Movie Night: PRACTICAL MAGIC
2023-10-13 00:00 - 23:59 (America/New_York)
Grab a seat or bring your own blanket and watch your favorite classics on the Big Screen on the Public Square and Gardens. Stop by Verano for some chips and guac or tacos to go!
Wells Fargo customers receive priority seating and complimentary blankets on select movie nights (9/15, 10/13, 10/27).
Doors open at 5pm with each movie starting at 6pm.

Archtober at Neue Galerie Prof. Andrew S. Dolkart (Columbia University) “1048 Fifth Avenue - From Mansion to Museum”
2023-10-16 00:00 - 23:59
“1048 Fifth Avenue – From Mansion to Museum”
“Whose home was this?” Guests at the Neue Galerie frequently ask this question as they enter the elegant space that houses one of the world’s finest collections of Austrian and German art of the early 20th century. Join Andrew Dolkart for a colorful history of the museum’s home at 1048 Fifth Avenue, from the building’s construction in 1914 to present day.
Dolkart is a Professor of Historic Preservation at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and a co-founder and co-director of the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project. He has written extensively about the architecture and development of New York City, focusing in particular on the city’s vernacular building types and how they influenced the character of neighborhoods. His books include the award winning publications Morningside Heights: A History of Its Architecture and Development and The Row House Reborn: Architecture and Neighborhoods in New York City, 1908–1929, as well as the Neue Galerie’s exclusive publication, 1048 Fifth Avenue: From Mansion to Museum.
Time and Date: Monday, October 16, 2023 at 6:30 PM
Location: Neue Galerie New York; 1048 Fifth Avenue; New York, NY 10028
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Viennale Erste Bank Film Award Screenings: Eve Heller
2023-10-16 00:00 - 2023-10-17 23:59
Join us at 7:30pm at Anthology Film Archives for a 90-minute foray into some of Heller’s most exciting, ethereal, and thrilling works. This screening will include Heller’s latest short film, Singing in Oblivion (2021), along with Creme 21 (2013), Self-Examination Remote Control (1981/2009), Ruby Skin (2005), Behind This Soft Eclipse (2004), Her Glacial Speed(2001), Astor Place (1997), and Last Lost (1996).
Eve Heller’s films have established her as one of the great contemporary practitioners of the found-footage genre. Her work exemplifies cinema’s capacity for recording traces of experience, conveying fragments of history, and conjuring the psychological, visual, and emotional textures of dreamlike states. Her moving image works—constructed from educational movies, newsreels, and her own cinematography—engage with personal and shared histories and exist at the crossroads of the intangible and the tactile. These films are suffused with the immediacy of lived experience—attentive to the physical reality of people, animals, and objects represented in the imagery—while equally sensitive to the materiality of the film medium itself, channeling an elusive, inscrutable domain of memories and emotional echoes. Heller fractures, juxtaposes, and distills her source materials such that new, more evocative and resonant meanings and ideas emerge from the colliding fragments.
Heller has demonstrated a continuing commitment to working with 16mm and 35mm film, a choice that transcends a fetishistic or nostalgic attachment to the analog medium by emphasizing and making use of film’s unique ability to convey a palpable trace of the sensible world. Heller’s latest film, Singing in Oblivion, is emblematic of this commitment. It uses a variety of techniques—observational photography, found imagery, photograms, and rich sound design—to conjure a meditation on death, memory, and transience. Centering on a Jewish Cemetery in the Vienna district of Währing, which was partially destroyed by the Nazis and today exists in a state of decay, Heller combines her own ghostly footage of the site with photograms of organic material, as well as fragmentary imagery reprinted from glass negatives she discovered at a flea market in Vienna. Like so many of Heller’s works, the film itself becomes a kind of photogram: a physical object on which now-vanished lives have left their imprint, speaking equally to presence and absence.
“The best of Heller’s films…are as mysterious and subtle as their titles, weaving ghostly, mainly black and white 16mm visions in which time seems suspended. At once ethereal and almost cloyingly vivid, these oneiric works linger in the mind long after viewing.” –Maximilian Le Cain
Date and Time: Monday, October 16th, 2023, from 7:30 PM-9:30 PM
Tuesday, October 17th, 2023, from 7:30 PM-9:30 PM
Location: Anthology Film Archives; 32 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003
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Messa & Maggot Heart
2023-10-17 00:00 - 23:59
Maggot Heart, based in Berlin and formed/led by Swedish guitarist and vocalist Linnéa Olsson, is a band known for their unique sound which takes influence from hard rock and punk music. They released their debut EP, City Girls in 2017, and have since quickly risen in the European hard rock scene to international intrigue. Their 2018 debut studio album, Dusk to Dusk, received a P3 Guild Award nomination in Sweden for “Best Metal/Rock album of the year”, while their sophomore album, Mercy Machine, was praised for its eclectic and sometimes jarring tonality. The band will be releasing their third album, Hunger, on September 29th, following the lead single, “Looking Back at You”, which features some of Olsson’s most provocative songwriting yet. On October 17, Maggot Heart joins forces with Italian doom metal quartet Messa for a performance at Le Poisson Rouge.
Date and Time: October 17, 2023 at 6:30 PM
Location: Le Poisson Rouge – 158 Bleecker Street New York, NY 10012
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Circular Economy - Transatlantic Insights into Recycling and Upcycling
2023-10-18 00:00 - 23:59
The event will be part of a delegation trip for selected German companies from the Circular Economy industry who are looking to expand their markets to New York City.
The event which is part of the Market Entry Program, funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, aims to strengthen international experience transfer and collaboration between Germany and the US. and offers the German delegation the opportunity to virtually connect with local industry leaders, research institutions, and government representatives to exchange ideas, discuss new developments and lay the groundwork for future cooperation.
Attendees of the conference will learn about the latest trends, business models and market opportunities in the sector to discuss potential synergies.
Please click here for the company profiles of the German delegation.
The agenda will be uploaded closer to the event.

What We Brought with Us - Panel Discussion & Exhibition on Academic Freedom and Objects of Memory
2023-10-18 00:00 - 23:59
University Alliance Ruhr and the Goethe-Institut are organizing an opening panel discussion and exhibition in New York City. “What We Brought with Us” is an exhibition developed by Academy in Exile at TU Dortmund University, one of the three universities that comprise the University Alliance Ruhr.
The exhibition presents images of objects carried by some of Academy in Exile’s fellows when they fled from their countries of origin to Germany to where they were hosted by University of Duisburg-Essen, Free University of Berlin, Forum Transregionale Studien and Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI) Essen.
The opening panel of the exhibition with Prof. Dr. Vanessa Agnew, Prof. Kate A. Bonansinga, Prof. Dr. Kader Konuk and Prof. Dr. Ulrich Baer serves as an engaging exploration of the significance and emotional resonance carried by the objects refugees bring with them when fleeing their homelands. “What We Brought with Us” invites us to question our relationship with possessions and each other. It prompts us to reflect on what truly matters to us and what we consider most precious. Does a single object have the power to represent a lost world? What is our sense of belonging defined by? And in the act of leaving, when we are forced to abandon everything, what remains? Together, we will unravel the intricate stories woven into each item, questioning the role of material possessions in shaping our collective understanding of home, belonging, and the human experience.
Join UA Ruhr, Academy in Exile, and Goethe-Institute for this reflective discussion, exhibition, and networking evening with faculty from TU Dortmund University, University of Cincinnati, and New York University.
Date and Time: Wednesday, October 18th, 2023, at 6:00 PM
Location: Goethe-Institut New York, 30 Irving Place, New York, NY 10003
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Gender, Desire, Embodiment
2023-10-18 00:00 - 23:59
Over the past decade or so, the emergence of terms like “non-binary” and expansions of the meaning of “queer sexuality,” have indicated a kind of loosening up of social values and prohibitions around non-normative expressions of embodiment. At the same time, however, new legislation around the country and globally seeks to prevent young people from accessing trans affirmative care and to limit sex education. Concerns about the widespread adoption of trans and non-binary forms of embodiment has initiated a panic of sorts among some conservatives, religious leaders and “family first” groups.
Poet Meg Fernandes and cultural critic Jack Halberstam will discuss gender identification and sexual styles, while sharing new ways of talking about identity, the body, obedience and disobedience, community and its limits, fiction and fantasy, love, life and desire with the audience. Fernandes will also read from her new book of poems, I Do Everything I’m Told (2023). Moderated by Professor Irene Kacandes, Dartmouth College.
This event is part of a series called “Humanities for Humans”, presented in partnership with the Walter de Gruyter Foundation (Berlin). Across eight sessions — four in-person and four virtual — the series brings people together to help generate a better understanding of what the humanities are and what role they can play in today’s complex world.
Date and Time: Wednesday, October 18, 2023 – 6:30-8:00 PM
Location: 1014 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY 10028
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Movie Night: THE WITCHES
2023-10-20 00:00 - 23:59

Workshop: Navigating Displacement - Sharing Knowledge and Strategies for Fostering Resilience
2023-10-20 00:00 - 23:59
The FUTURE FORUM, hosted by the German Center for Research and Innovation (DWIH) New York, brings together German and American scientists, researchers, innovators, and entrepreneurs to tell their stories, exchange ideas, present innovations, and debate. Each year German and American thought leaders from academia, the public and private sectors convene to exchange perspectives, find collaborators and determine a collective path toward a progressive future. The German Center for Research and Innovation (DWIH) New York is the scientific bridge between the U.S. and Germany. University Alliance Ruhr together with the German Center for Research and Innovation is organizing an experts workshop during the FUTURE FORUM.
We are also featured during the Night Labs. To learn more click here.
Navigating Displacement – Sharing Knowledge and Strategies for Fostering Resilience
An experts workshop to establish the Transatlantic Working Group for At-Risk Scholars offers a unique and conducive environment for open discussion and the development of concrete strategies. By highlighting attendance to invited stakeholders, such as experts, organizations, and institutions actively engaged in supporting scholars at risk, the workshop ensures a focused and safe space for honest exchange. The sensitive nature of academic freedom and the challenges faced by scholars at risk necessitate a thoughtful approach that fosters trust. Participants can freely share their experiences, insights, and concerns without fear of repercussions or external interference. This confidentiality allows for a deeper exploration of complex issues, enabling stakeholders to address the nuanced dynamics involved in supporting such activities.
If you are interested in participating, please contact UA Ruhr’s Executive Director.

DWIH FUTURE FORUM: From Crisis to Resilience
2023-10-20 00:00 - 23:59
Join the FUTURE FORUM on October 20 in New York City for panels and networking to explore how we can build resilient societies.

Hosted by the German Center for Research and Innovation (DWIH) New York, the FUTURE FORUM is an interactive platform for innovative leaders in science, industry, and policy. Established in 2019, the FUTURE FORUM is the DWIH’s spotlight conference that promotes the exchange of ideas and perspectives between Germany and the U.S. The DWIH NY organizes each FUTURE FORUM around the DWIH annual topic, which in 2023 is the resilient society.
Global crises and their associated effects have a profound impact on social, environmental, and economic systems and infrastructures.
Preparedness and a basic robustness in dealing with crises leads to a focus on resilience as both a process and a property – that is to anticipate and adapt to changing conditions in all areas of society. Ideally, resilience does not mean a return to the original state, but rather a continuous and transformative advancement. The FUTURE FORUM: From Crisis to Resilience asks: What is the staying power towards building resilient societies?
Focus Topics:
– Global Security & Crisis Governance
– Energy & Resource Resilience
– Climate Change, Biodiversity & Planetary Health
– Tech & Cyber Security
– Democracy and the Individual
Program:
12:30 PM: Doors open
1 PM – 5 PM: Main Stage Presentations
5 PM – 9 PM: Night Lab
Snacks and beverages are available throughout the day.
Date and Time: October 20, 2023 – 12:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Location: 22 Vanderbilt (335 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017)
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Open House
2023-10-21 00:00 - 23:59
Join our next Open House on October 21st, at 10 AM. It is a great way to learn more about our international school and outstanding bilingual education program.

Learn more about our international school and outstanding bilingual education program. GISNY is an excellent German and international school for grades Pre-K through 12 with an emphasis on STEM and languages. We are the only school in the Tri-State area to offer the NY State High School Diploma and the German International Abitur. In our Pre-K and kindergarten, 3-5 year old children find a warm and nurturing environment in small groups and plenty of space on our large, green campus. Our youngest students learn, explore and play outdoors for most of their school day. German language skills are not required in preschool or kindergarten. The children learn and speak German and English, laying the foundation for their bilingualism by first grade.
Date and Time: Saturday, October 21st, 2023 at 10 AM
Location: 50 Partridge Road White Plains, NY 10605
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Open House New York 2023
2023-10-21 00:00 - 2023-10-22 23:59
In partnership with Open House New York and Archtober, we open the doors to 1014 Fifth Avenue to visitors on October 21st and on October 22nd for a series of tours, panels, and more.

Tours: short tours about the history and future of the building with one of 1014’s knowledgeable staff at 12 PM, 2 PM, and 4PM on both days.

Learn about the renovation that 1014 Fifth Avenue will undergo, starting in 2024

If you want to learn more about the history and future of 1014 Fifth Ave., go to www.1014pastandfuture.org

Schneider Concerts Presents the Notos Piano Quartet
2023-10-22 00:00 - 23:59
The Schneider Concerts presents a rare New York performance by Germany’s celebrated Notos Piano Quartet. The performance includes Schumann’s Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Brahm’s Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, and the U.S. premiere of Bryce Dessner’s “Spirals.” The performance is the opening concert of the Schneider Concerts 6-concert 2023-2024 chamber music season.
Founded in 2007, the Berlin-based Notos Quartett first drew attention winning first prize in six major, international competitions. Since then it has established itself worldwide, performing at renowned European concert halls, such as the Philharmonie Berlin, Konzerthaus Berlin, Konzerthaus Vienna, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Tonhalle Zürich, and BOZAR Brussels, as well as important festivals in the Rheingau, Schwetzingen, Würzburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Usedom, Radio France in Montpellier, London’s Wigmore Hall, and traveling abroad for concerts in Australia, South Africa, Great Britain, Russia, and in Asia: China, Japan and Vietnam. The ensemble recently made its American debut with three concerts for Chamber Music San Francisco.
Founded at The New School in 1957 as New School Concerts, theseries was renamed the Schneider Concerts in 1993 in honor of founding artistic director Alexander “Sasha” Schneider, a conductor, violinist, and member of the famed Budapest String Quartet. Established with the aim of offering access to chamber music performance at an exceptionally high level to all (tickets at that time cost only $1), the series has expanded its goals in the past 60-plus years to include: affordable tickets, support for emerging chamber artists, going beyond ADA compliance, opening our vision to include multidisciplinary approaches to chamber music, reviewing our work through the lens of equity, inclusion, and social justice to ensure that are welcoming to, and supportive of, audiences and artists from all backgrounds.
Pianist Peter Serkin and cellist Yo-Yo Ma received early career exposure on the series, and the Guarneri, Dover, Calidore, Viano, and Balourdet string quartets are among the many ensembles to receive their New York Debuts on the series. The Schneider Concerts are physically accessible and provide large print programs and assistive listening devices upon request.
The 2023–2024 Schneider Concerts Season is supported by the Alexander Schneider Foundation and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.
Tickets are available in advance and at the door for $17 – $20, or as part of the 6-concert series subscription, which costs $90. Students with ID can get $5 standby tickets the day of the event.
Date and Time: Sunday, October 22nd at 2 PM
Location: The New School’s Auditorium at 66 W. 12th Street, New York, NY
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Ken-David Masur conducts Juilliard Orchestra
2023-10-23 00:00 - 23:59
Ken-David Masur will conduct the Juilliard Orchestra on Mon Oct 23 at 7:30pm at Alice Tully Hall. Works include Takemitsu’s Star-Isle, Dvorak’s Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53, & Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36.
The Chelsea Music Festival has a block of tickets available if you would like to reserve seats and sit with Festival friends – email info@chelseamusicfestival.org. If you cannot attend, a livestream is also available!
In addition that same week, 2023 Festival Artist-in-Residence soprano Sonya Headlam will be singing with the NY Philharmonic on Oct 25 & 26 (Wed & Thu) in Handel’s Israel is Egypt at David Geffen Hall. If you enjoyed her performances this past June, you won’t want to miss these concerts!
Date and Time: Monday, October 23rd at 7:30 PM
Location: Alice Tully Hall, NYC
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Robert Storr, Professor and Dean Emeritus of the Yale School or Art “The Hell of the Birds”
2023-10-26 00:00 - 23:59
In conjunction with our current exhibition “Max Beckmann – The Formative Years: 1915-1925” Neue Galerie is delighted to host Robert Storr for a special lecture on Beckmann’s often discussed ambiguity.

“The Hell of the Birds”
Coming into his own in an era of trauma and dislocations – much like our present day – Max Beckmann was deeply ambivalent about the promises of “modernity,” even as he was profoundly affected by the ruptures and conflicts of his moment and milieu. Caught between what philosopher Antonio Gramsci called “an old world that was dying and a new one that cannot be born (yet),” Beckmann turned away from more or less realistic representation toward claustrophobic, heavily charged allegories of an apocalyptic present. This talk will range from his experiences in and renditions of World War I, to his Neue Sachlichkeit depictions of Weimar Germany, on through to his congested, dialectical, often multipanel portrayals of a world coming apart at the seams.
Date and Time: Thursday, October 26, 2023; 6:30 PM
Location: Neue Galerie New York; 1048 Fifth Avenue; New York, NY 10028
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Hubert Sauper’s “Epicentro” Screening and Conversation
2023-10-26 00:00 - 23:59
NYU’s Department of German and Deutsches Haus at NYU present a screening of Hubert Sauper’s Epicentro (Little Magnet Films, 2020) and a conversation with the filmmaker. This event is co-presented with the Yale Film and Media Studies Program.

About Epicentro:
Epicentro.
Directed by Hubert Sauper. Produced by Groupe Deux, KGP Films, Little Magnet Films.
A/F 2020, 108 minutes, in Spanish and English with English subtitles.
From world-renowned documentarian Hubert Super—director of Sundance winner We Come as Friends and the Oscar-nominated Darwin’s Nightmare—comes Epicentro, an immersive and metaphorical portrait of post-colonial, “utopian” Cuba in the aftermath of the 1898 explosion of the USS Maine. This Big Bang ended Spanish colonial dominance in the Americas and ushered in the era of the American Empire and neo-colonialism. Simultaneously, a powerful tool of conquest was born: cinema as propaganda.
In Epicentro, Sauper explores a century of interventionism, cycles of myth-making, and the extraordinary people of Havana—particularly its children, whom he calls “young prophets”—to interrogate time, imperialism, and cinema itself.
About the participants:
Hubert Sauper was born in Kitzbühel, Tyrolian Alps. After spending his childhood in Austria, he lived in Great Britain, the USA, Tanzania, Congo, and South Sudan. His “home base” since the mid ’90s has been France, and he has studied directing in Vienna and Paris (at the University of Performing Arts and the Univ. de Paris VIII).
Sauper’s sociopolitical and poetic films have won over 50 major international prizes, among them awards at the Venice Film Festival, Berlinale, and Sundance Film Festival. He has also been honored by the César Awards, the Austrian Academy Awards, and the European Academy Awards. His documentary Darwin’s Nightmare (2004) was nominated for Best Documentary at the Oscars in 2006.
“Hubert Sauper’s Epicentro Screening and Conversation” is funded by the DAAD from funds of the German Federal Foreign Office (AA). Additional support was provided by the Yale Film and Media Studies Program and the program’s Chair, Fatima Naqvi.
Date and Time: Thursday, October 26th, 2023, from 5:30 PM-8:00 PM
Location: Deutsches Haus at NYU, 42 Washington Mews, New York, New York 10003
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Movie Night: TIM BURTON'S CORPSE BRIDE
2023-10-27 00:00 - 23:59

The (virtual) Germany Grad Fair 2023
2023-10-27 00:00 - 23:59
Thinking about grad school? Come learn why Germany could be the right move for you! Join us at the virtual Germany Grad Fair 2023 to learn more about research, funding, and graduate programs.

With hundreds of respected universities to choose from as well as its location in the heart of Europe, it’s no wonder that Germany consistently ranks as one of the most popular countries in the world for students. In fact, Germany has been ranked third best place to study abroad in 2023. Learn what opportunities await you for graduate studies in the Land of Ideas.
Did you know:
● Most degree programs at top-ranked institutions charge little to no tuition fees
● Many degree programs are now taught in English
● Germany has attractive job opportunities for young people and has a high ranking in work-life balance
Participating Universities and Organizations:
● Campus OWL
● University Alliance Ruhr
● UAS-7 German Universities of Applied Sciences
● University of Cologne
● University of Freiburg
● Heidelberg University
● Hasso Plattner Institute
● German Consulate General New York
● Cultural Vistas
● German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
● German Research Foundation (DFG)
● Goethe-Institut New York
You should attend if you are: an undergraduate or a graduate student, young professional, career service advisor or someone who is interested in graduate studies in Germany!
Entrance is free with required RSVP.
Date and Time: Friday, October 27th, 3:30 PM-5 PM
Location: virtual event
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James Austin Smith: Hearing Memory
2023-10-28 00:00 - 23:59
”Hearing Memory” tells the story of a forgotten East German avant-garde, asking how an overlooked cultural history might inform our political present.

Oboist James Austin Smith’s musical-historical project, Hearing Memory, explores music lost to the ‘end of history’. Smith and pianist Cory Smythe reflect on the complicated legacy of the classical music scene in 1970s East Germany, offering an example of musicians creating meaning beyond sound. Music by Friedrich Goldmann, Christfried Schmidt, Siegfried Thiele, and Paul Dessau will be featured alongside a world premiere of a piece for oboe and piano by Matana Roberts.
Date and Time: October 28th, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Location: National Sawdust, 80 N 6th Street Brooklyn NY 11249
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“What a Way to Make a Livin’: Writing About Work” (Festival Neue Literatur Satellite Event) and Friedrich Ulfers Prize 2023
2023-11-01 00:00 - 23:59
The Festival Neue Literatur partners present the 2023 Friedrich Ulfers Prize Ceremony and the Festival Neue Literatur satellite event, “What a Way to Make a Livin’: Writing about Work.” This year’s Friedrich Ulfers Prize will be awarded to the literary translator and writer Tess Lewis. The Festival Neue Literatur satellite event, “What a Way to Make a Livin’: Writing about Work,” will feature readings by and a conversation among authors Dorothee Elmiger, Andrea Grill, Anja Kampmann, and Christine Smallwood, and will be moderated by Tess Lewis.
About the Friedrich Ulfers Prize 2023:
The moderated conversation “What a Way to Make a Livin’: Writing about Work” will be preceded by the 2023 Friedrich Ulfers Prize ceremony. This year’s prize will be awarded to the literary translator and writer Tess Lewis. The laudation will be delivered by Andrea Grill. Professor Friedrich Ulfers (NYU) will provide short remarks.
The Friedrich Ulfers Prize was established in 2013 and is awarded annually by Deutsches Haus at New York University to a leading publisher, writer, critic, translator, or scholar who has championed the advancement of German-language literature in the United States. The prize, which is endowed with a $5000 grant, has previously been awarded to Riky Stock, Jill Schoolman, Susan Bernofsky, Barbara Perlmutter, Barbara Epler, Burton Pike, Robert Weil, Sara Bershtel, and Carol Brown Janeway. The Friedrich Ulfers Prize is Festival Neue Literatur’s testimony to the rising importance of German-language literature in America.
About Festival Neue Literatur:
Festival Neue Literatur (FNL) was established in 2009 as a collaborative project of New York’s leading German-language cultural institutions, i.e. The Austrian Cultural Forum New York; the German Consulate General New York; the Consulate General of Switzerland in New York; Columbia University School of the Arts; Deutsches Haus at NYU; and the Goethe-Institut New York. Festival Neue Literatur is the first and only festival to spotlight German-language and U.S fiction together and is proud to provide New York audiences with access to exciting new literature from Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and the U.S.
“What a Way to Make a Livin’: Writing about Work” is presented with additional support from the German Federal Foreign Office, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the Federal Chancellery of Austria, and the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.
Date and Time: Wednesday, November 1st, 2023 at 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Location: Goethe-Institut New York; 30 Irving Place; New York, NY 10003
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Goethe Institut November Competition / November Wettbewerb
2023-11-01 00:00 - 2023-11-26 23:59
The November competition is an online quiz for everybody in the U.S. 13 years and older. Participants visit a virtual interactive learning platform, answer questions about sustainable living in English or German and get the chance to win handwarmers, powerbanks and beanies.

The November competition is an online quiz on the topic of sustainability.
Participants visit the virtual platform “Sustainability Lab” which offers a wide variety of information on the topic of sustainability in German and English. For each of the 17 sustainability goals, they’ll find videos, podcasts, games and more.
While visiting the platform and answering the questions, participants learn about environmental awareness, a variety of eco-friendly practices, and sustainable living in Germany and around the world.
Anyone aged 13 or older living in the US can participate and have a chance to win one of 20 winter packages, including a rechargeable powerbank/handwarmer and a Goethe-Institut beanie hat. The questions can be answered in English or German. The instructions on how to visit the “Sustainability Lab” and all other necessary information are published on the Goethe-Institut website.
Date and Time: November 1st to November 26th, 2023
Location: Virtual Space
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New GACC NY Member & Expat Networking Reception
2023-11-07 00:00 - 23:59
Join us as we come together to extend a warm welcome to our newest GACC NY members!

This reception presents an exceptional opportunity for networking, embracing both our new and existing GACC NY members and the German expat community.
At the Wilkhahn Inc. showroom in the heart of SOHO, you can immerse yourself in an atmosphere filled with superbly designed, functional product and furnishing solutions, exemplifying not only beautiful aesthetics but also enduring quality.
We invite you to be part of this reception, where you can broaden your professional network while enjoying some delightful beverages and snacks.

From Animals to Robots: How Transatlantic Neuroscience Advances Engineering
2023-11-07 00:00 - 23:59
Join the University of Cologne New York Office and partners for an upcoming in-person event featuring transatlantic research on how robotics and engineering can be advanced through neuroscience and the study of flexible animal behavior.

As part of the NRW-USA Year 2023-2024, the University of Cologne New York Office together with the German Consulate New York, the German Research Foundation (DFG) North America, American Friends of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and the German Center for Research and Innovation New York (DWIH) is hosting a panel discussion at the German House Auditorium in NYC on November 7, 2023.
How are animals so remarkably effective in getting around in the world? A striking feature of animal behavior is its flexibility, adaptability, and resilience. Whether one is swatting away fruit flies, admiring a squirrel scrambling up the trunk of a tree, or trying to chase cockroaches out of an apartment, the agility and speed with which animals can respond to avoid danger and achieve their goals is impressive. Understanding how the body and brain work together to create such adaptive behavior could create new technical solutions including novel, autonomous robots. Such innovations can contribute to increasing our society’s resilience when dealing with global challenges.
Participants of this public panel discussion will hear from experts in the areas of neuroscience, robotics, and control who work together within the Communication, Coordination and Control in Neuromechanical Systems (C3NS) network. C3NS is an innovative transatlantic research program, co-funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) together with the German Research Foundation (DFG), as well as Canadian and UK partner organizations. It is part of NSF’s Novel Networks for Neuroscience (NeuroNex) project.
Join us to
– Discover how robotics and engineering can be advanced through neuroscience and the study of flexible animal behavior
– Experience the power of a transatlantic and interdisciplinary collaboration between North America and Europe at an exciting research frontier
– Enjoy a networking reception following the panel
Our Experts:
● Prof. Dr. Ansgar Büschges, University of Cologne
● Prof. Dr. Roger Quinn, Case Western Reserve University
● Prof. Dr. Hillel Chiel, Case Western University
● Prof. Dr. Vicky Webster-Wood, Carnegie Mellon University
● Dr. Gesa Dinges, West Virginia University​​​​​​​
Moderated by Dr. Nina Gray, New York University

Date and Time: November 7th, 2023 from 6 PM to 8 PM
Location: German House Auditorium, 871 United Nations Plaza, New York City
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German School Brooklyn Open House
2023-11-07 00:00 - 23:59
Join us for our upcoming Open House to learn more about German School Brooklyn, NYC’s premier international school offering a seamless English-German bilingual education for a global community of students.

GSB is currently accepting applications for the 24/25 School Year for Kindergarten through 9th Grade. Attending an Open House is a great way to get to know our school and learn about our well-rounded academic program and our approach to dual language learning. You will tour our new facility, meet faculty and staff, hear from parents, and have a chance to speak with our Head of School.
German School Brooklyn combines the best of American and German teaching practices with an International Baccalaureate curriculum to create a fully bilingual, intellectually vibrant and rigorous learning environment that nurtures the mind, body, and creativity of our students. By celebrating our Brooklyn roots and diverse community, we prepare our students to become engaged, empathetic, global citizens.
We look forward to meeting you and your family!
Date and Time: Tuesday, November 7th and 14th, 2023, at 9 AM
Location: German School Brooklyn; 760 Sterling Place; Brooklyn, NY 11217
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ClimateTech Founders Summit 2023
2023-11-07 00:00 - 2023-11-08 23:59
Three years after a once-in-a-generation pandemic, 1014 have continued to be in crisis mode, with global supply chain disruptions, inflation, an energy crisis and an ongoing war in Europe. While we’re fighting various crises, the biggest challenge humanity faces is still not being addressed sufficiently: the climate crisis.
Yet, there are more founders, start ups and investors focused on climate change than ever before. So what’s missing?
Under the 2023 theme of ‘Pivot’ they are looking for answers to this question. What do we need to do to massively scale climate solutions? How can founders set themselves up for global scale & what support is needed from the ecosystem?
Humanity needs to pivot from decade-old behaviours. Founders and executives need to pivot to impact-driven business models and we need to transform our economy towards ‘impact capitalism’, driven by both profit & positive impact.
Join at ClimateTech Founders Summit 2023. A two day trans-Atlantic journey sharing innovative perspectives accompanied with unique opportunities to connect with fellow disruptors, climate innovators and impact-driven leaders.
It’s time to Connect. Collaborate. Disrupt.

Global Wagner: Film Screening
2023-11-08 00:00 - 23:59
Global Wagner – From Bayreuth to the World is not a biography of Richard Wagner, nor is it a musicological analysis of his work. This is a documentary dedicated solely to the world’s fascination with the man, and an exploration of the question as to how such massive hype and world-wide cult following developed around this highly controversial artist. The film is a revealing feature-length study of life with Wagner’s legacy from one Bayreuth Festival to the next, and we travel the world to meet devoted Wagnerians and those most intimately involved in commenting on and producing his work today. Directed by Axel Brüggemann, in German and English, featuring Katharina Wagner, Christian Thielemann, Alex Ross, Valery Gergiev, Plácido Domingo, Piotr Beczała, Barrie Kosky, and Anja Harteros. Presented by the Wagner Society of New York.
Date and Time: November 8, 2023 at 6:30 PM
Location: Dolby Screening Room; 1350 6th Ave, New York, NY 10019
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''New York, New York'' - A very personal tribute to the Big Apple
2023-11-08 00:00 - 23:59
Adrienne Haan presents
New York, New York – Her very personal tribute to the Big Apple
After her successful premiere of New York, New York with her 4-piece band in Luxembourg and Germany, Adrienne is looking forward to returning to her theater of residence, the Triad NYC to deliver HER very personal tribute to the Big Apple, so NO! This is NOT the cliché show you might expect!
After 26 years in New York City, Chanteuse Internationale and Comédienne par Excellence Adrienne thought it was time to tell her personal and witty stories of the ups and downs in New York show biz and why New York City deserves its own dedication, especially after the pandemic. As usual, this is a funny and exciting musical journey, this time taking the audience on a hight-speed ride through the Big Apple, that dear ol’ dirty town: Accompanied by her MD of nearly 22 years, Richard Danley, Adrienne presents Musical Theater classics as well as songs from the Great American Songbook. This explosive tour-de-force features songs originally sung by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Liza Minelli, Mary Martin, Sarah Vaughan, Bing Crosby and others. Adrienne continues their legacy with her enormous stage presence and strong singing voice.
Sitting in with her will be America’s Baritone and Broadway Star William Michals. William was last seen in Broadway’s “Parade”. Major Broadway credits include “Émil De Beque” in the Lincoln Center revival of “South Pacific” and “The Beats” in Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast”. More information on William Michals: www.williammichals.com
For all New York lovers and fans of Adrienne Haan, this show is not to be missed! Hilarious, exciting and emotional!
“A sensational voice!” (The New York Times)
“Ms. Haan is a sterling example of a one-woman performance!” (Will Friedwald for the New York Sun)
“A powerful, enigmatic interpretation of renowned classics.” (Berliner Morgenpost)
“Adrienne Haan is an entertainer of the highest caliber.” (The Huffington Post)
Approx Running Time: 90 Minutes
With Richard Danley (MD) on piano. 2 drink minimum required.
Date and Time: Wednesday, November 8th, 7 PM
Location: Triad Theater NYC; 158 W 72 Street (second floor, elevator access), NYC 10023
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Big Apple Circus & Circus-Theater Roncalli
2023-11-08 00:00 - 2024-01-01 23:59
Daring acrobats, soaring aerialists, and clownish clowns astonish and entertain spectators in Big Apple Circus’s latest showcasing the U.S. Premiere of Europe’s Circus-Theater Roncalli.

The Big Apple Circus is excited to announce a first-of-its-kind collaboration with Europe’s beloved, and Andy Warhol-approved, Circus-Theater Roncalli for its upcoming 2023 season. This all-new show, “Journey to the Rainbow,” will transport the audience to a dreamlike wonderland as it blends the best of New York City’s hometown circus with the romance and magic of today’s European circus tradition. It marks the long-awaited U.S. premiere of Circus-Theater Roncalli, which is revered as one of the most beautiful circuses in the world. The company has amazed more than 45 million spectators since its inception in the mid-1970s with its contemporary but nostalgic take on the one-ring circus experience
Bernhard Paul, the founder and owner of Circus-Theater Roncalli, and Patrick Philadelphia, a long-time executive at Circus-Theater Roncalli, will helm this dazzling and dream-like production created specifically for the Big Apple Circus. 34 talented artists from different parts of the world will present their spectacular circus performances in costumes specially designed for the show. It will also feature a live orchestra of eight musicians who will interact with the audience throughout the show and play an original score composed by Georg Pommer, Circus-Theater Roncalli’s longtime Music Director. Beyond the circus ring, audiences will enjoy an immersive feast for the senses that includes ambient circus acts, mouth-watering midway culinary classics, and a menagerie of confections topped off with a dollop of the Big Top’s signature delights.
Date and Time: NOVEMBER 8 – JANUARY 1, 2024
Location: Lincoln Center Plaza – 62nd Street (Between Columbus and Amsterdam Ave)
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NY Comedy Festival presents: Sebastian “El Hotzo” Hotz Live, and Fabi Rommel Live
2023-11-09 00:00 - 23:59
Two of Germany’s young rising stars in comedy and literature have been invited to perform German-language comedy for the very first time in the history of New York Comedy Festival.

New York Comedy Festival, the US’s most established and prestigious comedy festival and one of the biggest in the world, will be featuring German-language comedy for the very first time ever. In collaboration with the Berlin-Based artist management agency Heavy German Shit, the festival has curated two nights of German-language comedy featuring two of the most exciting and popular rising talents in the performing arts and literature in the German speaking world.
Sebastian Hotz, better known to many as “El Hotzo,” is something of a shooting star of social media in Germany. Whether it’s Twitter or Instagram, everyone has stumbled across one of his thousands of humorous posts. With over 1.4M Instagram followers and over 600k Twitter followers, Hotzo reaches over a million people every day and is now considered the mouthpiece of the younger generation thanks to his reflective, satirical and socially critical tweets. Earlier this year, Hotz debuted his first publication, “Mindset,” and the book immediately became a bestseller in Germany, shooting to #2 in the German book charts. His 2023 European book tour sold out rapidly, with advanced sales of over 15.000 tickets. Now, with his NYC debut, German-speaking New Yorkers will get a chance to experience the young rising star live!
Author, writer, and performer Fabi Rommel is undoubtedly one of the most popular, successful, critically acclaimed, and relevant comedians in the German speaking world. Millions of fans have grown to love him through his viral videos and live performances that incorporate multiple aspects performance into the perfect blend of sketch, standup, and improv comedy. Following a 50+ show 2023 sold-out European tour, Fabi will be coming to NYC to perform for the first time ever to a US audience live as a part of this year’s New York Comedy Festival, and will surely show them what millions of followers and live show attendees in Europe have already known for years: that Fabi Rommel is one of the leading comedic voices working in Europe today, in the German language or otherwise.
Date and Time: November 9th, at 8:30 PM (Sebastian “El Hotzo” Hotz), November 12th, at 7 PM (Fabi Rommel)
Location: Chelsea Music Hall (For Sebastian “El Hotzo” Hotz), 407 W 15th St, New York, NY 10011
Baby’s All Right (For Fabi Rommel), 146 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11211
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Informal Networks in International Business
2023-11-09 00:00 - 23:59
UA Ruhr North America together with our partner 1014 – Space for Ideas are hosting an event on Informal Networks in International Business with University of Duisburg-Essen alumni Dr. Sven Horak (St John’s University), Dr. Sheila M. Puffer (Northeastern University), Dr. Mridul Agrawal (iuvando Health), and Dr. Grace Chun Guo (Sacred Heart University). The event will feature a keynote address from Consul General Euywhan Kim, Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in New York and active informal networking!
Join us on Thursday, November 9th at 6pm at 1014 – Space for Ideas in New York City.
This event will provide a platform for participants to share insights, experiences, and best practices related to informal networks in international business, citing the “networking societies” in East Asia that are believed to have developed connections between business and politics as one example.
The speakers will highlight the vital role that Informal Networks can play in providing access to valuable information, resources, and contacts, as well as fostering trust and collaboration among individuals and organizations.
Please RSVP by registering here!
