[misc.headlines.unitex] 'GDR Days' in Boston

usagdr@cdp.uucp (10/30/89)

'GDR DAYS' IN BOSTON: SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

All events will be in the Community Art Gallery, Lounge or
Theater, University of Massachusetts at Boston, Downtown Campus,
Arlington and Stuart Streets.


                         Cultural Events

Wednesday, November 8                                  Theater
8 p.m.    USA meets GDR on Stage
          Drama, traditional German cabaret and woodwinds
          with Vera Oelschlegel and the New Arts Winds
          Ensemble                                     $2.00 

Thursday, November 9                                   Theater
10 a.m.   Drama and Music Workshop
          with Vera Oelschlegel                        Free 

Friday, November 10                                    Lounge
6 p.m.    Festival of GDR Films
          Der Aufenthalt, Glueck im Hinterhaus, Levins
          Muehle (90 min. each, all in German)         $2.00 

Monday, November 13                                    Lounge
6 p.m.    Gala Opening: Official Welcome to Boston
          and Opening of Art Exhibitions          
          Wine and cheese reception with Gerhard Herder,
          GDR Ambassador to the United States, and his
          delegation                                   Free 

Tuesday, November 14                                   Lounge
6 p.m.    The GDR's Paul Robeson Archive: Slideshow and
          Photo Exhibit
          with Christine Naumann, curator of the Robeson
          Archive in Berlin                            Free 

Sunday, November 19                                    Theater
8 p.m.    USA meets GDR on Stage
          with Vera Oelschlegel and Little Flags 
          Theater                                      $2.00 

Tuesday, November 21                                   Lounge
7 p.m.    Closing Party                                Free 


          Human Services Exchanges and Political Forums

Thursday, November 9                                   Theater
7:30 p.m. GDR Views on Emigration and Reform
          forum on political developments in the GDR
          today with GDR panelists representing various
          sectors of society                           Free 

Saturday, November 11                                  Lounge
8 p.m.    Youth Policy in the GDR
          a roundtable discussion with 25 GDR young adults
          and US young adults (open to all US youth)   Free 

Monday, November 13                                    Gallery
9 a.m.    GDR Childcare Policy: Quantitative and
          Qualitative Aspects
          with Dr. Annaliese Salzler and GDR childcare
          providers                                    Free 

Wednesday, November 15                                 Gallery
6:30 p.m. Health Care: A GDR Right
          with Dr. Prof. Annaliese Salzler, sociologist
          Klaus Fuchs-Kittowski and economist Diethelm
          Hunstock                                     Free 

Thursday, November 16                                  Gallery
5 p.m.    Universal Education in the GDR
          with Dr. Prof. Annaliese Salzler             Free 

Friday, November 17                                    Lounge
9:30 a.m. Women's Talk: GDR/USA
          with Dr. Prof. Annaliese Salzler, Friederike
          Hajek, Ursula Gabler and Ginga Eisler        Free 

                           Exhibitions

The Art Gallery exhibit opens the evening of Monday, November 13
and is open during all events and daily from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 
The exhibition closes on Wednesday, November 22.


                        GDR Participants

Ginga Eisler             GDR League for Peoples' Friendship
Klaus Fuchs-Kittowski    sociologist
Ursula Gabler            economist
Bernhardt Kocher         GDR League for Peoples' Friendship
Diethelm Hunstock        economist
Friederike Hajek         scholar of African-American literature,
                         GDR Academy of Sciences
Hermann Kant             novelist, playwright
                         president of GDR Writers Union
Christine Naumann        curator of the Paul Robeson Archive
Carl Ordnung             Central Committee, Christian Democratic
                         Union
Vera Oelschlegel         actress, singer
Annaliese Salzler        physician, deputy to the People's
                         Chamber, vice president of the GDR
                         UNICEF committee, professor of child
                         and youth welfare
Thomas Simon             GDR League for Peoples' Friendship
Wolfgang Smy             painter

[From USA/GDR DataBank BBS, Washington, D.C., (202) 529-0140]


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