Dear cultural activists, Last Sunday, we celebrated the conclusion of our “Dresden speaks… many languages” project. Together with all those involved in the project, helpers, friends and family, we spent…
There are proverbs in every language in the world. What could be better than a proverb if you want to give someone a piece of wisdom or an admonition? Flowery sayings make even the most serious instruction come across with a twinkle in the eye.
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Traditional series of lectures in a Neustadt pub on the travel experiences of cultural activists
We would like to say ‘Thank you’! Year after year, over 45 dedicated people in our organisation make an indispensable contribution to cultural projects and events that enrich social interaction. Without their commitment, many of these programmes would not be possible.
Dear Cultural Activists, We would like to say ‘Thank you!’. ‘Thank you!’ to all our volunteers who support us year after year with our projects and without whom cultural life…
A slightly different running report
Amharic language The Amharic language belongs to the Semitic language family. It is related to other Semitic languages such as Arabic, Hebrew, Syriac and Tigrinya. Amharic is spoken in Ethiopia…
The Yenidze, the landmark of Hugo Zietz's tobacco and cigarette factory, was built in 1909 in an oriental architectural style. Today it is used commercially for offices and restaurants.
Armenian language The Armenian language belongs to the Indo-European language family. The Armenian language has been influenced by contact with neighboring languages and cultures, such as Greek, Persian and Arabic.…
Tagore, a famous Bengali poet, writer and Nobel Prize winner for literature (1913), found Dresden an inspiring environment that fostered his creative work. Dresden was a center for art and culture in Germany during Tagore's time.
Bulgarian painter and graphic artist Ljuben Stoev, who died in 2016, studied under Lea Grundig at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden in the early 1960s. His nephew, the Dresden artist Ray van Zeschau, followed in his uncle's footsteps, sold his apartment in Sofia and brought his art back to the place where it all began, fulfilling, albeit posthumously, his uncle's greatest wish to be able to exhibit in Dresden once again.