1775 - Goethe's "Offenbach year"
Lecture with Winno Sahm in the small cultural salon of the adult education center
Goethe spent many hours and days in Offenbach 250 years ago. His fierce love for Lili Schönemann had its "terrain d'amour" mainly here. His memoirs in "Dichtung und Wahrheit" (Poetry and Truth) and quite a few poems reflect this time in literary terms. In original texts and explanations, the evening provides an intensive picture of these months, which were so decisive for Goethe's life and which ended with his farewell to the landscape of his youth after a dissolved engagement.
Course number: B6102VO
Date: Tue, 11.02.2025, 19:00 - 21:00
Course location: vhs, room 110 hall
Fee: 7,00 €
For further information and registration please click HERE (opens in a new tab).
Yoga for beginners and experienced practitioners
The course focuses on the various hatha yoga postures. Each person can learn them according to their abilities. Regular practice improves physical flexibility and strengthens the back. The focus is on mindfulness and awareness in the present moment, not on perfection and performance. Relaxation exercises and meditation create the conditions for inner experience and promote the ability to concentrate.
Course number: B5210C
Dates: Thurs., 13.02.2025, 16:30 - 17:30, 8 dates
Course location: vhs, room 433
Fee: 38,50 € /29,00 €
For further information and registration please click HERE (opens in a new tab).
#direktmandat 2025: Offenbach's voice in the Bundestag
Political discussion in cooperation with Arbeit und Leben, Hessen and Caritasverband Offenbach/Main e.V.
Parties, candidates, positions: Your choice decides!
On February 23, 2025, the election to the 21st German Bundestag will take place. Offenbach will then have the choice: Which direct candidate should enter the Bundestag for constituency 185?
So get involved, join in the discussion, ask questions, take a stand! - We discuss with parties, politicians and candidates from the Offenbach constituency. Our platform offers the opportunity to discuss political issues calmly and sometimes controversially. We talk to each other, listen, question things and perhaps change our view of the world. Our discussions will be democratic, fair and open to all, as is the motto of the adult education center.
Course number: C1022VO
Date: Fri., 14.02.2025, 19:00 - 21:00
Course location: vhs, room 110 hall
Free of charge
For further information and registration please click HERE (opens in a new tab).
Alan Turing - The persecuted genius
Lecture and talk
Alan Turing (1912-1954) was a brilliant mathematician under whose leadership a British team cracked the Enigma, the legendary encryption machine of the German navy, during the Second World War. At the same time, he was researching the development of computers and exploring the question of whether machines could be taught to think. This made him a pioneer of today's ubiquitous artificial intelligence. Thomas Bührke's lecture is based on his book "Die Verfolgten" (The Persecuted), in which he remembers scientists who were expelled and killed.
Course number: B1001VO
Date: Thurs., 20.02.2025, 18:30 - 20:30
Course location: vhs, room 110 hall
Free of charge
For further information and registration please click HERE (opens in a new tab).
Relax with singing bowls
The singing bowls invite you to listen. The vibrations in the room also create resonances in the body and contribute to physical and mental relaxation. Gentle yoga exercises enhance the effect of relaxation. In the seminar you will get to know surprising feel-good zones. You will experience a kind of sound meditation.
Course number: B5125A
Date: Sat., 22.02.2025, 10:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Course location: vhs, room 433
Fee: 15,00 €
For further information and registration please click HERE (opens in a new tab).
The parenting course that gives courage and security
The parenting course that is appreciative and encouraging, gives confidence in dealing with each other and helps to build a lasting good relationship between adults and children or young people.
You will receive a treasure trove of convincing and practical tools for everyday parenting challenges and for harmonious coexistence.
Course number: B1511
Dates: Tue., 11.03.2025, 18:30 - 20:30, 7 dates
Course location: vhs, room 217
Fee: 91,50 €
For further information and registration please click HERE (opens in a new tab).
Future Skills - Competencies for tomorrow: Intercultural communication - saying, listening, (mis)understanding
Successful intercultural communication takes place when people who come from different language backgrounds and have different cultural values, norms, traditions and world views interact and communicate with each other effectively and respectfully. In this series of workshops, our foreign language course leaders report on their experiences of how communication has worked for them here in Germany and where they have encountered misunderstandings. Participants are invited to discuss the respective country and exchange views on the verbal and non-verbal differences between the countries.
Today in focus: Greece
Have you ever wondered why people in Greece drink ouzo with their meals? You will discover this and more in this workshop. The workshop language is German with Greek expressions, idioms and gestures.
Course number: B4769
Date: Sun., 02.03.2025, 17:00 - 18:30 h
Course location: vhs, room 410
Fee: 6,00 €
For further information and registration please click HERE (opens in a new tab).
Today in view: India
Have you ever wondered why Indians fold their hands in front of their chest and greet you with "namaste" instead of shaking hands, or why cows are sacred in India? You will discover this and more in this workshop. The workshop language is German with English expressions, idioms and gestures.
Course number: B4398
Date: Fri., 28.03.2025, 17:30 - 19:00
Course location: vhs, room 410
Fee: 6,00 €
For further information and registration please click HERE (opens in a new tab).
Today in view: Spain
Have you ever wondered why people in Spain always take so long to say goodbye? Discover this and more in this workshop. The workshop language is German with Spanish expressions, idioms and gestures.
Course number: B4698
Date: Fri., 25.04.2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Course location: vhs, room 410
Fee: 6,00 €
For further information and registration please click HERE (opens in a new tab).
Today in view: Great Britain
Have you ever wondered what the British say and what they really mean? You will discover this and more in this workshop. The workshop language is German with English expressions, idioms and gestures.
Course number: B4397
Date: Wed., 14.05.2025, 18:00 - 19:30
Course location: vhs, room 410
Fee: 6,00 €
For further information and registration please click HERE (opens in a new tab).
Today in view: South Korea
Have you ever wondered why it's good to know each other in South Korea? You will discover this and more in this workshop. The workshop language is German with Korean expressions, idioms and gestures.
Course number: B4829
Date: Fri., 06.06.2025, 18:00 - 19:30 h
Course location: vhs, room 410
Fee: 6,00 €
For further information and registration please click HERE (opens in a new tab).
Today in view: France
You want to greet the French warmly, but you don't want to "la bise" your boss! To whom, when, how much? You will discover this and more in this workshop. The workshop language is German with French expressions, idioms and gestures.
Course number: B4490
Date: Fri., 13.06.2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Course location: vhs, room 410
Fee: 6,00 €
For further information and registration please click HERE (opens in a new tab).
