A Global Studies doctoral degree holder and former newspaper reporter, avid eater, pseudo-philosopher and poet, occasion-propelled singer, semi-professional socializer, movie addict, Brazilian-American nomad. In this space, she will share some of her experiences and (mis)adventures regarding various topics, with special attention to social issues.
Here's our regular Wednesday listing of movies being shown in English and other original languages (with labels such as OmU, OF and OV) at Leipzig cinemas for the next seven days. Although not dubbed, they usually come with German subtitles, so you can still access the movie if you don't know the original language but
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Next week I'll go and see my first play in English in Leipzig. It's called The Mysterious Mr. Love, from English Theatre Leipzig, and it will run May 28th through 30th, starting each time at 8 p.m., at Neues Schauspiel. It's about a conman ("George Love") who tries to dupe a spinster ("Adelaide") into marrying
MoreThe main Chinatown in San Francisco, California, is one of the city's top tourist attractions and is described as a place where "visitors can easily become immersed in a microcosmic Asian world, filled with herbal shops, temples, pagoda roofs and dragon parades." Last year in January, I spent an early afternoon there with my family,
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