UHM Calendar of Events

- German Club Events at UHM:

MUSIKTREFFEN - Mon. 4. March, 2013 - 1:30-2:30 pm - Moore Hall 107

Join us to sing songs in German! Musical instruments warmly welcome and invited!

International Fair - Wed. 6. March, 2013 - 10:00-2:00 pm - Shidler College of Business

The German Club will be tabling at the International Fair at Shidler College of Business. Stop by and visit.

KAFFEEKLATSCH + KARTOFFELSALAT - Mon. 11. March, 2013 - 1:30-2:30 pm - Moore Hall 107

STAMMTISCH! - Fridays - 3:00 - 4:00 pm - Manoa Garten.

                         Join us for German conversation. All levels welcome!

GERMAN FILM SERIES - This spring, films screen in conjunction with LLEA 342 - Fascism and Propaganda.

                         Wed. 20. March. 2013 - 2:30 pm - Moore Hall 259 - Olympia (1938) - Dir. Leni Riefenstahl

                         In German with English sub-titles.

WHITE ROSE EXHIBIT - On view UHM Hamilton Library’s Bridge Gallery through Friday, March 22, 2013.

This exhibit on loan through the White Rose Foundation, Munich, Germany and made possible

with the generous support of the German Consulate of San Francisco; the Honorary Consul of the 

Federal Republic of Germany in Hawaii; the College of Languages, Linguistics and Literature;

and the University of Hawaii at Manoa's Hamilton Library. Mahalo! Catch it this month before it goes!

- Austrian, German, Swiss Events in Honolulu:

Brettl Jausn - Sat. March 2 - 3:00 pm - Kapiolani Park - Archery Field

Pack a blanket and a picnic basket and join a picnic with real Austrian bread! Bread and butter will be provided.

Bring the rest! 

Kaffeeklatsch - Sun. March 3 - 4-8 pm - Allerstorfer's residence - Screening of Visions of Austria (2010) - a film showcasing

the beauty of Austria, from 6-7 pm. Max 35 guests. Must be a member of the Austrian Association of Hawaii.

For more information: http://www.austriansinhawaii.org/

Remembrance (2011) - Dir. Anna Justice - Tues. Mar 5 - 1 pm; Fri. Mar 8 - 1 pm: Sat. Mar 9 - 7:30 pm; Wed. Mar 13 - 7:30 pm

Inspired by actual events, Remembrance depicts a love story that blossomed in a concentration camp in Poland in 1944.

Russian, German, English, Polish with English sub-titles. Hawai'i premiere.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sZJaNMIedo

Info: honolulumuseum.org/events/films/13446-remembrance_die_verlorene_zeit

My Best Enemy (2011)-Dir. Wolfgang Murnberger-Th. Mar 7 - 1 pm; Sun. Mar 10 - 7:30 pm; Wed. Mar 13 - 1 pm; Th. Mar 14 - 1 pm

The producers of the Academy Award-winning The Counterfeiters are back with this audacious caper comedy. Victor Kaufmann, the son of wealthy Jewish art gallery owners in Vienna, is best buddies with their housekeeper’s son Rudi Smekal. When the Nazis annex Austria, Rudi enlists and betrays Victor by revealing a Michelangelo sketch the Kaufmanns have hidden in their home. Then in a twist of fate, Rudi and Victor, a prisoner of the Germans, are led to swap identities as they vie to recover the priceless drawing, promised as a gift from the Führer to Mussolini. Hawai'i premiere.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFDxMTI4_dk

Info: honolulumuseum.org/events/films/13448-my_best_enemy_mein_bester_feind

Wanderlust! Hiking, tja und etwas deutsch! - Sun. March 10 - 10:00 am - 1:00 pm - Pillboxes Trail

For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/155654091258433/

Aloha, Mozart by Waimea Williams - Sun. March 10 - 4:00 pm - Book Launch at Na Mea Hawaii, Ward Warehouse 

A new novel about a singer from Hawai'i who goes from hotel entertainer to performing opera in Salzburg, Austria. She finds a glamorous life there on the international stage bu the price is her soul.

" ... beautifully written" A book by "a real writer, able to shape material dramatically and emotionally."

-- Bob Green, Honolulu Weekly

Waimea Williams is the author of a 2004 memoir about growing up on Kaua'i in the territorial days.

Strandtisch - Sat. March. 16, 2013 - 4:00 pm - Kaimana Beach

           Strandtisch meets the third Saturday of every month at Kaimana Beach at 4:00 pm.

           It is geared to German-speaking people from everywhere and anywhere!

           For more information, contact Jens Trumpa: info@strandtisch.com

Want to get your child learning German early (so that they be a future UHM German major)?

Great news! A new German school has opened on Oahu. For more information,

contact Eva at eva@hawaiikinder.com or Lucie at lucie@hawaiikinder.com.

Love and miss good Austrian bread? Look no further! It's now available in Hawaii!

Contact Stephanie Schmid to order your loaf: mail@stephanieschmid.at

For more information, visit: www.stephaniesbread.eu

For more information about the German Club, please

contact Anna Hawajska-Waters, German Club Coordinator, hawajska@hawaii.edu

For more information about the German Division - such as the German major or minor  - please

contact Professor Maryann Overstreet, Chair, German Division at overst@hawaii.edu.

We're also on Facebook! Simply do a search under groups for "Der Deutschklub - UH."

Hope to see you at one or more of these events this semester.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / With best regards,

         Christina Gerhardt