CULTURE
Christoph Waltz hosts SNL
Christoph Waltz not only gets awarded pretty much any award available during award season, something he is doing for the second time, but he manages a first. He is the first SNL host with German […]
Articles by GW Administrator
CULTURE
German-Australian Film “Lore” shown by “DANK Haus”
From February 15 till February 21 the DANK Haus in Chicago, Illinois shows the German-Australian movie “Lore”. The award-winning German-Australian film tells the story of a fourteen-year-old German girl who is left to fend for […]
Uncategorized
US Soccer Team blows First Match for World Cup Qualification
The US Soccer Team with its German head coach Jurgen Klinsmann (picture) and Austrian assistant coach Andreas Herzog lost their first match in the final qualification for the Soccer World Cup 2014 in Brazil. The US-Boys […]
TRAVEL
Dresden: Opening of the new Hall of the Giants
It is exactly 460 years since the Riesensaal [Hall of the Giants] built on a monumental scale, came into being. The Riesensaal, which dominated the Residenzschloss in its role as the principal hall, takes its […]
EDUCATION
Fun German Contest for Students offered by German Embassy
Calling all German, history and social studies teachers in the United States! Want to hold a fun contest in your classroom? Why not have your students participate in the “GERMAN INFORMATION CENTER USA ESSAY CONTEST”. […]
CULTURE
It has been 15 years since Falcos death
Ooo rock me Amadeus Rock me Amadeus… Rock rock rock rock me Amadeus Rock me all the time to the top Er war ein Punker Und er lebte in der großen Stadt Es war Wien, […]
CULTURE
NY: Screening of the Movie “Germans. Living in Israel” at NYU
“Germans. Living in Israel” (2011) is a documentary film by Helmut Simon and Martine Schubesberger showing how mostly young Germans live and experience their life in Israel. Were there many obstacles for them to climb? […]
CULTURE
Vonn crashes at the Alpine Skiing Worldcup
US-Skier Lindsey Vonn crashes terribly in the first race of the Alpine Skiing Worldcup in Austria.
CULINARY
Berliner German Carnival Pastry
As you probably know, Germany is the European center for carnival. Before spring “Karneval”, ”Fasching” or “Fasnacht” will be celebrated in many regions of Germany. In Cologne, Bonn, Koblenz or Mainz you can watch the biggest and most colorful parades, […]
CULINARY
Mutzen Rhineland Carnival Specialty
It was 1314 in Cologne. The first fools or in German “jecken” celebrated a parade through the city. How? We don’t know exactly the details, just the date. 200 years later a noble man named […]