CULTURE
German author Cornelia Funke
Cornelia Funke, born in West Germany, moved to the US in 2005 and still writes in German. The successful author of the “Inkworld” trilogy returns with a new book and a new creative partner. Read […]
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Pac Man Swiss Style
It took more than four hours and 111 people to record this special game. The human PAC-MAN Stop Motion Performance was played by real human-beings sitting in a cinema in Baden, Switzerland. It was the […]
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Fame: Daniel Kehlmann
Fame: Daniel Kehlmann in Conversation with Carol Brown Janeway Daniel Kehlmann talks about FAME on September 23 in NYC The month of September 2010 will be “German-American Friendship Month” in the city of New York. […]
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The Life of Hildegard von Bingen
We are excited about this new film version about Hildegard von Bingen. A woman, who over the ages fascinated audiences and readers. German director Margarethe von Trotta directed the movie that was in the official […]
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Die Schultüte für Taferlklassler
On their first day of school German kids receive a “SCHULTÜTE”, a large cardboard cornet filled with sweets and little presents. In Austria the students of the “1st Volksschule grade” are called: Taferlklassler. The name […]
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Christoph Schlingensief is dead
Christoph Schlingensief, hope and enfant terrible of Germany’s theater scene died August 21st in Berlin. He battled lung cancer for over two years. The artist directed plays, movied, operas, most renowned the annual Richard Wagner […]
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Kaisers Geburtstag – Emperor Franz Joseph
Born on August 18th 1830 in Schönbrunn Palace, Emperor Franz Joseph would have been 180 years today. He reigned during difficult times and his passionate marriage to Empress Elisabeth filled countless books and inspired movies. […]
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Angelina and August
Angelina Jolie and August Diehl at the German premiere of “SALT” in Berlin August 18th 2010 Also read our previous article: August Diehl plays Angelina’s husband
BOOKS
Informative Little Book of Language
In this little book, linguist David Crystal usefully sums up the history of the the thing that sets the homo sapiens apart from all other animals, language. Written with a younger and non-linguist audience in […]
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Giles Hoyt Receives Germany’s Highest Civilian Honor
Giles Hoyt, Professor Emeritus of German and Philanthropic Studies and past Director of IUPUI’s Max Kade German-American Center in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI is the recipient of the Bundesverdienstkreuz, the Federal […]