Countdown for the Oscars 2010

The preparations to the world’s largest movie award gala are in full swing on March 4, 2010. German World takes you behind the scenes to Hollywood Boulevard which has been blocked from traffic at Highland Avenue since March 1, 2010. Where hundreds of celebrities will soon stroll along to the cheers of the [...]

Pre-Oscar Buzz at Villa Aurora in Los Angeles

German and Austrian community in Los Angeles Honored German, Austrian, Polish and Israeli Academy Award Nominees
By Petra Schuermann
It was literally rubbing shoulders with the rich and beautiful at Villa Aurora on March 6, 2010, when the German and Austrian community came together in order to celebrate the Oscar nominations of Austrian actor Christoph Waltz [...]

Swiss Art Collection Opens in the US

An art collection started more than 70 years ago in Switzerland has now become a major cultural attraction in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art is being billed as the only museum dedicated to mid-twentieth century art in the southeastern United States. It is named after the family of Swiss-born Andreas Bechtler, [...]

Upcoming Events at the Goethe Institute Los Angeles

The Need to Hold Still is an exhibition of photographs by Berlin-based artist Mirjam Dröge.
She creates compelling psychological spaces, room for contemplation, memory, and child-like reverie.
This exhibition will feature a range of photographs completed by the artist over the past five years It includes images of clandestine tree-houses, fabric forts the artist has created based [...]

New York: New Goethe Institut Library Now Open!

The library at the new Goethe Institut location at 72 Spring Street opened for business on February 2, 2010. The new opening hours are: Tues. – Thurs. 2 – 7 pm; Fri. 12 – 5 pm; Sat. 10am – 1 pm
The Goethe-Institut New York Library is one of the few German-language lending libraries in the [...]

New Yorks Viennese Opera Ball to donate proceeds to Haiti

The Ball’s 55th Consecutive Annual Gala at the Waldorf=Astoria on February 5th
New York, NY: In a dramatic and timely move, it was announced today that the 55th Viennese Opera Ball’s “Magical Night at the Opera” on February 5th, in partnership with the UN Office for Partnerships, UN Foundation, and the anti-malaria “Nothing But Nets” [...]

German-American Heritage Center

Despite a very busy schedule that included trips to New York, Atlanta, and Los Angeles, Minister President Christian Wulff of Lower Saxony made time to visit the new German-American Heritage Center ( www.gahf.org ) located on 719 Sixth Street NW in Washington DC. The two-story building, also known as “Hockemeyer Hall,” dates back to 1889 [...]

KIGALA Kids’ Karneval

Discover the exciting program of the KIGALA International Preschool in Los Angeles (Mar Vista) offering classes in German, Spanish, and English. Call Elke Miller at 310-581-5264 or visit www.kigala.org

Fall of the Wilshire Berlin Wall

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U2 Brandenburger Tor

Fall of Berlin Wall Celebration in Los Angeles

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