What's on in Germany: June 2 - 8
This Week's Highlights: Chekhov in Frankfurt, short films in Hamburg, and an exhibition on container architecture in Düsseldorf.
BERLIN
Film
Magical History Tour - The Art of Lighting Design
Without light humankind would be adrift in a dark world devoid of that beloved medium known as as the silver screen. From Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire, to Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love and Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon, Berlin's Arsenal screens nine films this month, where light plays a starring role.
Price: €6.50
Location: Kino Arsenal, Potsdamer Strasse 2
Times: Thursday, June 2, 8pm (2001 A Space Odyssey); Friday, June 3, 8pm (Sunrise); Saturday, June 4, 8pm (The Last Man); Sunday, June 5 and Monday, June 6, 8pm (Stellet Licht); Wednesday, June 8, 7pm (The Last Man)
Phone: 030 2695 5100
More Information: www. arsenal-berlin.de
Music/Concerts
Fase 2011 - Spanish-German Sound Art Festival
The premiere of Miguel Álvarez-Fernández's opera Representacion 3 kicks off this two-day festival of sounds art. Video installations, sound installations, and concerts by artists and composers from Germany and Spain create an aural fantasia at Villa Elisabeth.
Price: €7
Location: Villa Elisabeth, Invalidenstrasse 3
Times: Friday, June 3 and Saturday, June 4, 6pm
More Information: www.fasefest.org
COLOGNE
Galleries/Museums
Nelleke Beltjens: They Don't Know Either
The straight line is a fundamental element of drawing. But what about the broken line? Dutch artists Nelleke Beltjens creates dynamic works that revolve around fragmented lines that intersect at various points, creating a rhythmic, sculptural, extraordinary design in two dimensions.
Price: Free
Location: Gallery Christian Lethert, Antwerpener Strasse 4
Times: Saturday, June 4, 6-9pm (Opening); Thursday - Friday, 2-6pm; Saturday, 11am-4pm; through July 30 (Regular Hours)
Phone: 0221 356 05 90
More Information: www.christianlethert.com
DÜSSELDORF
Galleries/Museums
Container Architecture
Empty shipping containers act as art galleries in Karlsruhe, They form apartment blocks in Melbourne. And in Antarctica, scientists use one as a reading room. With the global economy in the slumps, shipping containers sit empty all over the world. A new exhibition, which opens Wednesday in Düsseldorf features some fantastic ideas for what to do with them. Check out twenty-four ingenious architectural models at NRW-Forum.
Price: €7.80
Location: NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Ehrenhof 2
Times: Tuesday - Sunday, 11am-8pm; Friday, 11am-midnight; June 8 - September 4
Phone: 0211 89 266 90
More Information: www.nrw-forum.de
FRANKFURT
Theatre
The Chekhov Project
Uncle Vanya, The Seagull, The Cherry Orchard... There's a place in your heart for them all. Theatre Language Studio Frankfurt utilises a little creative license with dear Anton's works in their new production "The Chekhov Project." Go see a new twist on the Russian playwright's classics.
Price: €6-15
Location: Interkulturelle Bühne, Alt Bornheim 32
Times: Thursday, June 2, 8pm; Friday, June 3, 8pm; Saturday, June 4, 8pm; Sunday, June 5, 6pm
Ticket Reservations: 069 46 00 37 41
More Information: www.tlsfrankfurt.com
Cabaret
Marlene Dietrich Revue
That smoky glamour. That unstoppable panache. Marlene Dietrich was one of a kind. German actress Carola Moritz channels the iconic "blue angel" at Katakombe, Saturday.
Price: €24-28
Location: Theater Die Katakombr, Pfingstweidstrasse 2
Times: Saturday, June 4, 8pm
Tickets: 069 491 725
More Information: www.katakombe.de
HAMBURG
Film
International Short Film Festival
Twenty-two years ago, the French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet created a short film called "Foutaises." Twelve years later, his hit movie "Amelie" caused a sensation. Directors like Jeunet, who made short films during their formative years are the focus of the Hamburg film festival's special program "Early Shorts by Famous Artists." See them in addition to the excellent array of new works being shown in this year's programme.
Price: €6-7; €25 (5-Screening Pass)
Location: Various
Times: Tuesday, June 7 - Monday, June 13
Tickets: 040 39 10 63 134
More Information: festival.shortfilm.com
HANNOVER
Music/Concerts
Enercity Swinging Hannover - Jazz on Trammplatz
Each year, Hannover's Trammplatz becomes a stage for international jazz artists. For a swinging good time, gather in front of the New City Hall Thursday and dance along to Sharrie Williams and the Wise Guys, the Hannover Big Band, The Gentlemen of Swing, and other jazztastic music makers.
Price: Free
Location: Trammplatz
Times: Thursday, June 2, 11am
More Information: www. enercity-swinginghannover.de
MUNICH
Galleries/Museums
Bavarian State Exhibition 2011 - Twilight of the Gods: King Ludwig II
A superstar among kings, King Ludwig II possessed a distinctive eccentricity that set him apart from his tepid royal mates. Dedicated to the pursuit of beauty, Ludwig was a "Fairytale King." Journey outside the city this week to a splendid island palace where a new exhibition offers an intimate look at an iconic German monarch.
Price: €9.50
Location: Herrenchiemsee New Palace, Chiemsee (97 km southeast of Munich)
Times: Daily, 9am-6pm; through October 16
More Information: www. herrenchiemsee.de
Music/Concerts
Night Concert at the Pinakothek der Moderne - Composer Portrait: Georg Friedrich Haas
Soloists from the Munich Chamber Orchestra interpret the music of one of Austria's most interesting contemporary composers, Saturday night. Rich with aspects of The Harmonic Series, microintervals, and French Spectralism, the music of Georg Friedrich Haas often takes into account the architecture of the space in which it is performed.
Price: €30
Location: Pinakothek der Moderne, Barer Strasse 40
Times: Saturday, June 4, 10pm
Tickets: 089 54 81 81 8
More Information: www.pinakothek.de
Dance
Think Big - International Dance and Performance Festival for a Young Public
Performance is an integral part of education Europe. Geared toward a young audience, Think Big presents a varied interdisciplinary program of everything from Hip Hop dance to dance theatre. The action starts Tuesday at Muffatwerk.
Price: €15 (Adults); €8 (Children and Students)
Location: Muffatwerk, Zellstrasse 4
Times: Tuesday, June 1 - Friday, June 10
Tickets: 089 54 81 81 81
More Information: www.muffathalle.de
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BERLIN
Film
Magical History Tour - The Art of Lighting Design
Without light humankind would be adrift in a dark world devoid of that beloved medium known as as the silver screen. From Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire, to Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love and Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon, Berlin's Arsenal screens nine films this month, where light plays a starring role.
Price: €6.50
Location: Kino Arsenal, Potsdamer Strasse 2
Times: Thursday, June 2, 8pm (2001 A Space Odyssey); Friday, June 3, 8pm (Sunrise); Saturday, June 4, 8pm (The Last Man); Sunday, June 5 and Monday, June 6, 8pm (Stellet Licht); Wednesday, June 8, 7pm (The Last Man)
Phone: 030 2695 5100
More Information: www. arsenal-berlin.de
Music/Concerts
Fase 2011 - Spanish-German Sound Art Festival
The premiere of Miguel Álvarez-Fernández's opera Representacion 3 kicks off this two-day festival of sounds art. Video installations, sound installations, and concerts by artists and composers from Germany and Spain create an aural fantasia at Villa Elisabeth.
Price: €7
Location: Villa Elisabeth, Invalidenstrasse 3
Times: Friday, June 3 and Saturday, June 4, 6pm
More Information: www.fasefest.org
COLOGNE
Galleries/Museums
Nelleke Beltjens: They Don't Know Either
The straight line is a fundamental element of drawing. But what about the broken line? Dutch artists Nelleke Beltjens creates dynamic works that revolve around fragmented lines that intersect at various points, creating a rhythmic, sculptural, extraordinary design in two dimensions.
Price: Free
Location: Gallery Christian Lethert, Antwerpener Strasse 4
Times: Saturday, June 4, 6-9pm (Opening); Thursday - Friday, 2-6pm; Saturday, 11am-4pm; through July 30 (Regular Hours)
Phone: 0221 356 05 90
More Information: www.christianlethert.com
DÜSSELDORF
Galleries/Museums
Container Architecture
Empty shipping containers act as art galleries in Karlsruhe, They form apartment blocks in Melbourne. And in Antarctica, scientists use one as a reading room. With the global economy in the slumps, shipping containers sit empty all over the world. A new exhibition, which opens Wednesday in Düsseldorf features some fantastic ideas for what to do with them. Check out twenty-four ingenious architectural models at NRW-Forum.
Price: €7.80
Location: NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Ehrenhof 2
Times: Tuesday - Sunday, 11am-8pm; Friday, 11am-midnight; June 8 - September 4
Phone: 0211 89 266 90
More Information: www.nrw-forum.de
FRANKFURT
Theatre
The Chekhov Project
Uncle Vanya, The Seagull, The Cherry Orchard... There's a place in your heart for them all. Theatre Language Studio Frankfurt utilises a little creative license with dear Anton's works in their new production "The Chekhov Project." Go see a new twist on the Russian playwright's classics.
Price: €6-15
Location: Interkulturelle Bühne, Alt Bornheim 32
Times: Thursday, June 2, 8pm; Friday, June 3, 8pm; Saturday, June 4, 8pm; Sunday, June 5, 6pm
Ticket Reservations: 069 46 00 37 41
More Information: www.tlsfrankfurt.com
Cabaret
Marlene Dietrich Revue
That smoky glamour. That unstoppable panache. Marlene Dietrich was one of a kind. German actress Carola Moritz channels the iconic "blue angel" at Katakombe, Saturday.
Price: €24-28
Location: Theater Die Katakombr, Pfingstweidstrasse 2
Times: Saturday, June 4, 8pm
Tickets: 069 491 725
More Information: www.katakombe.de
HAMBURG
Film
International Short Film Festival
Twenty-two years ago, the French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet created a short film called "Foutaises." Twelve years later, his hit movie "Amelie" caused a sensation. Directors like Jeunet, who made short films during their formative years are the focus of the Hamburg film festival's special program "Early Shorts by Famous Artists." See them in addition to the excellent array of new works being shown in this year's programme.
Price: €6-7; €25 (5-Screening Pass)
Location: Various
Times: Tuesday, June 7 - Monday, June 13
Tickets: 040 39 10 63 134
More Information: festival.shortfilm.com
HANNOVER
Music/Concerts
Enercity Swinging Hannover - Jazz on Trammplatz
Each year, Hannover's Trammplatz becomes a stage for international jazz artists. For a swinging good time, gather in front of the New City Hall Thursday and dance along to Sharrie Williams and the Wise Guys, the Hannover Big Band, The Gentlemen of Swing, and other jazztastic music makers.
Price: Free
Location: Trammplatz
Times: Thursday, June 2, 11am
More Information: www. enercity-swinginghannover.de
MUNICH
Galleries/Museums
Bavarian State Exhibition 2011 - Twilight of the Gods: King Ludwig II
A superstar among kings, King Ludwig II possessed a distinctive eccentricity that set him apart from his tepid royal mates. Dedicated to the pursuit of beauty, Ludwig was a "Fairytale King." Journey outside the city this week to a splendid island palace where a new exhibition offers an intimate look at an iconic German monarch.
Price: €9.50
Location: Herrenchiemsee New Palace, Chiemsee (97 km southeast of Munich)
Times: Daily, 9am-6pm; through October 16
More Information: www. herrenchiemsee.de
Music/Concerts
Night Concert at the Pinakothek der Moderne - Composer Portrait: Georg Friedrich Haas
Soloists from the Munich Chamber Orchestra interpret the music of one of Austria's most interesting contemporary composers, Saturday night. Rich with aspects of The Harmonic Series, microintervals, and French Spectralism, the music of Georg Friedrich Haas often takes into account the architecture of the space in which it is performed.
Price: €30
Location: Pinakothek der Moderne, Barer Strasse 40
Times: Saturday, June 4, 10pm
Tickets: 089 54 81 81 8
More Information: www.pinakothek.de
Dance
Think Big - International Dance and Performance Festival for a Young Public
Performance is an integral part of education Europe. Geared toward a young audience, Think Big presents a varied interdisciplinary program of everything from Hip Hop dance to dance theatre. The action starts Tuesday at Muffatwerk.
Price: €15 (Adults); €8 (Children and Students)
Location: Muffatwerk, Zellstrasse 4
Times: Tuesday, June 1 - Friday, June 10
Tickets: 089 54 81 81 81
More Information: www.muffathalle.de
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