When Obama was elected, there were many jokes about the US being beyond racism. This absurd notion was far enough from truth to be funny, but it also came with the belief that something had in fact... [more]
Plastic people ooz through the summer streets in the city of the perpetual fashion show. They appear bold and intrinsically expressionistic. But expressions are based upon ideas with value, and... [more]
It was hard to motivate myself, getting my ass from Lichtenberg to Mitte. But I just had to, in the name of science. Bongout, not only a French label for incredibly weird art books, comics and... [more]
featuring special musical guests Kill Bambi & Melville
Fri 25th June, 8:30pm @ Joe’s Bar, Schönhauser Allee 157, Berlin.
Hello all you beaters out there, hope all is well in your world. I’m going... [more]
Once the palate, now emetic: How the Aldi cult drink "Trader Joe's Peach Iced Tea” was destroyed, and how its customers riled against its degeneration. [more]
Students of media studies and fashion design will show, from the 29th to the 30th of May, 2010, a Media and fashion-lab in the House of World Cultures. [more]
Schwelle7 - the venue for Wedding, which organizes up to 500 square meter workshops, performances and parties on the threshold between "games, magic and gentle madness" - presenting this 12-hour... [more]
5 Tango balls with live music and dance performances, after-hour-milongas in the early hours of the morning, afternoon milongas, 50 workshops, eight teacher pairs, six orchestras, eight DJs, readings... [more]
With 18.6% of the national figure, Berlin is the city that hosts the most diversity of visitors. In order for the city's cultural life to be more accessible, the administration of the Senate for... [more]
The tango scene here is as surprisingly varied and contrasting as Berlin itself. Without doubt, the tango boom has been remarkable over the past 10 years ... [more]
With its explosions of black metal and its lurking sentiment of mystery, Mount Eerie’s gorgeous album “Wind’s Poem” is a perfect companion to this age of eruptions. Black clouds hanging, shards of... [more]
What happens when two centuries meet? And when they meet in a third? No, this is neither the wind-up to a joke about time travel nor the premise of a Queneau novel. Instead this century mash-up... [more]
In terms of political philosophy, Berlin could be described as a majestic collage of thoughts and discussions that pour out upon the streets, developing colorful, enlightening concepts.... [more]
I scanned the room again. The dark colors of the crowd contrasted the bright white room more than the art did. No wonder most of them seemed more interested in the bodies around them than in the... [more]
Opportunities to down-hill ski in the north of Germany are few and far between. With the magnificent Alps just to the south, most Germans seem relatively content to travel south to the... [more]
Between Alexanderplatz and Hackesche Markt, the adventurous nightlife explorer can find the VCF, a dark and colorful nightclub for the dub-step enthusiast. It lies directly underneath the S-bahn, and... [more]
CarpeBerlin celebrates Tina Turner's 70th birthday and explains what makes this woman so incredibly interesting.
by Erik Maria of Hohenborg-Varel; translation by PGW [more]
I couldn’t have known then, when I entered the gallery, that it was all a façade, that nothing made any sense to these people, nor to me, and that everything on the floor and walls was very much as... [more]
At the Natural History Museum, a special exhibition is taking place for the Darwin year. Under the slogan "Journey to the realization" it lights the way from the research trip to the theory of... [more]
Halfway between Hackescher Markt S-Bahn and Weinmeisterstraße U-Bahn lies the Neurotitan, a unique gallery for the underground art scene. The Neurotitan is currently hosting an exhibition by Danielle... [more]
