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What's on in Germany: March 8 - 14

Celeste Sunderland
Celeste Sunderland - [email protected]
What's on in Germany:  March 8 - 14
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This Week's Highlights: English theatre in Frankfurt and Munich, an architecture tour in Cologne, and an art auction in Berlin.

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BERLIN

Events

Auction 3000

Bid on some art this weekend and help a cultural community in Africa grow. Patti Smith, Matthew Barney, Christo, Olafur Eliasson, and Wolfgang Tillmans are among the big names who donated works for the auction. Proceeds benefit “Opera Village Africa,” a village in Burkina Faso where art is integrated into most every facet of life.

Price: Free

Location: Hamburger Bahnhof, Invalidenstrasse 50-51

Times: Thursday, March 8, 8pm

More Information: www.auktion3000.com

Galleries/Museums

Metamorphosis of Japan after the War – Photography 1945 – 1964

Dancers rest on a rooftop. A woman plants rice. Soldiers smile for the camera. A new exhibition at Berlin's Photography Museum presents 123 photographs of Japan from the first two decades after the second world war. A diverse range of images show how a new, modern nation emerged after the devastation of the atomic bomb.

Price: €8

Location: Museum für Fotografie, Jebensstrasse 2

Times: Tuesday – Sunday, 10am-6pm; Thursday, 10am-10pm; March 9 – June 17

Phone: 030 266 42 42 42

More Information: www.smb.museum

Children's Theatre

Frog, Hedgehog, Rooster, and Mouse in a House

This 45-minute puppet show is in German, but Thomas Mierau's colour shadow puppets are too cute to miss just because of a little language barrier. The puppeteer has been creating handmade marionettes, hand puppets, and shadow puppets for his little theatre since 1991. Bring your little ones aged four and up to get a look at Mierau's colorful cast of characters.

Price: €5 (Children); €8 (Adults)

Location: Theater Mirakulum, Brunnenstrasse 35

Times: 10am, Thursday, March 8, and Friday, March 9; Saturday, March 10, 11am; Sunday, March 11, 4pm

Phone: 030 449 08 20

More Information: www.mirakulum.de

COLOGNE

Events

Architecture of the 1950s Photography Walk

Discover the gems of Cologne's 1950s architecture on a walking tour led by Lomography. Ten euros gets you the tour, a rental camera, and a roll of film. Architecture photography? Sounds like your new hobby. Get snapping.

Price: €10

Location: Lomography Gallery Store Cologne
, Ehrenstrasse 57

Times: Saturday, March 10, 1pm

Register: [email protected]

More Information: <a href="http://www.lomography.com/magazine/events/2012/02/20/kln-workshop-architektur-der-50er-jahre-walk

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FRANKFURT

Theatre

Living Together

There's the power struggle, the resignation to the bossy wife, the blind eye ever so slightly turned. Oh the quirky characteristics of a marriage. Married life, specifically among the British middle class, is one of Sir Alan Ayckbourn's favorite topics. One of England's most successful living playwrights, he's penned over 70 plays. See his 1973 living room drama Living Together this weekend in Frankfurt.

Price: €18

Times: Friday, March 8 and Saturday, March 9, 8pm

Location: Internationales Theater Frankfurt, Hanauer Landstrasse 5 - 7

Tickets: 069 499 09 80


More Information: www.internationales-theater.de

Galleries/Museums

Meeting MMK – Blind Date: Meet the Artist

Every second Saturday of the month, Frankfurt's Modern Art Museum invites young art lovers to go behind the scenes and get a deeper appreciation for art. This week, the group goes on a “blind date” with the artist Thomas Bayrle. Sign up your over 15-year-olds. They'll love getting a private look at his art studio.

Price: €8

Times: Saturday, March 10, 2-5pm

Location: MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, 
Domstrasse 10

Register: 069 212 406 91


More Information: www.mmk-frankfurt.de

HAMBURG

Film

Sun Valley

Back in 1996 Sun Valley won an honourable mention at the Berlin International Film Festival. Sixteen year's later, He Ping's “Chinese Western” is flickering across the big screen at the Confucius Institute in Hamburg. Succumb to scenes of China's astonishing landscape Friday night.

Price: Free

Times: Friday, March 9, 6pm

Location: The Confucius Institute, Hamburg University, Schlüterstrasse 64

Phone: 040 42838 7978

More Information: www.ki-hh.de

Events

Swap in the City

Spring is in the air ladies! Well, maybe not really, but it will be soon. Time to freshen up those wintery wardrobes in time for the new season! Bring at least three gently used items from your closet to Hühnerposten Sunday where you can swap them for something fun and fantastic to kick off your new spring look. Go for the clothes, stay for the hair styling, massages, manicures, and drinks!

Price: €18.60

Times: Sunday, March 11, 4-9pm

Location: Hühnerposten, Hühnerposten 1

More Information: www.swapinthecity.com

MUNICH

Film

Urban Roots

Leonardo DiCaprio called Urban Roots “an inspiring film about the emergence of urban farming in Detroit. If the “King of the World” liked it, well, so should you. See what's happening on all those vacant plots of land in Motor City when the Mark MacInnis documentary screens Tuesday in Munich.

Price: Free

Location: Amerika Haus München, Karolinenplatz 3

Times: Tuesday, March 13, 7pm

Phone: 089 55 25 370

More Information: www.amerikahaus.de

Top Floor, Left Wing

Comedy and suspense merge in Angelo Cianci's 2010 film about life in the suburbs of Paris. Though it's not your typical day you'll see unfold in Top Floor, Left Wing. This humourous thriller recounts Francois' unfortunate morning involving guns, drugs, and an eviction notice.

Price: Free

Location: Institut Français, Kaulbachstrasse 13

Times: Wednesday, March 14, 7pm

Reservations: 089 28 66 28 36

More Information: www.institutfrancais.de

Theatre

Split – An Evening of One Acts and Torn Identities

It's always enriching to take in a new play. The Munich theatre company Impact is dedicated to presenting new English language theatre. This week, they're staging a pair of one act plays by two accomplished playwrights. See “The Donahue Sisters,” by Irish playwright Geraldine Aron and “The Author's Voice,” by American playwright Richard Greenberg, and spend an evening caught up in the stories of some very entertaining characters.

Price: €18

Times: 8pm, Wednesday, March 14 – Saturday, March 17, and Thursday, March 22 – Saturday, March 24

Location: Teamtheater Tankstelle, Am Einlass 2a

Tickets: 089 260 43 33

More Information: www.munich-impact.de

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