Congratulations! You escaped disaster on the Friday the 13th just past! You did survive it, didn't you? But you don't believe in such nonsense. Right?
Your German ancestors, however, did not brush off such “threats.” To have done so would have been much too dangerous! For example, would you have had the nerve in your German ancestor's day to reveal (are you ready for this horror?) – that you had spit in the well!
Yes, we can laugh, but precautions had to be observed – according to people living in German lands even as recently as the twentieth century.
So come hear all about it. The German-American Cultural Center – Library will present a program on “Folk Beliefs and Superstitions of Our German Ancestors” this Friday, to be delivered by Ingeborg Carpenter, who for many years has been an enthusiastic student of German ethnology. You will come away from this program with a much fuller respect for the day-to-day threats and afflictions that Germans of yore had to learn to ward off.
DETAILS:
What: “Folk Beliefs and Superstitions of Our German Ancestors”
When: 7:30 p.m., Friday, April 20, 2012
Where: Library of the Sacramento Turn Vern, 3349 J Street
Speaker: Ingeborg Carpenter. Ms. Carpenter was raised in Frankfurt and Westfalen; educated at Gutenberg Universität, Mainz; teacher of German; Masters degree at CSU Sacramento.
Admission: Free
Refreshments: Light refreshments will be offered, for which donations are appreciated.
Sponsored by: The German-American Cultural Center – Library, a Section of the Sacramento Turn Verein. For further information: Lorelei@softcom.net
Submitted by Shirley Riemer
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Monday, April 16, 2012
Monday, February 6, 2012
Event of Note – German-American Cultural Center
You're invited to attend the next free program presented by the Sacramento Turn Verein's German-American Cultural Center – Library: a showing of the German film, “Nowhere in Africa.”
The story is based on Stefanie Zweig's autobiographical novel.
The film won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2003. Our copy is dubbed with English subtitles.
Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, a Jewish couple and their young daughter emigrate from Germany to Kenya to escape the Nazis, and are forcd to come to terms with a new life on the unfamiliar continent. Not all members of the family are happy with this drastic change, but going home isn't an option.
This is a powerful film. It is a saga about love and duty, fear and refuge. The movie touches upon big political issues: World War II, the Holocaust, and colonialism. Judgment is left to the viewer, however. There are currents of sexuality in the last one-third of the film.
Details:
Refreshments will be available, for which donations are accepted.
The story is based on Stefanie Zweig's autobiographical novel.
The film won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2003. Our copy is dubbed with English subtitles.
Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, a Jewish couple and their young daughter emigrate from Germany to Kenya to escape the Nazis, and are forcd to come to terms with a new life on the unfamiliar continent. Not all members of the family are happy with this drastic change, but going home isn't an option.
This is a powerful film. It is a saga about love and duty, fear and refuge. The movie touches upon big political issues: World War II, the Holocaust, and colonialism. Judgment is left to the viewer, however. There are currents of sexuality in the last one-third of the film.
Details:
- What: The German film, “Nowhere in Africa”
- Where: Sacramento Turn Verein Library, 3349 J Street, Sacramento
- When: 7:30 p.m., Friday, February 17, 2012
Refreshments will be available, for which donations are accepted.
Posted by Ron Setzer
Monday, January 16, 2012
Another Event of Note – German-American Cultural Center
With this, the seventh-year-in-a-row presentation of the film, “Die Feuerzangenbowle,” at the Sacramento Turn Verein, we have a bit of a mystery on our hands.
Area Sacramentans just keep coming to watch this film (with English subtitles). The film itself was produced 68 years ago! We suppose people keep coming because they like to laugh, or maybe it's because they like the “burnt punch,” that famous German drink called the Feuerzangenbowle? (By the way, the punch isn't burnt; rather it's the Zuckerhut that burns – see below).
The film stars a favorite German actor of the 1940s, Heinz Rühmann, playing the role of a university professor with a doctorate degree. When he and his friends, all in their 60s and 70s, get together to indulge in the body-warming Feuerzangenbowle drink, they get carried away by telling stories of their school years, remembering all the nasty tricks they played on their teachers when they were students.
One of these fellows, Hans Pfeiffer (played by Rühmann), had a private tutor when he was growing up, and so he never attended a real school, and thus he never had the chance to play all those wonderful tricks on his teachers. So he dreams of disguising himself as a student, going back to school, and becoming the boldest of them all when it comes to making trouble for teachers. And that's when the movie's fun begins.
In Germany today, “Die Feuerzangenbowle” is a cult film among university students. Before our movie starts, we'll tell you about the antics that today's students engage in as they watch the film.
About halfway through the film, we'll pause so that you can enjoy both the visual delight and the taste of the glowing and steaming Feuerzangenbowle.
There will be six punch bowls (Feuerzangenbowle) placed around the room. The “punch” is hot mulled wine, above which is supported, by tongs (Zangen), a “Zuckerhut” or “sugar loaf/cone.” Rum is poured over these cones, which are then ignited. The hot sugar then slowly drips into the mulled wine. It's a memorable sight – all six punch-bowls glowing with a blue light!
The punch will be served at half-time. Then we'll return to our seats to watch the remainder of the film.
It will be fun. Join us!
The details:
What: The showing of the film, Der Feuerzangenbowle (with English subtitles)
When: Friday, January 20, 2012, arrival at 7:00 p.m., film starts promptly at 7:30 p.m.
Where: In the Main Hall of the Sacramento Turn Verein, at 3349 J Street
Admission: $15.00, which includes refreshments and the Feuerzangenbowle drink, with seconds if you like. (Other beverages will be available for purchase. No alcoholic drinks will be served to minors. A non-alcoholic drink will be available, however, one that appears similar to the alcoholic one.)
The famous punch: Warmed and spiced red wine, into which sugar drips from a Zuckerhut (sugar loaf) soaked in rum, and set alight – making a beautiful blue-flame light, especially when the lights are turned down. (You'll see!)
Sponsored by: The German-American Cultural Center – Library, of the Sacramento Turn Verein.
Posted by Ron Setzer
Area Sacramentans just keep coming to watch this film (with English subtitles). The film itself was produced 68 years ago! We suppose people keep coming because they like to laugh, or maybe it's because they like the “burnt punch,” that famous German drink called the Feuerzangenbowle? (By the way, the punch isn't burnt; rather it's the Zuckerhut that burns – see below).
The film stars a favorite German actor of the 1940s, Heinz Rühmann, playing the role of a university professor with a doctorate degree. When he and his friends, all in their 60s and 70s, get together to indulge in the body-warming Feuerzangenbowle drink, they get carried away by telling stories of their school years, remembering all the nasty tricks they played on their teachers when they were students.
One of these fellows, Hans Pfeiffer (played by Rühmann), had a private tutor when he was growing up, and so he never attended a real school, and thus he never had the chance to play all those wonderful tricks on his teachers. So he dreams of disguising himself as a student, going back to school, and becoming the boldest of them all when it comes to making trouble for teachers. And that's when the movie's fun begins.
In Germany today, “Die Feuerzangenbowle” is a cult film among university students. Before our movie starts, we'll tell you about the antics that today's students engage in as they watch the film.
About halfway through the film, we'll pause so that you can enjoy both the visual delight and the taste of the glowing and steaming Feuerzangenbowle.
There will be six punch bowls (Feuerzangenbowle) placed around the room. The “punch” is hot mulled wine, above which is supported, by tongs (Zangen), a “Zuckerhut” or “sugar loaf/cone.” Rum is poured over these cones, which are then ignited. The hot sugar then slowly drips into the mulled wine. It's a memorable sight – all six punch-bowls glowing with a blue light!
The punch will be served at half-time. Then we'll return to our seats to watch the remainder of the film.
It will be fun. Join us!
The details:
What: The showing of the film, Der Feuerzangenbowle (with English subtitles)
When: Friday, January 20, 2012, arrival at 7:00 p.m., film starts promptly at 7:30 p.m.
Where: In the Main Hall of the Sacramento Turn Verein, at 3349 J Street
Admission: $15.00, which includes refreshments and the Feuerzangenbowle drink, with seconds if you like. (Other beverages will be available for purchase. No alcoholic drinks will be served to minors. A non-alcoholic drink will be available, however, one that appears similar to the alcoholic one.)
The famous punch: Warmed and spiced red wine, into which sugar drips from a Zuckerhut (sugar loaf) soaked in rum, and set alight – making a beautiful blue-flame light, especially when the lights are turned down. (You'll see!)
Sponsored by: The German-American Cultural Center – Library, of the Sacramento Turn Verein.
Posted by Ron Setzer
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