What's on in Germany: July 17-23
BERLIN
Music/Concerts:
Orchestra Baobab - Made in Dakar
Fusing Afro-Cuban rhythms, Portuguese Creole, and Congolese rumba makes for a mighty exciting musical amalgam. Practice your African dance moves Thursday night when the Senegalese group takes the stage at Kesselhaus in the Kulturbrauerei.
Price: €20-25
Location: Kesselhaus, Sredzkistrasse 1
Times: Thursday, July 17, 9pm
Phone: 030 44 3150
More Information: www.myspace.com/orchestrabaobabofficial
Peter Ablinger - Hearing Listening
Austrian composer and sound artist Peter Ablinger has turned the Haus am Waldsee into a space of sound exploration. Accompanied by Daniel Biesold's paintings, Ablinger's works lead visitors into a world of new awareness where pianos emit the sound of a human voice, and street traffic becomes a focal point among nature.
Price: €5
Location: Haus am Waldsee, Argentinische Allee 30
Times: Daily, 11am-6pm
Phone: 030 801 8935
More Information: hausamwaldsee.de
Galleries/Museums:
Berlin in the Spotlight: the Blockade of 1948/1949
The photojournalist Henry Ries, who was born in Berlin and fled to New York in 1937 returned to Europe in 1945 as a war photographer. Two years later he shot the events surrounding the blockade of West Berlin. His images from that time form the bulk of this interesting new exhibition at the German Historical Museum.
Price: €5
Location: Deutsches Historisches Museum, I.M. Pei Building, Hinter dem Giesshaus 3
Times: Daily, 10am-6pm, through September 21
Tickets: 030 203 040
More Information: www.dhm.de
COLOGNE
Galleries/Museums:
Robert Elfgen - Des Bien Ich (This is Me, Bee)
Inspired by Albert Einstein's quote about the importance of bees to mankind, "If the bee disappeared from the face of the earth, mankind would survive four more years; no bees, no pollination, no animals, no humans...", the German artist further investigates the notion of existence with his abstract land of bees.
Price: Free
Location: Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, Wormser Strasse 23
Times: Tuesday - Friday, 10am-1pm and 3pm-6pm; Saturday 11am-4pm
Phone: 0221 3804 1516
More Information: www.monikasprueth.com
FRANKFURT
Galleries/Museums:
22 Posters
See what kinds of new poster designs Stuttgart art students cooked up for classic films like "The Gold Rush," "Blowup," "Lost Highway," and "Sin City."
Price: €2,50
Location: Deutsches Filmmuseum, Schaumainkai 41 (Museumsufer)
Times: Tuesday - Friday, 10am-5pm; Wednesday and Sunday, 10am-7pm; Saturday 2pm-7pm
Phone: 069 96 12 20 220
More Info: www.deutschesfilmmuseum.de
HAMBURG
Festivals:
Duckstein Festival
Hamburg's waterfront, between between Fleethof, Hotel Steigenberger, Bleichenfleet and Stadthausbrücke bridge comes alive with "Art, Culture and Cuisine" this month as street actors, acrobats and musicians provide hours of open air entertainment for the whole family.
Price: Free
Location: Fleetinsel, Hamburg
Times: Monday - Thursday 6pm-11pm, Friday 6pm-12am, Saturday 2pm-12am, Sunday 12pm-11pm; July 18 - 27
More Info: www.duckstein.de
Galleries/Museums:
International Maritime Museum
Hamburg's new Maritime Museum tells a three-thousand year history of the city's seafaring past. Thousands of impressive ship models and paintings, naval uniforms, and a rendition of the Queen Mary II constructed of Legos are displayed on nine floors. Learn a few sea shanties and pay a visit.
Price: €10
Location: Internationales Maritimes Museum Hamburg, Kaispeicher B, Koreastrasse
Times: Tuesday - Sunday, 10am-6pm; Thursday 10am-8pm
Phone: 040 300 92 300
More Info: www.internationales-maritimes-museum.de
LEIPZIG
Music/Concerts:
Seal
The British crooner takes the stage at Leipzig's Parkbühne Thursday night. Will supermodel wife Heidi Klum join him for a duet of "Wedding Day"? We've got our fingers crossed.
Price: €56,40
Location: Parkbühne (Clara Zetkin Park), Karl-Tauchnitz-Strasse/Höhe Hadnstrasse
Times: Thursday, July 17, 7:30pm
Ticket Hotline: 01805 570070 (0.14 cents/minute)
More Info: <a href="http://www.seal.com"
target="_blank">www.seal.com
MUNICH
Galleries/Museums:
Female Trouble
Photographers and video artists like Cindy Sherman, Sarah Lucas, Monica Bonvicini, and Pipilotti Rist have all used the image of the woman to deconstruct notions of female gender. A new exhibition at Munich's Pinakothek der Monderne brings them all together. See the show and get an altogether new notion of a portrait of a lady.
Price: €9,50
Location: Pinakothek der Moderne, Barer Strasse 40
Times: Tuesday - Sunday, 10am-6pm; Thursday 10am-8pm; through October 26
Phone: 089 23805 360
More Information: www.pinakothek.de
STUTTGART
Music/Concerts:
MTV Hip Hop Open
Ice Cube, Ludacris, Dynamite Deluxe and more stars of rap and hip hop fire up Stuttgart Saturday night for the MTV Hip Hop Open.
Price: €45
Location: Reitstadion, Stuttgart Bad-Cannstatt
Times: Saturday, July 19, 10am
More Information: www.hiphopopen.de
Viva Afro Brazil International Festival
Latin stars like Elba Ramalho and Mart'nalia infuse Tübingen, just outside of Stuttgart, with a festive groove this weekend. Afro-Brazilophiles will be dancing the salsa and the samba all night long.
Price: €39,90 per day
Location: Grosses Foyer der Mensa Morgenstelle, Morgenstelle 16, Tübingen
Times: Friday, July 18 and Saturday, July 19
Tickets: 01805 44 70
More Information: www.viva-afro-brasil.de
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BERLIN
Music/Concerts:
Orchestra Baobab - Made in Dakar
Fusing Afro-Cuban rhythms, Portuguese Creole, and Congolese rumba makes for a mighty exciting musical amalgam. Practice your African dance moves Thursday night when the Senegalese group takes the stage at Kesselhaus in the Kulturbrauerei.
Price: €20-25
Location: Kesselhaus, Sredzkistrasse 1
Times: Thursday, July 17, 9pm
Phone: 030 44 3150
More Information: www.myspace.com/orchestrabaobabofficial
Peter Ablinger - Hearing Listening
Austrian composer and sound artist Peter Ablinger has turned the Haus am Waldsee into a space of sound exploration. Accompanied by Daniel Biesold's paintings, Ablinger's works lead visitors into a world of new awareness where pianos emit the sound of a human voice, and street traffic becomes a focal point among nature.
Price: €5
Location: Haus am Waldsee, Argentinische Allee 30
Times: Daily, 11am-6pm
Phone: 030 801 8935
More Information: hausamwaldsee.de
Galleries/Museums:
Berlin in the Spotlight: the Blockade of 1948/1949
The photojournalist Henry Ries, who was born in Berlin and fled to New York in 1937 returned to Europe in 1945 as a war photographer. Two years later he shot the events surrounding the blockade of West Berlin. His images from that time form the bulk of this interesting new exhibition at the German Historical Museum.
Price: €5
Location: Deutsches Historisches Museum, I.M. Pei Building, Hinter dem Giesshaus 3
Times: Daily, 10am-6pm, through September 21
Tickets: 030 203 040
More Information: www.dhm.de
COLOGNE
Galleries/Museums:
Robert Elfgen - Des Bien Ich (This is Me, Bee)
Inspired by Albert Einstein's quote about the importance of bees to mankind, "If the bee disappeared from the face of the earth, mankind would survive four more years; no bees, no pollination, no animals, no humans...", the German artist further investigates the notion of existence with his abstract land of bees.
Price: Free
Location: Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, Wormser Strasse 23
Times: Tuesday - Friday, 10am-1pm and 3pm-6pm; Saturday 11am-4pm
Phone: 0221 3804 1516
More Information: www.monikasprueth.com
FRANKFURT
Galleries/Museums:
22 Posters
See what kinds of new poster designs Stuttgart art students cooked up for classic films like "The Gold Rush," "Blowup," "Lost Highway," and "Sin City."
Price: €2,50
Location: Deutsches Filmmuseum, Schaumainkai 41 (Museumsufer)
Times: Tuesday - Friday, 10am-5pm; Wednesday and Sunday, 10am-7pm; Saturday 2pm-7pm
Phone: 069 96 12 20 220
More Info: www.deutschesfilmmuseum.de
HAMBURG
Festivals:
Duckstein Festival
Hamburg's waterfront, between between Fleethof, Hotel Steigenberger, Bleichenfleet and Stadthausbrücke bridge comes alive with "Art, Culture and Cuisine" this month as street actors, acrobats and musicians provide hours of open air entertainment for the whole family.
Price: Free
Location: Fleetinsel, Hamburg
Times: Monday - Thursday 6pm-11pm, Friday 6pm-12am, Saturday 2pm-12am, Sunday 12pm-11pm; July 18 - 27
More Info: www.duckstein.de
Galleries/Museums:
International Maritime Museum
Hamburg's new Maritime Museum tells a three-thousand year history of the city's seafaring past. Thousands of impressive ship models and paintings, naval uniforms, and a rendition of the Queen Mary II constructed of Legos are displayed on nine floors. Learn a few sea shanties and pay a visit.
Price: €10
Location: Internationales Maritimes Museum Hamburg, Kaispeicher B, Koreastrasse
Times: Tuesday - Sunday, 10am-6pm; Thursday 10am-8pm
Phone: 040 300 92 300
More Info: www.internationales-maritimes-museum.de
LEIPZIG
Music/Concerts:
Seal
The British crooner takes the stage at Leipzig's Parkbühne Thursday night. Will supermodel wife Heidi Klum join him for a duet of "Wedding Day"? We've got our fingers crossed.
Price: €56,40
Location: Parkbühne (Clara Zetkin Park), Karl-Tauchnitz-Strasse/Höhe Hadnstrasse
Times: Thursday, July 17, 7:30pm
Ticket Hotline: 01805 570070 (0.14 cents/minute)
More Info: <a href="http://www.seal.com"
target="_blank">www.seal.com
MUNICH
Galleries/Museums:
Female Trouble
Photographers and video artists like Cindy Sherman, Sarah Lucas, Monica Bonvicini, and Pipilotti Rist have all used the image of the woman to deconstruct notions of female gender. A new exhibition at Munich's Pinakothek der Monderne brings them all together. See the show and get an altogether new notion of a portrait of a lady.
Price: €9,50
Location: Pinakothek der Moderne, Barer Strasse 40
Times: Tuesday - Sunday, 10am-6pm; Thursday 10am-8pm; through October 26
Phone: 089 23805 360
More Information: www.pinakothek.de
STUTTGART
Music/Concerts:
MTV Hip Hop Open
Ice Cube, Ludacris, Dynamite Deluxe and more stars of rap and hip hop fire up Stuttgart Saturday night for the MTV Hip Hop Open.
Price: €45
Location: Reitstadion, Stuttgart Bad-Cannstatt
Times: Saturday, July 19, 10am
More Information: www.hiphopopen.de
Viva Afro Brazil International Festival
Latin stars like Elba Ramalho and Mart'nalia infuse Tübingen, just outside of Stuttgart, with a festive groove this weekend. Afro-Brazilophiles will be dancing the salsa and the samba all night long.
Price: €39,90 per day
Location: Grosses Foyer der Mensa Morgenstelle, Morgenstelle 16, Tübingen
Times: Friday, July 18 and Saturday, July 19
Tickets: 01805 44 70
More Information: www.viva-afro-brasil.de
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