NEWS
Neil Patrick Harris in Hedwig on Broadway
We just saw Neil Patrick Harris wrap up his run as a legend (wait for it) ary womanizer on the hitshow “How I met your mother” and now he is taking on Broadway in no […]
Year: 2014
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RIP Anja Niedringhaus
“What the world knows about Iraq, they largely know because of her pictures and the pictures by the photographers she raised and beat into shape,” said AP photographer David Guttenfelder. “I know they always ask […]
CULTURE
Billy Wilder Speaks Documentary
In 1988, Oscar-winning German filmmaker Volker Schlondorff (“The Tin Drum”) sat down with legendary director Billy Wilder at his office in Beverly Hills, California and turned on his camera for a series of filmed interviews. […]
TRAVEL
Freeclimbing was invented in Saxony
Freeclimbing was invented in Saxony. Who knew? 150m years ago in Saxon Switzerland the first group of people decided to start freeclimbing “Freiklettern”. When some Saxons emigrated to the US in the 1930s, they took […]
NEWS
Berlin takes world lead with its own domain name
As the first city in the world Berlin got its own domain name. .berlin will be available additionally to the traditional .com or .de for “Deutschland”. Berlin’s mayor, Klaus Wowereit, said at a launch event […]
NEWS
Designers support Penny Lane charity for fashion week
Charity Penny Lane is gearing up for LA Fashion Week 2014 with their March 15th runway show in Beverly Hills, celebrating Women of Character, Courage and Commitment. Germany’s high end fashion label “Millions&Millions” by Dünya […]
CULTURE
Max Raabe on East Coast Tour
Berlin’s famed crooner Max Raabe and his twelve-piece Palast Orchester will be bringing their collection of meticulously recreated songs from the Weimar era of 1920s Germany as well as the Great American Songbook to six […]
NEWS
Austrian Wolfgang Pucks cooks for the Oscars
For the 20th year in a row Austrian Wolfgang Puck will continue the tradition and also cook for newly crowned Academy Award winners and other A-list celebrities at the 2014 Governors Ball. Check out the […]
CULINARY
German Poppy Seed Pastry
German Poppy seed pastry is a classic of the German bakeries; you can find these pastries in every German bakery. But unfortunately not in the USA. You can make the poppy seed pastries at home, […]
CULINARY
Leberkaes Schnitzel
Leberkaes Schnitzel is made out of Leberkaese which means literally translated “liver cheese” in German, but it does not contain liver at all. So what is it? Leberkaes is a special sausage meat and very […]