The Houston Liederkranz & Saengerbund cordially invite you to a Thanksgiving Feast on Sunday, November 13, 2011, at 3:00 p.m. at the Liederkranz Hall, 5100 Ella Boulevard, Houston, TX 77018. A silent auction will raise funds for their joint activities. Cost for the dinner is $12 for members, $15 for nonmembers. Open Cash Bar. Please […]
The German Saturday School cordially invites you to its St. Martin’s Day Procession (St. Martins Umzug) on Saturday, November 12, 2011, at 5:00 p.m., at the Ray Miller Park, 1800 Eldridge Parkway, Houston, TX 77077. Everyone is welcome – families and friends of the school and their guests. At 4:00 p.m. there is a picnic […]
You are cordially invited to the popular Learn-at-Lunch series on November 17, 2011, from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. at the Houston Visitors Center – a perfect opportunity for those working downtown or those coming to downtown to enjoy a light lunch of Hungarian treats and find out about this wonderful country.
What do you think of when you hear the words: Catgut, Kellner, and Fagotto? It doesn’t count if you look them up on the internet. Could they be a string, a person, and an instrument? Surely that would be too simple! So – do come and find out what Catgut, Kellner, and Fagotto have in […]
For the second Bach Vespers of the season, the Bach Society Houston under the direction of Albert LeDoux presents an array of works from the Baroque by J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach, Homilius, and Muffat with the Bach Choir Houston and Mercury Baroque on Sunday, November 6, 2011. Featured Soloists are Sharlu Melville (soprano), Ashley Brooks […]
Our friends in the film division of the Museum of Fine Arts are excited about the special screening of Wings of Desire this Monday, November 7, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. Most people in Texas know Wim Wenders for his movie Paris, Texas; indeed it is the first movie shown at the Wim Wenders Retrospective at […]
Dear Members and Friends of the Houston-Leipzig Sister City Association, We are pleased to invite you to the annual meeting of our organization on Thursday, November 17, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. at the Museum of Fine Arts, Audrey Jones Beck Building, 5601 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, where we will elect Directors and participate in […]
Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years just before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. The abused and suppressed children of the villagers seem to be at the heart of this mystery. Is the village a microcosm portending the chaos of the world in […]
With one of the first cold fronts in town – it’s beginning to look lot like Christmas – at least at Spec’s Midtown, where lots of Christmas goodies came in for all those who love German holiday treats, and for all those whose first bite of a Pfeffernuss or a Dominostein evokes Christmases past. It’s […]
You are cordially invited to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Deutsche Samstagsschule Houston (German Saturday School Houston) on Saturday, October 29, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. at Christ the King Lutheran Church. Students of the school will offer a musical delight along with other festivities. The German Consul General Roland Herrmann will present a congratulatory […]