Event Calendar: Mid-Atlantic Area

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 Mid-Atlantic 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. 

Exhibition: The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900

Oct 1, 2009 - Jan 18, 2010 | Washington, DC
Käthe Kollwitz's etching "Woman with Dead Child," 1903 © picture-alliance / akg-images

The private worlds of late 19th-century Paris, Berlin, and London are reflected in some 120 beguiling, often enigmatic prints, drawings, illustrated books, and small sculptures. Through eight themes - possession, nature, the city, creatures, reverie, obsession, abjection, violence, and death - The Darker Side of Light reveals highly engaging, often mysterious and beautiful works, mainly from France and Germany

Iconoclash! Political Imagery from the Berlin Wall to German Unification

Nov 4, 2009 6:30 PM - Jan 8, 2010 | Washington, DC
Lenin Busts. Courtesy of Wende Museum Culver City, CA © Wende Museum

Political iconography is established with meaning and purpose. Tampering with an icon means that the original value system has been altered, compromised or simply fallen away, creating new meanings in the process. This exhibit of East German political icons and symbols and their changed meaning commemorates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Exhibition: What Lies Beneath

Nov 7, 2009 - Nov 22, 2009 | Washington, DC
"Ilulissat Icefjord 6" (07/2003) 69°11’58’’ N, 51°07’08’’ W by Olaf Otto Becker

“What Lies Beneath: Nature and Urban Landscape in EU Photography,” curated by Judith Turner-Yamamoto, features exciting and challenging new work in landscape photography by 20 renowned and emerging European photographers, including German artist Olaf Otto Becker.  

Virtual Wall Exhibit Lets You Choose Your Own 3D Adventure

Nov 7, 2009 5:00 PM - Dec 20, 2009 4:00 PM | Washington, DC
Border Guard © Thiel/Reuter Virtual Wall

Space and time are flexible in the fully realized Berlin of the installation, which allows visitors to see how the wall transformed life in the city, and how the city has transformed since the wall came down.

Film: Heart Leap (Herzsprung)

Nov 23, 2009 6:30 PM | Washington, DC
Scene from the film Heart Leap © DEFA Film Library

In the little town of Herzsprung nothing has changed since German unification - except a rise in unemployment. Johanna, a young mother and widow, lives on social welfare. To make matters worse, she falls in love with the dark-skinned Manuel  

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