Duijsens, Florian

Theatertreffenblog: Booing, wtf?

Wed, 11 May 2011 09:00:00 GMT

What's up with booing? Florian Duijsens watches Schauspiel Köln's The Cherry Orchard and tries to make sense of a Theatertreffen tradition.

Theatertreffenblog: Stücky!

Mon, 09 May 2011 09:00:00 GMT

Stückemarkt, the theoretical sibling of the Theatertreffen family, offered up panel discussions and an explanation on the characteristics of German theatre. The discussions may have been ill-conceived, but the eplanation was exceptional.

Exberliner takes you inside this year’s Theatertreffen

Thu, 05 May 2011 09:00:00 GMT

Theatertreffen has been presenting the 10 best plays from the German-speaking world since 1964. This year, five come with English surtitles.

Opening night: Summer and Smoke

Wed, 04 May 2011 09:00:00 GMT

Tennessee Williams’ Summer and Smoke (1948) was published first as a short story. His familiar theme of frustrated desire is here played out as a demure pastor’s daughter learns to tap into her sexuality only to be spurned.

Theatertreffen meets EXBERLINER

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 09:00:00 GMT

Get ready: on May 6, Berlin begins buzzing with theatrical energy as Theatertreffen hits the scene. This year EXBERLINER teams up with Theatertreffen blog to give you coverage of the drama.

The Lichtenberg Figures

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:00:00 GMT

Poet Ben Lerner reads from his award-winning collection The Lichtenberg Figures, and Steffen Popp from his just-released German translation. The title, FYI, refers not to the elusive Berlin borough, but to the trace a lightning strike leaves behind.

Rose-Anne Clermont

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 11:00:00 GMT

Rose-Anne Clermont who first came here on a Fulbright in 1998 and has since written about her experience as an American of Haitian descent living in a city as embarrassingly unfamiliar with people of color as Berlin. A reading for the internationals.

Nicole Krauss

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:00:00 GMT

Escape the gray February winter when the author of The History of Love, Nicole Krauss, reads from her recently National Book Award-nominated Great House. But be aware of the traditionally endless German translation. Hosted by Sarah Kuttner.

Thomas Bernhard: Die Kunstnaturkatastrophe

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 09:00:00 GMT

Want to go off the deep end of your seasonal affective disorder? Catch this ARTE documentary with grumpy Austrian author Thomas Bernhard, whose tirades against all that is holy should vicariously purge your of all that winter bile. In German.

Book Exchange & Games Night

Sun, 30 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT

An old tradition returns with this first in a series of monthly book swaps for Anglos (or a chance to bring along/play board games). Just bring five or six books you no longer need and swap them for something groovier.

Book review: Eilleen Myles' Inferno

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 09:00:00 GMT

EXBERLINER will now be bringing you a new review online each week! This week, explore the New York poetry underground in a revealing and surprising memoir of love, sex, and words by Eileen Myles.

A chat with... Sharmaine Lovegrove

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 09:00:00 GMT

Berlin's maven of English lit and founder of the ever-evolving Dialogue Books shares her highlights of 2010.

Dialogue Web Launch

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT

After closing their pop-up storefront in Prenzl’Berg, Dialogue Berlin will be launching its online incarnation with a festive night at Café Hilde. Come test-drive the site and leaf through their special author-curated bookshelf in the café.

Reading: John Wray

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:50:57 GMT

New American Academy fellow Wray, the author of Low Boy (2008) who last read at Café Hilde, reveals a glimpse of his new novel-in-progress, The Lost Time Accidents, an epic family saga partly set in our fair city.