It’s summer time, and Houston-Leipzig explores German films for a light entertainment fare. We found a delightful movie and are showing it on Thursday, July 19, 2012: Im Juli (In July) by award-winning Director Fatih Akin with Moritz Bleibtreu, Christiane Paul, and Mehmet Kurtulus. The movie is in German with English subtitles. How far do […]
We cordially invite you to join us for another marvelous tour by Dr. Helga Aurisch at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston on Thursday, June 28, 2012, at 6:30 p.m.
From the Kenwood House in London, a magnificent collection of paintings is on a limited, four-stop tour in the United States, with its first stop in Houston. These 48 masterpieces include works by Rembrandt, Thomas Gainsborough, Frans Hals, Joshua Reynolds, Anthony van Dyck, and J.M.W. Turner, the best artists of their time.
Prof. Stephen Klineberg of Rice University is currently visiting Leipzig, and will give a presentation at the University of Leipzig, organized by the Houston-Leipzig Sister City Association and the Department of American Studies Leipzig, entitled “The Significance of the Houston-Leipzig Sister City Relationship: A Houston Perspective” on June 15, 2012, at 4:15 p.m. The event […]
The fascinating discourse of Dr. Klaus Weissenberger about Stefan Zweig at our last meeting, and a suggestion from one of our board members, prompted us to present to you Brainwashed, a film of Stefan Zweig’s last, posthumously published fiction, Schachnovelle, often called The Royal Game. We cordially invite you to our membership meeting on Thursday, […]
Do you remember how our board member Dr. Klaus Weissenberger holds us spellbound when he takes us on a literary journey? Our meeting on Thursday, April 19, 2012, promises to be another treat, when Professor Weissenberger will present Stefan Zweig: Works in Exile – A Forgotten Mastery. Stefan Zweig (1881-1942), was born in Vienna, the […]
Have you ever heard of Friedrich Armand Strubberg, or Dr. Schubbert, as he called himself from time to time? Did you ever consider that the Germans settled by the Adelsverein in Fredericksburg in the middle of the 19th century lived on an Indian frontier, and that a trip to New Braunfels, or Austin could mean […]
The darkest time of the year casts a powerful spell over nearly every culture in the northern hemisphere and has given birth to countless ways of celebrating the winter solstice.
If you are German or of German heritage, you can conjure up the images evoked by the word Christkindlmarkt – immediately you smell the fennel and cinnamon, the eucalyptus, and the burnt almonds, and you can taste the Pfeffernuesse, the Printen, the Lebkuchen, and the Stolle.
Es waren wunderschoene Stunden – we all had such a wonderful time! There were over 80 of us; we filled almost the entire outdoor garden. We enjoyed great company, had wonderful conversations, tasted delicious food, listened to good Oktoberfest music . . . all that in perfect Houston October weather.
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?
