January 30, 2008. The U.S. Consulate General, the Hesse Center for political Education, the Center for North American Studies and the Swiss publisher Orell Füssli invited Dr. Christoph von Marschall, the U.S. correspondent of the Berlin-based daily newspaper Der Tagesspiegel, to give a lecture on "Barack Obama - The Black Kennedy" at Frankfurt University's Campus Westend.

February 6, 2008. The U.S. Embassy Literature Series in cooperation with the Carl Hanser Verlag featured a reading by American author Matt Ruff at the English Theatre Frankfurt on February 6.

November 30, 2007. Frankfurters gathered at the local city library, the U.S. Consulate's America@yourLibrary partner, to meet Terence Ward and listen to the reading from his book “Searching for Hassan: A Journey into the Heart of Iran.” Mr. Ward, who grew up in Tehran and now works as a cross-cultural consultant for Multinational Corporations, gave a ninety minute talk telling the story of his family’s return to Iran to search for an old family friend.

November 30, 2007. Frankfurters gathered at the local city library, the U.S. Consulate's America@yourLibrary partner, to meet Terence Ward and listen to the reading from his book “Searching for Hassan: A Journey into the Heart of Iran.” Mr. Ward, who grew up in Tehran and now works as a cross-cultural consultant for Multinational Corporations, gave a ninety minute talk telling the story of his family’s return to Iran to search for an old family friend.

July 6, 2007. Helene Blowers, Public Services Technology Director for the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, introduced Frankfurt’s information professionals and students to the fascinating world of Library 2.0 at the city’s University Library. Ms. Blowers highlighted the increased emphasis on collaboration, sharing and fun (!) in the new 2.0 world, and encouraged the participants to engage their younger audiences in places like Myspace, Facebook or Youtube.

May 9, 2007. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Dan Fried gave a speech on "Europe's Role in the World" at the conference "Rethinking Europe! The Globalisation of the European Union" at the German Foreign Ministry in Berlin. Also attending the conference were German Chancellor Merkel, German Foreign Minister Steinmeier, German Minister of the Interior Schäuble and other high-ranking officials from Germany and other European countries.

May 9, 2007. Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns met with members of the German and international media to discuss the agenda for the G8 Political Directors meeting to be held in Berlin on May 10. Under Secretary Burns stressed German-American cooperation on a number of important international issues, especially on the issues of Kosovo and Iran.

May 3, 2007. White House CEQ Chairman James Connaughton and German Environment State Secretary Matthias Machnig held a joint press availability with a group of German reporters designed to highlight US-German cooperation on combating climate change. Both underscored the importance of developing new technologies to meet future environmental challenges, and stressed that although the U.S. and Europe may differ in approaches to battling climate change, they share the ultimate goal of reducing emissions. CEQ Chairman Connaughton was interviewed by Phoenix TV.

April 23, 2007. J. Christian Kennedy, Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues at the State Department, spoke on the American role in art restitution at an international conference in Potsdam entitled "Debate without End? Looted Art and Restitution in the German-Speaking Area." The conference was hosted by the University of Potsdam’s Moses-Mendelssohn Center for European-Jewish Studies.

March 28, 2007. In a wide-ranging press roundtable with 20 German and international journalists, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Eric S. Edelman discussed the United States's proposed missile defense system in eastern Europe among other topics of interest. Mr. Edelman is currently touring Europe to discuss missile defense strategy with colleagues in Germany and the Czech Republic. Following the roundtable, the Undersecretary gave two TV interviews on the same subjects.

The Orient Palace in Frankfurt was the scene of a unique concert February 6 that brought together some of Afghanistan's top musicians to perform with American and British jazz musicians.