Culture

Rules: How it shall be kept during the Shooting Competition here in Winterhausen during the Anniversary of the Dedication of the Church this Year of 1700 By Robert A. Selig Simple as the translation of this... Read More...

An introduction of its history in the German speaking world. by Peter Pabisch Before we delve into this topic—please, dear reader—note the difference in the simple term “dialect”. Just as there is a differe... Read More...

Exploring the history and charm of the dance everyone participates in—the Chicken Dance. By Kellie B. Gormly The dance floor buzzes under a tent at the giant Cleveland-area Oktoberfest, where musician Ale... Read More...

Buchnotizen/Book Notes provides brief comments on recent books relating to German and German-American topics. Information as to price and ordering can be found at various Internet book sites, or at the nearest ... Read More...

By Sharon Hudgins Long before the Covid-19 pandemic upended many aspects of our lives, I was accustomed to working at home. When I wasn’t doing research in Europe and Asia, or traveling overseas as a lecture... Read More...

by Peter Pabisch The American Thanksgiving holiday represents not only the largest family festival of the year besides Christmas and, maybe Easter, it also occurs regularly toward the end of November (on the... Read More...

German engineering and expertise led to the development and manufacturing of premier American bicycles. By Eric Bryan For many 20th century American children, an early sense of freedom came with riding a ... Read More...

By Robert A. Selig • Photographs Courtesy Sally Nye “We’re off to see the Wizard…!“ Surely most of our readers can at least hum if not sing this unforgettable tune made famous by Judy Garland as “Dorothy” in... Read More...

By Peter Pabisch Photographs Courtesy GSSchNM When Professor George F. Peters (1944 – 2014) and I established the German Summer School of New Mexico (GSSchNM) in Taos Ski Valley in 1975/76 as an extraordina... Read More...