Posted in Events organised by Others, Film on July 19, 2010| Leave a Comment »
On behalf of the Park’s Friends Group, Stammtisch member Sylvie Fish is currently organising an open air showing of a German silent movie in Heaton Park, Newcastle on Monday, 23 August.
G.W. Pabst’s ‘Diary of a Lost Girl’ (Tagebuch einer Verlorenen) starts at 8pm at the Pavillion, with live piano accompaniment by Neil Brand. Admission is free. For further info, email sylviefish@yahoo.com.
Posted in Events organised by Others, Sport & Leisure on July 2, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Tanja Cooper, one of our Stammtisch members would like to ask for your support for her fundraising activities for Cancer Research UK.
In August Tanja will do a parachute jump from an airplane at about 4000 metres, then free fall for about 1 minute, travelling at 200 km/h towards earth. She said: “The parachute hopefully opens and I can enjoy the views of Lake Constance.”
Tanja has lived in the UK since 1998 and in Newcastle for the last five years. Her family still lives in Berlin and Bavaria
She explained the reasons behind her fundraising efforts : “I’m appealing to you today to help me raise money for Cancer Research UK and I’d really appreciate your support. I have decided that it’s time for me to be brave. My Dad has been through a lot in recent years and it wasn’t always possible for me to be there due to the distance we do live apart. He has endured the trauma of cancer twice and fought it successfully.”
If you go to Tanja’s JustGiving page, you can donate by debit or credit card:
http://www.justgiving.com/be-brave
JustGiving sends your donation straight to Cancer Research UK and automatically reclaims Gift Aid on all eligible donations, so what you give is worth even more. Thank you!
Posted in Food & Drink, Stammtisch on June 21, 2010| Leave a Comment »
We now have the date for our next Stammtisch – Monday, 26 July 2010. In the expectation that we will have a fabulous summer’s evening, we’re planning a BBQ at the Mansion House in Jesmond. The £15 menu will include:
Minute Steak with Mustard Peppercorn Marinade
Spare Ribs with Rich Barbecue Sauce
Original Bratwurst
Home-made Bulletten
Haloumi, Courgettes, Mushroon, Red Onion & Pepper Kebabs
Guacamole – Mustard – Lemon Mayonnaise
Salsa
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A Selection of Breads is served with the Barbecue Menu
Hot Minted New Potatoes
Mixed leafy Salad with Summer Herbs and Organic Tomatoes
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Doddingtons Brown Ale Ice Cream
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Dangerously Chilled Erdinger, Krombacher, Becks & Holstein
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Croquet & Boules on the Lawn
The bar & terrace will be open from 5.30pm, the grill from 7.15pm onwards. Please let me know again, if you’re coming as we need to know numbers for the catering.
Further information about the Mansion House in Jesmond, the official residence of the Lord Mayor of Newcastle is available at the website: http://www.newcastlemansionhouse.co.uk/
Posted in Food & Drink, Stammtisch on May 6, 2010| 6 Comments »
The Mansion House in Jesmond will host our Spring Stammtisch on Monday, 14 June 2010. Gunther Seebacher has organised a very special ‘Blackforest Menu’ for us:
Ogen-Melone mit Schwarzwälder Schinken
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Jägerschnitzel mit Spätzle
Bunter Salatteller
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Apfelstrudel mit Vanilleeis
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Kaffee mit Mansion House Schokolade
Cost for the three course menu will be again £15/head. The bar opens at 6pm and dinner will be served at 7.15pm. The terrace at the Mansion House will also be open for drinks.
The Mansion House is the official residence of the Lord Mayor of Newcastle. More information on the venue and its location visit the website – click here.
To book a Stammtisch dinner on 14 June, email info@lexica-communications.com or call us on 0191 230 8037.
Posted in Events organised by Others on May 6, 2010| Leave a Comment »
The Prince’s Trust is currently looking for enterprising people in the region to help raise funds for their work with young people.
Just like in The Apprentice, teams get initial seed funding and will then have the task to grow that generate that into a profit of around £10K. The regional will have the opportunity to meet VIPs at the national finals. For further information about the initiative and how you can join it as an individual,through your business or your university, visit The Prince’s Trust Website – click here.
Across the UK, the Prince’s Trust hopes to raise a total of £1 million pounds. To find out more, the local branch of the Prince’s Trust has organised two information events on Thursday, 6 May and Wednesday, 12 May from 4 – 6pm at the offices of Muckle LLP in Time Central.
For further information or to attend, call Miranda Heron on 0191 497 3215 or email miranda.heron@princes-trust.org.uk.
Posted in Languages & Communications, Networking on May 6, 2010| Leave a Comment »
It is interesting to compare the public’s concerns relating to social media such as Facebook in both the UK and Germany.
In the UK, Facebook came under pressure to find ways how to protect young people from potential paedophiles. In Germany, however, consumer groups and the German government put pressure on Facebook to improve its data protection and even advised Germans not to use the social media platform.
Germany’s equivalent to Which magazine – Stiftung Warentest – also published a special edition in April and surveyed the various social media platforms. It also gave bad marks for data security. Click here to subscribe the test edition.
And Google’s Street View is in trouble as Germans are up in arms about having their property on the internet without their permission. People now seem to have the opportunity to opt out of the service before it goes online.
One of our fellow Stammtisch members also forwarded us a letter that was sent to an MP on the new Digital Economy Bill. If you take into consideration that the Minister for Digital Britain (or his staff) does not seem to know the difference between Intellectual Property and Internet Protocol, it might be worth looking at what that Digital Economy Bill is all about http://meeb.org/post/505849844/i-wrote-to-my-mp-two-weeks-ago-regarding-my-shock.
Posted in Books, Food & Drink, Stammtisch on April 7, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Our Easter Stammtisch will be on Monday, 12 April, starting at around 6.30pm, with food arriving at 7pm. The Easter menu will follow in due course – any suggestions for typical food for this season, let us know! The venue is again the Hilton at the Quayside in Gateshead.
The Stammtisch group is constantly growing and we expect another great turnout – make sure you let us know that you’re coming so we have enough food! Email: info@lexica-communications.com.
50 einfache Dinge, die einfach deutsch sind gives you an insight into Germans – for example their obsession with sitting outside, trying not to be typical German or avoiding fellow Germans when on holiday. It covers the ‘Fräuleinwunder’, our politicians, ‘Modern Talking’ and so on. One of our Stammtisch regulars has a copy, if somebody wants to have a peek on Monday.
Posted in Food & Drink, Stammtisch on March 5, 2010| Leave a Comment »
I hope you are all well and that those who were unlucky enough to bite into one of the ‘mustard’ doughnuts last time have by now recovered from the shock!
We thought that April will be a good time to meet again and we’ll have an Easter Stammtisch organised now for Monday, 12 April at the Hilton in Gateshead.
Felix, who organised our previous events has now moved on to bigger things at a Hilton in London, but will come up to join us. David and the German chef are still here to look after us, so apart from having possibly some French influences, there will be no change (we might even have a chocolate fountain at the next event). Also you might want to know that since January this year, all of the hotels in the Hilton Group are dog friendly.
Therefore for your diary: 12 April, Stammtisch start around 6.30pm, food arriving at 7pm and cost will be again £15/head for the food. Further details about the event will follow in due course.
Posted in Food & Drink, Stammtisch on February 6, 2010| Leave a Comment »
The next Stammtisch will be on Carnival Monday, 15 February again at the Hilton in Gateshead.
The Carnival Buffet includes Leberkaese (meat loaf), various sausages (Nuernberger, Bockwurst), matjes & cheese bread rolls, Goulash, Krapfen and much more. The Stammtisch will start to meet up from 6.30pm, with the buffet opening at 7pm.
This month our guest of honour will be the German Consul, Mr Wolfgang Moessinger.
Costume is optional – but of course, the more the merrier 🙂
If you haven’t yet registered, email info@lexica-communications.com.
See you there!
Posted in Film, Food & Drink, Languages & Communications, Stammtisch on January 11, 2010| Leave a Comment »
The first Stammtisch event of the year will be at the Hilton in Gateshead on Rosenmontag (carnival Monday), 15 February. Our theme will be ‘Heaven & Hell’ (optional of course), with a carnival buffet on the evening at a cost of £15 per person.
We are delighted that the German Consul, Mr Wolfgang Moessinger will also be able to join us and say a few words. The event starts at around 6.30pm and the buffet opens at 7pm. Please let me know if you can make it, so that we have an idea about numbers for catering. It would be great to see you all.
In the forthcoming three months, the Tyneside Cinema will feature German, Spanish and French movies as part of the Language Café initiative. German movies will be shown on the following dates:
Tuesday, 19 January @ 17:45 Das Leben der Anderen
Sunday, 14 February @ 17:35 M – Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
Sunday, 7 March @ tbc Nirgendwo in Afrika
Following each performance, there’s also a free get-together where you can talk about the film in German. Click here for the full Tyneside Cinema programme.
If your New Year’s resolution includes to learn German, visit the BBC’s website for a taster. They have an entertaining German language section, which is also quite good fun for native speakers. In ten short videos, German comedian Henning Wehn explains ‘What’s so funny about German’. Let me know what you think J
Now that the snow fall in the UK has calmed down a bit, ‘Daisy’ has been causing havoc in northern Germany. The Stern magazine has some impressive photographs online.
Last, but not least – the Ruhr area/Essen is this year’s Capital of Culture. With daily flights from Newcastle to Düsseldorf, you might fancy a weekend trip to the celebrations – check out RUHR2010.
See you soon!
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