UPCOMING EVENTS
Events are open to the public unless otherwise noted. Location is 1700 Moss Street in New Orleans unless otherwise specified. There is always ample parking in the rear of the building. The Deutsches Haus on Moss Street opened November 18, 2018, which was also the 90th Anniversary of Deutsches Haus in New Orleans! (link to map)
*The Deutsches Haus is temporarily closed until April 13. All events are suspended until it can reopen. *
March 2020
Galvez Street Night. Friday, March 13, 3:00 – 11:00 pm. Galvez Night will be held monthly in the Bier Stube on the 2nd Friday of the month. Celebrate the memories and lore of Deutsches Haus Galvez Street!
St. Patrick’s Day. *Postponed* Sunday, March 15th Noon – 5:00 pm. Celebration hosted by Deutsches Haus. Pipe & drums, Irish dancing groups. Come out and enjoy a day of Irish Music, Singing, Dancing, Food and Drinks. Admission is Free and Open to the Public.
Music. *Postponed* Sunday, March 15, 6pm. Danny O’Flaherty St. Patrick Day Celebration. Tickets $20. *Purchase tickets at Eventbrite here*. Danny O’Flaherty’s website here.
Frühschoppen. *Postponed* Sunday, March 22, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm. Come celebrate completion of the semester for our German language classes with an authentic German luncheon prepared by Sven Vorkauf of Bratz Y’alls. *Tickets and menu here*
St Baldrick’s Head Shaving for a Cure. *Postponed*. Sunday, March 22, 2:00 pm -7:00 pm. This is fundraiser for the fight against childhood cancers. Free and open to the public. Deutsches Haus will have food and drink service throughout the day.
Kino. Wednesday, March 25, 7:30 pm. *Postponed* Movie: Barbara. Before the fall of the Berlin Wall, a young doctor is banished to a small village after applying for an exit visa, and subsequently is under constant surveillance from the East German secret police. She longs to escape to the West, but how? Screened in German with English sub-titles. Free and open to the public. Food and drink available for purchase.
Trivia Night. Friday, March 27, 7:30 pm – Food service starts 6:30 pm. Free to play. Bring your team, come by and be a one person team, or join up with others to form a larger team. *More Info*
Easter Egg Hunt. Saturday, March 28, *Postponed* 11:30 am-2:30 pm. There will games and crafts before the Easter Egg Hunt. Food will be provided by the Deutsches Haus with kid friendly food such as personal pizzas, french fries and chicken nuggets. A special punch will be available for the children. The Easter Egg Hunt will be divided into age groups: 1-4 years, 5-8 years, 9 and up. There will be designated areas for each group. It is rumored that the Easter Bunny will make an appearance. Hosted by the Ladies Auxiliary.
Reservations are requested for the children to ensure enough prizes and candy. Reservations may be made at rmancini3@cox.net.
Lecture. Sunday, March 29 *Postponed*, 3pm. Coming to America/Immigration Lecture Series: Rhonda Roederer: A Tale of a German Immigrant – Growing up as a Nazi Youth.
April 2020
Kulturabend. Tuesday, April 7, *Postponed* 7 pm. Opéra Nouvelle. German Music for the Voice: Mozart and Beyond! Come and hear beautiful singing from operas and songs by W.A. Mozart to the German Romantic Period and beyond! This Opéra Nouvelle event will highlight a multimedia performing arts component, including music and dance, and it will also feature spectacular slides from the Hubble Telescope, as a preview to the final New Orleans Opera production for this season, The Magic Flute (which takes place on Friday May 1 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 3, at 2:30 p.m. at the Mahalia Jackson Theatre.) Food service will be available before the event, starting at 5:30. The event is free and open to the public.
No trivia night in April due to Jazz Fest.
MAY 2020
Volksfest. Saturday, May 9, 1 pm – 11 pm. Celebrate spring German-style. Dance under the Maypole. German wine & schapps classes, activities and games, Volksmarch around the park, live music, German bier and food.
Weekly Activities
German Language Classes – New class session starts week of January 13 *More Info*
Sangerchor (Singers’ Chorus) 1st and 3rd Monday.
Liederkranz Chor (German Folk Sing-A-Long) 2nd and 4th Monday, 7:30pm to 8:30. Open to the public, just for fun – just come and sing. With an emphasis of singing songs “auf deutsch”, the goal is to honor the German heritage that is remembered in old German folk songs, with perhaps a passing nod to more current German melodies. Meets in the Bier Stube .
Kinderchor (Children Chorus) Children’s German Choir. On a break for now.