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Austrian Cultural Forum Washington @ACFWashington
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Do you want to study, teach or research in the US or in Austria? @Fulbright_AUT is celebrating 70 years of exchange and hosting interesting panel discussions. Join online on June 1st and June 10th. Check out their website for more information đŸĄȘ fulbright.at/
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Happy birthday #LianeZimbler ! Being one of the first Austrian women to obtain an architecture degree, she immigrated to the US in 1938 where she specialized in Interior Design. #independetwomen#interiordesign#austriainusa#acfdc#acfwashington
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The exclusive Aureum Saxophone concert recorded at the Arnold Schönberg Center is available until tomorrow! Tune in for a wonderful musical journey from classical to contemporary music at đŸĄȘ acfdc.org #acfdc#NASOM @austriainusa @mica Photo © aureumsaxophone
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Watch the “Love it was not“- an Israeli-Austrian co-production by Maya Sarfaty during Washington Jewish Film Festival. The screening is followed by a conversation about the film between Eva Schöfer, Director of #acfdc and filmmaker Maya Sarfaty. → acfdc.orgPhoto© L&P
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50 years ago the opera “The Visit” by Austrian composer Gottfried von Einem had its world premiere at Vienna’s State Opera. Austrian actor and director Otto Schenk arranged the opera starring #ChristaLudwig and #EberhardWaechter. @austriainusa @WrStaatsoper
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With the Washington Jewish Film Festival we are proud to present “Love it was not“- an Israeli-Austrian co-production by Maya Sarfaty. Watch the story of Helena Citron, a Holocaust survivor and an SS officer. Available until May 31. acfdc.org ©Love it was not
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If you didn't get a chance to join the performance or you just can’t get enough of the beautiful music, you can listen to this special concert here --> Kept Under Glass Photo © Enrique Huaiquil #acfdc #acfwashington
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Our Friday series continues! If you want to cheer up someone who’s upset, you can #tellitinaustrian and say “everything is half as wild”. Happy Friday! #alleshalbsowild #acfdc #acfwashington #languagelovers @AustriainUSA Photo © Pixabay / Pexels
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Get inspiration for your outside experience here! Three podcast episodes take you across Europe, highlighting outdoor activities enjoyed in the Member States at this time of year. Head over to @EUintheUS and listen to engaging interviews! #acfdc #outsidewitheu @AustriainUSA
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JxJ - DC Jewish Film and Music@JxJFest
18 May 2021
LOVE IT WAS NOT is a remarkable, inventive documentary about the true love story of a Jewish prisoner at Auschwitz and her SS captors. Co-sponsored by the @ACFWashington and featuring a recorded conversation with director Maya Sarfaty, streaming May 23-30. jxjdc.org/events/love-it-was

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Today is the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. Created in 2004 this day aims to raise awareness against violence and discrimination experienced by people with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities or expressions. Photo © Anna Shvets /Pexels
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Pianist Friedrich Gulda, born in Vienna #OTD in 1930 was one of 20th-century music’s most capricious rebels — as in love with the free spirits of jazz as with the living monuments of classical music. Photo © Ulrich Schnarr @AustriainUSA #acfdc #acfwashington #friedrichgulda
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Fridays are for series! If you regret a decision and think about all the other ways you could have had decided you can #tellitinaustrian and say “would have, would have, bicycle chain”. #haettehaettefahrradkette #acfdc #acfwashington @AustriainUSA Photo © Cottonbro
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#HappyBirthday Joseph Beuys! Questioning art spaces, Beuys created his work “Basisraum Nasse WĂ€sche” in Vienna as a reaction to a discussion about art spaces. Photo 1 © Laurence Sudre / Bridgeman Images‹ //Photo 2 © Hans Nevidal, Archiv Hans Nevidal / Bildrecht, Wien 2021
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The ACFDC is pleased to present an exclusive concert by Aureum Saxophone, recorded as a celebration of yesterday’s Europe day! Head over to acfdc.org to listen. Available for the whole month of May! @AustriainUSA @musicaustria Photo © aureumsaxophone
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Happy #EuropeDay! Starting today join us on a European adventure right here in Washington, D.C. Participate in the EU Treks Scavenger Hunt and have a chance to win some great prizes! Head over to âžĄïž acfdc.org for more information on how to play. Photo©EUintheUS
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Fridays are for phrases! If your friend is getting carried away and exaggerating you can tell them to “leave the church in the village” and bring them back down to earth. #DieKircheImDorfLassen#acfdc#tellitinaustrian Photo @ 1000things.at @AustriainUSA
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Martin Weiss @weissmartin.bsky.social@martinoweiss
6 May 2021
R u in for something cool? „Kept under Glass: Unheard Women’s Voices “ at the corner of 14th and R street NW starting today. A free outdoor celebration of music by Austrian & German women composers! @ACFWashington
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We are very excited for our first show of „Kept under Glass: Unheard Women’s Voices “ at the corner of 14th and R street NW starting today! Come by and listen to a free, outdoor celebration of music by German & Austrian women composers. For details visit➡acfdc.org!
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The 2nd video is out! In the series "The Streamer's Guide to the Galaxy" Episode II, filmed at the #ViennaSecession, a traveling musician creates a live soundtrack for the moving image that is filmed by a 360Âș camera, attached to his trolley. Watch at âžĄïž bit.ly/3vLCRVr
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