What's on in Germany: February 5 - 11
This Week's Highlights: A Michel Comte retrospective in Düsseldorf, the Kaiser Chiefs rock Dresden, and three Samuel Beckett films are screened in Munich.
BERLIN
Film:
Berlinale International Film Festival
Don't go hungry to the Berlinale this year. "Culinary Cinema" takes centre stage with documentaries like Food, Inc. being screened alongside comedies like Dieta Mediterranea. Another special series "After the Winter Comes Spring" unearths former Soviet block films produced between 1977 and 1989 in tribute to this year's 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall. Get your tickets.
Price: Various
Location: Various
Times: Thursday, February 5 - Sunday, February 15
Phone: 030 259 200
More Information: www.berlinale.de
Michael Snow - Reverberlin
The experimental filmmaker Michael Snow played a concert at the KW Institute for Contemporary Art, the summer of 2002. Thursday, Snow presents Reverberlin, the 55-minute film he created from footage from the concert. Shots were edited, but the music was not. A talk with the Canadian artist follows the screening.
Price: Free
Location: KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Auguststrasse 69
Times: Thursday, February 5, 5pm
Phone: o30 2434 5942
More Information: www.kw-berlin.de
Music/Concerts:
The Manahatta Concert Tour
Cellist Jessie Marino and composer Rama Gottfried perform a live sound installation with music boxes and short wave radios Wednesday night. Bring cell phones, magnets, metal detectors, and anything else that might interfere with the radio frequencies streaming through the space.
Price: Free
Location: Miss Mick's, Mockernstrasse 68
Times: Wednesday, February 11, 9pm
Tickets:030 247 49 88
More Information: www.littlemissmicks.com
COLOGNE
Music/Concerts:
Vijay Iyer Trio
The acclaimed New York pianist brings his trio of bassist Stephan Crumb and drummer Marcus Gilmore to Cologne's Stadtgarten Sunday night for what's sure to be a moving evening of exquisite rhythmic arrangements and skilled jazz improvisations.
Price: €10/12
Location: Stadtgarten, Venloerstrasse 40
Times: Sunday, February 8, 8:30pm
Phone: 0221 9529 9411
More Information: www.vijay-iyer.com
DRESDEN
Music/Concerts:
Kaiser Chiefs
Upbeat vocals and chunky guitar riffs combine sublimely on the British band's new disc Off With Their Heads, produced by record mixing superstar Mark Ronson. See the guys live Monday at Alter Schlachthof.
Price: €29.90
Location: Alter Schlachthof, Gothaer Strasse 11/Leipziger Strasse
Times: Monday, February 9, 8pm
Phone: 0351 431 310
More Info: www.kaiserchiefs.co.uk
DÜSSELDORF
Galleries/Museums:
Michael Comte Retrospective
Carla Bruni, Naomi Campbell and Helena Christensen all got nude for Swiss photographer Michel Comte. See these stunning photos alongside gorgeous shots of Robert Downey Jr., Penelope Cruz, Halle Berry and more. Go Friday night at 9 for a free tour in English.
Price: €5.50
Location: NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Ehrenhof 2
Times: Tuesday - Sunday, 11am-8pm; Fridays, 11am-12am; through May 10
Phone: 0211 89 266 90
More Info: nrw-forum.de
FRANKFURT
Events:
SoCo Limelight
Southern Comfort's travelling party sets up shop at James Bar this Friday with 80s hits, electronica and Brit pop provided by Bodi Bill, DJ Bleed, DJ Ji-Hun Kim, and the De:Bug Allstars.
Price: TBD
Location: James Bar, Gallusanlage 7
Times: Friday, Feruary 6, 11pm
More Info: www.soco-limelight.de
HAMBURG
Galleries/Museums:
Edgar Degas - Intimacy and Pose
Gaze upon grace this weekend when seventy-three bronze casts of the French impressionist's dancers, created from wax models, go on display in all of their natural, unposed glory.
Price: €8.50
Location: Hamburger Kunsthalle, Glockengiesserwall
Times: Tuesday - Sunday, 10am-6pm; Thursdays, 10am-9pm; Friday, February 6, through May 3
Tickets: 040 428 131 200
More Info: www.hamburger-kunsthalle.de
Marziart Internationale Galerie February Exhibition Opening
Artists from Poland, Spain, Germany, Denmark and the United Kingdom show new works in this group exhibition at Marziart Internationale Galerie. From surreal urban photographs to black and white abstractions, the work is diverse. Stop in at Friday night's opening.
Price: Free
Location: Marziart Internationale Galerie, Eppendorfer Weg 110 -112
Times: Friday, February 6, 7-10pm
Tickets: 040 2351 8894
More Info: www.marziart.com
MUNICH
Events
Bavarian State Opera Costume Sale
Own an outfit once worn by an opera singer. The Bavarian State Opera is looking to make some money off the wardrobes from recent productions of Doktor Faust, Orpheus and Eurydice, Der Freischütz, Arabella, and Die Frau ohne Schatten this weekend. You always wanted to add a little drama to your wardrobe.
Price: Free
Location: Rennertsaal, Neues Probengebäude, Marstallplatz 5
Times: Saturday, February 7, 10am-3pm
More Info: www.bayerische.staatsoper.de
Samuel Beckett Screening
Twenty-four year old filmmaker Marin Karmitz who had assisted Roberto Rossellini and Jean-Luc Godard, helped Samuel Beckett make his film Comédie in 1966. Kunstverein München screens the 19-minute movie along with "Quad I" and "Quad II" Thursday.
Price: TBD
Location: Kunstverein München, Galeriestrasse 4
Times: Thursday, February 5, 7pm
Phone: 089 221 152
More Info: www.kunstverein-muenchen.de
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BERLIN
Film:
Berlinale International Film Festival
Don't go hungry to the Berlinale this year. "Culinary Cinema" takes centre stage with documentaries like Food, Inc. being screened alongside comedies like Dieta Mediterranea. Another special series "After the Winter Comes Spring" unearths former Soviet block films produced between 1977 and 1989 in tribute to this year's 20th anniversary of the fall of the Wall. Get your tickets.
Price: Various
Location: Various
Times: Thursday, February 5 - Sunday, February 15
Phone: 030 259 200
More Information: www.berlinale.de
Michael Snow - Reverberlin
The experimental filmmaker Michael Snow played a concert at the KW Institute for Contemporary Art, the summer of 2002. Thursday, Snow presents Reverberlin, the 55-minute film he created from footage from the concert. Shots were edited, but the music was not. A talk with the Canadian artist follows the screening.
Price: Free
Location: KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Auguststrasse 69
Times: Thursday, February 5, 5pm
Phone: o30 2434 5942
More Information: www.kw-berlin.de
Music/Concerts:
The Manahatta Concert Tour
Cellist Jessie Marino and composer Rama Gottfried perform a live sound installation with music boxes and short wave radios Wednesday night. Bring cell phones, magnets, metal detectors, and anything else that might interfere with the radio frequencies streaming through the space.
Price: Free
Location: Miss Mick's, Mockernstrasse 68
Times: Wednesday, February 11, 9pm
Tickets:030 247 49 88
More Information: www.littlemissmicks.com
COLOGNE
Music/Concerts:
Vijay Iyer Trio
The acclaimed New York pianist brings his trio of bassist Stephan Crumb and drummer Marcus Gilmore to Cologne's Stadtgarten Sunday night for what's sure to be a moving evening of exquisite rhythmic arrangements and skilled jazz improvisations.
Price: €10/12
Location: Stadtgarten, Venloerstrasse 40
Times: Sunday, February 8, 8:30pm
Phone: 0221 9529 9411
More Information: www.vijay-iyer.com
DRESDEN
Music/Concerts:
Kaiser Chiefs
Upbeat vocals and chunky guitar riffs combine sublimely on the British band's new disc Off With Their Heads, produced by record mixing superstar Mark Ronson. See the guys live Monday at Alter Schlachthof.
Price: €29.90
Location: Alter Schlachthof, Gothaer Strasse 11/Leipziger Strasse
Times: Monday, February 9, 8pm
Phone: 0351 431 310
More Info: www.kaiserchiefs.co.uk
DÜSSELDORF
Galleries/Museums:
Michael Comte Retrospective
Carla Bruni, Naomi Campbell and Helena Christensen all got nude for Swiss photographer Michel Comte. See these stunning photos alongside gorgeous shots of Robert Downey Jr., Penelope Cruz, Halle Berry and more. Go Friday night at 9 for a free tour in English.
Price: €5.50
Location: NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Ehrenhof 2
Times: Tuesday - Sunday, 11am-8pm; Fridays, 11am-12am; through May 10
Phone: 0211 89 266 90
More Info: nrw-forum.de
FRANKFURT
Events:
SoCo Limelight
Southern Comfort's travelling party sets up shop at James Bar this Friday with 80s hits, electronica and Brit pop provided by Bodi Bill, DJ Bleed, DJ Ji-Hun Kim, and the De:Bug Allstars.
Price: TBD
Location: James Bar, Gallusanlage 7
Times: Friday, Feruary 6, 11pm
More Info: www.soco-limelight.de
HAMBURG
Galleries/Museums:
Edgar Degas - Intimacy and Pose
Gaze upon grace this weekend when seventy-three bronze casts of the French impressionist's dancers, created from wax models, go on display in all of their natural, unposed glory.
Price: €8.50
Location: Hamburger Kunsthalle, Glockengiesserwall
Times: Tuesday - Sunday, 10am-6pm; Thursdays, 10am-9pm; Friday, February 6, through May 3
Tickets: 040 428 131 200
More Info: www.hamburger-kunsthalle.de
Marziart Internationale Galerie February Exhibition Opening
Artists from Poland, Spain, Germany, Denmark and the United Kingdom show new works in this group exhibition at Marziart Internationale Galerie. From surreal urban photographs to black and white abstractions, the work is diverse. Stop in at Friday night's opening.
Price: Free
Location: Marziart Internationale Galerie, Eppendorfer Weg 110 -112
Times: Friday, February 6, 7-10pm
Tickets: 040 2351 8894
More Info: www.marziart.com
MUNICH
Events
Bavarian State Opera Costume Sale
Own an outfit once worn by an opera singer. The Bavarian State Opera is looking to make some money off the wardrobes from recent productions of Doktor Faust, Orpheus and Eurydice, Der Freischütz, Arabella, and Die Frau ohne Schatten this weekend. You always wanted to add a little drama to your wardrobe.
Price: Free
Location: Rennertsaal, Neues Probengebäude, Marstallplatz 5
Times: Saturday, February 7, 10am-3pm
More Info: www.bayerische.staatsoper.de
Samuel Beckett Screening
Twenty-four year old filmmaker Marin Karmitz who had assisted Roberto Rossellini and Jean-Luc Godard, helped Samuel Beckett make his film Comédie in 1966. Kunstverein München screens the 19-minute movie along with "Quad I" and "Quad II" Thursday.
Price: TBD
Location: Kunstverein München, Galeriestrasse 4
Times: Thursday, February 5, 7pm
Phone: 089 221 152
More Info: www.kunstverein-muenchen.de
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