Mittwochs-Film at the Goethe Institute - March and April

The Goethe Institute, located at 530 Bush Street (just above Grant Ave.), will present "Mittwochs-Filme".    Next up is "The Edge of Heaven", a German/Turkish/Italian film, to be shown on Wednesday. March 21, 2012 at 7 p.m. at the Goethe Institute Auditorium.  Admission is free!

“The Edge of Heaven” is the second part of a planned trilogy about love, death and the devil that started in 2004 with Akin’s film “Head-on”.

“The Edge of Heaven” moves at a gentle pace, adopts a balladic narrative and explores deep philosophical questions. It tells the interwoven destiny of six people coming from three different families and two generations of both German and Turkish heritage, whose lives intertwine in Hamburg and Istanbul and who mature and transform after encountering death. It is a movie as much about bridging the gap between generations — father and son, mother and daughter — as between nations and cultures. It deals with current social issues and has a unique way of illuminating the subject of integration. Akin, considers this his “most spiritual film”.

Here's the complete schedule:  

Workshop

15. - 18.3.2012

CLTA 2012

Los Angeles
California

Film

03/21/2012

Mittwochs-Film: The Edge of Heaven

Fatih Akin, Germany/Turkey/Italy, 2007, 122 min.

Goethe-Institut San Francisco

Film

03/28/2012

Mittwochs-Film: Max Bill - The Master's Vision

Directed by Erich Schmid, Switzerland, 2008, 85 min.

Goethe-Institut San Francisco

Film

04/11/2012

Mittwochs-Film: Kippenberger – Der Film

Jörg Kobel, Germany, 2005, 75 Min.

Kadist Art Foundation
Francisco

Film

04/25 + -2/05/2012

Mittwochs-Film: 2011 International Short Film Festival Oberhausen On-Tour

Goethe-Institut San Francisco

For more information, click here.  

German 1 & 2 Grammar Workshops - Habt Ihr Fragen?

for Now that you're getting into the thick of things with your German studies (dative case, possessive adjectives, prepositions, and the like), this could be the right time to review and make sure you're up to speed with all the ins and outs of German grammar.

A  mid-term workshop for German 1 and 2 students will be held in R-205E on

                Wednesday, April 18, 2:00-3:00

and for students of German 1:


                       Friday, April 6, 1:00-2:00 

                 
                   Wednesday, May 9, 11:00-12:00 noon

And


for German 1 final review and preparation, 


                Monday, May 21, 2:00-3:00 p.m.

for German 2 final review and preparation: Monday, May 14 from 2:00-3:00 p.m.

Additionally, a Tu, Th session will be planned for German 2.  Check the Deutsch?  Na Klar! Blog (see the Language Center homepage, Language News, for a link) for updates.  

Drop-In Workshops for Students of Beginning German (German 1, 1A, 1B)

The Language Center (Leslie) will be presenting three more workshops this semester for beginning students of German.  Depending on requests from students, the workshops may cover such topics as English grammar for students of German, a rundown of materials available for learning German at CCSF, and/or fielding questions that students may have regarding German grammar.  It's a "create it yourself" workshop and will be in

R-205E (second floor of the Rosenberg Library, entrance near the water fountains) on:

Here's a Fun Tongue Twister to Try!  

Friday, March 2, from 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

or

Friday, April 6, from 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. 

or 

Wednesday, May 9, from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. (prep for finals!)  

Two more workshops for students of German 2 will be scheduled for the last couple weeks of the semester, as students are preparing for finals.  One will be on a M, W, or Fr and one on a Tu or Th.  Check this blog for updates.  Bis dann! 

Die Neue Deutsche Comic Kultur - The New German Comic Culture

If you're at all into comics, manga, etc., and if you're taking German this semester or are interested in the German language and culture, then this is the exhibit for you!   See below for more information about this Goethe Institute exhibit: 

„Comics, Manga & Co. – Die neue deutsche Comic-Kultur“

Exhibition
Thursday, February 9 – Friday, March 2, 2012
Goethe-Institut
ART-Lounge
530 Bush Street, Street Level
San Francisco
Opening Hours: Monday – Thursday: 10am – 6pm
Friday: 10am - 4pm

The exhibition „Comics, Manga & Co. – Die neue deutsch Comic-Kultur“ features the works of two generations of artists, who have transformed the German graphic novel-scene in the last couple of years. Works of MAWIL, Isabel Kreitz, Arne Bellstorf and Martin Tom Diek and many more will be displayed. 

The artist MAWIL will open the exhibition „Comics, Mangas & Co.“ on Thursday, February 9 at 6.30 pm. He will sign his books and engage in discussion.
MAWIL is a German artist, born in Berlin in 1976. His tragi-comical stories We can still be friends and the stories about his Alter Ego Super-Hasi have become famous all over Europe.

Related links

• Deutschsprachige Comics  
  
• „Comics, Manga & Co.