I am a volunteer for the Carnival Ticket Sales Committee representing the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo. Through the sales of HALF PRICE carnival packs and admission tickets and the solicitation of donations, our dedicated volunteers raised more than $7.8 million last year alone to help support the Show’s mission […]
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The Texas German Society Announces its 33rd Annual Convention
Many of you came to see Dr. Hans Boas at the Houston-Leipzig Sister City Association’s meeting on January 28, 2016, when he told us about his Texas German Language Program at the University of Texas. Now you can experience Texas Germans and their customs, as they were passed down, in […]
Wim Wenders: “Portraits Along the Road” at the MFAH
Our friends at the Museum of Fine Arts would like to invite you to the screening of Wim Wenders’ “road trilogy,” or more formally, “Wim Wenders: Portraits Along the Road.” This international celebration of German filmmaker Wim Wenders, features new digital restorations. First earning an international reputation as a cofounder […]
Houston Grand Opera Supports the German Institute for the Southwest
Thank you to Houston Grand Opera! We are pleased to announce that the Houston Grand Opera has granted a ticket discount of 20% to friends and members of the German Institute for the Southwest! Just call 713-228-6737 and order your ticket with promotional code 5107. HGO is currently presenting two […]
2016 Reading Discovery Program Highlights Power of Technology to Enhance the Reading Experience
COLLEGE STATION, Jan, 22, 2015 — On Thursday, January 28 at 10 a.m., the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum and Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital content for K-12 classrooms, are partnering for the second year in a row to present a unique distance learning opportunity for students […]
Houston-Leipzig Presents: Prof. Hans Boas on “Culture in Language: The Texas German Dialect Project”
Imagine yourself as an Assistant Professor of Linguistics and German at the University of Texas about fifteen years ago, eating lunch in a diner deep in Central Texas. You have dedicated your life to the German language and the people who speak it, and all of sudden a couple of […]
It’s Time to Register for Classes
Many of you have written to us inquiring about the courses that we will be teaching in 2016, and on what levels of instruction. During the 10-week course, beginning January 18, 2016, we offer three classes: beginning, intermediate, and advanced German in different class rooms. These levels correspond more or […]
Judges Needed for Houstonfest 2016
Dear speakers and friends of the German language, I would like to invite you to help promote the study of the German language in the Houston area by serving as a “judge” at the Houstonfest German contest. Some of you have helped us before, and for others it would be […]