

January 2023 Newsletter
Get your costumes ready for the annual GACC Fasching party on Saturday, February 18.
Carol Schlueter is director of the German-American Cultural Center and Museum in Gretna, Louisiana. She is from a family of German immigrants. Her Schlueter relatives came to Texas in 1846 from Hanover, Germany, and settled in Fredericksburg, Texas, near San Antonio. She grew up in the Houston area and came to New Orleans in 1980.
Prior to joining the GACC, Carol served as executive director of publications at Tulane University for 24 years. In her diverse career in New Orleans, Carol also worked in marketing and public relations for Hibernia National Bank and at a graphic design and advertising agency. She also had a seven-year career in journalism, working as a reporter for the Beaumont Enterprise and Journal newspaper in Beaumont, Texas, and as a business writer for the Durham Sun newspaper in Durham, North Carolina.
Get your costumes ready for the annual GACC Fasching party on Saturday, February 18.
Check out the Times-Picayune article about the GACC’s 2023 Calendar, “German Breweries and Beer Gardens.”
The GACC closed out the year with events including a beer garden on December 10. Here’s to a great year ahead! Get Your GACC Calendar
Friends, the tornado that hit Gretna this week missed our GACC building, and we have our power back on. So, all is well, and we
Dear Friends, join us on Saturday, December 17, at 6pm for our annual Christmas party. It’s a bring-a-dish celebration. The GACC will provide baked ham,
The holiday season is ahead, and the GACC is ready to celebrate at two Gretna Christmas events on Dec. 4 and 10. Get Your GACC
Friends, join us on Saturday, November 19, at 6pm for our monthly member’s meeting. We’ll have a light supper plus German beer and wine as
From the toast at the keg tapping until it closed, Gretna Fest 2022 was a success for the GACC’s German Bier Garten. Get Your GACC
At 5 p.m. on Friday, October 7, Gretna officials will tap the first beer keg to kick off Gretna Fest. The celebration will be –
It’s festival time! Our Oktoberfest was a big success, and we’re getting ready for our Bier Garten at Gretna Fest, October 7-9. Get Your GACC
Honoring the German immigrants who founded Gretna, Louisiana, in 1836 and their contribution to Louisiana’s history is the mission of the German-American Cultural Center & Museum.