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Gaze up at the starry sky during the talks at the planetarium. Or listen to well-known authors as they read from their books, bringing them to life. You’ll find a wide range of talks on a variety of topics at the Urania, for example. Lectures & Readings © EUMB Pöschk GmbH & Co. KG Lectures & Readings 12/10/2026 – 16/10/2026 "Berlin Saves Energy" Action Week 2026 Lectures & Readings 12/10/2026 – 16/10/2026 The “Berlin Saves Energy” Action Week will take place from October 12 to 16, 2026. Under the theme “Learning from and with Role Models of Berlin’s Energy Transition,” the Action Week invites participants to discover innovative projects, forward-looking… Read more Free of charge Environment & Future Politics & Society science Location Verschiedene Orte Berlin Time 10:00 am – 20:00 pm https://www.berlin-spart-energie.de/startseite.html Lectures & Readings © Promo Lectures & Readings 12/10/2026 Thomas Fritzsching: Silly – The Stolen Band Lectures & Readings 12/10/2026 Thomas Fritzsching is the initiator, founder, and namesake of the Berlin band "Silly." From 1977 to 1994, he was the band’s guitarist and leader. He had a vision for a band that would be distinctly different from all other East German rock bands. Read more History of the GDR City of music Location DISTEL Kabarett-Theater Friedrichstraße 101 10117 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://distel-berlin.de/spielplan/event/thomas-fritzsching-silly-die-geklaute-band/ Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © visitBerlin, Foto: Dagmar Schwelle Lectures & Readings 12/10/2026 HAMED ABDEL-SAMAD Lectures & Readings 12/10/2026 Hamed Abdel-Samad writes about his fear that the separation of power and religion is not only on the decline but is heading toward its end. His new book offers a troubling assessment of the current state of affairs. Book launch and discussion. Read more Politics & Society Location Heimathafen Neukölln Karl-Marx-Straße 141 12043 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://heimathafen-neukoelln.de/events/hamed-abdel-samad/ Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © visitBerlin, Foto: Wolfgang Scholvien Lectures & Readings 13/10/2026 Public Rehearsal: The Dutch Women Lectures & Readings 13/10/2026 Public Rehearsal: The Dutch Women. Read more Location DT Bühne - Deutsches Theater Berlin Schumannstraße 13 10117 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.deutschestheater.de/programm/spielplan Lectures & Readings © Mark Hurek Lectures & Readings 13/10/2026 Alev Doğan: Verbunden. Warum echte Verbundenheit nicht verlorengehen darf Lectures & Readings 13/10/2026 (Reading in German: 'Connected. Why True Connection Must Not Be Lost') Read more Politics & Society Location Pfefferberg Theater Schönhauser Allee 176 10119 Berlin Time 20:00 pm http://literatur-live-berlin.de/ Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © © SDTB / Foto: Hans-Friedger Lachmann Lectures & Readings 14/10/2026 Berlin Brains: The Neuro-Abacus – How Mathematics Helps Us Understand the Brain Lectures & Readings 14/10/2026 The brain is a complex and dynamic system. Individual neurons can be modeled well mathematically. But what emerges from the interaction of millions of cells? And where in the brain is information encoded? Does each cell process its own information, or does it… Read more science Location Zeiss-Großplanetarium Prenzlauer Allee 80 10405 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.planetarium.berlin/veranstaltungen/berlin-brains-neuro-abakus Lectures & Readings © Arno Declair Lectures & Readings 14/10/2026 Book Presentation: “In the Shadow of the Drones” by Alexander Gertz Lectures & Readings 14/10/2026 Shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, student Alexander Gertz decides to travel to his mother’s homeland. Read more Literature Location Deutsches Theater Berlin Schumannstraße 13 A 10117 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.deutschestheater.de/programm/produktionen/buchvorstellung-im-schatten-der-drohnen Lectures & Readings © Jürgen Bauer Suhrkamp Verlag Lectures & Readings 14/10/2026 Lutz Seiler: Das tickende Herz Lectures & Readings 14/10/2026 Lutz Seiler reads from his new novel *Das tickende Herz* (in German). Read more Location Pfefferberg Theater Schönhauser Allee 176 10119 Berlin Time 20:00 pm http://literatur-live-berlin.de/ Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © Promo Lectures & Readings 15/10/2026 Pi Pa Poetry Slam Lectures & Readings 15/10/2026 Just like at a poetry slam for adults, well-known stage poets compete against each other with their poems. The children in the audience rate the performances and decide who gets the crown. Read more Children Literature Location Theater an der Parkaue - Bühne 1 Parkaue 29 10367 Berlin Time 10:00 am https://www.parkaue.de/spielplan/a-z/pi-pa-poetry-slam/ Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © visitBerlin Lectures & Readings 15/10/2026 The painter Carl Begas Lectures & Readings 15/10/2026 The painter Carl Begas, the Mendelssohn family, and Berlin’s musical life during the Vormärz period: A lecture by Wolfgang Cortjaens, Head of the Collection of Applied Arts and Graphic Arts at the German Historical Museum. Read more History Jewish Berlin Location Mendelssohn-Remise Jägerstraße 51 10117 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.mendelssohn-gesellschaft.de/gesellschaft/veranstaltungen Lectures & Readings © © Stefan Nützel Lectures & Readings 15/10/2026 #Logoskop forty-eight. Poetry and Science with Markus Köhle and Marie-Claire Tjombe Lectures & Readings 15/10/2026 Once a month since 2021, the Humboldt Lab has been hosting artistic freedom to shake up the scientific point of view. Equipped with a microphone and amplifier, two slam poets stroll through the exhibition “On Water. WasserWissen in Berlin” to recite texts… Read more Literature Location Humboldt Forum Schlossplatz 10178 Berlin Time 19:30 pm – 20:30 pm https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/termin/literatur/logoskop-achtundvierzig-168427/ Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © Bernhard Spöttel Lectures & Readings 15/10/2026 Constantin Schreiber: Die Kraft des Islam Lectures & Readings 15/10/2026 In the coming years, Islam will surpass Christianity as the world’s largest religion. It is creating new communities and offering a sense of belonging and transcendence—values that are becoming increasingly important in a fragile world. Constantin Schreiber… Read more Politics & Society Location Pfefferberg Theater Schönhauser Allee 176 10119 Berlin Time 20:00 pm http://literatur-live-berlin.de/ Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © Arno Declair Lectures & Readings 16/10/2026 Traumalandschaften Lectures & Readings 16/10/2026 Dreamscapes with Dorothee Elmiger HOSTED BY André Mumot Read more Location Deutsches Theater Berlin Schumannstraße 13 A 10117 Berlin Time 18:00 pm https://www.deutschestheater.de/programm/spielplan Lectures & Readings © Autorenforum Berlin Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 Literature in the Plural. Fall Reading by the Berlin Authors' Forum Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 Literature in the plural? But why? — Because the singular simply isn’t enough to do justice to the diversity of voices. They provide a platform for the writers of this city. Read more Literature Location Lettrétage e.V. Veteranenstraße 21 10119 Berlin https://www.lettretage.de/programm/literatur-im-plural-herbstlesung-des-autorenforums-berlin Lectures & Readings © Stuzubi GmbH Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 + 1 additional date Stuzubi Education and Training Fair Berlin Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 + 1 additional date The Stuzubi Berlin Fall Fair is a career fair for high school seniors, vocational high school graduates, and middle school students. Read more Free of charge Teenager Location Messe Berlin Messedamm 22 14055 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 16:00 pm https://stuzubi.de/messen/berlin/ Lectures & Readings © © 2020 Baobab Books / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Foto: Andreas König Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 Picture book cinema: Role models for you and me! Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 The picture books being read are *In Grandma Apo’s Garden* by Wei Tang and *Uncle Flores* by Eymard Toledo. Read more Accessible Events Children Location Humboldt Forum Schlossplatz 10178 Berlin Time 14:00 pm – 14:30 pm https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/event-reihe/lesung/bilderbuchkino-31647/ Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © Matthias Bothor Lectures & Readings 18/10/2026 Brückner Im Bruckner: Truman Capote: „Erzählung“ Lectures & Readings 18/10/2026 Two portraits, two icons of the 20th century. With a keen eye and literary elegance, Capote recounts his literary encounters with Marilyn Monroe and Marlon Brando—full of intimacy, contradictions, and surprising moments. Brückner’s voice lends these subtle… Read more Literature Location Renaissance-Theater Berlin, Bruckner-Foyer Time 11:30 am https://renaissance-theater.de/produktion/christian-brueckner-liest-truman-capote-erzaehlung/ Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © © 2015 Stefanie Schneider / Astrid Henn Ravensburger / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Foto: Andreas König Lectures & Readings 18/10/2026 Picture book cinema: Not only elephants in the house! Lectures & Readings 18/10/2026 There’s a lovely room for rent in the animals’ apartment block, and lots of prospective renters like it. But they all find fault with the neighbours – until someone arrives who sees everything differently. Anna shares her house with her best friend: her snake… Read more Accessible Events Children Literature Location Humboldt Forum Schlossplatz 10178 Berlin Time 14:00 pm – 14:30 pm https://www.humboldtforum.org/ Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © Julia Schwendner Lectures & Readings 18/10/2026 Ella Carina Werner: Menopause Turbosause Lectures & Readings 18/10/2026 Ella Carina Werneris one of Germany’s most accomplished and witty satirists. She is reading from her new book, *Menopause Turbosause* (in German). Read more Location ufaFabrik - Varieté Salon Viktoriastr. 10-18 12105 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://ufafabrik.de/veranstaltung/39991/ella-carina-werner Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © Lauscherlounge Lectures & Readings 18/10/2026 Live Radio Drama „Schöneberger Allerlei – Fall 4": A Berlin Crime Comedy Lectures & Readings 18/10/2026 What happened to Gloria Dellaneuve? The fourth case for the Schöneberg Kiosk Detective Agency – Sascha Unnasch’s popular live radio drama series “Schöneberger Allerlei” returns to the ufaFabrik. Read more Location ufaFabrik - Theatersaal Viktoriastr. 10-18 12105 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://ufafabrik.de/veranstaltung/39888/live-hoerspiel-schoeneberger-allerlei-fall-4 Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © Michael Ihle Lectures & Readings 18/10/2026 Wladimir Kaminer: Müttertage - Geschichten von den Heldinnen des Alltags Lectures & Readings 18/10/2026 Bestselling author Wladimir Kaminer reads from his latest book. (in German) Read more Location BKA – Berliner Kabarett Anstalt Mehringdamm 34 10961 Berlin Time 19:00 pm Buy tickets
Gaze up at the starry sky during the talks at the planetarium. Or listen to well-known authors as they read from their books, bringing them to life. You’ll find a wide range of talks on a variety of topics at the Urania, for example.
Lectures & Readings © EUMB Pöschk GmbH & Co. KG Lectures & Readings 12/10/2026 – 16/10/2026 "Berlin Saves Energy" Action Week 2026 Lectures & Readings 12/10/2026 – 16/10/2026 The “Berlin Saves Energy” Action Week will take place from October 12 to 16, 2026. Under the theme “Learning from and with Role Models of Berlin’s Energy Transition,” the Action Week invites participants to discover innovative projects, forward-looking… Read more Free of charge Environment & Future Politics & Society science Location Verschiedene Orte Berlin Time 10:00 am – 20:00 pm https://www.berlin-spart-energie.de/startseite.html
Lectures & Readings © Promo Lectures & Readings 12/10/2026 Thomas Fritzsching: Silly – The Stolen Band Lectures & Readings 12/10/2026 Thomas Fritzsching is the initiator, founder, and namesake of the Berlin band "Silly." From 1977 to 1994, he was the band’s guitarist and leader. He had a vision for a band that would be distinctly different from all other East German rock bands. Read more History of the GDR City of music Location DISTEL Kabarett-Theater Friedrichstraße 101 10117 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://distel-berlin.de/spielplan/event/thomas-fritzsching-silly-die-geklaute-band/ Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © visitBerlin, Foto: Dagmar Schwelle Lectures & Readings 12/10/2026 HAMED ABDEL-SAMAD Lectures & Readings 12/10/2026 Hamed Abdel-Samad writes about his fear that the separation of power and religion is not only on the decline but is heading toward its end. His new book offers a troubling assessment of the current state of affairs. Book launch and discussion. Read more Politics & Society Location Heimathafen Neukölln Karl-Marx-Straße 141 12043 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://heimathafen-neukoelln.de/events/hamed-abdel-samad/ Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © visitBerlin, Foto: Wolfgang Scholvien Lectures & Readings 13/10/2026 Public Rehearsal: The Dutch Women Lectures & Readings 13/10/2026 Public Rehearsal: The Dutch Women. Read more Location DT Bühne - Deutsches Theater Berlin Schumannstraße 13 10117 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.deutschestheater.de/programm/spielplan
Lectures & Readings © Mark Hurek Lectures & Readings 13/10/2026 Alev Doğan: Verbunden. Warum echte Verbundenheit nicht verlorengehen darf Lectures & Readings 13/10/2026 (Reading in German: 'Connected. Why True Connection Must Not Be Lost') Read more Politics & Society Location Pfefferberg Theater Schönhauser Allee 176 10119 Berlin Time 20:00 pm http://literatur-live-berlin.de/ Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © © SDTB / Foto: Hans-Friedger Lachmann Lectures & Readings 14/10/2026 Berlin Brains: The Neuro-Abacus – How Mathematics Helps Us Understand the Brain Lectures & Readings 14/10/2026 The brain is a complex and dynamic system. Individual neurons can be modeled well mathematically. But what emerges from the interaction of millions of cells? And where in the brain is information encoded? Does each cell process its own information, or does it… Read more science Location Zeiss-Großplanetarium Prenzlauer Allee 80 10405 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.planetarium.berlin/veranstaltungen/berlin-brains-neuro-abakus
Lectures & Readings © Arno Declair Lectures & Readings 14/10/2026 Book Presentation: “In the Shadow of the Drones” by Alexander Gertz Lectures & Readings 14/10/2026 Shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, student Alexander Gertz decides to travel to his mother’s homeland. Read more Literature Location Deutsches Theater Berlin Schumannstraße 13 A 10117 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.deutschestheater.de/programm/produktionen/buchvorstellung-im-schatten-der-drohnen
Lectures & Readings © Jürgen Bauer Suhrkamp Verlag Lectures & Readings 14/10/2026 Lutz Seiler: Das tickende Herz Lectures & Readings 14/10/2026 Lutz Seiler reads from his new novel *Das tickende Herz* (in German). Read more Location Pfefferberg Theater Schönhauser Allee 176 10119 Berlin Time 20:00 pm http://literatur-live-berlin.de/ Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Promo Lectures & Readings 15/10/2026 Pi Pa Poetry Slam Lectures & Readings 15/10/2026 Just like at a poetry slam for adults, well-known stage poets compete against each other with their poems. The children in the audience rate the performances and decide who gets the crown. Read more Children Literature Location Theater an der Parkaue - Bühne 1 Parkaue 29 10367 Berlin Time 10:00 am https://www.parkaue.de/spielplan/a-z/pi-pa-poetry-slam/ Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © visitBerlin Lectures & Readings 15/10/2026 The painter Carl Begas Lectures & Readings 15/10/2026 The painter Carl Begas, the Mendelssohn family, and Berlin’s musical life during the Vormärz period: A lecture by Wolfgang Cortjaens, Head of the Collection of Applied Arts and Graphic Arts at the German Historical Museum. Read more History Jewish Berlin Location Mendelssohn-Remise Jägerstraße 51 10117 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.mendelssohn-gesellschaft.de/gesellschaft/veranstaltungen
Lectures & Readings © © Stefan Nützel Lectures & Readings 15/10/2026 #Logoskop forty-eight. Poetry and Science with Markus Köhle and Marie-Claire Tjombe Lectures & Readings 15/10/2026 Once a month since 2021, the Humboldt Lab has been hosting artistic freedom to shake up the scientific point of view. Equipped with a microphone and amplifier, two slam poets stroll through the exhibition “On Water. WasserWissen in Berlin” to recite texts… Read more Literature Location Humboldt Forum Schlossplatz 10178 Berlin Time 19:30 pm – 20:30 pm https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/termin/literatur/logoskop-achtundvierzig-168427/ Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Bernhard Spöttel Lectures & Readings 15/10/2026 Constantin Schreiber: Die Kraft des Islam Lectures & Readings 15/10/2026 In the coming years, Islam will surpass Christianity as the world’s largest religion. It is creating new communities and offering a sense of belonging and transcendence—values that are becoming increasingly important in a fragile world. Constantin Schreiber… Read more Politics & Society Location Pfefferberg Theater Schönhauser Allee 176 10119 Berlin Time 20:00 pm http://literatur-live-berlin.de/ Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Arno Declair Lectures & Readings 16/10/2026 Traumalandschaften Lectures & Readings 16/10/2026 Dreamscapes with Dorothee Elmiger HOSTED BY André Mumot Read more Location Deutsches Theater Berlin Schumannstraße 13 A 10117 Berlin Time 18:00 pm https://www.deutschestheater.de/programm/spielplan
Lectures & Readings © Autorenforum Berlin Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 Literature in the Plural. Fall Reading by the Berlin Authors' Forum Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 Literature in the plural? But why? — Because the singular simply isn’t enough to do justice to the diversity of voices. They provide a platform for the writers of this city. Read more Literature Location Lettrétage e.V. Veteranenstraße 21 10119 Berlin https://www.lettretage.de/programm/literatur-im-plural-herbstlesung-des-autorenforums-berlin
Lectures & Readings © Stuzubi GmbH Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 + 1 additional date Stuzubi Education and Training Fair Berlin Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 + 1 additional date The Stuzubi Berlin Fall Fair is a career fair for high school seniors, vocational high school graduates, and middle school students. Read more Free of charge Teenager Location Messe Berlin Messedamm 22 14055 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 16:00 pm https://stuzubi.de/messen/berlin/
Lectures & Readings © © 2020 Baobab Books / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Foto: Andreas König Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 Picture book cinema: Role models for you and me! Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 The picture books being read are *In Grandma Apo’s Garden* by Wei Tang and *Uncle Flores* by Eymard Toledo. Read more Accessible Events Children Location Humboldt Forum Schlossplatz 10178 Berlin Time 14:00 pm – 14:30 pm https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/event-reihe/lesung/bilderbuchkino-31647/ Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Matthias Bothor Lectures & Readings 18/10/2026 Brückner Im Bruckner: Truman Capote: „Erzählung“ Lectures & Readings 18/10/2026 Two portraits, two icons of the 20th century. With a keen eye and literary elegance, Capote recounts his literary encounters with Marilyn Monroe and Marlon Brando—full of intimacy, contradictions, and surprising moments. Brückner’s voice lends these subtle… Read more Literature Location Renaissance-Theater Berlin, Bruckner-Foyer Time 11:30 am https://renaissance-theater.de/produktion/christian-brueckner-liest-truman-capote-erzaehlung/ Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © © 2015 Stefanie Schneider / Astrid Henn Ravensburger / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Foto: Andreas König Lectures & Readings 18/10/2026 Picture book cinema: Not only elephants in the house! Lectures & Readings 18/10/2026 There’s a lovely room for rent in the animals’ apartment block, and lots of prospective renters like it. But they all find fault with the neighbours – until someone arrives who sees everything differently. Anna shares her house with her best friend: her snake… Read more Accessible Events Children Literature Location Humboldt Forum Schlossplatz 10178 Berlin Time 14:00 pm – 14:30 pm https://www.humboldtforum.org/ Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Julia Schwendner Lectures & Readings 18/10/2026 Ella Carina Werner: Menopause Turbosause Lectures & Readings 18/10/2026 Ella Carina Werneris one of Germany’s most accomplished and witty satirists. She is reading from her new book, *Menopause Turbosause* (in German). Read more Location ufaFabrik - Varieté Salon Viktoriastr. 10-18 12105 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://ufafabrik.de/veranstaltung/39991/ella-carina-werner Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Lauscherlounge Lectures & Readings 18/10/2026 Live Radio Drama „Schöneberger Allerlei – Fall 4": A Berlin Crime Comedy Lectures & Readings 18/10/2026 What happened to Gloria Dellaneuve? The fourth case for the Schöneberg Kiosk Detective Agency – Sascha Unnasch’s popular live radio drama series “Schöneberger Allerlei” returns to the ufaFabrik. Read more Location ufaFabrik - Theatersaal Viktoriastr. 10-18 12105 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://ufafabrik.de/veranstaltung/39888/live-hoerspiel-schoeneberger-allerlei-fall-4 Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Michael Ihle Lectures & Readings 18/10/2026 Wladimir Kaminer: Müttertage - Geschichten von den Heldinnen des Alltags Lectures & Readings 18/10/2026 Bestselling author Wladimir Kaminer reads from his latest book. (in German) Read more Location BKA – Berliner Kabarett Anstalt Mehringdamm 34 10961 Berlin Time 19:00 pm Buy tickets
