Event Calendar: Washington, DC

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 Washington Metropolitan Area 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. 

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German Cultural Events - Washington, DC

Exhibition: Candida Höfer - Interior Worlds

Nov 16, 2011 - Feb 26, 2012 | Baltimore, MD
Candida Höfer © picture-alliance / dpa/dpaweb

Thirteen works  by the internationally acclaimed contemporary German photographer Candida Höfer showing the George Peabody Library and The Walters Art Museum are presented in this exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art.

Exhibition - Helping Shape America: German Americans in the U.S. Congress from 1789 to the present

Dec 6, 2011 - Feb 26, 2012 | Washington, DC
Part of Exhibit Poster © German-American Heritage Foundation

This exhibit tells the remarkable story from the Muhlenberg brothers (1789-1791) to the members of German ancestry who serve in the current (112th Congress (2011-2013).  

Exhibition: Gute Aussichten - Young German Photography 2011/2012

Feb 2, 2012 - Apr 29, 2012 | Washington, DC
Light reflections in a camera lens © picture-alliance

Works by seven winners of gute aussichten 2011/2012, the eighth annual German competition for graduate photography students, come to Washington on the exhibition’s worldwide tour. 

Film: "Pina" by Wim Wenders

Feb 10, 2012 - Feb 16, 2012 | Washington, DC
A scene from "Pina."

 "Pina" is an homage to late Pina Bausch the world-renowned German dancer. The film will be shown in 3D at theaters in DC, Gaithersburg, MD and Fairfax, VA. Nominated for the Academy Awards 2012 in the category "Best Documentary Feature".

Film: Black Box Germany (Black Box BRD)

Feb 13, 2012 | Washington, DC
German director Andres Veiel © picture-alliance/ dpa

The Federal Republic of Germany in the 70s and 80s: Constantly on the brink of civil war, the country is polarized due to the power struggle between the German state and the Red Army Faction (RAF).

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