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August 29, 2020

Newsletter of the Goethe-Institut Washington

Dear Friends,

Have you binged and re-binged all three seasons of Babylon Berlin? Have you read every book available and watched all seven expert-led discussions of our “Watch-Klatsch” Zoom Webinar series, chatted about Book One with the Goethe Book Club? But still it’s not enough, and your Babylon Berlin kick still doesn’t feel like it should come to an end?

It doesn’t have to! Even if none of the above applies to you and you’re a curious newcomer to the entire world of Gereon Rath and Charlotte Ritter’s Berlin in the Golden Twenties, it’s never too late to dip your toe into the fandom. Join us for Beyond Babylon: Re-Examining Berlin in the Golden Twenties – two events that transcend the content of the novels and series, offering closer looks at some of the most fascinating, exciting, alluring, dangerous, and dynamic facets of Berlin in the Weimar Era.

Are you still working from home? Why not learn German? Our September Virtual Blended Learning courses consist of 50% live group sessions, and 50% flexible online learning, closely supported by your instructors. Online Group Courses offer more flexibility, as well as live sessions online in your group once every two weeks. New: In addition to our online courses for teens 13-17, we also now have fun, interactive online courses for kids!

Culture at Home

KDN by Daggi Binder
© Goethe-Institut / Daggi Binder

Virtual Show & Discussion | Monday, September 14, 5:00pm EDT

Glitz & Grit: De/Reconstructing Weimar Glamour with Le Pustra's Kabarett der Namenlosen

On September 14, the Goethe-Institut Washington invites you to pull back the curtain on modern Berlin’s most captivating and thought-provoking Weimar Republic-inspired theater show, Le Pustra’s Kabarett der Namenlosen.

Via Zoom Webinar, meet some of the numerous multitalented artists who make up the cast and artistic team, which creates a theatrical experience that interprets the dazzling and dark cabaret scene of Berlin’s Golden Twenties – in particular, one actual Berlin cabaret group of the same name, at whose shows people from all walks of life intermingled, experimented, invented, and challenged social taboos. View special performances and catch a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of a truly unique show.

Glitz & Grit
Jeder einmal in Berlin - Picture
© Goethe-Institut / Wiki Creative Commons

Virtual City Tour & Discussion | Friday, September 18, 5:00pm EDT

"Jeder einmal in Berlin": A Virtual Exploration of Time, Space, and Place

With the generous support of the Friends of the Goethe-Institut, we invite you to experience a compelling glimpse into bygone Berlin – even as it exists today, where these gems of the past are still hidden in plain view. Take a virtual walking tour with historian, Weimar Era scholar, and tour guide Arne Krasting of Zeitreisen Tours, whose enthusiasm and expertise for Berlin and history alike have led him to develop the official partner walking tour of the Babylon Berlin series. In this special highlights virtual tour accompanied by expert commentary and context, catch up-close peeks at hubs of civil society, leisure and entertainment, government, and more.

This event consists of two parts: (1) a pre-recorded and password-protected virtual Vimeo experience that will be available for viewing to registrants of the Zoom Webinar the week of September 7, and (2) a post-viewing live Zoom Webinar conversation with historian Arne Krasting on September 18 at 5:00pm EDT.

Jeder einmal in Berlin
Rudi Stephan
Stadtarchiv Worms

Music

Custom Culture: "Rudi Stephan (1887-1915)"

German music lost one of its most eminent hopefuls when Rudi Stephan was killed during WWI. Pari Ludin of the Goethe-Institut Toronto writes of how his remaining works give us a tantalizing glimpse of what might have been.

Custom Culture
Cornelia Funke, Kerstin Zilm
Cornelia Funke © Thorsten Wulff (left), Kerstin Zilm © private (right)

Online Discussion | Thursday, September 3, 12:00pm EDT

Authors in Conversation: Cornelia Funke and Kerstin Zilm

Cornelia Funke is a storyteller and illustrator. She is published all over the world in so many languages that she feels sometimes as if she got lost in her own stories. Kerstin Zilm, an independent producer and radio reporter in Los Angeles, founded her own production company and wrote a book about her arrival in California. A conversation about writing fantasy and reporting reality in the Golden State, presented by the Goethe-Institut Boston. This online webinar will take place on Thursday, September 3, 12 noon - 1:30 pm EDT.

Authors in Conversation
Photo (detail): © GALERIA ALASKA PRODUCTIONS / Jochen Hick
Photo (detail): © GALERIA ALASKA PRODUCTIONS / Jochen Hick

Film | Available from September 11 to September 13

Talk Straight: The World of Rural Queers

A unique documentary about four gay men trying to live a fulfilling life in a rural German town. Presented as part of Queer as German Folk, a project that took the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprisings as an occasion to examine the current status of the gender diversity discourse on the basis of the history of the Queer Movement. 
 
The film will be available to stream from September 11, 10AM CST to September 13, 12AM CST. Please register to receive the streaming link by email. Advance registrants will receive the link on September 11, at 10:00am CDT. 

Talk Straight
Briefmarke mit dem Bild von Audrey Hepburn
Foto (Detail): © picture alliance / Auktionshaus Gärtner

FEHLER

FEHLER: The Blue Mauritius and Its Companions - Postage Stamp Errors

Why is it precisely the flawed specimens that get stamp collectors so excited? And what has an uncle from Saxony got to do with all this? Our Havana-based colleague and author Michael Thoss has been rummaging through the world’s most valuable stamp collections and reports on errors, freaks, and oddities.

FEHLER: Postage Stamp Errors

Contact

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Washington, DC 20009, USA
Tel. +1 202 847 4700
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