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Luther the Reformer: 500 Year Legacy

Five hundred years ago, on October 31, 1517, Martin Luther published his Ninety-Five Theses. Luther’s later translation of the Bible into German made its content accessible to ordinary citizens, redefining the relationship between the state and the church. This series showcases documentaries and films from Germany and the former GDR about Martin Luther.
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Digital Eye @BlindWhino

Digital Eye @BlindWhino is an exciting, interactive event merging theater, film and a live game show to explore how the Digital Age is affecting our everyday lives. This hybrid cultural-political experience is part of the transatlantic theater project P3M5 (Plurality of Privacy in Five-Minute Plays). The events take place October 16 and 17.
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BRILLIANT DILLETANTES (GENIALE DILLETANTEN)

“Geniale Dilletanten” was the deliberately misspelled title of a concert that took place at Berlin’s Tempodrom in 1981. But over the years since then, it has come to represent an artistic scene in West and East Germany during the mid-1980’s, an era of upheaval in which people in all the arts experimented with new ways of expression. The exhibition runs until October 28.
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The Plurality of Privacy Project in Five-Minute Plays (P3M5)

In cooperation with the Goethe-Institut Washington, theaters across the US and Europe have commissioned playwrights to write five-minute plays exploring the central question, “What does privacy mean to you in the digital age?”

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Luther the Reformer: 500 Year Legacy

Digital Eye @BlindWhino

BRILLIANT DILLETANTES (GENIALE DILLETANTEN)

The Plurality of Privacy Project in Five-Minute Plays (P3M5)