04/20/2019 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm - The weather is finally getting warmer, the birds are singing, Easter is ahead- You are invited to an family spring get-together to enjoy German food and kid-friendly activities. Come and get to know other members of the German-speaking communities here in Portland! This year, Nordic Northwest, Zeitgeist Northwest and the Sophie Scholl Schule are celebrating [...]
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04/12/2019 @ 10:15 am - 12:00 pm - Friday, April 12th, 10:20am. Lewis and Clark College, Miller 211 (ILC) Milena Moser will be leading a seminar on her first book, Gebrochene Herzen oder mein erster bis elfter Mord. This event will be held in German and is open to everyone, but requires pre-registration. Please contact catherine@lclark.edu to get more information and/or to register. [...]
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04/11/2019 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm - Thursday, April 11th, 5:30pm. Lewis and Clark College. Miller 102 Milena Moser, one of Switzerland’s most well-known and beloved authors, is coming to Portland, Oregon. She has published 18 books to date, novels, short stories and memoirs. They were translated into nine European languages, three of her novels were adapted for the screen. She wrote [...]
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04/10/2019 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - This film begins with the premise of a silent reproach: The proponents of the Oberhausen Manifesto of 1962 - for many marking the birth of New German Cinema - with their problem-laden work, have stood in the way of a freer, and perhaps more entertaining development of cinema at home. Dominik Graf focuses on some [...]
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03/16/2019 @ 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm - Helau and Alaaf! Together with the German American Society, we’re celebrating what Germans call “the fifth season”- Fasching, Karneval, Fasnacht! The party kicks off at 7pm-11pm. We’ll have a short program, costume contest, yummy food and a DJ playing all the Fasching tunes you know and love. There will be a no-host drinks bar serving [...]
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02/13/2019 @ 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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02/13/2019 @ 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm - Dr. Collenberg- Gonzalez' talk will take place before the screening of the Portland German Film Festival's Monthly Film "Wer, wenn nicht wir?" "Wer wenn nicht wir" is based on a true story and deals with one of the most tumultuous times in post-war (West) German history: The RAF (Red Army Faction) and their resort to [...]
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02/06/2019 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm - Get together, speak German, have fun! We meet the first Wednesday of every month at Golden Valley Brewery in Beaverton. All levels of German speakers are welcome!
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01/29/2019 @ 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!
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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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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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12/02/2018 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm - This is an additional special screening of JIM BUTTON AND LUKE THE ENGINE DRIVER (Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer). In the tradition of special films in Germany for the holiday season, this screening is FREE for all children under 12 yrs and GENERAL ADMISSION is $7.00. SUN. DEC. 2, 2018 @ 3.00 PM @ [...]
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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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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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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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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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10/05/2018 - 10/09/2018 @ All Day - Zeitgeist Northwest presents the 9th Annual Portland German Film Festival, October 5 – 9, 2018 at Cinema 21.
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