The Liederkranz Summerfest is this Saturday, August 4th from 5 to 11 pm, at German Park 8600 S. Meridian Street.

Jay Fox Band 7 to 11 pm

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August 8, Board Meeting, Stammtisch and Program: "Kurt Vonnegut's WWII Dresden and the Rebuilding of the Great Frauenkirche" with Giles Hoyt and Louise Lamkin.

"Kurt Vonnegut's WWII Dresden and the Rebuilding of the Great Frauenkirche" with Giles Hoyt and Louise Lamkin. Vonnegut called the destruction of Dresden "the largest single massacre in European history." As a prisoner of war he survived the firestorm in a meat locker under Schlachthof 5 (Slaughterhouse 5). Giles Hoyt will speak about the impact of this event on Vonnegut's writing. Louise Lamkin will show a film on the reconstruction of the Dresden Frauenkirche, which serves as a symbol of the city's rise from the ashes.

Giles Hoyt is IGHS President and Director of the IUPUI Max Kade German-American Center. Louise Lamkin is a retired teacher, writer and board member of IGHS. Held at the Athenaeum, 401 E. Michigan St., Indianapolis. Optional dinner with conversation at 6:30 pm.

For info Giles R. Hoyt at the Max Kade Center 317-274-2330, ghoyt@iupui.edu

Stammtisch and Program at the Athenaeum, Indianapolis: "The Frenzel Family: German Bankers of Indianapolis with Elisabeth Megan Wyse. Learn about one of Indianapolis's most prestigious and industrious German-American families. John P. Frenzel and his wife Caroline Gross Kuhrt Frenzel emigrated from Germany in the 1840's. They moved to Indianapolis in 1865. Their son John Peter, born in 1853, began the Enterprise Building and Loan Association based on the German "Bausparkasse" model. The rest is history. Ms. Wyse is a recent IUPUI graduate and a dedicated researcher in German-Americana.Optional dinner with conversation at 6:30 pm.

Info Giles R. Hoyt at the Max Kade Center 317-274-2330, ghoyt@iupui.edu

IGHS and the Indiana Chapter of Palatines to America will
host Roland Paul of the Landestelle Pfalz. He will discuss the
migration of Germans to America in the Nineteenth Century and also
several lectures on cultural history of the Southwest Germany. These
programs will be held in the Athenaeum (Das Deutsche Haus), 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Mr. Paul is the director of the Institute for Palatine History and Folkways, in Kaiserslauten, Germany. This Institute has many resources for genealogists, but most importantly it has a card file with 130,000 names of migrants in and out of the Rheinland-Pfalz region of Germany. Many of these people settled in North America, but some went to other areas of Europe and South America. He has written many articles on the history of Jews and Huguenots in Southwest Germany.

Mr. Paul has spoken many times in Pennsylvania on the migration from southwest Germany to Colonial Pennsylvania. He has presented lectures in Indiana but more than twenty years ago. His knowledge of Southwest Germany and its culture and history is extraordinary. We will enjoy all that he can tell us about this important region of Germany and the homeland of so many German-Americans.

For info: James Feit JRFEIT@AOL.COM

100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Did you know that the School of Physical Education and Tourism Management is IUPUI's oldest academic unit? Formerly known as Normal College of the American Gymnastic Union, it also is the oldest existing school for the preparation of physical education teachers in the United States and celebrates its 100-year anniversary in Indianapolis in 2007.

To commemorate this occasion, we hope you will join us for a celebration gala on the evening of September 29, 2007 at the Athenaeum, Indianapolis, IN.

Speakers include: * Dr. Myles Brand, President, NCAA * Charles Bantz, Chancellor, IUPUI * P. Nicholas Kellum, Dean, School of Physical Education and Tourism Management * Two outstanding students representing each department Dinner and dancing also will be part of the evening's program, as well as a special hosted VIP reception will thank donors for commemorative gifts of $100 or more prior to the dinner.

We invite you now to save the date and plan to join us for an evening filled with friends, fun and festivity!

For info Laura Klaum 317-274-1484; lklaum@iupui.edu
http://www.culturaltourismconference.com/