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.

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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

The Darker Sight of Light

Freedom Without Walls at George Mason University

Oct 26, 2009 - Nov 9, 2009 |

Berlin Wall at GMU © picture-alliance/dpa

Students at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA erected a symbolic wall near the campus Clock Tower which became a meeting place for discussion, performance, art and reflection.

George Mason University

Freedom Without Walls at Johns Hopkins University

Nov 2, 2009 - Nov 9, 2009 | Baltimore, MD

Near Potsdamer Platz, 1989 (c) Richard Erich Schade

Johns Hopkins students are working on a variety of projects that relate to the topic of the Berlin Wall, the Friedliche Revolution and life on the eastern side of the border.

Johns Hopkins University

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.

Iconoclash!

Film: A Woman in Berlin

Nov 6, 2009 | Washington, DC

A scene from "A Woman in Berlin" © Strand Releasing, courtesy of the Avalon Theatre

A true story, based on the controversial international bestseller by Anonyma published in more than 20 countries. Set in 1945 during the Red Army invasion of Berlin, when German women became victims of rape and devastation.