Upcoming Events
German Night at the Saints Baseball Game
Thursday, July 22 at 7:05pm
Members of the GAI and TCGIS communities can enjoy a special offer with proceeds benefiting both organizations. Make your reservations with the password gai. You can choose from the following two packages:
$15 Package includes ($23 Value):
• General Admission Ticket
• Hot Dog and Soda Voucher
• Saints Hat (NEW FOR ‘10)
$16 Package includes ($25 Value):
• General Admission Ticket
• Hot Dog and Soda Voucher
• Darryl Strawberry Bobblehead
A portion of the proceeds benefits GAI and TCGIS! We are asking all participants to sit together and wear orange to help identify our community presence.
Metropolis, the Lost Scenes and Social Justice: A Free Film Class for the Whole Community
Fridays, July 23 and 30 at 6pm
Why did Lang make and emphasize Biblical references in this epic about labor? What was the atmosphere surrounding labor rights in 1927, when Metropolis was releaesed? How has Western culture adopted the concept of the city as prison, found in Metropolis? The GAI will host a free film class in the Ratskeller which will investigate different versions of the classic 1927 German film, Fritz Lang's Metropolis.
Screening and discussing the cut scenes and the extended version of Metropolis will give us a new appreciation for Lang’s poignant work. If you’ve never seen Metropolis, come see and discuss the shorter version during the first class session.
This participation-based class is offered through the Experimental Colleges of the Twin Cities, which share common visions for a better world and offer free and open classes to the public. EXCO strives to offer Twin Cities’ communities the opportunity to teach or learn in a space open to alternative education and all kinds of knowledge, particularly those that have been historically marginalized. At EXCO, everyone can teach or take classes, and all classes are free. Classes may take place anywhere around the Twin Cities. You can register for this and other courses, workshops and discussion groups online through EXCO's website.
Do-It-Yourself Dirndl Class
Sundays, August 1 and 8, 10am-1pm
This two-part class is intended for the inexperienced or new
sewer. Make a simple dirndl dress, blouse, and apron. The first session will be cutting and the second will be sewing. The supply list will be sent to participants in advance. Bring your own lunch and sewing machine. Limited to five people to allow for individualized help.
Questions may be directed to instructor Sonya Calef. Please
reserve your spot by contacting the GAI office.
Stammtisch (German Luncheon)
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
11:45am, $8 members and non-members
Join us the second Tuesday of each month for our German Stammtisch luncheon. Each month we serve a home cooked German meal, prepared by Helga Parnell and her group of volunteers. We also provide optional programming in German after the lunch. This is a great opportunity for natives and non-natives to practice and maintain their German language skills while enjoying great food and Gemütlichkeit.
If you would like to attend, please make reservations via
the GAI office at 651-222-7027.
Kinoabend (German Movie Night)
Friday, August 13
7pm social hour, 8pm film screening
Join us on Friday, August 13 for "CAN - the Documentary" (1999) with host Erik Wesley. This German-made documentary is about the edgy, musically prophetic late-'60s avant garde rock band and includes live concert footage with short experimental video clips, and enlightening interviews.
Directors Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher interview the remaining band members and cull together archival footage from talk shows, concerts, and television appearances to paint a portrait of a band who always remained happily on the sidelines of mass appeal, mixing street music, jazz, folk, and rock into a sometimes poppy, sometimes abstract stew.
In German with English subtitles. Beer and wine available for purchase.
Familienfest 2010
Sunday, August 22, 2–5 pm
Free admission.
Food & beverages available for purchase at family-friendly prices
In celebration of Schulanfang (beginning of school) the GAI will host our annual Familienfest on Sunday, August 22. This relaxed afternoon on the GAI lawn features picnic-style food at family-friendly prices, interactive family games and entertainment. There will also be a special ceremony to honor those children beginning their first year of school. Everyone is invited to attend, as we encourage our whole community to participate.
The Society for Creative Anachronism, an international organization dedicated to researching and re-creating the arts and skills of pre-17th-century Europe, will be participating this year providing heraldry, period games (board and rhymes, tag), textile arts (spinning, weaving, knitting), and Medieval combat demonstrations (rapier and armored). People will be in costume, and have answers to questions regarding history and they will build period-accurate tents, a “medieval encampment”.
September Member Night: Traditional German Dinner and GAI Annual Meeting
Friday, September 10
Social hour: 5pm, dinner: 6pm, presentation to follow dinner
$10 members; $13 non-members
All GAI members are invited and encouraged to attend the September Member Night on Friday, September 10. Come enjoy a traditional member dinner featuring home made Leberkäse. Afterward, stay for the Annual Meeting and socializing with GAI friends and live piano music.
The Board of Directors will give an overview of the 2009-2010 fiscal year, including a financial report of the GAI’s standing at the end of the year on June 31. This is an opportunity for members to ask questions and offer suggestions regarding plans for the GAI’s future. Please make a reservation for dinner online or by calling the office by September 8 so that we may purchase and prepare food accordingly.
*Need a ride? Contact the GAI office and arrange for a shuttle pick-up.