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What's on in Germany: May 6 - 12

Celeste Sunderland
Celeste Sunderland - [email protected]
What's on in Germany: May 6 - 12
Photo: DPA

This Week's Highlights: A new park opens at Berlin's Tempelhof Airport, Hamburg holds a big birthday bash for it's celebrated port, and Nathalie Merchant plays Cologne.

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BERLIN

Events

Tempelhof Park Grand Opening

A year-and-a-half after the engines stopped roaring over Tempelhof Airport, Berlin's newest park opens on that historic field. With boule games, soccer matches, nature walks, and gymnastics displays, the opening day festivities promise hours of athletic excitement for all ages. On Sunday, colorful kites fill the air where "Raisin Bombers" once dropped their sweet cargo.

Price: Free

Location: Tempelhof Airfield, entrances on Columbiadamm, Oderstrasse and S-Bahnhof Tempelhof

Times: Saturday, May 8, 9am-6pm; Sunday, May 9, 10am-6pm

More Information: www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de

Music/Concerts

Berghain Electro-acoustic Salon

American composer Phill Niblock and Dutch saxophonist Thomas Ankersmit have worked together for nearly a decade. Joined by the laptop, bass, electric guitar, tuba, and percussion of the Arnold Dreyblatt Ensemble, the duo kicks off a programme of interesting blips, glitches, and multiphonics, Thursday night. DJ sets by Efdemin and Jens Balzer follow the live performances.

Price: TBD

Location: Berghain, Wriezener Bahnhof

Times: Thursday, May 6, 8pm

Phone: 030 2936 0210

More Information: www.berghain.de

COLOGNE

Music/Concerts

Natalie Merchant

The 10,000 Maniacs queen's latest solo album Leave Your Sleep is as lovely as you had hoped it would be. How couldn't it be, with a voice like that? Ms. Merchant kicks off the German leg of her tour Wednesday night in Cologne.

Price: €24

Location: Kulturkirche, Siebachstrasse 85

Times: Wednesday, May 12, 8pm

Tickets: 022 733 700

More Information: www.nataliemerchant.com

DÜSSELDORF

Galleries/Museums

Le Grand Geste! Artists in New York in the 1950s

Author Vincent Katz knows a thing or two about art. In 1998, he curated the first Rudy Burckhardt museum retrospective at the Institute of Modern Art in Valencia, and has written essays on the likes of Cy Twombly. On Thursday, Katz talks about "artists in New York around 1950" in association with the exhibition "Le Grand Geste!"

Price: €5 (Just the talk); €10 (Talk and exhibition)

Location: Museum Kunst Palast, Ehrenhof 4-5

Times: Thursday, May 6, 7pm

Phone: 0211 899 0200

More Information: www.smkp.de

Long Night of TV & iPhone Concert

Düsseldorf's annual Long Night of Museums event is Saturday, and the NRW-Forum is taking it into the digital realm. Some of Germany's most popular bloggers host the "Long Night of TV," while the duo ZEE. Zaboura Eichstaedt Experience perform on their mobiles in the iPhone lounge.

Price: €12 (allows entrance to all participating museums)

Location: NRW-Forum, Ehrenhof 2

Times: Saturday, May 8, 7pm-2am

Phone: 0211 89 266 90

More Information: www.nrw-forum.de/

FRANKFURT

Music/Concerts

George Dalagas

He's a Greek superstar and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador. Be seduced by the bouzouki Saturday night when George Dalagas takes the stage in Frankfurt.

Price: €33 - 58

Location: Jahrhunderthalle, Pfaffenwiese

Times: Saturday, May 8, 8pm

Ticket Hotline: 0180 5360 1240 (.14/Min.)

More Information: www.jahrhunderthalle.de

HAMBURG

Events

Hamburg Harbour Birthday Celebration

The great port of Hamburg may be young at heart, but this year the famed Hanseatic waterway turns 821-years-old. A parade of ships, tugboat ballet, dragon boat race, and fireworks display all make this birthday fiesta one you won't want to miss, but the big highlight of this year's bash is the premiere of "PlanetSolar," the largest solar powered boat in the world.

Price: Free

Location: Hamburg Harbour

Times: Friday, May 7 - Sunday, May 9

More Information: www.hamburg-tourism.de

Hamburg Golf Week

Time to tee off in Hamburg. Five courses - Golf Club St. Dionys, Green Eagle, Gut Waldhof, Golf & Country Club am Hockenburg, and Gut Kaden Golf & Country Club - are all participating in this week-long golf extravaganza. Putt around some of Germany's most picturesque courses this week.

Price: Various

Location: Various

Times: Monday, May 10 - Friday, May 14

More Information: www.hamburg-spielt-golf.de

MUNICH

Theatre

"Jumping Jasper," "Norma's Scent," and "The Exception and the Rule"

The Entity Theater stages two plays by Yair Packer, a screenwriter, playwright, and children's book author, alongside Bertolt Brecht's "The Exception and the Rule," this weekend. Witness some fine drama while pondering relationships among strangers.

Price: €15

Location: Theater... Und So Fort, Kurfürstenstrasse 8

Times: Friday, May 7 - Sunday, May 9, 8pm

Tickets: 089 2321 9877

More Information: www.entitytheatre.com

Music/Concerts

Long Night of Music

From Byzantine choirs to funk bands, Gamelan collectives, to jazz quartets, the Bavarian capital will be resounding with music from around the globe Saturday. Sit among a quiet audience and listen, or groove along with fellow revellers on the dance floor. It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing.

Price: €15

Location: Various

Times: Saturday, May 8, 8pm - 3am

Phone: 089 5481 8181

More Information: www.muenchner.de

STUTTGART

Film

International Trickfilm Festival - Festival of Animated Film

Cartoons aren't just for kids. Filmgoers of all ages with an appreciation for animation will delight in movies like "Toy Story" in 3D. Animators and screenwriters from around the world will be on hand to share the tricks of the trade. Check out the Festival Garden for free open-air screenings and workshops in the activity tent.

Price: €8 (Single ticket), €15 (Evening ticket, after 6pm), €20 (Day ticket), €77 (Festival pass)

Location: Various

Phone: 0711 925 46 123

Times: Tuesday, May 4 - Sunday, May 9

More Information: www.itfs.de

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