Yearly Archives: 2013

Willkommen Y’All!! You do not have to be German to enjoy this festival. In the beginning, there was Alpenfest on one flat bed trailer, and a small committee of volunteers with lots of determination. After twelve years of fun and frolic, the festival has become an annual tradition in Tomball and one of the best […]

We’re All Going to Space: Well Known Space Entrepreneur Explains How You Will Last Forever For anyone to be able to go to outer space – this is the vocation of Charlie Chafer, one of the first commercial space entrepreneurs, with the launch of a new NASA funded project, the first navigable Solar Sail. The sail will head towards the […]

The Houston Liederkranz cordially invites you to its Carnival Party “It’s Time for a Masquerade” at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 9, 2013 at the Liederkranz Hall, 5100 Ella Boulevard, Houston, TX  77018. Come in Costume – Bring Good Cheer – the Ziggy Band will make you dance your feet off – Prices for the […]

In a ceremony on Monday evening, January 14, Consul General Klaus-Joachim Gühlcke conferred upon Pastor Robert Moore the Order of Merit (Bundesverdienstkreuz)  of the German government in the name of the President of the Federal Republic of Germany Joachim Gauck. It is the highest honor that the Republic of Germany bestows on citizens and foreigners […]

On March 1 and 2, at 8:00 p.m., the Houston Symphony presents Wozzeck, Alban Berg’s masterwork opera of “social criticism, lust, murder and morality” at Jones Hall in a concert version. First performed in 1925, Wozzeck is a chilling and tragic story of social criticism, lust, murder, and morality, as poor Wozzeck falls victim to cruelty and […]

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston February 11, 2013 Law Building 6:30 PM reception starts at 5:30 PM To better acquaint Houston audiences with the Houston Symphony’s March 1–2 performances of Alban Berg’s masterwork opera, Wozzeck, at Jones Hall, the MFAH presents Joachim Hess’s 1972 film version of the opera, starring Toni Blankenheim (104 minutes). First performed in 1925, Wozzeck is a chilling and tragic […]

“Rosa Loy has devoted herself to the theme of the feminine in all of its many facets since the start of her career as a painter, producing many fascinating figures. Her pictures are populated by women of all kinds: explorers, girlfriends, guards, dreamers, energetic workers, mysterious sphinxes, eavesdroppers, seductresses, protective mothers, and schemers, each of […]

For this our Houston-Leipzig 20th anniversary year, our President Ute Eisele has planned a cornucopia of events that is sure to include something for everyone.  While our regular monthly meetings are usually on the 3rd Thursday of the month, this year we are happy to change our schedule occasionally to accommodate special visitors from Leipzig. […]