UPCOMING EVENTS | MAY

 

Lecture | Steven Beller: 2015, 1995, 1955, 1945, 1815 - An embarrassment of anniversaries? Perspectives on Austria's role and identity in Europe now and then | May 12, 2015 | doors open at 7:00 pm
 
A crucial anniversary for modern Austrian identity is the bicentenary of the establishment of the post-Napoleonic European state-system in 1815. Modern-day Austria would be best off going back to a democratic version of Metternichian consensus foreign policy that replaced formal neutrality with a co-operative, multilateral foreign policy, from within the EU’s parameters. [more]

When: May 13, 2015 | event starts at 7:30 pm
Where: ACFDC | 3524 International Court NW | Washington, DC, 20008
Tickets: Free admission | Please register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lecture-steven-beller-perspectives-on-austrias-role-and-identity-in-europe-now-and-then-tickets-16774473903

Screening & Live Performance | Lisa Kortschak: Inside the Outside | May 13, 2015 | doors open at 7:00 pm
 
After having proved her extreme versatility with the programs "Meshes to Meshes" and "Detroit Overture", Lisa Kortschak again explores the dialogue between film and musical performance with "Inside the Outside".
Lisa Kortschak is a Vienna based fine artist and musician who combines video, sound, music and performance in her works. [more]

When: May 13, 2015 | event starts at 7:30 pm
Where: ACFDC | 3524 International Court NW | Washington, DC, 20008
Tickets: Free admission | Please register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/screening-live-performance-lisa-kostschak-inside-the-outside-tickets-16661931285

"Rock Me Amadeus!" - Concert | Suspicious Package | May 15, 2015 | doors open at 7:00 pm
 
Austria Rocks! Join the party to celebrate Austrian - US friendship with an evening of rock music and dancing, featuring Suspicious Package, three-time winner of the Journopalooza battle of the DC media bands. Suspicious Package may also be Washington’s only rock band containing three Pulitzer prizes. A cocktail reception with Austrian specialities and the live concert will be followed by remarks by Ambassador Hans Peter Manz. [more]

When: May 15, 2015 | event starts at 7:30 pm
Where: ACFDC | 3524 International Court NW | Washington, DC 20008
Tickets: Free admission | Please register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rock-concert-i-suspicious-package-austria-rocks-tickets-16323289398

Cello Concert | Embassy Series | Julian Schwarz | May 22, 2015 | doors open at 7:00 pm

Born in 1991 to a musical family, cellist Julian Schwarz is already being recognized as one of the finest cellists now before the public. In August 2013 he won the first prize in the inaugural Schoenfeld International String Competition in Hong Kong. Mr. Schwarz made his orchestral debut at the age of 11 playing the Saint-Saëns Concerto No. 1 with the Seattle Symphony and his father, Gerard Schwarz, on the podium. [more]

When: May 22, 2015 | event starts at 7:30 pm
Where: ACFDC | 3524 International Court NW | Washington, DC 20008
Tickets: 70$ | For tickets please visit http://www.instantseats.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=buy.event&eventID=53D76FC6-90B1-1C0A-06291956D8E8ECF8

Live Broadcast | Eurovision Song Contest | May 23, 2015 | doors open at
2:30 pm

200 Million people, 40 countries and you! Join us in celebrating the grand finale of the world’s largest music contest when the Austrian Embassy hosts the Eurovision Song Contest Finale 2015 broadcasted live from Stadthalle Vienna in Austria! [more]

When: May 23, 2015 | 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm (EST)
Where: ACFDC | 3524 International Court NW | Washington, DC, 20008
Tickets: $13,50 for adults, $3 for children aged 6-14, free for children under 6 (eventbrite fee excluded) | Please buy tickets under https://www.eventbrite.com/e/eurovision-song-contest-2015-tickets-16699457527

Lecture | Robert Dassanowsky: Ars Gratia Austriae - The Remarkable 1936 Vienna-Hollywood Deal to Save Independant Austrian Film and its Threat to Nazi German "Anschluss" | May 29, 2015 | doors open at 6:00 pm
 
Professor Robert Dassanowsky will discuss the current debate regarding the nature of Hollywood's pre-war relationship with Nazi Germany, cinema under "Austrofascism" (1933-38) and its positive American reception has been unaccountably overlooked. During this era, Vienna sought to strengthen its independent film production. It turned to Hollywood. [more]

This lecture is sponsored by The Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies.

When: May 29, 2015 | event starts at 6:30 pm
Where: ACFDC | 3524 International Court NW | Washington, DC 20008
Tickets: Free admission | Please register here https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lecture-robert-dassanowsky-ars-gratia-austriae-the-remarkable-1936-vienna-hollywood-deal-to-save-tickets-16656954399