Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Fussballfreunde February 27

Wednesday evening's Fussballfreunde will feature two German Cup games played today and Wednesday.

Wednesday's Bayern-Dortmund game will likely be the most significant game in German football for the season, as the winner will face much lesser competition in the semifinal, and possibly, the final. The Bundesliga looks to be decided already, with Bayern Munich having a 17-point cushion atop the table.

Hope you'll join us for the evening! I will begin with Tuesday's game (Offenbach-Wolfsburg) at 6 PM, the main feature of Bayern-Dortmund will get going around 8 PM.

--
Michael

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Deutschfreunde für Februar und März: German Games Night, DFB-Pokal, "Hannah Arendt"

German speakers of all levels are invited to join in German-language activities--great for anyone who'd like to improve or keep up their German, or just to make new friends through the German language.

To view a calendar with these events directly, please visit Deutschfreunde. German Games Night will be scheduled by agreement amongst interested people and will take place at my home, or an alternate location if numbers require a change of venue. If you're interested, please send me an e-mail or phone.

Please note that there will be no Deutschfreunde events in March, but they will return in April.

Ich freue mich auf das nächste Wiedersehen mit Euch!

German Games Night
Deutsche Gesellschaftspiele

Friday, February 8 *** 19:00
Friday, February 22 *** 19:00

Join us for board games and fun conversation! Gambit 7 and Bezzerwizzer Familien-Edition, both trivia games, have been big hits! I'm eager to get the language and memory game Eselsbrücke on the table, too.

Play these games among other modern classics like Die Siedler von Catan, Auf Achse, Zug um Zug Märklin, Bohnanza, Scrabble, Thurn und Taxis and 6 Nimmt!  Linie 1 and ABC DRS 3 deutsch und deutlich, Die Speicherstadt und Filou: die Katze im Sack were also new additions for 2012 (and big hits with my English-speaking friends, I might add!). Whether you play games regularly or not, there is something for everybody!

Play a favourite, or try something new! A great way to socialize!

If you're interested and the dates shown are not good for you, please send me an e-mail or phone in order to help me arrange a date and time for the next German Games Night.

Fußballfreunde
DFB-Pokal 2012/13

Wednesday, February 27  *** 18:00

The German Cup is down to the final eight:
We will watch coverage from ARD and ZDF from the Tuesday and Wednesday games recorded earlier in the day. More details to come.

26.02.2013
1. FSV Mainz 05 (I) SC Freiburg (I)
26.02.2013 Kickers Offenbach (III) VfL Wolfsburg (I)
27.02.2013 VfB Stuttgart (I) VfL Bochum (II)
27.02.2013 FC Bayern München (I) Borussia Dortmund (I)

Hannah Arendt
2013 Victoria Film Festival

Wednesday, February 6 *** 18:30 (Dinner). 21:15 (Film)

The Victoria Film Festival will feature Margarethe von Trotta's Hannah Arendt, a German production about the life of German American political theorist Hannah Arendt. (Trailer)

Advance ticket sales for the film are now closed, but the festival runs February 1-10.

If you are interested in seeing Hannah Arendt with other German speakers, you are welcome to join the small group I am organizing.

Please let me know if you wish to join us for dinner at the Rathskeller (Quadra at View) at 6:30 PM, or only for the film which begins at 9:15 PM at Empire Theatres downtown (805 Yates). I'm sorry that I do not have any extra tickets for the film available.

amazon.de Ordering
Wünsch Dir was!

If you are interested in any items amazon.de sells directly and are in stock, please contact me to learn how economical it is to order as part of a group.

Also worth knowing about...


The Victoria German Language Meetup Group
http://www.meetup.com/The-Victoria-German-Language-Meetup-Group/
Next meetups are Thursdays: December 13 and 27

Deutscher Abend an der Uni
<http://www.uvic.ca/humanities/germanicslavic/news/home/abend/index.php>

Facebook
German-Canadian Cultural Society of Victoria - Edelweiss Club

<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Victoria-Edelweiss-Club-German-Canadian-Cultural-Society/306479895964?ref=ts#!/group.php?gid=155487772723&ref=ts>

Please have a look at what these groups have to offer, and be an active part of the German-Canadian community in Victoria/ If you have German-language events you would like to share with others, I would love to hear from you.

Viele Grüße

Michael Poplawski
michael.poplawski@gmail.com
http://deutschfreunde.blogspot.com
250-589-1293