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?
Sunday, 13th August 1961, shortly after midnight. East German police disrupt the city train and underground connections. Street surfaces are ripped up, barbed wire barriers erected. The Soviet sector border in Berlin is sealed off from the western districts.
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 […]
For the 32nd time, the Concerts at the Bach Monument offer a summer program from Bach to Blues with renowned national and international artists. Until August 29 the free concerts take place every Monday at 7:00 p.m. at the Bach Monument; if it’s raining, in the St. Thomas Church. This coming Monday (08-08-2011), the Polish […]
Finally some more pictures of the kids!
To keep you posted as we promised, here some pictures of the last days. As I wrote before, the weather was just perfect until yesterday. So as if making fun of me, it compleeetely changed today, at the moment we’re having 13°C (about 55°F) – quite a chock after 30°C (~ 86°F) yesterday. We’ll see what […]
We currently have another guest from Houston: Singer-songwriter Aaron Kaufman! He brilliantly mastered his first gig in Germany. And we’re proud to be able to say that it was in Leipzig. Aaron was the supporting act of two bands playing in an open air venue, he played his own and some wonderfully interpreted cover songs, […]
