Past Events
2011 Events:
Janurary 8th, 2011
January 9th, 2010
Germans in America (video presentation)
Part
1 of the "Then and Now" presentation about the people and
"Little
Germanies"
places just after the fall of
the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany
Between
1866 - 1920, twenty-six million immigrants came to America.
20
years ago. Presentor for January will be David Smith of Apple
Valley
Germans
being the largest group.
focusing
on his experiences traveling through East and West Germany
just after the
fall of the Berlin Wall through to the all German Federal election
Join
us for a video presentation that explores the "Little Germanies" that
in late 1990.
sprung up in many of the large cities of America,New York, Chicago,
St. Louis, Milwaukee and others. Here the Germans found great
February 6th, 2010
opportunity,
Steinway Pianos, the first kindergarten school,
Part
2 of the "Then and Now" presentation. "20 Years after
Reunification"
Anheuser-Busch
Brewery, Knight-Ridder Publishing, Miller Brewing,
This presentation focuses on Berlin's identity 20 years
after reunification.
Goelitz
Confectionery Co. to name a few.
Topics
that will be covered include remaining differences
between the Ossis,
East
Berliners and the Wessis, West Berliners on
education, employment and
views
of life in the former GDR. Controversies
surrounding public sites in
February 12, 2011
Berlin, such as the Haus am Checkpoint Charlie and the
Hohenschönhausen
Professor LaVern
Rippley, St. Olaf College, Northfield
Prison, the home of the GDR Stasi. Berlin is a city
of fancinating history and
The Professor's presentation will be on the
German city of Königsberg,
questions
remain as to how history will portray it.
founded in 1255. During
World War II the city was largely destroyed.
Presenter Ginny Steinhagen is a Senior Lecturer in German
at the U of M.
Now renamed Kaliningrad by the Russians after World War II.
March 5th, 2011
March 6th , 2010
James Bauer,
past Minnesota German Karneval Prince
Paul
Sternberg's Photo Tour
HISTORY
and TRADITIONS of Karneval, Fashing and Fasnacht.
Paul Sternberg has visited Germany 7
times and Poland 4 times. On his
Learn how these
German and Austrian times of celebration started, the
latest visit he traveled to Germany, Poland,
Czech Republic and Austria.
significants
they play in their cultures and the importants of the costumes.
He
will share his photo tour of visits to
the cities of Northeim, Berlin,
Neustrelitz,
Halle, Dresden, plus other
German cities. Prague, Czech
April 2nd, 2011
Republic and Salzburg Austria.
"Germany's Ascendancy"
Mr. Robert Scarlett, President of Medical Equipment Exporters,
April 10, 2010
will take us on a journey of the increasingly important role Germany is
playing
"The Expulsion of Ethnic Germans from East-Central Europe at the
in European and world affairs since the end of World War II.
End of World War II".
Mr.
Scarlett will focus on the accomplishments that have provided for this
asendancy.
Presenter, Professor Gary Cohen is Director
of the Center for
Austrian Studies and History at the U of M.
Mr. Scarlett grew up in the Düsseldorf and Bonn areas in the
1950's.
Educated at Carleton College in Northfield, MN.
Past COB of Durex
May 1st, 2010
Products,
past Interim President of Smart Screen Systems, plus many
other
**No Presentation**
international activities with both private sector companies and
non-governmental organizations.
June 5th, 2010
Manor
Homes of Pomerania--Death of Era
May 7th, 2011
Take a journey into
the past of Pomeranian villages and
"What
is Beer."
Güstrow, Schlemmin with
their stately manor homes. Each with unique design and
Michael Agnew, a Certifed Beer Cicerone, will speak about the process
of brewing fine
history.
craft
beer, different styles and how ingredients contribute to the character
of beer.
Presenter,
Professor LaVern Rippley of St. Olaf College
Northfield.
July "Summer Break"
June 4th, 2011
August 8th, 2010
"Hermann the German Monument New Ulm"
Annual Summer Picnic
Den Warta of the New Ulm Area Foundation will make a presentation the the history of
Hermann The German Monument in Detmord, German and New Ulm, Minnesota.
September 11th, 2010
He
will also present on the lif and times of Aminius/Hermann and his
adversary Varus
GAFA welcomes
back Professor Paul Schons of the University of St. Thomas.
the Roman General at the Battle of the Tütoburg Forest.
Professor Schons will
present his "German Trivia Question Presentation".
When Professor Schons receives the correct answer to his
question from a club member he will expand on the subject.
July 2nd, 2011
Bring your thinking cap!
Summer Break
October 16th, 2010
August 7th, 2011
OctoberFest "Open to Public"
Summer Club Picnic "Members
Only"
Place: David Fong's Restaurant, 9329 Lyndale Ave. So., Bloomington
Place:
Bloomington Living Hope Lutheran Church, 9350 Portland Ave. S.
Time: 6PM meal with Ribs, Sauerkraut and German Potato Salad
Times: Grathering Time - 4PM to 5PM with live entertainment,
Open Cash Bar with 2 German Biers
Pot Luck Dinner - 5PM to 6PM, Continued
entertainmnet - 6PM to 7PM
Live German Band for listening and dancing pleasure at 7:30PM
Entertainment: Pamara Ritter, Award Winning Musician & Composer.
Member: Mill City
Accordions, Minneapolis Accordion Band & Dolina Dance Ensemble
Kapela
November 6th, 2010
Menu:
Member Pot Luck side dishes. Board to provide homemade Sloppy Joe
sandwichs.
Multiculturalism in Germany
Ginny
Steinhagen, Senior Lecturer in German at the University of Minnesota
September 24th, 2011
returns to GAFA after her Summer in Berlin researching Multiculturalism
OctoberFest
in
Germany. On October 17th Chancellor Angela
Merkel declared
Place:
David Fong's Restaurant, 9329 Lyndale Ave. So. Downstairs
banquet room.
Multiculuralism "utterly failed."
Times: Cocktails
5PM, Dinner 6PM, Live music and dancing 7PM.
Join us to explore what may have lead her to declare this with
Ginny's presentation.
Menu:
Spareribs, sauerkrut, mixed vegetables and mashed potatos with gravey.
Bier: Two German
biers.
December 4, 2010
Annual Christmas Party****MEMBERS ONLY****
The OctoberFest will combined
the September and October meetings.
Potluck Dinner
November 5th, 2011
German Christmas Customs.
GAFA Welcomes back one of our favorite presentors,
Professor LaVern Rippley, St. Olf College Northfield, Minnesota
December 3rd, 2011
Christmas Party--"Members Only"
Pot Luck Dinner, members bring side dishes, Board bring main meat dish
Place: Bloomington Living Hope Lutheran Church, 9350 Portland Ave. S.
Time: Gathering 4:45
Dinner: 5PM
Entertainment by: Pamara Ritter