CAREER
Learn German in Germany!
Learning a new language is an exciting adventure. It broadens horizons and opens up access to a new world and a new culture. If you want to learn the language of Schiller and Goethe, it […]
Month: May 2017
EVENTS
FL: Maifest Celebration “Picnic”
On Sunday, May 21st, the German American Club of the Palm Beaches is hosting a “picnic” inside their clubhouse in celebration of Manifest. Inside the clubhouse they will have games, fun, food, drink, maypole dance […]
NEWS
America, Germany and France Join Together to Save the Bees
Whether we realize it or not, those friendly, fuzzy bees buzzing around us are doing us a huge favor. Nearly one-third of human crops are dependent on pollinators like bees, which means that our livelihood […]
TRAVEL
Visit the Deutsches Hygiene Museum
It has to be said, quite frankly, that there is no museum in Europe quite like the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum in Dresden founded in 1912. It is something of a theme-based museum, an exhibition venue for […]
EVENTS
CA: Swiss Singing Society Harmonie’s Spring Concert
On Sunday, May 21st at 4 p.m., the Swiss Singing Society Harmonie will present their spring concert entitled “There is Always Romance” followed by a dinner reception. The choir brings to the public the songs […]
EVENTS
NY: The Wagner Society Celebrates Wagner’s Birthday
The Wagner Society of New York will celebrate the 204th birthday of Richard Wagner (born May 22, 1813), as well as its own 40th anniversary, with a recital by two WSNY grantees and a buffet […]
BOOKS
Book Tip: “I’ll Be Damned” by Eric Braeden
By Jenny Peters When German-born, now staunchly proud American citizen Eric Braeden thought about writing a memoir of his life in front of the camera, he hesitated. “I was so reluctant to do it,” the […]
EDUCATION
Meet the Germans: The Best German Idioms to Start Using Now
Do you “spider” or “talk around the hot porridge”? In German, you can. Meet the Germans host Kate Müser from DW asks bilingual colleague Michael Knigge to explain some of the best German idioms. Click […]
EDUCATION
More than Water, Hops, Yeast and Barley: A German Gets Crafty at his Sierra Nevada Internship
By Anna Boisseau Because of something called the “purity law,” water, hops, yeast and barley are the only four ingredients allowed in German beer. And so, unlike the more experimental nature of the American craft […]
TRAVEL
Nearly Abandoned, But Now Finally Open: Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie Is a Modern Marvel
After ten long years, the massive Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg finally opened on January 11, 2017, and has hosted its first concerts. Ten turbulent years have passed since the foundation stone for the huge concert hall […]