Why is it that when there is a fabulous event that you really want to attend, you find that there is always one equally enticing at the same time? This Thursday, January 24, 2013, the German American Chamber of Commerce in the Southern United States (Houston) cordially invites you to its New Year’s Reception on […]
Please join the American Studies Leipzig today for the lecture by Prof. Angela Miller (Washington University) on the topic of “Nature’s History: The Changing Cultural Image of Nature, from Romantic Nationalism to Land Art”. The event takes place on July 3 from 5-7pm in in room 2.516 of the Geisteswissenschaftliches Zentrum (Universitaet Leipzig), Beethovenstr. 15, […]
Leipzig (pts013/11.05.2012/10:15) – Unter dem Motto “Musik bewegt die Stadt” wird am 12. Mai 2012 mit einem originellen Musik- und Bürgerfest die “Leipziger Notenspur” eröffnet. Das einzigartige Wegeleitsystem verbindet auf einem fünf Kilometer langen Rundweg die wichtigsten Wohn- und Wirkungsstätten bedeutender Komponisten wie Johann Sebastian Bach, Edvard Grieg, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Robert Schumann und Richard […]
If you are German or of German heritage, you can conjure up the images evoked by the word Christkindlmarkt – immediately you smell the fennel and cinnamon, the eucalyptus, and the burnt almonds, and you can taste the Pfeffernuesse, the Printen, the Lebkuchen, and the Stolle.
Maeshelle first reported in the post Joan’s Fate/Who Dies for Love Nowadays? Heike Hennig about the Johannapark in Leipzig, its origin, and a new musical drama by Heike Hennig about the tragic Johanna, who was forced into a loveless marriage, and who died at age 21. Maeshelle now recounts a splendid evening and surprising information […]
Surely you’ve noticed newlywed’s having their pictures made in Johannapark. You may have thought how lucky they were to have such a lovely backdrop for wedding photos so close to the Standesamt, but did you know there is another, much deeper and historical reason for shooting there?
For the 32nd time, the Concerts at the Bach Monument offer a summer program from Bach to Blues with renowned national and international artists. Until August 29 the free concerts take place every Monday at 7:00 p.m. at the Bach Monument; if it’s raining, in the St. Thomas Church. This coming Monday (08-08-2011), the Polish […]
Finally some more pictures of the kids!
To keep you posted as we promised, here some pictures of the last days. As I wrote before, the weather was just perfect until yesterday. So as if making fun of me, it compleeetely changed today, at the moment we’re having 13°C (about 55°F) – quite a chock after 30°C (~ 86°F) yesterday. We’ll see what […]
We currently have another guest from Houston: Singer-songwriter Aaron Kaufman! He brilliantly mastered his first gig in Germany. And we’re proud to be able to say that it was in Leipzig. Aaron was the supporting act of two bands playing in an open air venue, he played his own and some wonderfully interpreted cover songs, […]
