From the Wild West to Outer Space: East German Genre Films

Before the Wall came down, East Germany was a world unto itself, but its film industry could travel: to outer space and the Baltic! If you're at all curious about this period in German film, don't miss the upcoming features at the Goethe Institute. Films start at 7 p.m. on Thursdays, March 3, 17th, and 31st.

When We Leave (Die Fremde) Coming to the Bay Area

What would you sacrifice for your family’s love? Your values? Your freedom? Your independence? German-born Umay flees her oppressive marriage in Istanbul, taking her young son Cem with her. She is hoping to find a better life with her family in Berlin, but her unexpected arrival creates intense conflict. Her family is trapped in their conventions, torn between their love for her and the values of their community.
Director, producer and writer Feo Aladag‘s breathtaking debut When We Leave has won numerous acclaimed film awards and screened last fall in the Bay Area at our film festival Berlin & Beyond. If you missed it then or would like to watch this masterpiece again, When We Leave will be at the two Bay Area Landmark theaters (see below)'.

The film’s running time is 119 minutes; it is not rated. In German and Turkish; fully subtitled in English.
Landmark’s Opera Plaza Cinema
601 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco
(415) 267-4893

Landmark’s Shattuck Cinemas
2230 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley
+1 (510) 464-5980

Daumenkitzel! There's a New German Bakery/Restaurant in the East Bay that will tickle your palate, so to speak.

For students of German living in the East Bay-Berkeley/North Oakland area, or those San Franciscans who venture over across the Bay (and there are some of you out there), there's good news. There's a new German bakery/restaurant/Kaffee und Kuchen destination, Gaumenkitzel. With an authentic Northern German-style menu of Fruehstueck, Mittagstisch, Kaffee und Kuchen (from 2:00-4:30), and a light Abendbrot, you can have a taste of Germany right at home.

German Tutoring in the Language Center!

Starting right now there is tutoring in the Language Center. Former CCSF German instructor and Deutsch? Na Klar! blogger, Leslie Pahl, will be available for tutoring on:

Mondays (montags): 11:10-12:00 and Wednesdays (mittwochs): 10:10-11:00

Tutoring usually takes place in the Learning Assistance Center (R-207), but this semester, Leslie Pahl has volunteered to do tutoring, and that takes place over in the Language Center. So just come to the Service Desk and ask for Leslie/Frau Pahl.

Additionally, Stan Rappaport, in the Language Center, will be available on Thursdays (donnerstags) from 1:10-2:00. Both Leslie and Stan can help answer all those questions about German grammar that come up in the classroom or as you are doing your homework.

A student tutor will also be in the Learning Assistance Center. Click here for the complete schedule. We hope to see you soon!