BERLIN
Workshops for Kids
Curtain Up! Hand puppet and Theatre Workshop
Felix Klee was a lucky kid. His dad Paul made him all sorts of fun theatrical toys. Your kids can make their own characters and sets at this three-day workshop for five to ten-year-olds.
Price: €8
Location: Deutsche Guggenheim, Unter den Linden 13/15
Times: Friday, September 18, 4-6pm; Saturday, September 19, 11am-3pm; Sunday, September 20, 11am-3pm
Phone: 030 2020 930
More Information: www.deutsche-guggenheim.de
Galleries/Museums
Khosrow Hassanzadeh Exhibition Opening
Through the people Khosrow Hassanzadeh depicts in his works, the Iranian artist presents a fascinating social commentary about his native land. If you saw Hassanzadeh's silk screens/paintings at the Venice Biennale, you know you'll want to be at the opening of his first solo German exhibition Tuesday night. The artist himself is schedule to be in attendance.
Price: Free
Location: Arndt & Partner, Invalidenstrasse 50-51
Times: September 22, 6-10pm (opening); Tuesday - Saturday, 11am-6pm (regular hours); through November 14
Phone: 030 280 8123
More Information: www.arndt-partner.de
Berlin 98/09 - Art between Traces of the Past and Utopian Futures
The fall of the Berlin Wall and all its repercussions influenced artists all over the world. See the works of Ulf Aminde, Max Baumann, Olaf Metzel, and dozens more who witnessed changes in the architecture and urban patterns of their cities, and translated it into a thing called art.
Price: €7
Location: Berlinische Galerie, Alte Jakobstraße 124-128
Times: Wednesday - Monday, 10am-6pm; through January 31, 2010
Phone: 030 789 02 600
More Information: www.berlinischegalerie.de
COLOGNE
Galleries/Museums
Vincent Van Gogh: Shoes - A Painting as our Guest
Starting Thursday, among the Rembrandts and Rubens of the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum in Cologne, an image of a dingy pair of black boots will be hanging. Painted in Paris, in 1886, the Vincent Van Gogh canvas has provoked quite a few conversations. Read German philosopher Martin Heidegger's 1936 essay "The Origin of the Artwork" to get a better idea of what all the fuss is about.
Price: €8.50
Location:Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud, Obenmarspforten (am Kölner Rathaus)
Times: Tuesday - Friday, 10am-6pm; Saturday & Sunday, 11am-6pm; through January 10, 2010
Phone: 0221 221 21119
More Information: www.wallraf.museum
DÜSSELDORF
Festivals
Old Town Fall Culture Festival
Fado singers, chamber ensembles, new music improvisers, hip hop dancers, circus acrobats, chamber ensembles, jazz quartets, and more! Düsseldorf's annual festival of culture brings skilled troupes from around the globe to the churches and theatres of the old town. What a great time to be in Düsseldorf!
Price: Various
Location: Various
Times: Wednesday, September 16 - Sunday, October 4
Ticket Hotline: 0211 617 0 617
More Information: www.altstadtherbst.de
FRANKFURT
Music/Concerts
Dinosaur Jr.
Ready to rock out like you did in mom's garage in the early nineties? The Massachusetts band's noisy mix of droning vocals and grinding guitars still makes you want to mosh. In the midst of a European tour in support of their latest album Farm, they hit Frankfurt Sunday.
Price: €22
Location: Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Waldschmidtstrasse 4
Times: Sunday, September 20, 9pm
Phone: 069 4058 9520
More Information: www.mousonturm.de
Festivals
Harvest Festival
The time for pumpkins and apple juice is upon us! Bring the kids down to Frankfurt's Palmengarten Saturday, where they can learn how to make candles, paint lanterns, hammer together bird houses, and other fun fall activities.
Price: €5
Location: Palmengarten, Siesmayerstrasse 61
Phone: 069 2123 6689
Times: Saturday, September 19, 2-7pm
More Information: www.palmengarten-frankfurt.de
Events
International Automobile Exhibition
Motorheads, start your engines and cruise over to Frankfurt Saturday when the International Automobile Exhibition opens to the public. See 100 world premieres including the Ford C-MAX, the compact Opel Astra, and a bevy of new Porsches.
Price: €8-45
Location: Messe Frankfurt, Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1
Phone: 069 975 07 252
Times: Daily, 9am-7pm; Saturday, September 19 - Sunday, September 27
More Information: www.iaa.de
HAMBURG
Events
Cemetery Day
There's something wonderfully atmospheric about cemeteries. The Victorians knew it, and so do the people of Hamburg. On Sunday, Friedhof Ohlsdorf, the largest cemetery-park in the world, becomes a "Garden of Sound," as New Orleans-style brass bands and Spanish flamenco dancers take the stage.
Price: Free
Location: Friedhof Ohlsdorf, Fuhlsbüttler Strasse 756
Phone: 040 593 880
Times: Sunday, September 20, 11am-5pm
More Information: www.friedhof-hamburg.de
Galleries/Museums
Between Heaven and Hell - Medieval Art from the Gothic Age to Baldung Grien
Hans Baldung Grien was one of Germany's most acclaimed Renaissance artists. Have a look at some of his masterworks like the 1513 "Man of Sorrows, mourned by Mary and Angels," among other religions specimens such as the "Passion Altar" by the Hausbuch Master and "Madonna with the Protective Cloak" from the Freiburg Cathedral. Mostly dating from before 1550, the exhibition offers a telling look at the hopes and fears of the time.
Price: €8
Location: Bucerius Kunst Forum, Rathausmarkt 2
Times: Daily, 11am-7pm; Thursdays, 11am-9pm; September 19 - January 10, 2010
Phone: 040 360 9960
More Information: www.buceriuskunstforum.de
MUNICH
Music/Concerts
Uri Caine & Bedrock (Feat. Barbara Walker)
Jazz singer Barbara Walker joins pianist Uri Caine and his trio Bedrock at Munich's Jazzclub Unterfahrt, Wednesday night.
If you're craving a good gig, be there. Deutschlandfunk will be. The radio station is recording the show for an October broadcast.
Price: €22
Location: Jazzclub Unterfahrt, Einsteinstrasse 42
Times: Wednesday, September 23, 9pm
Phone: 089 448 2794
More Information: www.unterfahrt.de
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