SPECIAL EVENT: Talk by Dr. Josef Joffe - 'Obama & Merkel: Last Man (and Woman) Standing in the West.'

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UPDATE: Due to weather conditions, the talk detailed below has been cancelled. More details to follow. Thank you for your interest!

Dear Members and Friends of the German American Club,

You all are invited. Please bring family members and friends, and help spread the word:

 

“Obama & Merkel: Last Man (and Woman) Standing in the West.” 

  • Talk by Dr. Josef Joffe 

  • Wednesday, February 25, 2015 

  • 6:00 pm 

  • USC Upstate’s College of Arts and Sciences Building, Room 117 

Dr. Josef Joffe is the main publisher-editor of Die Zeit, a very well-known German weekly newspaper.  You can find more information on Dr. Joffe at the following link. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Joffe

USC Upstate is located at 800 University Way, Spartanburg, SC 29303. The College of Arts and Sciences Building (CASB) is marked with an “I" on the attached map. You can park in lot 26 or 28.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Dirk Schlingmann, President

German American Club of the Carolinas

http://www.gaccarolinas.com/

December 2014 News and Happy New Year!

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Dear Members and Friends of the German-American Club of the Carolinas,

Happy New Year! The Club had a great year in 2014 and thanks all of its members for taking part in our numerous exciting and fun events. More pictures from the Business Dinner, the Nikolaus Party, and our monthly Stammtisch are up now in the Galleries.

Attached, please find the Newsletter from December 2014 and note that the next Stammtisch will be held on Friday, January 9 at 6:00 PM at Compadre's Restaurant in Spartanburg.

Wishing you all the best for 2015-

Dirk 

Dirk Schlingmann, President 

GAC Hosts and Participates in Multiple Exciting Events!

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Dear Members and Friends of the German-American Club of the Carolinas,

It has been a busy few weeks for the GAC, with our members and Club participating in and hosting multiple events, including our monthly Stammtisch at Compadre's, the International Festival in Spartanburg, a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a wine tasting at a member family's home, and the TEASE (Transatlantic Exhibition of Art in the Southeast) at USC Upstate's GEORGE in downtown Spartanburg.

The Spartanburg Herald-Journal even provided coverage of the 25th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall event and reception at Menzel USA...

"The German-American Club of the Carolinas, based in the Upstate, hosted a reception at Menzel Tuesday afternoon, in recognition of the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall being torn down on Nov. 9. Those attending enjoyed two traditional German foods - bratwurst and beer."
via German club celebrates anniversary of Berlin Wall coming down at GoUpstate.com

 

Our members have done a wonderful job of capturing pictures at each of these events and we invite you to view them and get an inside glimpse of what our Club has been up to if you weren't able to make it to the events. They are displayed at the end of this post but also reside at their gallery pages linked to above.

If you have any pictures of your own you would like added to these galleries, please email them to Dirk Schlingmann at schlingmanndirk@gmail.com.

Have a great month! More news soon. :-)

Pictures below: 

  • Top: Fall of the Berlin Wall Event at USC Upstate / Menzel
  • First Row Left: Spartanburg International Festival at Barnet Park
  • First Row Right: Wine Tasting
  • Second Row Left: TEASE Art Show
  • Second Row Right: Stammtisch

June 2014 Newsletter

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Dear Members and Friends of the German-American Club of the Carolinas:

Please find attached the GAC newsletter for June 2014. (Click here to view the June 2014 edition of the GAC Newsletter).

Reminder:  Germany will play Portugal today, Monday, 16 June, at noon.  USA will play Ghana at 6:00 p.m. today.  A group of us will meet at the Deli Korner in Spartanburg to watch the games (1445 Fernwood-Glendale Road, Spartanburg, SC 29307, tel.:  864.583.9518).  It would be great if you could join us.

Also, please know that World Cup soccer games will also be shown at the Bavarian Pretzel Factory in Greenville.  The address is 534 Woods Lane Road, Greenville, SC 29607, phone: 864.288.6565.

Best regards,

Dirk

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Dirk Schlingmann, President

German-American Club of the Carolinas

http://www.gacsouth.com