What's on in Germany: March 1 – 7
This Week's Highlights: An art party in Frankfurt, a music parade in Hamburg, and Jewish cinema in Munich.
BERLIN
Theatre
Photograph 51
British biophysicist Rosalind Franklin's research in the early 1950s was critical to the discovery of the DNA double helix. But as a woman in a man's world, she didn't get the recognition she deserved until much later. Anna Ziegler's play Photograph 51 offers an interesting view of the male-dominated scientific world of the 1950s. English Theatre Berlin's production runs through March 10.
Price: €18; €9 on Tuesdays
Location: English Theatre Berlin, Fidicinstrasse 40
Times: Tuesday – Saturday, 8pm; through March 10
Tickets: 030 691 12 11
More Information: www.etberlin.de
Galleries/Museums
Dodo (1907-1998) – A Life in Pictures
They danced to the jazz music, they wore dangly earrings and furs, they went out into the heady night air. Fashion illustrator Dodo Burgner captured the essence of 1920s Berlin in her graceful drawings. The Jewish artist contributed frequently to the satirical publication “Ulk” before fleeing to England in the early 1930s. For the first time ever, a retrospective of her work will be shown at the Art Library in Berlin starting Thursday.
Price: Free
Location: Kunstbibliothek, Matthäikirchplatz
Times: Tuesday – Friday, 10am-6pm; Saturay and Sunday, 11am-6pm; through May 28
Tickets: 030 266 42 42 42
More Information: www.smb.museum
Music/Museums
Historical Instruments Live – Guided Tour For Adults
From 17th century Flemish harpsichords to Prussian army horns, Berlin's Museum of Musical Instruments is a trove of delights for lovers of music and history. Journey through the museum's diverse collection and feast your ears on the sounds of really old instruments. The special tour takes place every Thursday and Saturday.
Price: €2
Location: Musikinstrumenten-Museum, Tiergartenstrasse 1
Times: Thursday, March 1, 6pm and Saturday, March 3, 11am
More Information: www.smb.museum
BIELEFELD
Galleries/Museums
Carl Strüwe – In the Context of Contemporary Photography
Pollen, plankton, a cross section of a whale bone, the scales of a butterfly's wing, Carl Strüwe was enamoured with tiny things. The pioneer of microphotography was born in Bliefeld, and 24-years after his death, the Kunsthalle Bliefeld is presenting a retrospective of his work. See his gorgeous microscopic imagery alongside drawings and paintings.
Price: €7
Times: Tuesday – Sunday, 11am-6pm; Wednesday, 11am-9pm; Saturday, 10am-6pm; through May 13
Location: Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Artur-Ladebeck-Strasse 5
Phone: 0521 329 995 013
More Information: www.kunsthalle-bielefeld.de
COLOGNE
Music/Concerts
Shelby Lynne
Critics called Revelation Road her most personal album yet. The country-pop singer wraps up a tour of Europe this week. See the blond strummer perform in Cologne Thursday before she heads back across the pond.
Price: €30
Times: Thursday, March 1, 8:30pm
Location: Stadtgarten, Venloer-Strasse 40
Ticket Hotline: 01805 570 070
More Information: www.shelbylynne.com
FRANKFURT
Galleries/Museums
Schirn at Night – The Long Night of Munch
Sip Scandinavian cocktails like “The Prince of Norway” or the “Norwegian Sidecar” while Norwegian electro-pop singer Sandra Kolstad performs live at the Schirn Kunsthalle. Saturday's installation of the museum's art party celebrates the Edvard Munch exhibition.
Price: €10
Times: Saturday, March 3, 8pm-Midnight
Location: Schirn Kunsthalle, Römerberg
More Information: www.schirn.de
HAMBURG
Events
International Music Parade
A three-hour musical bonanza, the International Music Parade is a large-scale stage show that incorporates army bands, orchestras, and folk musicians from around the world. From the opening ceremony to the grand finale, it's a bombastic spectacle full of pomp and circumstance. Step in time to Scottish bagpipers, Danish trumpeters, and German drummers this weekend at O2 World. It's a small world after all.
Price: €29-49
Times: Saturday, March 3, 4pm
Location: O2 World Hamburg, Sylvesterallee 10, 22525
Ticket Hotline: 01803 206 060 (.9/min)
More Information: musikparade
LANGWEDEL
Festivals
Langwedel Culture Days
It's culture time in Langwedel. Brazilian guitarist Hilton Gonzales pays some tunes Thursday night at the opening of an exhibition showcasing works by local artists. On Saturday, burgeoning graffiti artists can have their way with a can of paint. And on Wednesday, Lars & Timpe play the blues. Gather at Langwedel's city hall for the cultural smorgasbord.
Price: Free
Times: Thursday, March 1 – Friday, March 9
Location: Knust, Neuer Kamp 30
Ticket Hotline: 01805 570 070
More Information: www.knusthamburg.de
Nuremberg
Film
Turkey/Germany Film Festival
Tayfun Pirselimoğlu is an artist, author, and filmmaker from Turkey. His 2010 film Hair follows the plight of a rather unhappy pair—a wigmaker with cancer and a lonely middle-aged woman. The winner of both Best Turkish Film and Director at the 2011 Istanbul Film Festival screens Sunday night as part of the Turkey/Germany Film Festival in Nuremberg. Check the program for more films with English subtitles.
Price: TBD
Times: Sunday, March 4, 8:15pm
Location: Filmhaus im KunstKulturQuartier,
Königstrasse 93
Tickets: 0911 231 4000
More Information: www.fftd.net
MUNICH
Galleries/Museums
Willem de Rooij - Untilted
Opposition, contrast, transition, and nuance play major roles in the works of Dutch artist Willem de Rooij. A new exhibition at Munich's Kunstverein features a select grouping of hand woven tapestries.
Price: Free
Location: Kunstverein München, Galeriestrasse 4
Times: Tuesday – Sunday, 10am – 6pm; through April 15
Phone: 089 221 152
More Information: www.amerikahaus.de
Film
Jewish Film Days Munich
From a documentary about rapping rabbis to the Coen Brothers' 2009 feature film A Serious Man, Munich's Jewish Film Days presents movies about “music, love, friendship and coming of age in a Jewish context.” See cinema from Germany, Canada, Israel, France and the United States starting Sunday.
Price: Various
Times: Sunday, March 4 – Wednesday, March 7
Location: Gasteig, Rosenheimer Strasse 5
Tickets: 089 54 81 81 81
More Information: www.juedischekulturmuenchen.de
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BERLIN
Theatre
Photograph 51
British biophysicist Rosalind Franklin's research in the early 1950s was critical to the discovery of the DNA double helix. But as a woman in a man's world, she didn't get the recognition she deserved until much later. Anna Ziegler's play Photograph 51 offers an interesting view of the male-dominated scientific world of the 1950s. English Theatre Berlin's production runs through March 10.
Price: €18; €9 on Tuesdays
Location: English Theatre Berlin, Fidicinstrasse 40
Times: Tuesday – Saturday, 8pm; through March 10
Tickets: 030 691 12 11
More Information: www.etberlin.de
Galleries/Museums
Dodo (1907-1998) – A Life in Pictures
They danced to the jazz music, they wore dangly earrings and furs, they went out into the heady night air. Fashion illustrator Dodo Burgner captured the essence of 1920s Berlin in her graceful drawings. The Jewish artist contributed frequently to the satirical publication “Ulk” before fleeing to England in the early 1930s. For the first time ever, a retrospective of her work will be shown at the Art Library in Berlin starting Thursday.
Price: Free
Location: Kunstbibliothek, Matthäikirchplatz
Times: Tuesday – Friday, 10am-6pm; Saturay and Sunday, 11am-6pm; through May 28
Tickets: 030 266 42 42 42
More Information: www.smb.museum
Music/Museums
Historical Instruments Live – Guided Tour For Adults
From 17th century Flemish harpsichords to Prussian army horns, Berlin's Museum of Musical Instruments is a trove of delights for lovers of music and history. Journey through the museum's diverse collection and feast your ears on the sounds of really old instruments. The special tour takes place every Thursday and Saturday.
Price: €2
Location: Musikinstrumenten-Museum, Tiergartenstrasse 1
Times: Thursday, March 1, 6pm and Saturday, March 3, 11am
More Information: www.smb.museum
BIELEFELD
Galleries/Museums
Carl Strüwe – In the Context of Contemporary Photography
Pollen, plankton, a cross section of a whale bone, the scales of a butterfly's wing, Carl Strüwe was enamoured with tiny things. The pioneer of microphotography was born in Bliefeld, and 24-years after his death, the Kunsthalle Bliefeld is presenting a retrospective of his work. See his gorgeous microscopic imagery alongside drawings and paintings.
Price: €7
Times: Tuesday – Sunday, 11am-6pm; Wednesday, 11am-9pm; Saturday, 10am-6pm; through May 13
Location: Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Artur-Ladebeck-Strasse 5
Phone: 0521 329 995 013
More Information: www.kunsthalle-bielefeld.de
COLOGNE
Music/Concerts
Shelby Lynne
Critics called Revelation Road her most personal album yet. The country-pop singer wraps up a tour of Europe this week. See the blond strummer perform in Cologne Thursday before she heads back across the pond.
Price: €30
Times: Thursday, March 1, 8:30pm
Location: Stadtgarten, Venloer-Strasse 40
Ticket Hotline: 01805 570 070
More Information: www.shelbylynne.com
FRANKFURT
Galleries/Museums
Schirn at Night – The Long Night of Munch
Sip Scandinavian cocktails like “The Prince of Norway” or the “Norwegian Sidecar” while Norwegian electro-pop singer Sandra Kolstad performs live at the Schirn Kunsthalle. Saturday's installation of the museum's art party celebrates the Edvard Munch exhibition.
Price: €10
Times: Saturday, March 3, 8pm-Midnight
Location: Schirn Kunsthalle, Römerberg
More Information: www.schirn.de
HAMBURG
Events
International Music Parade
A three-hour musical bonanza, the International Music Parade is a large-scale stage show that incorporates army bands, orchestras, and folk musicians from around the world. From the opening ceremony to the grand finale, it's a bombastic spectacle full of pomp and circumstance. Step in time to Scottish bagpipers, Danish trumpeters, and German drummers this weekend at O2 World. It's a small world after all.
Price: €29-49
Times: Saturday, March 3, 4pm
Location: O2 World Hamburg, Sylvesterallee 10, 22525
Ticket Hotline: 01803 206 060 (.9/min)
More Information: musikparade
LANGWEDEL
Festivals
Langwedel Culture Days
It's culture time in Langwedel. Brazilian guitarist Hilton Gonzales pays some tunes Thursday night at the opening of an exhibition showcasing works by local artists. On Saturday, burgeoning graffiti artists can have their way with a can of paint. And on Wednesday, Lars & Timpe play the blues. Gather at Langwedel's city hall for the cultural smorgasbord.
Price: Free
Times: Thursday, March 1 – Friday, March 9
Location: Knust, Neuer Kamp 30
Ticket Hotline: 01805 570 070
More Information: www.knusthamburg.de
Nuremberg
Film
Turkey/Germany Film Festival
Tayfun Pirselimoğlu is an artist, author, and filmmaker from Turkey. His 2010 film Hair follows the plight of a rather unhappy pair—a wigmaker with cancer and a lonely middle-aged woman. The winner of both Best Turkish Film and Director at the 2011 Istanbul Film Festival screens Sunday night as part of the Turkey/Germany Film Festival in Nuremberg. Check the program for more films with English subtitles.
Price: TBD
Times: Sunday, March 4, 8:15pm
Location: Filmhaus im KunstKulturQuartier, Königstrasse 93
Tickets: 0911 231 4000
More Information: www.fftd.net
MUNICH
Galleries/Museums
Willem de Rooij - Untilted
Opposition, contrast, transition, and nuance play major roles in the works of Dutch artist Willem de Rooij. A new exhibition at Munich's Kunstverein features a select grouping of hand woven tapestries.
Price: Free
Location: Kunstverein München, Galeriestrasse 4
Times: Tuesday – Sunday, 10am – 6pm; through April 15
Phone: 089 221 152
More Information: www.amerikahaus.de
Film
Jewish Film Days Munich
From a documentary about rapping rabbis to the Coen Brothers' 2009 feature film A Serious Man, Munich's Jewish Film Days presents movies about “music, love, friendship and coming of age in a Jewish context.” See cinema from Germany, Canada, Israel, France and the United States starting Sunday.
Price: Various
Times: Sunday, March 4 – Wednesday, March 7
Location: Gasteig, Rosenheimer Strasse 5
Tickets: 089 54 81 81 81
More Information: www.juedischekulturmuenchen.de
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