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...
Those of us walking through the city with open eyes know them. You see them at S-and U-Bahn stations or in front of your local supermarket, standing with astonishing stamina in one corner for many...
In front of the circular mirror pond outside the entrance to the House of World Cultures you can find the newly restored and last work of British sculptor, Henry Moore. “Butterfly,” which was lent to...
If you have been living in Berlin for a little while, and are at least beginning to learn the language, you could not have avoided hearing about certain conflicts that are taking place between local...
The tour has already begun in Berlin with audio-films specifically for blind and visually impaired visitors at filmstadt-berlin.de. Now, on it goes: On Friday, the 14th of May, 2010, in Modellpark in...
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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...
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...
My friend Swampy has wanted a tattoo for a long time now, and I, being a girl and all, wanted him to go to the best studio in Berlin. I found out about the shop, “Für Immer” (for ever) from a friend...
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...
At the Flying Förtress, on the 1st of April 2010, the first "brush stroke was made," and the work week at the Berlin landmark "Bierpinsel" opened. Here we present the Munich street-art artist and his...
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A falafel with homemade peanut sauce? What?! Berlin is filled with tasty fast-food for the wandering bar-hopper, but, for the most part, it's all the same, standard formula. Who else is growing tired...
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.
... The U-Night will again pump Progressive House and Trance into the ears. On the 25th of May, 2010 from 11pm
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...
Finding talk of a Latin scene in Berlin is perhaps as difficult as trying to read quietly in a cafe on Oranienstrasse in early May. Among tango milongas, reggae festivals, salsa rooms and...
This just in! Agreements have just been made between city officials and Berlin’s one and only space program, SLURP, to make Berlin the first completely green-powered city in the world.
Visiting an international city is one thing, but living an international life is a different story. A wonderful example of integration and global interaction is portrayed by the Nelson Mandela...
The air was cold and crisp when I left my apartment on Monday, but it didn’t bother me. I was excited about what the future might bring, what new developments had taken place, and who would be chosen...
In 1972, four rocket-scientists met in a cafe on Bergmannstraße united by their common interest in space exploration. Their monthly meetings soon developed into the construction of a series of...
That sweet smell sets my mind adrift on every corner. That unequaled statement of innocent rebellion enhancing the air beyond usual city smog; that freedom of the mind, my freedom to enhance the day...
Just in time for the World Cup in South Africa – the 11th of June to the 11th of July, 2010 – the Berlin Rockandrolltempel will be transformed into a football stadium! All games will be shown on...
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...
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...
A sudden breeze clears smoke from the field, and the left side defensive player dances around the ball, scanning the positions of the opposing team. This is what he was designed for; this is what he...
