July 2015 - Page 2

It’s Getting Hot in Here

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With climate records being handed down from his father, Harald claims to have proof of global warming in Saxony: "You may have lived in Leipzig in 2012 and 2013, remembering that temperatures occasionally dropped to -25°C – these were outliers. The overall trend is going in one direction only. As opposed to my father, I

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Photo Gallery: City Crash 6.0 at Leipzig’s Werk 2

This Saturday, our glocal photographer Stefan Hopf and I went to City Crash 6.0, an urban arts festival at Werk 2 in Connewitz. There were a few artists working live, a fashion show, a gothic-themed exhibition, and plenty of daring photography. These were some of the highlights we found, presented via Stefan's sharp and creative

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Arts and Culture: Kicking it German Style (with photos)

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Our artist-columnist today shares some of her experience as an expat getting into German cultural habits: garden house and lakeside techno festival.

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America’s Pegida

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"In America, Donald Trump has climbed to the top of the early polls for the Republican nomination. And in Germany a sizeable but still minority portion of the population has xenophobic or racist tendencies. The question is if the Pegida or the Trump strategies have long-term staying power or if their impact is only temporary

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