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

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Call for Entries: Photo Exhibit 2009

I would like to pass this along to everybody... The German American Society of Portland is calling for entries for a 2009 Photo Exhibit on the topic "After the Wall - Changes in a German Landscape".

The German American Society of Portland will commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the "Mauerfall" in November 2009 by offering a week of cultural activities. Part of this diverse cultural program will be the planned photo exhibit "After the Wall - Changes in a German Landscape". The photo exhibit will be shown at Portland City Hall.

We are looking for digital images that we can print in a 16x20 format. We are less interested in technical perfection (although that is welcome!) and more interested in images that represent the changes, challenges and achievements resulting from re-unification. Landscapes, Cityscapes, portraits and, of course, images of the wall or its remnants are all welcome.

If you are interested to submit your photographs please follow the attached submission guidelines and send your work to info@germanamerican.org, with Photo exhibit in the subject header.

Deadline is August 30, 2009.

Submission Guidelines

2009 Photo Exhibit

After the Wall

Changes in a German Landscape

The German American Society is seeking photographs for an exhibition at Portland City Hall to commemorate the 20^th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall in November. We are particularly interested in images that depict changes in Berlin and the former East German States over the last two decades, as well as photographs that reveal glimpses of the political upheaval following reunification on both sides of the country.

• COPYRIGHT: The copyright remains with the photographer, although by entering you authorize the German American Society to print, frame and show the images in the exhibit without compensation

· ELIGIBILITY: Open to amateur and professional photographers of all nationalities

· SUBMISSION: All photos must be submitted in a digital form by email or on a CD. Mailed CD's cannot be returned. There is no maximum file size for photo submissions on a CD. E-mailed photos should be in JPEG format with a file size of 3 MB or smaller per email. The final dpi needs to support 16x20 prints.

· RESTRICTIONS: you may submit up to five (5) photos

• ENTRY DEADLINE: August 30, 2009

To submit photos, please mail to info@germanamerican.org

German American Society

7901 SE Division St.

Portland, OR 97206

Please include your name, address, city, state, zip code, daytime phone number, email and description of your photo including where and when the photo was taken.

We will print and frame the selected works at our cost and announce the chosen images on our website. Depending on interest, the exhibit might travel to other German organizations in the country.

Lufthansa to end non-stop flight to PDX

The sad news was in the Oregonian yesterday.  Lufthansa is ending it's non-stop service between Frankfurt and PDX. They may bring it back next year....so maybe if we ALL complain we can get them to change their mind and they will cancel the Seattle flight instead?  What do you think? Certainly would love to get some feedback from everybody.  Here is the link

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/07/lufthansa_to_end_portlandfrank.html

German Movie "Jerichow" at the Hollywood Theater

Starting June 26, 2009 through July 2nd, 2009. Jerichow will be playing at the Hollywood Theater in NE Portland. The movie theater is located at 4122 NE Sandy. Here is a link to the movie http://www.cinemaguild.com/jerichow/. It will be shown in German with English subtitles.

I don't know about you, but I will definitively go and see the movie. Have fun!

The taste of home...

I am getting ready for a girls weekend including a great hike and am just so excited. Its a "German Girls Weekend" and I just went to pick-up our snack (Vesper) for the hike. Do you want to know what I got?! Laugenstangen, Pretzelbread...yum. I already ate mine, as I could no longer wait. They are just so, so, so delicious. - FYI - he can also make Brezeln if you pre-order. Minimum is 24 pcs (but I am sure they will freeze great) and he needs a couple of days lead-time. So who is the "he"...My little t American Baker http://www.littletbaker.com/ located at the corner of 26th and Division. If you have not yet checked it out, go...just to forewarn you so today there may not be a lot of Laugenstangen left over as I got a bunch of them ;)

Interested in German movie's?

Are you interested to see German movies? Once a month movies are shown at the Deutsche Haus at 7901 SE Division in Portland. There will also be a children's movie on March 1st. I hope you take advantage of this. The schedule is posted under "Events"...

The new Journal is available online :)

I just put updated the link to the new Journal...Enjoy :)

Sunny Days call for a visit to the Playground

PICTURE TO THE LEFT IS WASHINGTON PARK - TO THE RIGHT IS BERLIN ZOO

It is sunny here - yes, it does not always rain in PDX...- so yesterday we all went to a trip to the best playground in town in Washington Park right by the Rose Garden. What fun everyone had. there are several slides, places to climb, swings, etc. . It is a really fun playground, but I have to

have to say that it is not quite the same as German playgrounds. Why? For one, the slides are steeper, there are more things to do, just very different. So truth be said, the playground here is perfect for the 2 year old, but for our 4 year old the German playground really had a lot more to offer. When we were in Berlin we visited the Berlin Zoo (and no, we did not see Knut). WOW - what a playground!!! The play structure looks like a ship, and you can climb, slide, down...I think Alena could have played on the structure for hours. Swings were made out of recycled tires (isn't that cool?). That of course was an extraordinary playground, but besides that I really found that the German playgrounds offered a little more for young kids. What do you think? Let me know. I love to hear from you.

Here are the links - If you are looking for a great playground in Portland, go to Washington Park http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/finder/index.cfm?action=ViewPark&PropertyID=841 - It really is fun, and both kids could have spent hours there as well.

For more information about the Berlin Zoo go to http://www.zoo-berlin.de/en/

Are you looking to connect with other German speakers in PDX?

Are you looking to connect with other German speakers in PDX but have not found any of us? Don't worry any longer, there are so many of us that it is hard not to find contact and make friends. Below is the information on a few groups here in PDX...

www.germanamerican.org --> German American Society of Portland also includes sister clubs, and links to other events such as Stammtisch, Spielgruppe, etc. This is a good starting point as there are many great events, a monthly journal, etc.

http://www.austrianspdx.org/ --> Austrian American Society of Oregon

http://german.meetup.com/493/ Meetup Group "Deutsche Maedels of the Northwest"

http://german.meetup.com/390/ Deutscher Stammtisch (note there are two)

There is also a Women's Group, a German mother's group, etc. Please contact me to get more information on any of these groups.