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September 10 - November 19
Fall Language Courses

Learn German with the pros this fall term. We offer classes for adults and young learners from complete beginners to fluent speakers. Although courses have already begun, you can still register through September 21!
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September 10 - November 14
Add-on Module: Intercultural Course

You know that learning a language is about much more than phrases and grammar. But are you always aware of all the pitfalls and specifics when it comes to German culture? Add our intercultural course module to your fall language class and expand your knowledge on Germany. The module takes place in English.
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September 12 – November 14
Special Course: Unsere Deutschlandreise

Let our teachers guide you through their personal Germany with this new class. Get to know a different city every week and learn more German in the process. This course is conducted in German at an A2 level.
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September 20
Opening Performance: Revenge Body Politics

Join us as we open Devin Kenny’s new multimedia exhibition with a live performance at Goethe-Institut New York, in-collaboration with False Witness, Dreamcrusher, and Vyle. The revenge body politics exhibition opens at Ludlow 38 on September 21. On September 23, Devin Kenny will participate in an Artist Talk about his work.
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September 21-October 14
revenge body politics

Devin Kenny’s exhibition, organized by The Agency for Legal Imagination at Ludlow 38, looks at confrontations of art and law, revolving around the intersection of Blackness with an assumed criminality, exploring extrajudicial killing, undue incarceration, and other injustices.
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September 28
Barbara

For our September German Movie Night we screen Christian Petzold's modern classic, Barbara. Set in 1980s East Germany, Nina Hoss plays a doctor who finds herself banished to a small country hospital, stuck between helping people in need and trying to escape the GDR.

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September 10 - November 19
Fall Language Courses

September 10 - November 14
Add-on Module: Intercultural Course

September 12 – November 14
Special Course: Unsere Deutschlandreise

September 20
Opening Performance: Revenge Body Politics

September 21-October 14
revenge body politics

September 28
Barbara

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September 10 - November 19 Fall Language Courses

September 10 - November 14 Add-on Module: Intercultural Course

September 12 – November 14 Special Course: Unsere Deutschlandreise

September 20 Opening Performance: Revenge Body Politics

September 21-October 14 revenge body politics

September 28 Barbara

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Ludlow 38

eLibrary

Work With Us

September 10 - November 19
Fall Language Courses

September 10 - November 14
Add-on Module: Intercultural Course

September 12 – November 14
Special Course: Unsere Deutschlandreise

September 20
Opening Performance: Revenge Body Politics

September 21-October 14
revenge body politics

September 28
Barbara