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5:15 PM

Goethe-Institut Houston Grand Opening

Opening Celebration|Program & Reception

  • POST Houston - X Atrium, Houston, TX

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The Goethe-Institut is excited to return to Houston after many years! In honor of this momentous occasion and to celebrate 35 years of German reunification, Johannes Ebert the Secretary General and Chairman of the Goethe-Institut will join us from Munich. We have a great program of events lined up for the evening with partners from across the U.S. and Germany. We look forward to welcoming you on October 3rd at POST Houston.

Agenda

5:30 pm Welcome in Z Atrium by Secretary General Johannes Ebert celebrating the new presence of the Goethe-Institut in Houston

5:45 pm Among Friends: On the Road A reading and discussion with German authors Sonali Beher and Iven Yorick Fenker, moderated by Dr. Fatima Baig of Rice University

6:45 pm Short break with refreshments and food

7:30 pm Foreign Correspondent Unplugged: Social Cohesion in Times of Uncertainty - A live podcast with journalists Vladimir Balzer (Deutschlandfunk) and Celeste Diaz Schurman (Houston Public Media), moderated by the President of the American Council on Germany, Dr. Steven E. Sokol

8:30 pm Reception continues

Event Location
POST Houston in Z Atrium, behind Eden Plant Co, to the left of 713 Music Hall if facing building from Franklin St.