What's on in Germany: October 29 - November 4
This Week's Highlights: Bebel Gilberto sambas into Cologne, Lily Allen prances through Hamburg, and Anne Frank's diary goes opera in Munich.
BERLIN
Events
Halloween in SIN
Don your most ghoulish guise and head over to Stranded in Neverland, otherwise known as S.I.N. Bar, for a wicked Halloween bash. Zombie punch, apple bobbing, and a live performance by Secret Nerve will make this one of the year's most enchanted evenings.
Price: Free
Location: Stranded in Neverland, Schoenleinstrasse 6
Times: Saturday, October 31, 8pm
Phone: 030 6920 5103
More Information: sin-berlin.de
Gomma Vs. 032c: A Munich Psycho Disco Danceria
Fashion, music, art, and dancing come together in one magnificent explosion Saturday. The Munich-based record label Gomma partners with culture magazine 032c for a night of "psycho disco." Munk mans the turntables and Pollyester plays a live set at Bar1000.
Price: TBD
Location: Bar1000, Schiffbauerdamm 11
Times: Saturday, October 31, 11pm
More Information: www.tausendberlin.com
COLOGNE
Music/Concerts
Bebel Gilberto
The Brazilian siren's latest album All in One is stocked with an irresistible selection of bossa nova-tinged pop. See the sultry songstress perform live at Cologne's Gloria Theatre, Monday.
Price: €26.40
Location: Gloria, Apostelnstrasse 11
Times: Monday, November 2, 8pm
Tickets: 0221 2801
More Information: www.bebelgilberto.com
Film
Art Film Biennale
Cinema takes on a whole new angle when you add one little word. Art. This year's Art Film Biennale screens about 150 short, feature-length, experimental, and narrative films by new and established artists from around the world. Nine local galleries take part in the fun.
Price: Various
Location: Im Mediapark 7
Times: Thursday, October 29 - Sunday, November 1
Phone: 0221 5743 113
More Information: www.kunstfilmbiennale.de
FRANKFURT
Music/Concerts
German Jazz Festival Frankfurt: A Children's Concert in Super Mario Land
Lots of great artists take the stage this week for Frankfurt's Jazz Festival, but Sunday morning's concert for kids just might be the most fun event on the program. It's the only concert that features a "gamepad" player who sets out to save a princess.
Price: €10; €7.50 (3-14 year-olds)
Location: hr-Sendesaal, Bertramstrasse 8
Times: Sunday, November 1, 11am
More Information: www.hr-online.de
HAMBURG
Music/Concerts
Lily Allen
The sweet-voiced queen of bawdy lyrics romps across the stage in Hamburg Sunday night. Prance to the beat of her sing-a-long classics. It's sure to be a boisterous affair.
Price: €28.95
Location: Docks Club, Spielbudenplatz 19
Phone: 040 3178 830
Times: Sunday, November 1, 7pm
More Information: www.lilyallenmusic.com
Galleries/Museums
Pedro Cabrita Reis: One After Another, A Few Silent Steps
Starting Saturday, the entire basement floor of Hamburg's Galerie der Gegenwart will be filled with the works of Portuguese artist Pedro Cabrita Reis. Dating from 1985 to 2009, the large-scale pieces, paintings, drawings and photographs revolve around themes of housing, habitation, construction, and territory. Stop by Friday night's opening reception to get a first look.
Price: €10
Location: Hamburger Kunsthalle, Glockengiesserwall
Times: Friday, October 30, 7pm (Opening); Tuesday - Sunday, 10am-6pm; Thursday, 10am-9pm (Regular Hours); through February 28, 2010
Phone: 040 428 131 200
More Information: www.hamburger-kunsthalle.de
HANNOVER
Sporting Events
Handball: Supercup Final
Having trouble getting into soccer? American football's not really your thing? Here's a sport we can all love. Handball! You can bet that Sunday's "Supercup Final" between Norway, Sweden, Germany, and Denmark will have the city in a tizzy.
Price: €10-33
Location: TUI Arena, EXPO-Plaza 7
Times: Sunday, November 1, 1pm
Ticket Hotline: 05361 15200
More Information: www.hannover.de
LEIPZIG
Film
DOK Leipzig
African directors focus their lenses on a Senegalese fishing village, a historic hotel in Mozambique, and single moms on the Ivory Coast in addition to dozens of other fascinating documentary subjects for this year's DOK Leipzig film festival. Go and get a glimpse into the lives of a far away continent.
Price: €4-50
Location: Various
Times: Monday, October 26 - Sunday, November 1
Tickets: 0163 924 2745 (CineStar Leipzig)
More Information: www.dok-leipzig.de
MUNICH
Opera
The Diary of Anne Frank
How would Anne Frank's diary play out as an opera? See for yourself this weekend as the State Theatre on Gärtnerplatz, the Bavarian State Theatre, and the Jewish Cultural Center present Russian composer Grigori Frid's "The Diary of Anne Frank." Thérèse Wincent sings and Anke Schwabe plays the piano.
Price: €10-48
Location: Residenz Theater, Max-Joseph-Platz 1
Times: Thursday, October 29, 7:30pm, Sunday, November 1, 7pm; Tuesday, November 3, 7:30pm; Monday, November 9, 7:30pm
Phone: 089 21 85 01
More Information: www.bayerischesstaatsschauspiel.de
Music/Concerts
Trio "M"
The American jazz scene wouldn't be what it is today without pianist Myra Melford, bassist Mark Dresser, and drummer Matt Wilson. Individually they bring virtuosity, together they create something other worldly. Check out their set Friday night.
Price: €18
Location: Jazzclub Unterfahrt, Einsteinstrasse 42
Times: Friday, October 30, 9pm
Phone: 089 448 2794
More Information: www.unterfahrt.de
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BERLIN
Events
Halloween in SIN
Don your most ghoulish guise and head over to Stranded in Neverland, otherwise known as S.I.N. Bar, for a wicked Halloween bash. Zombie punch, apple bobbing, and a live performance by Secret Nerve will make this one of the year's most enchanted evenings.
Price: Free
Location: Stranded in Neverland, Schoenleinstrasse 6
Times: Saturday, October 31, 8pm
Phone: 030 6920 5103
More Information: sin-berlin.de
Gomma Vs. 032c: A Munich Psycho Disco Danceria
Fashion, music, art, and dancing come together in one magnificent explosion Saturday. The Munich-based record label Gomma partners with culture magazine 032c for a night of "psycho disco." Munk mans the turntables and Pollyester plays a live set at Bar1000.
Price: TBD
Location: Bar1000, Schiffbauerdamm 11
Times: Saturday, October 31, 11pm
More Information: www.tausendberlin.com
COLOGNE
Music/Concerts
Bebel Gilberto
The Brazilian siren's latest album All in One is stocked with an irresistible selection of bossa nova-tinged pop. See the sultry songstress perform live at Cologne's Gloria Theatre, Monday.
Price: €26.40
Location: Gloria, Apostelnstrasse 11
Times: Monday, November 2, 8pm
Tickets: 0221 2801
More Information: www.bebelgilberto.com
Film
Art Film Biennale
Cinema takes on a whole new angle when you add one little word. Art. This year's Art Film Biennale screens about 150 short, feature-length, experimental, and narrative films by new and established artists from around the world. Nine local galleries take part in the fun.
Price: Various
Location: Im Mediapark 7
Times: Thursday, October 29 - Sunday, November 1
Phone: 0221 5743 113
More Information: www.kunstfilmbiennale.de
FRANKFURT
Music/Concerts
German Jazz Festival Frankfurt: A Children's Concert in Super Mario Land
Lots of great artists take the stage this week for Frankfurt's Jazz Festival, but Sunday morning's concert for kids just might be the most fun event on the program. It's the only concert that features a "gamepad" player who sets out to save a princess.
Price: €10; €7.50 (3-14 year-olds)
Location: hr-Sendesaal, Bertramstrasse 8
Times: Sunday, November 1, 11am
More Information: www.hr-online.de
HAMBURG
Music/Concerts
Lily Allen
The sweet-voiced queen of bawdy lyrics romps across the stage in Hamburg Sunday night. Prance to the beat of her sing-a-long classics. It's sure to be a boisterous affair.
Price: €28.95
Location: Docks Club, Spielbudenplatz 19
Phone: 040 3178 830
Times: Sunday, November 1, 7pm
More Information: www.lilyallenmusic.com
Galleries/Museums
Pedro Cabrita Reis: One After Another, A Few Silent Steps
Starting Saturday, the entire basement floor of Hamburg's Galerie der Gegenwart will be filled with the works of Portuguese artist Pedro Cabrita Reis. Dating from 1985 to 2009, the large-scale pieces, paintings, drawings and photographs revolve around themes of housing, habitation, construction, and territory. Stop by Friday night's opening reception to get a first look.
Price: €10
Location: Hamburger Kunsthalle, Glockengiesserwall
Times: Friday, October 30, 7pm (Opening); Tuesday - Sunday, 10am-6pm; Thursday, 10am-9pm (Regular Hours); through February 28, 2010
Phone: 040 428 131 200
More Information: www.hamburger-kunsthalle.de
HANNOVER
Sporting Events
Handball: Supercup Final
Having trouble getting into soccer? American football's not really your thing? Here's a sport we can all love. Handball! You can bet that Sunday's "Supercup Final" between Norway, Sweden, Germany, and Denmark will have the city in a tizzy.
Price: €10-33
Location: TUI Arena, EXPO-Plaza 7
Times: Sunday, November 1, 1pm
Ticket Hotline: 05361 15200
More Information: www.hannover.de
LEIPZIG
Film
DOK Leipzig
African directors focus their lenses on a Senegalese fishing village, a historic hotel in Mozambique, and single moms on the Ivory Coast in addition to dozens of other fascinating documentary subjects for this year's DOK Leipzig film festival. Go and get a glimpse into the lives of a far away continent.
Price: €4-50
Location: Various
Times: Monday, October 26 - Sunday, November 1
Tickets: 0163 924 2745 (CineStar Leipzig)
More Information: www.dok-leipzig.de
MUNICH
Opera
The Diary of Anne Frank
How would Anne Frank's diary play out as an opera? See for yourself this weekend as the State Theatre on Gärtnerplatz, the Bavarian State Theatre, and the Jewish Cultural Center present Russian composer Grigori Frid's "The Diary of Anne Frank." Thérèse Wincent sings and Anke Schwabe plays the piano.
Price: €10-48
Location: Residenz Theater, Max-Joseph-Platz 1
Times: Thursday, October 29, 7:30pm, Sunday, November 1, 7pm; Tuesday, November 3, 7:30pm; Monday, November 9, 7:30pm
Phone: 089 21 85 01
More Information: www.bayerischesstaatsschauspiel.de
Music/Concerts
Trio "M"
The American jazz scene wouldn't be what it is today without pianist Myra Melford, bassist Mark Dresser, and drummer Matt Wilson. Individually they bring virtuosity, together they create something other worldly. Check out their set Friday night.
Price: €18
Location: Jazzclub Unterfahrt, Einsteinstrasse 42
Times: Friday, October 30, 9pm
Phone: 089 448 2794
More Information: www.unterfahrt.de
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