Bear Pride Cologne took place from November 27 through December 1 The sexy bears of Germany gathered together for a weekend of fun One of the highlights of course was the election of the new Mr Dennis Reichert who joins us for an exclusive conversation below BWM: Can you tell us a bit about your background where you are from and current city of residency I spend most of my time with my partner in Stuttgart I work as a communication designer in the personnel marketing department of a medium-sized company I like to spend my free time with my partner on the PlayStation or we enjoy time out together in nature I have a wide range of interests like design I unfortunately didn’t have much access to the LGBTQ+ community in general it was only the bear party in Hamburg in January It was there that I had my first contact with the bear community that I had my first real points of contact with the bear community in Stuttgart through regular nightlife events and the annual Bear Meeting in Stuttgart I immediately felt a part of it and so welcome What appealed to me about the bear community was that it welcomes everyone who feels they belong and doesn’t judge people for their appearance BWM: Tell us about your local bear scene and some of your favorite places to go DR: I only really got to know the bear scene a few years ago so I’m still exploring I attend events at the regulars’ tables of the Stuttgart Bears together with my partner and the meetings of the ‘Bartmänner Köln’ in Cologne Other “must do” dates throughout the year for me now include Bear Pride Cologne the Bearweekend in Leipzig and the Stuttgart Bear Meeting These are all great events where you can meet friends and acquaintances from Germany and abroad DR: I would describe the German bear scene in Germany as unique in that there are many smaller and larger local clubs from north to south and from west to east and individual members attend each other’s events There are groups in every region that you can join and make new friends DR: After I requested the application documents for the competition The first task was to fill out an application and questionnaire and submit a short application video including application photos I received the information a few weeks later that I was allowed to take part in the competition The competition itself took place in several phases: After announcing the candidates We used all our private Facebook and Instagram channels for our promotion Everyone had the opportunity to vote for 2 candidates The online voting ran for around 5 weeks and ended a few weeks before the election night we still had the task of presenting ourselves to the jury consisting of several current title holders from across Europe and answering their questions on stage before the audience voting started The competition is and was a huge opportunity for me to leave my comfort zone and I was able to gain a lot of self-confidence and grow far beyond myself during the process BWM: What are your goals for your title year DR: My first goal is to proudly represent the bear community that has welcomed me so warmly and to give something back to them mental health is an important topic for me and I want to address mental problems in order to combat exclusion and stigmatization As a leather bear and part of the leather and fetish scene I also want to build bridges and represent us bears with dignity outside our own community BWM: What are some important issues you feel that need to be addressed in the bear community it’s an important issue that people stick together and stand together both across the community and within the bear community We also need to give a place to people who were not born male but identify as male Be sure to follow Dennis Reichert, Mr. Bear Germany 2025, on Instagram at @mrbeargermany2025 and @blcklthr.ftsh or on Facebook @mrbeargermany2025 Our Staff Writing Team works hard to bring you great content and share news & events from the bear community and beyond Bear World Magazine is a Gray Jones Media brand, visit www.grayjonesmedia.com for more info Bear World Magazine reaches over 1.6 million people per month through our website and socials Download the 2024 Bear World Magazine Intro Deck here. To advertise, please contact advertising@grayjonesmedia.com  If you want to contact us with feedback, or if you have a story, please email: editor@bearworldmagazine.com « Back This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page A Namibian songstress who is based in Germany reached a milestone in her music career recently when she launched four albums on the same day Genesa Handrick recently took the exclusively selected audience through her music journey at the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation’s Radio Studio 7 as she introduced her new music to Namibia for the first time Backed up by a band of powerful session musicians like Fernando ‘Pio’ Paulus (drums) Tayo Kasinda (bass) and the founder of WMP Steven Alvin !Naruseb (keyboard) Genesa dished out a classic show-stopping performance Known as the female voice on late King of Ma /Gaisa Phura Duwe’s monster hit ‘Ti Hanatsa Xu E’ Genesa effortlessly belted out songs from her new albums She reassured guests that there is definitely a market for Ma /Gaisa music in Germany “People like myself are keeping the genre alive with regular shows in pubs and small music festivals around our suburb There is a large community of Namibian expatriates in our city Bad Schwartau “Apart from the shows I am staging with the other Namibian musicians My husband is a daredevil who is more into challenging sport which is completely different from music,” she said Genesa started off as a back-up singer for other established artists of the WMP record label before she carved out a career as a singer for herself She was just about to take off as an artist when she moved to Germany but she never stopped singing as she continued to record and became one of the most esteemed recording artists of the WMP label The album launch coincided with the shooting of a documentary about the beginning of Genesa’s music career before she left Namibia and her present life as an artist in Germany “My stay in Germany does not revolve around my family only I want to use my popularity to also attract more German tourists to Namibia I want to influence the people there through my music,” she says “The people will only believe I am from Namibia through something like a documentary depicting the Namibian landscape and this is the best way to give back to our country of birth.” The albums are available on all digital platforms Fans can also contact Welwitschia Music Productions on +264 64 461 196 copyright in the content of this website vest in The Free Press of Namibia (Proprietary) Limited (Registration No 85/058) The unauthorized making of copies or use of this material constitutes a 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country and especially with so many talented young players coming through the ranks I can’t wait to work with them and help develop these players into contributors at the highest level.” The training camp will provide Hudson his first chance to work with the U-20 player pool ahead of this summer’s Concacaf U-20 Championship where the USA will look to defend its confederation title after winning the 2017 and 2019 editions Kitts and Nevis in the group stage of the tournament Twenty-one of 24 players have spent at least one season in the U.S 2001 are age-eligible for the 2020 Concacaf U-20 Championship GOALKEEPERS (4): David Ochoa (Real Salt Lake; Oxnard Chituru Odunze (Leicester City/ENG; London John Pulskamp (Sporting Kansas City; Bakersfield DEFENDERS (10): Jacob Akanyirige (San Jose Earthquakes; Pleasanton Nathan Harriel (Philadelphia Union; Oldsmar Ian Hoffmann (Karlsruher/GER; Bethany Beach Kurowskybob Pierre (Real Salt Lake; Fort Lauderdale Andre Reynolds II (Chicago Fire FC; Chicago Stuart Ritchie (Hannover 96/GER; Pleasanton Leonardo Sepulveda (Salamanca/ESP.; Corona MIDFIELDERS (5): Cole Bassett (Colorado Rapids; Littleton Aidan Morris (Columbus Crew S.C.; Fort Lauderdale FORWARDS (5): Gianluca Busio (Sporting Kansas City; Greensboro Matko Miljevic (Argentinos Juniors/ARG; Miami Marlon Vargas (Seattle Sounders FC.; Bakersfield The candidate field is set for the 2020 U.S MLS released the list of 140 players eligible for the 2020 MLS SuperDraft Join the SoccerWire College Soccer Recruiting Search Engine and learn how to be seen OVER 1 MILLION TIMES PER YEAR This site uses cookies to give you the best possible experience but do not collect personal information By continuing to use the site you agree that we can save cookies on your device Harriel on roster of 24 players who will play friendlies against Mexico Philadelphia Union prospect Nathan Harriel is on the roster of 24 players that is in training camp with the United States U20s in Bradenton who is primarily a right back but has also played as a left back and center back made 23 appearances in the USL Championship last season as an amateur after joining the Philadelphia Union Academy in January Florida native graduated from YSC Academy in June U20s will face Mexico on January 16 and 18 GOALKEEPERS (4): David Ochoa (Real Salt Lake; Oxnard, Calif.), Chituru Odunze (Leicester City/ENG; London, England), John Pulskamp (Sporting Kansas City; Bakersfield MIDFIELDERS (5): Cole Bassett (Colorado Rapids; Littleton, Colo.), Leon Flach (St. Pauli/GER; Bad Schwartau, Germany), Aidan Morris (Columbus Crew S.C.; Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), Marcelo Palomino (Houston Dynamo; Houston FORWARDS (5): Gianluca Busio (Sporting Kansas City; Greensboro, N.C.), Cameron Harper (Celtic/SCO; Roseville, Calif.), Matko Miljevic (Argentinos Juniors/ARG; Miami, Fla.), Dante Sealy (FC Dallas; Frisco, Texas), Marlon Vargas (Seattle Sounders FC.; Bakersfield BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Former Indiana University men’s soccer midfielder and Columbus Crew SC Homegrown Player Aidan Morris has been added to the training camp roster for the USA U-20 team Twelve players logged professional minutes in 2019 Morris was a 2019 United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Men’s Third Team All-American and All-Big Ten Tournament Team honors in his lone season with the Hoosiers native registered a team-best eight assists and added two goals to give him 12 points for the year He recorded a team-best 10 of his 12 points in conference play He was twice named to the TDS Team of the Week and added two Big Ten Offensive Player of Week laurels DEFENDERS (10): Jacob Akanyirige (San Jose Earthquakes; Pleasanton MIDFIELDERS (5): Cole Bassett (Colorado Rapids; Littleton, Colo.), Leon Flach (St. Pauli/GER; Bad Schwartau, Germany), Aidan Morris (Columbus Crew S.C.; Fort Lauderdale FORWARDS (5): Gianluca Busio (Sporting Kansas City; Greensboro New U-20 USMNT coach Anthony Hudson will lead his first camp from Jan Reflecting on the unexpected success of the weekend Walsh admitted that she will now have to reset her goals for the rest of the long course season Carlson has the potential to impact UIC in the 200 free where last season’s top times were held by graduate students Spain repeated as the Men’s Water Polo World Cup champions and secured a spot to compete in Singapore a SwimSwam partner Commit Swimming has Team Management Software Improved Meet Entry Flow in Commit What… La decisión tiene efecto inmediato tras una votación en una reunión extraordinaria del European Aquatics Bureau el 24 de abril January 31st, 2019 Europe, International, News but also very much in the mix were some stellar lesser-known 20 & unders growing their international footprint we’ve highlighted just a few of the many young names climbing the international ranks Silas Beth (SG Bad Schwartau) – The 16-year-old Beth dropped close to five seconds in his 1500 free going 15:54.06 to take fourth place overall He also went a best time in prelims of the 200 free and was the youngest swimmer to final in the 400 free Also of note in Beth’s races was 17-year-old Italian Ivan Giovannoni (representing Tiro a Volo Nuoto) who was 15:51.85 in the 1500 and 4:03.51 in the 400 Vladyslav Bukhov (UKR National Team) – The 17-year-old Ukranian Bukhov dropped best times in his 50 fly and 100 free. In the 50, he shaved off almost half a second, going 23.98 for third place overall. Bukhov, Britain’s meet record holder Ben Proud and Dutch 2017 Worlds semi-finalist Mathys Goosen were the only swimmers sub-:24 Bukhov also took half a second off his 100 free PR Colbert’s 200 IM time of 2:19.71 (a lifetime best) would have placed her 5th overall – the next-youngest swimmer faster than her was born 15 years earlier She went an additional best time in the 200 breast Honey Osrin (Plymouth Leander) – Despite being well off her best time of (2:13.48) the bests came in her “off” events Despite just missing finals in the 200 free she went a best time of 2:06.82 in prelims Kim Herkle (SV Cannstatt 1898 e.V.) – The 16-year-old German breaststroker went a new best time of 2:31.13 to take fourth place in the 200 breast (notably Herkle also finished ninth in the 100 breast in 1:12.64 though was still about two seconds off her best time Sophie Freeman (Plymouth Leander) – The 14-year-old Freeman already a British national champion at age 13 Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" and majored in media studies and American studies at Claremont McKenna College where she swam distance freestyle for the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps team More from Torrey HartSee All Subscribe to our newsletter and receive our latest updates     Jacob is a music-lover and audiophile who enjoys convincing his friends to buy audio gear that they can't afford He's also a freelance writer and editor based in Los Angeles Copyright © 1998–2025 Audioholics Accessibility SEARCHJOIN CLUB You’re clutching a flute of lukewarm champagne (could be cava) Everyone works in a gallery (who knew there were that many?) everyone has a tote bag but each one is different bad?” You accept another flute of cava (it’s definitely cava) and nod in agreement with the DJ you’re pretty sure your friend went on a bad Tinder date with You know he’s a DJ because he’s wearing an I AM A DJ shirt and was DJing earlier Can you remember the worst art fair that you’ve been to and why it was awful Steven Phillips-Horst: The Taipei Hobbies & Crafts Expo 2013 and suddenly it was like we were all in this hammam What percentage of people that look at art and discuss it are pretending to know what they’re talking about Steven Phillips-Horst: The reality is if you’re looking at art when I’m at a restaurant or a panel discussion Eric Schwartau: Everyone understands art to some degree but to figure out the exact percentage by which you personally understand art divide the number of forwarded party invites you’ve received by the number of times you’ve said the word gestural and multiply by 100 do you think there are a lot of people in the art world that don’t even like art If ‘art’ is living in a dirty apartment and making elaborate sculptures out of trash while drunk then the art ‘world’ is a way for rich people to feel cultural without actually waking up on a soiled cot What is it about art that people are so desperate to be associated with as an authority Eric Schwartau: Art is a privately funded welfare program for kids who got too stoned in art school to ever found Airbnb What needs to change about art fairs and the art world What's your favourite thing about art fairs Who’s your favourite person in the art world Eric Schwartau: Chantal Chadwick and Casey Jane Ellison… both because of their milky skin And will surely be sympathetic to our concerns as we’ve been to the same openings in the Hamptons What’s your favourite piece of art ever and why Steven Phillips-Horst:  Anything for which I was the ‘muse’ I’ve actually been the inspiration for paintings Eric Schwartau: Something about neoliberalism VfL Women won their Bundesliga opener 4-0 against SGS Essen VfL Wolfsburg Women began the new FLYERALARM Women's Bundesliga campaign with a victory after overcoming SGS Essen 4-0 in front of 3,217 fans at the AOK Stadion Ewa Pajor struck twice for last season's double winners, with Alexandra Popp and Tabea Waßmuth also on target as the She-Wolves raced to the top of the table The Green-and-Whites are next in action on Saturday 24 September (kick-off: 17:55 CEST) away to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim at the PreZero-Arena Tommy Stroot: "We deserved to win 4-0 but there's still room for improvement We could have done better with some of our openings and chances We've had relatively few training sessions We've taken the first step but we're not yet where we want to be and can be Popp (66‘ Jonsdottir) – Pajor (75‘ Blomqvist) Subs: Weiß (GK) Berentzen (46‘ Kockmann) – Endemann (72‘ Edwards)Subs: Sindermann (GK) 4-0 Pajor (77’)Referee: Mirka Derlin (Bad Schwartau)Attendance: 3,217 at AOK StadionYellow cards: - / Pfluger 1 / 10 In line with Education New Zealand’s Manapou ki te Ao I AM NEW initiative law student Malina Grube has collaborated with Māori fashion designer Kiri Nathan to redesign the traditional graduation gown told NZ Lawyer that she wanted the garment to represent “new me shaped by both my past in Germany and my life in New Zealand.” “Working with Kiri Nathan was pretty surreal considering all the big projects she has worked on before and made me feel really special to know that she had designed my kākahu together with students and my story in mind,” Grube said “I love how you can see the influence in the design of everything that makes up Aotearoa which of course is a big part of Kiri's brand too.” Grube pushed for the kākahu to be blue to represent the ocean which connects her hometown of Bad Schwartau with New Zealand “I am hoping to work in international law/human rights law in the future which connects everything internationally also represents where I would like to go in the future,” she explained “The poutama on the back of the gown specifically speaks to me but looking back at everything I have achieved Grube’s family was also an important inspiration in the design of the gown “Kiri and the students at Whitecliffe designed the gown based on my story the importance that my family plays and has played so far and the way that both New Zealand and Germany make me feel at home I have learned so much and adapted to the way of life here while also maintaining my German culture,” she told NZ Lawyer “I hope that other international students and Kiwi students get the chance to wear a gown that represents their journey too It will feel so special wearing the gown at my graduation.” This article is VERY old (older than 2 years) © 2005...2025 by WOA Festival GmbH - Hosting by ICS MEDIA SERVICE Schalke 04 came out on top over VfB Lübeck in their friendly during the international break Marius Bülter and Mika Hanraths scored the goals in a 2-0 win at Stadion Lohmühle Testspiel Schalke took a squad of 19 players to Lübeck who did not travel to join up with Germany U20 and Mark Rzatkowski were not used as a precautionary measure Stanislav Fehler and Joey Müller made up the numbers with former Schalke youth player Mirko Boland playing through Cemal Sezer Ralf Fährmann was quick off his line to deal with the danger but the Lübeck attacker was offside anyway Morten Rüdiger found Samuel Abifade on the right whose cross was headed away by Timo Becker S04 did not connect enough in the final third in the opening phase of the game but the Royal Blues’ first real chance of the game came after a quarter of an hour Reinhold Ranftl blocked a pass in the opponent’s half and Marvin Pieringer picked up possession before striking towards the far corner but VfB keeper Julius Schmid dived to save S04 began to control the game and soon came the next chance Marcin Kaminski’s ball into the area was played onto Pieringer by Dominick Drexler but the forward saw his effort go just wide of the left-hand post Rodrigo Zalazar’s effort missed to the right Kerim Calhanoglu’s deflected shot hit the side netting from around twelve metres Rodrigo Zalazar picked up the ball in midfield and found Marius Bülter on the left The forward producesd a few stopovers before cutting onto his right and finishing past Julius Schmid off the underside of the crossbar referee Eike-Robert Kawen brought the half to an end with S04 one goal to the good Grammozis made four substitutions at the break Stanislav Fehler and Rufat Dadashov replacing Marius Bülter Schalke had a big chance to double their lead just 90 seconds into the half Rodrigo Zalazar played a one-two with Rufat Dadsahov cut back to Stanislav Fehler on the penalty spot whose shot was deflected just over the bar Timo Becker then headed just wide from the resulting corner kick (48’) Marvin Pieringer found Rufat Dadashov in the area but his low shot was saved by Julius Schmid The home side were limited to few chances during the second half Despite this the next real chance only came in the 72nd minute when Kerim Calhanoglu tried his luck from 22 metres Mika Tom Urbanski crossed from the left and Ben Bäßler found himself in space just eight metres out but put his effort narrowly wide to the right The Royal Blues then finished the game more strongly Marvin Pieringer rose highest and beat Julius Schmid to Kerim Calhanoglu’s corner and Mika Hanraths got his knee to the goalbound ball to see it over the line (85’) to double the lead The last attempt of the game fell to VfB striker Malek Fakhro whose log shot missed to the left (87’) to see Schalke run out 2-0 winners League action returns for Schalke in eight days with Grammozis’ side travelling to take on Hannover on Matchday 10 on Friday evening (15/10) at 18:30 CEST © 1904-2023 FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e.V.