Upcoming Events

Kaffeestube European Breakfast Cafe

Saturdays, from 9am-12pm starting September 25

Kaffeestube will open again for the fall semester on Saturday, September 25. The breakfast buffet features German favorites such as hearty bread and Brötchen, a selection of cheeses and cold cuts, Strudel, yogurt with fruit und Müsli, strong coffee, and more!

Read the paper, catch-up on e-mail, check out movies from the library and enjoy a delicious, hearty German breakfast buffet. Kaffeestube runs Saturday mornings from 9am–12pm through mid-December.

 

 

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.

 

 

Stammtisch (German Luncheon)

Tuesday, September 14, 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 featuring the film, "Das Weiße Band" (Haneke, 2009)

Friday, September 17
7pm social hour, 8pm film screening

Join us on Friday, September 17 for Michael Haneke's widely acclaimed "Das Weiße Band / The White Ribbon (2009). The story darkly depicts society and family in a northern German village just before World War I.

At a rural school in northern Germany in 1913, a form of ritual punishment has major consequences for students and faculty. But the practice may have bigger repercussions on the German school system -- and maybe even on the growth of fascism. Celebrated Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke helms this Golden Globe-winning, sumptuously photographed black-and-white drama that stars Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Tukur and Theo Trebs.

In German with English subtitles. Beer and wine available for purchase.