ALDI in California in Spring 2016 As we have already heard in the news this year, the ALDI brand is expanding and soon will come to various neighborhoods in California. The city of LaVerne has just approved ALDI’s plans to open a 21,000-square-foot market at a space at White Avenue and Foothill Blvd. …
Special Olympics World Games in L.A. in July 2015 Need German Speaking Volunteers
Arriving from all corners of the world, 7,000 athletes representing 177 countries will take the global stage in Los Angeles this summer. The Special Olympics World Games are on from July 25 – August 2, 2015. Together with the athletes there will be 3,000 coaches arriving in Los Angeles and …
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Revisit the Hits of the 80’s with Modern Talking
Remember songs like, “You’re My Heart, You’re My Soul”, “You Can Win If You Want”, “Cheri, Cheri Lady”? Yes, you are right. That’s the guys from Modern Talking, the #1 German band of the 80’s! And you can experience the best hits of the 80’s live again this summer in …
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Art Lovers In L.A. Are In For A Treat
Getty Museum presents ‘ZEITGEIST: Art in the Germanic World’ In this quite ambitious exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum, we get an impression of a time period that was most defining for the ‘Germanic world’ of the 1800’s and 1900’s. Not only was a young German nation officially formed by unifying its many kingdoms and dukedoms under one Prussian crown (1871), …
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Learning German for Kids in Southern California
German Immersion Outdoor Camp – July 26 to August 1, 2015 It’s that time of the year again to start thinking about summer camps. In three more months the children will be out of school and summer vacation will have started! If you plan on having your child expand on his …
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German Speaking German-Americans Needed for University Research Project
A linguistics graduate student at California State University, Fullerton is currently designing a study for his M.A. thesis that examines the speech of English-German bilinguals living in California (particularly Southern California). Tim Jewell is “looking for California Germans who speak both English and German fluently and find themselves switching back and forth between the …
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Get Prepared for Oscar Night – Exploring the Movies in L.A. Exhibitions
Its Oscar Time! – The 87th Academy Awards Ceremony is February 22, 2015 The 87th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, will honor the best films of 2014 and will take place February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. …
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Enchanted Halloween and Lantern Parade for Children in L.A.
Holiday celebrations are approaching slowly and we know that the year is coming to an end whether we like it or not. The countdown starts out with the American celebration of Halloween on October 31, which is a much more fun way to start into November than the observation of …
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German PhD Student Needs German American Interview Partner
A PhD student from Ludwig Maximilians University Munich is currently here in the U.S. and is searching for German-American interview partners for her field work. For her PhD project about German-American descendants in the U.S., Christiane Bauer is looking for interview partners, who would like to talk about their relationship …
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German Summer Camps in Southern California – 2014
Summer Camps 2014 – Plan In Some German Immersion Have you planned out your summer yet? If you are looking for some entertaining camp, where children not only have fun but can also improve their German language skills, then please read on. Two new German immersion schools in Southern California, …