Music/Concerts:
Death Cab For Cutie
The Seattle band’s new album Narrow Stairs hit the charts hard when it dropped last spring. Check out the live version Tuesday when Ben and the boys hit up Admiralpalast.
Price: €24
Location: Admiralpalast, Friedrichstrasse 101
Times: Tuesday, November 25, 8pm
Phone: 030 4799 7499
More Information: www.admiralspalast.de
Pateras/Baxter/Brown
When two of the instruments are described as “prepared” (piano and guitar), you know it’s going to be interesting. The Australian improvisation trio stops off at the KuLe Monday night.
Price: TBD
Location: The KuLe, Auguststrasse 10
Times: Monday, November 24, 9:30
More Information: anthonypateras.com
Galleries/Museums
Bread, Wine and a Small Sardine
This group show of four painters closes Friday. Send them off with a tip of the hat and a clink of a glass at turn-berlin’s closing reception Saturday night.
Price: Free
Location: turn-berlin, Rungestrasse 22
Times: Saturday, November 22
Phone: 030 301 302 37
More Information: turn-berlin.net/bread
COLOGNE
Music/Concerts:
Visual Sounds Festival
Live processing and electronics are the centrepieces of these music and sound artists’ setups. Go see what Michael Vorfeld, Marcus Schmickler, Frank Dommert, and others have in store.
Price: €10
Location: Gebäude 9, Deutz-Mülheimer-Strasse 127-129
Times: Saturday, November 22, 8:30pm
More Info: www.gerngesehen.de
FRANKFURT
Music/Concerts:
Ben Folds
Hear comical new songs from the North Carolina piano-rocker’s latest disc Way To Normal and more Wednesday night when he rolls into Frankfurt.
Price: €27 – 38
Location: Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Waldschmidtstrasse 4
Times: Wednesday, November 26, 9pm
Phone: 069 40 58 9520
More Info: www.mousonturm.de
Galleries/Museums:
Frances Stark – The New Vision
The Los Angeles artist combines art, literature, image, and text in seventeen works of graceful collage at this new exhibition at Portikus. Join other artists and intellectuals at its opening Friday evening.
Price: Free
Location: Portikus, Alte Brücke 2 Maininsel
Times: Opening, Friday, November 21, 8pm; Regular Hours, Tuesday – Sunday, 11am-6pm; Wednesday, 11am-8pm; through January 11, 2009
Phone: 069 962 44 540
More Info: www.portikus.de
Film:
Visionale08: Hessian Youth Media Festival
The prism of youth can reveal startling surprises. Go see what a gaggle of young directors, all under the age of 28 have come up with for this three-day festival. All films are no longer than twenty minutes in length.
Price: Free
Location: Gallus Theater, Kleyerstrasse 15
Times: Friday, November 21 – Sunday, November 23
Phone: 069 949 424 22
More Info: www.portikus.de
HAMBURG
Music/Concerts:
Elton John
Hamburg’s Color Line Arena is about to get rowdy. Mister “Rocket Man” and his spectacular Las Vegas stage show swing through town Monday night. Keep an eye out for a glossy red grand piano.
Price: €60-171
Location: Color Line Arena, Sylvesterallee 10
Times: Monday, November 24, 7:30pm
More Info: www.eltonjohn.com
LEIPZIG
Events:
Leipzig Christmas Market
The time for sipping Glühwein is upon us, and with its famous advent calendar, St. Thomas Boys Choir concerts, ice rink, and living nativity, the Leipzig’s Christmas Market is one of Germany’s best places to cosy up with a warm mug. The seasonal festivities begin Monday.
Price: Free
Location: Leipzig Markt
Times: Monday, November 24 – Monday, December 22
More Info: www.weihnachtsmarkt-deutschland.de
MUNICH
Music/Concerts:
The Ting Tings
The UK duo have a had a hot year, causing a stir on both sides of the Atlantic with their debut disc We Started Nothing. Katie and Jules bring their cheeky garage pop to Munich’s Backstage Werk Saturday night.
Price: €19,70
Location: Backstage Werk, Wilhelm-Hale-Strasse 38
Times: Saturday, November 22, 8:30pm
Ticket Hotline: 0180 5481 8181
More Information: www.muenchenticket.de
Film:
Munich International Festival of Film Schools
Students from over twenty of the world’s film schools, including those from cities like Jerusalem, Seoul, Melbourne, Vancouver, and Buenos Aires, compete for the The König Ludwig Trophy. Go and discover a new generation of cinema stars.
Price: €4
Location: Munich Film Museum, St.-Jakob-Platz 1
Times: Sunday, November 16 – Saturday, November 22
More Information: www.filmschoolfest-munich.de
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