While their first album downtempo-ised that 1960s post-lounge sweet spot anticipating Propellerheads and Co., their following albums have been increasingly experimental, making them the oddest force to conquer Zitadelle Spandau since Napoleon.

Concerts & Live Music

Inspired by Documentary Donnerstags and want to try your hand at documentary making for yourself? Led by director Eva Stotz, this five week course doesn't come cheap but you'll cover everything from editing to the power of documentaries.

Film

June 18, 2013

Iron Maiden

The O2 World

Even heavy metal goes soft. Steve Harris’ iconic band gets nostalgic, re-stomping the concept album from their musical middle age: 1988’s Seventh Son of a Seventh Son.

Concerts & Live Music

The indie pop twins are as likeable as ever, with their latest album, Heartthrob adding high gloss and synths to their candour and looking to be their most commercially successful record to date.

Concerts & Live Music

Bobbing blondely between hypnotic Nico-esque vocals and 1990s tropical synths, the enigmatic songstress launches her latest noir pop album, The Travels, with dreampopper Dylan III in the passenger seat.

Parties & Clubs,Concerts & Live Music

Admirably continuing to replicate the mawkish concerns of their youths when all the Simon Cowell programmes expressing similar sentiments are faltering, although not technically punk, their polished angst is close enough.

Concerts & Live Music

Fox’s ‘drawings’ are not made with the human hand, but rather with human breath, as well as a mixture of ink, soap and other ingredients. The resulting images, eerily balanced in graduation of monochromatic hue, look alien yet delicate.

Art & Exhibitions

On World Refugee Day, Genossenschaft Prinzenallee is hosting a documentary screening exploring linkages made between human rights and music in West Africa. The 20.00 film is preceded by an exhibition of paintings by Vola Schöpe and VoKü.

Art & Exhibitions,Food & Drink,Film

Unleash your inner Itten for a good cause - create your own A5 masterpiece in paint or pencil and donate it to be sold at later fundraisers for German and South African charities. Materials are provided - all you need to bring is inspiration.

Charity & Fundraisers,Art & Exhibitions

A two-part evening exploring the deadly contradictions of democracy. German, Pakistani and Japanese players meet for a pointed and political parlour game, followed by a screening of interviews with eight Pakistanis on the gulf between east and west.

Comedy,Politics & Activism,Art & Exhibitions

English-language adaptation of Italian author Dario Fo’s dramatic monologue. An injured Chinese revolutionary is left to die on the road as Mao’s army marches on. After a mother tiger nurses him to health, he returns to human civilisation.

Theater & Dance

June 20, 2013

Ssion

Festsaal Kreuzberg

If you knew Ssion rhymes with ‘bun’, the queer art punk pop outfit probably needs no introduction. If not, get to know them with the extravagantly campy chaos of their show.

Concerts & Live Music

Join three international Berlin schools as they raise funds for their Third Annual AIDS Charity Event, with activities including a flag football championship and a raffle. All profits go to AIDS Hilfe Berlin and an AIDS Orphanage in Kenya / Botswana.

Charity & Fundraisers

The second installation of the performance art archive featuring gender, feminist and queer subject matter. This documentation of performance art from 1960 to now gives context to the installations through talks, lectures, and reenacted performances.

Art & Exhibitions

June 21, 2013

Wilderness

Sophiensaele

Darling of the Berlin international dance scene Tommy Noonan collaborates with composer Thomas Jeker on this “post-apocalyptic sound poem and performance”, using the turbulent relationship between performers to create a world beyond our time.

Theater & Dance

A two-part evening exploring the deadly contradictions of democracy. German, Pakistani and Japanese players meet for a pointed and political parlour game, followed by a screening of interviews with eight Pakistanis on the gulf between east and west.

Comedy,Politics & Activism,Art & Exhibitions

English-language adaptation of Italian author Dario Fo’s dramatic monologue. An injured Chinese revolutionary is left to die on the road as Mao’s army marches on. After a mother tiger nurses him to health, he returns to human civilisation.

Theater & Dance

Berlin is not just straight or gay, it's full of sweethearts. This open-air party celebrates love-doves and hot nights with DJs and photography by Ingo Lamb. The party will occur three times throughout the spring/summer, don't miss out!

Parties & Clubs

Stoku confronts production and dissemination of art, including galleries, money, language, gender roles and the notion of success, in her first Berlin solo show. Textural paintings are combined with cut-out origami and juxtaposed with word fragments.

Art & Exhibitions

June 22, 2013

Wilderness

Sophiensaele

Darling of the Berlin international dance scene Tommy Noonan collaborates with composer Thomas Jeker on this “post-apocalyptic sound poem and performance”, using the turbulent relationship between performers to create a world beyond our time.

Theater & Dance

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