diff --git a/pelicanconf.py b/pelicanconf.py
index ad7ad12..9a1c45e 100644
--- a/pelicanconf.py
+++ b/pelicanconf.py
@@ -8,11 +8,8 @@ SITESUBTITLE = "Schriftsteller"
 SITEURL = ""
 
 TIMEZONE = 'Europe/Berlin'
-DATE_FORMATS = {
-  'de': '%a, %d. %b %y',
-  'en': '%Y-%m-%d(%a)',
-}
 DEFAULT_LANG = 'de'
+#DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT = '%d.%m.%Y' (doesn't seem to work)
 
 THEME = "theme/"
 
@@ -84,6 +81,7 @@ SOCIAL = (
 #                           Technical Settings                                #
 ###############################################################################
 
+PLUGINS = ["pelican.plugins.yaml_metadata"]
 JINJA_ENVIRONMENT = { "extensions": ["jinja2.ext.debug", "jinja2.ext.do"] }
 
 
diff --git a/theme/static/css/custom.css b/theme/static/css/custom.css
index 8192da8..4f7c919 100644
--- a/theme/static/css/custom.css
+++ b/theme/static/css/custom.css
@@ -227,9 +227,15 @@ a {
 }
 
 /* grid settings for event list */
-.event-grid {
-  display: grid;
-  grid-template-columns: minmax(auto, 250px) minmax(60%, auto);
+.events {}
+
+.event-info {
+  vertical-align: top;
+  max-width: 240px;
+}
+
+.event-detail {
+  vertical-align: top;
 }
 
 /* flex settings for layout of cards */
diff --git a/theme/templates/termine.noformat.html b/theme/templates/termine.noformat.html
index 3e6ea34..44fa86a 100644
--- a/theme/templates/termine.noformat.html
+++ b/theme/templates/termine.noformat.html
@@ -1,25 +1,34 @@
 {% extends "page.html" %}
-
-{% block content_body %}
+{# note that this template's filename is ''termine.noformat.html'' and not ''termine.html''. This is because vscodium's auto-format breaks the ''replace'' filters in the summary line, which is bad. The double file extension enables an exlude rule for all "noformat.html" files from within vscodium's settings.json file. #}
 {% if page.termine is defined %}
-<article>
-  <header class="event-grid" style="grid-row-template: auto);">
-    <div>Termin</div>
-    <div>Veranstaltung</div>
-  </header>
-  <div class="event-grid" style="grid-row-template: repeat({{page.termine | length}}, auto);">
-    {% for t in page.termine %}
-    <div>{{ t.startdate }}{% if t.enddate is defined %}–{{t.enddate }}{% elif t.starttime is defined %}, {{ t.starttime }}{% endif %}</div>
-    <div>
-      <details>
-        <summary>{{ t.summary }}</summary>
-        {% if t.description is defined %}<p>{{ t.description | replace("\n\n", "</p><p>") | replace("\n", "<br>") | replace("</p><br><p>", "</p><p>")}}</p>{% endif %}
-        {% if t.location is defined %}<p>Ort: {{ t.location }}</p>{% endif %}
-      </details>
-    </div>
-    {% endfor %}
-  </div>
-  {% if page.date is defined %}<footer>Letzte Aktualisierung: {{ page.date }}</footer>{% endif %}
-</article>
+{% set date_format = "%d.%m." %}
+{% set time_format = "%H:%M" %}
+{% block content_body %}
+  <table class="events">
+    <thead>
+      <tr>
+        <th class="event-info">Wann & Wo</th>
+        <th class="event-detail">Was & Wieso</th>
+      </tr>
+    </thead>
+    <tbody>
+      {% for t in page.termine %}
+      <tr>
+        <td class="event-info"><strong>{{ t.startdate | strftime(date_format) }}{% if t.enddate is defined %}–{{t.enddate | strftime(date_format) }}{% elif t.starttime is defined %} {{ t.starttime | strftime(time_format) }}{% endif %}</strong><br>{{ t.location }}</td>
+        <td class="event-detail">
+          <p>{{ t.summary }} {% if "Moderation" in t.categories %}(Moderation){%endif%}</p>
+          {% if t.description is defined %}<p>{{ t.description | replace("\n\n", "</p><p>") | replace("\n", "<br>") | replace("</p><br><p>", "</p><p>")}}</p>{% endif %}
+          {% if t.attach is defined %}<p><a href="{{ t.attach }}" target="_blank" title="siehe auch …">Mehr Infos</a></p>{% endif %}
+        </td>
+      </tr>
+      {% endfor %}
+    </body>
+  </table>
+{% endblock content_body %}
+
+{% if page.written_at is defined %}
+{% block content_footer %}
+<p style="text-align: center";>Letzte Aktualisierung: {{ page.written_at | strftime("%d.%m.%Y, %H:%M Uhr") }}</p>
+{% endblock content_footer %}
+{% endif %}
 {% endif %}
-{% endblock content_body %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/utils/refresh-events.py b/utils/refresh-events.py
index d4ee99e..6270e73 100755
--- a/utils/refresh-events.py
+++ b/utils/refresh-events.py
@@ -4,11 +4,6 @@ from datetime import datetime, date, time, timedelta
 import yaml
 import os
 
-import locale
-import threading
-from contextlib import contextmanager
-
-
 """CalDAV server url"""
 server_url = "https://***REMOVED***
 """CalDAV calendar url"""
@@ -84,7 +79,7 @@ def extractEventData(events):
       if len(v) == 1:
         d[k] = v[0].value
       # but sometimes the list has more than one item; this only ever happens for the property "categories"
-      # and in this case, each list item's value is itself a one item list (which is stupid but that's how vobject handles categories)
+      # and in this case, each list item's value is itself a one item list (which is stupid but that's how vobject handles categories …)
       else:
         d[k] = [v[i].value[0] for i in range(len(v))]
     e_tmp.append(d)
@@ -129,47 +124,29 @@ events = [e for e in events if e["dtstart"] >= now]
 # sort by start date
 events.sort(key=lambda e: e["dtstart"])
 
+# add start date to metadata, also start time and/or end date
+for e in events:
+  # start date
+  e["startdate"] = e["dtstart"].astimezone()
+  # start time (if not the default time)
+  if e["dtstart"].timetz() != time(23, 59, 59, tzinfo=now.tzinfo):
+    e["starttime"] = e["dtstart"].astimezone()
+  # end date (if different from start date)
+  if e["dtstart"].date() < e["dtend"].date():
+    e["enddate"] = e["dtend"].astimezone()
+
 # read default metadata if present
 default_metadata = None
 if os.path.isfile(result_file + ".metadata"):
   with open(result_file + ".metadata", "r") as f:
     default_metadata = yaml.safe_load(f)
 
-# set up a context manager in order to threadsafely format dates and times with the German locale 
-# source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/24070673
-LOCALE_LOCK = threading.Lock()
-
-@contextmanager
-def setlocale(name):
-  with LOCALE_LOCK:
-    saved = locale.setlocale(locale.LC_TIME)
-    try:
-      yield locale.setlocale(locale.LC_TIME, name)
-    finally:
-      locale.setlocale(locale.LC_TIME, saved)
-
-# temporary set locale to de_DE (category "time" only) and format start date as well as start time or end date
-with setlocale('de_DE.UTF-8'):
-  for e in events:
-    # start date
-    e["startdate"] = e["dtstart"].strftime("%a, %d.%m.")
-    # start time (if not the default time)
-    if e["dtstart"].timetz() != time(23, 59, 59, tzinfo=now.tzinfo):
-      e["starttime"] = e["dtstart"].strftime("%H:%M Uhr")
-    # end date (if different from start date)
-    if e["dtstart"].date() < e["dtend"].date():
-      e["enddate"] = e["dtend"].date().strftime("%a, %d.%m.")
-
-  # add current date to default metadata while we're at it
-  if default_metadata:
-    default_metadata["date"] = now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M")
-
 # write data as YAML
 with open(result_file, 'w') as f:
   f.write("---\n")
   if default_metadata:
     yaml.dump(default_metadata, f)
   yaml.dump({"termine": events}, f)
+  # write current datetime to file
+  yaml.dump({"written_at": now}, f)
   f.write("---\n")
-  f.write("written at " + datetime.today().isoformat(" "))
-