Austrian Consulate General, Los Angeles

International Women's Day 2021 Celebrate International Women's Day and watch a virtual concert by Trio Artio https://youtu.be/S7YqeuAzPKg ... The Trio Artio was founded in 2017 in Vienna by the Austrian violinist Judith Fliedl, the German cellist Christine Roider and the Austrian pianist Johanna Estermann. Since 2020 the trio is part of "The New Austrian Sound of Music 20/21/22" (NASOM), the youth development program of the Österreichisches Außenministerium Concert program: Clara Schumann: Trio for violin, violoncello and piano op. 17 in G minor; 3. Andante - più animato Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Trio for violin, violoncello and piano op. 66 in C minor; 1. Allegro energico e con fuoco Lera Auerbach: Postscriptum (2008) Trio Artio #womentothetop #internationalwomensday2021 #internationalwomensday #WomensHistoryMonth #concert #empoweringwomen #weltfrauentag #womeninleadership

On March 1, #WebsterVienna campus was honored to host Andreas Launer, Consul of the Austrian Consulate General, Los Angeles

#Repost @austriainusa "A mixed-use mini-city on the outskirts of #Vienna (@stadtwien) showcases what’s possible for #green building, mobility and sustainability. #aspernseestadt is a net-zero energy, live/work community. Residents are given a grocery trolley instead of a parking space (you can walk to stores) and buildings produce electricity instead of consuming it." @pritheworld takes listeners through @aspernseestadt, #Europe's greenest new #city https://pri.org/fi...le/2021-02-25/greenest-city-europe #GreenFriday #ClimateAction #TheWorldsBigFix #UrbanDevelopment . . (c) Wien 3420AG

Great honor for Austrian tap dancer and choreographer Max Pollak: He is one of only five artists selected to be featured on a special America Forever stamp issue from the U.S. Postal Service. The edition is celebrating the art of tap dancing. Congratulations! . . . #tapdance #austria #usps #foreverstamps #celebration #worlddace #art #congratulations #limitededition

Austrian Winemakers at the Forefront of a Biodynamic Farming Revolution Some of the country’s winemakers realized 40 years ago that farming methods had to change. We talk to three forward-thinking producers who are still looking for new solutions. The future of farming has to change. As the planet groans, more and more people understand this. But some of the approaches we accept today as possible solutions were once seen as unorthodox, especially the idea of biodynamic farmi...ng. This method was developed by the controversial philosopher Rudolf Steiner early in the 20th century, and it has as many adherents as critics today. In addition to rejecting synthetic inputs, it espouses holistic, closed-loop farming that considers every plot to be a cosmos in itself. It’s especially the mystical elements of biodynamics, based on lunar and star cycles, that set some people on edge. Yet, Austria has long had biodynamic pioneers. They blazed the trail and are now making wines of astonishing beauty and depth. See more

#Repost @a_platform.design This month marks the 110th birthday of the Austrian emigre architect Alfred Preis. Born jewish he escaped in 1939 Nazi prosecution to the distant archipelago Hawaii where he became a celebrated architect, planner, activist and culture advocate in a 40 year long career. Throughout his architectural career he became a visionary forerunner of Hawaiian Modernism. One of his last and most celebrated work is the Harrison residence with its indoor-ou...tdoor tall living room. @austrianinla initiated a digital exhibition (link in bio) honoring the life and work of this remarkable person. The show is curated by Prof. Axel Schmitzberger @diusalien at @a_platform.design and Assistant Prof. Laura McGuire, co-author of a forthcoming Alfred Preis biography spearheaded by Jack Gillmar and Don Hibbard. Photographs by and courtesy of the Preis Family Archive. #austriakulturdigital #architecture #onlineexhibition #vienna #honolulu #tropics #alfredpreis

univie: winter school for Cultural Historical Studies "The Discovery of Modernity - Vienna Around 1900" Due to the unstable situation worldwide concerning the COVID-19 virus, the Sommerhochschule of the University of Vienna decided to offer the annual univie: winter school as an ONLINE program. Vienna/Austria - February 6 - 19, 2021... The application deadline for the winter school is December 31, 2020 The winter school courses provide a well-structured introduction into one of the most fascinating periods of Austria's intellectual history in a short time. The culture of the fin-de-siècle is one of the highlights in the history of the Habsburg Monarchy. The two-week program offers a variety of academic courses taught live online. The courses are held by distinguished scholars with international teaching experience. The interdisciplinary lectures will lead to a thorough understanding of the input of the fin-de-siècle on the modernization of Europe. The live online courses encourage interactive participation. These courses with international participants offer the possibility to discuss the influence of developments in Vienna (e.g. the famous psychoanalyst Freud, painters like Klimt and Schiele, musicians like Mahler and Schönberg or philosophers like Wittgenstein) on different cultures in Europe and other continents. A welcome session will introduce the participants to the winter school and give them the opportunity to meet informally with the staff and each other. The winter program also includes an online tour of Vienna's Ringstraße and Art Nouveau in Vienna. Social online gatherings as well as group work in breakout rooms will encourage intercultural and social exchange between the students. Participants thus broaden their horizon, meet colleagues from different fields of study, and make new friends. Given the interdisciplinary aspect of the program our course offerings are, without question, of interest for students from all fields of study. More information about the univie: winter school for Cultural Historical Studies can be found at our homepage at http://shs.univie.ac.at/winter-school Sommerhochschule - University of Vienna

The Map of the Grand Canyons of La Jolla celebration honoring the legacy of Austria-born oceanographer Walter Munk

'Maria Theresa,' Austria's Answer to 'The Crown,' Sells Wide Walter's Choice has taken U.S. streaming rights to Maria Theresa, a The Crown-style period epic about the first, and only, female ruler of the Habsburg Empire. () Marie-Luise Stockinger and Stefanie Reinsperger play Maria Theresa in the series, at various stages in her epic, 40-year reign. The Habsburg leader, born 1717, took over after her father, Emperor Charles VI, died in 1740, and ruled until her own death i...n 1780. Vojtech Kotek (Burning Bush) and Johannes Krisch (Revanche) co-star in the series. Robert Dornhelm, an Emmy nominee for Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001), directed. Maria Theresa has been a ratings hit across what used to be the Hamburgs empire, with strong performances on Austria’s public broadcaster ORF and on public channels in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. See more

Silicon Valley Falls for Austrian Climate Tech Made of Timber Nestled among spruce forests in an Alpine valley in southern Austria, a workshop was the first some two decades ago, to begin manufacturing a green new material that’s now super-sizing wooden buildings and speeding the adoption of a solution to mitigate climate change. We can build very quickly and cleanly with it and that’s the key, said Marco Huter, a 57-year-old executive surrounded by giant slabs of cross-la...minated timber, called CLT, at his KLH Massivholz GmbH factory. Huter had to double capacity in the midst of coronavirus lockdowns to satisfy booming global demand for the mass timber he produces. () For Austrian timber merchants, who cover about half the world’s CLT demand, the material is a bridge linking the digital age to three centuries of forest management begun by Hapsburg Empress Maria Theresia. She saw Austria’s forests as a national-security resource and mandated strict sustainability laws. Today, woodland growth every 24 hours in the country of 9 million people generates mass equivalent to the material needed for 2,000 new homes, according to the country’s timber association. Bringing that level of data-driven land management to some of North America’s neglected woodlands, which face climate-induced threats like fires and invasive pests, could prove to be CLT’s biggest impact, according to Katerra’s Curtis, who convinced former Tesla Inc. executive Michael Marks to get behind building his factory in Washington state. CLT production relies on cultivated tracts and doesn’t require old-growth trees to be felled. See more

High honor for Arnold Schwarzenegger: The President of Austria, Alexander Van der Bellen, bestowed the former Governor of California with one of the highest national accolades, the Grand Decoration of Honor in Gold with Star for Services to the Republic of Austria. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the presentation took place via live stream during the Austrian World Summit 2020, a joint initiative of the Austrian government and Schwarzenegger’s Climate Action. The Austrian Presi...dent lauded Arnold Schwarzenegger’s services to Austrian-American relations and his outstanding international commitment to one of the most pressing challenges of our times - overcoming the global climate crisis. #AustrianWorldSummit #climateinitative #climateaction #Schwarzegger #decoration #Ehrenzeichen #Österreich #Austria photo: Peter Lechner/HBF

Austrian World Summit - 17 September 2020 - 10 am - 1 pm CET LIVE: AUSTRIAN WORLD SUMMIT with Arnold Schwarzenegger Join Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz... and other climate action heroes from around the world for the fourth AUSTRIAN WORLD SUMMIT. This year's summit will examine the parallels between the climate crisis and the Coronavirus crisis while also exploring green and equitable recovery plans that will jump start the economy and create fair and sustainable jobs. For additional information about the event, and to watch the LIVESTREAM, visit the Austrian World Summit website: https://www.austrianworldsummit.com/ See more

World’s first hydrogen-powered passenger train hits the rails in Austria Rail passengers in Austria are set to take part in a trial of a hydrogen fuel cell train, as the rollout of technology that could change the way public transport systems operate continues at a steady pace. In a statement at the end of last week, ÖBB, the Austrian Federal Railways, said the train would enter passenger service in southern areas of Lower Austria, with the test phase due to continue until at least the end of November 2020. The train is slated to start carrying passengers this week and its deployment will be used to evaluate, among other things, how it operates on challenging alpine routes.

Congratulations, Dominic!!! Austrian Tennis Star Dominic Thiem wins US Open in a stunning rally

Tip for classic movies buffs: 24 hours salute to the Austrian actor and "Casablanca"-Star Paul Henreid on Turner Classic Movies: TCM

‘Epicentro’ Review: They Are Cuba The Austrian-born Hubert Sauper has made two remarkable documentaries on colonialism, each employing a powerful central metaphor. Darwin’s Nightmare (2005) draws an analogy between foreign plunderers of Tanzania and an invasive species of fish. We Come as Friends (2015) compares the investors descending on South Sudan (and Sauper’s visit) to an onslaught from another planet. Epicentro takes a similarly free-form approach to exploring vestiges of imperialism in Cuba, a country Sauper portrays as having been picked apart by Spain, the United States and finally privileged tourists including Sauper himself.

#Salzburger Festspiele | Salzburg Festival - A Drama With a 100-Year Festival History Gets an Update There’s a special charge to a morality play performed in the midst of a pandemic. The coronavirus has made death and the fear of dying features of daily life in a way that positions us to relate to Jedermann (Everyman), a pseudo-medieval allegory of fate and faith that inaugurated the first Salzburg Festival with an outdoor production in 1920, directed by the festival co-founder Max Reinhardt. In the 100 years since, the Salzburg Festival has grown into one of the most important music and performing arts events in the world. On Aug. 22, it commemorated its centennial with the festival’s 726th performance of Jedermann.

75 Jahre nach der Befreiung des KZ Mauthausen durch Soldaten der US-Armee legte US-Außenminister Michael R. Pompeo heute in Anwesenheit von Oskar Deutsch, Präsi...dent der Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde und Kardinal Christoph Schönborn einen Kranz am Holocaust-Mahnmal am Judenplatz nieder. #NiemalsWieder #NiemalsVergessen Jüdisches Museum Wien Erzdiözese Wien Israel in Österreich --- 75 years after the liberation of Mauthausen concentration camp by U.S. Army soldiers, U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo laid a wreath at Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial in Vienna today. The Secretary was joined by President of the Jewish Community Oskar Deutsch and Cardinal Christoph Schönborn from the Vienna Catholic Archdiocese. #NeverAgain #NeverForget U.S. Department of State

Grüner See (Green Lake), Styria