What's on in Germany: December 11 - 17
BERLIN
Galleries/Museums:
Christmas Paper Celebration
On Saturday, the German Museum of Technology reopens its permanent exhibition on paper manufacturing. It being the holiday season and all, opening day will feature a Christmas paper celebration complete with demonstrations and activities that all have to do with paper.
Price: Adults €4,50, Children €2,50
Location: Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin, Trebbiner Str. 9
Times: Sunday, December 14, 12pm-5pm
Phone: 030 90 2540
More Information: www.dtmb.de
Music/Concerts:
Traditional American Christmas Sing-Along
Berlin's Far Afield Vocal Ensemble hosts an evening of carolling at the Evangelical Osterkirche in Wedding. Favourites like "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" and "What Child Is This?" are sure to be on the program, along with more ancient fare such as "Remember, O Thou Man," and "Sainte Nicolas (St. Godric of Finchale)."
Price: Free
Location: Evang. Osterkirche Wedding, Samoa Str. 14
Times: Saturday, December 13, 7pm
Phone: 030 453 26 71
More Information: www.berlinshapenote.de
Events:
Amy Goodman
The award-winning journalist and host of the daily radio show Democracy Now! talks about the importance of independent media, while promoting her new book Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times. She authored the inspiring account of grassroots activists in America with her brother and fellow journalist David Goodman.
Price: Free
Location: Humboldt University, Hauptgebäude, Room 1070, Unter den Linden 6
Times: Friday, December 12, 6:30pm
More Information: tour.democracynow.org
COLOGNE
Music/Concerts:
Rotterdam Ska Jazz Foundation
The Dutch big band brings its mix of ska, jazz, reggae, funk, and soul to Cologne's Sonic Ballroom Sunday night. If you're in the mood for rocking horns and grooving rhythms, go check it out.
Price: €8
Location: Sonic Ballroom, Oskar-Jäger-Str.190
Times: Sunday, December 14, 9:30pm
Phone: 0221 1691 8894
More Info: www.sonic-ballroom.de
FRANKFURT
Galleries/Museums:
Experimenta Folklore
In the 1970s a festival called "Experimenta" was founded in Frankfurt. A new exhibition which opens Thursday at Frankfurt's Kunstverein, takes inspiration from that festival, but it also presents the idea of "folklore" as a musical element within contemporary art. Works by a wide range of international artists examine the relationship between traditional and modern staging.
Price: Opening night is free, €6 regular hours
Location: Frankfurter Kunstverein, Steinernes Haus am Römerberg, Markt 44
Times: Thursday, December 11, 7pm; Regular hours Tuesday - Sunday, 11am-7pm; through March 1
Phone: 069 219 3140
More Info: www.fkv.de
Music/Concerts:
Christmas For Young and Old: Carols and Stories
Frankfurt's Cäcilien Choir and Children's Choir entertain with songs and stories of Christmas time, Sunday afternoon. It's a nice way to stay warm and still enjoy the holiday festivities.
Price: €20 - 32; Children under 14, €8
Location: Alte Oper Frankfurt, Opernplatz 1
Times: Sunday, December 14, 4pm
Tickets: 069 1340 400
More Info: www.alteoper.de
HAMBURG
Music/Concerts:
Tish Hinojosa
Combining Spanish lyrics with a country western essence that's straight out of Nashville, this enchanting Mexican-American folk singer charms. Hinojosa graces the stage Sunday night at Knust.
Price: €17,25
Location: Knust, Neuer Kamp 30
Times: Sunday, December 14, 9pm
Phone: 040 8797 6230
More Info: www.mundotish.com
An American Evening
The Hamburg Symphony Orchestra plays the music of Elliot Carter, Samuel Barber, and Charles Ives twice this week, with soloist Raphael Wallfisch. Be moved by some of America's greatest 20th century composers.
Price: €7 - 42
Location: Laeiszhalle-Musikhalle Hamburg, Johannes-Brahms-Platz
Times: Sunday, December 14, 7pm: Tuesday, December 16, 8pm
Phone: 040 346 920
More Info: www.laeiszhalle.de
MUNICH
Events:
Children's Christmas Fair
Jogoli's Kindergarten hosts a fun day of storytelling, cookie eating, and shopping for handmade candles, soaps, Christmas tree ornaments and English books, on Saturday. There will be plenty of Glühwein for the moms and dads to drink while the little ones have their faces painted.
Price: Free
Location: Jogoli's International Kindergarten & Preschool, Friedenstrasse 22b
Times: Saturday, December 13, 10am-1pm
Phone: Tel: 089 9901 88528
More Information: www.jogolis.de
Galleries/Museums:
Jeff Wall
The master of the photographic set is on display at Munich's Rüdiger Schöttle Gallery. Works from the 1980s such as "A Woman and Her Doctor," "The Smoker," and "The Old Prison," provide a glimpse into the Canadian artist's early career.
Price: Free
Location: Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Amalienstrasse 41
Times: Tuesday - Friday, 11am-6pm; Saturday, 11am-2pm; through January 24
Phone: 089 33 3686
More Information: www.galerie-ruediger-schoettle.de
Music/Concerts:
Carolling Concert
The Chamber Choir of Munich's School of Education leads a spirited procession with traditional carols and organ accompaniment through the Old Catholic Church of Saint Willibrord, Saturday evening. Here's your chance to practice those holy hymns by ancient composers like Johannes Eccard and Heinrich Schütz.
Price: Free
Location: Altkatholische Kirche St. Willibrord, Blumenstr. 36
Times: Saturday, December 13, 4pm
More Information: www.ascension-munich.com
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Galleries/Museums:
Christmas Paper Celebration
On Saturday, the German Museum of Technology reopens its permanent exhibition on paper manufacturing. It being the holiday season and all, opening day will feature a Christmas paper celebration complete with demonstrations and activities that all have to do with paper.
Price: Adults €4,50, Children €2,50
Location: Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin, Trebbiner Str. 9
Times: Sunday, December 14, 12pm-5pm
Phone: 030 90 2540
More Information: www.dtmb.de
Music/Concerts:
Traditional American Christmas Sing-Along
Berlin's Far Afield Vocal Ensemble hosts an evening of carolling at the Evangelical Osterkirche in Wedding. Favourites like "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" and "What Child Is This?" are sure to be on the program, along with more ancient fare such as "Remember, O Thou Man," and "Sainte Nicolas (St. Godric of Finchale)."
Price: Free
Location: Evang. Osterkirche Wedding, Samoa Str. 14
Times: Saturday, December 13, 7pm
Phone: 030 453 26 71
More Information: www.berlinshapenote.de
Events:
Amy Goodman
The award-winning journalist and host of the daily radio show Democracy Now! talks about the importance of independent media, while promoting her new book Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times. She authored the inspiring account of grassroots activists in America with her brother and fellow journalist David Goodman.
Price: Free
Location: Humboldt University, Hauptgebäude, Room 1070, Unter den Linden 6
Times: Friday, December 12, 6:30pm
More Information: tour.democracynow.org
COLOGNE
Music/Concerts:
Rotterdam Ska Jazz Foundation
The Dutch big band brings its mix of ska, jazz, reggae, funk, and soul to Cologne's Sonic Ballroom Sunday night. If you're in the mood for rocking horns and grooving rhythms, go check it out.
Price: €8
Location: Sonic Ballroom, Oskar-Jäger-Str.190
Times: Sunday, December 14, 9:30pm
Phone: 0221 1691 8894
More Info: www.sonic-ballroom.de
FRANKFURT
Galleries/Museums:
Experimenta Folklore
In the 1970s a festival called "Experimenta" was founded in Frankfurt. A new exhibition which opens Thursday at Frankfurt's Kunstverein, takes inspiration from that festival, but it also presents the idea of "folklore" as a musical element within contemporary art. Works by a wide range of international artists examine the relationship between traditional and modern staging.
Price: Opening night is free, €6 regular hours
Location: Frankfurter Kunstverein, Steinernes Haus am Römerberg, Markt 44
Times: Thursday, December 11, 7pm; Regular hours Tuesday - Sunday, 11am-7pm; through March 1
Phone: 069 219 3140
More Info: www.fkv.de
Music/Concerts:
Christmas For Young and Old: Carols and Stories
Frankfurt's Cäcilien Choir and Children's Choir entertain with songs and stories of Christmas time, Sunday afternoon. It's a nice way to stay warm and still enjoy the holiday festivities.
Price: €20 - 32; Children under 14, €8
Location: Alte Oper Frankfurt, Opernplatz 1
Times: Sunday, December 14, 4pm
Tickets: 069 1340 400
More Info: www.alteoper.de
HAMBURG
Music/Concerts:
Tish Hinojosa
Combining Spanish lyrics with a country western essence that's straight out of Nashville, this enchanting Mexican-American folk singer charms. Hinojosa graces the stage Sunday night at Knust.
Price: €17,25
Location: Knust, Neuer Kamp 30
Times: Sunday, December 14, 9pm
Phone: 040 8797 6230
More Info: www.mundotish.com
An American Evening
The Hamburg Symphony Orchestra plays the music of Elliot Carter, Samuel Barber, and Charles Ives twice this week, with soloist Raphael Wallfisch. Be moved by some of America's greatest 20th century composers.
Price: €7 - 42
Location: Laeiszhalle-Musikhalle Hamburg, Johannes-Brahms-Platz
Times: Sunday, December 14, 7pm: Tuesday, December 16, 8pm
Phone: 040 346 920
More Info: www.laeiszhalle.de
MUNICH
Events:
Children's Christmas Fair
Jogoli's Kindergarten hosts a fun day of storytelling, cookie eating, and shopping for handmade candles, soaps, Christmas tree ornaments and English books, on Saturday. There will be plenty of Glühwein for the moms and dads to drink while the little ones have their faces painted.
Price: Free
Location: Jogoli's International Kindergarten & Preschool, Friedenstrasse 22b
Times: Saturday, December 13, 10am-1pm
Phone: Tel: 089 9901 88528
More Information: www.jogolis.de
Galleries/Museums:
Jeff Wall
The master of the photographic set is on display at Munich's Rüdiger Schöttle Gallery. Works from the 1980s such as "A Woman and Her Doctor," "The Smoker," and "The Old Prison," provide a glimpse into the Canadian artist's early career.
Price: Free
Location: Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Amalienstrasse 41
Times: Tuesday - Friday, 11am-6pm; Saturday, 11am-2pm; through January 24
Phone: 089 33 3686
More Information: www.galerie-ruediger-schoettle.de
Music/Concerts:
Carolling Concert
The Chamber Choir of Munich's School of Education leads a spirited procession with traditional carols and organ accompaniment through the Old Catholic Church of Saint Willibrord, Saturday evening. Here's your chance to practice those holy hymns by ancient composers like Johannes Eccard and Heinrich Schütz.
Price: Free
Location: Altkatholische Kirche St. Willibrord, Blumenstr. 36
Times: Saturday, December 13, 4pm
More Information: www.ascension-munich.com
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