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What’s on in Germany: November 15 – 21

This Week's Highlights: African films screen in Berlin, dancers take the stage in Karlsruhe, and Diwali celebrations in Hamburg.

Published: 15 November 2012 11:25 CET
What's on in Germany: November 15 – 21
Photo: DPA

BERLIN

Music/Concerts

Juliana Hatfield and Evan Dando

If you were at uni in the 1990s you probably made a few mix tapes with tunes by The Lemonheads and Juliana Hatfield. And chances are you’re looking back on those days with nostalgia, right? Well your night has finally arrived. The Lemonheads frontman Evan Dando joins Ms Hatfield at the Roter Salon Monday. They’ll be playing the hits that made them famous as well as a selection of cover tunes. “Here’s to you, Mrs Robinson.”

Price: €22.70

Location: Roter Salon in der Volksbühne, Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz

Times: Monday, November 19, 9pm

Ticket Hotline: 01805-570070 (0,14 €/minute)

More Information: www.volksbuehne-berlin.de

Film

Afrikamera 2012 – African Women On and Behind the Screen

Witches, factory workers, child soldiers, adulterers. The characters in the feature and documentary films being shown at the Arsenal Cinema this week as part of “Afrikamera 2012” are universal. But the thing that sets them apart is that they all tell a story specific to African society. The film series, now in its fifth edition, features films made by African women. Don’t miss African Sisters of the Screen, a selection of shorts by African women about African women from Kenya, Cameroon, Tunisia, Algeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Senegal.

Price: €6.50

Location: Kino Arsenal, Potsdamer Strasse 2

Times: Thursday, November 13 – Tuesday, November 18

Tickets: 030 26955 100

More Information: www.arsenal-berlin.de

COLOGNE

Music/Concerts/Film

Michael Nyman Band – Silent Film With Live Music

He’s scored films by Peter Greenaway and Michael Winterbottom, wrote the best-selling soundtrack for The Piano, and composed works for choirs, string quartets, and orchestras. He also plays piano, takes photos, and makes films. This week the man of many hats (and talents) brings his band to the Cologne Philharmonic to play live during a screening of two silent films from the 1920s: Manhatta and The Man With a Movie Camera.

Price: €25

Location: Kölner Philharmonie, Bischofsgartenstrasse 1

Times: Saturday, November 17, 8pm

Ticket Hotline: 0221 280 280

More Information: www.koelner-philharmonie.de

FRANKFURT

Events

Frankfurt Art Studio Days

It’s fun to watch artists at work. Over three hundred artist studios invite the public in to take a gander this weekend and next weekend in Frankfurt. A series of themed tours lead voyeuristic visitors through the paint and clay splattered spaces of a variety of visual artists working in the city center. Check the program to see which one catches your fancy. There’s even a programme for kids!

Price: Free

Location: Various

Times: Saturday, November 17, 2-7pm; Sunday, November 18, 12-6pm; Saturday, November 24, 2-8pm; Sunday, November 25, 12-6pm

More Information: www.frankfurter-ateliertage.de

Film

French Film Weeks – People on the Move

Movies by French filmmakers with an immigrant heritage run the reel at the German Film Institute in Frankfurt this week. In two of them, Muslims and Jews transcend matters of religion for love and survival. Ismaël Ferroukhi tells the story of a young Algerian immigrant who joins the resistance in Paris during World War II in Free Men (2011); and in Roschdy Zem’s Bad Faith (2006) a Jewish-Muslim couple prepares for a baby, and the question of faith pops up. Both screen with English subtitles.

Price: €7

Location: Kino im Deutschen Filmmuseum,
 Schaumainkai 41

Times: Saturday, November 17, 8:30pm (Free Men); Sunday, November 18, 8:30pm (Bad Faith)

Reservations: 069 961 220 220

More Information: www.deutsches-filminstitut.de

HAMBURG

Events

Too Tough To Die

Dee Dee Ramone said it best. “Too tough to die.” DJ King Kasi might not be spinning punk at Kaiserkeller Saturday night, but you can bet he’ll have a stack of primo rockabilly records under his arm. Order a Jack and coke and shimmy around the dance floor like you’re Wanda Jackson.

Price: €3

Location: Club Grosse Freiheit, Kaiserkeller, Grosse Freiheit 36

Times: Saturday, November 17, 10pm

Phone: 040 317 7780

More Information: www.grossefreiheit36.de

Diwali 2012

Get your fill of samosas, pakoras, raita, and naan while watching classical Indian dance in Hamburg Saturday. It’s Diwali! The Indian festival of lights! And the German-Indian Society is hosting a vibrant event in honour of the important Hindu holiday. Go and celebrate the triumph of good over evil with the lamp lighting gang.

Price: €20; €8 (Ages 6-12)

Location: Gemeindehaus, Schlossstrasse 78

Times: Saturday, November 17, 5pm

Tickets: 040 4148 7590

More Information: www.dighh.de

KARLSRUHE

Dance

International Dance Festival 2012

They’ve already proven their worth. Celebrated dancers from around the world twirl and bend, sway and leap across the stage at the Tempel Culture Center in Karlsruhe this week. See dancers from the Mannheim National Ballet Theatre interact in surprising ways with live music. Or witness Spanish dancer Olga Pericet present seven solo pieces inspired by the Chinese tangram puzzle.

Price: Various

Location: Kulturzentrum Tempel, Hardtstrasse 37a

Times: Saturday, November 17 – Tuesday, November 27

Phone: 0721 55 41 74

More Information: www.kulturzentrum-tempel.de

MUNICH

Literature

A.L. Kennedy – The Blue Book

Known for blending realism and fantasy, the Scottish writer A.L. Kennedy’s novels and short stories are often woven with dark undertones. She’s also a stand-up comedian. An interesting mix. Her latest novel The Blue Book tells the tale of one woman’s trans-Atlantic crossing aboard an ocean liner with her boyfriend and another man from her past. She reads Sunday morning at Literaturhaus in Munich.

Price: €10

Location: Literaturhaus München,
Salvatorplatz 1

Times: Sunday, November 18, 11:30am

Tickets: 089 29 19 340

More Information: www.literaturhaus-muenchen.de

Music/Concerts

Laetitia Sadier

Stereolab may be taking a break, but their lead singer isn’t. Since forming Stereolab in 1990 with English guitarist Tim Gane, Laetitia Sadier has sung on recordings by Luna, Common, Mouse on Mars, and myriad others. Lately, it seems like the French musician would like to spend some time focusing on a solo career. In support of her second solo album Silencio (Drag City, 2012), she’s been touring Europe all month. Catch the guitar strumming chanteuse Monday in Munich.

Price: €17

Location: Muffatwerk, Zellstrasse 4

Times: Monday, November 19, 8:30pm

Phone: 089 458 750 10

More Information: www.muffatwerk.de

Festivals

Jewish Culture Days

Contemporary klezmer was never so fun as when David Krakauer’s Madness Orchestra was on stage. And how’s this for solemn? “Bluer Than Blue” weaves twenty Yiddish songs composed during World War II into one continuous musical piece. There’s no denying Jewish culture comes with a lot of laughter and a lot of heartache. Celebrate it all over the next two weeks in Munich. Gasteig’s annual “Jewish Culture Days” festival brings some interesting topics to the forefront.

Price: Various

Location: Gasteig, Rosenheimer Strasse 5


Times: Saturday, November 17 – Sunday, November 25

Tickets 089 54 818181

More Information: www.gasteig.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.

Published: 27 November 2021 16:16 CET
Updated: 29 November 2021 14:17 CET
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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