03/09/2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Germany – 2019 – 130 minutes Director: Christian Alvart Cast: Trystan Pütter, Felix Kramer, Nora von Waldstätten Former East Germany, 1992. Patrick Stein and Markus Bach, two very different police officers, are commissioned to investigate the disappearance of two female teenagers in a remote area of the country. Did they run away from home or [...]
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02/09/2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Germany 2020, 89 min Director: Andreas Veiel Cast: Edgar Selge, Ulrich Tukur, Nina Kunzendorf, Friederike Becht A court drama, as low-key as it is spectacular, about the climate catastrophe. It is 2034, and 31 nations have filed suit against the Federal Republic of Germany claiming damages for the consequences of climate change. Ecocide moves masterfully [...]
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02/01/2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Come together, speak German, have a bite and a drink! We meet at Stammtisch Restaurant (401 NE 28th Ave, Portland, OR 97232). All levels of German welcome!
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01/12/2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Germany – 2020 – 110 minutes Director: Janna Ji Wonders Cast: Norma Werner, Anna Werner, Frauke Werner, Janna Ji Wonders, Jazon Wonders, Jutta Winkelmann, Rainer Langhans In this personal story about the eternal cycle of life, identity, roots, and self-fulfillment, director Janna Ji Wonders seeks to uncover the secrets of her family’s past and her [...]
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01/04/2022 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Servus, Grüezi und Hallo! Come together, speak German, have a bite and a drink! We meet at Stammtisch Restaurant (401 NE 28th Ave, Portland, OR 97232) every first Tuesday of the Month! All levels of German, German adjacent, and people interested welcome!
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11/12/2021 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm - Even over two centuries after Alexander von Humboldt’s celebrated American expedition (1799-1804), the Prussian naturalist, historian and humanist is well remembered on both sides of the Atlantic. His wide-ranging work, ideas and scientific method continue to be influential to this day. The recognition he received also in the United States is reflected in numerous places [...]
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02/17/2021 @ 6:30 pm - 7:00 pm - We cordially invite you to an online book reading by author Jutta Donath. She will read selections of her recently published memoir: "Refugee: The Journal of an East German Woman." There will be a Q and A with the author afterwards. The event will take place on Wednesday, Feb 17th, 6.00pm-7.30pm. To RSVP, please email [...]
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07/08/2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - In our Monthly Film Series, we will show a variety of GERMAN or GERMAN language films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. On the 2nd Wednesday of each month, audiences will now have a chance to see these films on a regular basis at the CLINTON STREET THEATER. (Children movies will be playing on Sunday afternoons [...]
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06/10/2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - In our Monthly Film Series, we will show a variety of GERMAN or GERMAN language films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. On the 2nd Wednesday of each month, audiences will now have a chance to see these films on a regular basis at the CLINTON STREET THEATER. (Children movies will be playing on Sunday afternoons [...]
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05/13/2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - In our Monthly Film Series, we will show a variety of GERMAN or GERMAN language films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. On the 2nd Wednesday of each month, audiences will now have a chance to see these films on a regular basis at the CLINTON STREET THEATER. (Children movies will be playing on Sunday afternoons [...]
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04/08/2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - In our Monthly Film Series, we will show a variety of GERMAN or GERMAN language films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. On the 2nd Wednesday of each month, audiences will now have a chance to see these films on a regular basis at the CLINTON STREET THEATER. (Children movies will be playing on Sunday afternoons [...]
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03/11/2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - In our Monthly Film Series, we will show a variety of GERMAN or GERMAN language films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. On the 2nd Wednesday of each month, audiences will now have a chance to see these films on a regular basis at the CLINTON STREET THEATER. All films are with English subtitles. WEDNESDAY, March [...]
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02/27/2020 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm - What influence did Friedrich Schiller’s work have on Bertolt Brecht's? How do Schiller and Brecht’s major works on figures of the Thirty Years War inform one another? And had Schiller already established techniques in the late 18th century that scholars and theater practitioners of the 20th century would readily term “Brechtian” and “Epic”? This talk [...]
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02/25/2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Meet, greet, speak German! We're meeting at Stammtisch Restaurant ( 401 NE 28th Ave, Portland, OR 97232) at 7pm. All levels of German speakers welcome!
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02/12/2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - In our Monthly Film Series, we will show a variety of GERMAN or GERMAN language films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. On the 2nd Wednesday of each month, audiences will now have a chance to see these films on a regular basis at the CLINTON STREET THEATER. (Children movies will be playing on Sunday afternoons [...]
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02/08/2020 @ 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm - In German speaking countries, Fasching is the time of the German version of Carnival - dating back hundreds of years. It is a time of feasting, frivolity, parades, parties, masks and costumes. The masks allow participants to hide their identity so they can really cut loose without fear of being identified. Get your costume ready, [...]
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01/28/2020 @ 7:00 pm - This is the first Eastside Stammtisch of the year! We're meeting at Stammtisch Restaurant ( 401 NE 28th Ave, Portland, OR 97232) at 7pm! All levels of German speakers welcome!
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01/15/2020 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - It's the first Stammtisch of the Year! We meet at Golden Valley Brewery (1520 NW Bethany Blvd, Beaverton, OR 97006) at 7pm. All levels of German Speakers are welcome!!
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01/08/2020 @ 7:00 pm - In our Monthly Film Series, we will show a variety of GERMAN or GERMAN language films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. On the 2nd Wednesday of each month, audiences will now have a chance to see these films on a regular basis at the CLINTON STREET THEATER. (Children movies will be playing on Sunday afternoons – please [...]
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12/11/2019 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - In our Monthly Film Series, we will show a variety of GERMAN or GERMAN language films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. On the 2nd Wednesday of each month, audiences will now have a chance to see these films on a regular basis at the CLINTON STREET THEATER. (Children movies will be playing on Sunday afternoons – please [...]
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12/08/2019 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm - The Zeitgeist Holiday Party this year will be held at Fressen Bakery ( 7075 NE Glisan St, Portland, OR 97213), on Dec 8, 2019, from 5pm-7.30. There will be an arts and craft table for the kids, mulled wine and snacks for the grown-ups, live music, and a visit from Sankt Nikolaus, (Krampus will stay [...]
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12/01/2019 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm - In our Monthly Film Series, we will show a variety of GERMAN or GERMAN language films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. On the 2nd Wednesday of each month, audiences will now have a chance to see these films on a regular basis at the CLINTON STREET THEATER. (Children movies will be playing on Sunday afternoons – please [...]
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11/21/2019 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm - Informational Evening on November 21 at 6.30 pm at the German American Society about dual citizenship (Germany - USA) and the process to apply for the retention certificate and US Citizenship. • Did you know that you automatically lose your German nationality if you gain US citizenship WITHOUT applying for retention of German citizenship first? [...]
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11/18/2019 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm - Writer and activist Martin Jankowski will hold a lecture titled: "How to win a Revolution without Bloodshed. East Germany, 1989 and the consequences". Martin Jankowsk is a Berlin based writer and poet who started in the 80ies as a singer-songwriter in the oppositional underground of Leipzig. His texts were banned by the STASI but nevertheless [...]
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11/13/2019 @ 7:00 pm - In our Monthly Film Series, we will show a variety of GERMAN or GERMAN language films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. On the 2nd Wednesday of each month, audiences will now have a chance to see these films on a regular basis at the CLINTON STREET THEATER. (Children movies will be playing on Sunday afternoons [...]
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11/09/2019 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm - Come and join us for our annual traditional German lantern walk (Laternenlauf). We will meet at the Visitor Center at Mt. Tabor Park at 5.30 pm on SATURDAY, Nov 9. Please have your children bring their lanterns so we can enjoy the beautiful lights during our walk up the hill to Mt. Tabor (no candles [...]
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11/06/2019 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm - Get together, speak German, have fun! We meet at Golden Valley Brewery. All levels of German speaker are welcome!
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10/22/2019 - 11/05/2019 @ All Day - The Portland German Film Festival in collaboration with the Northwest Film Forum presents our 4th annual KINOFEST Seattle 2019, We are showing German language films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland on Oct. 22 - Nov. 5, 2019. The annual festival showcases feature films, documentaries and short films that represent the state-of-the-art in German language film [...]
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10/09/2019 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - You know you’ve made it as one of your country’s most famous celebrities when they make a movie about your childhood. Such is All About Me—whose German title translates to The Boy Needs Some Fresh Air—a sweet origin story about Hape Kerkeling, one of Germany’s most beloved comedians and television hosts. It’s 1972 in Germany’s [...]
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10/07/2019 - 10/15/2019 @ All Day - Zeitgeist Northwest, together with the Portland Office of Community and Civic Life proudly presents "Totally East: Life in East Germany”. It features photos by the renowned photographer Harald Hauswald and texts by Stefan Wolle, Scientific Director of the GDR Museum in Berlin. Harald Hauswald, born in 1954 in Radebeul, completed his training in photography in [...]
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10/04/2019 - 10/08/2019 @ 12:00 am - The 2019 Portland German Film Festival happens October 4-8 at Cinema 21. The 10th annual festival is presented by Zeitgeist Northwest - German Culture in PDX Our festival showcases feature films, documentaries and short films that represent the best in German-language cinema. All films are shown in German with English subtitles to allow a broad [...]
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09/11/2019 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - “Wildes Herz” is a film about “Feine Sahne Fischfilet”, one of the most successful German punk rock bands, and their lead singer, Jan “Monchi” Gorkow. A young band who are under surveillance by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, which gives them the right to call themselves the most dangerous band in [...]
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08/14/2019 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - The young teacher Konrad Koch is hired to teach English at a strictly-run German school for boys in 1874. The reform-minded headmaster von Merfeld has hired Koch as one of the very first English teachers of all at a German secondary school in order to let a fresh new wind into his musty institution. Koch [...]
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07/17/2019 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Ulli Lust, author of the LA Times Book Prize-winning graphic memoir Today Is the Last day of the Rest of Your Life, joins us to celebrate the launch of her new book, How I Tried to Be a Good Person. How I Tried to Be a Good Person is a story of sexual obsession, gender [...]
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07/10/2019 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - WED. July 10, 2019 – 7:00 PM Germany, 1985, 86 min. Director: Percy Adlon Cast: Marianne Sägebrecht, Eisi Gulp, Toni Berger, Manuela Denz She lies on the surface of a swimming pool like a dead woman. It’s a symbol of her stagnant life: a fat, unattractive woman, 38 years old, who works at a funeral [...]
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06/12/2019 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - CELEBRATING PRIDE MONTH Germany's infamous Paragraph 175, which had made sexual acts between men a criminal offence since 1872, was only officially repealed in 1994. However, since the 1960s - with West Berlin being the only place were men could at least dance with other men - there had been public locales there, which became [...]
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06/05/2019 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Meet us for our monthly Westside Stammtisch on the first Wednesday of every month at Golden Valley Brewery in Beaverton. German speakers of all levels are welcome!
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05/28/2019 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Get together, speak German, have fun! We meet on the last Tuesday of every month at Stammtisch Restaurant All levels of German speaker are welcome! We're looking forward to you all!
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05/08/2019 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Germany in the 90s: Art critic Sebastian Zöllner is on the hunt for glory. He wants to write a tell-all book about Manuel Kaminski, a once prominent, now almost forgotten painter, pupil of Matisse and friend of Picasso, who’s retreated to a chalet in Graubünden and has long been blind. Zöllner tracks him down, unscrupulously [...]
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05/01/2019 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Meet us for our monthly Westside Stammtisch on the first Wednesday of every month at Golden Valley Brewery in Beaverton. German speakers of all levels are welcome!
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