COLLEGE STATION, Jan, 22, 2015 — On Thursday, January 28 at 10 a.m., the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum and Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital content for K-12 classrooms, are partnering for the second year in a row to present a unique distance learning opportunity for students across the globe. The Ninth […]
Imagine yourself as an Assistant Professor of Linguistics and German at the University of Texas about fifteen years ago, eating lunch in a diner deep in Central Texas. You have dedicated your life to the German language and the people who speak it, and all of sudden a couple of tables over, you hear a […]
Here is a quick update of what’s going on and what might be of interest to you. Today, Sunday, January 17, 2016, at 3:30 p.m. at the Pioneer Memorial Log House of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, 1510 Cambridge, opposite Gate 3 of the Houston Zoo, http://www.sanjacintodrt.org/pioneer.htm. Marec Béla Steffens, librettist of the […]
Dear Members and Friends of the Houston-Leipzig Sister City Association, I am excited and honored to serve as your President in 2016. I became involved with Houston-Leipzig in 2013 and I have served on the Board since 2014. My interest in joining Houston-Leipzig arose when I met some of your members through other organizations. My […]
Dear speakers and friends of the German language, I would like to invite you to help promote the study of the German language in the Houston area by serving as a “judge” at the Houstonfest German contest. Some of you have helped us before, and for others it would be the first time — it […]
Imagine helping tens of thousands of Texans for over 30 years of Gulf Coast disaster relief, and then a few months ago, the rains start and you yourself become a victim of the floods with three feet of water in your home. Meet Steve Vetrano, Regional Chief Executive Officer of the Greater Houston Area Chapter […]
Houston, Texas – UPDATE: September 15, 2015 – The Moores School of Music at the University of Houston proudly announces a guest recital with mezzo-soprano Henriette Reinhold and pianist Vita Gajevska (students from Hochschule für Musik, Leipzig – the school that Mendelssohn started in 1843, and that greats like Schumann, attended) on Friday, October 2, […]
Just a brief note to let you know that the Museum of Fine Arts cordially invites you to a special concert celebrating the final day of the spectacular Habsburg exhibition: The Habsburgs: Dangerous Liaisons, Fate, and Demise—A Story Told through the Music of Bohemian Composers, with classical pianist Fabio Banegas Jiříček today, Sunday, September 13, […]
We are extremely pleased that Dr. Helga Aurisch, Curator of European Art at the Museum of Fine Art Houston, has agreed to give us one of her fabulous lectures on the spectacular exhibit Habsburg Splendor: Masterpieces from Vienna’s Imperial Collections on Thursday, September 10, 2015. The format of our meeting will be different from past […]
The Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Houston-Leipzig Sister City Association Invite you to „Coffee with the Mayors“ Please join us when the Hon. Annise Parker, Mayor of the City of Houston, and the Hon. Burkhard Jung, Mayor of the City of Leipzig, discuss: Houston – Leipzig: Global Challenges – Common […]
