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Director, Goethe-Institut Washington Carsten Ruepke

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Welcome to the Fall 2015 issue of Kulturvergnügen, presenting many exciting opportunities to engage with German language and culture in greater Washington, DC.

After twelve years in the heart of DC’s bustling Chinatown, the Goethe-Institut is embarking on a new journey. In 2016, we will transition to becoming the regional institute for North America, with a wider range of responsibilities and additional staff. Coinciding with this growth, the lease on our lovely space is expiring at the end of 2015. While we search for a new permanent home over the next few years, we will be temporarily located at 1990 K Street NW, a few blocks from the Farragut North and Farragut West Metro stations.

The coming months therefore mark the end of a significant era. The Goethe-Institut debuted in Washington in 1990; our Kino (theater) opened its doors in 2003. Through language courses and programs organized by ourselves and groups using our space (a total of 42,000 visitors in 2014), we have established a strong presence within Washington’s cultural fabric. Although we are restructuring and relocating, we remain committed to the transatlantic cultural dialogue, and look forward to welcoming you to our new space in early 2016.

As an ode to the hours of enjoyment and thought-provoking discussions in our theater, we’ve organized a series entitled Kino 2003-2015: Your Favorite Films (Nov. 2 - Dec. 7), featuring some of the greatest German cinematic hits over the past twelve years. Also in the realm of film, the 23rd edition of the ever-popular Film|Neu festival returns (Nov. 6-12), presenting the hottest new films from Germany, Switzerland and Austria at Land-mark’s E Street Cinema. More: www.filmneu.org

We continue our focus on issues of pressing societal relevance. Surveillance Blind addresses the debate between privacy and public life. Forging the Future continues its look at ideas for a better, sustainable future. We will also lend a cross-cultural perspective to issues of migration/immigration, image wars, digital culture and America’s image in the world.

Musical offerings range from a song cycle at the Kennedy Center mixing Wagner and the blues (Sept. 25 & 26), to a church choir from Hamburg on its East Coast tour (Oct. 22 & 24), to the vivacious and innovative ATOS Trio from Berlin, performing at the Library of Congress (Oct. 16).

Of course, the fall season would not be complete without some of the most beloved festivities of the year: the many regional Oktoberfeste, the sour beef dinners of the Zion Church in Baltimore, the annual Christmas Concert of the Washington Sängerbund in the United Church, and many more. Add to this the more recent traditions of the Kids Euro Festival and EU Film Showcase (28th edition!) at the AFI Silver Theatre, and the full cultural cornucopia of the fall season comes into focus!


Films n Surveillance Blind 4-5n Picturing America 6 n Film|Neu: New Films from Germany, Switzerland and Austria 11n Kino 2003-2015: Your Favorite Films 12-13 n Immigration 20

Exhibitionsn Surveillance Blind 5 n Justine Otto: hyder flares 10n Future Perfect Project 15

Musicn Wagner, Max! Wagner! 8n ATOS Trio 9 n Kantorei Groß-Flottbek 9

THEATERn Kids Euro Festival 18

Literaturen Felicitas Hoppe: Empires Facing Each Other 7

Discussionn On Hype-Cycles, Post-Internet and How the Digital Became Fashionable 10n Iconoclash 19n The Forgotten Luther 19

Digital Audion Hear Now Fall 2015 14

LanguageGerman Courses 21, 26

Friends of the Goethe-Institut 23 Addresses 28 Tickets and Electronic Newsletter 31About Us 31

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September 14 – 28, 2015Goethe-Institut, GoetheForum

Surveillance Blind

What are the consequences of uncovering stories government or industry would rather not have revealed to the public? The docu-mentary and feature films in this series explore this issue from different perspectives. They illustrate the risks assumed by whistleblowers and investigative journalists, and the poten-tial ramifications their families face.

Monday, September 14, 6:30 pm

The Lies of the Victors (Die Lügen der Sieger)Germany, 2014, 112 min., Director: Christoph Hochhäusler

Renowned journalist Fabian Groys is working at a political news magazine, researching a po-litically-charged story about dubious govern-ment policies concerning the disabled in the army. When he starts receiving anonymous threats, Groys realizes that someone is trying to stop him.

Christoph Hochhäusler (b. 1972) is a German film director and screenwriter. His film The Lies of the Victors premiered at the Film Festival Rome in 2014.

Tickets see page 31.


The Family (Die Familie)Germany, 2013, 92 min., Director: Stefan Weinert

Director Stefan Weinert will be present for a discussion following the screening.

“A two-year suspended sentence for firing the fatal shot. Imagine that.” Even today, more than a quarter of a century after the collapse of East Germany, family members of those shot along the Berlin Wall continue to suffer the trauma of their loss. This documentary contrasts the statements of those affected with parallel entries in the Stasi files - formulated in a cold, bureaucratic German - and shows how the two sides collide.

Stefan Weinert (b. 1964) is a German actor, director and producer. The Family is Weinert’s second documentary about the GDR dictator-ship. It is the winner of the 2014 Cinema for Peace Award.

In cooperation with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.

RSVP at www.goetheinstitutwashington.eventbrite.com

Surveillance BlindTransatlantic relations include a widely-held belief that privacy is a common Western value. But, as the tensions surrounding the so-called NSA-Scandal have revealed, that conviction can become a source of misunderstanding when dramatically different approaches to privacy come into conflict.

Surveillance Blind, an exhibition and accom-panying film program focusing on the demar-cation of privacy and surveillance, explores

this complex field. With this program, the Goethe-Institut aims to contribute to a better understanding of what privacy means within the context of social and political ideals among western democracies.

Made possible with support from Friends of the Goethe-Institut.

The Lies of the Victors, Lilith Stangenberg

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September 17 - December 3, 2015Goethe-Institut, FotoGalerie

Surveillance Blind

Opening Thursday, September 17, 6 – 9 pm6 – 7:30 pm Discussion with the artists 7:30 – 9 pm Reception

RSVP at www.goetheinstitutwashington.eventbrite.com As technology has evolved, so have our funda-mental ways of understanding the world. Data and information flows around us and is used to track our consumer habits, shape our identities, and mediate our relationships to


SilencedUnited States, 2014, 102 min., Director: James Spione

Director James Spione will be present for a discussion following the screening.

In this documentary, three former American federal employees share their experiences of the consequences they faced for whistleblowing in the age of the War on Terror.

James Spione is an Oscar-nominated director, producer and writer of documentary and fiction films.


our nation states. Who controls and makes use of the information generated by our sharing society is a question being challenged and contested worldwide. The artists in this exhibition investigate the paradox of these connections, probing our relationship to data collection and interpretation.

AnnieLaurie Erickson (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA) photographs server farms and other physical infrastructure that make the cloud possible.

Nate Larson (Baltimore, Maryland, USA) and Marni Shindelman (Athens, Georgia, USA) collaboratively collect publicly available em-bedded GPS information in Twitter updates to track the locations of user posts and make photographs to mark the location in the real world.

Simon Menner (Berlin, Germany) spent two years recovering the archive of the Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Archives of the former German Democratic Republic (BStU) and reshapes it to reveal the underlying structures of control.

Jens Sundheim (Dortmund, Germany) extensi-vely researches security cameras that have a public feed and then travels to those locations to record an imprint of the artist in the techno-logical eye.

John Vigg (Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA) uses homemade drone technology and appro-priated satellite images to map the remote area Pine Barrens region of southern New Jersey.

Curated by Nate Larson

Geolocation: Worth the Wait, 2011 © Nate Larson & Marni Shindelman


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October 5 – 26, 2015Goethe-Institut, GoetheForum

Picturing America

Ever since America was “discovered” by Euro-peans, Germans have imagined what life must be like in the new land. First, they imagined the endless prairies of the Wild West and the rough life on the frontiers, and thought of the Native Americans as “noble savages.” Later, they began to see that the deserts were also desolate and inhospitable. In the second half of the 20th century, Germans began to dream of road trips on the famous Route 66 to expe-rience firsthand this young, industrious nation that seemed to be constantly on the move.

The Goethe-Institut shows three German films (with English subtitles) which demonstrate how the German picture of America has evolved over time.

Monday, October 5, 6:30 pm

Chingachgook, The Great Snake (Chingachgook, die Große Schlange)East Germany, 1967, 91 min., Director: Richard Groschopp

In the years before the French and Indian War, Great Britain tries to expel the French from North America. Both empires involve their Indian al-lies in their fights. As a result, around 1740, a bitter tribal feud is raging between the Hurons and the Delaware. Can the legendary Chigach-gook succeed in his attempt to convince the Hurons that it is European empires who fight this war and that Indian tribes should stay out of it?

Richard Groschopp (1906-1996) was a German film director, screenwriter and producer who made numerous films for the East German

film company DEFA. The Western Chingachgook was his last and most successful movie produced for the big screen, and was very popular with its East German audience.


Bagdad Café (Out of Rosenheim)Germany/USA, 1987, 104 min., Director: Percy Adlon

When a German couple gets into a fight on their trip through California, Jasmin finds her-self stranded in the desolate town of Bagdad. Although the locals eye her with suspicion at first, she slowly makes new friends. But un-fortunately, her visa is not valid forever.

Percy Adlon (b. 1935) is a German film and television director. He won the Bavarian Film Award for Best Director in 1982 and 1991.


Friendship!Germany, 2010, 110 min., Director: Markus Goller

The Berlin Wall has just fallen and Tom and Veit, two young East Germans, decide to trav-el to San Francisco to see the Golden Gate Bridge and to look for Veit’s father, who fled East Germany twelve years earlier. Having only enough money to fly to New York, they decide to hitchhike the remaining 3,000 miles to San Francisco. They come up with lots of humorous ideas to earn cash along the way, including promotion of their own film about East Germany.

Markus Goller (b. 1969) is a German film director and editor. Friendship! won the 2010 Bavarian Film Prize and the 2011 MTV Movie Award for Best German Film.


Friendship © Wiedemann & Berg FilmproduktionBagdad Cafe © Leora Films Great Snake © DEFA Film Library



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Monday, October 12, 6:30 pmGoethe-Institut, GoetheForum

Empires Facing Each Other: Little Golden Americawith Felicitas Hoppe

“If America were Soviet, it would be paradise.”– from Little Golden America

The famous Russian writer duo Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov traveled to America on behalf of the Russian newspaper Pravda for three months in the 1930s, at the height of the Stalinist terror and the Great Depression. Cov-ering more than 10,000 miles in their mouse-grey Ford, they crisscrossed the country from east to west, south to north, visiting hundreds of cities and towns. Ilf and Petrov, as they are commonly known, wanted to document “the other America,” the countryside and small towns beyond the skyscrapers. Under the title Little Golden America, the two satirists’ travelo-gue is an independent-minded, fascinating combination of words and photos that reflects the tension between the USSR and the USA during the emergence of fascism in Europe.

This September and October, eighty years lat-er, German writer Felicitas Hoppe and visual

artists Alexej Meschtschanow and Jana Müller examine Ilf and Petrov’s writings on the East-West relationship as they retrace the Russian duo’s original route. Das eingeschossige Amerika (published in German for the first time in 2011 by the Andere Bibliothek, with a foreword by Hoppe) is particularly poignant now, in light of current global political developments.

Reading in German and English.

Felicitas Hoppe (*1960, Hameln) lives in Berlin. The author of various novels, including Johanna (2006) and Sieben Schätze (2009), she has received numerous awards for her writing, including the Aspekte Literature Prize (1996) and most prestigious German literary prize, the Georg Büchner Prize (2012). In 2012, Hoppe was a fellow at the Villa Aurora in Los Angeles, where she met Meschtschanow and Müller.

No charge. RSVP at www.goetheinstitutwashington.eventbrite.com

Original Route 1935 Map © Ilja Ilf

Felicitas Hoppe © Tobias Bohm

Jana Müller © Till AD Cremer

Alexej Meschtschanow © Jan Stradtmann

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Friday – Saturday, September 25 – 26, 7 pmKennedy Center Terrace Theater, 2700 F St., NW

Wagner, Max! Wagner!Stew & Heidi Rodewald (United States)

Approaching Wagner with an innovative new form, the Kennedy Center presents a co-commissioned song cycle created by Tony and Obie Award winners Stew & Heidi Rodewald (Passing Strange). Through song, poetry, text, and video, the work irreverently creates and explores the surprising connection between the music-myths of both Wagner and the blues, blending Wagner’s best-known melodies within the acclaimed creators’ eclectic mix of rock and cabaret music.

90 minutes. Recommended for ages 15+.

Tickets $40 at www.kennedy-center.org

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Saturday, September 26, 7 pm – midnightGoethe-Institut

Art All Night DC

The Goethe-Institut joins this late-night exploration and celebration of contemporary art with its exhibition Surveillance Blind (see page 5) and a sampling of other cultural offerings (to be determined). Art All Night DC continues until 3 am in five of DC’s most vibrant neighborhoods: Dupont Circle, Shaw, North Capitol, H Street NE, and Congress Heights.

www.artallnightdc.org

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Friday, October 16, 8 pmLibrary of Congress Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building

ATOS Trio

Performing for the first time in the Coolidge Auditorium, Germany’s acclaimed ATOS Trio brings impeccable musicianship and an exploratory edge to its renditions of piano trios old and new. The strings are fea-tured in the premiere of a new Library of Congress commission by composer Michael Hersch. Ernest Bloch’s Three Nocturnes offer a striking contrast to the first piano trio of his erstwhile student, Leon Kirchner. Beethoven’s monumen-tal op. 97 piano trio, dedicated to his friend and supporter Archduke Rudolf of Aus-tria, closes the program.

Program:

L. Kirchner Trio (1954)

Hersch Carrion-Miles to Purgatory thirteen pieces after texts of Robert Lowell (Commis-sioned by the Hans Kindler Foundation Trust Fund in the Library of Congress) -- World pre-miere

Bloch Three Nocturnes

Beethoven Piano Trio in B-flat major, op. 97 (“Archduke”)

Tickets: www.loc.gov/concerts

Pre-Concert Conversation With composer Michael Hersch and Kay Redfield Jamison, Professor of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, at 6:30 pm in the Whittall Pavilion.

Thursday, October 22, 8 pmChurch of the Reformation, 212 East Capitol St NE, Washington, DC

Saturday, October 24, 7 pmZion Church of the City of Baltimore, 400 E Lexington St, Baltimore, MD

Hamburg Choir Kantorei Groß-Flottbek

The Hamburg-based mixed choir Kantorei Groß-Flottbek, comprising about 50 singers, participates in divine worship and gives several concerts each year, collaborating with the other church music ensembles. Its repertoire includes great oratorios with the chamber orchestra, classical a cappella works and liturgy in Gregorian style.

Concert tours have taken the choir to Spain, Israel, Russia and other countries. This tour on the eve of the fifth centennial of the Protestant Reformation is devoted to German sacred church music.

Made possible with support from the Goethe-Institut, this tour features

performances in Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City

from October 22-29.

“ATOS has risen steadily through the ranks to become

one of the elite piano trios before the public today.”

- Washington Post

ATOS Trio © Steven Haberland


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August 20 – September 4, 2015Goethe-Institut, FotoGalerie

Justine Otto: hyder flares

Opening on Thursday, August 20, 6 – 8 pm with artist Justine Otto


Leading contemporay figurative painter Justine Otto (b. 1974, Poland) won The Phillips Collec-tion’s second annual Emerging Artist Prize following Washington’s 2014 (e)merge art fair. The German artist’s representational pictures literally burn themselves into the viewer’s retina, simulta-neously fascinating and disturbing.

The exhibition will be introduced by Vesela Sretenovic, Senior Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Phillips Collection

7:30 pmConcert with Jazz Trio:

Michael Formanek – bass (USA)

Eric Kennedy – drums (USA)

And surprise guest from Germany (alto saxophone)

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Wednesday, September 2, 6:30 pm Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden auditorium, 700 Independence Ave. SW

Lunch Bytes #38On Hype-Cycles, Post-Internet and How the Digital Became Fashionable

On the occasion of the publication of No Internet, No Art. A Lunch Bytes Anthology, this talk examines how art and digital culture have changed since the inception of the Lunch Bytes discussion series in 2011. Artists, curators, and writers from Germany, Switzerland, and the US address the increasing interest in Internet-related art and discuss how hype and trends govern the tides of the art world and how digital technologies play into these dynamics.

Moderated by curator Melanie Bühler, Amsterdam

Organized in cooperation with the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and the Embassy of Switzerland in the United States.

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November 6 – 12, 2015Landmark’s E Street Cinema and the Goethe-Institut

Film|NeuNew Films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland Now in its 23rd year, Washington’s leading German-language film event presents a weeklong glimpse into the trends and film cultures in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The lineup will include award winners such as German director Sebastian Schipper’s acclaimed drama Victoria, shot in a single take, recipient of six Lolas at this year’s German Film Awards. Youth culture will be the focus of several films, including the Berlin-set Who Am I (Who Am I – Kein System ist sicher), which transforms the hotly-debated topic of internet hacking into a gripping cyber thriller, and the suspense and smoke-filled The Drift (Driften) by Swiss director Karim Patwa. Together with seven additional films, this week of new German films is a not-to-be missed favorite in Wash-ington’s cultural scene. 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 support from German Films and Friends of the Goethe-Institut.

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The Drift © Langfilm

Victoria © Adopt Films, LLC

Who Am I © Sony Pictures Releasing GmbH



November 2 – December 14, 2015Goethe-Institut, GoetheForum

Kino 2003-2015: Your Favorite Films

Since 2003, the Goethe-Institut has screened films covering many topics and spanning all genres – documentaries and dramas, comedies and silent films, TV shows and shorts – in our lovely, state-of-the-art Kino (cinema) here in Washington’s Chinatown neighborhood. This series says farewell to our Kino before we move in January. An ode to the great moments audiences have experienced in our cinema, the series brings together films which have enjoyed the most success here over the past 12 years, including two 3D options. All films will be shown in English or in German with English subtitles.

Monday, November 2, 6:30 pm

Kebab ConnectionGermany, 2005, 96 min., Director: Anno Saul

Hamburg-born Ibrahim “Ibo” Secmez aspires to make the first German kung-fu movie. To hone his craft, Ibo has made a razzle-dazzle cinema ad for Kebab Connection, the fast food stand run by his tightly-wrapped Uncle Ahmet. Ibo’s plans are derailed, however, by his im-pregnation of lovely and mature German girlfriend Titzi.*

Anno Saul (b. 1963) is a German screenwriter and film director. Kebab Connection won the 2005 Audience Award at the Film Festival Turkey/

Germany. The screenplay was co-written by the well-known German director Fatih Akin.


Late Bloomers (Die Herbstzeitlosen)Switzerland, 2006, 90 min., Director: Bettina Oberli

This rich Swiss confection is about realizing your dreams — no matter what they are, how long it takes or how much they may offend local sensibilities. Some nine months after her grocer husband’s gone through the big check-out, 80-year-old former seamstress Martha decides to transform their modest shop in her picturesque Emmental Valley village into a saucy lingerie business called “Little Paris”. Switzerland’s official entry for the 2008 foreign film Oscar sweepstakes. *

Bettina Oberli (b. 1972) is a Swiss film director and screenwriter. Late Bloomers was the sec-ond most-viewed film in Switzerland in 2007. Oberli’s film Tannöd (2009) was nominated for the Swiss Film Prize in the category Best Feature Film.


Go Trabi GoGermany, 1991, 92 min., Director: Peter Timm

How does a Trabi become a convertible? After German reunification, East German teacher Udo Struutz decides to take his family on a road trip to Naples in their blue Trabant “Schorsch” to trace Goethe’s footsteps. The trip is not without its incidents, however, and the Trabi gradually morphs into a colorful convertible complete with West German parts.

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Kebab Connection © Goethe-Institut

Late Bloomers © Telepool GmbH

Go Trabi Go © Global Screen GmbH


Peter Timm (b. 1950) is a German film direc-tor and screenwriter. He was banished from East Germany in 1973 because of his critical thinking. His first film, Meier (1986), won the Bavarian Film Award; Go Trabi Go was nomi-nated for a German Film Award.


Burden of Dreams (Die Last der Träume)USA, 1981, 95 min., Director: Les Blank

This film documents the making of Werner Herzog’s popular film Fitzcarraldo in the jungles of Peru and Ecuador. It captures the chaos and the problems with the weather, the actors, and the eccentric and driven director. It includes rare footage of Mick Jagger and Jason Robards, who dropped out of the project before Fitzcarraldo was finished.

Les Blank (1935–2013) was an American docu-mentary filmmaker. Burden of Dreams won the Flaherty Documentary Award at the British Academy Film Awards in 1983.

Wednesday, December 2, 6:30 pm

Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Die Höhle der vergessenen Träume) (3D)USA/UK/France/Germany, 2010, 90 min., Director: Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog gained exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet Pont d’Arc caves of Southern France, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, cap-turing some of the oldest known paintings and drawings of humankind in their astonishing

natural setting. Herzog makes use of the con-tours of these rock paintings as the starting point for a philosophical meditation on the origins of the art of film as well as fundamental questions of human existence.*

Werner Herzog (b. 1942) is a German film director, producer, actor and writer. Considered one of the greatest figures of the New German Cinema, Herzog received the Honorary Award of the German Film Prize for outstanding con-tributions to German Film.

Monday, December 7, 6:30 pm

Pina (3D)Germany, 2011, 103 min., Director: Wim Wenders

Pina is a dance film with the ensemble of the Tanztheater Wuppertal about the unique art of the late choreographer Pina Bausch. It takes the audience on a sensual, visually stunning journey of discovery into a new dimension: straight onto the stage of the ensemble. It also accompanies the dancers out of the theater and into the city and region of Wuppertal - a place that for 35 years was home to Pina Bausch and central to her creative process.

Wim Wenders (b. 1945) is a German director and photographer. In 2015 he won the Hono-rary Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. Pina won a 2011 German Film Award; the film was also nominated for “Best Direc-tor” and for a 2012 Oscar.

* Excerpts of this text courtesy of Eddie Cockrell


Made possible with support fromFriends of the Goethe-Institut.


Cave of Forgotten Dreams © IFC Films

Burden of Dreams ©Janus Films

Pina © Neue Road Movies GmbH


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Hear Now Fall 2015Goethe-Institut, GoetheForum

Hear Now, an informal group of local producers and radiophiles, presents cutting-edge listening experiences and discussions as well as a chance to hear what’s going on in public radio across the country and around the world.


Tuesday, September 1, 7 - 8:30 pm

An Evening with Flawn Williams and Katie Davis

A listening opportunity and deconstruction of several short radio/audio pieces that Flawn Williams and Katie Davis produced with cor-respondent Alex Chadwick for Birdnote.org in the summer of 2014 in the Big Bend National Park area of southwest Texas.

The evening will consist of listening to some of the six pieces in this mini-series, listening to excerpts from the many hours of unedit-ed source tapes, and talking about recording natural sounds and interviewing people out-doors and the often-conflicting needs of those two activities.

Wednesday, October 14, 7 – 8:30 pm

An Evening with Danish Radio Producer Anna Elisabeth Jessen

Anna Elisabeth (Lisbeth) Jessen is a direc-tor of radio and TV features and documentary films. She works for Danish Broadcasting and also directs features in Germany.

She will present excerpts from the following internationally award-winning radio features:

Her newest radio feature, Guten Tag auf Polnisch, aired numerous times in Germany and was selected as one of the German pieces for the International Feature Conference, held in Lublin, Poland in May 2015.

Doctor Tramsen’s Report, a documentary about a skull exhumed from a mass grave in Katyn forest in Smolensk, Poland in 1940 and later discovered at a forensic in-stitute on Copenhagen.

The story behind the Danish dogma feature film The Celebration (Festen).

Co-sponsored by the Washington, DC chapter of the Kosciuszko Foundation.

Additional events forthcoming; visit www.goethe.de/washington for details.

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Top: Katie Davis (left) and Flawn Williams on assignment in Big Bend National Park (courtesy Flawn Williams). Bottom: Anna Jessen, Bzionkow House.


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Thursday, September 10, 5:30 pmUniversity of the District of Columbia, 4200 Connecticut Ave. NW, Building 32, 4th Floor

Future Perfect Project Photography Documentation

RSVP for the opening reception at www.udc-causes.eventbrite.com

Stories for tomorrow – lived today, everywhere. The international, multilingual internet platform www.goethe.de/futureperfectproject tells the stories of individuals, initiatives, organizations, and businesses that have moved from ideas towards action for a better, more sustainable future. This exhibition features some of them which are being published as Creative Commons articles to facilitate an exchange of ideas and to inform and inspire a broad diversity of ex-periments with a sustainable future.

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Saturday, September 26, 7 - 10 pmGoethe-Institut Washington

Catan: Oil SpringsA Practice Run for COP21

This December, the world’s leaders are going to try to hash out a climate change agreement in Paris (COP21).

Join us for a game of Catan: Oil Springs, the climate scenario for everyone’s favorite German board game (Settlers of Catan by Klaus Teuber), and try your hand at negotiating the climatic fate of your fellow settlers of Catan.

Learn the rules and play the scenario with the designers, Erik Assadourian of the World-watch Institute and Ty Hansen.

The game has been translated into 8 languages (German, French, Spanish, Polish, Dutch, Danish, Catalan, and Korean). Rules will be available in all of these languages in case you want to make the night feel more like the Paris Conference of the Parties.

Tickets $5. RSVP at www.goetheinstitutwashington.eventbrite.com

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Thursday, October 29, 1 – 5 pmGoethe-Institut, GoetheForum and FotoGalerie

Think Nuclear-Free!The Nuclear-Free Future Award

The 2015 winners of the international Nuclear-Free Future Award will talk about their efforts to end the uranium fuel chain and offer peaceful, sustainable alternatives to nuclear power and nuclear weapons. Each winner is an individual who has shown courage, determination and inspiration in striving to create a safer, more sustainable world.

Moderated by Gordon Edwards, president of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsi-bility and recipient of the 2006 Nuclear-Free Future Award.

Followed by a reception.

RSVP at www.goetheinstitutwashington.eventbrite.com.

Organized by Beyond Nuclear, Green Cross International and the

Heinrich Böll Foundation Washington.

FORGING THE FUTURE


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Friday, November 6, 12:30 - 1:30 pmGoethe-Institut, GoetheForum

Aleš Šteger: Berlin

With his poetry, novels, and essays appearing in The New Yorker and other international magazines, Aleš Šteger (b. 1973 in Ptuj, Slovenia) is the most translated Slovenian author of his generation. Among the awards he has received for his work are a 2007 Rožanc Award, the highest prize for essays written in the Slovene language, for his collection of essays entitled Berlin, and the 2012 US Best Translation Book Award for his book of poetry The Book of Things.

This reading (in German, English and Slovene) and discussion will address the flâneur concept in German literature and the role poetry plays in people’s lives today and in Berlin, the new/old European poetic capital.

Acclaimed in Europe and translated into mul-tiple languages, Berlin (published in 2007) is a lyrical account of the city as well as a book of discoveries, allusions, and traces, an homage to great literary figures who have lived there.

Organized in cooperation with the Embassy of Slovenia.


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October 30 – November 8, 2015various venues

Kids Euro Festival 2015

Europe comes to Washington this fall with an arts festival starring the most talented Euro-pean children’s entertainers in performances all around the city. The festival is geared to kids ages six through twelve, and features artists in many performing genres. A project of the Washington-based European Union embassies and major local cultural institutions.

Date and Location TBD

A Kings Journey

A king, a lady, a deranged population, watering cans, umbrellas, and an entirely unique story. An adventurous journey around half the world with more than 60 shadow figures. By the German shadow theater group Theater Handgemenge (Marie Feldt and Peter Müller)

60 minutes; for children 6 years and up.

Reservations and more information at kidseurofestival.org

EUROPE

A Kings Journey © Joerg Metzner © Aleš Šteger


Leisniger Kastenordnung: Luther’s Leisnig Ordinance of 1523, establishing a ‘common chest’ or charitable endowment, is

considered the oldest Protestant social law. © Gans

Martin Luther, by Lucas Cranach the Elder

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Thursday, October 8, time TBDNew York University

Iconoclash

Opening of this event and publication series with Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek.

RSVP to www.goetheinstitutwashington.eventbrite.com

The latest waves of terrorism, from attacks on the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris to the dam-aging of antiquities in the Middle East, have high-lighted both an ideological conflict and the central role of imagery. Iconoclash comprises four topics and perspectives from Europe and the United States relevant to this clash of cultures.

www.eunic-iconoclash.com

Organized in cooperation with the Washington, DC chapter of the European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC), and in partnership with

New York University and the Delegation of the European Union to the United States.

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Friday, November 6, 4 – 8:30 pm

Saturday, November 7, 8:30 am – 1 pm

Church of the Reformation, 212 East Capitol Street NE

The Forgotten Luther: Advocate for the Poor

Prominent scholars of Reformation studies will address a largely untold dimension of the German reformation: They will explore how Luther and other reformers worked to end economic exploi-ta-tion and advocated for the common good. They will also discuss the significance of Martin Luther’s ideas for social reforms today.

Cost: $60 (includes dinner); $75 at door; $15 studentsRegistration: www.eventbrite.com: “Forgotten Luther Symposium”

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Image by Belgian political cartoonist Lectrr in response to the attack on Charlie Hebdo.


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Thursday, October 22, 6:30 – 9:30 pmGoethe-Institut, GoetheForum and FotoGalerie

Guten Tag, Ramón (Buen Dia, Ramón)Mexico/Germany, 2014, 119 min., Director: Jorge Ramírez Suárez

Discussion follows with director Jorge Ramírez Suárez and Victoria Rietig, Policy Analyst, International Program, Migration Policy Institute. Moderated by Gustavo Morales Cirion, deputy director, Mexican Cultural Institute.

A box office hit in Mexico and Europe, Guten Tag, Ramón stars Ramón, a young man from a small town in northern Mexico. After five failed attempts to make it across the US border to help his penniless family, when an unexpected windfall provides the means to fly to Germany to seek out his friend’s aunt, Ramón jumps at the chance. But she’s not at the expected ad-dress, leaving Ramón to fend for himself un-til he meets Ruth, a lonely senior citizen with whom he develops a rewarding and touching relationship.

Reception follows hosted by the Mexican Cultural Institute.

Tickets ($6) at www.IMFilmFest.eventbrite.com

Presented as part of the Greater Washington Immigration Film Festival October 22 – 25, 2015. www.immigrationfilmfest.org

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Monday, September 14, 5 pmLandmark’s E Street Cinema, 555 11th St. NW

Dr. IllegalGermany, 2015, 27 min., Director: Jan Galli and Martin Rohe

A political refugee from Iran, Dr. Omid Afarid, tries to gain approval to practice medicine in Germany. This thoughtful film brings humor and excitement to its portrayal of the hard-ships faced by asylum seekers in Germany, and the patience and determination needed to overcome them.

Winner of the 2015 European Civis Media Prize for Integration and Cultural Diversity, Dr. Illegal is presented as part of Showcase 10 at DC Shorts, taking place September 10 – 20, 2015.

www.dcshorts.com

Guten Tag, Ramón © Beanca Films

Dr. Illegal courtesy DC Shorts Film Festival


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Enjoy German language and culture by becoming

a member of Friends of the Goethe-Institut (FoGI)FoGIFriends of the Goethe-Institut

Special Thanks: Marianne Ginsburg | Gary Hodge | Heinz Schulte | Thomas Zielke

Friends of the Goethe-Institut (FoGI) enhances the language, teacher training and arts program-ming of the Goethe-Institut Washington. In 2014/2015, transatlantic relations were strengthened by FoGI’s support of noteworthy projects such as:

The Transatlantic Outreach Program, which sends social studies educators to Germany and produces material on modern-day Germany (www.goethe.de/top);

Transit: Creative Placemaking with Europe in Baltimore, a project which brought together artists and creative communities in Baltimore with their counterparts in various European cities (www.europeinbaltimore.org);

The 2014 Blue Note Records celebration marking the founding of the famous music label by two German immigrants;

Forging the Future, a series leading up to the December 2015 Conference of the Parties on Climate Change in Paris.

Support German language and culture today!

n Friends of the Goethe-Institut (FoGI) has joined the Com- bined Fedeal Campaign (CFC), the world’s largest and most successful annual workplace payroll deduction giving program. For the first time ever, federal employees can support FoGI by designating #20107 on their CFC pledge card. n Friends of the Goethe-Institut – see www.goethe.de/washington for membership information.

Member Highlight: Stephen Staudigl

As the child of German immigrants, I’ve always had an interest in Germany and things German. The Goethe-Institut is a gem in Wash-

ington’s cultural landscape, one that I especially appreciate because this amenity was not available in any other city I’ve lived in since college.

One of the first things I did after moving to Washington was to get involved with the Goethe-Institut, and within a couple years I joined Friends of the Goethe-Institut (FoGI) to provide financial support for its

work promoting German culture in Washington. After several years, I upgraded to the Frankfurt Circle to increase my impact.

My favorite memories are game-watching parties to cheer on die Nationalmannschaft during their magical run at the 2006 World Cup held in Germany, and film screenings for Berlin Baby-lon and the American premiere of the German TV series Blochin: The Living and the Dead.

Joining FoGI should be a “no-brainer” for anyone who regularly attends programs. Membership benefits include discounts on events and invites to the always-fun Members holiday party.


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The Wagner Society of Washington, DC is a nonprofit organization devoted to the study and enjoyment of Wagner’s art and,

through our American Wagner Project (AWP), the development of vocal talent.

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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 Road, 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.germany.travelProviding 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 re-lations 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 school.

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (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 Office72 Spring Street, 11th FloorNew York, NY 10012Phone: 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.gahmusa.org

Television and Radio in GermanFor news information on the In-ternet: 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 Ger-man language shows of the chan-nels ProSieben, Kabel 1, N24 and Sat1; and Deutsche Welle Television, programming that

alternates between English and German by the hour from Germany’s international broadcaster.Deutsche Welle’s program is also rebroadcast via local public television stations in select cities (check with your local provider).More information at www.dishnetwork. com.

German Lutheran Church5500 Massachusetts Ave., NWBethesda, MD 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: Chapel of Gate of Heaven Cemetery, 13801 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20906.Phone: 703-356-4473E-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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We are located between H and I Streets, one block from Massachusetts Avenues in northwest Washington. See our website for directions and parking options.

Metro:Gallery Place/Chinatown (exit at 7th and H Streets)Red, Yellow, and Green Lines

The Goethe-Institut Washington is wheelchair accessible.

Opening Hours:Monday-Thursday 9 am – 5 pm; Friday 9 am – 3 pm

Email: [email protected]: www.goethe.de/washington

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Tickets: $7/$4 (for Members, seniors, and students with ID). Purchase online atwww.boxofficetickets.com/goethe or at the box office during regular office hours.

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The newsletters of the German Embassy

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events and trends in Germany and

German-American relations:

• German Cultural Events, Washington DC

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The Goethe-Institut is a non-profit organization with headquarters in Munich. It is Germany’s op-erational partner for the development and imple-mentation of a foreign cultural policy – one based on dialogue between Germany in the context of Eu-rope and countries and cultures around the world. In addition to a grant from the German Foreign Of-fice, the organization also generates its own funds. On behalf of the Federal Republic of Germany, cul-tural institutes around the world provide cultur-al 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. Found-ed in 1990, Goethe-Institut Washington promotes German culture and language.

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