A milestone of 20th century musical theater, The Three Penny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper) rolls on unstoppably into the 21st. In their opera “by and for beggars,” composer Kurt Weill (1900-1950) and playwright Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) […]
What better way to start the new year by learning a new language! Goethe Institute is offering now winter classes. You can choose from regular courses or quicker, intensive studies. They also offer courses with […]
Elke Miller-Schweigert, California How a happily married businesswoman and mother of two still found time to initiate the first full-time German-English immersion school and the first German kindergarten in Los Angeles. Whenever I see Elke […]
Blake Peters, Oregon Can four weeks at a German immersion summer camp influence the rest of a student’s life? For Blake Peters, it certainly did! Coming from a family with no second language experience, Blake […]
This legendary Matrix synchronization was lost for years and recently surfaced. Finally we get to enjoy Heinz Rühmann voicing Keanu Reeves’ Neo. Enjoy:
A new event is being planned to raise funds for the Jasper High School Student Exchange Program. Oktoberfest 2010 is being presented by Sister Cities of Jasper, Inc. as a way to explain the exchange […]
The Austrian writer Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch (1836-1895) made his living in the 19th century by writing lots novels and novellas according to “sex sells” principle. He also wrote under the pen names Charlotte Arand […]
In honor of Germany’s final game at the 2010 World Cup, let’s enjoy this classic 1970’s Monty Python skit on the occasion of the 1972 Olympics. The German Philospher team: Leibniz, Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Schelling, […]
In the 1930s and ’40s, German and Austrian emigres brought intellect, wit and Freudian theory to what was then a pretty staid place. Today, Germans are still a presence but are more disparate. By Scott […]
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