BERLIN
Activities
Kids Workshop: Musical Jazz Dance and Costume Design
Sticking around for the Easter holiday? Get the kids away from their Facebook accounts and into one of the creative workshops at The Center in Prenzlauerberg. Six to eleven-year-olds can learn to dance like “Cabaret” stars in this four-day English-language workshop.
Price: €149
Location: The Center, Esmarchstrasse 5
Times: Tuesday, April 14 – Friday, April 17, 9:30am-2pm
Tickets: 030 4004 8440
More Information: www.thecenter-berlin.de
Music/Concerts
Trio Nexus
Unerhörte Musik is BKA’s weekly series for new and contemporary German music. This week, flutist Erik Drescher, pianist Frank Gutschmidt, and drummer Claudia Sgarb play the works of Dror Feiler, Bill Dietz, and Chris Newman.
Price: €10
Location: BKA Theater, Mehringdamm 34
Times: Tuesday, April 14, 8:30pm
Phone: 030 20 22 007
More Information: www.bka-luftschloss.deg
COLOGNE
Galleries/Museums:
Leisure Activities Under Fascism
This exhibition compares holiday policies during the eras of Nazi Germany and fascist Italy through private photo albums as well as historical advertisements from the recreational organisations of both states. But don’t let those smiling bathing beauties fool you, both governments sought to merge private and public spheres, so restful moments alone, away from the watchful eye of the regime were rare.
Price: €3.60
Location: NS-Dokumentationszentrum, Appellhofplatz 23-25
Times: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, 10am-4pm; Thursday, 10am-6pm; Saturday and Sunday, 11am-4pm; through May 24
Phone: 0221 2212 6332
More Information: www.museenkoeln.de
Theatre:
Parsifal
Like Wagner? A “music theatre experiment” created by c.t.201, Kölncampus and Studiobühneköln offers an intriguing way to experience the composer’s last opera.
Price: €13
Location: Studiobühne Köln, Universitätsstrasse 16a
Times: Friday, April 10, 5-10:30pm
Phone: 0221 470 4513
More Information: www.studiobuehne.uni-koeln.de
DRESDEN
Film:
Film Fest Dresden – International Short Film Festival
From England to Spain, over twenty countries are represented in this year’s film festival. To honour the twentieth anniversary of Germany’s Peaceful Revolution, the program includes several events with the theme “20 Years After the Revolution.” Be sure to catch a couple films, and don’t miss the film ball and vampire procession Saturday night.
Price: Single Screening €5, Film Ball €10
Location: Various
Times: Tuesday, April 14 – Sunday, April 19
More Info: www.filmfest-dresden.de
DÜSSELDORF
Galleries/Museums:
Jorge Pardo
Perhaps you’ve sipped a martini at the Bar am Kaiserteich in the K21, mesmerised by the hanging sculpture of glowing green and blue blossoms. Pretty, huh? It was created by Jorge Pardo, and now you can see more of the Cuban-American artist’s vibrant sculptures, pictures, and designs at this new exhibition devoted entirely to his work.
Price: €6.50
Location: K21 Kunstsammlung, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Ständehausstrasse 1
Times: Tuesday – Friday, 10am-6pm; Saturday and Sunday, 11am-6pm
Phone: 0211 8381 600
More Info: www.kunstsammlung.de
FRANKFURT
Film:
Nippon Connection – Japanese Film Festival
Over twenty Japanese filmmakers present their latest movies in Frankfurt starting Wednesday. This year’s festival includes a section devoted to “Pink Films,” a genre of Japanese erotic movies, as well as the regular stew of features, documentaries, and anime delights. But it’s not simply a day at the movies, workshops on sushi and shiatsu, plus concerts, dance performances, and an exhibition on stone lanterns turn this event into a cultural cornucopia.
Price: €6-35
Location: Various
Times: Wednesday, April 15 – Sunday, April 19
Phone: 069 798 22 986
More Info: www.nipponconnection.com
HAMBURG
Events:
A Musical Easter Egg Hunt
Look in the violin case! Look in the drum! Laeiszhalle’s Easter egg hunt is sure to be a glorious affair. Five to eight-year-olds are invited to partake in the spirited search, which culminates in an Easter Day concert by the Bremen Chamber Orchestra.
Price: €8
Location: Laeiszhalle, Johannes-Brahms-Platz
Times: Sunday, April 12, 2pm and 4:30 pm
Phone: 040 357 666 33
More Info: www.laeiszhalle.de
LEIPZIG
Galleries/Museums:
Amazonien
Panorama pictures don’t really have the allure they once did, say in the nineteenth century, but rest assured, a visit to “Amazonian” will be a day to remember. German artist Yadegar Asisi’s 32,000-square-foot image depicts the Amazon Jungle in all its tropical glory.
Price: €9
Location: Asisi Panometer Leipzig, Richard-Lehmann-Strasse 114
Times: Tuesday – Friday, 9am-7pm; Saturday, Sunday, and Holidays, 10am-8pm
Phone: 0341 121 33 96
More Info: www.asisipanometer.de
MUNICH
Music/Concerts
Russian Easter
If those glorious painted eggs tell us anything, it’s that the Russians sure know how to celebrate Easter. Spend Saturday evening listening to Russian and Ukrainian folk songs based on the Orthodox Easter theme.
Price: €24 – 54
Location: Gasteig, Carl-Orff-Saal, Rosenheimer Strasse 5
Times: Saturday, April 11, 8pm
Phone: 089 54 81 81 54 (0.14 cents/minute)
More Info: www.gasteig.de
Galleries/Museums
Tutankhamun – His Tomb and Treasures
King Tut’s one of history’s greatest superstars, and the discovery of his tomb in 1922 was one of the most sensational discoveries of all time. See the famed Pharaoh’s majestic coffin, his gilded chariot, and all those glistening treasures that were sealed up by his side over three thousand years ago.
Price: €8-19
Location: Event-Arena in the Olympiapark, Toni-Merkens-Weg 4
Times: Friday – Wednesday and Holidays 10am-6pm; Thursday, 10am-8pm; through August 30
Phone: 0180 557 0097 or 0180 54 818181 (0.14 cents/minute)
More Info: www.tut-ausstellung.com