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German Films at the Tyneside Cinema

February 22, 2010 by lexicatalk

In March, the Tyneside Cinema will screen two more films as part of its Learning Revolution:

On 7 March it will show Oscar award winning ‘Nirgendwo in Afrika‘.

There will also be a free showing of the 1968 film ‘Heisser Sommer’ on 11 March. It’s advertised as East Germany’s answer to Grease and apparently they even did a musical in Berlin – check out YouTube for some clips/music.  It could be fun 🙂

There are of course also French and Spanish language films as part of the Language Cafe series.

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Carnival Stammtisch – 15 February @ Hilton in Gateshead

February 6, 2010 by lexicatalk

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!

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A Happy 2010 to the Stammtisch

January 11, 2010 by lexicatalk

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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Merry Christmas / Frohe Weihnachten

December 16, 2009 by lexicatalk

A big thank you to everybody who supported our regulars’ table.  Since our first beer garden get-together in July, our group has grown quite considerably.

We are now working on an events/activities  schedule for 2010 and appreciate any suggestions/ideas.

The very first event for your diary will be our Rosenmontag Party (Carnival Monday) on 15 February. The Hilton in Gateshead has offered again the venue and is organising food & drink. There will be an optional carnival theme for Faschingsfans, which you will find out about more in the new year.

If you want to help a local initiative: Durham is currently bidding for City of Culture status in 2013. Winning the nomination could help bring a lot more visitors to the region – see www.durhamcityofculture.co.uk for details.

In the news was recently that DB (Deutsche Bahn) Regio will take over the running of the Tyne & Wear metro. For further details click here. Any comments/thoughts?

Great news from FlyBe! From March they offer direct flights to Hannover. The service will run three times a week. Click here for further information. This is in addition to the only other direct German connection to Duesseldorf, which is provided by Lufthansa.

You might know that around 100m people in Europe speak German as their main language. There are also many other regions around the world that continue to speak the language. Over the past 200 years, Brazil for example has seen many German immigrants and in Santa Catarina (Blumenau and Pomerode) around 60,000 people still speak German. In December president Lula visited Germany to strengthen economic relations. Some interesting facts: around 1,200 German companies are active in Brazil, generating ca 10% of the industrial GDP. ThyssenKrupp is the country’s major inward investor for decades, building a €4.5 billion steel works, Volkswagen has also revealed that they will invest around €2 billion over the next four years and companies like Siemens are keen to win contracts for the new high speed train linking Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro (estimated cost €13.3 billion). The Football World Cup 2014, Rio Olympics 2016 plus findings of major new oil fields have brought Brazil firmly into focus. For further details see the Handelsblatt.

While talking about exports – one famous cultural export that came from Germany is of course the Christmas Tree. After the German Prince Albert married Queen Victoria, he introduced this tradition in the 1840s.. The picture of the Royal Family next to a decorated Christmas tree made it popular not only in Britain, but also later in the US.

On that note I would like to wish you all a very happy Christmas and a great start to a prosperous 2010 – Frohe Weihnachten und einen guten Rutsch!

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Christmas Stammtisch @ the Hilton in Gateshead

November 18, 2009 by lexicatalk

The Hilton Hotel in Gateshead has organised a German Christmas Dinner on Tuesday, 8 December. We will meet first for some Glühwein and chats at 6.30pm and ‘Weihnachtsgans und Klösse’ (goose and dumplings) from 7.30pm onwards.

The venue is the bar area with fabulous views of the river Tyne. Everybody pays again for themselves, depending on what they’re having – the Christmas dinner is priced at £12.50/person.

Please email us to let us know if you’re coming and if you’re bringing anybody so that the Hilton knows for how many to cater for – info@lexica-communications.com. Thank you!

Other interesting events taking place:

From 26 November to 24 December

A traditional German Christmas Market will be in Edinburgh for the Christmas season. Eastcoast Rail also offers cheap tickets from £12.50 each way from Newcastle.

Saturday, 28 November

St James United Reformed Church (Northumberland Road, Newcastle – next to the City Hall is holding its annual German Christmas bazaar again from 11am – 2pm. If you want further information, please let me know and I’ll email it.

Monday, 7 December

The Sprachcafe meets again in the Gala Theatre in Durham from 6pm – 8pm – for anybody who wants to practice their German.

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September Stammtisch

August 20, 2009 by lexicatalk

The September Stammtisch will meet at the Bridge Hotel in Newcastle (just next off the High Level Bridge) on Tuesday, 15 September from 6pm onwards.

With a small terrace overlooking the Tyne, this might be our last ‘beer garden’ meeting for 2009.

See you there!

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August Stammtisch

July 20, 2009 by lexicatalk

The second Stammtisch meeting will be held on Tuesday, 18 August 2009 at the Big Lamp Brewery in Newburn from 6pm onwards.

If anybody needs directions or a lift, please let us know.

We’re also still looking for beer garden suggestions for the September event – again please send comments.

If you have any books/films (German in particular) that you are happy to swap with somebody, just bring them along on 18th.

See you then!

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Book & Film Exchange

July 6, 2009 by lexicatalk

I own a  few German books/films that I would be happy to lend to our Stammtisch members.

If that is of interest, send some comments back and we can exchange at the next meeting(s). Here are a couple of books/films for info:

Urlaub mit Papa – Dora Heldt (just seen on the web they’re making a film out of it – to be screened on German telly in the autumn)

Resturlaub – Tommy Jaud. He also wrote ‘Volliodiot’ (which was turned into a movie) and Millionaer – I think I have these too.

Der Hahn ist tot – Ingrid Noll. Scary lady that’s all I can say. Whoever remembers Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction – this one is even scarier.

Das Superweib – Vera Lind. I think again they made a film. Would have been a chick flick.

And here are a few films – click on each film for further info:

Good-bye Lenin

Es geschah am hellichten Tag

Das Leben der Anderen

Maenner

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Maiden Meeting

July 3, 2009 by lexicatalk

Our very first Stammtisch meeting will take place on Tuesday, 14 July 2009 from 6pm onwards at the Ravensworth Arms in Lamesley (just off Team Valley).

Hopefully the weather will be great so we can enjoy the lovely beer garden – but the country pub itself will also be an enjoyable venue in any case.

Our inaugural meeting should bring people together who have an interest in all things German – may they be social or business related.

We’re also trying to find out what kind of venues people would like to visit and if there is an interest in specific topics that could be discussed in smaller round table discussions.

The format is simple – it’s totally free to come along – everybody just pays for their own food & drink. Maybe in future we will have sponsors for events, speakers on sought after topics or tours of facilities – but it’s all up to our Stammtisch regulars to come up with the ideas.

I hope to see you soon in Lamesley.

Tschuess

Manuela

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