A friend of mine happened to have tickets for the Berlin Festival 2013 that was to take place at the famous old Tempelhof airport. As I had never been there before, I decided to go––the fact that there would be concerts and interesting happenings only motivated me more. Little did I expect, however, that the
The Language of Theater: An American Experience with German Art
“The stage is a concrete physical place which asks to be filled, and to be given its own concrete language to speak.” – Antonin Artaud, The Theater and Its Double (1958) We arrive early to the Schaubühne as the sky grows to an evening shade of dark blue and the street lamps begin to brighten.
Weekly museum visits
Each semester, ECLA of Bard offers the course Berlin: Experiment in Modernity. Just like the ECLA BA students have a mandatory core course each semester, this Berlin–themed class is the core component for the exchange students enrolled in the Bard in Berlin program. However, all ECLA students have the possibility to take it. Furthermore, students
Corona: Selected Poems of Paul Celan. A reading and discussion with Susan H. Gillespie
What makes a good poetry event? This is merely a personal theory: when you recall a good poetry happening, your ability to convey factual information about it has to fail at some point. That is, you should be able to say: “these were the poems”, “these were the questions”, “these were the answers” and so
Lange Nacht der Museen: Better Known as the Night of Adventures
31st August 2013 – day of the 33rd Lange Nacht der Museen (Long Night of Museums) in Berlin. Over a hundred museums, institutions and cultural centers open their doors to the public during this time, starting from 6 pm and continuing into the night until 2 am. This year’s stroll through Berlin museums was particularly
In Honor of Zeus: the Olympic Torch
The first impressions of an encounter are usually the ones that do not tend to stick once one gets more acquainted with the subject of the impression. However, sometimes first impressions do linger for a long time––like the undeletable mark left after an onerous attempt to remove a sticky label from a jar. My first
Why I want to teach English
I have recently returned from Krakow, where I spent a part of my summer break to receive my Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults at the British Council. As a consequence, many people now ask me if I would see myself teaching English for a great part of my life. This led me to
German club went beer tasting
After a successful year of coordinating the German club at ECLA of Bard, David Kretz, a 2nd year student from Austria, has prepared a very exciting schedule for this year’s sessions. As participants in the second session, we were very quickly immersed into the German culture when we met in order to taste and discuss