt um 15:45 Uhr. Der Stadiumsparkplatz der Rice […]
What is art? Does it serve a purpose? Should we even discuss these questions, or should we observe art as it is presented to us and let it work its magic? These questions have been around, probably as long ago when the first caveman picked up a piece of charcoal to draw on the walls, and his mother-in-law took a broom to him and his artwork.
[dc]W[/dc]hat happens when a neurotically precise, female master chef, whose attempt to relieve stress means hiding in the walk-in refrigerator, unexpectedly becomes guardian of her orphaned niece, and an unorthodox, free-spirited, music-loving sous chef gets hired to work in her restaurant? Come and find out on Thursday, August 16, 2012, at 6:30 p.m., when Houston-Leipzig […]
It’s summer time, and Houston-Leipzig explores German films for a light entertainment fare. We found a delightful movie and are showing it on Thursday, July 19, 2012: Im Juli (In July) by award-winning Director Fatih Akin with Moritz Bleibtreu, Christiane Paul, and Mehmet Kurtulus. The movie is in German with English subtitles. How far do […]
Have you met Miss Murray? The lovely girl offering us flowers as she skips towards us in the picture on the left, is Louise Georgina Murray, daughter of Sir George Murray, a Scottish general who served the empire in numerous Napoleonic campaigns, was lieutenant-general in Canada, and finally commander-in-chief in Ireland; later on he became […]
We cordially invite you to join us for another marvelous tour by Dr. Helga Aurisch at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston on Thursday, June 28, 2012, at 6:30 p.m.
From the Kenwood House in London, a magnificent collection of paintings is on a limited, four-stop tour in the United States, with its first stop in Houston. These 48 masterpieces include works by Rembrandt, Thomas Gainsborough, Frans Hals, Joshua Reynolds, Anthony van Dyck, and J.M.W. Turner, the best artists of their time.
It is amazing how a steady, slow drip . . . drip . . . drip . . . from a single faucet can first annoy, then terrorize. As relevant as when it was written, Stefan Zweig’s Schachnovelle has proven to be a steady bestseller into the 21st century. This gem of a psychological portrait, […]
Years ago when the Art Car Parade was still part of the Houston International Festival (now iFest), the booth that Houston-Leipzig shared with Sister Cities of Houston was propitiously situated on the Library Plaza, right along where the fabulously decorated visions (surely you couldn’t call them cars!) floated by: some funny, some wistful, some revolutionary! […]
