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Are the Boomers Are Heading for the Barn?
When the April figures on unemployment were released May 4, they were more than disappointing. They were deeply disturbing. While the unemployment rate had fallen from 8.2 percent to 8.1 percent, 342,000 workers had stopped looking for work. They had just dropped out of the labor market. Only 63.6 percent of the U.S. working age population is now in thelabor force, the lowest level since December 1981.
WANDERLUST
Eurostar Eyes Frankfurt Link
Eurostar is to extend its high speed rail service to link Frankfurt and Cologne via the Channel Tunnel to London within the next five years, according to a British newspaper report on Monday.
GERMERICANA
Digging into German Culture in Pennsylvania
By Chris Sholley
During the past year, a group of Lebanon Valley College students poured over German documents at the Lebanon County Historical Society of Pennsylvania as part of an advanced course in the language. They made interesting discoveries about the lives of German immigrants.
AKADEMIA
Learning and Teaching German
With the free German courses from Deutsche Welle, you can choose the learning style that suits you best: e-learning at the computer, with short videos, audio courses or podcasts, or with texts and worksheets you can print out. For DW's website, please click HERE
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Diva Netrebko Plans to Open Restaurant
Fri, 07/29/2011 - 07:34 —
Anna Netrebko and base-bariton companion Erwin Schrott have told the Austrian magazine News they planned to open a restaurant, probably in Vienna.
"We believe that other things apart from opera must not be neglected," the Russian-born diva told the magazine "We will do this out of passion. We know it is hard to run an eatery in a professional way," Netrebko said, adding that both she and her Schrott love to cook and dine with friends.
Schrott said opening a restaurant would not mean he withdraws from the stage. "I have always loved multitasking. I don’t like focusing just on one issue. That’s when you get obsessed with something," the Uruguayan told News.
Schrott – a celebrated bass-baritone – emphasized they will return to Vienna one day. Fans of the pair – who have a two-year-old son called Tiago Arua – feared they may leave the city for good when it emerged neither of them were scheduled for performances at the State Opera in the upcoming season.
Netrebko and Schrott will perform arias and duets at the Stadthalle in Vienna on August 6 before both are engaged at the Salzburg Festival (Salzburger Festspiele), which opened last Monday.
Netrebko told News that she once called off a performance due to dispute with organizers about ticket prices. "I want people to enjoy our music without going bust," the Russian-born soprano singer said.
Netrebko was awarded the Austrian citizenship in 2006. The decision was widely criticized as she spoke little German at that time.
The opera star still prefers English in interviews and conversations with fans.
Speaking to News, both Netrebko and Schrott admitted they still were plagued by stage fright after performing in the world’s best opera houses.
Schrott said: "I’m still nervous. Not being nervous would mean that I don’t care about what I am doing. I consider every performance as a challenge."
Netrebko – who has refused to reveal whether she and Schrott are married – added: "It’s the same with me because everything can happen on stage. I may hit a wrong note or even lose my voice – that’s what I’m scared about."
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KULTUR
Celebrating Gustav Klimt
Vienna's art trade will be marking the 150th anniversary of Gustav Klimt’s birth in style. A series of special events in 2012 will pay tribute to the artist, who was a leading light in the Vienna Secession movement and a pioneer of modernism.
DAS KINO
Portrait of Wally - The Movie
A documentary about Austrian painter Egon Schiele's famous portrait of his mistress "Wally" opens Friday, in New York's Quad Cinema III. It traces the legal and emotional drama surrounding the oil painting. The following review is by Chuck Bowen of Slant.
DER STAMMTISCH
Gertrude Stein's Strange Views
By Mark Weber
Scholars of the life of Gertrude Stein were recently startled to learn that in 1938 the prominent American writer Gertrude Stein had spearheaded a campaign urging the Nobel committee to award its Peace Prize to Adolf Hitler.
FUSSBALL
