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welcome
The Goethe-Institut and the German Embassy have assembled thoughtprovoking and stimulating new cultural programs and language courses.
Herzlich Willkommen!
Now that we have settled into our new location in downtown Washington at
1990 K St. NW, the staff of the Goethe-Institut are opening the doors for an
Open House Sommerfest on Friday afternoon, Aug. 26. Join us and bring others
who love German language and culture for fun, food and drink, and a chance to
check out the space and discover what is being planned.
Issues of common concern worldwide permeate many of our fall programs. The
manmade barriers being created or proposed both in Europe and the United States
are one such example. In 2,000 Miles: Divided Land, Common Humanity, two German
artists present perspectives on the U.S.-Mexican border.
What does privacy mean to you? Artistic responses to this pressing question are the
core of the transatlantic theater project P3M5; our P3 Game Arcade provides a chance
to interact with this question in a new way.
We’re excited to announce our new Goethe Book Club, a chance to read and respond to
contemporary literature from Germany.
The affinity between art and science is the oeuvre of German conceptual artist Tim Otto
Roth, who fascinates with shadowgraphs in the exhibition Light from the Other Side.
Why is German for you? High school and college students are invited to join us for
#germanforsuccess, a day to explore opportunities for studying and working in Germany
while networking with staff from a number of leading German businesses and exchange
programs. For adults learning or brushing up on their skills, we offer German courses
at all levels during regular and intensive sessions.
Our annual Film|Neu festival Nov. 4-6 brings a stimulating weekend of the newest in
films from Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
Finally, should you encounter a very large, electric blue rooster in Washington this fall,
fear not: The reopening of the National Gallery of Art’s East Building, following a three
year renovation, introduces new gallery spaces and a Roof Terrace featuring the sculpture Hahn/Cock (2013) by renowned German artist Katharina Fritsch. Find works by
many famous German Modernists throughout the galleries.
Visit our websites, www.goethe.de/washington and www.germany.info, for more events
and to sign up for our newsletters. Bis bald!
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Wilfried Eckstein
Carsten Ruepke
Director, Goethe-Institut Washington
Head, Cultural Department, German Embassy
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Cover: sterea skia - shadows of trees © Tim Otto Roth
Explore the diversity of European culture as favorite festivals return to DC: the Kids
Euro Festival (Oct. 29-Nov. 6) and the AFI European Union Film Showcase (Dec. 1-18)
promise great entertainment and inspiration.
OPEN HOUSE
SOMMERFEST
n SPECIAL EVENT
Friday, August 26, 3 – 7 pm
Goethe-Institut
Open House Sommerfest
D
iscover your German island in DC! Join us for a summer party at our new building in our
new neighborhood. Check out our digs while learning about the work of the Goethe-Institut,
chatting with staff and others interested in German culture and language, enjoying typical
German drinks and food, and participating in fun activities.
Take part in our interactive scavenger hunt – prizes will be awarded! Discover what the
Goethe-Institut is all about, what great cultural events we have coming up, how to register
for language classes, the resources we provide for teachers, and more.
More and to rsvp: www.goethe.de/dc/sommerfest
Images courtesy Pixabay
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WALLS &
BORDERS
American photographer, peace activist and educator Raechel
Running at the border fence near Agua Prieta, Mexico, where
she continuously works with a local community.
© Stefan Falke
n EXHIBITION
September 14 – November 4, 2016
Goethe-Institut, GoetheForum and FotoGalerie
2,000 Miles: Divided Land, Common Humanity
Opening reception and discussion with artists
Daniel Schwarz and Stefan Falke on Wednesday, September 14, 6 - 8 pm
RSVP at www.goetheinstitutwashington.eventbrite.com
I
nspired by and organized in cooperation with
the Mexican Cultural Institute, which is exhibiting a related show entitled Delimitations September 28, 2016 - January 28, 2017. (Opening
reception with artists Marcos Ramírez Erre and
David Taylor on September 28.)
This exhibition aims to contribute to our ongoing conversation about walls, borders and
people.
Until recently, the idea of separating territories
and peoples via manmade borders seemed an
outdated relic from the past. New political
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developments, however, including the creation of barriers at the European Union’s borders, have made such controls a topic of
heated debate once again. Germany’s own
past in this regard serves as inspiration for
two German artists, Daniel Schwarz and
Stefan Falke, who take a close look at the geography and the cultural and social commonalities on the two sides of the U.S.-Mexican border.
Two 1,000-inch-long accordion books by Daniel
Schwarz entitled The Mexico – United States
Border (East & West) make the border tangible, examining it through Google Maps
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Jellyfish Colectivo a collaboration of 4
artists in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in front
of their mural in Plaza Cervantina.
© Stefan Falke
satellite imagery. Starting in the
West with the Pacific Coast’s
urbanized area between San Diego
and Tijuana, the books extend
eastward to the Colorado River
Delta and Sonoran Desert, through
the Chihuahuan Desert, and then
proceed along the course of the Rio Grande to
the Gulf of Mexico in the East.
In the photography project LA FRONTERA:
Artists along the US Mexican Border, Stefan
Falke focuses on artists who live and work
along the U.S.-Mexico border, documenting
their individual stories and their arts’ positive influence on their societies. LA FRONTERA
functions as a counter-narrative, giving a
face to the vibrant culture, cultural expression and artistic exchange of this little-known
border region which is disproportionally
portrayed by the media through the lens of
violent crime.
Daniel Schwarz works and lives in Los Angeles and teaches at Loyola Marymount University. He moved to Los Angeles in 2013 and
graduated from UCLA with an MFA in Design
Media Arts. His works, which engage critically
with aspects of control and power structures,
state authority and cartography, have been
exhibited and performed at MassMoCA in
New York, Sónar Festival Barcelona and the
Venice Film Festival.
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Ana Maria Cruz alias Ana Formismo in front of her mural
in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. © Stefan Falke
Stefan Falke moved to New York in 1985,
where he works as a photographer. LA
FRONTERA: Artists along the US Mexican
Border, on which he has been working since
2008, received the 2013 David Chow Humanitarian Award and has been exhibited in
Mexico, the U.S. (e.g. PHOTOVILLE 2014/New
York) and Germany (e.g. Triennial of Photography/Hamburg). The project has been
featured in The New York Times, BBC,
The Huffington Post, Wired.com and others.
The Mexico – United States Border accordion book
© Daniel Schwarz
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WALLS &
BORDERS
n READING AND
PRESENTATION
Thursday, September 15, 6:30 pm
Goethe-Institut, GoetheForum
The Other Side of the Wall
C
artoonist and author Simon Schwartz
was born in Erfurt, Germany in 1982,
at a time when the repressive Socialist Unity Party controlled the region, a
part of history he captures in his autobiographic debut graphic novel drüben!
(The Other Side of the Wall). Recently
honored with the Independent Publisher Book Award (2016), the novel tells
the narrative of the protagonist’s willingness to leave the communist side
of the Wall in search of freedom.
Based on his own parents’ painful personal experiences of reprisal and alienation in East Germany after announcing their intention to
leave for the West, The Other Side of the Wall eloquently depicts the challenges faced by those
whose State once inspired but ultimately turned on them. A new life on the western side of the
Wall meant not only freedom, but also uncertainty and the fragmentation of relationships with
family and friends.
Simon Schwartz studied illustration at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW).
He taught editorial illustration at HAW and the BTK University of Art & Design, Berlin, and
works as a freelance illustrator for several well-known magazines, newspapers and agencies.
Schwartz is the winner of several awards, including the Max and Moritz Prize (2012) and the
ICOM Independent Comics Award (2010).
Moderated by Antje Krüger, Assistant Professor of German at Goucher College.
No charge. RSVP at www.goetheinstitutwashington.eventbrite.com
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n CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE
Fall 2016
BOOK CLUB
Goethe-Institut
Goethe Book Club:
Contemporary German Literature in Translation
R
ead and discuss works by contemporary German authors in this new series hosted by the
Goethe-Institut. All books can be read in recent English translation or in the German original;
discussion will be in English. Led by local German professor Amanda Sheffer (The Catholic
University of America), this book club focuses on contemporary fiction and will explore experiences and thoughts about the text.
In cooperation with the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at
The Catholic University of America.
No charge. RSVP at www.goetheinstitutwashington.eventbrite.com
Monday, September 19, 6:30 pm
Daniel Kehlmann’s Measuring the World (Die Vermessung der Welt)
Monday, October 17, 6:30 pm
Jenny Erpenbeck’s The End of Days (Aller Tage Abend)
Monday, November 14, 6:30 pm
Christian Kracht’s Imperium
Save the Date: Award-winning German-Austrian author Daniel Kehlmann will be visiting
Washington this fall. Visit our website, www.goethe.de/washington, for details.
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n T heater
PRIVACY
P3M5: Privacy on Stage
T
he Goethe-Institut, together
with European and American
partners, is currently building a
transatlantic dialogue about the value of privacy: P3M5.
The impulse for P3M5 has been the transatlantic discord over privacy and data protection.
The tensions surrounding the so-called NSAScandal in Europe, and the amazement on
this side of the Atlantic about the European
Union’s Court of Justice confirmation of the
Right to be Forgotten, a watershed moment in
privacy protection, have revealed that: “There
is no privacy - there are only privacies.” Thus,
P3M5 examines the plurality of privacy and
promotes mutual understanding on both sides
of the Atlantic.
P3M5 is an artistic approach to the plurality
of privacy. Renowned playwrights from Europe
and the US are writing five minute pieces for
reading, staging, and filming. These playlets
will be available online as short films and as
texts to be used in artistic and educational
contexts. The theater becomes the stage for
the conversation about this important topic
in the transatlantic relationship: the value
of privacy. The pieces themselves articulate
a variety of perspectives on privacy in the
digital age.
A new project website will accompany the
process of the project and serve as a source
of information and exchange.
www.goethe.de/P3M5.
The partner theatres and their corresponding
playwrights include: New York Theater Workshop/Martha Redbone; American Conservatory
Theater/Philip Kan Gotanda; Center Stage,
Baltimore/Kenneth Lin; Seattle Repertory
Theater/Rebecca Gilman; Alliance Theater,
Atlanta/Sarah Gubbins; Schauspielhaus Graz,
Austria/ Clemens Setz; SPAIN arts & culture/
Paco Bezerra; KVS City Theater Brussels,
Photos (clockwise): Clemens Setz (Austria) © APA | Tereza Volánková (Czech Republic) © Lucie Špačková
Rachida Lamrabet (Belgium, Flanders) © Koen Broos | Felicia Zeller (Germany) © Ralf Hiemisch
Sarah Gubbins (US, Atlanta) © Sarah Gubbins | Mihaela Michailov (Romania) © Vlad A. Arghir
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Belgium/Rachida Lamrabet; Théâtre de Liège,
Belgium/Alex Lorette; 11:55, Czech Republic/
Tereza Volánková; State Theater of Saarland,
Germany/Felicia Zeller; National Theater Nova
Goriza, Slovenia/Simona Hamer; Unga Klara,
Sweden/Marioan Hosseini; Birmingham Repertory Theater, UK/David Greig.
Supported by the Transatlantic Program of
the Federal Republic of Germany and funds
from the European Recovery Program (ERP)
of the Federal Ministry of Economics and
Technology.
In association with the embassies of Belgium,
the Czech Republic, Slovenia, and Sweden,
the Austrian Cultural Forum, the British Council, Flanders House, SPAIN arts & culture, and
Wallonie-Bruxelles International.
n PRESENTATION
Sunday, September 25, 5 – 7 pm
Goethe-Institut, GoetheForum
Images: courtesy Chris Totten
P3 Game Arcade
How can a topic such as privacy be conveyed in a playful game? Can games change or widen our perspective? Come see the results of this weekend’s P3 Game Jam as invited local game
developers present the results of their creative collaboration to design new, interactive digital
games related to privacy. After hearing their thoughts and experiences, audience members can
try out the games.
Moderated by Chris Totten, game artist in residence at American University’s Game Lab.
In cooperation with
American University’s Game Lab.
Organized in conjunction with the P3M5 theater project
No charge. RSVP at www.goetheinstitutwashington.eventbrite.com
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HEAR NOW
jurisdictional international crossroads,
including neighborhoods in NE and NW
DC, as well as Montgomery and Prince
George’s County, Maryland. Takoma Radio provides a hyper-local FM radio
alternative to tens of thousands of
listeners.
This evening will present news about
the station’s progress and how to get
involved.
Courtesy Takoma Radio.
n LISTENING EVENTS
Fall 2016
Goethe-Institut, GoetheForum
Hear Now
T
hese listening evenings are presented in cooperation with Hear
Now! an informal group of DC audio
and radiophiles, in conjunction with
the DC Listening Lounge.
The musical instruments as seen in the installation.
© Dianne Ballon
No charge. RSVP at
www.goetheinstitutwashington.eventbrite.com
Tuesday, September 13, 7 – 8:30 pm
To Be Announced
Tuesday, October 18, 7 – 8:30 pm
To Be Announced
Tuesday, December 13, 7 – 8:30 pm
Guest Sound Artist Dianne Ballon
presents
Musical Instrument Dreams
Launched on July 16, WOWD-LP (aka Takoma
Radio) is sharing Driveway Moments for the
first time. WOWD is DC’s latest low-power FM
station, broadcasting at 94.3 FM and streaming
at TakomaRadio.org
For over 30 years, Portland, Maine-based
sound artist Dianne Ballon has been dreaming
about walking into a second-hand shop and
searching for musical instruments, mostly violins. This led to creating “Musical Instrument
Dreams,” an introspective collage that mixes
the actual dreams with fragments of interviews and sound from violin makers, musical
instrument shops, and string players.
In March 2015, Historic Takoma announced
that its project, Takoma Radio, would move
forward as WOWD-LP, broadcasting in a 2-5
mile radius of Takoma Park. The town has a
unique and vibrant community that craves a
real-time voice. The coverage area is a multi-
The piece was created for radio, and as a sound
installation for a gallery. The installation includes the visuals of the second hand-shop that
she “sees in her dreams.” She has collected
over thirty musical instruments for the installation.
Tuesday, November 15, 7 – 8:30 pm
Takoma Radio takes to the Air!
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VISUAL
ARTS
sterea skia - shadows of trees © Tim Otto Roth
n EXHIBITION
November 9, 2016 – January 13, 2017
Goethe-Institut, FotoGalerie
Light from the Other Side: Shadowgraphs by Tim Otto Roth
Opening with artist Tim Otto Roth on Wednesday,
November 9, 6 – 8 pm
RSVP at www.goetheinstitutwashington.eventbrite.com
From the series Flora domestica
© Tim Otto Roth
S
hadows underscore the beauty of nature
and escape the captivity of their surfaces
in the shadowgraphs created by German conceptual artist Tim Otto Roth. Usually referred
to as photograms, these highly-differentiated
records on light-sensitive surfaces are created
in a process similar to an X-ray. The images in
this exhibition provide a glimpse into Tim Otto
Roth’s fifteen years of research and development in this medium.
The plants and flowers whose shadows are
captured on color slide film in the series flora
domestica, making its US debut in this exhibition, appear to be backlit or illuminated from
within, evoking the atmosphere of a window
in a Gothic cathedral. The precise placement
of a source of light in the darkroom creates a
new way of seeing space and color, underscoring the secret beauty in the shadow world
of flowers.
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In sterea skia, Roth’s 3D shadowgraphs are
partially computer simulated, partially generated by red and blue lighting on Polaroid film.
With the use of stereo glasses, the spatial
shadow figures leave the pictorial plane and
step behind or in front of the surface. This
captures a core theme of the concept artist’s
work: the exploration of space in different
ways, whether by translating objects into
shadows, creating sound environments or
capturing a fascination with the nocturnal
firmament.
Tim Otto Roth (b. 1974, Oppenau/Black Forest)
combines art and natural sciences in internationally-exhibited collaborations with leading
research institutes and organizations such as
the Hubble Space Telescope.
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H E IM AT
n DISCUSSION
Monday, October 24, 6:30 pm
Goethe-Institut, GoetheForum
FU T U RE
P E RF E C T
Energy Democracy:
Germany’s Energiewende
to Renewables
Almanya © Goethe-Institut
n FILM
Thursday, September 29, 5:30 pm
Goethe-Institut, GoetheForum
Almanya
(Almanya – Willkommen in Deutschland)
Germany, 2010, 101 min., DVD, Director: Yasemin Samdereli
Grandfather Hüseyin surprises his loved ones
with the news that he has bought a house in
Turkey and wants to take everyone back “home”
with him. But what is home? Where is it really?
Almanya, Yasemin Samdereli’s feature film
debut, received the 2011 German Film Award.
7:30 pm
The Eye of Istanbul - The Life and
Photographs of Ara Güler
Turkey, 2015, 61 min., DVD, Director: Bİinnur Karaevl
This documentary about the legendary Armenian-Turkish photographer Ara Güler follows
a non-linear narrative which explores the artistic process and impulses of this great master.
Ara’s curiosity, resourcefulness and fearlessness are revealed through a series of stories
in the film.
Binnur Karaevli has written short narrative
films which received top prizes from the Nürnberg, New Orleans, and Istanbul international film festivals.
No charge. RSVP at
[email protected]
In conjunction with Turkish Heritage Month
Washington, DC, organized by the American
Turkish Association of Washington, DC
throughout September 2016.
Driven by a long-term
policy that dates back
decades, Germany is
spearheading a transition to a renewable energy-based economy.
Yet the Energiewende
(energy transition) is
not as exceptional as
most take it for; other
countries are actually
transitioning faster to renewables. Nevertheless, it is remarkable in a way that is often
overlooked: Germany is perhaps the only
country in the world where the switch to renewables is a switch to energy democracy.
Arne Jungjohann will discuss the origins of
the Energiewende movement in Germany
and will offer evidence that the transition
to renewables is a one-time opportunity to
strengthen communities and democratize the
energy sector – in Germany and around the
world.
Arne Jungjohann is an author, consultant and
political scientist. He served as a strategic
advisor for the Minister President of BadenWürttemberg and in the German parliament.
He fostered transatlantic dialogue on climate
and energy matters for the Washington DC
office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation. His
new book Energy Democracy: Germany’s
Energiewende to Renewables will be published in August 2016.
Organized in cooperation with the Heinrich
Boell Foundation and Beyond Nuclear.
No charge. RSVP at
www.goetheinstitutwashington.eventbrite.com
www.turkishfestival.org
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© Goethe-Institut / Getty Images
#GERMAN4SUCCESS
CAREER DAY
UNLOCK YOUR CAREER WITH GERMANY
Friday, October 14, 11 am - 9 pm
Goethe-Institut
#german4success – Unlock Your Career with German(y)
B
eing able to communicate in German opens up many doors for new and exciting career
opportunities. This day of free workshops, panel discussions, and information booths
provides an excellent overview of the chances for study, exchange, and career potential.
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Network with representatives of German companies and the German American Chamber of Commerce (GACC)
Talk to counselors from German universities and advisors from exchange organizations
Explore options for career paths, professional training, university degree programs, scholar-
ships, and apprenticeships in Germany and in the US
Attend presentations and workshops focusing on topics essential for studying and working in Germany or with knowledge of German in the US
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Listen to first-hand experiences of alumni and people working for German companies
Learn more and register: www.goethe.de/usa/german4success
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eveN T S AT A GL AN C e
ONGOiNG
until October 2
EXHIBITION intersections: Bettina pousttchi
The Phillips Collection
until May 29, 2017
EXHIBITION Bettina pousttchi: World Time Clock
Hirshhorn Museum
SPECIAL EVENT | Page 3 Open House Sommerfest
Goethe-Institut
Wed 7 – Oct 10
EXHIBITION Lawyers without Rights: Jewish Lawyers in Germany
under the Third Reich
German-American Heritage Museum
Mon 12
LANGUAGE Fall German Courses
Goethe-Institut
Tue 13, 7 – 8:30 pm
LISTENING EVENT | Page 10 Hear Now! To Be Announced
Goethe-Institut
Sept 14 – Nov 4
EXHIBITION | Page 4 WALLS ANd BORdeRS 2000 Miles: divided Land,
Common Humanity
Goethe-Institut
Thu 15, 6:30 pm
READING & PRESENTATION | Page 6 WALLS ANd BORdeRS
The Other Side of the Wall
Goethe-Institut
Fri 16 - Sun 18
OKTOBERFEST delaware Sängerbund Oktoberfest
49 Salem Church Rd, Newark, DE
Sat 17, 1 – 4 pm
OKTOBERFEST Heurich House Oktoberfest
Heurich House Museum
Mon 19, 6:30 pm
BOOK CLUB | Page 7 CONTeMpORARy LiTeRATuRe
daniel Kehlmann’s Measuring the World
Goethe-Institut
Thu 22, 6 pm
MUSIC The Whole World in Her Hands
German-American Heritage Museum
Sat 24, 11 am – 6 pm
OKTOBERFEST Oktoberfest with the Washington Sängerbund
Lovettsville, VA
Sun 25, 5 – 7 pm
PRESENTATION | Page 9 pRivACy p3 Game Arcade
Goethe-Institut
Tue 27, 12:30 pm
DISCUSSION | Page 16 HOW’S iT GOiNG, GeRMANy? Where is europe Going? Goethe-Institut
A German perspective
Thu 29, 5:30 pm
FILM | Page 12 HeiMAT Almanya & The eye of istanbul
Goethe-Institut
Sept 30 – Oct 17
SPECIAL EVENT | Page 17 euROpe Baltimore Artists in Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Sat 1, 9 am
SPECIAL EVENT 5k Oktoberfest Run & Fun Run
German School of Wash. DC
Thu 6, Time TBd
SPECIAL EVENT German-American day Celebration
German-American Friendship Garden
Thu 13, 6:30 pm
LECTURE Schopenhauer’s Will and Wagner’s ego
German-American Heritage Museum
Fri 14, 11 am – 9 pm
CAREER DAy | Page 13 #german4success –
unlock your Career with German(y)
Goethe-Institut
Mon 17, 6:30 pm
BOOK CLUB | Page 7 CONTeMpORARy LiTeRATuRe
Jenny erpenbeck’s The end of days
Goethe-Institut
AuGuST
Fri 26, 3 -7 pm
SepTeMBeR
OCTOBeR
Tue 18, 7 - 8:30 pm
LISTENING EVENT | Page 10 HeAR NOW! To Be Announced
Goethe-Institut
Fri 21 – Sat 22
OKTOBERFEST 48th Richmond Oktoberfest
Richmond International Raceway, VA
Fri 21 – Sun 23
MUSIC Baltimore Lieder Weekend 2016
An die Musik LIVE!, Baltimore, MD
Sun 23 – Mon 24
MUSIC Friends of Music at dumbarton Oaks: Henschel Quartett
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Oak Room, Fellowship House
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Mon 24, 6:30 pm
DISCUSSION | Page 12 FuTuRe peRFeCT energy democracy:
Germany’s energiewende to Renewables
Goethe-Institut
Wed 26, Time TBd
SPECIAL EVENT Council of 1000 Award and Fundraising Gala
German-American Heritage Museum
Fri 28 – dec 31
EXHIBITION unter unsere Lait: Finding Kansas’s volga-Germans
German-American Heritage Museum
Sat 29 – Sun, Nov 6
THEATER | Page 17 euROpe Kids euro Festival
Various locations
Sat 29, 10:30 am–4:30 pm
SPECIAL EVENT | Page 18 American Goethe Soc. Klassisches Oktoberfest Goethe-Institut
NOveMBeR
Thur 3, 6 pm
MUSIC The Romantics
German-American Heritage Museum
Fri 4, 9 am – 3 pm
SPECIAL EVENT Open House
German School Washington D.C
Fri 4 – Sun 6
FILM FESTIVAL | Page 17 Film|Neu: New Films from Germany,
Austria and Switzerland
Landmark’s E Street Cinema
Sun 6, 4:30 pm
MUSIC City Choir of Washington: Johannes Brahms: ein deutsches Requiem National Presbyterian Church
Wed 9, 12:30 – 2 pm
DISCUSSION | Page 16 HOW’S iT GOiNG, GeRMANy?
The day After: German perspectives on the u.S. election
Goethe-Institut
Nov 9 – Jan 13, 2017
EXHIBITION | Page 11 viSuAL ARTS Light from the Other Side:
Shadowgraphs by Tim Otto Roth
Goethe-Institut
Sun 13, 5:30 – 7 pm
SPECIAL EVENT St. Martin Lantern Walk
The United Church
Mon 14, 6:30 pm
BOOK CLUB | Page 7 CONTeMpORARy LiTeRATuRe
Christian Kracht’s imperium
Goethe-Institut
Tues 15, 7 – 8:30 pm
LISTENING EVENT | Page 10 HeAR NOW! Takoma Radio takes to the Air!
Goethe-Institut
Wed 16, 6 pm
BOOK PRESENTATION ReCONCiLiNG LiveS Letters from Nazi Germany
Goethe-Institut
Sat 19, 3 pm
MUSIC Folk Music from Germany and Austria
German-American Heritage Museum
Sun 20, 2 pm
MUSIC Annual Fall Concert of the Washington Sängerbund
The United Church
Thu 24 - dec 24
SPECIAL EVENT Christmas village in Baltimore
Inner Harbor / West Shore Park
Wed 30, 6:45 pm
LECTURE | Page 18 American Goethe Society
Max Liebermann: Modern Art and Modern Germany
Goethe-Institut
Thu 1 - Sun 18
FILM | Page 17 AFi european union Film Showcase
AFI Silver Theatre
Sat 3, 10 am – 5 pm
SPECIAL EVENT German Christmas Market
German School of Washington DC
deCeMBeR
Sat 3 – Sun 4, 11 am – 6 pm SPECIAL EVENT Weihnachtsmarkt
German-American Heritage Museum
Goethe-Institut
Mon 5
LANGUAGE Super intensive German Courses
Tue 15, 7– 8:30 pm
LISTENING EVENT | PAGE 10 HeAR NOW! Guest Sound Artist dianne Ballon Goethe-Institut
Sun 18, 3 pm
MUSIC Annual Christmas Concert of the Washington Sängerbund
The United Church
please note
Events at the Goethe-Institut and the German Embassy are subject to change. Please visit our
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EUROPE
itself. As this criticism intensifies, where is Europe
going?
Joachim Fritz-Vannahme
worked as a correspondent for the German
weekly Die Zeit. He
Festival of Lights in Berlin © Christian Kruppa/ Verein City Stiftung Berlin e.V.
is the director of the
Bertelsmann Foundation’s Europe’s Future
n EUROPE
program, and has repeatedly criticized the
European Union’s lack of economic efficiency
and political transparency.
How’s It Going, Germany?
T
he Goethe-Institut’s English-language discussion series How’s It Going, Germany?
provides a platform for perspectives and insights from leaders in business, media, culture,
and politics. Moderated by well-known Washington Post editorial writer and member of the
Council on Foreign Relations Charles Lane,
these informal sessions present a glimpse
into viewpoints about current issues answering the question: How’s it going, Germany?
Wednesday, November 9, 12:30 – 2 pm
Goethe-Institut, Goethe Forum
The Day After: German Perspectives
on the U.S. Election
No charge. RSVP at
www.goetheinstitutwashington.eventbrite.com
September 30 – October 17
Tuesday, September 27, 12:30 – 2 pm
Berlin, Germany
Goethe-Institut, Goethe Forum
Where Is Europe Going?
A German Perspective
The European Union’s most popular achievement, the Schengen Agreement, abolished
border checks and harmonized visa policies,
thus giving citizens more freedom to choose
where to work and live. But such successes
and symbols of European unity have been
challenged by nationalism, fear of immigration and a firmly embedded perception of a
disconnect between the European Commission
and its decisions and the European populace
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Baltimore Artists in Berlin
Baltimore artists have been invited to participate in Berlin’s big city light festival. Their
works will be projected onto Berlin landmark
buildings such as the Brandenburg Tor (Gate).
The theme for this cooperation is migration,
a topic both of joint history, since many German
immigrants came to the US through the port
of Baltimore, and of presence, because inclusiveness is a cultural concern we share across
the Atlantic. Cooperation between the cities will
jointly be organized by Berlin leuchtet, Light
City Baltimore and the Goethe-Institut.
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Saturday, October 29 – Sunday, November 6
Thursday, December 1 – Sunday, December 18
Locations around Washington, DC
AFI Silver Theatre
Kids Euro Festival
Experience a dazzling
variety of concerts,
movies, workshops,
storytelling, performances, and more, from all corners of Europe, as
the 9th edition of the Kids Euro Festival brings
inspiration for children and families to
Washington, DC — no passport required!
AFI European
Union Film
Showcase
Now in its 29th year,
the AFI European Union Film Showcase continues its tradition of bringing the best in European cinema to Washington audiences.
afi.com/silver/eushowcase
kidseurofestival.org
Image by Hartman-Cox Architects
O
n September 30, 2016,
the East Building galleries of the National Gallery
of Art, which house the
modern collection and
several temporary exhibition spaces, will reopen
after three years of
renovation of existing
galleries and construction of new galleries and
a roof terrace.
National
Gallery of Art
East Building
Reopening
The new Roof Terrace—an
outdoor sculpture terrace
overlooking Pennsylvania
Avenue—will feature several outdoor sculptures,
including the monumental,
electric blue Hahn/Cock
(2013) by internationally
renowned German artist
Katharina Fritsch.
A completely new configuration of the permanent
collection of modern art
in the galleries will feature multiple works by German artists
such as Max Beckmann, Georg Kolbe, and Gerhard Richter.
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Greetings from Fukushima © THE MATCH FACTORY
FILM | NEU
n FILM FESTIVAL
November 4 – 6, 2016
Landmark’s E Street Cinema, 555 11th St NW
Film|Neu New Films from Germany,
Austria and Switzerland
F
or one weekend, Washington’s leading Germanlanguage film event presents a unique glimpse
into the trends and film cultures in Germany,
Austria and Switzerland. Now in its 24th year,
the festival presents a selection of the most
popular German feature films as well as a
screening of short films from each country.
RECONCILING
LIVES
n BOOK TALK &
DISCUSSION
Wednesday,
November 16, 6:30 pm
Goethe-Institut, GoetheForum
Against Time:
Letters from Nazi Germany 1938-39
with Author Francis W. Hoeber
Organized in cooperation with Action Reconciliation Service for Peace.
No charge. RSVP at
www.goetheinstitutwashington.eventbrite.com
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Among the highlights: Greetings from Fukushima (Grüße aus Fukushima), the newest
award-winning film by German director Doris
Dörrie. Set in Fukushima in the aftermath of
the 2011 disaster, it tells the story of Marie, a
young German woman touring the region, and
Satomi, an obstinate elderly Japanese geisha
with whom she becomes friends as they each
confront the ghosts of their respective pasts.
This weekend of new German films is a notto-be-missed favorite in Washington’s cultural
scene. Visit our website for the full lineup of
films, special guests, and events!
www.filmneu.org
Film|Neu is a project of the Goethe-Institut
Washington, the Austrian Cultural Forum,
and the Embassy of Switzerland, and is made
possible with the support of Friends of the
Goethe-Institut.
FoGI
Friends of the Goethe-Institut
Enjoy German language and
culture by becoming a member
of Friends of the Goethe-Institut.
Friends of the Goethe-Institut
(FoGI) enhances the language,
teacher training and arts programming of the Goethe-Institut
Washington. Members provide
valuable support for the work of
the Goethe-Institut, enjoy a broad
spectrum of cultural events, and
receive a 10% discount on language
courses at the Goethe-Institut,
reduced/free admission to events
organized by the Goethe-Institut
and its partnering
organizations, and more.
Details: www.goethe.de/washington
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500 years ago in Wittenberg,
95 Theses forever changed the world.
L
eading up to the Protestant Reformation’s half-millennium anniversary in
October 2017, a momentous collaborative undertaking highlights both the
historical revolution unleashed by Martin Luther and its many impacts on
the present day.
Four German cultural institutions join three U.S. partners in New York, Minneapolis and Atlanta to showcase major exhibitions never before seen in America.
Meanwhile, innovative digital strategies—including a DIY exhibition featuring
posters and 3D objects—allow people everywhere to engage with and contribute to the Reformation commemoration.
Visit
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Addresses
The German Historical Institute
1607 New Hampshire Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20009
Phone: 202-387-3355
Fax: 202-483-3430
E-mail: [email protected]
Web site:www.GHI-DC.org
German School Washington, DC
8617 Chateau Dr.
Potomac, MD 20854
Phone: 301-365-4400
Fax: 301-365-3905
E-mail: [email protected]
Web site: www.dswashington.org
The Institute holds a number of
lecture series throughout the year.
Kindergarten, elementary, and high
school.
The German Information Center
4645 Reservoir Road, NW
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 202-298-4000
Fax: 202-471-5526
Web site: www.Germany.info
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
(DFG) German Research Foundation
1627 I Street NW, Suite 540
Washington, DC 20006-4020
Phone: 202-785-4206
Fax: 202-785-4410
E-mail: [email protected]
Web site: www.dfg-usa.org
Dedicated to fulfilling the public
diplomacy mission at the German
Embassy by offering Americans a
window on modern Germany.
German National Tourist Office
122 East 42nd Street, Suite 2000
New York, NY 10168-0072
Phone: 212-661-7200
Fax: 212-661-7174
E-mail: [email protected]
Web site: www.germany.travel
Providing German tourism information.
German Academic Exchange
Service (DAAD)
871 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017-1814
Phone: 212-758-3223
Fax: 212-755-5780
E-mail: [email protected]
Web site: www.daad.org
A government-supported
organization of colleges and universities in the Federal Republic of
Germany that promotes relations
with universities abroad through the
exchange of students and scholars.
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The main German funding organization for scientific research.
German Book Office
72 Spring Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10012
Phone: 212-794-2851
Fax: 212-794 2870
E-mail: [email protected]
Web site: www.gbo.org
The German-American
Heritage Museum of the USA
719 6th Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202-467-5000
Fax: 202-467-5440
E-mail: [email protected]
Web site: www.gahmusa.org
Television and Radio in German
For news information on the Internet: www.ardmediathek.de or
www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek
Note: There are two German language television channels available by satellite to Dish Network
subscribers in the US: the privately funded ProSiebenSat1Welt, a mix
of German language shows of the
channels ProSieben, Kabel 1, N24
and Sat1; and www.dishnetwork. com.
German Lutheran Church
5500 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Bethesda, MD 20816
Phone/Fax: 301-365-2678
E-mail: [email protected]
Web site: www.glcwashington.org
The United Church +
Die Vereinigte Kirche
1920 G Street NW
Washington, DC 20006-4303
Phone: 202-331-1495
Fax: 202-530-0406
E-mail: [email protected]
Web site: www.theunitedchurch.org
German Speaking Catholic
Mission Washington, DC
Rectory: 6330 Linway Terrace,
McLean, VA 22101
Masses: Chapel of Gate of Heaven
Cemetery, 13801 Georgia Avenue,
Silver Spring, MD 20906.
Phone: 703-356-4473
E-mail:[email protected]
Web site: www.kathde.org
Washington Saengerbund
2434 Wisconsin Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20007
(Upstairs above the Old Europe)
Phone: 202-310-4691
Website: www.saengerbund.org
A German choral group founded in
1851 that welcomes new singers.
Zion Church
of the City of Baltimore
City Hall Plaza
400 East Lexington Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: 410-727-3939
Fax:: 410-468-0174
E-mail: [email protected]
Web site: www.zionbaltimore.org
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The Goethe-Institut is a non-profit organization with
headquarters in Munich. It is Germany’s operational partner for the development and implementation
of a foreign cultural policy – one based on dialogue
between Germany in the context of Europe and countries
and cultures around the world. In addition to a grant
from the German Foreign Office, the organization
also generates its own funds.
On behalf of the Federal Republic of Germany, cultural
institutes around the world provide cultural programs, language courses, support to educators and
local authorities instrumental in promoting the German language, as well as up-to-date information on
Germany. Institutes all over Germany a variety of
immersion language courses.
There are six institutes in the United States. Founded in 1990, Goethe-Institut Washington promotes
German culture and language.
1990 K St. NW, Suite 03 (Entrance off 20th Street)
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-847-4700 Fax 202-847-4727
Email: [email protected]
Website and Newsletter: www.goethe.de/washington
www.facebook.com/GoetheDC
www.twitter.com/GoetheDC
Metro: Farragut North/Farragut West/Foggy Bottom
Red, Blue, Orange and Silver lines
See our website for directions and details.
The Goethe-Institut Washington
is wheelchair accessible.
Hours: Monday – Thursday 10 am – 6:30 pm;
Friday 10 am – 3 pm
Additional hours including Saturdays when
language classes are in session; see website
for specifics.
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
4645 Reservoir Road, NW
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 202-298-4000
Cultural Affairs Department: 202-298-4315
Fax: 202-298-4317
The newsletters of the German Embassy
are the best way to stay current on the latest
events and trends in Germany and
E-mail: [email protected]
Web site: www.Germany.info
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