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What’s on in Germany: October 4 – 10

This Week's Highlights: English theatre in Frankfurt, a legendary photo editor in Munich, and an Art Spiegelman retrospective in Cologne.

What's on in Germany:  October 4 - 10
Photo: DPA

BERLIN

Galleries/Museums

The Shuttered Society – Art Photography in the GDR 1949 – 1989

Focusing on trends, traditions, and shifting idioms in the medium, while offering a view of life in East Germany, a new exhibition at the Berlinische Galerie presents the largest collection of GDR art photography ever displayed. Images range from posed portraits to gray cityscapes, thoughtful still-lifes, and interesting street scenes. Go gaze at the trove, representing four decades of art photographs from the German Democratic Republic, when it’s unveiled at the exhibition opening Thursday.

Price: €8

Location: Berlinische Galerie, Alte Jakobstrasse 124-128

Times: Thursday, October 4, 7pm (Opening); Wednesday – Monday, 10am-6pm; October 5 – January 28, 2013 (Regular Hours)

Phone: 030-789 02-600

More Information: www.berlinischegalerie.de

Asa Elzen – Mary Wollstonecraft’s Scandinavian Journey 1795 Re-Traced

Back in the 18th century the notion of feminism wasn’t much more than an unusual philosophy floundering around in the minds of a few intelligent women. One of these learned ladies was Mary Wollstonecraft, a British writer who is said to be the originator of feminist text and who also happens to be the subject of an artwork by Swedish artist Asa Elzen currently on view in Berlin. Examine Elzen’s multifaceted response to Wollstonecraft’s journey through Scandinavia at Uqbar.

Price: Free

Location: Uqbar, Schwedenstrasse 16

Times: Friday and Saturday, 2-7pm; through November 17

Phone: 030 4606 9107

More Information: www.projectspace.uqbar-ev.de

Film

The Red Shoes

Ballet is a powerful thing. It drives the human spirit to do the unthinkable. Or so it goes in the movies anyway. Powell and Pressburger’s 1948 film The Red Shoes is one of cinema’s most adored dance movies. British ballerina Moira Shearer famously played the starring role of love torn dancer Vicky Page. Watch the technicolour drama unfold at the Jewish Museum’s Monday night film series this week.

Price: €5 (Museum Admission)

Location: Jewish Museum Berlin,
Lindenstrasse 9-14

Times: Monday, October 8, 7:30pm

Reservations: 030 259 93 488

More Information: www.jmberlin.de

COLOGNE

Galleries/Museums

Co-Mix – Art Spiegelman: A Retrospective of Comics, Graphics, and Scraps

If you collected Garbage Pail Kids, or read the New Yorker between 1992 and 2001 you’ve encountered Art Spiegelman. One of the most important cartoonists of our time, the Pulitzer Prize winning comic book author is the subject of a new exhibition at Museum Ludwig. The retrospective includes sketches, illustrations, cover drawings, and a major exhibit featuring Maus, his graphic novel which tells the story of how his parents survived the Auschwitz and Dachau concentration camps. Go Thursday when the museum stays open late.

Price: €10

Location: Museum Ludwig, Heinrich-Böll-Platz

Times: Tuesday – Sunday, 10am-6pm; Thursday, October 4, 10am-10pm; through January 6, 2013

Phone: 0221 221 26165

More Information: www.museum-ludwig.de

Music/Concerts

Irish Chamber Orchestra With Pekka Kuusisto

Works by the great Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara join violin concertos by Bach, and Bartok’s Divertimento for String Orchestra on the Irish Chamber Orchestra’s Sunday afternoon program. The celebrated Finnish virtuoso Pekka Kuusisto accompanies the ensemble in a vibrant concert where the violin is king. Order your tickets for this very special performance by one of Ireland’s most acclaimed musical groups.

Price: €10-32

Location: Kölner Philharmonie, Bischofsgartenstrasse 1

Times: Sunday, October 7, 4pm

Hotline: 0221 280 280

More Information: www.irishchamberorchestra.com

DÜSSELDORF

Music/Concerts

Vive le Jazz

France and Germany have had some relationship issues in the past, but one thing they can always agree on is that music is the language of life. This week, jazz musicians from the land of baguettes join their bratwurst noshing counterparts in a series of concerts in venues around Cologne. Pianist Hans Ludermann and bassist Sebastien Boisseau kick off the program Thursday night followed by a set from the Christine Corvisier Quintet. Check the schedule and take your pick from an excellent array of performers.

Price: Various

Location: Various

Times: Thursday, October 4 – Friday, October 12

More Information: www.vivelejazz.eu

FRANKFURT

Theatre

Relatively Speaking

Craving a little English theatre? Head to Dr. Hoch’s Konservatorium Monday night when New Triad Theatre London performs Alan Ayckbourn’s Relatively Speaking. The hilarious tale of a love triangle gone out of control premiered in 1967, and it’s as comedically relevant today as it was back then.

Price: €15

Location: Dr. Hoch’s Konservatorium, Sonnemannstrasse 16

Times: Monday, October 8, 7pm

Phone: 069 212 38 384

More Information: www.vhs.frankfurt.de

Dance

Arab Contemporary

Witnessing bodies in motion is a beautiful way to ponder the questions – Who am I? Who are we? Who are they? Mousonturm’s Arab Contemporary dance series features artists from Tunisia, Morocco, and France who incorporate themes of identity into their work and grapple with the relationship between the customs of their homelands and the practices of western artists. Four different performances run through Sunday.

Price: €12 – 17

Location: Mousonturn, Waldschmidtstrasse 4

Times: Wednesday, October 3 – Sunday, October 7

Phone: 069 40 58 95 20

More Information: www.mousonturm.de

HAMBURG

Events

Rippple Books 2012 Book Launch

Focusing on books by expat writers living in Germany, Rippple Books publishes two books each year. On Thursday, the company celebrates the release of its latest pair of novels, MacKenzie Stilton’s The Label Maker, and Campbell Jeffery’s Hunter. Go and congratulate the anglophone authors between sets of live music and a literary performance.

Price: Free

Location: Oberstübchen, Sankt Pauli Fischmarkt 27

Times: Thursday, October 4, 7:30pm

More Information: www.rippplebooks.com

MUNICH

Film

Underdox – Festival for Documentary and Experimental Film

The Dutch artist and independent filmmaker Manon de Boer is the “artist in focus” at this year’s Underdox festival. Some of her more recent films about musicians and dancers join Greek shorts, and a film about a sadomasochist with cystic fibrosis on the programme of strange and fascinating films from around the world.

Price: €6; €25 (5-pack)

Location: Various

Times: Thursday, October 4 – Thursday, October 11

More Information: www.underdox-festival.de

Events

Get the Picture – A Personal History of Photojournalism

John G. Morris has had a lot of influence on Western media over the last century or so. At 95, the photo editor has had an incomparable career, listing everything from Life to the Ladies’ Home Journal, to The New York Times on his resume. He selected the images that the world would see of some of history’s most important events from the D-Day landing at Omaha Beach to Apollo 11’s landing on the moon. See the great man speak at Munich’s America House Friday.

Price: Free

Location: Amerika Haus, Karolinenplatz 3

Times: Friday, October 5, 6pm

Phone: 089 55 25 370

More Information: www.amerikahaus.de

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BERLIN

EXPLAINED: Berlin’s latest Covid rules

In response to rapidly rising Covid-19 infection rates, the Berlin Senate has introduced stricter rules, which came into force on Saturday, November 27th. Here's what you need to know.

A sign in front of a waxing studio in Berlin indicates the rule of the 2G system
A sign in front of a waxing studio indicates the rule of the 2G system with access only for fully vaccinated people and those who can show proof of recovery from Covid-19 as restrictions tighten in Berlin. STEFANIE LOOS / AFP

The Senate agreed on the tougher restrictions on Tuesday, November 23rd with the goal of reducing contacts and mobility, according to State Secretary of Health Martin Matz (SPD).

He explained after the meeting that these measures should slow the increase in Covid-19 infection rates, which was important as “the situation had, unfortunately, deteriorated over the past weeks”, according to media reports.

READ ALSO: Tougher Covid measures needed to stop 100,000 more deaths, warns top German virologist

Essentially, the new rules exclude from much of public life anyone who cannot show proof of vaccination or recovery from Covid-19. You’ll find more details of how different sectors are affected below.

Shops
If you haven’t been vaccinated or recovered (2G – geimpft (vaccinated) or genesen (recovered)) from Covid-19, then you can only go into shops for essential supplies, i.e. food shopping in supermarkets or to drugstores and pharmacies.

Many – but not all – of the rules for shopping are the same as those passed in the neighbouring state of Brandenburg in order to avoid promoting ‘shopping tourism’ with different restrictions in different states.

Leisure
2G applies here, too, as well as the requirement to wear a mask with most places now no longer accepting a negative test for entry. Only minors are exempt from this requirement.

Sport, culture, clubs
Indoor sports halls will off-limits to anyone who hasn’t  been vaccinated or can’t show proof of recovery from Covid-19. 2G is also in force for cultural events, such as plays and concerts, where there’s also a requirement to wear a mask. 

In places where mask-wearing isn’t possible, such as dance clubs, then a negative test and social distancing are required (capacity is capped at 50 percent of the maximum).

Restaurants, bars, pubs (indoors)
You have to wear a mask in all of these places when you come in, leave or move around. You can only take your mask off while you’re sat down. 2G rules also apply here.

Hotels and other types of accommodation 
Restrictions are tougher here, too, with 2G now in force. This means that unvaccinated people can no longer get a room, even if they have a negative test.

Hairdressers
For close-contact services, such as hairdressers and beauticians, it’s up to the service providers themselves to decide whether they require customers to wear masks or a negative test.

Football matches and other large-scale events
Rules have changed here, too. From December 1st, capacity will be limited to 5,000 people plus 50 percent of the total potential stadium or arena capacity. And only those who’ve been vaccinated or have recovered from Covid-19 will be allowed in. Masks are also compulsory.

For the Olympic Stadium, this means capacity will be capped at 42,000 spectators and 16,000 for the Alte Försterei stadium. 

Transport
3G rules – ie vaccinated, recovered or a negative test – still apply on the U-Bahn, S-Bahn, trams and buses in Berlin. It was not possible to tighten restrictions, Matz said, as the regulations were issued at national level.

According to the German Act on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases, people have to wear a surgical mask or an FFP2 mask  on public transport.

Christmas markets
The Senate currently has no plans to cancel the capital’s Christmas markets, some of which have been open since Monday. 

According to Matz, 2G rules apply and wearing a mask is compulsory.

Schools and day-care
Pupils will still have to take Covid tests three times a week and, in classes where there are at least two children who test positive in the rapid antigen tests, then tests should be carried out daily for a week.  

Unlike in Brandenburg, there are currently no plans to move away from face-to-face teaching. The child-friendly ‘lollipop’ Covid tests will be made compulsory in day-care centres and parents will be required to confirm that the tests have been carried out. Day-care staff have to document the results.

What about vaccination centres?
Berlin wants to expand these and set up new ones, according to Matz. A new vaccination centre should open in the Ring centre at the end of the week and 50 soldiers from the German army have been helping at the vaccination centre at the Exhibition Centre each day since last week.

The capacity in the new vaccination centre in the Lindencenter in Lichtenberg is expected to be doubled. There are also additional vaccination appointments so that people can get their jabs more quickly. Currently, all appointments are fully booked well into the new year.

 

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