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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.

You are cordially invited to the popular Learn-at-Lunch series on December 2, 2011, from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. at the Houston Visitors Center – a perfect opportunity for those working downtown or those coming to downtown to enjoy a light lunch of treats from the area and find out about this wonderful country.

A couple of Fridays ago  four high school exchange students from Leipzig waved Houston goodbye.  They had a whirlwind ten-day stay with families of the students they had welcomed to Leipzig this summer, they made new friends, new memories, and took lots of pictures.  Here is the first article they are sending from Leipzig. 1. […]

The Houston Liederkranz & Saengerbund cordially invite you to a Thanksgiving Feast on Sunday, November 13, 2011, at 3:00 p.m.  at the Liederkranz Hall, 5100 Ella Boulevard, Houston, TX  77018.  A silent auction will raise funds for their joint activities.  Cost for the dinner is $12 for members, $15 for nonmembers.  Open Cash Bar. Please […]

The German Saturday School cordially invites you to its St. Martin’s Day Procession (St. Martins Umzug) on Saturday, November 12, 2011, at 5:00 p.m., at the Ray Miller Park, 1800 Eldridge Parkway, Houston, TX  77077.  Everyone is welcome – families and friends of the school and their guests.  At 4:00 p.m. there is a picnic […]

You are cordially invited to the popular Learn-at-Lunch series on November 17, 2011, from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. at the Houston Visitors Center – a perfect opportunity for those working downtown or those coming to downtown to enjoy a light lunch of Hungarian treats and find out about this wonderful country.  

What do you think of when you hear the words: Catgut, Kellner, and Fagotto?  It doesn’t count if you look them up on the internet.  Could they be a string, a person, and an instrument?  Surely that would be too simple!  So – do come and find out what Catgut, Kellner, and Fagotto have in […]

For the second Bach Vespers of the season, the Bach Society Houston under the direction of Albert LeDoux presents an array of works from the Baroque by J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach, Homilius, and Muffat with the Bach Choir Houston and Mercury Baroque  on Sunday, November 6, 2011. Featured Soloists are Sharlu Melville (soprano), Ashley Brooks […]