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April 8-June 17
Spring Language Courses

It's time to spring into German! Join us for a course beginning this April. We offer classes for adults and young learners from complete beginners to fluent speakers.
© Wilfried Laule

March 21
My Wonderful West Berlin

With paragraph 175 in effect beyond the Nazi regime and homosexual acts between men a crime until 1969, this documentary traces how West Berlin established itself as a refuge for queer culture. My Wonderful West Berlin is the 2nd film in our ongoing Queer Kino series.
© Mechthild Schmidt Feist

March 28
New German Film in New York: From the 60s to the 90s

Join us for an evening in honor of our longtime colleague and film programmer Ingrid Scheib-Rothbart. Ingrid will talk with, among others, MoMA’s former Senior Film Curator Laurence Kardish about her time at the Goethe-Institut and her role in introducing a new generation of German filmmakers to New Yorkers.
First Run Features

March 29
Plastic Planet

Join us for our monthly German Movie Night. Venturing on a journey around the globe - from the Moroccan Sahara to the highest peaks of the Alps, this documentary investigates the far-flung reach of plastic in modern society.
© AHOY

March 30
Double Lives: Writers Who Translate

This Festival Neue Literatur panel spotlights storytellers who move between genres and languages as writers and literary translators. Featuring Idra Novey, John Keene, and Jennifer Croft. Moderated by Karen Phillips of Words Without Borders.
Fritz Ascher, Female Nude, 1916. Photo: Malcolm Varon © Bianca Stock

Through April 6
Fritz Ascher: Expressionist

Fritz Ascher: Expressionist at NYU's Grey Art Gallery presents works by this German Jewish artist, who lived through the Weimar Republic, the Nazi regime, and into the postwar years.
© Achim Lammerts, 2014

Through April 7
Cruising Pavilion, New York: Gay Sex, Architecture & Cruising Cultures

First exhibited at the Venice Architecture Biennale, this second iteration of Cruising Pavilion at Ludlow 38 maps the city through the architectural and urban specters of cruising cultures, both lost and potential.

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April 8-June 17
Spring Language Courses

March 21
My Wonderful West Berlin

March 28
New German Film in New York: From the 60s to the 90s

March 29
Plastic Planet

March 30
Double Lives: Writers Who Translate

Through April 6
Fritz Ascher: Expressionist

Through April 7
Cruising Pavilion, New York: Gay Sex, Architecture & Cruising Cultures

Our Offerings

German courses

German exams

Library

About us

Year of German-American Friendship

Ludlow 38

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April 8-June 17 Spring Language Courses

March 21 My Wonderful West Berlin

March 28 New German Film in New York: From the 60s to the 90s

March 29 Plastic Planet

March 30 Double Lives: Writers Who Translate

Through April 6 Fritz Ascher: Expressionist

Through April 7 Cruising Pavilion, New York: Gay Sex, Architecture & Cruising Cultures

Our Offerings

Year of German-American Friendship

Ludlow 38

eLibrary

April 8-June 17
Spring Language Courses

March 21
My Wonderful West Berlin

March 28
New German Film in New York: From the 60s to the 90s

March 29
Plastic Planet

March 30
Double Lives: Writers Who Translate

Through April 6
Fritz Ascher: Expressionist

Through April 7
Cruising Pavilion, New York: Gay Sex, Architecture & Cruising Cultures