BERLIN

Galleries/Museums

Tape Modern No. 20

Dancing and art go together so nicely, don’t you agree? Tape Modern continues its exhibition series Friday night with a group show featuring Irish artist Jane Hughes, Canadian artist Emmy Skensved, and 16 others. Explore the show’s theme of “destructionconstruction” then dance the night away.

Price: Free

Location: Tape, Heidestrasse 14

Times: Friday, March 4, 7pm

More Information: www. tapeberlin.de

Rescued Gods from the Palace of Tell Halaf

Over a century ago, German archaeologist Max Freiherr von Oppenheim unearthed a treasure in the Middle East. He found the remains of an ancient palace on a site in Syria known as Tell Halaf. The artifacts traveled to Berlin where they joined the unfortunate ranks of World War II casualties. Six decades later, tens of thousands of fragments have been pieced back together to comprise this exhibition of salvaged sculptures, monuments, and architectural reliefs.

Price: €12

Location: Pergamonmuseum, Am Kupfergraben 5, Museum Island

Times: Daily, 10am-6pm; Thursdays, 10am-10pm; through August 14

Phone: 030 266 42 4242

More Information: www.gerettete-goetter.de

Music/Concerts

Ben Folds

He played in a string of bands as a young up-and-comer, made a name for himself with Ben Folds Five, collaborated with William Shatner and Weird Al, and has been enjoying a sensational solo career. His latest disc Lonely Avenue, is a collaboration with English novelist Nick Hornby. Folds is one of the most productive artists of our time. See the man Thursday when he stops in Berlin before continuing on to Munich and Cologne.

Price: €27

Location: Huxley’s Neue Welt, Hasenheide 107 – 113

Times: Thursday, March 3, 8pm

Tickets: 030 780 99810

More Information: www.huxleysneuewelt.de

COLOGNE

Events

Cologne Karneval

It’s a flamboyantly fun time to be in Cologne. Karneval festivities kick off Thursday morning infusing the locals with mischievous glee. Join in on the celebrations taking place throughout the city, and throw yourself into the revelry on Rose Monday when a magnificent parade marches across town filling the air with spirited sounds, flowers, and candy. Catch as much as your pockets will hold!

Price: Free

Location: Various

Times: Thursday, March 3 – Wednesday, March 9

More Information: www.koelnerkarneval1.de

FRANKFURT

Children’s Events

Children’s Masquerade Ball

Karneval isn’t just for big people. Little kids like to get in on the pre-Lenten revelry too. Dress them up like clowns, queens, princes, and pirates and take the tots to Saalbau Bornheim, Monday. They’ll dance straight through nap time at a masquerade ball for the three-foot-tall set.

Price: €3

Location: Saalbau Bornheim, Arnsburgerstrasse 24

Times: Monday, March 7, 1:31pm

Tickets: 069 94 34 03 10

More Information: www.bernemer-kaewwern.de

HAMBURG

Events

International Women’s Festival

All the ladies in the house say “Yeah!” A festival devoted to the women of the world begins Friday in Hamburg with a kick-off dance party at Bürgerhaus Willhelmsburg. Take part in the full program of panel discussions, exhibitions, performances, and workshops, and by the end of the month you’ll be feeling some serious girl power.

Price: Various

Location: Various

Times: Friday, March 4, 5pm (Opening Party)

Phone: 0178 544 55 25

More Information: www.frauenfestival.de‘

Music/Concerts

Stephan Schulz – Cold War, Hot Rhythms: Louis Armstrong in the GDR

Author Stephan Schulz chronicled Louis Armstrong’s Cold War era tour in his book What a Wonderful World. On Friday, the Hamburg-based octet Jazz-O-Maniacs joins Schulz to present this remarkable story.

Price: €5

Location: America Center, Sandtorkai 48

Times: Friday, March 4, 6pm

Registration: (040) 7038 3688

More Information: www.amerikazentrum.de

La Vie en Rose

Put on those pink shades. Soprano Jutta Hohenstein-Wehlt and pianist Julia Götting perform German and French songs selected from operas, operettas, and symphonic vocal music, Sunday evening at Hamburg’s Ansgar Church. It may not be Edith Piaf, but it will surely be a heavenly affair.

Price: €6

Location: Ansgar Church, Wördenmoorweg 22

Times: Sunday, March 6, 6pm

Phone: 040 53 18 510

More Information: www.kirchengemeinde-ansgar.net

MUNICH

Music/Concerts

The Tiger Lillies Freakshow

With their signature macabre tilt and Brechtian sway, the Tiger Lilies recount the individual dramas of an unfortunate group of odd individuals in their alluringly twisted “freakshow.” Encounter this delightfully dark circus and hear the stories of Siamese twins, creatures with three hearts, and other fascinating deviants, this week.

Price: €36-56

Location: Prinzregententheater, Prinzregentenplatz 12

Times: Saturday, March 5, 3:30 and 7:30pm; Sunday, March 6, 3:30pm; Monday, March 7, 7:30pm – Friday, March 11, 7:30pm; Saturday, March 12, 3:30 and 7:30pm

Tickets: 089 2185 2899

More Information: www.tigerlilliesfreakshow.com

Ballet

L’Enfant et Les Sortilèges and The Dwarf

A delightful cast of characters jumps and jetees across the stage at the National Theater this week in a vibrant production of Alexander Zemlinsky and Maurice Ravel’s “L’Enfant et Les Sortilèges” and “The Dwarf.” Succumb to the strains of the Bavarian State Orchestra and enjoy an evening of enchanting amusement.

Price: €10-132

Location: National Theater, Max-Joseph-Platz 2,

Times: Thursday, March 3, Sunday, March 6, Wednesday, March 9, 7pm

Phone: 089 21 85 01

More Information: www.bayerische.staatsoper.de

Galleries/Museums

Future Beauty – 30 Years of Japanese Fashion

When it comes to avant-garde fashion, few surpass the designers of Japan in scope and sensationalism. The exquisite works of Comme des Garcons, Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto, Junya Watanabe, and other pioneering fashion designers comprise this new exhibition at Munich’s Haus der Kunst. Ryoji Ikeda and Carsten Nicolai’s synthetic audio-visual duo Cyclo performs Friday night, and a discussion on Japanese fashion and architecture takes place the following afternoon.

Price: €17 (Friday – Performance & Exhibition); €10 (Friday – Performance)€17 (Saturday – Discussion & Exhibition); €10 (Discussion – Performance)

Location: Gasteig, Rosenheimer Strasse 5

Times: Friday, March 4, 9pm (Performance); Saturday, March 5, 5pm (Discussion); Monday – Sunday, 10am-8pm; Thursday, 10am-10pm; March 4 – June 19 (Regular Hours)

Phone: 089 21127 113

More Information: www.hausderkunst.de