Events

Scheduled Activities of HLSCA

22Sep 2011

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?

19Sep 2011

Haben Sie schon Plaene fuer Freitag, den 23. September 2011, 19.00 Uhr? Wir laden Sie herzlich ein: Die lange Nacht der Erzaehlerin Holly-Jane Rahlens „Erzaehlerin von Teufels Gnaden“ (Der Tagesspiegel) Freitag, den 23. September  2011, 19.00 Uhr  ( Ende offen ) im German Language Center, 3516 Mt. Vernon, Houston, TX 77006 Die Veranstaltung wird gefoerdert […]

16Sep 2011

During the months of September and October Spec’s will be celebrating the German Heritage in food and drink at its Midtown location in Houston. A shelf in the entrance of the area will showcase products out of Spec’s vast stock that describe best German food culture (only shelf stable items). Additionally to it materials on […]

16Sep 2011

If you are in Leipzig on Monday, September 19, 2011, join the Staedtepartnerschaft Leipzig-Houston for their first Fall meeting: Zur ersten Veranstaltung nach den Sommerferien möchten wir – auch im Namen des Generalkonsulates der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika in Leipzig – herzlich einladen zu einem Erfahrungsbericht  Aufenthalt von Beamten des LKA Sachsen beim Police Department Houston

23Aug 2011

If you are in Leipzig at the end of the month, why don’t you stop by and visit our friends at the Staedtepartnerschaft Leipziig-Houston?  Their topic on “The United States of America — Quo vadis, Obama?” sounds interesting in any language.  Following is an invitation with all the details.

18Aug 2011

Sister Cities of Houston invites you to join the Visioning Workshop about creating a major destination with great public spaces proposed along Bastrop Street, next to the new Houston Dynamo Soccer Stadium in the East Downtown District (EaDo). The workshop will include a short site-visit, an evaluation and a discussion of specific activities, uses and […]

08Aug 2011

Houston PBS – Channel 8 will show the second part of the two-hour documentary on Tuesday, August 9, 2011, at 9:00 p.m. After the initial days of celebration following the opening of the Wall, the fate of the two Germanys hung in the balance. Would a new chapter of instability doom Gorbachev’s era of reform […]

07Aug 2011

On Monday, August 8, 2011, at 9:00 p.m., Houston PBS – Channel 8 – will show the first part of the two-hour documentary that first premiered in June 2010. The most memorable symbol of the revolution that swept across Europe two decades ago is the November 1989 opening of the Berlin Wall. Soon after, East […]