Head to the streets of old downtown Tomball to enjoy three days of German Christmas and heritage fun at the 2017 Tomball German Christmas Market! Dates and times below. Houstonians and German fans from around Texas will converge in Tomball for live music on four stages, traditional German food and drinks, shopping and more at […]
Get in the mood for Christmas with the Houston Saengerbund Christmas Concert on Tuesday, December 5, 2017, at 7:30 p.m. at First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1311 Holman Street, Houston, TX 77004, and experience traditional German Christmas songs and treats. Admission to the concert is free. The Concert will include a variety of traditional songs sung […]
Sister Cities of Houston presents its 2017 Fall Concert on Saturday, November 18, at 6:00 p.m. at MATCH Houston. This annual international variety show features local and international performers from Houston and its 18 Sister Cities. Special Guest Mayor Sylvester Turner will make brief comments and present the performers with City of Houston Appreciation Certificates. […]
Please join us for a stimulating talk with German Consul General Thomas H. Meister and Member of German Parliament, MdB Dagmar Freitag (SPD), also Chairperson of the Parliamentary Group USA, about the recent German elections on Thursday, October 5, 2017, at 6:30 p.m. at L’Alliance Française, 427 Lovett Boulevard, Houston, TX 77006. After Germany’s elections, […]
Come and hear Music for Octoberfest, the annual “Oktoberfest Konzert” by the Houston Brass Band on Sunday, October 2, 2017, at 5:00 p.m. at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 2353 Rice Boulevard, Houston, TX 77005. Free Admission.
The Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts at the University of Houston is hosting A Moores to Mendelssohn Celebration, a FREE recital featuring students from the Hochschule fuer Musik und Theatre “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy,” a Moores School of Music partner school in Leipzig, on Monday, October 2, 2017, in Dudley Recital Hall, Moores School […]
Join us for a Meet-and-Greet with Robby Clemens on Thursday, September 28, 2017, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Please let us know by September 26 whether you will be attending by writing to angelika@houstonleipzig.org or by paying below. Robby Clemens, a 55-year-old extreme runner from Leipzig, Germany, is often referred to as the German Forrest […]
Come and hear the Gyldfeldt Quartet from the Leipzig Conservatory at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy on September 30, 2017, at 8:00 p.m. at Duncan Recital Hall, Shepherd School of Music, at Rice University. The Gyldfeldt Quartet was founded by violinists August-Gyldfeldt Magnusson and Jonas Reinhold, violist Yağmur Erdoğan and cellist […]
It’s movie night at Houston-Leipzig. Do join us for Lola Rennt! – Run Lola Run on Thursday, August 24, 2017, at 6:30 p.m. at L’Alliance Française, 427 Lovett Boulevard, Houston, TX 77006 (please note parking restrictions below). The film is in German and has English subtitles. Have you ever had a particularly calamitous or unfortunate […]
With much sadness we heard that Dr. Hinrich Lehmann-Grube, first Mayor of Leipzig after the fall of the Wall, died on Sunday, August 6, 2017. He was 84 years old. Dr. Lehmann-Grube was Mayor when the sister city relationship between Houston and Leipzig was established, and he was instrumental and supportive in bringing the cities […]