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Dr. Bertram von Moltke

Head, Cultural Department, German Embassy

Wilfried Eckstein

Director, Goethe-Institut Washington

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e The Goethe-Institut Washington and the cultural department at the German Embassy welcome you to a season of exciting cultural programs.

As the new director of the Goethe-Institut, I would like to take this opportunity to intro-duce myself. My name is Wilfried Eckstein. I joined this team in February, and am en-joying working here very much. My previous postings were in China, Thailand and Russia. I look forward to meeting you at our events.

A few highlights from our program: Nobel Laureate Herta Müller will read from her novel Hunger Angel (Atemschaukel) at the Library of Congress, sponsored in part by Friends of the Goethe-Institut; renowned American architect Daniel Libeskind joins us for a discussion of architecture and memory.

Shaped and inspired by the Wall and its aftermath, filmmakers Dörte Franke, Marc Bauder and Robert Thalheim will join us for screenings of some of their films. Pina and Beyond highlights the outstanding personalities who’ve influenced German expressionist dance.

Two series return this season. Lunch Bytes – Digital Art & Culture is presented with the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. In June, Zeitgeist DC presents staged readings of works by contemporary German, Austrian and Swiss playwrights, in collaboration with Studio Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre, and Arena Stage. More: www.zeitgeistdc.org.

Sprechen Sie Deutsch? The Goethe-Institut is the place for German language, offering courses for all levels.

The German Embassy has always sought to introduce up-and-coming German musicians and vocal artists to DC audiences. This spring and summer it will promote young artists whose reper-toires stretch from Gregorian chants to rock music to jazz. One highlight: a concert by the German Academic All Stars Jazz Ensemble in May.

The rich offerings of area cultural institutions give lovers of classical and folk music plenty to look forward to. Top German musicians include rising international star violinist Arabella Steinbacher and the Concerto Köln, at the Library of Congress in April for a concert and work-shop.

Also in April, the ever-popular musical cabaret artist and voice impersonator André Hartmann promises to have audiences laughing out loud at his performances in Sweet Briar, VA and Washington, DC.

Last but not least, the German-American Heritage Museum shines a light on the Civil War-era political cartoons of two German-Americans in a new exhibition opening June 1.

Visit our websites, www.goethe.de/washington and www.germany.info, for updates and addi-tional offerings. We look forward to seeing you soon!


Goethe-Institut 4 – 25 German Embassy 28 – 33 Events at a Glance 22 – 23

Goethe-Institut Events

Films The State and the Individual: Films by Dörte Franke and Marc Bauder 4

Robert Thalheim in Focus 4- 5

Yilmaz Güney: Master of Euro-Asian Film Culture 6 - 7

Shorts-Courts-Kurz 8

Kids World Cinema 8

The Last Hour of Elena and Nicolae Ceausescu 9

Pina and Beyond: Contemporary Dance in Film 10-11

Seize the Day: Outstanding German Films You Might Have Missed 12-13

Discussions

Lunch Bytes: Digital Art and Media 14

Daniel Libeskind: Architecture is a Language 15

Hear Now Listening Events 25

Exhibitions

Daniel Libeskind - Architecture for the Angel of History 15

gute aussichten: young german photographers 16

Language and Literature

Herta Müller, Nobel Prize Laureate 17

Zeitgeist DC: Contemporary Voices Staged Readings 18-19

Time Shadows: Music 20

Deutsch am Mittag 21

American Goethe Society 26

German Embassy Events

Music 28-33

Exhibitions 32 - 33

Special Events 33

Language Classes 37, 42

Friends of the Goethe-Institut 41

Electronic Newsletter 41

Addresses 42

About Us 43

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Until April 16, 2012Goethe-Institut

The State and the Individual: Films by Marc Bauder and Dörte Franke

The ramifications of the East German spy system have had tremendous effects on the cultural fabric of German society. Filmmakers Marc Bauder and Dörte Franke explore this lasting legacy. Both films are in German with English subtitles.

Monday, April 2, 6:30 pm

After the Revolution (Nach der Revolution) Germany, 2010, 91 min., DVD

Autumn 1989: In the last days of the GDR, it was its dissidents who kept alive a Utopian idea: instead of mimicking the West German government, they wanted to create a new and better democracy. Using previously unreleased footage, After the Revolution focuses on three activists who stood up for issues that were crucial in the period.

Monday, April 16, 6:30 pm

The System (Das System - Alles verstehen heißt alles verzeihen) Germany, 2011, 85 min., 35 mm, Director: Marc Bauder Cast: Jacob Matschenz, Bernhard Schütz, Jenny Schily, Heinz Hoenig, Franziska Wulf

Discussion follows with filmmakers Marc Bauder and Dörte Franke.

Twenty-year-old Mike, an attractive and intel-ligent dropout, becomes involved in a parallel world of international lobbyists and former GDR secret service agents who work together for economic advantage.

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April 23 – May 7, 2012 Goethe-Institut

Robert Thalheim in Focus

Robert Thalheim is one in a series of preco-cious young German filmmakers who have re-cently emerged to join the more familiar older

Post-Wall German Filmmakers in PersonComing of age when the Berlin Wall fell, filmmakers Marc Bauder, Dörte Franke and Robert Thalheim were all shaped in their youth by the division of Germany and its reunification. They will each join us to discuss some of their films which incorpo-rate the legacy of this time. All films are in German with English subtitles.

The System © Kulbach-FrisbeefilmsDorte Franke

© Goethe-Institut

Marc Bauder © Goethe-Institut Nach der Revolution © Goethe-Institut And Along Came Tourists © Bavaria International

Netto © Konrad Wolf

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names. His work is characterized by a careful eye and a keen sense of human interaction. As a screenwriter and film director, Thalheim ex-plores how the history of twentieth-century Germany, especially the Third Reich and the division and reunification of East and West, still affects life in the new millennium. Thalheim (born in Berlin in 1974) also publishes the cul-tural periodical Plotzki, has written a book on Polish director Andrzej Wajda and directs his own work for the theater.

Tuesday, April 24, 6:30 pm

And Along Come Tourists (Am Ende kommen Touristen)Germany, 2007, 35 mm, 85 min. Cast: Alexander Fehling, Ryszard Ronczewski, Barbara Wysocka

Discussion follows with filmmaker Robert Thalheim.

And Along Come Tourists tells the story of Sven, a young German who chooses civil work over military service and finds himself helping out at Auschwitz, where tour buses unload a million visitors every year. To make matters worse, he has to care for an unpleasant old man, Krzysztof Lanuszewski, a former inmate who still lives on the camp grounds. The en-cumbered relationship between the two is at the heart of the film, which portrays a distance that is not easy to bridge.

And Along Come Tourists premiered at the 2007 Cannes film festival. The film was nomi-nated as Best Picture at the 2008 German Film Awards, where lead actor Alexander Fehling won the German Film Promotion Award for his performance.

Monday, April 30, 6:30 pm Netto Germany, 2004, 35 mm, 87 min. Cast: Milan Peschel, Sebastian Butz, Stephanie Charlotta Koetz

After years of separation, 15-year-old Sebastian suddenly shows up at his father’s dilapidated apartment in Prenzlauer Berg. Sebastian’s mother has moved to the suburbs with her boyfriend, and he doesn’t feel at home with her anymore. Sebastian’s father – an out-of-work country music fan who too often drowns his troubles in drink – has had no luck adapting to the economy of the reuni-fied Germany. Sebastian, who knows what it takes to succeed in this brave new world, sets about coaching his Dad for the next interview.

Netto has won several prizes, including a 2005 German Film Critics Award for Best Debut Film and a Promotion Award at the 2005 Ophüls Festival.

Monday, May 7, 6:30 pm

WestwindGermany, 2011, color, 90 min. Cast: Friederike Becht, Luise Heyer, Franz Dinda, Volker Bruch

In 1988, inseparable 17-year-old twins Doreen and Isabel Zimmermann travel from their East German town of Saxony to Hungary’s Lake Balaton to train for an upcoming rowing com-petition. When they miss a connecting bus and impetuously accept a ride from West German teen Arne and his mates, the resulting attrac-tion between Doreen and Arne threatens the girls’ family bond and competitive status. For the first time, the sisters don’t share every-thing and need to take the most momentous decision of their lives.

Westwind received the distinction “Especially Valuable” from the German Film Quality Assessment Board (FBW), and the Audience Favorite Award at Film|Neu 2012.

Tickets see page 41.

Westwind © CredofilmRobert Thalheim © Goethe-Institut


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May 9 – 21, 2012Goethe-Institut

Yılmaz Güney: Master of Euro-Asian Film Culture

“We’re all somehow his children.” — Fatih Akin

“An inspiration to countless subsequent direc-tors, including the Turkish-German filmmaker Fatih Akin (Head-On), who has spent the last years preparing a film about his self-declared hero, Güney drew on Italian neorealism to make his deeply humane and passionately commit-ted works about the social reality of his country.” — James Quandt

Yilmaz Güney (1937–1984) is a legendary fig-ure in Turkish cinema. His remarkable career trajectory led him from roles as a popular leading man to a filmmaker so politically angerous Turkish authorities threw him in prison. Güney and his work became more widely-known in the Western world after his film Yol, banned in Turkey, won a Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1982.

Co-presented with the Freer and Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institution.

Films will be shown in Turkish with English subtitles.

Wednesday, May 9, 6:30 pm

The Herd (Sürü)Turkey, 1978, 35mm, 129 min., Director: Zeki Ökten, Screenplay: Yilmaz Güney, Cast: Tarik Akan, Melike Demirag, Tuncel Kurtiz

The Herd has a simple premise that it utilizes to devastating effect: the economic survival of a Kurdish family depends on its ability to drive its herd of sheep from the mountains to Ankara. Explaining to an interviewer about his use of metaphor and allegory to express himself po-litically in his films, Güney declared that the subject of The Herd was the history of the Kurds. At the same time, he noted, the film was made in Turkish; any public use of the Kurdish language was illegal at the time.


Hope (Umut)Turkey, 1970, 35mm, 100 min., Director: Yilmaz Güney, Cast: Yilmaz Güney, Gülsen Alniaçik, Tuncel Kurtiz, Osman Alyanak

When one of his horses is killed in a car collision, cab driver Cabbar must find a way to keep his large family afloat. Illiterate and in debt to many people, the police do not help him seek justice against the car’s driver, and he is plunged into despair until his friend Hasan suggests that they go and find a mythical buried treasure in the desert.

Yilmaz Güney © Turkish Cinema Newsletter

Hope © Turkish Cinema Newsletter

Yol © Turkish Cinema Newsletter

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Followed by discussion with Tom Vick, Film Programmer, Freer and Sackler GalleriesSinan Ciddi, Institute of Turkish Studies, Georgetown University Asiye Kaya, DAAD Visiting Professor, BMW Center for German and European Studies Erju Ackman, Editor, Turkish Cinema Newsletter


YolTurkey, 1982, 35mm, 114 min., Director: Yılmaz Güney and Serif Gören, Cast: Tarik Akan, Serif Sezer, Halil Ergun, Necmettin Çobanoglu, Hikmet Çelik

This story tells the stories of five prisoners allowed a week to return home. Seyit Ali must contend with the fact that his wife has been discovered working as a prostitute. Thief Mehmet Salih must tell his wife that he aban-doned her brother while Ömer, a man from a border village, has to face the consequences of rampant smuggling and tensions with the army. In this dramatic tale, tradition is as much of a prison as a jailhouse itself. Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival.

In cooperation with “The Way Home: The Films of Turkish Master Yılmaz Güney”, at the Freer and Sackler Galleries May 6 – 20. Visit www.asia.si.edu for full descriptions and schedule updates.

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June 4 – 8, 2012Various venues

EuroAsiaShortsShort Films from Europe, Asia and the United States

Five nights. Nine cultures. One theme: Multiculturalism/Diversity

Discussions following each evening’s screenings compare and contrast the films and the topics with several panelists.

Monday, June 4, 6:30 pmGoethe-Institut Washington, 812 Seventh St. NW

Tuesday, June 5, 6:30 pmJapan Information and Culture Center, 1155 21st St. NW (Lafayette Center III)

Wednesday, June 6, 6:30 pmKorean Embassy’s KORUS House, 2370 Massachusetts Ave. NW

Thursday, June 7, 6:30 pmLetelier Theater, 3251 Prospect St. NW

Friday, June 8, 6:30 pmItalian Embassy, 3000 Whitehaven St. NW

No charge; reservations requested. Seating is limited. More: www.euroasiashorts.com

Partners: Japan Information and Culture Center, the Alliance Française, the Korean Embassy’s KORUS House, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, the Chinatown Community Cultural Center, the Spanish Embassy, the Royal Thai Embassy in Washington, DC, Reel Plan and the Goethe-Institut Washington

The Herd © Turkish Cinema Newsletter

Acknowledgements: Special thanks to the Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Culture and Tourism; Turkish Culture and Tourism Counselor’s Office, Washington D.C.; Hüseyin Karabey, The Güney Foundation; Erju Ackman, Turkish Cinema Newsletter. All film prints supplied by the Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Culture and Tourism - General Directorate of Copyright and Cinema / Telif Hakları ve Sinema Genel Müdürlüğü, Dr. Abdurrahman Çelik, General Director.


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Saturday, April 21, 2 – 5 pmGoethe-Institut

Shorts-Courts-KurzAn afternoon of new short films from France and Germany

Shorts-Courts-Kurz presents a broad array of the best French and German short films from the 2012 Clermont-Ferrand and the 2011 Dresden festivals, two of the most significant short film festivals in France and Germany. All films are subtitled in English.

Shorts-Courts-Kurz will be divided into two hour-long screenings of short films, divided by a dis-cussion with the directors of the Dresden and Clermont-Ferrand festivals.Moderated by William Gilcher, Independent Producer, former director of media projects, Goethe-Institut Washington.

General Admission: $10; Alliance Française and FOGI members, seniors and students with ID $7.

Films from Filmfest Dresden come from a selection of this year’s international and national com-petition entries. The festival takes place April 17-22, 2012.

Presented by the Alliance Française and the Goethe-Institut Washington.

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April 20 – 28, 2012Various venues

Kids World CinemaInspiring the artistic development of DC chil-dren through the discovery of quality for-eign films, significant international children’s films and accompanying workshops come to Washington venues over two consecutive weekends.

Saturday, April 28, 2 pmGoethe-Institut

Kids World Cinema: Brazil and GermanySeveral episodes from the Brazilian children’s television show Fishtronaut will be shown alongside short fairy tales and fables illus-trated by German filmmaker Lotte Reiniger. The films and accompanying craft activity are appropriate for children age 3-9.

FishtronautBrazil, 2008, DVD, 30 min., Brazilian with English dubbing, Director: Celia Catunda and Kiko Mistrorigo

An enviro-friendly animated mystery series, where our secret agent “Fishtronaut” goes on slimy, furry and gooey adventures with his

best friends, gal pal Marina and Zeek, a tween-age monkey. Kids are encouraged to engage in-teractively by tapping and clapping along with Fishtronaut and friends.

Lotte Reiniger: Fairytales and FablesGermany, 1922-1961, DVD, 30 min., German with English subtitles, Director: Lotte Reiniger

Fairytales and music form an integral part of Lotte Reiniger’s (1899-1981) artistic oeuvre and were driving forces behind her work. Moving between different cultures for inspiration, she created animated films full of graceful, beauti-ful characters.

RSVP to [email protected]

Additional screenings and craft workshops take place over both weekends throughout the city. Visit www.francedc.org for more details. No charge, but reservations are required.

A project of the Alliance Française, the Quebec Government Office, the Embassy of Brazil, the Goethe-Institut, Hillwood Museum, the Embassy of Japan, the Korean Cultural Center (KORUS House), the Embassy of Senegal, the Mexican Cultural Institute, and the Embassy of Spain.

Sleeping Beauty © Goethe-Institut


April 12 – 22, 2012various venues

The 26th edition of the Washington, DC International Film Festival brings several German films to Washington. More information, including dates and times: filmfestdc.org or 202-234-FILM

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The Last Hour of Elena and Nicolae Ceausescu (Die letzten Tage der Ceausescus)

Germany, 2010, color, 72 mins., German with English subtitlesDirector: Milo Rau and Simone Eisenring Cast: Victoria Cocias, Constantin Cojocaru, Constantin Draganescu

For more than two decades, Nicolae Ceausescu was the head of the communist regime in Romania until its downfall. He and his wife Elena were considered the most despotic rulers in post-war Europe. The images of their sentencing and execution on Christmas Day 1989 have seared themselves into the memory of several generations of TV viewers. Based on authentic video footage and eye-witness accounts, the International Institute of Political Murder staged a play reenacting this crucial moment in the sequence of events leading to the fall of Communism. The film is also the story of a revolution, where a whole people rose up against its oppressors – only to be cheated out of real changes by its new rulers.

Shown in conjunction with a reading by Romanian-born German novelist and 2009 Nobel Prize Winner Herta Müller at the Library of Congress on May 15 (see page 17).

Introduced by Vladimir Tismaneanu, Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Maryland and Head of the Presidential Commission for the Analysis of the Communist Dictatorship in Romania in 2006. He is the author of Stalinism for All Seasons: A Political History of Romanian Communism (University of California Press, 2003).

Tickets see page 41 .


The Last Hour of Elena and Nicolae Ceausescu © International Institute of Political Murder


Monday, June 25, 6:30 pm

Mary Wigman – My Life is Dance (Mary Wigman - Mein Leben ist Tanz)Germany, 1986, DVD, 29 min. Director: Ulrich Tegeder

This film is less a biography than a successful attempt to approach the work of dancer and choreographer Mary Wigman (1886–1973), con-sidered the pioneer and epitome of expressive dance. It shows performances by Mary Wigman and her dance students Dore Hoyer, Susanne Linke and Harald Kreutzberg, the last of whom is internationally regarded as a figurehead of “New German Dance”.

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Sasha Waltz – Körper Trilogy: “Körper”Germany, 2000-2002, DigiBeta, 70 min.

Sasha Waltz is a student of the Mary Wigman School and leader of her own dance company, Sasha Waltz and Guests. In her three-piece choreographic cycle, Waltz investigates the anatomy and the physical appearance of the human being, relating her dancers’ bodies to architecture, science, and history. The first part of her trilogy, “Körper,” engages twelve dancers in a particularly rich variety of

movement, asking the questions: What is the body? How is it constructed?

Wednesday, June 27, 6:30 pm

Sasha Waltz – Körper Trilogy: “S” and “noBody”Germany, 2000-2002, DigiBeta, 140 min.

As part of Sasha Waltz’s Körper Trilogy, “S” searches for the origin of life, of Eros, and of sensibility, while “noBody” asks about the metaphysical existence of humanity. Accompanied by 25 dancers, the choreogra-pher faces the challenge of rendering the non-physical visible through the physical body itself.

Monday, July 2, 6:30 pm

Pina Bausch Germany, 2006, DVD, 43 min. Director: Anne Linsel

Just three years before her death, famous German choreographer Pina Bausch and the Tanztheater Wuppertal Ensemble try to track the roots of her own world-wide success. Using excerpts from stage performances, the film shows how Pina became famous through her

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June 25 – July 16, 2012Goethe-Institut

Pina and Beyond Contemporary Dance in Film

The world has been mesmerized by Wim Wenders’ exhilarating tribute to Pina Bausch, shot in 3D to capture the brilliantly inven-tive dance world of the legendary choreog-rapher. This film series presents a variety of dance films that provide further insight into the work of Pina and the other outstanding personalities that have greatly influenced German expressionist dance. Based on por-trayals of these successful dancers and their ground-breaking choreographies, develop-ments will be traced that not only gained sig-nificant importance in the German-speaking world, but also received great international resonance.

All films will be shown in German with English subtitles.

Dancers of the Pina Bausch Company in Wim Wenders’ PINA. © Neue Road Movies GmbH, Photo by Donata Wenders. A Sundance Selects release.

Mary Wigman-Studio © Bundesarchiv, B 145, Schütz, Klaus


perseverance and vividly portrays the chore-ographer’s creative process.

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Café Müller Germany, 1985, DVD, 55 min. Director: Pina Bausch

Café Müller is Pina Bausch’s most personal and saddest performance, in which she expresses the human quest for safety and love. At the same time, the film shows the force which goes along with that search and the will to never give up, to stay the course despite the sense of hopelessness.


The Complaint of an Empress (Die Klage der Kaiserin)Germany/France, 1990, DVD, 106 min. Director: Pina Bausch Cast: Tanztheater Wuppertal Ensemble

Choreographer Pina Bausch’s film debut re-flects her style of working as developed with the Tanztheater Wuppertal Ensemble during the early 1970s. Put together as a collage with scenes set in different locations throughout and surrounding the city of Wuppertal,

Germany, the futility of human action and the quest for love constitute the film’s main focus.


PinaGermany, 2011, 3D, 100 min. Director: Wim Wenders

In this powerful new film, German master Wim Wenders shoots in 3D, putting the viewer deep inside Bausch’s playful, thrillingly unpredict-able pieces. After her untimely death in 2009, Wenders continued with the project, turning it into the most exciting tribute he could imagine. Sensual and visually stunning, Pina uses 3D to remarkable effect, taking the audience into Bausch’s work in her imaginative sets and powerfully rendering the beauty and sheer physicality of the dancers of her Tanztheater Wuppertal Ensemble.


Ditta Miranda Jasjfi in “Vollmond” in Wim Wenders’ PINA. © Neue Road Movies GmbH, Photo by Donata Wenders. A Sundance Selects release

Fabian Prioville and Azusa Seyama in Wim Wenders’

PINA. © Neue Road MoviesGmbH, Photo by Donata

Wenders. A Sundance Selects release.

Azusa Seyama, Andrey Berezin, dancers of the ensemble of “Sacre du Printemps” in Wim Wenders’ PINA. © Neue Road Movies GmbH, Photo by Donata Wenders. A Sundance Selects release.

Wim Wenders, Director of PINA. Photo by Donata Wenders. A Sundance Selects release.


Monday, August 13, 6:30 pm

Three (Drei)Germany, 2010, 119 min. DVD, German with English subtitles, Director: Tom Tykwer Cast: Sophie Rois, Sebastian Schipper, Devid Striesow

Hanna and Simon, a couple in their early forties, live in Berlin. Affairs, moving in together, wanting children, miscarriage, leaving one another and returning: they have quite a lot behind them, but not so much ahead. That is, until both unknowingly fall in love with the same man. Three is a film about love, morals and the sexes in a late-modernist German society struggling with its mixed feelings.

Tom Tykwer’s acclaimed filmography includes Run Lola Run (1998), Heaven (2002), Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) and The International (2009). Three won a prize for Best Direction and Best Editing at the German Film Awards 2011.


When We Leave (Die Fremde)Germany, 2010, 119 min., 35mm, Turkish and German with English subtitlesDirector/Screenplay: Feo Aladag Cast: Sibel Kekilli, Derya Alabora, Settar Tanrioegen, Almila Bagriacik, Florian Lukas

Imprisoned in a loveless marriage in Istanbul, German-born Umay is determined to make a better life for herself and her five-year-old son. Fleeing with the boy to her family in Berlin, she is distressed to discover her family sides with her husband, bound to tradition

when it is emancipation that she wants—and needs.

Feo Aladag trained as an actress in London and Vienna. In 2005 she founded the production company Independent Artists, responsible for her debut feature, When We Leave. The film won the German Film Award 2010 in bronze.


Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Die Höhle der vergessenen Träume)France/Canada/USA/Great Britain/Germany, 2010, color, 90 min., 3D, English/German/French with English subtitles Director: Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet Pont d’Arc caves of Southern France, capturing the oldest known paintings and drawings of humankind in their astonish-ing natural setting. Using only a minimum of light and a custom-designed hand-held camera, the director makes use of the contours of these rock paintings as the starting point for a philo-sophical meditation on the origins of the art of film as well as fundamental questions of human existence. The 3D format enables him to convey the cave’s spatial dimensions.

Werner Herzog has produced, written and di-rected more than 60 films, published more than a dozen books of prose, and directed as many operas. He is considered as one of the greatest figures of the New German Cinema.


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August 13 – 27, 2012Goethe-Institut

Seize the Day: Outstanding German Films You Might Have Missed


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Thursday, May 24, 6:30 pmGoethe-Institut

The Culture of Memory in Immigrant Society

Following a screening of the film It is Also My History – Neighborhood Women Search for the Roots of National Socialism (Es ist auch meine Geschichte – Stadtteilmütter auf den Spuren des Nationalsozialismus, Germany, 30 min., DVD), a panel discussion will take place dealing with the topic.

RSVP to 202-289-1200 ext. 166 or [email protected]

In conjunction with the American Jewish Committee and the Action Reconciliation Service for Peace.

The following events are presented in cooperation with EUNIC, the European Union National Institutes for Culture in Washington.

M U S I C

Sunday, April 15, 4 pmThe Kennedy Center Concert Hall, 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC

European union Youth Orchestra

The European Union Youth Orchestra unites Europe’s gifted young professional musicians under internationally renowned conductors, in an ensemble that transcends cultural, social, economic, religious, and political boundaries, all in the common pursuit of musical excellence.

More information and tickets: www.wpas.org

S P E C I A l E V E N T

Saturday, May 26. 2-4 pm Austrian Cultural Forum, 3524 International Court NW, Washington, DC

Eurovision Song Contest: Baku 2012

An international song contest broadcast live every year since 1956, the Eurovision Song Contest brings together 43 countries for a competition transmitted simultaneously around the globe.

More information and tickets:: www.acfdc.org

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June 8 – July 1, 2012Goethe-Institut

Europe Cup 2012

The UEFA European Football Championship is one of the world’s biggest sporting events. The final tournament of the Europe Cup 2012 will be held in Poland and Ukraine, featuring 16 nations. The winner of the tournament gains automatic entry to the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup hosted by Brazil.

The Goethe-Institut will show most of the games where Germany is represented. Bring your refreshments and join us to watch the broadcasts. Visit us at www.goethe.de/washington and www.facebook.com/goetheDC for updates.

Preliminary Rounds:

Saturday, June 9, 2:45 pmGermany – Portugal

Wednesday, June 13, 2:45 pmGermany – Netherlands

Sunday, June 17, 2:45 pmGermany – Denmark

More: www.uefa.com


D I S C u S S I O N

April 4 – June 22, 2012

Lunch Bytes - Digital Art & Culture

The Goethe-Institut Washington, the Smithso-nian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia and the Embassy of Switzerland in Washington DC present Lunch Bytes, a series of events dedicated to digital art and culture, examining the conse-quences of the increasing ubiquity of new media in the art world and considering challenging questions raised by this changing artistic land-scape. While enjoying a light lunch, the visitor experiences and participates in discussions between renowned German, American and Swiss artists and intellectuals.


Wednesday, April 4, 12 – 2 pmGoethe-Institut

Thinking in Digital Terms

The emerging encroachment of the digital upon numerous facets our everyday lives has not only changed the way we relate to others, but also intimately affects how we view ourselves and engage with information. Does the pre-dominance of digital media and culture in its various forms have an impact on how we think, how we tell a story, or find a solution to a problem?

Artist and expert panelists include:Trebor Scholz, scholar, artist, organizer and chair of the conference series The Politics of Digital Culture at The New School in New YorkKenneth Goldsmith, New York-based poet and conceptual artistGreg Niemeyer, artist and Professor for New Media at the University of California, Berkeley

Wednesday, May 2, 12 – 2 pmGoethe-Institut

Surveillance, Security and the Net

Each time we use the internet we leave traces. What are these traces, how long do they

remain traceable, and who is interested in tracing them?

Artist and expert panelists include:Tobias Leingruber, Berlin-based artistAnnina Rüst, artist and Professor for Professor Art, Design, and Transmedia at Syracuse University, NY

Wednesday, May 30, 12 – 2 pm Goethe-Institut

The Rise of the Amateur: DIY and Remix Culture

An increasing number of people now have access to digital technologies that allow them to upload, distribute and modify images, video and text. Has remixing (altering, adapting and emulating preexisting content) become the most prevalent aesthetic practice of our time? And how has it affected the art world, which has found itself both confounded and inspired by the rise of remix culture?

Artist and expert panelists include:Beat Suter, Zürich-based artist and professor at the Zurich University of the ArtsMarisa Olson, artist and Assistant Professor of New Media at SUNY

Friday, June 22, 8 pm - midnight Hirshhorn Museum Washington DC

On the Future of the Digital: Beyond Lunch Bytes

An evening devoted to digital art and culture, looking ahead and envisioning possible futures for the digital, in particular digital art practices and expression. It features talks, performances and music.

Artist and expert panelists include:Andreas Broeckmann, independent curator and director of the Leuphana Arts Program at the Leuphana University LüneburgNicolas Nova, researcher and consultant at the Near Future Laboratory, GenevaOneohtrix Point Never, New York-based artistClaire l. Evans, Portland-based artist

TicTocTiles-Computer Game by Greg Niemeyer


E x H I B I T I O N

May 9 – August 31, 2012

Daniel Libeskind - Architecture for the Angel of History

Germany has Daniel Libeskind to thank for several museums of great national significance, including the Jewish Museum in Berlin and the Military History Museum in Dresden.

Even before its opening in September 2001, the Jewish Museum was overwhelmed with its success. With over 8 million visitors from 40 countries, it has become the most visited cul-tural attraction in Berlin. What the architecture attempts to express externally is also the content of the museum: the broken history of the Jews in Germany, the horrors of the Holocaust, and what can be learned from this.

Libeskind’s extension to Dresden’s Military History Museum dramatically interrupts the building’s symmetry, its massive, five-story wedge of concrete and steel slicing through the

center of the 135-year-old original structure. The new façade’s openness and transparency pushes through the opacity and rigidity of the existing building just as German democracy pushed aside the country’s authoritarian past. The museum’s redesign creates the setting for a reconsideration of that past in a city annihi-lated by allied bombing at the end of WWII. Inside the wedge, a viewing platform provides breathtaking views of the city as it is today, while the wedge itself points towards the area where the fire bombing of Dresden began, cre-ating a dramatic space for reflection..

The exhibition “Daniel Libeskind - Architecture for the Angel of History” will present photo-graphs of these and other living expressions of memory designed by Daniel Libeskind.

Supported by:

A discussion with world-renowned architect Daniel Libeskind is accompanied by a photographic exhibition of his works.

Friday, May 18, 12 pmGoethe-Institut

Daniel Libeskind - Architecture is a Language

What role does architecture play in the culture of memory? How do we deal with the scars of the past?

Daniel Libeskind in conversation with Chase W. Rynd, executive director, National Building Museum

A light lunch follows the discussion.


Daniel Libeskind © Michael Klinkhamer Daniel Libeskind Dresden Military History Museum © Hufton+Crow


E x H I B I T I O N

July 22 – 27, 2012

World AIDS Conference 2012

The World AIDS Conference takes place in Washington, DC this summer. The Goethe-Institut Washington will host several events in conjunction with the Conference. Details at www.goethe.de/washington.

HIV and AIDS continue to be a pressing problem around the world. In both its own country and in international development work, Germany has utilized effective, holistic approaches to achieve noteworthy, innovative and interna-tionally-recognized results. Human rights is a central issue of the German government, and are seen as crucial to an effective approach to HIV prevention. Therefore, Germany promotes establishing the necessary legal framework for a strong, participatory civil society.

Organized by the German Ministry of Health, the Ministry for Scientific Cooperation and Development, the Society for International Cooperation, and Communication for Development.

E x H I B I T I O N

Until April 27, 2012Goethe-Institut: FotoGalerie

gute aussichten: young german photographers 2011/2012

“Germany’s most renowned competition for young photographers” - Spiegel

Works by seven winners of gute aussichten 2011/2012, the eighth annual German competi-tion for graduate photography student. Featuring Sebastian Lang, Sara-Lena Maierhofer, Johannes Post, Luise Schröder, Miriam Schwedt, Julia Unkel and Franziska Zacharias.

gute aussichten presents a unique and far-ranging synopsis in terms of both the content and style of the works created by young pho-tographers in Germany during the past 12 months. Individual image series are distinguished by their highly diverse aesthetic, formal and con-ceptual approaches, providing an insight into the multifaceted themes that form the focus of young artists’ interests today.

www.guteaussichten.org

Sebastian Lang, Behaviour Scan © www.guteaussichten.org

Sara-Lena Maierhofer, Dear Clark © www.guteaussichten.org

© GIZ/Gero Breloer


R E A D I N G

Tuesday, May 15, 6:30 – 9 pmLibrary of Congress, Montpelier Room, 6th Floor, 101 Independence Ave. SE

An Evening with Nobel Prize Laureate Herta Müller Reading from her novel The Hunger Angel (Atemschaukel)

Hailed by the Nobel Prize Committee for depict-ing the “landscape of the dispossessed” with “the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose”.

Discussion with Herta Müller follows, moderated by Peter C. Pfeiffer, Chair, Department of German, Georgetown University

About The Hunger Angel (Atemschaukel): It was an icy morning in January 1945 when the patrol came for seventeen-year-old Leo Auberg to deport him to a camp in the Soviet Union. Leo would spend the next five years in a coke processing plant, shoveling coal, lugging bricks, mixing mortar, and battling the relentless calculus of hunger that governed the labor colony: one shovel load of coal is worth one gram of bread.

Müller’s works are most striking in their stirring description of everyday life under a totalitarian system. The author knows what she is writing about: born in Niţchidorf, Romania (German-speaking Romania) in 1953, she endured house searches, the censorship of her novel Nadirs, and countless interrogations by the Ceausescu regime until she emigrated in 1987, settling in Germany.

Her novels, essays and short stories tell of alienation and of home, of political persecution and of insurgency against totalitarian regimes. Since the early 1990s and the translation of her works into more than 20 languages, Herta Müller, author of books including Even Back Then, The Fox was the Hunter, The Land of Green Plums and The Appointment, is among the important authors of international literature. Müller has also been awarded the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the European Literature Prize.


Made possible with the support of Friends of the Goethe-Institut Washington

The event will be co-hosted by the European Division and the Poetry and Literature Center of the Library of Congress. Ms. Müller will be jointly introduced by Georgette Dorn, Acting Chief of the European Division, and Robert Casper, Director of the Poetry and Literature Center.

See page 9 for a screening of the documentary The Last Hour of Elena and Nicolae Ceausescu.


Sara-Lena Maierhofer, Dear Clark © www.guteaussichten.org

Herta Müller © Isolde Ohlbaum


May 8 – June 25, 2012Various venues

Zeitgeist DC: Contemporary Literature Circle

The Zeitgeist DC literary collaboration brings together several prominent Washington, DC theaters with cultural institutions from Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein and Switzerland to present some of the newest, edgiest and funni-est plays in Europe. Literature events with authors and experts complement the readings.

Arena Stage, the Shakespeare Theatre Company and Studio Theatre have teamed up with counterparts at the Goethe-Institut Washington, the Embassy of Switzerland and the Austrian Cultural Forum Washington to present plays by three of the most famous and sought-after playwrights writing today: Nurkan Erpulat, Reto Finger, and Thomas Arzt.

As they are read aloud by some of Washington, DC’s best actors led by some of the city’s best theater directors, these plays by European playwrights relatively unknown in the United States will come alive with their borderless themes, unforgettable characters, masterful writing and dramatic impact.

Following each reading, a playwright, transla-tor or theater expert will lead a discussion between the audience and the cast members; each evening will culminate with a reception and a chance to meet the artists.

Related literature events round out the program.

S T A G E D R E A D I N G S

Three Evenings with Some of DC’s Most Exciting Theater Artists

Monday, June 11, 7 pmGoethe-Institut

Nurkan Erpulat:Crazy Blood

Comically reducing viru-lent immigrant stereo-

types to absurdity, this surprise hit shows young second or third generation German-Turks on whom their teacher works off her ed-ucational mandate with a gun in her hand and Schiller’s Enlightenment ideal in her brain until all the clichés stand on their heads.

Nurkan Erpulat (b. 1974 in Ankara, Turkey) moved to Germany at the age of 25, and studied theater and directing at the renowned Ernst Busch School. He is director-in-residence of the Dusseldorf Schauspielhaus. Crazy Blood was invited to the renowned Theatertreffen, and was chosen as the German Work of the Year in 2011 by the magazine Theater heute.

Discussion follows with Nurkan Erpulat.

Presented by the Goethe-Institut and Arena Stage

No charge. RSVP to 202-289-1200 ext. 167 or [email protected]


R E A D I N G

Tuesday, May 8, 6:30 pmGoethe-Institut

Patrick Boltshauser: “Tomorrow it’s Deggendorf” and “All the Wrong Things”

Contemporary author Patrick Boltshauser reads from the short stories “Tomorrow it’s Deggendorf” (Morgen in Deggendorf), featured in the Best European Fiction 2012 (Dalkey Archive Press), and “All the Wrong Things” (Die falschen Dinge). Texts will be read in German; English translations provided.“Originally published in Liechtenstein, “Tomorrow it’s Deggendorf,” ... depicts an actor’s tense family visit. Though he’s traveled the world, his out-of-a-suitcase lifestyle is sur-prisingly static, while his formerly rebel brother, now a father, dons a grill apron de-claring: THE BOSS IS COOKING.” – Vogue Magazine

Patrick Boltshauser (b. 1971 Switzerland) grew up in Schaan, Liechtenstein. He has worked as an actor, dramatic adviser, director, and play-wright. After spending several years in Berlin, he lives in Zurich, writing his second novel with the working title Meander.

Discussion follows, moderated by John O’Brien, publisher, Dalkey Archive Press. Followed by a wine and cheese reception.

No charge. RSVP to Christine Hoop at [email protected]

Monday, June 18, 7 pmGoethe-Institut

Reto Finger:Remote Warmth/District Heating (Fernwärme)

An elderly couple has been waiting for hours for their only son. A busload of tourists is standing in front of a barricade. A policeman tries to console a scared woman. No one knows exactly what happened. The everyday life of a city comes to a halt.

Reto Finger (b. 1972) is a freelance author, writing drama for the theatre and radio. Remote Warmth was commissioned by the State Theatre of Stuttgart, the Theaterhaus Jena and the sophiensäle Berlin. For his play Kaltes Land (Cold Country), Finger received the 2005 Kleist Prize for Young Dramatists.

Discussion follows with Reto Finger.

Presented by the Embassy of Switzerland and Studio Theatre

No charge. RSVP to 202 289-1200 ext. 168 or [email protected]

Monday, June 25, 7 pmEmbassy of Austria

Thomas Arzt:Grillenparz

On “Cricket’s Hill”, a rural place near an Austrian

town, the employees of a local company come together every year – for an anarchic game? A nightly ritual act? A collective piss-up? Anyway, it seems to an attempt to get back to nature and to let the imagination run wild. But this year is different, because foreign investors are expected. And someone is making trouble: a mysterious huntsman who appears at the top of the hill.

Grillenparz was Thomas Arzt’s playwrighting debut, premiering at the Vienna Schauspielhaus and earning him several young playwright awards. In the play, Arzt (b. 1983) focuses on

the question of what is homeland. He is cur-rently finishing his second play, Alpenvorland, a tragicomedy about living between country-side and city.

Discussion follows with playwright Thomas Arzt.

Presented by the Embassy of Austria and the Shakespeare Theatre Company

No charge. RSVP to 202 895-6776 or at www.acfdc.org/events-registration

Additional events and more details www.zeitgeistdc.org


T H E A T E R

July 12 – 29, 2012Various Venues

The Capital Fringe Festival

The Goethe-Institut is proud to be a participat-ing venue for the seventh annual Capital Fringe Festival. Once again, Fringe will bring Down-town DC alive with hundreds of performances by adventurous and innovative performing artists from the Washington DC metro area, elsewhere in the United States and overseas.

Performances will take place in more than 20 traditional and non-traditional performance venues, and will include works ranging from theater, dance, and puppetry to the unclassifi-able.

The Capital Fringe Festival joins a proud tradi-tion of Fringe festivals that take place through-out the world.

For more information: www.capfringe.org

N E I G H B O R H O O D P O E T R YC O l l A B O R A T I O N

Time Shadows: MusicAmerican, Chinese, and German Poetry

Over the last 150 years, Washington, DC’s Chinatown has been home to many immigrant groups. Each has contributed to the vibrancy and diversity of our neighborhood and our city. Three cultures – Chinese, American and German – are highlighted in this annual cele-bration of poetry and voice.

The theme for 2012, “Music,” highlights exam-ples of how poetry and music relate in the present day.

Visit www.goethe.de/timeshadows to read the poems and learn about the poets.

Upcoming Readings

Thursday, April 12, 10:30 am – 12 pmStudent Union II Building, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030

International Week Festivities

Wednesday, May 23, 6:30 pmWatha T. Daniel/Shaw Neighborhood Library, 1630 7th St. NW (Metro: Shaw/Howard University)

Neighborhood Reading

Sunday, July 22, 2 pmWriters Center, 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, MD 20815 (Metro: Bethesda)

Open Door Reading Series

Monday, August 6, 7 pm Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 South Park Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD (Metro: Friendship Heights)

Café Muse Literary Series

In cooperation with the Chinatown Community Cultural Center, the Confucius Institute at George Mason University, and the DC Public Library

M u S I C F E S T I V A l

Monday, May 21, 7:30 pmAaron & Cecile Goldman Theater, 1529 16th St. NW

The Yellow Passport with Alicia SvigalsGermany, 1918, Director: Pola Negri

For the closing night of the Washington Jewish Music Festival, Alicia Svigals will premiere a commissioned score to this silent film, which explores the existence of Jewish discrimina-tion in Imperial Russia. Svigals is the world’s leading klezmer fiddler and a founder of the Grammy-winning Klez-matics. She has played with and composed for violinist Itzhak Perlman, the Kronos Quartet, the late poet Allen Ginsburg, and many others.

Tickets and more information: www.wjmf.org


D I S C u S S I O N ( I N G E R M A N )

Deutsch am Mittag

Sprechen Sie Deutsch? All who wish to hear and speak German are invited to bring their lunch to our monthly presentation and discussion. A topic of interest from German culture, history, or contemporary affairs will be presented, in German, by a selected speaker. Discussion on the topic will complete the Mittagstisch.

May 8, 12 – 1:15 pm

Wilfried Eckstein, director, Goethe-Institut Washington

Stadtentwicklung in China

June 12, 12 – 1:15 pm

To be Determined

Led by Irmgard Wagner (professor emerita of German, George Mason University).Beverages and sweets are provided.

Tickets $5/No charge for Friends of the Goethe-Institut. RSVP to [email protected] by Friends of the Goethe-Institut

The Goethe-Institut Washington serves teachers of German in the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Washington, DC. We work in close cooperation with part-ners from educational organizations, schools, universities, colleges and the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG).

The Goethe-Institut supports teachers of German as a foreign language by keeping them abreast of developments in the field of German as a Foreign Language. We provide in-service training and disseminate up-to-date information on all aspects of life in the Federal Republic of Germany. Each year we award stipends to four to six teachers of German for continuing education in Germany in the summer. We also encourage teachers to visit the Goethe-Institut Washington on field trips with their students.

Please visit us in Washington, DC, or look for us at the following events this spring:n NECTFL Annual Conference, 20 – 23 April 2012, Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel, Baltimore, MDn AATG-Virginia Immersion Weekend, 28 – 29 April 2012, Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VAn Trainernetzwerk Ost Trainerseminar, 25 – 27 May 2012, Goethe-Institut Washington, Washington, DC

For further information,please contact us: [email protected]

Our Services for Teachers of German


Everywhere You Look: German-American Sites in Washington, DC

German businesses and houses of worship, along with architects, artists, and inhabitants, had an enormous impact on the city. Our virtual tour contains a trove of German-American heritage in Downtown Washington. www.goethe.de/GermanRootsWashington

New! Just in time for spring, our self-guided tours guide assists you in planning your own trip. Pick up a copy at the Goethe-Institut, or download it from the above website.

Thursday, May 24, 6 – 9 pmGoethe-Institut

Trace the Steps of German Immigrants

This walking tour, given in collaboration with the National Archives, will be illustrated with photocopies of several different primary sources found in the Archives (and other local research facilities) about some of the German immigrants who lived in or who worked in our neighbor-hood. After a short walk through the neighbor-hood, the tour will arrive at the Archives at about 7 pm. You will then be given a chance to begin doing research on one of your own an-cestors. Led by Alice Stewart, local historian. Tour is limited to 15 people; photo ID required for en-trance to the Archives, and free individual Archives Research Cards. No charge. RSVP to [email protected] In cooperation with the German-American Heritage Museum, the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington and the Lillian and Albert Small Jewish Museum.

Saturday, June 23, 10 am – 4:30 pmMeet in front of the Goethe-Institut (812 7th St. NW)

German Heritage Sites in Baltimore

Did you know that Baltimore was the second largest port of entry into the US for German immigrants? This driving tour will provide in-formation about the German immigration history and experience in Baltimore, and take you to relevant sites, such as the Baltimore Immigration Memorial (BIM) and Einwanderer Haus, Zion Church, Krug Iron Works, Hansa Haus, and Lloyd Street Synagogue. Upon arrival in Baltimore, this 4 hour tour will start at the Zion Church (across from City Hall) at 11am. A lunch break will be included.

Limited to 20 participants.

Tickets ($35/$30 for members of Friends of the Goethe-Institut) must be purchased in advance at www.boxofficetickets.com/goethe or via check (made payable to the Goethe-Institut). Please provide contact information for confirmation of your reservation. Led by Brigitte Voelkel Fessenden and Dr. Nicholas Fessenden, Historic Preservation consultants.

G A M E S N I G H T

Friday, August 17, 6 – 9 pmGoethe-Institut

Games Evening (Spieleabend)

Come enjoy German games and a glass of wine with us! Games by German designers are en-joying increasing popularity outside their native country. This evening of board and card games will feature classics such as Bohnanza along-side newer favorites including Asara, Settlers of Catan, Lost Cities and Carcassone. Participants are invited to bring their favorite games and friends for the fun.

In cooperation with Labyrinth Games and Puzzles.

Drinks and snacks will be offered. Tickets $5. RSVP to [email protected].

Please note: arrival by 7 pm is suggested to ensure sufficient playing time.

Hansa-Haus, 1914


l I S T E N I N G E V E N T S

Wednesday, April 25, 6:30 pmGoethe-Institut

Daniel Zwerdling: “How Not to Bore Your Listeners: Producing Exciting, Alive Investigative Reporting”

Daniel Zwerdling has reported for NPR since 1980, where his stories have repeatedly at-tracted national attention and generated na-tional action. His topics range from his 2007 series on the US military’s neglect of serious mental health disorders in their troops to his groundbreaking articles in the early 1970s sug-gesting that the typical American diet contrib-uted to cancer and heart disease.

Zwerdling has won the most prestigious awards in broadcasting, including the DuPont, Peabody, Polk, Edward R. Murrow, Investigative Reporters and Editors, the Robert F. Kennedy and DART awards for investigative reporting.

Host for Hear Now: Emily Friedman


Tuesday, May 15, 7 pmGoethe-Institut

Sean Cole: Unorthodox Approaches to Radio Storytelling

Sean Cole discusses unorthodox approaches to non-fiction radio storytelling, and struggling (or at least pretending) to be yourself on the air.

Sean Cole is a producer for the award-winning WNYC program Radiolab. Previously, he was a frequent contributor to American Public Media’s Marketplace, and has reported for numerous public radio outlets including This American Life, All Things Considered, and Studio 360, among others. Sean got his start in radio in

1997 at WBUR in Boston.

Host for Hear Now: Sam Greenspan


Saturday, June 2, time TBDGoethe-Institut

Sound Scene, the DC Listening Lounge Extravaganza

Details at www.dclisteninglounge.com

Thursday, June 21, 6:30 pmGoethe-Institut

Julie Shapiro – Third Coast Listening Room: The Sounds (and Stories) of Protest

Protest culture is everywhere, including on your radio! This evening of audio stories about talking back, occupying, resisting, and agitating will range from punk rockers against Putin, to an audio montage/homage to “rabble rousers”, to a feisty Board of Education meeting in Chicago.

Julie Shapiro is artistic director of the Third Coast International Audio Festival. She has been invited to share her radio perspective at gatherings and for publications around the world, including the International Features Conference and the New York Times Magazine.

Host for Hear Now: Bill Gilcher


The Third Coast International Audio Festival celebrates the best stories produced world-wide for radio and the Internet. Find out more: www.thirdcoastfestival.org

Julie Shapiro © Third Coast International Audio Festival


www.americangoethesociety.org

The American Goethe Society presents four free public lectures annually on German literature, philosophy, art, and music. In addition, members are offered regular

Saturday poetry luncheons (Lunch mit Lyrik) held at DC restaurants, and monthly seminars / dramatic readings covering classic German plays, held at the Goethe-Institut Washington, and at an area public library. The American Goethe Society is the proud sponsor of the Goethe Prize

Awards Program, which recognizes outstanding high school students of German in Washington, D.C., Maryland and N. Virginia.

For membership information, please contact [email protected] or visit

AmericanSocietyGoethe

A R C H I T E C T U R A L H I S TO R Y L E C T U R E (in English)


Schinkel, von Klenze, and the Grecian Image in Europe and America

Lecture by Calder C. Loth,Senior Architectural Historian, Virginia Dept. of Historic Resources, Richmond, VA

Mr. Loth will trace the impact of James Stuart and Nicholas Revett’s seminal publication, The Antiquities

of Athens, on the Grecian-style architecture of Karl-Friedrich Schinkel (1781-1841), Prussian ar-chitect, city planner and painter, and Leo von Klenze (1784-1864), Munich neoclassicist archi-tect, painter and writer. The lecture will highlight such famed German monuments as Schinkel’s Schauspielhaus and Neue Wache, and von Klenze’s Wallhalla and Propylaen, placing these and other of their works in context with parallel Grecian-style landmarks in Europe and the United States.

Photo: © Calder C. Loth

Lecture will be given at the Goethe-Institut Washington, followed by refreshments, and is free of charge.

RSVP by 5/13 to [email protected] or 703-242-8840.



M U S I C

Thursday, April 5, 7 pmFriday, April 6, 1:30 pmSaturday, April 7, 8 pmThe Kennedy Center, Concert Hall, 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC

National Symphony Orchestra: Helmuth Rilling, conductor

German sacred music specialist Helmuth Rilling returns to the Kennedy Center to conduct Mendelssohn’s Elijah featuring NSO debut per-formances from soprano Marlis Petersen, mezzo-soprano Anke Vondung, and baritone Russell Braun with tenor James Taylor and the University of Maryland Choir.

Tickets: $20-$85For tickets and information: 800-444-1324; 202-467-4600 or www.kennedy-center.org

Sunday, April 15, 4 pmThe Kennedy Center, Concert Hall, 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC

European union Youth Orchestra: Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor/Pinchas Zukerman, violin

The European Union Youth Orchestra unites Europe’s gifted young professional musicians under internationally renowned conductors. Under the baton of Vladimir Ashkenazy and joined by violinist Pinchas Zukerman, the or-chestra will perform Copland’s An Outdoor Ouverture, Bruch’s Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 26, and Strauss’ Eine Alpensinfonie, op. 64.

Organized by the Washington Performing Arts Society


Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)© picture-alliance/dpa

Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor of the European Union Youth Orchestra © picture-alliance/dpa


Friday, April 20, 8 pmLibrary of Congress, Coolidge Auditorium, Independence Ave. and 1st Street SE, Washington, DC

Bach & Italy: Concerto Köln with Jan Freiheit, guest cellist

Concerto Köln, founded in 1985, counts amongst the highest-ranking orchestras for historical performance practice. On the program: Dall’Abaco: Concerto op. 5 no. 3 in E minor; Vivaldi: Concerto for cello, strings and basso continuo in D minor, no. 23, RV 407; J.S. Bach: Suite for Orchestra in C major, BWV 1066; Concerto for oboe d’amore, strings and basso continuo, BWV 1055 (reconstruction after the harpsichord concerto BWV 1055); “Brandenburg” Concerto no. 4 in G major, BWV 1049; Sammartini: Sinfonie in A major

This concert is part of a season-long BachFest at the Library of Congress.

Pre-concert presentation: Martin Sandhoff, flutist and artistic director of Concerto Köln, is featured guest speaker.

For information and tickets: Library of Congress Concert Office 202-707-8432 or www.loc.gov

Saturday, April 21, 11 amLibrary of Congress, Coolidge Auditorium

Workshop: Bach and Historically Informed Performance Practice

Special meet-the-orchestra Saturday workshop with Concerto Köln orchestra members.

No tickets requiredFor information: www.loc.gov

Saturday, April 21, 7 pmKena Ballroom, 9001 Arlington Blvd. Fairfax, VA

Annual Spring Concert of the Washington Sängerbund

The choir will present a selection of German up-tempo melodies and classical pieces appro-priate for spring under the baton of conductor Eric Miller and accompanied by pianist Nadia Christova. After the concert, Mike Surratt and the Continentals will play dancing music. German food, beer, wine and soft drinks are available for purchase.

Admission: $25 in advance sale, $30 at the doorFor tickets and information: Rudy Becker at 540-308-5965 or www.saengerbund.org

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Concerto Köln © Florian Profitlich Springtime © picture-alliance


Thursday, April 26, 8 pmThe Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD

Friday, April 27, 8 pmSaturday, April 28, 8 pmJoseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, 1212 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Jun Märkl, conductor/ Arabella Steinbacher, violin

Arabella Steinbacher will make her BSO debut. Guest conductor Jun Märkl will lead the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in Weber’s Overture to Euryanthe, Beethoven’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, op. 61 and Schumann’s Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish” in E-flat major, op.97.

For tickets and information:Music Center at Strathmore: 301-581-5100, [email protected] or www.strathmore.orgMeyerhoff Symphony Hall: 410-783-8000 or www.bsomusic.org

Thursday, May 17, 7 pmFriday, May 18, 8 pmSaturday, May 19, 8 pmThe Kennedy Center, Concert Hall, 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC

National Symphony Orchestra:Andreas Delfs, conductor/ Nelson Freire, piano

Nelson Freire makes his much anticipated NSO debut under German conductor Andreas Delfs. On the program are works by Haydn, Brahms and Weill.


Thursday, May 31, 8 pmThe Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Günther Herbig, conductor/ Jonathan Biss, piano

The BSO will perform early 19th century mas-terpieces by Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert.

Violinist Arabella Steinbacher © picture-alliance/dpa

Conductor Andreas Delfs © picture-alliance/dpa Conductor GüntherHerbig © picture-alliance/dpa


For tickets and information:Music Center at Strathmore: 301-581-5100, [email protected] or www.strathmore.org

Tuesday, July 17, Time TBDThe United Church + Die Vereinigte Kirche, 1920 G Street NW, Washington, DC

The Angelaschule Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Founded in 2005 under the leadership of Ekkehard Sauer, this wind ensemble is based in Osnabrück, a city in Lower Saxony. Its repertoire reaches from classical music to jazz and pop.

Organized by the German Embassy in coopera-tion with Concordia DC, the musical depart-ment of the United Church

Admission: Free of charge but registration required. RSVP to: [email protected] information: 202-331-1495 or www.theunitedchurch.org

Friday, August 3, 7:30 pmThe United Church + Die Vereinigte Kirche, 1920 G Street NW, Washington, DC

Mädchenkantorei am Freiburger Münster

The Mädchenkantorei (Girls’ Choir of Freiburg Cathedral) was founded in 1973, and is led by precentor Martina van Lengerich. The choir’s repertoire encompasses works from the Gregorian to the contemporary.

Organized by the German Embassy in coopera-tion with Concordia DC, the musical depart-ment of the United Church

Admission: Free of charge but registration re-quired. RSVP to: [email protected] information: 202-331-1495 or www.theunitedchurch.org sss

Conductor GüntherHerbig © picture-alliance/dpa

Angelaschule Wind Ensemble © Angelaschule

Girls’ Choir of Freiburg Cathedral © Freiburger Mädchenkantorei


Sunday, August 12, 7 pmFort Hunt Park Pavilion, George Washington Memorial Pkwy. Mount Vernon, Alexandria, VA

Sunday, August 19, 6:30 pmVienna Town Green Bandstand, 144 East Maple Ave. (Rt. 123), Vienna, VA

Friday, August 31, 7:30 pmLake Accotink Park Pavilion, 7500 Accotink Dr., Springfield, VA

“AuG-toberfest” concerts with the “Alte Kameraden”

“Alte Kameraden” (Old Comrades) is the German Band of the City of Fairfax Band. The summer concerts present a potpourri of Alpine folk music, German marches, Viennese waltzes, Bohemian blaspolkas, and European ever-greens.

Admission: Free of chargeFor information: Aug 12 - www.nps.gov/gwmpAug. 19 – www.viennava.govAug. 31 – www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/performances

E X H I B I T S

Until Thursday, May 31German-American Heritage Museum, 719 Sixth Street NW, Washington, DC

Helping Shape America: German-Americans in the u.S. Congress from 1789 to the Present

This exhibit tells the story of the Muhlenberg brothers in the first Congress (1789-1791) and the members of German ancestry who serve the current 112th Congress (2011-2013). A second exhibit on German-Americans in the U.S. Congress in the 19th and 20th century will open at the end of 2012.

Friday, June 1 – Sunday, September 30German-American Heritage Museum, 719 Sixth Street NW, Washington, DC

The American Civil War seen through the eyes of German-American caricaturists: Thomas Nast and Adalbert Volck

Thomas Nast (1840-1902) is considered the father of the American political cartoon. He defended the cause of the Union in his draw-ings and created the emblems of the

Thomas Nast (1840-1902) © picture-alliance/dpa

German-American Heritage Museum © GAHM


Democrats and Republicans, the donkey and the elephant. Adalbert Volck (1828-1912) became known for his pro-Confederacy illus-trations.

Open: Tue-Fri 11 am-6 pm, Sat-Sun 12 pm-5 pm, Closed: Mon

Guided tours: Thur 11:30 am, 2:30 pm & by appointment

For information: 202-467-5000 or www.gahfusa.org

S P E C I A l E V E N T S

Tuesday, April 3, 7 pmRiot Act Comedy Club, 801 E Street NW, Washington, DC

Musical Cabaret by André Hartmann

DC’s premiere comedy club in Penn Quarter will host German musician and artist André Hartmann who will present his new program to local audiences. On April 4, he will perform in Virginia for Sweet Briar College students.

Both events are organized by the German Embassy, Washington, DC.

For information on the event at the Riot Act Comedy Club: 202-697-4900 or www.riotactcomedy.com

Monday, May 28, 2 pmProspect Hill Cemetery, 2201, North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC

Memorial Service at the Prospect Hill Cemetery

The Prospect Hill Cemetery is a 150-year-old designated historical landmark and is the burial site of many prominent German-Americans. The Washington Sängerbund and the United Church will participate in the event.

For information: 202-667-0676 or www.saengerbund.org

P R E V I E W

For updates on the following spring/summer event organized by the German Embassy, please go to: www.germany.info/dcevents

The German Academic All Stars Jazz Ensemble

This impromptu ensemble, whose members were selected from among the best students of Germany’s music colleges in a national com-petition, will perform in May.

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PUBLIC EVENTS | APRIL - AUGUST

Thursday, April 26Gerald D. Feldman Memorial Lecture The Path to German Unity, 1989-1990Gerhard A. Ritter (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)

GHI LECTURE SERIES | SPRING 2012

Get Out the Vote! Mobilization, Media, and Money

Thursday, March 22Mobilizing the Nineteenth-Century American Electorate: The Elections of 1828 and 1840 Michael Holt (University of Virginia)

Thursday, April 12Voters Without Democracy: Elections in Imperial GermanyJames Retallack (University of Toronto)

Thursday, May 3Americanizing the Electoral Process? Elections in the Federal Republic of GermanyFrank Bösch (Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung Potsdam)

Thursday, May 31American Campaign Mobilization in the Age of New MediaKate Kenski (University of Arizona)

Lectures begin at 6:30 pm and are preceded by a reception (6:00 – 6:30 pm). Lecture titles are provisional and subject to change. Please consult the GHI website for updates and information on other events.

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AddressesThe German Historical Institute1607 New Hampshire Ave., NWWashington, DC 20009Phone: 202-387-3355Fax: 202-483-3430E-mail: [email protected] site: www.GHI-DC.org

The Institute holds a number of lecture series throughout the year.

The German Information Center4645 Reservoir Rd., NWWashington, DC 20007Phone: 202-298-4000Fax: 202-471-5526Web site: www.Germany.info

Dedicated to fulfilling the public diplomacy mission at the German Embassy by offering Americans a window on modern Germany.

German National Tourist Office122 East 42nd Street, Suite 2000New York, NY 10168-0072Phone: 212-661-7200Fax: 212-661-7174E-mail: [email protected] site: www.ComeToGermany.com

Providing German tourism infor-mation.

German Academic ExchangeService (DAAD)871 United Nations PlazaNew York, NY 10017-1814Phone: 212-758-3223Fax: 212-755-5780E-mail: [email protected] site: www.daad.org

A government-supportedorganization of colleges and uni-versities in the Federal Republic of Germany that promotes rela-tions with universities abroad through the exchange of students and scholars.

German School Washington, DC8617 Chateau Dr.Potomac, MD 20854Phone: 301-365-4400Fax: 301-365-3905E-mail: [email protected] site: www.dswashington.org

Kindergarten, elementary, and high schools; includes grades 12 and 13.

Deutsche Forschungsgemein-schaft (DFG) German Research Foundation1627 I Street NW, Suite 540Washington, DC 20006-4020Phone: 202-785-4206Fax: 202-785-4410E-mail: [email protected] site: www.dfg-usa.org

The main German funding organi-zation for scientific research.

German Book Office1014 Fifth AvenueFourth FloorNew York, NY 10028Phone: 212-794-2851Fax: 212-794 2870E-mail: [email protected] site: www.gbo.org

The German-American Heritage Museum of the USA719 6th Street NWWashington, DC 20001Phone: 202-467-5000Fax: 202-467-5440E-mail: [email protected] site: www.gahfusa.org

Television and Radio in GermanFor news information on the Internet: www.ardmediathek.de or www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathekNote: There are two German lan-guage televisionchannels 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 Deutsche Welle Television, programming that alter-nates between English and German by the hour from Germany’s interna-tional broadcaster.Deutsche Welle’s program is also rebroadcast via local public televi-sion stations in select cities (check with your local provider).More information at www.dishnetwork. com.

German Lutheran ChurchWashington DC5500 Massachusetts Ave. NWWashington, DC 20816Phone/Fax: 301-365-2678E-mail: [email protected] site: www.glcwashington.org

The United Church +Die Vereinigte Kirche1920 G Street NWWashington, DC 20006-4303Phone: 202-331-1495Fax: 202-530-0406E-mail: [email protected] site: www.theunitedchurch.org

German Speaking Catholic Mission Washington, DCRectory: 6330 Linway Terrace, McLean, VA 22101Masses: Georgetown Preparatory School10900 Rockville PikeBethesda, MD 20852-3299Phone: 703-356-4473Fax: 703-356-4558E-mail: [email protected] site: www.kathde.org

Zion Church of the City of BaltimoreCity Hall Plaza400 East Lexington StreetBaltimore, MD 21202Phone: 410-727-3939Fax:: 410-468-0174E-mail: [email protected] site: www.zionbaltimore.org


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