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Welcome, Dr. Leonhard Emmerling!

We are excited to welcome the new director of the Goethe-Institut Chicago, Dr. Leonhard Emmerling. His most recent post was at Max Müller Bhavan Delhi (the Goethe-Institut in New Delhi, India) where he served as the Regional Programm Director for South Asia. The Goethe-Institut Chicago team is looking forward to his exciting programming ideas and innovative leadership and is excited to get to work with Leonhard for the next six years.
We wish Petra Roggel, who was the director for the past 6 years, all the best as she continues to work for the Goethe-Institut's main office in Munich, Germany.
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Sommerkino

Relish the final month of summer 2021 by streaming five popular German films! This streaming service comes to you free of charge, courtesy of our new Goethe on Demand platform. Each of the five films will be available for streaming for a whole week and all come with English subtitles.
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How Cool Do You Want to Be in August?

Impress your friends and guests "beim Grillen" when you bust out your newly acquired Deutsch skills! Whether you're home or away, you can stay cool learning German with Goethe in our live, virtual class meetings. We offer fantastic courses at every level, including conversation practice, specialized writing courses, and classes for total beginners. Email germancourses-chicago@goethe.de for more information about joining us for the August Minimester.
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YOU ARE HERE: The Emerald Camino Project

With Akinbode Akinbiyi
Theatre Y creates a social ritual for Chicagoans re-emerging out of COVID-19 on behalf of eleven communities hit hard by the virus and systemic racism, an ambulatory performance along Chicago's Emerald Necklace with the goal of forging new bonds across neighborhoods. This six-week urban pilgrimage seeks to recover our shared humanity and reclaim the walkability that Daniel Burnam intended in some of Chicago's most underserved neighborhoods.

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Standing in Solidarity with the Black Community

The Goethe-Institut USA stands in solidarity with the Black community against acts of violence, hatred and racism. Our efforts at promoting a transatlantic relationship between Germany and the United States would be for naught if we stood by in silence during a time of great unrest and upheaval. We are privileged to be located in cities throughout the US with rich Black history, culture, and activism, and we stand with our neighbors in this time.

Shaping the Past

How does the past take shape? What happens in the process of coming to terms with the past? What social repercussions are associated with the rooting of history in monuments and memorials? How can those narratives be shifted or upended through alternative, innovative approaches to memorialization? Learn more about our ongoing project Shaping the Past, a partnership between Monument Lab, the Goethe-Institut, and the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (German Federal Agency for Civic Education/bpb).

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Together with Your Mom's Agency, we launched a fully digital exposure and collaboration platform for experimental music of all genres from Berlin, Detroit, and the PACA region in the summer of 2020. The project continues in 2021 with a series of free music production workshops.