Sneak Preview for the Houston Symphony’s Wozzeck

A rare treat will be offered at Sunday Forum at Christ the King Lutheran Church in a lecture on the 20^thcentury opera work Wozzeck by Alban Berg. Richard Spuler, senior lecturer in German and Culture at Rice University will present on the history and significance of Berg’s monumental work, which will be performed in concert by the Houston Symphony on March 1 and 2. The work which is rarely performed is part of Maestro Hans Graf’s last season with the Houston Symphony.

Discounted tickets for the March 1 and 2 performances at Jones Hall will be made available to members of Christ the King Lutheran Church. Sunday Forum meets at 9:45 a.m. at the church, 2353 Rice Boulevard, Houston, TX 77005.

17Feb 2015

HOWDY RODEO FANS AT HOUSTON-LEIPZIG!!!

I am a volunteer for the Carnival Ticket Sales Committee representing the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo. Through the sales of HALF PRICE carnival packs and admission tickets and the solicitation of donations, our dedicated volunteers raised more than $7 million last year alone to help support the Show’s mission and Texas youth and education!! […]

12Feb 2015

Yee Haw – It’s Rodeo Time at Houston-Leipzig

Please join us on Thursday, February 19, 2015, at 6:30 p.m. in welcoming Gary McHenry, a Life Member of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Executive Vice Chairman of the Speakers Committee, Member of the Mutton Bustin Committee, and a Member of the Salt Grass Trail Association, and its Magnificent Wagon 7. The Salt Grass Trail […]

12Feb 2015

The German Consulate General Presents: An Evening with Astronaut Alexander Gerst

The German Consulate General Houston, in coordination with the European Space Agency (ESA) and St. Thomas University, cordially invites you to a special evening with German Geophysicist Alexander Gerst on February 18, 2015, at 6:00 p.m. in the Scanlan Room, Jerabeck Athletic Center, St. Thomas University. We are looking forward to an exciting presentation by […]

28Jan 2015

Houstonfest Invites You to be a Judge in the German Contests

Dear Friends of the German language, I would like to invite you to volunteer as a judge at the Houstonfest German contest on Saturday, February 7, 2015, at Lanier Middle School in Houston. Houstonfest is the annual regional German competition for students in grades 8 through 12. It is also the qualifying event for the […]

28Jan 2015

Closing Events for “Postcards from the Trenches” Exhibit at Printing Museum

If you missed the WWI centennial exhibition, Postcards from the Trenches: Germans and Americans Visualize the Great War that we visited last October, here is your chance: the exhibit has been extended to February 21, 2015. Thereafter, everything will be packed up and the exhibit will travel to Germany. Before the exhibition closes, there are […]

21Jan 2015

Houston-Leipzig Presents: Zug in die Freiheit/Train to Freedom

Dear Members and Friends of Houston-Leipzig, Do you know how desperate people have to be before they say “This could be my last chance to leave the country. That’s why I will make it this time or else be dead.” „Das könnte meine letzte Chance sein, das Land zu verlassen. Deswegen werde ich es diesmal […]