Kölner
Philharmonie
A few
weeks ago, we were sitting at home and Will started browsing through the
upcoming concerts at the Kölner Philharmonie. As he was scrolling down, a
familiar face popped up. Manfred Honeck, the conductor of the Pittsburgh
Symphony Orchestra, was going to be guest-conducting the WDR Orchestra in
Cologne. Manfred is originally from Austria, so he is even a real-live, native German speaker! We booked our tickets immediately and the concert was great. It was
also nice to see a familiar face!
Metropolis
Cinema
I also
recently discovered a movie theater that shows new, recently released US movies
in English as well was movies from other countries. I went to see Selma last
night (fantastic). It was shown in English with German subtitles, but I think
most of the audience was German. There was, however, a group of American-sounding English speakers waiting in line to see Into the Woods. Maybe this is a good place to hang out to find other expats.
The Metropolis was also a great find because I had previously thought we would have
to wait for new movies to be dubbed into German, possibly a year or
longer, before we could see them. It was also only 5€, which seemed like a bargain compared to US ticket prices!
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