Event Calendar: The Southeast

Whenever you cannot visit Germany in person, rest assured that there are often events in your area that will bring you closer to Germany. Browse our regional calendar below to find out which events are scheduled in the Southeast, or use the search tool to the right to search events throughout the United States. You can fine-tune your search by selecting an event category, location and/or date range. 

Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA) Presents "Marcel Breuer: Design and Architecture"

Oct 27, 2009 - Jan 16, 2010 | Atlanta, GA
Slatted chair ti 1 a, 1924

To kick off their 2009/2010 season, the Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA) partners with the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System to present a dual location exhibit featuring the work of world-renowned German furniture designer and architect Marcel Breuer (1902-1981), arguably one of the most influential designers of the modernist period. Open to the public October 27 – January 16, 2010, the exhibt will be housed at both the MODA galleries and Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Central Branch, the last major public building Breuer designed.

Freedom Without Walls at Vanderbilt University

Oct 28, 2009 - Nov 11, 2009 | Nashville, TN
(c) Richard Erich Schade

Vanderbilt University will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with a panel discussion featuring former US Ambassador to Germany John Kornblum, former US Ambassador to Poland, Victor Ashe, and a current representative of the European Commission, Luc Véron.

Freedom Wtihout Walls at Duke University

Oct 30, 2009 1:00 PM - Nov 8, 2009 4:00 PM | Durham, NC
(c) Richard Erich Schade

The anniversary is being celebrated at Duke with a student-curated exihibit and a variety of activities under the title "Freedom without Walls: Fall of the Berlin Wall 1989-2009."

Watch "Slangman's World" Today on Georgia Public Broadcasting!

Nov 8, 2009 | Atlanta, GA
Slangman's House

Watch the brand-new German version of  "Slangman's World" today on GPB at 8:57 a.m. and 10:27 a.m.! Slangman, the show's host, is a fun-loving wizard and inventor who lives in a house high on a cloud. His best friend, Wordy, is a young language dictionary on a quest to fill up his pages with words from around the world so he can earn his place in the Great Hall of Books.

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