What's on in Germany: December 9 - 15
This Week's Highlights: An Agatha Christie play in Munich, storytime on board a ship in Hamburg, and two new art exhibitions in Cologne.
BERLIN
Parties
Crazy Legs Roller Disco vs. PAG
Roller boys! Lace up those skates! Dicky Doo, Massi P, Partok, and John Baker man the turn tables while you take a whirl around the rink Saturday at Tape Club. It's going to be a gloriously gay time.
Price: €10; €7 (If you bring your own skates)
Location: Tape Club, Heidestrasse 14
Times: Saturday, December 11, 10pm
More Information: www.tapeberlin.de
Music/Concerts
Ig Henneman Sextet - Kindred Spirits Tour
The Dutch violist Ig Henneman has been a bandleader since 1985. In celebration of that 25-year landmark, as well as her 65th birthday, the improviser and composer has put together a new band. She brings her sensational sextet to Berlin's Aufsturz-Klub Friday night to tribute Thelonious Monk, Emily Dickinson, Jimmy Giuffre, Morton Feldman, and others.
Price: €9
Location: Aufsturz-Klub, Oranienburgerstrasse 67
Times: Friday, December 10, 9:30pm
Phone: 030 28 04 74 07
More Information: www.aufsturz.de
Events
Art Market At Your Mum
Art and other interesting objects crafted from concrete, paper, and embroidery thread are on offer this weekend at Your Mum, a cozy exhibition space in Neukölln. Warm up with some Glühwein and get your Christmas shopping done.
Price: Free
Location: Your Mum, Jansastrasse 15
Times: Saturday, December 11 and Sunday, December 12, 2pm-12am
Phone: 0157 8478 3482
More Information: yourmum-berlin.tumblr.com
COLOGNE
Galleries/Museums
The Colossus - Views of Cologne Cathedral Until 1842
Once the tallest building in the world, Cologne Cathedral is a monumental behemoth of Gothic architecture. Even before its iconic spires rose above the rooftops of Cologne, the cathedral was a symbol of the city. A new exhibition at the Ludwig Museum presents the six centuries the massive structure existed before it got its crown.
Price: €10
Location: Museum Ludwig, Heinrich-Böll-Platz
Times: Tuesday - Sunday, 10am-6pm; December 10 - March 5, 2011
Phone: 0221 221 26165
More Information: www.museenkoeln.de
Lucy McKenzie - The Editions
Another reason to spend some time at Museum Ludwig this weekend is a new exhibition featuring the Scottish artist Lucy McKenzie. Inspired by everything from Polish Modernism, German abstract painting, and Viennese Secessionists, the 33-year-old art star has painted 19th-century interiors, Olympic stadium towers, and album covers for bands like Erasure.
Price: €10
Location: Museum Ludwig, Heinrich-Böll-Platz
Times: Tuesday - Sunday, 10am-6pm; December 10 - June 26, 2011
Phone: 0221 221 26165
More Information: www.museenkoeln.de
FRANKFURT
Music/Concerts
Rot - Festival of New Music and Audio Art
From "Ecstatic Drones" to silent moments of "not sound," this three-night festival explores the auditory realm. Witness Dietmar Wiesner, Rainer Romer, and Hermann Hretzschmar play Morton Feldman's four-hour opus "For Philip Guston," or see the IEMA Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie D play Howard Skempton's one to two-minute miniatures.
Price: €14; €36 (Festival Ticket)
Location: Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Waldschmidtstrasse 4
Times: Thursday, December 9, 9pm; Friday, December 10, 9pm; Saturday, December 11, 9pm
Phone: 069 40 58 9520
More Information: www.mousonturm.de
HAMBURG
Events
Nicholas Regatta
Canoe enthusiasts take to the Hamburg waters Saturday in Santa Claus hats. Cheer on the jolly racers as they make their way from the Krugkoppelbrücke, across Alster Lake, to the Kennedybrücke.
Price: Free
Location: Alster Canoe Club Boathouse, Ludolfstrasse 15
Times: Saturday, December 11, 2:30pm
More Information: www.alster-canoe-club.de
Storytime On Board the MS Cap San Diego
Hamburg's museum boat, the Cap San Diego hosts an "ice cold reading for cool kids" Saturday and Sunday. Children eight and older are invited to snuggle up on deck while Miriam Hensel reads "Kai and the Christmas Thieves." The reading is in German, but even if the little ones don't understand the story, who wouldn't want to hang out in a hammock on a huge ship in Hamburg's harbour?
Price: €8 (Children); €10 (Adults)
Location: MS Cap San Diego, Liegeplatz Überseebrücke
Times: Saturday, December 11 and Sunday, December 12, 3:30pm
Reservations: 040 36 42 09
More Information: www.capsandiego.de
MUNICH
Theatre
Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None"
It's always nice to mix up the cheerful good spirits of the holiday season with a good murder mystery. Celebrate the 120th anniversary of Agatha Christie's birth this weekend at Pepper Theater. The English language troupe Entity Theatre performs the esteemed crime writer's classic tale of murder on an island And Then There Were None.
Price: €15
Location: Pepper Theater, PEP Einkaufszentrum (enter through Starbucks), Thomas-Dehler-Strasse 12
Times: Thursday, December 9, Friday, December 10, Saturday, December 11, 8pm
Reservations: 0700 3684 8900
More Information: www.entitytheatre.de
A Christmas Carol
Having trouble getting into the holiday spirit? Don't be such a Scrooge! Take a lesson from Tiny Tim this week when TNT Theatre performs A Christmas Carol at Amerika Haus. Paul Stebbings directs the Dickens classic.
Price: €20
Location: Amerika Haus, Karolinenplatz 3
Times: Monday, December 13 - Friday, December 17, 11am and 7:30pm; also Monday, December 20 - Wednesday, December 22, 11am and 7:30pm; and Thursday, December 23, 9am and 7:30pm
Reservations: 089 34 38 03
More Information: www.amerikahaus.de
Galleries/Museums
A Golden Age - Dutch Group Portraits from the Amsterdam Historical Museum
Most Dutch group portraits reside within Dutch collections. Though there are a few exceptions. Munich's Alte Pinakothek is home to the portrait of the "Governors of the Amsterdam Wine Dealers' Guild." Dating from 1659 the work is by Ferdinand Bol, a pupil of Rembrandt, and through February it joins 11 of its brethren in a special exhibition at the museum. See the regents, riflemen, guild governors, and tradespeople in all their lace collared glory.
Price: €7
Location: Alte Pinakothek, Barer Strasse 27
Times: Wednesday - Sunday, 10am-6pm; Tuesday, 10am-8pm; through February 27, 2011
Phone: 089 23805 216
More Information: www.pinakothek.de
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BERLIN
Parties
Crazy Legs Roller Disco vs. PAG
Roller boys! Lace up those skates! Dicky Doo, Massi P, Partok, and John Baker man the turn tables while you take a whirl around the rink Saturday at Tape Club. It's going to be a gloriously gay time.
Price: €10; €7 (If you bring your own skates)
Location: Tape Club, Heidestrasse 14
Times: Saturday, December 11, 10pm
More Information: www.tapeberlin.de
Music/Concerts
Ig Henneman Sextet - Kindred Spirits Tour
The Dutch violist Ig Henneman has been a bandleader since 1985. In celebration of that 25-year landmark, as well as her 65th birthday, the improviser and composer has put together a new band. She brings her sensational sextet to Berlin's Aufsturz-Klub Friday night to tribute Thelonious Monk, Emily Dickinson, Jimmy Giuffre, Morton Feldman, and others.
Price: €9
Location: Aufsturz-Klub, Oranienburgerstrasse 67
Times: Friday, December 10, 9:30pm
Phone: 030 28 04 74 07
More Information: www.aufsturz.de
Events
Art Market At Your Mum
Art and other interesting objects crafted from concrete, paper, and embroidery thread are on offer this weekend at Your Mum, a cozy exhibition space in Neukölln. Warm up with some Glühwein and get your Christmas shopping done.
Price: Free
Location: Your Mum, Jansastrasse 15
Times: Saturday, December 11 and Sunday, December 12, 2pm-12am
Phone: 0157 8478 3482
More Information: yourmum-berlin.tumblr.com
COLOGNE
Galleries/Museums
The Colossus - Views of Cologne Cathedral Until 1842
Once the tallest building in the world, Cologne Cathedral is a monumental behemoth of Gothic architecture. Even before its iconic spires rose above the rooftops of Cologne, the cathedral was a symbol of the city. A new exhibition at the Ludwig Museum presents the six centuries the massive structure existed before it got its crown.
Price: €10
Location: Museum Ludwig, Heinrich-Böll-Platz
Times: Tuesday - Sunday, 10am-6pm; December 10 - March 5, 2011
Phone: 0221 221 26165
More Information: www.museenkoeln.de
Lucy McKenzie - The Editions
Another reason to spend some time at Museum Ludwig this weekend is a new exhibition featuring the Scottish artist Lucy McKenzie. Inspired by everything from Polish Modernism, German abstract painting, and Viennese Secessionists, the 33-year-old art star has painted 19th-century interiors, Olympic stadium towers, and album covers for bands like Erasure.
Price: €10
Location: Museum Ludwig, Heinrich-Böll-Platz
Times: Tuesday - Sunday, 10am-6pm; December 10 - June 26, 2011
Phone: 0221 221 26165
More Information: www.museenkoeln.de
FRANKFURT
Music/Concerts
Rot - Festival of New Music and Audio Art
From "Ecstatic Drones" to silent moments of "not sound," this three-night festival explores the auditory realm. Witness Dietmar Wiesner, Rainer Romer, and Hermann Hretzschmar play Morton Feldman's four-hour opus "For Philip Guston," or see the IEMA Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie D play Howard Skempton's one to two-minute miniatures.
Price: €14; €36 (Festival Ticket)
Location: Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Waldschmidtstrasse 4
Times: Thursday, December 9, 9pm; Friday, December 10, 9pm; Saturday, December 11, 9pm
Phone: 069 40 58 9520
More Information: www.mousonturm.de
HAMBURG
Events
Nicholas Regatta
Canoe enthusiasts take to the Hamburg waters Saturday in Santa Claus hats. Cheer on the jolly racers as they make their way from the Krugkoppelbrücke, across Alster Lake, to the Kennedybrücke.
Price: Free
Location: Alster Canoe Club Boathouse, Ludolfstrasse 15
Times: Saturday, December 11, 2:30pm
More Information: www.alster-canoe-club.de
Storytime On Board the MS Cap San Diego
Hamburg's museum boat, the Cap San Diego hosts an "ice cold reading for cool kids" Saturday and Sunday. Children eight and older are invited to snuggle up on deck while Miriam Hensel reads "Kai and the Christmas Thieves." The reading is in German, but even if the little ones don't understand the story, who wouldn't want to hang out in a hammock on a huge ship in Hamburg's harbour?
Price: €8 (Children); €10 (Adults)
Location: MS Cap San Diego, Liegeplatz Überseebrücke
Times: Saturday, December 11 and Sunday, December 12, 3:30pm
Reservations: 040 36 42 09
More Information: www.capsandiego.de
MUNICH
Theatre
Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None"
It's always nice to mix up the cheerful good spirits of the holiday season with a good murder mystery. Celebrate the 120th anniversary of Agatha Christie's birth this weekend at Pepper Theater. The English language troupe Entity Theatre performs the esteemed crime writer's classic tale of murder on an island And Then There Were None.
Price: €15
Location: Pepper Theater, PEP Einkaufszentrum (enter through Starbucks), Thomas-Dehler-Strasse 12
Times: Thursday, December 9, Friday, December 10, Saturday, December 11, 8pm
Reservations: 0700 3684 8900
More Information: www.entitytheatre.de
A Christmas Carol
Having trouble getting into the holiday spirit? Don't be such a Scrooge! Take a lesson from Tiny Tim this week when TNT Theatre performs A Christmas Carol at Amerika Haus. Paul Stebbings directs the Dickens classic.
Price: €20
Location: Amerika Haus, Karolinenplatz 3
Times: Monday, December 13 - Friday, December 17, 11am and 7:30pm; also Monday, December 20 - Wednesday, December 22, 11am and 7:30pm; and Thursday, December 23, 9am and 7:30pm
Reservations: 089 34 38 03
More Information: www.amerikahaus.de
Galleries/Museums
A Golden Age - Dutch Group Portraits from the Amsterdam Historical Museum
Most Dutch group portraits reside within Dutch collections. Though there are a few exceptions. Munich's Alte Pinakothek is home to the portrait of the "Governors of the Amsterdam Wine Dealers' Guild." Dating from 1659 the work is by Ferdinand Bol, a pupil of Rembrandt, and through February it joins 11 of its brethren in a special exhibition at the museum. See the regents, riflemen, guild governors, and tradespeople in all their lace collared glory.
Price: €7
Location: Alte Pinakothek, Barer Strasse 27
Times: Wednesday - Sunday, 10am-6pm; Tuesday, 10am-8pm; through February 27, 2011
Phone: 089 23805 216
More Information: www.pinakothek.de
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