What's on in Germany: June 9 - 15
This Week's Highlights: Greek theatre in Dresden, baroque opera in Frankfurt, and Carnival of Cultures in Berlin.
BERLIN
Events
Carnival of Cultures
People of all stripes make their home in Berlin. Celebrate the colours, costumes, and rhythms of the world this weekend at the Carnival of Cultures street festival and parade. With Turkish indie-rockers, Brazilian samba dancers, and Jamaican poets the city becomes a smorgasbord of international festivities at this popular annual event.
Price: Free
Location: Blücherplatz (Street Festival); Hermannplatz - Yorkcstrasse (Parade)
Times: Friday June 10, 4pm-midnight; Saturday, June 11 and Sunday, June 12, 11am-midnight; Monday, June 13, 11am-7pm (Street Festival); Sunday, June 12, 12:30-9:30pm (Parade)
More Information: www.karneval-berlin.de
Galleries/Museums
Based in Berlin
Film nights and live performances give "Based in Berlin" that special vivacity that boosts it out of the regular art opening realm and into a multi-medium spectacle. Comprising nearly 80 Berlin-based artists and a handful of the city's best art venues, this six-week event showcases one of the capital's most exciting assets, its art makers.
Price: Free
Location: Atelierhaus, Monbijoupark, Oranienburgerstrasse 77 (Main Site + four additional venues)
Times: Daily, noon-midnight; through July 24
More Information: www.basedinberlin.com
Film
Once Upon a Time in the West - The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Few portrayed the tension, the bravado, the romance, and the violence of the American West as well as the Italians. Spaghetti Western kingpin Sergio Leone was a master at recreating the drama of the Wild West. The Good the Bad and the Ugly, one of the Italian director's many masterpieces, screens Friday night at Berlin's Arsenal as part of the cinema house's "Once Upon a Time in the West" series.
Price: €6.50
Location: Kino Arsenal, Potsdamer Strasse 2
Times: Friday, June 10, 9:15pm
Phone: 030 26955 100
More Information: www.arsenal-berlin.de
COLOGNE
Galleries/Museums
Made in Cologne
Did you know Afri-Cola was developed in Cologne? So was the iconic cigarette brand from the 1960s, Overstolz. From cars to chocolate, Germany's fourth-largest city designed and manufactured many of the products we've grown to love. Celebrate all things Cologne-made at a new exhibition at the Museum of the City of Cologne, which opens Friday.
Price: €6.50
Location: Kölnisches Stadtmuseum, Zeughausstrasse 1-3
Times: Friday, June 10, 7pm (Opening); Wednesday - Sunday, 10a,-5pm, Tuesday, 10m-8pm; through September 11 (Regular Hours)
Phone: 0221 221 25789
More Information: www.museenkoeln.de
DRESDEN
Theatre
Elektra - Two Pieces, Two Languages, One Place, One Evening
The English language theatre group Eclectic Theatre joins forces with the German company Spielbrett for an ambitious evening of Greek tragedy. Witness Sophocles' timeless drama performed in two languages, incorporating two styles, on one open-air stage.
Price: €17.50
Location: Parktheater in the Grosser Garten, Hauptallee 12
Times: Thursday, June 9 - Saturday, June 11, 7pm
Tickets: 01805 570000 (0.14€/min)
More Information: www.eclectic-theatre.de
FRANKFURT
Events
Rose and Light Festival
"A rose is a rose is a rose," said Gertrude Stein. The floral artists whose artful arrangements fill the Palmenhaus Gallery this weekend might not agree. Go walk among the multitude of fragrant varieties at Friday's exhibition opening, or see the gardens illuminated by candlelight Saturday night.
Price: €5
Location: Palmengarten, Siesmayerstrasse 61
Times: Friday, June 10, 9am-9pm; Saturday, June 11, 9am-midnight; Sunday, June 12, 9am-9pm; Monday, June 13, 9am-6pm
Phone: 069 212 3 39 39
More Information: www.palmengarten.frankfurt.de
Opera
Médée
Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter takes on the title role in the premiere of Oper Frankfurt's production of Médée, Monday night. Led by Italian conductor Andrea Marcon, a superstar among Baroque interpreters, Marc-Antoine Charpentier's dramatic 17th century opera combines elements of French and Italian styles.
Price: €16-45
Location: Oper Frankfurt, Willy-Brandt-Platz
Times: Monday, June 13, 7:30pm
Tickets: 069 212 49 49 4
More Information: www.oper-frankfurt.de
HAMBURG
Events
Family Boat Trip
All aboard! Pack up the family and spend some time on the sea. This weekend, the historic steamer Elbe is offering tours around Hamburg Harbour. Take a journey past the Philharmonic Hall, the St. Pauli jetties, the Old Elbe Tunnel, and around Europe's largest river island, Wilhemlmsberg Island.
Price: €9-24 (Adults); €3-5 (Children)
Location: Traditional Ship Harbour, Sandtorkai
Times: Saturday, June 11 - Monday, June 13
Phone: 040 41 30 37 37
More Information: www.dampfeisbrecher.de
MUNICH
Galleries/Museums
Matt Mullican - Organizing the World
We all tend to ponder the meaning of the world at one time or another. American artist Matt Mullican seems to have it all figured out. He's got every human mood, experience, and activity organized in a colour and sign system that took 30 years to develop. See his early installations as well as later works in a new exhibition at the Haus der Kunst.
Price: €10
Location: Haus der Kunst, Prinzregentenstrasse 1
Times: Monday - Sunday, 10am-8pm; Thursday, 10am-10pm; Friday, June 10 - September 11
Phone: 089 21127 113
More Information: www.hausderkunst.de
Opening of the Friedensengel Graffiti Gallery
Kid Acne, Dotmaster, Markoe, and Siuko joined German street artist Loomit in marking up the bare concrete walls beneath Munich's Friedensengel pedestrian tunnel with vivid graffiti. Join American poet Marty McConnel at the new graffiti gallery's official inauguration ceremony, Friday.
Price: Free
Location: Friedensengel Pedestrian Tunnel
Times: Friday, June 10, 7pm
More Information: www.diefaerberei.de
Dance
Aya Irizuki
With exquisitely slow, strange movements and ethereal make-up and costumes, the Japanese art form Butoh is one of the most extraordinary methods of performance. Classically trained dancer Aya Irizuki has been studying Butoh for ten years. Her motions will mesmerize you at Passage Maximilianstrasse, Saturday night.
Price: Free
Location: Passage Maximilianstrasse, Altstadtring
Times: Saturday, June 11, 8pm
More Information: www.maximiliansforum.de
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BERLIN
Events
Carnival of Cultures
People of all stripes make their home in Berlin. Celebrate the colours, costumes, and rhythms of the world this weekend at the Carnival of Cultures street festival and parade. With Turkish indie-rockers, Brazilian samba dancers, and Jamaican poets the city becomes a smorgasbord of international festivities at this popular annual event.
Price: Free
Location: Blücherplatz (Street Festival); Hermannplatz - Yorkcstrasse (Parade)
Times: Friday June 10, 4pm-midnight; Saturday, June 11 and Sunday, June 12, 11am-midnight; Monday, June 13, 11am-7pm (Street Festival); Sunday, June 12, 12:30-9:30pm (Parade)
More Information: www.karneval-berlin.de
Galleries/Museums
Based in Berlin
Film nights and live performances give "Based in Berlin" that special vivacity that boosts it out of the regular art opening realm and into a multi-medium spectacle. Comprising nearly 80 Berlin-based artists and a handful of the city's best art venues, this six-week event showcases one of the capital's most exciting assets, its art makers.
Price: Free
Location: Atelierhaus, Monbijoupark, Oranienburgerstrasse 77 (Main Site + four additional venues)
Times: Daily, noon-midnight; through July 24
More Information: www.basedinberlin.com
Film
Once Upon a Time in the West - The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Few portrayed the tension, the bravado, the romance, and the violence of the American West as well as the Italians. Spaghetti Western kingpin Sergio Leone was a master at recreating the drama of the Wild West. The Good the Bad and the Ugly, one of the Italian director's many masterpieces, screens Friday night at Berlin's Arsenal as part of the cinema house's "Once Upon a Time in the West" series.
Price: €6.50
Location: Kino Arsenal, Potsdamer Strasse 2
Times: Friday, June 10, 9:15pm
Phone: 030 26955 100
More Information: www.arsenal-berlin.de
COLOGNE
Galleries/Museums
Made in Cologne
Did you know Afri-Cola was developed in Cologne? So was the iconic cigarette brand from the 1960s, Overstolz. From cars to chocolate, Germany's fourth-largest city designed and manufactured many of the products we've grown to love. Celebrate all things Cologne-made at a new exhibition at the Museum of the City of Cologne, which opens Friday.
Price: €6.50
Location: Kölnisches Stadtmuseum, Zeughausstrasse 1-3
Times: Friday, June 10, 7pm (Opening); Wednesday - Sunday, 10a,-5pm, Tuesday, 10m-8pm; through September 11 (Regular Hours)
Phone: 0221 221 25789
More Information: www.museenkoeln.de
DRESDEN
Theatre
Elektra - Two Pieces, Two Languages, One Place, One Evening
The English language theatre group Eclectic Theatre joins forces with the German company Spielbrett for an ambitious evening of Greek tragedy. Witness Sophocles' timeless drama performed in two languages, incorporating two styles, on one open-air stage.
Price: €17.50
Location: Parktheater in the Grosser Garten, Hauptallee 12
Times: Thursday, June 9 - Saturday, June 11, 7pm
Tickets: 01805 570000 (0.14€/min)
More Information: www.eclectic-theatre.de
FRANKFURT
Events
Rose and Light Festival
"A rose is a rose is a rose," said Gertrude Stein. The floral artists whose artful arrangements fill the Palmenhaus Gallery this weekend might not agree. Go walk among the multitude of fragrant varieties at Friday's exhibition opening, or see the gardens illuminated by candlelight Saturday night.
Price: €5
Location: Palmengarten, Siesmayerstrasse 61
Times: Friday, June 10, 9am-9pm; Saturday, June 11, 9am-midnight; Sunday, June 12, 9am-9pm; Monday, June 13, 9am-6pm
Phone: 069 212 3 39 39
More Information: www.palmengarten.frankfurt.de
Opera
Médée
Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter takes on the title role in the premiere of Oper Frankfurt's production of Médée, Monday night. Led by Italian conductor Andrea Marcon, a superstar among Baroque interpreters, Marc-Antoine Charpentier's dramatic 17th century opera combines elements of French and Italian styles.
Price: €16-45
Location: Oper Frankfurt, Willy-Brandt-Platz
Times: Monday, June 13, 7:30pm
Tickets: 069 212 49 49 4
More Information: www.oper-frankfurt.de
HAMBURG
Events
Family Boat Trip
All aboard! Pack up the family and spend some time on the sea. This weekend, the historic steamer Elbe is offering tours around Hamburg Harbour. Take a journey past the Philharmonic Hall, the St. Pauli jetties, the Old Elbe Tunnel, and around Europe's largest river island, Wilhemlmsberg Island.
Price: €9-24 (Adults); €3-5 (Children)
Location: Traditional Ship Harbour, Sandtorkai
Times: Saturday, June 11 - Monday, June 13
Phone: 040 41 30 37 37
More Information: www.dampfeisbrecher.de
MUNICH
Galleries/Museums
Matt Mullican - Organizing the World
We all tend to ponder the meaning of the world at one time or another. American artist Matt Mullican seems to have it all figured out. He's got every human mood, experience, and activity organized in a colour and sign system that took 30 years to develop. See his early installations as well as later works in a new exhibition at the Haus der Kunst.
Price: €10
Location: Haus der Kunst, Prinzregentenstrasse 1
Times: Monday - Sunday, 10am-8pm; Thursday, 10am-10pm; Friday, June 10 - September 11
Phone: 089 21127 113
More Information: www.hausderkunst.de
Opening of the Friedensengel Graffiti Gallery
Kid Acne, Dotmaster, Markoe, and Siuko joined German street artist Loomit in marking up the bare concrete walls beneath Munich's Friedensengel pedestrian tunnel with vivid graffiti. Join American poet Marty McConnel at the new graffiti gallery's official inauguration ceremony, Friday.
Price: Free
Location: Friedensengel Pedestrian Tunnel
Times: Friday, June 10, 7pm
More Information: www.diefaerberei.de
Dance
Aya Irizuki
With exquisitely slow, strange movements and ethereal make-up and costumes, the Japanese art form Butoh is one of the most extraordinary methods of performance. Classically trained dancer Aya Irizuki has been studying Butoh for ten years. Her motions will mesmerize you at Passage Maximilianstrasse, Saturday night.
Price: Free
Location: Passage Maximilianstrasse, Altstadtring
Times: Saturday, June 11, 8pm
More Information: www.maximiliansforum.de
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