What's on in Germany: Nov. 27 - Dec. 3
BERLIN
Music/Concerts:
Karat Katapult Label Night
Parisian electro-minimalism permeates Arena Club Friday night when French label Karat rolls out their showcase featuring sets by Alex and Laetitia, Chloe, Portable, and Dolibox, who will be joined by Berlin's Christina Wheeler.
Price: €8
Location: Arena Club, Eichenstrasse 4
Times: Friday, November 28, 12am
Phone: 030 533 2030
More Information: www.arena-club.de
Galleries/Museums:
Frederike Hellwig - Smile 2002 - 2008
Girls by the seashore in crinoline dresses clutching sticks of pink cotton candy sure are pretty to look at. A new fashion photography gallery opens Friday in Berlin, with shots by fashion and celebrity photographer Frederike Hellwig whose photos have appeared in Teen Vogue and i-D.
Price: Free
Location: Galerie für Modefotografie, Schröderstrasse 13
Times: Thursday - Saturday, 12pm-6pm; Opening Friday, November 28, 6pm-9pm
More Information: www.galeriefuermodefotografie.com
Couture Remixed - Stephan Hann
Light bulbs can be oh so stylish! And so can old rolls of 35mm film, champagne caps, and newspapars. Fashion artist Stephan Hann creates wondrous frocks from whatever materials he happens to encounter. See fifty of them at Berlin's Kunstgewerbemuseum.
Price: €8
Location: Kulturforum Potsdamer Platz, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Tiergartenstrasse 6
Times: Tuesday - Friday, 10am-6pm; Satuday and Sunday; through March 1, 2009
Phone: 030 266 2951
More Information: www.smb.museum
COLOGNE
Music/Concerts:
Nokia Night of the Proms
Robin Gibb, Tears For Fears, Kime Wilde and more stars of the pop and classical realms kick off a twelve-city tour of Germany, Friday night in Cologne.
Price: €47-67
Location: Lanxess Arena, Willy-Brandt-Platz
Times: Friday, November 28, 8pm
Ticket Hotline: 01805 570070
More Info: www.notp.com
Film:
International Short Film Festival Cologne
A good fight over a carrot always provokes a chuckle, go see who wins the battle next Wednesday, with Rabbit Habits, one of four short films in this festival's "Shorts For Kids" category. Those with less innocent leanings should go later in the week when the "Erotic Shorts" are shown.
Price: €6.50; Shorts For Kids €2.50; Day ticket €15; Festival Pass €35
Location: Kölner Filmhaus, Maybachstrasse 111
Times: Wednesday, December 3 - Sunday, December 7
Phone: 0221 9920 9371
More Info: www.short-cuts-cologne.de
FRANKFURT
Theatre:
The Mousetrap
Nothing like a good murder mystery to warm up a cold late autumn night. Frankfurt's English Speaking Theatre Company performs Agatha Christie's classic The Mousetrap this weekend.
Price: €12
Location: Haus Sindlingen, Sindlinger Bahnstrasse 124
Times: Friday, November 28 and Saturday November 29, 7:30pm
Ticket Hotline: 0619 2307 353
More Info: www.festfrankfurt.org
Events:
Christmas in the Palmengarten
Frankfurt's Palmengarten will transform into a Christmas wonderland this weekend when hundreds of poinsettia and amaryllis plants are carted in for the season. Stroll among the rosy splendour, then learn how to make an advent wreath in the floral workshop.
Price: €5
Location: Palmengarten, Siesmayerstrasse 61
Times: Friday, November 28 - January 4
Phone: 069 2123 3939
More Info: www.palmengarten-frankfurt.de
HAMBURG
Events:
Victorian Christmas Market
The Victorians really did Christmas right. Step back into that glorious bygone era this weekend when Hamburg's Hotel Baseler Hof hosts a Victorian Christmas Market. It'll be a good time to stock up on your British food supply, get an early start on holiday shopping, and enjoy a slug of good Scotch.
Price: Free
Location: Hotel Baseler Hof, Esplanade 15
Times: Saturday, November 29 and Sunday, November 30, 12pm-6pm
More Info: victorianchristmas.de
Galleries/Museums:
Mark Wehrmann: Feuchtgebiete
The artist plays death metal with his pal Malte Struck at the opening reception for his new photography show at Hamburg's Galerie für Landschaftskunst, Friday night. Sounds like it's going to be the party of the week.
Price: Free
Location: Galerie für Landschaftskunst, Admiralitätstrasse 71
Times: Friday, November 28, 6pm-9pm
Phone: 040 375 030 68
More Info: www.gflk.de
New Color Photography
A Florida pool gleams vivid blue. A California lawn is swathed in violet. See colourful works from the 1970s by four American photographers: Joe Maloney, Joel Meyerowitz, Stephen Shore and Joel Sternfeld at Hamburg's Haus der Photographie der Deichtorhallen.
Price: €7
Location: Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Deichtorstrasse 1 - 2
Times: Tuesday - Sunday, 11am-6pm; through January 11
Phone: 040 32 10 30
More Info: www.deichtorhallen.de
MUNICH
Events:
World AIDS Day Candlelight Walk
Step lightly by the glow of a candle this Monday in support of AIDS awareness. Hundreds of locals will be traversing the route from Odeonsplatz to St. Lukas Church beginning at 6:30 in the evening.
Price: Free
Location: Odeonsplatz
Times: Monday, December 1, 6:30pm
More Information: www.muenchner-aidshilfe.de
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Music/Concerts:
Karat Katapult Label Night
Parisian electro-minimalism permeates Arena Club Friday night when French label Karat rolls out their showcase featuring sets by Alex and Laetitia, Chloe, Portable, and Dolibox, who will be joined by Berlin's Christina Wheeler.
Price: €8
Location: Arena Club, Eichenstrasse 4
Times: Friday, November 28, 12am
Phone: 030 533 2030
More Information: www.arena-club.de
Galleries/Museums:
Frederike Hellwig - Smile 2002 - 2008
Girls by the seashore in crinoline dresses clutching sticks of pink cotton candy sure are pretty to look at. A new fashion photography gallery opens Friday in Berlin, with shots by fashion and celebrity photographer Frederike Hellwig whose photos have appeared in Teen Vogue and i-D.
Price: Free
Location: Galerie für Modefotografie, Schröderstrasse 13
Times: Thursday - Saturday, 12pm-6pm; Opening Friday, November 28, 6pm-9pm
More Information: www.galeriefuermodefotografie.com
Couture Remixed - Stephan Hann
Light bulbs can be oh so stylish! And so can old rolls of 35mm film, champagne caps, and newspapars. Fashion artist Stephan Hann creates wondrous frocks from whatever materials he happens to encounter. See fifty of them at Berlin's Kunstgewerbemuseum.
Price: €8
Location: Kulturforum Potsdamer Platz, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Tiergartenstrasse 6
Times: Tuesday - Friday, 10am-6pm; Satuday and Sunday; through March 1, 2009
Phone: 030 266 2951
More Information: www.smb.museum
COLOGNE
Music/Concerts:
Nokia Night of the Proms
Robin Gibb, Tears For Fears, Kime Wilde and more stars of the pop and classical realms kick off a twelve-city tour of Germany, Friday night in Cologne.
Price: €47-67
Location: Lanxess Arena, Willy-Brandt-Platz
Times: Friday, November 28, 8pm
Ticket Hotline: 01805 570070
More Info: www.notp.com
Film:
International Short Film Festival Cologne
A good fight over a carrot always provokes a chuckle, go see who wins the battle next Wednesday, with Rabbit Habits, one of four short films in this festival's "Shorts For Kids" category. Those with less innocent leanings should go later in the week when the "Erotic Shorts" are shown.
Price: €6.50; Shorts For Kids €2.50; Day ticket €15; Festival Pass €35
Location: Kölner Filmhaus, Maybachstrasse 111
Times: Wednesday, December 3 - Sunday, December 7
Phone: 0221 9920 9371
More Info: www.short-cuts-cologne.de
FRANKFURT
Theatre:
The Mousetrap
Nothing like a good murder mystery to warm up a cold late autumn night. Frankfurt's English Speaking Theatre Company performs Agatha Christie's classic The Mousetrap this weekend.
Price: €12
Location: Haus Sindlingen, Sindlinger Bahnstrasse 124
Times: Friday, November 28 and Saturday November 29, 7:30pm
Ticket Hotline: 0619 2307 353
More Info: www.festfrankfurt.org
Events:
Christmas in the Palmengarten
Frankfurt's Palmengarten will transform into a Christmas wonderland this weekend when hundreds of poinsettia and amaryllis plants are carted in for the season. Stroll among the rosy splendour, then learn how to make an advent wreath in the floral workshop.
Price: €5
Location: Palmengarten, Siesmayerstrasse 61
Times: Friday, November 28 - January 4
Phone: 069 2123 3939
More Info: www.palmengarten-frankfurt.de
HAMBURG
Events:
Victorian Christmas Market
The Victorians really did Christmas right. Step back into that glorious bygone era this weekend when Hamburg's Hotel Baseler Hof hosts a Victorian Christmas Market. It'll be a good time to stock up on your British food supply, get an early start on holiday shopping, and enjoy a slug of good Scotch.
Price: Free
Location: Hotel Baseler Hof, Esplanade 15
Times: Saturday, November 29 and Sunday, November 30, 12pm-6pm
More Info: victorianchristmas.de
Galleries/Museums:
Mark Wehrmann: Feuchtgebiete
The artist plays death metal with his pal Malte Struck at the opening reception for his new photography show at Hamburg's Galerie für Landschaftskunst, Friday night. Sounds like it's going to be the party of the week.
Price: Free
Location: Galerie für Landschaftskunst, Admiralitätstrasse 71
Times: Friday, November 28, 6pm-9pm
Phone: 040 375 030 68
More Info: www.gflk.de
New Color Photography
A Florida pool gleams vivid blue. A California lawn is swathed in violet. See colourful works from the 1970s by four American photographers: Joe Maloney, Joel Meyerowitz, Stephen Shore and Joel Sternfeld at Hamburg's Haus der Photographie der Deichtorhallen.
Price: €7
Location: Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Deichtorstrasse 1 - 2
Times: Tuesday - Sunday, 11am-6pm; through January 11
Phone: 040 32 10 30
More Info: www.deichtorhallen.de
MUNICH
Events:
World AIDS Day Candlelight Walk
Step lightly by the glow of a candle this Monday in support of AIDS awareness. Hundreds of locals will be traversing the route from Odeonsplatz to St. Lukas Church beginning at 6:30 in the evening.
Price: Free
Location: Odeonsplatz
Times: Monday, December 1, 6:30pm
More Information: www.muenchner-aidshilfe.de
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