Performance

Tuesday, November 8, 2016 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Author Reading: Thomas Perle - wir danken der partei (German)

„ich war neun, lebte im besten land der welt und hatte keine ahnung von revolution.“

In welchem Land wir geboren werden, wir aufwachsen, können wir uns nicht aussuchen. 

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 6:30 pm - 11:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Film screening: Die andere Heimat (dir. Edgar Reitz)

Come watch the concluding film (which is also a prequel) to Edgar Reitz magnum opus Heimat! Released in 2013 to great acclaim, Die andere Heimat returns to the village of Schabbach, but this time it is the middle of the 19th century.

This is a long film - 263 minutes! - so pizza will be provided! The film is in German with English subtitles. For the most up-to-date event description, click on the link below to the Department of Germanic & Slavic Studies' events page.

Tuesday, April 14, 2015 4:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00) Tuesday, April 21, 2015 4:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Maria Speth Film Retrospective

(En) gendering Precarity

Maria Speth is an award-winning director who is often associated with the "Berlin school" of German filmmaking.  As part of her visit to the University of Waterloo, sponsored by the Waterloo Centre for German Studies, three of her most important films will be shown in April.

Wednesday, March 25, 2015 3:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Film Screening - Maria Speth

Screening of Maria Speth's film "9 Leben/9 Lives" as part of the GER 359 course, German Cinema through a Transnational Lens, on Wednesday, March 25, 2015 from 3-5 p.m. in ECH 1220.  All are welcome to attend.

Wednesday, February 11, 2015 7:30 pm - 7:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Führerbunker: An Experimental Chamber Opera by Andrew Ager

Canadian composer Andrew Ager’s new chamber opera “Führerbunker” is receiving its premiere at the Registry Theatre in Kitchener.

Tuesday, November 25, 2014 7:30 pm - 7:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Coffee, My Beloved!

Two plays, one drink:

Azmeras Entdeckung tells the comedic tale about the legendary Ethiopian goatherd Kaldi, his “entirely fictional” goat, Azmera, and how they discovered the miraculous powers of coffee 850 years ago.