October 2017 - Page 2

Will the real Canaletto please stand up?

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Trivia question: What's the connection between two Canalettos, Venice and the town of Pirna near Dresden?

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“The Ripple Effect” reaches Leipzig

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Four deserts. AI. Rebirth. A money strike. How far can one idea reverberate? Let's hear from this year's speakers at TEDxHHL.

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Exposing rape culture one #MeToo at a time

"Why hadn’t I kneed him in the gonads? Why hadn’t I gotten up and moved somewhere else? Why hadn’t I shouted and woken everyone up and told them all what he had done? I don’t know. But I do now." #MeToo

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Dunkel. Dreckig. Reudnitz. Martin.

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The 30-year-old behind one of Leipzig's most popular online pages talks about his creation, takes us to some of his favorite local spots, and tells us why he and others are deciding to settle down in Reudnitz.

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Kay Fochtmann: German lens, Brazilian soul

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"Besides soaking it all in... the life, the laughter, the music, the scent, the language, the good and the bad, I helped the tour guide pick up the tourists at their hotels, made sure that everyone was following the unwritten favela community rules, and watched out that the tourists only took pictures where they were

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HGB: Art transcends borders in Leipzig

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In a program that encourages school-wide intercultural exchange, the Academy of Fine Arts in Leipzig welcomes refugee students for the second year in October, giving them the chance to resume their university careers in art and design.

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