The Programme / Das Programm

for Everyone / für Jedermann

We 4.8. Peter’s Music 14:00

Listen to some light music! Peter Stokes has collected records

for years and can cater for almost any classical taste.

Afterwards we stay to enjoy the tea and the company.

We 11.8. Peter’s Music 14:00

We 18.8. Peter’s Music 14:00

We 25.8. Peter’s Music: Heart’s Desire 14:00

Feature film around famous tenor Richard Tauber (video).

We 1.9. Peter’s Music 14:00

Th 2.9. Anglo-German Circle: Members’ Social 19:30

Tonight we start the new season and welcome the new

Programme Assistant Philipp Koch from Germany.

Tu 7.9. Feierabend Club: Nirgendwo in Afrika 14:00

Oskar prämierter Film nach einem autobiographischen Buch

über eine jüdische Familie, die 1938 vor den Nazis flieht und

nach Kenia auswandert (Video, 135 Minuten).

We 8.9. Peter’s Music Live: Takashi Kikuchi 14:00

Takashi Kikuchi (viola) and Rachel Fuller (piano)

will perform live classical music for us. Bring friends along.

We would appreciate a donation for the expenses.

Th 9.9. Anglo-German Circle: Stadt/Land/Fluß 19:30

Traditional German game that can be played in any language:

Everyone finds a city/country/river and other categories that

start on a given letter (e.g. London/Lithuania/Lee).

We 15.9. Peter’s Music 14:00

Th 16.9. Anglo-German Circle: Blick auf Essen und Ruhr 19:30

Essen ist die Kulturhauptstadt 2010. Aus diesem Anlaß zeigen

wir einen Film, der auch die Umgebung einbezieht.

Tu 21.9. Members’ Luncheon Club 12:45

Please book by 16.9. (two courses £5)

Followed by: Feierabend Club: The Circus 14:00

Silent movie from 1928 with Charlie Chaplin who stumbles

into a circus and becomes a star clown – unintended. But if he

wants to be funny, no-one laughs (video).

We 22.9. Peter’s Music 14:00

Th 23.9. Anglo-German Circle: Dietrich Bonhoeffer 19:30

Dr Ferdinand Schlingensiepen is one of the founders of the

International Bonhoeffer Society. He will read passages from his

new biography of this eminent German 20th century theologian.

Sa 25.9. Bring & Buy 12:30

Please collect anything sellable and bring it on the day or in

the run-up. If you have nothing to sell, just come to buy.

All funds raised for The Olive Tree Campaign which is planting

olive trees in the Holy Land to keep the hope of peace alive.

We also have Bratwurst and Frankfurters as an added attraction.

We need 5-6 helpers. Please tell Udo if you are available.

Th 30.9. Service of Celebration 16:00

The Board of Management of the German YMCA in London

invites members and friends to join us in celebrating our

150th Anniversary at a festive Thanksgiving Service at St. James’s, Sussex Gardens, London W2. This will be followed by a reception at the German YMCA from 18:00. We hope to welcome as many of you as possible on this special occasion.

An invitation to both events will be sent out shortly and we ask

all wishing to attend to RSVP.

Forthcoming Events:

Sa 2.10. Trip to Eastbourne 09:00

Members £11, guests £13

The next Programme is due around one week before the end of September

For events announced in German, a basic knowledge
of German is required.

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