Laternenumzug / St. Martin's Day Lantern Parade on Nov. 10, 2009 at the PDX Gernan American School

One of my favorite fall events has always been the Laternenlauf.  The German American School of Portland invites all children to join in this great tradition.  Please see below for details.  Have fun :) 

St. Martins Laternenumzug/St. Martin's Day Lanternparade

Dates:

11/10/2009

Time:	5:45 - 6:15 & 6:30 - 7:30
Ages:	all ages
Cost:	Free

Be part of this annual holiday tradition of sharing and join our students as we parade around the Beaverton library blocks with our handmade lanterns. We have added a story time at the library at 5:45 so you can find out about St. Martin. Refreshments will be served after the parade. For more information please go to our website at www.gspdx.com

 

BACH CANTATA VESPER Nov 1, 2009

BACH CANTATA 

BACH CANTATA VESPERS AT ST. JAMES

SUNDAY November 1 at 5:00 p.m.

Bach Cantata Vespers on Sunday afternoon November 1 at 5 pm in downtown Portland's historic  St. James Lutheran Church will feature  J.S. Bach's Reformation Day Cantata 79, Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild (God the Lord is sun and shield) with soprano, Christine Welch-Elder and bass, Kevin Helppie.

A new motet "That They May Rest" by Carson Cooman will be premiered.  

FREE PARKING in lot at SW 10^th and Columbia.   

Freewill offering supports the Bach Vespers series in its fifth season at St. James. 

 

CONTACT: Nancy Nickel, 503-227 2439

St. James Lutheran Church

1315 SW Park Ave. (corner of SW Park Blocks and Jefferson St.)

Portland, Oregon 

Moviec Night - this Tuesday, Sept. 29

This  Tuesday is movie night! 

Presented at the German Haus, 7901 SE Division St., Portland, OR 97206 

7:30PM  -  $2 /free for members                        

All movies with English subtitles  -  Post-viewing Discussion  -  Refreshments

September 29, 2009

Schultze Gets the Blues 

2003 directed by Michael Schorr

Tagline: It's never too late to re-tune your soul. 

Schultze (played by Horst Krause) has spent his whole life in a small town in Saxon-Anhalt near the river Saale. Schultze's life, divided between work and the pub, the allotment, folk music and fishing, is rudely interrupted when he is made redundant. As entropy sets in and maintaining the daily routine deteriorates into a farce, Schultze discovers a life on the other side of the hill.

All films shown in German with English subtitles

Learn German - Registration at the German Saturday School is open

Now is the time to learn German!

German Saturday School offers a fun way for everyone, toddlers to adults, to learn German.
Classes are small, tuition is low, and the program is award-winning!
Sign up now! Classes start September 19.

For more information, check out our web site:

http://www.gssop.com/

The German American Society of Portland can now be followed on Facebook

Do you have a Facebook Account? Yes? Gerat news, now you can follow the Society on Facebook. Just follow the link, become a fan and you will get automatic updates to events, etc. http://http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/German-American-Society-of-Portland-OR/119043595910?ref=nf

The new Journal is now available...

The new Journal published by the German American Society of Portland is now available. You can read it at http://germanamerican.org/newsletters.htm. Enjoy!

German Play on August 4th, 2009 @ Lewis & Clark College

This sounds like it will be a great event...this was just received :) - Would you please let me know if this was fun? It certainly sounds great. We will be camping and therefore will not be in PDX :(

The Deutsche Sommerschule am Pazifik, America's premier summer institute for German Studies and German language immersion for over half a century, invites you to its annual theater production on Tuesday, August 4th at 7:00 pm --- an original production, "Ich liebe mein Handy...und dich auch." -- in the Fir Acres Theater Complex on the campus of Lewis and Clark College. The play is in German and we hope that you will invite all of your friends and students to attend---admission is free, any donations gladly accepted!

Professor Steven Fuller
German and International Studies.
PSU Director --- Deutsche Sommerschule am Pazifik (DSaP)
fullers@pdx.edu

PS. For information about the Deutsche Sommerschule am Pazifik, please visit our website: www.summer.pdx.edu/dsap

Ich liebe mein Handy?.und dich auch: A one-act Cabaret-inspired piece in German by the Deutsche Sommerschule am Pazifik Theater Troupe

Technology allows for communication at alarmingly fast speeds. Gadgets can accomplish work faster and more efficiently than ever before. But what about our personal lives? What about love? Is it possible for two people to find love in a society that relies on websites, text messaging, and quick fixes? Maybe???

Summer Time = Fun at Mt. Hood National Forest

Is the "summer time" theme getting boring? Oh, well there will still be a couple more ;) Mt. Hood National Forest really is fun any time of year. Sking, snow shoeing, cross country skying in the winter, and wonderful hiking in the summer. You just have to love the area we live in, that is if you love nature ;)

I pretty much spent the entire weekend in the National Forest. On Saturday a group of German women took the Ramon Falls hike. Somewhat like in Germany but yet very different. It is one of the most popular hikes because it is so close to Portland, and also very moderate. It is a 7.1 mile loop. The south side is along a picturesque creek where you would expect fairies, and the north side is somewhat barren. There is an elevation gain of about 1,000 ft., so I really would not recommend this hike for little children. I said a couple of sentences ago, that it is very similar to Germany and you know what? We saw another large group of German's en route, and I read that the Austrians of Portland went hiking "Wandertag" today, Sunday. Do you know where they went? Yup, also to Ramona Falls. It must be the all German hiking spot ;) If you would like to check it out here is the link http://www.oregon.com/hiking/ramona_falls.cfm. There is a picture of Ramona Falls on the site, and you know what? The falls really do look like that. Just amazing...

So I went hiking with girlfriends yesterday, and today we took a family trip out to the Wildwood Recreation area in the Mt. Hood National Forest. Again, just wonderful and I like to take nice walks on Sunday's. Nothing "German" happened...we did not meet any other Germans, but at the fish viewing area a boy asked me whether I spoke a different language to my kids. I said "yes" he then asked whether it was "Japanese", and I then told him that it was "German". It was quite cute. Here is the link for the Wildwood Recreation Area. That is just a fun all around family place http://www.blm.gov/or/resources/recreation/files/brochures/Wildwood_brochure07.pdf.

Summertime = Farmer's Market Time

Who does not love summer. Sunshine, flowers, fruits, and veggies are abundant here in Portland. I just love it, and going to the farmer's market to me is like a celebration of the season. They are so fun, there is music, dancing, food, and of course the highlights of local seasonal fruits, veggies. We went to the Eastbank Market on Thursday and there was even a vendor selling fresh fish. In so many ways Portland is so similar to Germany, yet so different. Tuttlingen has markets twice a week in the spring and summer, but I have yet to see a band and dancing there :) Here are some links, http://www.portlandfarmersmarket.org/, Hollywood Farmer's Market http://hollywoodfarmersmarket.org/, Montavilla (East Side neighborhood) Market http://hollywoodfarmersmarket.org/, Sellwood http://www.morelandfarmersmarket.org, to name a few. Check this link for a listing of markets throughout the State of Oregon http://www.oregonfarmersmarkets.org/directory.html. Enjoy!

Summertime = Campingtime

Last year was my first time camping in Oregon, OK I admit in the United States and you know what? I LOVE it...quite fantastic. We really like tent camping and this year we also discovered Yurt Camping. Wow, is that great!!! It is very, very, very rustic but there is electricity, a table, two chairs, a bunk bed, and a futon. Plus a fire-pit, and picnic bench. Very nice. Oregon State Park calls it "camping lite" and yes it is true. Here is a link to the site describing Yurts...http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/PARKS/rustic.shtml#RUSTIC_YURTS. It is somewhat, remotely, similar to camping with a rented tent. For example, we travelled to France before from the United States and stayed on a campground in an already set up tent. That tent had cots, but different to the Yurt it also had a camping stove, utensils, bedding, etc. So yes, similar but oh so different.

This time we went to Champoeg for the All American, or should I say Oregonian, experience. Great, great campground. It is a "State Heritage Area" and it is easy to imagine what it must have been like for the early settlers. Plus it is less than an hour drive away from Portland. Check it out...here is the link to the park. http://www.oregonstateparks.org/park_113.php Happy camping :)))