Deutschland wählt! It’s Federal Election Day in Germany this Sunday – who’s your favorite party? Do you follow political ideology and its colors? Are you favoring the blacks (CDU/CSU, conservatives), the greens(die Gruenen, environmentalists), the yellows (FDP, liberals, German variety), the reds(SPD,socialists), the red-reds(die Linke, communists), or even splinter groups. You are cordially invited to […]
Preparations are progressing nicely for our 20th Anniversary Celebration on September 21, 2013, at 6:30 p.m., at the Junior League. If you are a member of Houston-Leipzig, you will already have received your invitation. The dinner is for members only, and seating is limited. If you have any questions about membership please let us know; […]
Houston, August 26, 2013. Rustin Buck, an impassioned teacher of German at Clements High School in the Fort Bend Independent School District, received the 2013 German Embassy Teacher of Excellence Award. He is one of only three teachers in the nation to receive the distinction, presented by the German Embassy Washington in cooperation with the […]
Dear Members and Friends of Houston-Leipzig, Our 2013 President is out of town, and I volunteered to be in charge for our upcoming meeting on July 18. I am sure that we will have an enjoyable summer evening with the movie Omamamia (German language, English subtitles), set in the eternal city of Rome. Let me […]
This week several of our board members and a group of Bach aficionados led by Dr. Robert Moore will travel to Leipzig for Bachfest 2013, and on Thursday, June 13, our sister organization in Leipzig, the Staedtepartnerschaft Leipzig-Houston, is celebrating the 20th anniversary of our sister city relationship. We’ll post a report and pictures soon. […]
Degenerate Art– “entartete Kunst” – declared so by the German Nazi government in the 1930s. Virtually all modern art was declared degenerate by the Nazi regime, and was banned because they deemed it to be un-German or Bolshevist. The artists in this exhibit of paper works were prohibited to create works under the expressionist styles. […]
The Texas Music Festival presents two concerts featuring soloist Jessica Findley, winner of the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Young Artist Competition. The first concert on Friday, June 14, 2013, at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in the Woodlands at 8:00 p.m. is free. The second concert is on Saturday, June 15, 2013, Moores School of Music, […]
Join Texas Music Festival in celebration of its 24th season featuring classical music’s rising stars in performance throughout the month of June. Enjoy over 30 live performances by students from top schools including The Julliard School, Cleveland Institute of Music, Eastman School of Music, and more in collaboration with distinguished conductors and faculty artists from […]
Remember when you were a kid and Memorial Day weekend was the beginning of summer – a leisurely time that stretched ahead endlessly with promises of swimming and biking, lemonade and hot dogs, picnics in the park or in the backyard, smells of suntan lotion, sand between your toes, building real sandcastles and castles in […]
The Houston Liederkranz cordially invites you to their May Dance/Maitanz on Saturday, May 18, 2013, from 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the Liederkranz Hall, 5100 Ella Boulevard, Houston, TX 77019. Come and show your best dancing-with-the-stars form as you polka, waltz, and dance the night away. Night Session and Jaegermeister will play your favorite […]
