Selected Events 2008
U.S. Consulate General Leipzig Wows Patrons at First City Library Festival
August 24, 2008. 25 Leipzig libraries, archives and museums – among them the Consulate’s Information Resource Center (IRC) - took part in the first ever library street festival in the city organized by the Leipzig University Library. Consul General Katherine Brucker, Jim Seward, Consul for Public Affairs and Political/Economic Officer Edith Backman used the opportunity for a dialog with interested Leipzig citizens alongside with IRC representatives and two German interns who staffed the Consulate booth. Visitors flocking to the booth were particularly interested in the State Department’s various electronic journals and other State Department publications as well as our reference list with web links and the Consulate’s program calendar. The upcoming reading of Dr. Werner Peters’ “Rätsel Amerika” in September was pointed out in conversations, and teachers collected folders with brochures on the Meet US-program and the Newsletter for English Teachers. The “America Quiz” was a big hit among the visitors, who got some helpful hints from the video “Welcome: Portraits of America” which was integrated into a PowerPoint presentation on the IRC and a Question & Answer session with Consul Jim Seward. 
Visitors at the Consulate booth
