BERLIN
Music/Concerts
Calexico, Lambchop & Lucinda Williams
These three are reinventing the notion of American music. Get your dose of indie-country Wednesday at Zitadelle Spandau's Citadel Music Festival.
Price: €37
Location: Zitadelle, am Juliusturm
Times: Wednesday, July 8, 6pm
Ticket Hotline: 030 780 99810
More Information: www.citadel-music-festival.de
Suzanne Vega
Let her woo you Sunday night at Passionskirche when she performs songs from her latest album Beauty & Crime. New York City makes a compelling backdrop for intimate Blue Note debut.
Price: €25
Location: Passionskirche, Marheinekeplatz 1
Times: Sunday, July 5, 8pm
Ticket Hotline: 030 780 99810
More Information: www.akanthus.de
COLOGNE
Music/Concerts:
Summerjam Festival
It may not be Jamaica, technically, but every summer Fühlinger See gets pretty darn close. Bunny Wailer and his Solomonic Reggaestra headlines this year's three-day soul shakedown party. Take the Reggaebus from points around Germany, and get ready to get irie. Rastafari!
Price: €92
Location: Fühlinger See
Times: Friday, July 3 - Sunday, July 5
Ticket Hotline: 01805 570070
More Information: www.summerjam.de
FRANKFURT
Galleries/Museums:
Edvard Munch - Drawings
Honour the creator of "The Scream" this weekend as an exhibition of the Norwegian artists' prints opens at Frankfurt's Städel Museum.
Price: €10
Location: Städel Museum, Schaumainkai 63
Times: Tuesday, Friday - Sunday, 10am- 6pm; Wednesday, Thursday, 10am-9pm; Friday, July 3 - October 18
Phone: 069 605 0980
More Information: www.staedelmuseum.de
Theatre:
Pippi Longstocking
Astrid Lindgren's most beloved character comes to life on the Frankfurt stage Sunday. Watch the red haired sprite and her pals romp around the Palmengarten theatre.
Price: €9.50 - 14.50
Location: Papageno Musiktheater im Palmengarten, Siesmayerstrasse
Times: Sunday, July 5, 4pm
Phone: 069 51 50 38
More Information: www.papageno-theater.de
HAMBURG
Music/Concerts
Trio Nexus
Flautist Erik Drescher, pianist Heather O'Donnell, and percussionist Claudia Sgarbi premiere new works by pioneering electronic music composer Pauline Oliveros as well as Germany-based composers Mayako Kubo, Marcia Lemke-Kern and Susanne Stelzenbach.
Price: Free!
Location: GEDOK-Kunstforum, Koppel 66/ Lange Reihe 75
Times: Tuesday, July 7, 7pm
Phone: 040 280 31 24
More Information: www.trio-nexus.de
Galleries/Museums
Famous
Six photographers showcase their best celebrity shots in this group exhibition at Hamburg's G3Gallery. See a dapper Astrid Lindgren, an elegant Romy Schneider and a very sexy Cindy Crawford.
Price: Free
Location: G3Gallery, Mittelweg 41a
Times: Monday - Friday, 2-7pm; through August 30
Phone: 040 280 31 24
More Information: www.g3-gallery.com
MUNICH
Galleries/Museums
Lutz Bacher - Do You Love Me?
Pictures of Penelope Cruz, Jennifer Garner and the Lion withthe Tin Man appear in artist Lutz Bacher's media-infused imagery of the American dream. Damenkapelle and DJ Mirko Hecktor provide the sounds for Friday night's summer party opening.
Price: Free
Location: Kunstverein München, Galeriestrasse 4
Times: Opening: Friday, July 3, 8pm; Regular Hours: Tuesday - Friday, noon - 7pm; Saturday - Sunday 11am-6pm
Phone: 089 221 152
More Information: www.kunstverein-muenchen.de
Jean Dubuffet. A Life in Double Time - A Retrospective
One hundred and fifty works trace this twentieth century French artist's career from figurative to abstract painting. Marvel at Dubuffet's impressive oeuvre.
Price: €8
Location: Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Theatinerstrasse 8;
Times: Daily, 10am-8pm; through August 30
Phone: 089 22 4412
More Info: www.hypo-kunsthalle.de
Music/Concerts
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
The Boss arrives at Olympiastadion Thursday night. Go and wrap yourself in the anthems of an American icon. Baby you were born to run.
Price: €60-95
Location: Olympiastadion, Spiridon-Louis-Ring
Times: Thursday, July 2, 7:30pm
Phone: 0180 5481 8181
More Info: www.muenchenticket.de
STUTTGART
Summer Festival of Culture
South African jazz legend Hugh Masekela holds court over this exciting festival of world cultures' final night on Sunday. Wrap up six days of Creole bands and Egyptian ensembles with one of the world's most sensational players.
Price: Free
Location: Marktplatz Stuttgart
Times: Sunday, July 5, 11am-10pm
More Information: www.stuttgart.de
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