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Concert will benefit Beacon exchange program Ten years ago, singer and actor Kelly Ellenwood lost her voice after contracting whooping cough, an ironic twist because for four years she played the part of an opera prima donna who began singing like a frog in The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. To help regain the vocalizing, in 2016 she joined Stephen Clair (guitar) and Kathleen Bosman (violin, viola) to perform songs by German American composer Kurt Weill and French chanteuse Edith Piaf. On June 22, at 6 p.m., the Saint Rita trio (supported by Nate Allen and Brad Hubbard) will perform a program called Lost & Found at the Howland Cultural Center in Beacon featuring deep cuts and popular songs from the pair's repertoire. The show is a benefit for Beacon High School's German American Partnership Program, established in 2022 with support from the German founders of the Beacon-based software firm Docuware. It brings foreign students to Beacon in October. On June 28, to complete the annual exchange, 18 Beacon teens and two teachers leave for Munich. Ellenwood, known for getting things done around town, got the call and implemented the nuts and bolts with the Parent Teacher Student Organization. This year, with help from the U.S. State Department and the Goethe Institute in Manhattan, the school district took over responsibility for its administration. Growing up in Nebraska, Ellenwood studied in Finland as an exchange student and aimed to be a diplomat, but the arts beckoned. There is no German language program at Beacon High School, she says, but "last year, a bunch of students, led by Skylar Clair, started a German study group and some of the kids are going this year, so this is changing lives." Rita, "patron saint of the impossible," says Ellenwood, is also the name of a new 100-seat music venue at the KuBe Art Center that she and her family plan to open with trombonist Dick Griffin on July 19 in the former high school's band room. Relevant to the concert, Piaf is said to have asked friends "to pray for Saint Rita, patron saint of lost causes" before her death from liver cancer in 1963 at age 47. The June 22 show will include Piaf's most popular song, "La Vie En Rose," which sold 1 million discs in the U.S. when released as a single in 1947. After Mack David translated the lyrics into English in 1950, eight artists charted with it, including Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong. Weill fused pop and classical music and collaborated with Ogden Nash, Bertolt Brecht and Ira Gershwin, among others. His hits include "Mack the Knife," "Bilbao Song" and "Alabama Song" (covered as "Whisky Bar" on the first album by The Doors). "We do a down-and-dirty version" of the latter, says Ellenwood, which is saying something because the song is about "prostitutes looking for the next trick - sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll - in 1930." The Howland Cultural Center is located at 477 Main St. in Beacon. Tickets are $20 at dub.sh/saint-rita-show.

In episode 107, The Occupational Philosophers chat with the highly curious Dr Jochen Schweitzer: Strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship researcher and education leader at UTS, director Executive MBA, advisor and author.  His research, teaching and consulting focus on issues of strategy, collaboration, entrepreneurship and innovation with a special interest in design thinking, emerging technologies and open innovation.  Jochen was a visiting Scholar at Stanford University and Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) School of Design Thinking at Potsdam University. Before joining the UTS Business School, he taught at the UTS schools of Design and Architecture and Macquarie University. Jochen is a passionate educator who has taught at universities in the UK, Japan, China, the US, Germany, the Netherlands and New Zealand and won numerous awards, too many to mention.  He was a principal at PricewaterhouseCoopers, a production engineer at Volkswagen and a program manager at the Goethe Institute. Jochen is also the founder of U.lab, an interdisciplinary think tank and platform for innovation projects. Apart from his academic pursuits, Jochen is an active member of the entrepreneurship community and has mentored and advised numerous startups.  Interesting titles from co-authored papers  A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Studying Strategy Herding cats to co-create cross-university courses in record time Avoid being the Turkey: How big data analytics changes the game of strategy in times of ambiguity and uncertainty So a very interesting guest!!  In this episode, the Occupational Philosophers explore: The five key attributes for an entrepreneurial mindset and behaviours  How entrepreneurialism comes from 'doing it' The importance of building your own startup  How Stoicism is a key part of entrepreneurialism  What 90% of startups that failed haven't found  The challenge of implementing design and design thinking in organisations  If you want to solve a problem, start with what pisses you off  Failing that, ask “what do you desire and what makes you itch?”  Find your tribe, find your network, maintain it  Why boards need to embrace curiosity and look around the corner  What is Design Thinking?  As always, there is a thought experiment to stretch the mind. In this episode, it's Ferret or Fantasy? The start-up world animal kingdom. There are also some listener questions, which are always a treat.  The Occupational Philosophers hope you enjoy listening to the show as much as they did making it.  Jochen Links Linktree (all links): https://linktr.ee/jochenschweitzer UTS Academic Profile: https://profiles.uts.edu.au/jochen.schweitzer  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jochenschweitzer Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3aWHIb4AAAAJ ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jochen-Schweitzer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1807-6720 Academia.edu: https://uts-academia.academia.edu/JochenSchweitzer Personal/Project Website: https://besyd.com Say Hello www.occupationalphilosophers.com Their day jobs: JOHN: https://www.bowlandconsulting.com/ SIMON: www.simonbanks.com.au SIMON SHOWREEL: https://youtu.be/YZQdJI6qGvg    

This year's German Film Festival starts on April 30. Until the end of May, you can watch over 40 German-language films in eight cities across Australia. The festival is co-organized by the Goethe Institute Australia. During a pre-screening in Melbourne, we met the director of the Goethe Institute, Christoph Mücher. We asked him for an insight into this year's program. - Am 30. April startet das diesjährige German Film Festival. Bis Ende Mai können Sie in acht Städten über 40 deutschsprachige Filme sehen. Das Festival wird vom Goethe Institut Australien mitorganisiert. Bei einer Vorab-Vorführung in Melbourne haben wir den Direktor des Goethe Instituts, Christoph Mücher, getroffen und ihn um einen Einblick in das diesjährige Programm gebeten.

Nach der Verhaftung des Istanbuler Bürgermeisters Ekrem Imamoglu sieht Johannes Ebert, Generalsekretär der Goethe-Institute, einen Anstieg der Anmeldungen für Deutschkurse in der Türkei.

I am joined in this podcast by Barbara Ludwig to discuss her experience of CJD, the disease that her husband Jürgen died from, and which she narrated in her excellent memoir No Time To Cry. She explained how and why she was able to assume and convey her husband's perspective of his illness experience, and how she used the title of the book to convey the importance of time in context of illness.Barbara explored Jürgen's early symptoms with walking difficulty and anxiety, and how this progressed to disorientation and paranoid jealousy. She also captured the uncertainty that trailed his early diagnostic process as all investigations initially failed to confirm a diagnosis, and the uncertainty of how long he had to live. She discussed how he was initially thought to have multiple sclerosis and then a psychological disorder, and how the diagnosis of sporadic CJD was eventually confirmed by spinal fluid analysis, and later by post-mortem examination.Barbara also explored the burdensome care that Jürgen required, initially provided by her, but eventually by a nursing home where his terminal illness played out. We also discussed how she has coped since the death of Jurgen.Barbara Ludwig grew up in the western part of Berlin. She met Jürgen during her training in local government. They went to Australia after their wedding, and then to Lake Constance in the south of Germany near the border to the Swiss. She worked at the university there whilst Jürgen studied. They then moved to Munich where she worked for many years at the Goethe Institute as head of human resources. Today she writes Mallorca crime novels with passion, and she has been living for five years with her new partner in Bad Orb in the Spessart, near Frankfurt. Her latest book is 'Do You Love the Sea?'

You read the title! Next month, Gil is teaching a class on Kant's Critique of Pure Reason at the Goethe Institute in downtown Chicago through the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research.Enrollments are now open for anyone interested. Check out the course description and sign up here:https://thebrooklyninstitute.com/items/courses/new-york/kants-critique-of-pure-reason-chicago/Hope to see some of you there!leftofphilosophy.comMusic: Titanium by AlisiaBeats

In the Season 5 premiere, Anna McCorvey RA, LEED AP BD+C talks about inspiring professional journey and her mission-driven work. Anna shares the story behind founding the River East Design Center (REDC) in Southeast D.C., emphasizing its focus on addressing community needs before initiating design projects. She discusses the center's focus on educational outreach and conceptual design services, aiming to empower local residents with crucial information. Anna also opens up about her role as an Equitable Development Manager at the Building Bridges Across the River (11th Street Bridge Park Project), her fellowship experience with the Goethe Institute and why authentic community engagement is critical to meaningful change. The episode concludes with reflections on her personal backgrounds and shared passion for community-focused design. Anna McCorvey is a practicing architect in Washington, DC whose initial interest in architecture was spiked at an early age through public housing. At the early age of 5 she noticed the subtle and sometimes flagrant differences between the housing and schools from one part of town to the next. Her desire to understand these differences and address them led her to a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Howard University and a Master of City Planning degree from the University of California Berkeley with a housing and community development emphasis. Upon graduating, she spent 6 years working on affordable and low-income housing developments, schools, day care facilities and recreation centers, many of which were in some of DC's most underserved communities. With a strengthened commitment to design equity in underserved communities, she founded The River East Design Center (REDC) in 2018. As a nonprofit community design center, REDC is a resource to communities that desire to learn more about architecture and planning and be active in development projects in their neighborhoods. After designing a mobile retail kiosk for one of the 11th Street Bridge Park's small business initiatives, Anna was invited to join the 11th Street Bridge Park team as their Senior Equitable Development. In this role, Anna oversees a series of programs designed to prevent displacement in communities surrounding the park by equipping residents and businesses to thrive in future economic changes. In these various capacities, Anna regularly leads workshops and discussions on community engagement, community centered design, and issues of diversity representation within the design professions. This work awarded her the honor of being a 2021 Public Interest Design Fellow with the DC Public Library and the Goethe Institute and the recipient 2023 Wieb Award for Architecture in the Public Interest. Anna is a resident of DC's Anacostia neighborhood and enjoys short runs along the Anacostia River, traveling anywhere she's never been and Sunday night funk music at JoJo 's Restaurant. Get to know Anna_Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTrymkOUdbk https://dcplpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/all-things-creative-reimagining-civic-engagement-and-participatory-planning

Greetings Glocal Citizens! This week is the finale of our writing as activism series at the 2024 Pa Gya! Literary Festival (https://writersprojectghana.com/pagyafest/). It has been such a pleasure bringing the works and words of these writers to a wider audience. It has been a wonderful multi-generational compilation of wisdom across genres. Joining us this week is Ivana Akotowaa Ofori, a Ghanaian storyteller known also by the alias, “The Spider Kid.” She is a weaver of words in many forms, including fiction, non-fiction and spoken-word poetry. Akotowaa has been nominated for various awards for her prose writing. Her work is included in the Flash Fiction Ghana anthology, Kenkey for Ewes and Other Very Short Stories, and the Writivism anthology, And Morning Will Come. She is also included in the Africa Risen Anthology 2022 (http://Tor.com) with her short story, “Exiles of Witchery”. Akotowaa's debut novella, The Year of Return (2023) (https://www.android-press.com/product-page/the-year-of-return-paperback) has been published in the US with Android Press and in West Africa with Smartline Publishers. Writing aside, Akotowaa spends much of her time looking for excuses to make everything purple and this imaginative, playful spirit definitely shines through our conversation. Where to find Akotowaa? On Akotowaa's Blog (https://akotowaa.wordpress.com/) On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivana-akotowaa-ofori-60b54620a/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/akotowaa/?hl=en) On X (https://x.com/_akotowaa?lang=en) On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/Akotowaavimusic/) What's Akotowaa watching? Dr. Who (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who) Sherlock (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_(TV_series)) What's Akotowaa reading? The Color Purple by Alica Walker (https://alicewalkersgarden.com/books/book-the-color-purple/) How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair (https://safiyasinclair.com/home-how-to-say-babylon) Saltwater Slavery by Stephanie E. Smallwood (https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674030688) Manchester Happened by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (https://jennifermakumbi.net/portfolio-item/manchester-happened-lets-tell-this-story-properly/) Nightbloom by Peace Adzo Medie (https://www.peacemedie.com) Other topics of interest: Black Girls Glow (https://blackgirlsglow.org) and the KOSHKA Sound Residency (https://youtu.be/NAG6rKJEoE4?si=NScETAJX-wS8lMDf) Burma Camp, Accra (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana_Armed_Forces) About Roald Dahl (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl) Ananasesem (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1762627273941978&id=142243112647077&set=a.1201015243436520#) About Kente Cloth (https://umaine.edu/hudsonmuseum/teacher-resources/games-crafts/kente-cloth-project/#:~:text=The%20origin%20is%20explained%20in,use%20materials%20to%20weave%20kente.) Special Guest: Ivana Akotowaa Ofori.

If you've ever shown up to a bar on a Sunday afternoon or listened to a concert at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, you've experienced firsthand the lasting impact of German culture in the city. Last episode, we went to Christkindlmarket, one of the most prominent examples of German culture in Chicago. There are key organizations like the Goethe Institute and DANK Haus. But there are also more subtle, everyday activities we participate in that would be different had German immigrants never settled in this area, centuries ago. Curious City host Erin Allen talks to two experts on German language and culture. They discuss how it has shaped Chicago's history and present, from the products we consume to the rights and freedoms we enjoy.

New Month Greetings Glocal Citizens! The first Tuesday in November represents the official US election day. As polling evolves for higher participation and greater inclusion, most states offer early voting so millions have already cast thier votes. Throughout this year of elections across the globe, the build up to the two where I have a say, the United States and Ghana, has played a critical role in inspiring my most activist self to move the dial in different ways toward manifesting a new world. Coincidentally, this week on the podcast kicks off our Writing as Activism series in coordination with the Pa Gya! Literary Festival in Accra. Recorded live at the eighth installment of the festivaland in the days that followed, starting the panel, Writing as Activism: Ghanaian Voices and Pan-African Perspectives Across Genres, the conversation starts with a distinguished voices covering works of poetry, screenwriting, and nonfiction scholarship with: Nicole Amarteifio is an acclaimed Ghanaian-American TV/film writer, director, and producer. She successfully launched the hit web series 'An African City' - dubbed by CNN and the BBC as Africa's answer to ‘Sex and the City'. Returning Glocal Citizen, Nydia A. Swaby is a Black feminist artist, researcher and curator. Her practice engages archives, autoethnography, photography, the moving image, and the imagination to explore the gendered, diasporic and affective dimensions of Black being and becoming. In addition to curating artistic programmes, she creates visual narratives, research and performance texts. Nydia's first book, Amy Ashwood Garvey and the Future of Black Feminist Archives, was published by Lawrence Wishart in October 2024 as part of LW's Radical Black Women book series. She is also developing an artist film, Amy and Me in the Archive, which will be screened at the forthcoming Singapore International Photography Festival 2024. And Poet Laureate of Jamaica, Kwame Dawes, author of numerous books of poetry and other books of fiction, criticism, and essays. His most recent collection is Sturge Town (Peepal Tree Press, UK 2023). Dawes is Professor of Literary Arts at Brown University. He teaches in the Pacific MFA Program and is the Series Editor of the African Poetry Book Series, Director of the African Poetry Book Fund, and Artistic Director of the Calabash International Literary Festival. He is a Chancellor for the Academy of American Poets and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Kwame Dawes is the winner of the prestigious Windham/Campbell Award for Poetry and was a finalist for the 2022 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. In 2022 Dawes was awarded the Order of Distinction Commander class by the Government of Jamaica. He is the Poet Laureate of Jamaica (2024-2027). Click through to find out more about the Pa Gya! Literary Festival and the Writer's Project Ghana (https://writersprojectghana.com/pagyafest/) and watch this and other festival panels at WPGTV (https://www.youtube.com/@wpgtv3685). Where to find Nicole? On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoleamarteifio/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/amerleyproductions/) On Facebook (https://web.facebook.com/nicolelovesghana/?_rdc=1&_rdr) On YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/AnAfricanCity) On X (https://x.com/allthingsafrica) Where to find Kwame? On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kwame-dawes-2a23943b/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/kwame.dawes/?hl=en) On X (https://x.com/kwamedawes?lang=en) On Facebook (https://web.facebook.com/KwameDawes/?_rdc=1&_rdr) Where to find Nydia? On Glocal Citizens (https://glocalcitizens.fireside.fm/guests/nydia-swaby) On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nydia-a-swaby-85a04132/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/nydiaswaby/) On X (https://x.com/NydiaSwaby) Other topics of interest and the Essential Pan-African Activism reading list coming soon! *This audio recording has been edited for clarity from the original video recording. Special Guests: Kwame Dawes, Nicole Amarteifio, and Nydia Swaby.

Our host, Adrian Ellis speaks to Ore Disu, Director of The Institute, Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) on the mission and vision of MOWAA and how the institution is thinking about culture, museum praxis and the very idea of “The Museum” differently and within the African context.External references:MOWAA website: https://wearemowaa.org/Museum of West African Art Announces the Opening of the MOWAA Institute: https://wearemowaa.org/mowaa-institute-launch-announcement/The National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM): https://museum.ng/Igun Street: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igun_StreetBenin Bronzes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin_Bronzes Guest bio:Ore Disu has led the MOWAA Institute since January 2022 as its first Director, bringing to it more than a decade of experience in cultural programming, research, and stakeholder management for early-stage organizations. Educated at the University of Cambridge (BA in Architecture) and University College London (MSc in Urban Development Planning), she has implemented grants and contributed to the efforts of non-profit organizations including the Ford Foundation, Goethe Institute, Institute for Liberty and Democracy, Overseas Development Institute, Heinrich Böll Foundation, and the Africa Centre for Cities. From 2016 through 2019, she served in the UK's Department for International Development as Senior Research Partnerships Manager for the agency's governance and accountability program in Nigeria. She subsequently moved to a multi-national social enterprise, serving as the Government Relations and Partnerships Lead for pilot programs in Uganda, India, and Nigeria. She has been active as a consultant as the founding Executive Director of Nsibidi Institute in Lagos, Nigeria, and as an Associate of the UK-based firm The Policy Practice.

Melbourne can finally celebrate a German Week, with lots of culture, music, games and, of course, German food. Thanks to many tireless organizers and supporters, it will kick of on October 20th. Event Director Martin Brütsch and the coordinator of the Goethe Institute's cultural program, Gaby Urban provide information about the colorful program. - Endlich darf auch Melbourne eine German Week feiern, mit viel Kultur, Musik, Spiel und natürlich deutschem Essen. Dank vieler unermüdlicher Organisatoren und Unterstützer kann es am 20. Oktober losgehen. Event Director Martin Brütsch und die Koordinatorin des Kulturprogramms des Goethe- Instituts, Gaby Urban, informieren über das bunte Programm.

A pianist who The New Yorker described as “New York's queen of avant-garde piano”, Lisa Moore has performed with the London Sinfonietta, Australian Chamber Orchestra, the Sydney, Canberra and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras to name just a few, and has played under the baton of luminaries like Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, David Robertson and Edo de Waart. She's appeared in venues from Carnegie Hall to the Sydney Opera House, and been part of over 30 albums. Lisa has made her career performing music of living composers. In this conversation she speaks with great passion about this music, sharing great insights about it plus her career journey as a modern pianist. Since recording this interview, Lisa is happy to announce the release in early 2025 of the new album from Crux Duo, a collaboration between herself and clarinettist Lloyd Van't Hoff. Called My Place, it's a compilation of modern Australian and American works written and arranged especially for them, including by Elena Kats-Chernin, Erik Griswold, Nick Russoniello, Harriet Steinke, and Martin Bresnick, and will be released on the ABC Classics label. Lisa and Lloyd will perform a concert launching the album at the Goethe Institute, as part of the Goethe Lounge Series, at 6pm on Wednesday 22 January 2025. Find Lisa's albums on the usual streaming services, and follow Lisa via her website lisamoore.org as well as on Instagram @lisapianomoore and on Facebook @lisamoorepiano

On today's episode, I talk to musician Mabe Fratti. Originally from Guatemala, Mabe studied cello from a young age, but was on a path to become a journalist before a Goethe Institute residency took her to Mexico to work on her music. There she got involved in the Mexico City improvisational music scene. Mabe produced her first album Pies Sobre La Tierra in 2019, which was followed by Será Que Ahora Podremos Entendernos in 2021, Se Ve Desde Aquí in 2022, and her latest Sentir Que No Sabes was just released in June on Unheard of Hope, and folks, it's fantastic! This is the website for Beginnings, subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow me on Twitter. Check out my free philosophy Substack where I write essays every couple months here and my old casiopop band's lost album here! And the comedy podcast I do with my wife Naomi Couples Therapy can be found here! Theme song by the fantastic Savoir Adore! Second theme by the brilliant Mike Pace! Closing theme by the delightful Gregory Brothers! Podcast art by the inimitable Beano Gee!  

Es sei eine der Hauptaufgaben, auf die geopolitischen Entwicklungen in der Welt zu reagieren, meint Goethe-Institut-Geschäftsführer Johannes Ebert.

In this dialogue, Prof Christo Doherty, the Chair of Research in the Wits School of Arts, speaks Ale de la Puente, an independent artist-researcher from Mexico who is doing a residency in Johannesburg as part of the Goethe Institute's international Studio Quantum programme. Ale has studied industrial design, goldsmithing, boatbuilding, navigation, astronomy, physics, and philosophy. She is known for her poetic and conceptual explorations of time and space across a wide field of mediums, ranging from installations and sculptures to drawings, photography, and video, including art science expeditions in search of symbolic natural phenomena, how we signify them, and how, very importantly, we relate to the given meanings in art and life. Ale is a fellow of the National System of Arts Creators in Mexico. She has exhibited her work both nationally in a wide range of international galleries from the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico to the Polytechnic Museum (Moscow) and the Bass Museum of Art, in Miami, Florida to name but a few. Her work is part of leading public and private collections. Ale first developed art-science projects in collaboration with the Astronomy Institute and Nuclear Science Institute of National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM, going on to work with the Schmidt Ocean Institute in California, the Roscosmos in Russia, and the Kosmica Institute in Berlin and Mexico City. Amongst her many collaborations with scientists are the projects "Desire", "Matters of Gravity" and "Finding the Centre" which we will discuss in this podcast, as well as the project she is beginning in Johannesburg as part of the Goethe Institut's Studio Quantum initiative - an international events and artist-in-residence programme which is exploring emerging quantum technologies through the lens of art. In this podcast we discuss how Ale came to art practice, beginning with her accidental discovery of Industrial Design and her first art-science collaborations with the Institute of Astronomy at the National Autonomous University of Mexica. We then unpack what went into the public space art-intervention she called "Desire" where , working with artisan firework craftsmen, she built an artificial comet that flew in the evening sky above Mexico City in 2016. We explore how she navigates the challenges as an artist engaging with the scientific lab through her experience of working at the European Council for Nuclear Research (CERN) where she has had two residencies, We then look at her collaborative project with 6 other artists called Matters of Gravity (2012-14), where they elaborated the different implications of zero gravity using the facilities at Star City in the Yuri Gagarin Cosmosnaut Training Centre outside Moscow. Finally we discuss the lessons that Ale has drawn from her extensive engagement with scientists working in a wide variety of disciplines and how she is going about her work on her project, entitled "Is it going to rain" with the Quantum Studio project in Johannesburg. Useful links to Ale's project website and other information and can be found in the show notes for this podcast. Ale de la Puente - artist's portfolio website · Schmidt Ocean Institute - Ale de la Puente · Studio Quantum: An international events and artist-in-residence programme from the Goethe-Institut, exploring emerging quantum technologies through the lens of art. · Matters Of Gravity.pdf — PDF (7.4 MB)

German experimental electronic artist Moritz Simon Geist opened the new curated event series “Goehte Lounge” with a concert at the Goethe Institute in Sydney. The artist, who lives in Dresden, creates fascinating robots with which he performs his electro compositions. In addition to the music, the visuals also delighted the many guests who had come to marvel at the robot music. - Der deutsche experimentelle Electronic Artist Moritz Simon Geist eröffnete mit einem Konzert im Goethe Institut in Sydney die neue kuratierte Veranstaltungsreihe „Goehte Lounge“. Der in Dresden lebende Künstler kreiert faszinierende Roboter, mit denen er seine Elektrokompositionen darbietet. Neben der Musik spielten begeisterten auch die Visuals die vielen Gäste, die gekommen waren, um die Robotermusik zu bestaunen.

Deutschland spart überall – auch beim Goethe-Institut. Das sei keine gute Idee, sagt Instituts-Präsidentin Carola Lentz in dieser Folge von „In aller Ruhe“ mit Carolin Emcke.

There are two important - German - events on the program in May. There is German Day on May 4, which is organized by the Goethe Institute and in which many other organizations of the German community participate. The popular German Film Festival is back right after that. The Goethe Institute also has a hand in this regard. Christoph Mücher, Director of the Goethe Institute, provides information about both events. - Im Mai stehen zwei wichtige - deutsche - Veranstaltungen auf dem Programm. Da ist einmal der German Day am 4. Mai, den das Goethe Institut veranstaltet und an dem viele andere Organisationen der deutschen Gemeinde teilnehmen. Gleich danach kommt auch wieder das beliebte Festival des Deutschen Films. Auch da hat das Goethe Institut eine Hand im Spiel. Christoph Mücher, Leiter des Goethe Instituts, informiert über beide Ereignisse.

German citizenship is in demand again. The latest example is the naturalization of 20 Australians in one fell swoop at a ceremony at the Goethe Institute in Sydney. Recipients of citizenship also include numerous young descendants of Jewish ancestors who were expelled from their homes by the Nazis. Consul General Felix Schwarz underlines that he is particularly pleased with this naturalization ceremony. - Die deutsche Staatsbürgerschaft ist wieder begehrt. Jüngstes Beispiel ist die Einbürgerung von 20 Australiern auf einen Streich bei einer Feier im Goethe Institut in Sydney. Zu den Empfängern der Staatsbürgerschaft gehören auch zahlreiche junge Nachkommen von jüdischen Vorfahren, die von den Nazis aus ihrer Heimat vertrieben wurden. Generalkonsul Felix Schwarz betont, daß ihn diese Einbürgerungsfeier besonders freut.

François Morelli* est né à Montréal en 1953. En 1975, il reçoit un baccalauréat de l'Université Concordia en concentration peinture et dessin (BFA). Il travaille et expose ensuite à Montréal entre 1975 et 1981 à la Galerie Don Stewart et participe à la création du centre Articule en 1979-1980. Il habite la région new-yorkaise de 1981 à 1991 et reçoit une maîtrise en installation et performance (MFA) du Mason Gross School of the Arts de l'Université Rutgers. Il enseigne à l'Université Rutgers de 1983 à 1990, à la City University of New York et à la State University of New York à Manhattan entre 1985 et 1990. À son retour au Québec en 1991, il enseigne à l'Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières jusqu'en 1996. Il est professeur à l'Université Concordia depuis 1996, où il dirige le DLD (Drawing Lab Dessin) avec Eric Simon depuis 2012. En 1993, il reçoit le prix d'Excellence de la Biennale du dessin, de l'estampe et du papier d'Alma et, en 2007, le prix Louis-Comtois de la Ville de Montréal. Il participe présentement à La Manif, Biennale d'art de Québec. Ed Pien est un artiste multidisciplinaire travaillant à Toronto. Pien a exposé tant au Canada qu'à l'étranger notamment au Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, au Drawing Centre, New York; au Museum of Art and Design, New York; au Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico City; au Goethe Institute, Berlin; à la Middlesbrough Art Gallery, UK; au W139, Amsterdam; à la Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver; au Contemporary Art Museum in Monterrey, Mexico; à Bluecoat, Liverpool; au Musée des beaux-arts de l'Ontario, Toronto à La Biennale de Montreal (2000, 2002), au Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal et récemment à la Biennale de Moscou (2013), à la Biennale de Sydney (2012) et dans l'exposition Oh Canada au MassMoca. Ses installations de taille monumentales, ses dessins et papiers-découpés figurent dans plusieurs collections permanentes de musées canadiens, notamment à Toronto, Ottawa et Montréal. Son travail a été exposé dans les Biennales d'art canadien au Musée des beaux-arts du Canada en 2011 et 2015. La Poste (Montréal) organisa une grande exposition personnelle d'Ed Pien avec catalogue en 2018 et le Musée des beaux-arts de l'Ontario présentait en 2022-2023 une exposition solo intitulée: "Past/Future". Instagram :https://www.instagram.com/laprescriptiondrfred/?hl=frFacebook :https://www.facebook.com/people/La-prescription-avec-Dr-Fred-Lambert/100078674880976/ Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Medieval graffiti sheds light on our history; a bicommunal survey looks at how the news we consume shapes our opinions; the Goethe Institute is back with a series of special events.

Das Goethe-Institut steht unter massivem Sparzwang, neun Standorte müssen deshalb schließen. Doch statt lange zu wehklagen, legt man Reformpläne vor. Dafür sollte man die Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter jeden Tag feiern, meint Vladimir Balzer. Balzer, Vladimirwww.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Fazit

Gespräch mit Generalsekretär Johannes Ebert über die Zukunft der Goethe-Institute; Tiemanns Wortgeflecht "Leitkultur"; Kulturszene Dubai; ???-Star Jens Wawrczek über sein neues Hitchcock-Buch; Musik-Tipp: Motetten von František Tůma; Moderation: Jörg Biesler Von Jörg Biesler.

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In der EU sollen Goethe-Institute schließen. Unter anderem im Lieblingsland des Namensgebers: Italien. In Neapel regt sich Protest gegen die geplante Schließung.

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heute u.a. Kunstakademie Düsseldorf kooperiert mit Julia Stoschek Foundatiion; Scorsese und De Niro: Partnerschaft der Extreme; Streit um Schließung der Goethe Institute; Slowenische Retro-Avantgarde: die Kultband Laibach; Gedicht: "Wenn du ihn rufen möchtest" von Ales Steger; Scala-Musiktipp: Sufjan Stevens "Javelin". Moderation: Jörg Biesler. Von WDR 5.

This is the second of three episodes by Common Ground Berlin and Goethe Institute commemorating a century of German radio by bringing you stories from influential and interesting broadcasters worldwide who have had a lasting effect on radio. Senior Producer Dina Elsayed walks down the nostalgic memory lane and discovers how to keep the passion for radio alive with Emmy-and-Peabody winning screenwriter Anna Winger (Deutschland 83, Transatlantic), ‘Der Alte Ami' Rik de Lisle, and audio journalist Lulu Garcia-Navarro. 

Born in the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar, composer, pianist and arranger Shuteen Erdenebaatar (*1998) brings a unique sound to the audience with her yearning melodies enriched with profound and expressive harmonies and rhythms. The daughter of Erdenebaatar Gombo, who recently earned the title “The Emeritus of Art” for his 40 years as director of the National Mongolian Opera, and Batkhuyag Ochirbat, a television director and journalist, Shuteen was brought up surrounded by arts and culture - particularly classical music. Accordingly, she studied classical piano and classical composition at the State Conservatory of Ulaanbaatar before coming into contact with jazz through a program at the Goethe Institute. "It was then that a whole new world opened up to me," she says. "Suddenly I had the freedom to play what I heard in my heart, not just what was written in the notes. With her bachelor's degree in classical music in hand at age 20, she yearned to explore the world of jazz and eventually came to study at the Conservatory in Munich. A key moment. She earned two master's degrees both in Jazz Performance and in Jazz Composition, and most importantly was able to find and cultivate her own jazz voice.  Shuteen Erdenebaatar is a laureate of the prestigious BMW Young Artist Jazz Award 2022, the 1st Prize and the audience award for the legendary Young Munich Jazz Award, the Music Scholarship of the City of Munich 2022, the Composition Prize at the Biberach Prize 2022 and the 1st Prize at the Kurt Maas Jazz Prize 2021, among others. Her compositions have been played in the Munich Philharmonic Hall or in Studio 2 of the Bavarian National Radio. Furthermore, she has also been commissioned by Mongolia's most significant orchestras, such as the Bayan Mongol Big Band, the Mongolian State Philharmonic Orchestra or the Mongolian State Opera Symphony Orchestra.  Currently she is working as a composer and pianist on her own projects such as the Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet, the Lightville Duo, and as a conductor for her newly formed 20-piece, cross-genre Chamber Jazz Orchestra in Munich. In 2023, she signed a three-album agreement with the multi-Grammy award-winning New York label Motema Music, which includes all three of her current projects. The first album Rising Sun with her quartet was released on September 15, 2023.  About Rising Sun:  Erdenebaatar's classical foundation is unmistakable throughout, displayed by her technical brilliance, stylistic finesse, and the thematic structure of her compositions. Enriched by expressive harmonies and rhythm variability, Erdenebaatar's memorable melodies serve as a framework for her formidable band to stretch out. The quartet consists of a German cadre of fellow players from her university cohort, all now award-winning rising stars and bandleaders in their own right. Bassist Nils Kugelmann, whom Southern Germany's leading daily paper The Süddeutsche Zeitung named “one of the best in his field”, is a rhythmically and melodically outstanding all-rounder. Drummer Valentin Renner is one of Germany's busiest jazz drummers, currently the backbone of several notable jazz ensembles in the country. Finally, the creative and highly virtuosic  Anton Mangold rounds out the ensemble on saxophones and flutes. The quartet's charismatic interplay is a highlight of the album. "It helped me a lot to know everyone well. I already had in mind who was playing each part when I was composing,” Erdenebaatar shares.  If you enjoyed this episode please make sure to subscribe, follow, rate, and/or review this podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, ect. Connect with us on all social media platforms and at www.improvexchange.com

The first of three episodes by Common Ground Berlin and Goethe Institute commemorating a century of German radio by bringing you stories from influential and interesting broadcasters worldwide who have had a lasting effect on radio.  Host Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson delves into the triumphs, challenges and childhoods of American radio icon Steve Inskeep of NPR, U.K. community radio expert Keri Jones and John Masuku of Zimbabwe, who is UNESCO's campaign coordinator for World Radio Day in 2023.Produced by Dina Elsayed.

Chris was a man possessed. “El Fanatico,” Ry Cooder called him. A song catcher, dedicated to recording the traditional, regional, down home music of America, his adopted home after his family left Germany at the close of WWII. Mance Lipscomb, Lightnin' Hopkins, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Big Mama Thornton, Clifton Chenier, Rose Maddox, Flaco Jimenez… the list is long and mighty. Chris Strachwitz was a keeper. His vault is jam-packed with 78s, 33s, 45s, reel-to-reels, cassettes, videos, photographs — an archive of all manner of recordings. And an avalanche of lifetime achievement awards — from the Grammy's, The Blues Hall of Fame, The National Endowment for the Arts – for some 60 years of recording and preserving the musical cultural heritage of this nation through his label, Arhoolie Records. In honor of Chris Strachwitz The Kitchen Sisters reprise The Passion of Chris Strachwitz, produced for The Goethe Institute's Big Pond series. With interviews with Linda Ronstadt and Bonnie Raitt. Also featuring selected interviews done by Chris Strachwitz with Howlin' Wolf and The Maddox Brothers and Rose. Produced by The Kitchen Sisters (Nikki Silva & Davia Nelson) with Nathan Dalton and Brandi Howell, mixed by Jim McKee. The Kitchen Sisters Present is part of the Radiotopia network from PRX.

In "In Conversation" we hear from Christoph Mücher, the committed director of the Goethe Institute in Australia. He gives us an overview of an extraordinary event, with German food, drink, and performances of all kinds, music of all genres, dance groups and a comedy show up to a painting performance. There are also lots of stands from German organizations and companies, so numerous that even the street is cordoned off so that they all have space and the public can look around carefree. There is also a lot on offer for children, in a separate area, and both children and adults can try out the institute's famous German lessons. The festival takes place on April 1st between 1pm and 9pm, in and around the listed building on Oceanstreet in Woollahra. Don't miss it! - In „Im Gespräch“ hören wir von Christoph Mücher, dem engagierten Direktor des Goethe Instituts in Australien. Er gibt uns einen Überblick über einen außergewöhnlichen Event, mit deutschem Essen, Trinken, und Performances verschiedenster Art, Musik aller Genres Tanzgruppen und einer Comedy Show bis hin zu einer Malperformance. Jede Menge Stände von deutschen Organisationen und Unternehmen gibt es auch, so zahlreich, dass sogar die Straße abgesperrt wird, damit sie alle Platz haben und das Publikum sich unbeschwert überall umsehen kann. Auch für Kinder wird vieles geboten, in einem eigenen Areal, und den berühmten Deutschunterricht des Instituts können Kinder als auch Erwachsene alle mal ausprobieren. Am 1. April zwischen 13 und 21 Uhr findet das Fest statt, in und um das denkmalgeschützte Gebäude an der Oceanstreet in Woollahra. Lasst es euch nicht entgehen!

In the latest episode of Boom! It's on the Blockchain we interview Alex Kons to discuss how Web3 and the Metaverse will be transformational to the future digital economy? Alex is Editor in Chief at BeInCrypto and is Host at Proof of Talk Podcast. She completed her Bachelor's Degree in Oriental and Asian Studies at the Friedrich Wilhelms University of Bonn, then studied German as a foreign language at the Goethe Institute and completed her Master's Degree in Arabic studies at the Free University of Berlin. She has been working as a crypto journalist since 2017. For more information about Alex Kons, please visit: BeinCrypto - https://bit.ly/3j5ZLWo LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3Pwypos Subscribe to Boom! It's on the Blockchain Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/3NDCeWF Facebook - https://lnkd.in/gv4WRDMm YouTube - https://bit.ly/3a0R9M2 Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3t0A0ZU LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3z4b3R5 TikTok - https://bit.ly/3HZQSGg Follow Alastair Caithness on LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3BjK6bp #web3 #alexkons #metaverse #boomitsontheblockchain #libertarian #blockchain #bitcoin #web3explained #web3tutorial #web3development #web3projects #web3coinswap #web3coin #web3crypto #web3jobs #web3gaming #web3developerroadmap #web3marketing #web3course #web3.0explained #web3js #web3businessideas #web3and #web3andblockchain #web3andmetaverse #web3andnfts #web3andmusic #web3andcrypto #web3andblockchaindevelopment #web3andclimatechange #web3andsolidity #web3anddefi #web3andgaming #web3andcreatoreconomy

This month, I had the opportunity to take part in the Detroit Free Press International Marathon weekend with several of my close DC friends. One of said friends was Savannah Beck, someone I met in 2019 in circumstances completely unrelated to running or any sort of movement. Over the course of our friendship, running entered the picture at some point. At a later point, we plotted this trip to Detroit with pals. Then Savannah trained and completed her first half marathon, crossing the Canadian border along the way.Savannah is endlessly creative, kind, and fun. She works as an editor at the Goethe Institute where she's written on a host of topics, including DC's large rat population. She hosts her own podcast on books called Slow Burn. And like many of the guests on this niche podcast, she runs! Savannah started running in school for one of the ball sports - we discuss why gym class running kind of stunk. After college, she began running 5Ks and worked her way up to an 8K. Now she's conquered the 13.1 mile distance and the sky is the limit!We also talk about training for the first half; going from hating gym running to loving Saturday morning runs; finding run groups are not as intimidating as expected; how the cat Fizz views Savannah's running; and more. Thanks so much to Savannah for chatting and to Dan Hoffman for the soundtrack. And shout out to Detroit - the marathon + half marathon weekend was amazing, and I want to talk about it endlessly.

NOTABLE PERFORMANCES: Alex O's Background Vocalist (1990-1992) World Music Day Organised by Alliance Francaise (1995 till date) Emi Nlo Album Listening by Carl Raccah (2000) Yinka Davies in Concert with *5 & 6* Band at the Alliance Francaise Lagos Nigeria (2013, 2014, 2016) Jazzville 7th Anniversary concert under direction of Elder Steve Rhodes 1999-2002 – she was the resident act at the Nicon Nuga Hilton Hotel in the Nigerian capital city of Abuja. 2006 performed with Tony Allen at The Cave during the release of his record Lagos No Shaking. African Film Festival Tour - Milan, Tunis, organised by The Goethe Institute. Black Chiffon Album Launch (2011) Nigerian Idol Judge (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016) Ajumogobia Science Foundation Concerts (2005-2015) African Music Festival - London (2015) Lagos State Jazz Festival (2016, 2017, 2018) Calabar State Jazz Festival (2017) Jazz at The United States Consulate's Residence (2015....) THEATER AND STAGE: Things Fall Apart directed by Bassey Effiong (1988) Lion and The Jewel directed by Bassey Effiong (1988) Contemporary Dance Troup led by Elizabeth Hammond (1988–90) Wind vs Polygamy directed by Sam Loco Efe (1989) Kakaki Concert: directed by Ben Tomoloju (1990) Death and The King's Horseman directed by Bayo Oduneye (1990) Greener Grass directed by Niji Akanni and Bakare (1990) Irara Alagbe directed by Felix Okolo (1992) Mekunu Melody by Felix Okolo (1992) Area Boy by Felix Okolo (1993) AWARDS: FAME music—Upcoming artiste of the year, 1992 Nigeria Music Award (NMA)—Voice of the Decade, 2007.[3] #nigerianidol #fashion #bbnaija #explore #explorepage #thevoicenigeria #bbnreunion #trending #russia #exploremore #abujababes #ukraine #tiwasavage #seyishay #fashiontrends #bbnaijareunion #tundeednut #naijafunnyvideos #naijatrend #naijacelebrity #naijavirals #naijaviralvideos #naijaviral #naijamemes #fyp #foryourpage #beautifulgirls #naijagirls #africangirls #prayforukraine --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alex-maison-podcast/message

For our next season of Xxtra we will be partnering with Bae Electronica, With Love The Agency and the Music In Africa Foundation, who launched an incredible programme last month called, Raise The Bar. Developed as part of the Music In Africa Live program, which is supported by the German Federal Foreign Office, Siemens Stiftung, and Goethe-Institute, the Raise The Bar Programme seeks to bolster the presence of women in other aspects of the music industry, as well as equip them with the skillset necessary for survival in an otherwise impenetrable industry. ANDYMKOSI, a independent multimedia entrepreneur, joins Texx for the final edition of Xxtra in collaboration with Bae Electronica, Love the Agency and the Music in Africa Foundation. For our growing back catalogue of awesome, head on over to www.texxtalks.com or follow us on Facebook Instagram Twitter for updates, things you need to hear. Also: make sure you follow Texx and the City on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram or all of your music news.

For our next season of Xxtra we will be partnering with Bae Electronica, With Love The Agency and the Music In Africa Foundation, who launched an incredible programme last month called, Raise The Bar. Developed as part of the Music In Africa Live program, which is supported by the German Federal Foreign Office, Siemens Stiftung, and Goethe-Institute, the Raise The Bar Programme seeks to bolster the presence of women in other aspects of the music industry, as well as equip them with the skillset necessary for survival in an otherwise impenetrable industry. For this edition of XXtra Texx chats to Shiba, a self professed “Digital Ideasmith, Curator-Content Producer, Music Journalist and Voice Over Artist”. For our growing back catalog of awesome, head on over to www.texxtalks.com or follow us on Facebook Instagram Twitter for updates, things you need to hear. Also: make sure you follow Texx and the City on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram or all of your music news.

For our next season of Xxtra we will be partnering with Bae Electronica, With Love The Agency and the Music In Africa Foundation, who launched an incredible programme last month called, Raise The Bar. Developed as part of the Music In Africa Live program, which is supported by the German Federal Foreign Office, Siemens Stiftung, and Goethe-Institute, the Raise The Bar Programme seeks to bolster the presence of women in other aspects of the music industry, as well as equip them with the skillset necessary for survival in an otherwise impenetrable industry. Episode 2 features Rose Bonica who chats running a label as an artist and self-publishing as a means to empower herself as an artist. For our growing back catalogue of awesome, head on over to www.texxtalks.com or follow us on Facebook Instagram Twitter for updates, things you need to hear. Also: make sure you follow Texx and the City on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram or all of your music news.

For our next season of Xxtra we will be partnering with Bae Electronica, With Love The Agency and the Music In Africa Foundation, who launched an incredible programme last month called, Raise The Bar. Developed as part of the Music In Africa Live program, which is supported by the German Federal Foreign Office, Siemens Stiftung, and Goethe-Institute, the Raise The Bar Programme seeks to bolster the presence of women in other aspects of the music industry, as well as equip them with the skillset necessary for survival in an otherwise impenetrable industry. First up, we could not be happier to bring you this chat with Zethu Gqola, one of the uncompromising rising stars of the south African and African music industry.  For our growing back catalogue of awesome, head on over to www.texxtalks.com or follow us on Facebook Instagram Twitter for updates, things you need to hear. Also: make sure you follow Texx and the City on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram or all of your music news.

Germany wants to win an OSCAR again - in the “Best Foreign Language Film” category. The film is an adaptation of the famous novel “All Quiet on the Western Front” by Erich Maria Remarque. Is the issue of Wolr War I still relevant in the 21st century? Christoph Mücher, head of the Goethe Institute in Australia, has an answer to this question. - Deutschland will wieder einen OSCAR gewinnen - in der Kategorie "Bester fremdsprachiger Film". Ins Rennen geht die Verfilmung des berühmten Romans "Im Westen nichts Neues" von Erich Maria Remarque. Ist denn diese Kriegsthematik im 21. Jahrhundert noch aktuell? Diese Frage beantwortet Christoph Mücher, Leiter des Goethe Instituts in Australien.

There is no shortage of recent articles regarding the too long overlooked subject of female directors. While many of these articles are specific to the women directing films today (Patty Jenkins, Kelly Reichardt, Kathryn Bigelow, etc.), there are many more that claim to be comprehensive overviews of the contributions made by women to the art of cinema. These articles are careful to remember female directors from the distant past (Lotte Reiniger, Alice Guy-Blaché) and the ones who boldly made films in Hollywood when women weren't even considered for jobs as directors (Dorothy Arzner, Ida Lupino, Barbara Loden). They are careful to include women of color (Gina Prince-Bythewood, Chloé Zhao), and they don't forget the well-known foreign women directors (Lina Wertmüller, Agnès Varda, Chantal Akerman). But there's one group of female directors who haven't been given due credit for their work: The female directors of East Germany. You can go through as many articles on the topic of female directors as you're willing to read, and you won't find Iris Gusner, Evelyn Schmidt, or Hannelore Unterberg mentioned at all. Never mind that the films by these women are often better than any of the films made by some of the directors that did make those lists. Even the list of female directors Wikipedia includes no female East German directors. Join us today as we speak with Jim Morton, author of the East German Cinema Blog, and Jeffrey Babcock, who curated a program on East German cinema for the Goethe Institute in Amsterdam, on the often overlooked topic of female directors in DEFA films.  Our ability to bring you stories from behind the Berlin Wall is dependent on monthly donors like you. Visit us at  https://www.eastgermanypodcast.com/p/support-the-podcast/ to contribute. For the price of a Berliner Pilsner, you can feel good you are contributing to preserve one of the most important pieces of Cold War history. If you feel more comfortable leaving us a review to help us get more listeners, we appreciate it very much and encourage you to do so wherever you get your podcasts or at  https://www.eastgermanypodcast.com/reviews/new/. For discussions about podcast episodes and GDR history, please do join our Facebook discussion group. Just search Radio GDR in Facebook. Vielen dank for being a listener!

In an interview with Christoph Muecher, Director of the Goethe Institut in Australia, we hear about this year's offerings in the German Film Festival, which will bring 26 films to the screens in 7 cities across Australia from 24 May to 22 June. To celebrate the Goethe Institute's 50th anniversary, a classic film will be shown for each decade, there will again be a great selection for young audiences in the cinema for kids, and a variety of dramas, comedies and literary adaptations will take us through German history from the Nazi era and the GDR period to the present day and the dystopian future. - In einem Interview mit Christoph Muecher, dem Direktor des Goethe Instituts in Australien, hören wir vom diesjährigen Angebot im Deutschen Filmfestival, welches vom 24. Mai bis zum 22. Juni in 7 Städten Australiens 26 Filme auf die Leinwände bringt. Zum 50-jährigen Jubiläum des Goethe Instituts wird für jedes Jahrzehnt ein Klassiker gezeigt, im Kino für Kids gibt es wieder ein tolles Angebot für das junge Publikum und außerdem eine Vielfalt von Dramen, Komödien und Literaturverfilmungen die uns durch die deutsche Geschichte von der Nazizeit, und der DDR-Zeit über das aktuelle Jetzt bis in die dystopische Zukunft führt.

This conversation with Australian artist and documentary filmmaker Ella Dreyfus is about her documentary film "Dreyfus Three", in which she artistically explores her German-Jewish family history. The film was funded as part of the festival year "1700 Years of Jewish Life in Germany" and will be shown at an event at the Goethe Institute in Melbourne on 5 May, where you can also discuss with the filmmaker afterwards. We speak English. - In diesem Gespräch mit der australischen Künstlerin und Dokumentarfilmerin Ella Dreyfus geht es um ihren Dokumentarfilm “Dreyfus Drei”, in der sie ihre deutsch-jüdische Familiengeschichte artistisch aufarbeitet. Der Film wurde im Rahmen des Festjahres "1700 Jahre Jüdisches Leben in Deutschland" gefördert und wird am 5. Mai bei einer Veranstaltung im Goethe Institut in Melbourne gezeigt, bei der man auch hinterher mit der Filmemacherin diskutieren kann. Wir sprechen Englisch.

Themen u.a.: Die Arbeit der Goethe-Institute in Kiew und Moskau; Gedanken zum Krieg von Schriftstellerin Marjana Gaponenko; Bonn Park und seine Weltraumoper in Düsseldorf; Musical-Boom in den Kinos; Moderation: Stefanie Junker Von WDR 5.

Miriam sits down with comics artist Karrie Fransman to discuss what Karrie's life may have looked like if her IVF treatment had failed and she'd never managed to conceive a child. Along the way they talked about the mismatch between our perceptions and the reality of motherhood, Karrie's obsession with communes; and the beauty of animatronic storytelling machines. Karrie Fransman is a comic creator. Her comics strips and graphic stories have been published in The Guardian, The Times, Time Out, The Telegraph, The New Statesman, The Young Vic, Psychologies Magazine, The Arts Council Create Magazine, The Goethe Institute and The British Red Cross. Her latest illustrated book, Gender Swapped Fairy Tales (Faber), was co-created with her husband Jonathan Plackett was chosen as Book of the Month by the Bookseller and WHSmith. It is currently on its fifth reprint.Make sure to subscribe to hear the rest of Season 1 – in each episode, Miriam Robinson interviews a guest about a path their life might have taken and together, step by step, they write the stories of their unlived lives.Produced by Tess Davidson#MyUnlivedLife Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Deutschland betreibt ein internationales Netzwerk, das die Bundesrepublik im Ausland glänzen lassen und für kulturellen Austausch sorgen sollen. Eine zentrale Rolle spielen die 157 Goethe-Institute und der staatlich finanzierte Auslandssender Deutsche Welle (DW). Diese Einrichtungen bemühen sich, in anderen Ländern gesellschaftlichen Wandel voranzutreiben – und berufen sich auf Menschenrechte und ähnliche Werte. Im Stimmenfang hören Sie, wie sich das Goethe-Institut im Sudan nach der Revolution von 2019 in den Aufbau der Zivilgesellschaft eingeschaltet hat.  Das Auswärtige Amt setzt gezielt auf diese »sanfte Macht«. Kultur- und Bildungspolitik fliege oft »unter dem Radar« der großen Diplomatie, erklärt Staatsministerin Michelle Müntefering im Podcast. Die Forscherin Sigrid Weigel hingegen benennt Schwachstellen der internationalen Kulturpolitik.  Außerdem schildert DW-Reporter Jaafar Abdul Karim, wie er als Journalist eines deutschen Senders Millionen Menschen im arabischen Raum erreicht – und warum seine Haltung dabei besonders wichtig ist.  Sie haben Themenvorschläge oder Feedback zu unserem Podcast? Sprechen Sie auf unsere Mailbox oder schicken Sie uns eine Sprachnachricht per WhatsApp – beides unter der Nummer +49 40 38080 400. Oder schicken Sie eine Mail an stimmenfang@spiegel.de.    Quellen dieser Sendung:   Aufgaben und Ziele des Goethe-Instituts im Sudan  https://www.goethe.de/ins/su/de/ueb/auf.html    Stimmenfang: Wozu schickt Deutschland die Bundeswehr ins Ausland?  https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/wozu-schickt-deutschland-die-bundeswehr-ins-ausland-podcast-a-44debe34-1a2f-4f45-a8b0-2cb9977aeda3    FAZ: Rettung von Goethe-Instituten und Auslandsschulen  https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/70-millionen-euro-hilfen-rettung-von-goethe-instituten-und-auslandsschulen-16771753.html    DER SPIEGEL: Sudan nach dem Fall von Omar al-Baschir  https://www.spiegel.de/politik/sudan-nach-omar-al-bashir-wofuer-haben-wir-den-diktator-gestuerzt-a-00000000-0002-0001-0000-000163834443    Staatsministern Michelle Müntefering über den »Wettbewerb der Narrative«  https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/michelle-muentefering-ueber-kulturpolitik-wettbewerb-der-narrative-1.4015687?reduced=true    Michelle Müntefering: »Kulturpolitik ist eine sanfte Macht«  https://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.staatsministerin-michelle-muentefering-kulturpolitik-ist-eine-sanfte-macht.fe1dc06d-df31-4f9b-a23a-fed67101eaf7.html    Koalitionsvertrag von 2018  https://www.bundesregierung.de/resource/blob/974430/847984/5b8bc23590d4cb2892b31c987ad672b7/2018-03-14-koalitionsvertrag-data.pdf?download=1    Studie von Sigrid Weigel zur Auswärtigen Kultur- und Bildungspolitik  https://d-nb.info/1190246635/34    Website des Goethe-Instituts in Belarus  https://www.goethe.de/ins/by/de/index.html    Sendung »Jaafar Talk« der Deutschen Welle  https://www.dw.com/de/reporter/jaafar-abdul-karim/s-32669    DW-Intendant Limbourg über »Soft Power«  https://www.zeit.de/reisen/2015-04/deutsche-welle-peter-limbourg-russland  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.