Kaisers Geburtstag – Emperor Franz Joseph

Born on August 18th 1830 in Schönbrunn Palace, Emperor Franz Joseph would have been 180 years today.  He reigned during difficult times and his passionate marriage to Empress Elisabeth filled countless books and inspired movies.
Lesser known facts:  His brother Archduke Maximilian was Maximilian I of Mexico and Austria turned into a empire in which the [...]

Google honors Josef Frank

Josef Frank is an Austrian-Swedish architect and designer, who was known for his innovative designs and distinct patterns. Born July 15th 1885 in Baden bei Wien he helped found the Vienna School of Architecture.
July 15th Google Doodle is an artistic tribute to Josef Frank’s 125th birthday. To celebrate one of Frank’s patterns, The Vegetable Tree, [...]

Giles Hoyt Receives Germany’s Highest Civilian Honor

Giles Hoyt, Professor Emeritus of German and Philanthropic Studies and past Director of IUPUI’s Max Kade German-American Center in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI is the recipient of the Bundesverdienstkreuz, the Federal Cross of Honor, which is the Federal Republic of Germany’s highest tribute for services to the nation.
Dr. Hoyt has been [...]

Schwarzenegger at Journalism Gala

Watching Gov. @Schwarzenegger deliver remarks at the Southern California Journalism Awards Gala – at http://tweetcast.in/1348
It was a dream come true for myself as a journalist because I am the first Austrian Journalist to win the “International Journalism: News Feature” Award in the 52 year history of the Southern California Journalism Awards. Furthermore I won two [...]

Andreas Beckett at the Hollywood Fringe Festival

Unbuttoned, the solo show co-written and performed by Andreas Beckett, has been chosen to have its World Premiere at the first-ever Hollywood Fringe Festival. A musical dramedy is Beckett’s true story of his quest for love, one woman at a time. Born and raised in the Bavarian Alps, as a young boy in [...]

Lukas Schwarzacher: What A Rolleiflex Can Lead To

From the front lines of war to fine art photography
The first camera the Viennese photographer Lukas Schwarzacher ever laid hands on was his grandfather’s Rolleiflex, which he discovered in the attic of his family’s summer home on the Danube River. He turned 16 that year.
Following graduation from the University of Vienna with a Master’s degree [...]

German painter Sigmar Polke dies

German Sigmar Polke, an artist of infinite, often ravishing pictorial jest, whose sarcastic and vibrant layering of found images and maverick, chaos-provoking painting processes left an indelible mark on the last four decades of contemporary painting, died yesterday in Cologne, Germany. He was 69; the cause was complications of cancer, according to Gordon Veneklasen, a [...]

Harlem Meets Oranienburg on Student Exchange

Since May 29, a group of high schoolers from Harlem, New York City’s Frederick Douglass Academy have been staying with students from Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge Gymnasium and their families in Oranienburg, near Berlin.
Accompanied by their teacher, Ms. Alyssa Rosenbaum, the Americans are not only attending school with their German counterparts but will be participating in a [...]

German World author wins National Entertainment Journalism Award

With great joy we announce that German World author Barbara Gasser won the 2010 National Entertainment Journalism Award in the category „Radio: News Story“. She was also nominated in the print category for best “Feature under 1000 words”.
Barbara Gasser is the first Germanspeaking journalist to receive this honor.
The jury statement reads as follows:
Winner: Barbara [...]

Mit Blaulicht zur Grenze

Exklusivinterview mit Rüdiger Lentz, ehemaliger Studioleiter Deutsche Welle in Washington D.C.
Seit 1976 arbeitet Rüdiger Lentz als Journalist und gehört seit über 25 Jahren zu den prominentesten and angesehensten deutschen Fernsehreportern. Lentz war unter anderem als Chefredakteur bei RIAS-TV in Berlin und als Studioleiter von Deutsche Welle Radio in Brüssel tätig. Außerdem arbeitete er als [...]

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