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2nd German American Energy Conference (GAE) Attracts a Transatlantic Array of Renewable Energy Experts

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:38:33 GMT

The 2nd German American Energy Conference in Berlin, March 22-23, will bring together a broad range of high-ranking renewable energy experts from both sides of the Atlantic. This year’s conference will focus on the latest developments in clean and sustainable energy.

Easter Celebration at German School Chicago

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:10:26 GMT

Come and join German School Chicago for indoor and outdoor games and activities for children of all ages. Crafts, Music -- and much more. Coffee and baked goods will also be available.

Film: North Face (Nordwand)

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:44:37 GMT

In 1936, ruthless Berlin newspaperman Henry Arau dispatches ambitious assistant Luise Fellner to persuade childhood friends and accomplished climbers Toni Kurz and Andi Hinterstoisser to scale the impossibly sheer North Face of Switzerland’s notorious Eiger Mountain for the glory of the Fatherland.

Ballroom Dancing at the Boylston Schulverein

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:10:47 GMT

Would you like to enjoy going to events that have dancing? Would you like to learn how to dance or improve your skills? Want to dance at the next event? Learn Ballroom Dancing at the Boylston Schul-Verein with a professional dance instructor.

The Palast Orchester and Max Raabe will return to the Fabulous Fox!

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:44:52 GMT

After six long years, the nonchalantly charismatic vocalist Max Raabe and his perfectly dazzling Palast Orchester will finally be back at the Fabulous Fox! With faultlessly fitting tuxedo, hair slicked back, and a cheeky look, Max Raabe sings the best of the '20s and early '30s with amusing nostalgia. Get the best tickets while they last to see this exquisite performance by the artists that sell out Carnegie Hall!

Evolution of a Royal Version - Meissen Porcelain Exhibition at the International Terminal of the San Francisco Airport

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:09:16 GMT

Evolution of a Royal Vision:The Birth of Meissen Porcelain features a magnificent collection of over one hundred pieces of eighteenth-century Meissen porcelain and includes many Chinese and Japanese ceramics from the collection of Augustus II the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland (Augustus the Strong), which served as inspiration for Meissen factory production. All objects are from the collection of Malcolm Gutter. This exhibition is available to the public twenty-four hours a day.

2nd German American Energy Conference : Promising Markets for Renewables and Energy Efficiency

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:31:27 GMT

Building on the success of the 1st German American Energy Conference in March 2009, organized by the German American Chambers of Commerce and the German Energy Agency GmbH (dena), this event will be taking place once again this year at the House of German Business in Berlin on March 22-23.

Film: North Face (Nordwand)

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:20:19 GMT

Film: North Face (Nordwand)

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:36:39 GMT

Max Raabe & Palast Orchester

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:50:38 GMT

"A Night in Berlin" is the name of the brand new program that Max Raabe and his stellar 12-member band will perform when they return to Royce Hall UCLA on February 18, 2010. The concert is part of the "Royce Choice."

Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:00:58 GMT

The Gewandhaus Orchestra is Leipzig's most important musical ambassador, touring throughout the world on a regular basis. The Orchestra will be on its 14th tour on the North American continent in February 2010. They will stay over in San Francisco for two concerts at the Davies Symphony Hall.

Max Raabe & Palast Orchester

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:20:50 GMT

The 11th annual San Francisco Jazz Festival presents Max Raabe & Palast Orchester. Max Raabe and his orchestra specialise in recreating the sound of German dance and film music of the 1920s and 1930s. Songs, hits and couplets, Cuban rumbas, cheerful foxtrots and elegant tangos. Songs of amazingly serious, amusing yet melancholy simplicity.

DOPPEL-U – Let’s Rap

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:40:58 GMT

Doppel U is a German rapper and Hip-Hop leader. He was born in Jena, Germany in 1982. In 1996, he was playing basketball with his friends and listening to Naughty by Nature. He was instantly hooked on rap music, but it took a few more years for him to pick up the microphone himself.

DOPPEL-U – Let’s Rap: Concert for Teachers

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:37:21 GMT

DOPPEL-U – Let’s Rap

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:25:09 GMT

DOPPEL-U – Let’s Rap: Concert for Students

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:16:09 GMT

DOPPEL-U – Let’s Rap: Concert for Students

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:01:58 GMT

Apprehension

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:06:58 GMT

See Lothar Warneke's "Apprehension" (1981): Inge, an acclaimed professional, marriage-counselor feels she is above worldly problems. But the sudden discovery of a lump in her breast and the threat of a mastectomy force her to realize that she is susceptible to very concrete and existential fears. How can someone on a first-name basis with conflict be so unprepared for it in her own life?

Gerhard Richter: A Life in Painting

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:19:52 GMT

Reading with biographer and noted curator Dietmar Elger at the Art Institute of Chicago. Gerhard Richter, born in Germany in 1932, is one of the most important and influential artists of the post-war era. Always fascinated with the limits and uncertainties of representation, he has produced landscapes, abstractions, glass and mirror constructions, prints, sculptures, and installations.

New York Festival of Songs: The Voluptuous Muse - Masters of German Romanticism, Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:04:39 GMT

A program highlighting the lush harmonies and exotic themes of late-Romantic masters Nikolai Medtner, Karol Szymanowski, Erich Korngold and Richard Strauss and their contemporaries. The exciting Russian-American soprano Dina Kuznetsova and two rising stars of the Metropolitan Opera, mezzo-soprano Kate Lindsey and tenor Joseph Kaiser, bring virtuosity and commitment to a new program of this dazzling repertoire.