On November 9, 1918, the German Social Democrat Philipp Scheidemann proclaims the collapse of the German Empire from a balcony of the Reichstag building, declaring the first German Republic. The ...

Artemisia LeFay & the Orchestra of the Depraved (Mary Spencer Knapp on accordion and Hannah Mount on piano) will return to The Triad Theater on April 16 and May 28 in GHOSTS OF WEIMAR PAST. The show ...

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Weimar is a surprising splash of color and verve in the still too-often gray, bleak world of the former East Germany. Sidewalk cafes brim once again with artists, students and travelers. Flower stalls ...

This is the seventh in a series of articles on the recent Berlin International Film Festival, the Berlinale, held February 15-25, 2018. The first part was posted March 14, the second on March 16, the ...

On the Weimar era centennial, a retrospective of silent movies from a time of great creativity and innovation is featured at the German Historical Museum. Curator Philipp Stiasny told DW why the films ...

If you’re skipping Sunday night’s Academy Awards telecast and looking for some alternative entertainment, you won’t find anything more different than Meow Meow. La Jolla Music Society is presenting ...

Before Friedrich Schiller bought his house on the Esplanade, he said to his publisher in a letter that, "I have given up all ideas of moving away from Weimar and have decided to live and die here." It ...

Don’t expect bowler hats and dirty negligees in a new production at the Berliner Ensemble, the theater Bertolt Brecht founded. By A.J. Goldmann BERLIN — This winter, after live performances had made a ...