PGFF Monthly Film Series: Bornholmer Strasse

01/09/2019 @ 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 [...]
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Zeitgeist Northwest Holiday Party

12/15/2018 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm - Please join us on Saturday Dec 15 from 5-8pm at the Regent's Center (3185 NE Regent's Drive, Portland). There will be an arts and craft table for the kids, mulled wine and snacks for the grown-ups, live music, a photo booth, and a visit from Sankt Nikolaus, (Krampus will stay home, though). This year, music [...]
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Law Talk- Dual Citizenship US-Germany (Nov 15)

11/15/2018 @ 6:40 pm - 7:40 pm - Informational Evening on November 15, 2018 at 6:40 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 [...]
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Annual Lantern Walk

11/10/2018 @ 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 10. 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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Susan Bernofsky Lecture: Reading from Jenny Erpenbeck’s “Go, Went, Gone”

10/19/2018 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Susan will read excerpts from her most recent translation, Jenny Erpenbeck’s “Go, went, gone” (gehen, ging, gegangen). The novel is about Richard, a retired classics professor who lives in Berlin. Richard lives a routine existence until one day he spies some African refugees staging a hunger strike. Curiosity turns to compassion, as he visits their [...]
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Oct 19: Translation Workshop with Susan Bernofsky

10/19/2018 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm - Oct 19: 2-4 pm Workshop:  An Introduction to Literary Translation  This introductory workshop will familiarize you with the basic tools you’ll need to approach literary translation if you’re new to it, and provide insights into key issues for more experienced practitioners. No particular foreign-language skills or previous experience required. You’ll never look at a translated book [...]
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