December Events

Program Meeting

no meeting this month due to holiday events- We'll meet again in January!

Girl's Night Out

This months excursion will be a visit to one of Munich's holiday highlights, the nativity scenes at the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum. Please check the blog for time and location.
When: December 3, 2015

Holiday Party

Friday, December 11 we will be having our annual Holiday Party for all active AAUPW members. We look forward to enjoying each member's shared dish and wrapping gifts donated for the young ladies of IMMA. (a ‘safe house’ for young women in Munich we support)
This is a nice event for our diverse members to relax and socialize with each other in the cheery holiday season. Please check the blog for time and location.

For more information about locations and events, please contact the club president at: info@aaupw.de

November Events

Program Meeting - Wednesday, November 18th

Our speaker this month is our new AAUPW President who served on the Board of Directors of the National Council for Research on Women and was recently elected a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Society for the Psychology of Women. She will speak about the issue of peer on peer sexual harassment in school in the United States as well as her developing theory of how sexual harassment, the sexualization of girls, objectification, and early sexual behavior are inextricably linked.

 

Book Club

The book club will be meeting again until January when we hope to have a new coordinator.
It usually takes place on the first or second Tuesday of the month at 7 PM.

Girl's Night Out December

Come with us to one of Munich's holiday highlights, the nativity scenes at the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum.

When: December 3, 2015

Thanksgiving Dinner

Is on Thursday, November 27th!  A wonderful three-course meal with Turkey carving right at the table in a nice restaurant in Munich for our members and families. It will make you feel at home with much American feasting and flair!

For more information and details about locations, please contact the club president at: info@aaupw.de

July Events

Program Meeting - Wednesday, July 15
This month we host a very outgoing and colorful British lawyer who who speaks on the law system in the UK. Susan Garnett began her career as a London barrister in 1973. She worked in central London and built up a practice in family law ending as a specialist in financial settlements after divorce. She will explain how divorce was first introduced in the United Kingdom, how and why it has changed in the last 180 years to the position it is in today.

Book Club
This month's selection is The Hired Man by Aminatta Forna.

Girls Night Out
A trip to the Wiede-Fabrik on July 2

June Events

Program Meeting - Wednesday, June 17
Our traditional June meeting walking tour will be through the neighborhood of Bogenhausen by Bernd Hieronymus, school director at Luitpold Gymnasium and Munich history expert. Like many other neighborhoods in the Munich area, the village of Bogenhausen is much older than Munich itself. What makes this part of Munich stand out and worth a visit is that after an unprecedented period of property development after 1870, it became Munich's first and foremost "in-place" for the famous and wealthy. The best architects of the time created a state-of-the-art quarter, and most of the buildings survived the 2nd World War. There are other, rarely-visited places to see: a well that could have turned Munich into a spa, the city's celebrity churchyard - which pretends to be a simple country graveyard, the prototype of a gated community from as early as 1900, Germany's first art nouveau building; an etc. After touring Bogenhausen, your understanding of Munich will have widened; dinner follows the tour!

American Citizens Information & Passport Day - Saturday, June 27th
The US Consulate hosts the annual American Citizens Day from 10am - 3pm.
Do you have questions about your German Ausweis or Social Security benefits? Representatives from various German and U.S. government agencies will be there. The Consulate staff will also be on hand to answer questions about U.S. passports, visas, and citizenship. Information about local non-profit organizations will be available as well.

Book Club
This month's selection is The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion by Meghan Daum.

Annual July 4th Celebration
The 4th of July party for AAUPW members and families will be held on Saturday, July 4th! Details to follow.

For more information and details about locations, please contact the club president at: info@aaupw.de

May Events

Program Meeting - Wednesday, May 20th
Elections! This month will be a chance to catch up with AAUPW friends over dinner followed by the annual board election. Interested in using your talents to serve our great organization? Being on the board is a good way to get more involved, meet other members and maybe even learn a new skill. Many posts require only a few hours of work a month. Contact the President or the Vice President for more details.

Book Club
This month's selection is The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (the second half).

Girl's Night Out
May's GNO is a visit to the Detroit Photo Exhibit and Peformance Art! Come join us for the opening of a trans-Atlantic exchange between Detroit and Munich. This week-long event is being sponsored by our own Junior Year in Munich program, Galerie Christoph Dürr, and Schwabing's Rationaltheater. It is a photo exhibit of musical rock legends from the late 1960s and 1970s by Detroit photographer Leni Sinclair as well as art work and performance art by Barbara Greene Mann. A dinner at Neuhauser Augustiner is planned for afterward.

Save the Date
June 17th is our annual walking tour!

For more information and details about locations, please contact the club president at: info@aaupw.de

April Events

Program Meeting - Wednesday, April 15th
This month we will host leadership trainer, motivational coach, and Aikido master, Na Elom Amouh. Elom is looking forward to joining us for an interactive evening in which he plans to share some of the fundamentals of coaching along with some practical and thoughtful ways on how we can come to clarify and realize our own dreams.

Book Club
This month's selection is The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (the first half).

Girl's Night Out
April's GNO is a visit to the Pinakothek der Moderne to view the exhibition "Nicholas Nixon, THE BROWN SISTERS: 40 YEARS."
Since 1975, Nicholas Nixon has taken a photo of his wife and her three sisters, once a year, every year. Now over 40 portraits are on display. Can we really see the relationships between the sisters changing in the photographs? Could you make a flip book out of the entire exhibit? These questions will be covered during the interesting visit!

Bavarian-American Friendship Evening at Frühlingsfest– April 28th
The Krätz Family and Johanna Barsy again invite members of the MING organizations as well as those in the Munich international community to the annual Bavarian-American Friendship Day at the Hippodrom tent, Theresienwiese, Frühlingsfest on Tuesday, April 28. AGBC member and MING co-founder Dave Dowdy is organizing the event.
Seat reservations (at no charge) are required. Seating starts at 6 PM and must be occupied by 7 PM or they will be released to other participants. If you are interested in attending, please advise Dave Dowdy (ddd@tripled.de) ASAP but no later than Monday, April 20 so that sufficient seating can be reserved for you. Spaces are filling up fast!
Please remember you must be a member of one of the community clubs to be able to reserve a place.

For more information and details about locations, please contact the club president at: info@aaupw.de

March Events

Program Meeting - Wednesday, March 18th
Dr. Celina Criss will be our guest speaker on the topic of sex and pleasure. How often do we take the time to invite pleasure in and experience it? Spring is a perfect time to attune ourselves to pleasure and passion...  Celina Criss, PhD(c) is a professional sex coach and student of human sexuality. Her dissertation is focused on the value and necessity of sexology as an independent field. A former kindergarten teacher and inclusive learning specialist, Celina brings playfulness and curiosity to her work as a sex educator. She believes that healthy sexual expression is our birthright as human beings and encourages clients to explore their fantasies and desires at their own pace.

Book Club
This month's selection is Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert.

Girl's Night Out
March's GNO is a live screening of the play Behind the Beautiful Forevers performed at the National Theater in London. This is being shown as a livescreen broadcast at the Cinema Movie Theater in Nymphenburgerstr.  Set in India, the story (subtitled Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity) is based on the book by Katherine Boo, which won the National Book Award for Non-Fiction in 2012. For details, see here: www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/behind-the-beautiful-forevers

IMMA Brunch - open to all AAUPW Members

Spring into Spring with the girls at the IMMA Café! More will be shared at the members' meeting.

Expat in the City Fair 
Alte Kongresshalle, Sunday, March 22 from 10.00 AM – 5:00  PM
The Expat in the City Fair in Munich is filled with information and inspiration for expats & internationals living in Munich – all provided in English.

For more information and details about locations, please contact the club president at: info@aaupw.de

February Events

Program Meeting - Wednesday, February 18th
This month we are welcoming  Anne Christine Woehrl who will present an evening of moving photographs entitled "IN / VISIBLE" on women who have survived fire and acid attacks. Ms. Woehrl interviewed 48 women - all of whom are survivors of these types of attacks. It is an amazing project, and the photographs have been taken with the greatest show of respect and dignity for these women. It is a beautiful platform for these survivors to be shown some visibility.

Book Club
This month's selection is Night in Shanghai by Nicole Mones.

Girl's Night Out
February's GNO is a live screening of the play Behind the Beautiful Forevers performed at the National Theater in London. This is being shown as a livescreen broadcast at the Cinema Movie Theater in Nymphenburgerstr. The story is set in India, (subtitled Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity) and is based on the book by Katherine Boo  For details, please see: www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/behind-the-beautiful-forevers

For more information and details about locations, please contact the club president at: info@aaupw.de

January Events

Happy New Year! Best wishes to all!

Program Meeting - Wednesday, January 21st
This month we are welcoming our own members to speak and tell some of their own stories. We will do this based on a selection of themes in a supportive and playful atmosphere. Surely there will be surprises and delights on this heartwarming evening.

Book Club
This month's selection is to be determined. More will be posted as it is scheduled.

Girl's Night Out
January's GNO is at the Haus der Kunst 'Kasse' which includes a tour of Georg Baselitz' exhibition Back Then, in Between, and Today which displays his life's work up to his present themes. The exhibition costs 12€ and additional 2€ for the tour.
Further information can be found on the Haus der Kunst website: http://www.hausderkunst.de/en/agenda/detail/georg-baselitz-back-then-in-between-and-today-7db0258d53/?no_cache=1

For more information and details about locations, please contact the club president at: info@aaupw.de