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THE BIG POND #10FAITH, AND A SIDE OF SOUR BEEF

Within the historic walls of Zion Lutheran Church in Baltimore, Maryland, you’re just as likely to hear a rousing polka band as sacred organ music. For more than 250 years, the congregation has remained dedicated to its German immigrant heritage, faith, and ministry. Now, they’re grappling to find the right balance that will carry Zion Church into the future.

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Head-onWild, raw, and full of drama

You may love or hate this movie, but there is hardly room for anything in between. Fatih Akin’s romantic drama Head-on is a brutally honest portrayal of the cultural rift that divides two German Turks.

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Feminism and media artOn Real Life in Cyberspace

As a new genre, media art promised women artists that they would be able to break free from the art scene’s established gender roles. But they were soon forced to realize that a new direction in art does not automatically bring new social structures with it.

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Nora KrugDancing the polka in Milwaukee

Interview with writer and illustrator Nora Krug about her new book “Heimat”, living as a German in the US and the potential of graphic memoirs to deal with the past.