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 © Klio Karadim Lectures & Readings 08/11/2026 Lyrik und Klangwelt: Paul Gerhardt Lectures & Readings 08/11/2026 Poetry reading accompanied by romantic salon music: ‘Autumn Leaves’, Op. 187, and ‘Songs Without Words’, Op. 9, by Adolf Terschak. Read more Location Kirche zum Vaterhaus - Gemeindesaal Baumschulenstraße 82-83 12437 Berlin Time 17:00 pm Lectures & Readings © Promo Lectures & Readings 08/11/2026 NIE WIEDER! Lectures & Readings 08/11/2026 Three actors (Eva Blum, Michaela Hanser, Falk Berghofer) read from Inge Deutschkrons’ *Ich trug den gelben Stern*, accompanied by Volker Ludwig’s *Zeitlose Lieder* from *Ab heute heißt Du Sara*, newly arranged for choir. A moving yet uplifting evening… Read more Literature City of music History of National Socialism Location GRIPS Theater Altonaer Straße 22 10557 Berlin Time 18:00 pm https://www.grips-theater.de/de/stuecke/konzertwitting26/157 Lectures & Readings © Sebastian Fuchs Lectures & Readings 08/11/2026 Bettina Tietjen „Tietjen sucht das Weite“ Lectures & Readings 08/11/2026 Bestselling author Bettina Tietjen is on the road again—and she’s taking us along on her most beautiful, exciting, and fun camping trips! Read more Location Schlosspark Theater Schloßstraße 48 12165 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.schlossparktheater.de/produktionen/bettina-tietjen-tietjen-sucht-das-weite.html Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © Carlsen Verlag Lectures & Readings 09/11/2026 Picture book reading: Ulrich Hub – Geburtstag im Staubsauger Lectures & Readings 09/11/2026 Pankow Public Library invites nursery groups and school classes to special comic and picture book readings at the cinema. Read more Free of charge Children Location Kino Toni Antonplatz 1 13086 Berlin Time 09:00 am – 10:00 am https://www.berlin.de/stadtbibliothek-pankow/veranstaltungen/formular.1716333.php Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © Tulipan Lectures & Readings 09/11/2026 Picture book reading: Kai Pannen – Wer spinnt gewinnt Lectures & Readings 09/11/2026 Pankow Public Library invites nursery groups and school classes to special comic and picture book readings at the cinema. Read more Free of charge Children Location Kino Toni Antonplatz 1 13086 Berlin Time 11:00 am – 12:00 pm https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=294304&ls=20&c=409 Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © Gedenkstunde für die Toten der Revolution 1918/19, 09.11.2025, Foto: Mathias Völzke, © forum 1848 Lectures & Readings 09/11/2026 Memorial Service for Those Who Died in the 1918–19 Revolution Lectures & Readings 09/11/2026 9 November 2026 at the Cemetery of the March Martyrs. 108 years after the November Revolution. 9 November 1918 marks the revolutionary end of the monarchy and the proclamation of the first German Republic – a decisive step towards democracy and social justice. Read more History Free of charge City of music Location Friedhof der Märzgefallenen Ernst-Zinna-Weg 1 10249 Berlin Time 12:00 pm https://forum1848.de/veranstaltungen/gedenkstunde-fuer-die-toten-der-revolution-1918-19/ Lectures & Readings © Katja Frechen Lectures & Readings 09/11/2026 + 1 additional date Write vividly Lectures & Readings 09/11/2026 + 1 additional date There has been a writing workshop for adults in the Mark Twain Library for several years now. Read more Literature Location Bezirkszentralbibliothek "Mark Twain" Marzahner Promenade 55 12679 Berlin Time 16:00 pm Lectures & Readings © Helga Elsner Torres Lectures & Readings 09/11/2026 Bilingual Fairy Tale Hour: Greek / German Lectures & Readings 09/11/2026 Come along on a magical journey into the world of Greek stories! Read more Free of charge International Children Literature Location Bibliothek am Wasserturm Prenzlauer Allee 227-228 10405 Berlin Time 16:30 pm – 17:30 pm https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=292723&ls=20&c=409 Lectures & Readings © WSB, Canva Lectures & Readings 09/11/2026 Zu warm für die DDR? – Queer life between conformity and emancipation – Lecture by Peter Rausch | Queer Monday Lectures & Readings 09/11/2026 What was life like for lesbian, gay and queer people in the GDR? What challenges, spaces of freedom and forms of resistance shaped their everyday lives?(in German) Read more History of the GDR Free of charge LGBTI Location Wolfdietrich-Schnurre-Bibliothek Bizetstraße 41 13088 Berlin Time 18:00 pm https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=290828&ls=20&c=409 Panel discussion © Jasmin Schuller Panel discussion 09/11/2026 Für Narges Mohammadi Panel discussion 09/11/2026 She is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, a human rights activist and a women’s rights campaigner, and she has been paying a heavy price for years: despite imprisonment, repression and torture, the Iranian Narges Mohammadi continues to fight fearlessly and… Read more Literature Politics & Society Location Deutsches Theater Berlin Schumannstraße 13 A 10117 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.deutschestheater.de/programm/produktionen/fuer-narges-mohammadi Lectures & Readings © Moritz Haase Lectures & Readings 09/11/2026 ZEIT-Recherchen: War Opa ein Nazi? Lectures & Readings 09/11/2026 Millions of Germans were members of the Wehrmacht and the NSDAP, yet many of their descendants knew nothing about it. Recently, anyone has been able to search the membership records for relatives with just a few clicks. Read more History of National Socialism Politics & Society Location Berliner Ensemble Bertolt-Brecht-Platz 1 10117 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.berliner-ensemble.de/inszenierung/zeit-recherchen-war-opa-ein-nazi Lectures & Readings © Kibitz Verlag Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 Comic reading: Felix Görmann – Das ZYX Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 Pankow Public Library invites nursery groups and school classes to special comic and picture book readings at the cinema. Read more Free of charge Children Location Kino Toni Antonplatz 1 13086 Berlin Time 09:00 am – 10:00 am https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=294310&ls=20&c=409 Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © KI Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 + 1 additional date Zhiyin Art: INVISIBLE – The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 + 1 additional date An interactive, multi-sensory live radio play for children, teenagers and adults. Read more Location ufaFabrik - Wolfgang Neuss Salon Viktoriastr. 10-18 12105 Berlin Time 10:00 am https://ufafabrik.de/veranstaltung/40957/zhiyin-art Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © Carl Hanser Verlag GmbH & Co. KG Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 Comic reading: Felix Görmann – Immerland Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 Read, watch, be amazed: stories come to life at the cinema. Read more Free of charge Children Literature Location Kino Toni Antonplatz 1 13086 Berlin Time 11:00 am – 12:00 pm https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=294313&ls=20&c=409 Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © Landesmusikrat Berlin e.V. Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 – 28/11/2026 Travelling exhibition “600 Accordions. Your Stories. Our Berlin – Part 6” Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 – 28/11/2026 Dieter Plinke from Berlin has collected 600 accordions – a life’s work. They are linked to memories from a wide variety of countries, generations and Berlin neighbourhoods. Read more Free of charge Children City of music Location Das Schloss Schlossstraße 34 12163 Berlin Time 12:00 pm https://www.landesmusikrat-berlin.de/amateurmusik/instrument-des-jahres/600-akkordeons/ Lectures & Readings © NASA Goddard Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 – 31/12/2026 Jewels of the Cosmos Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 – 31/12/2026 Spectacular images from the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes fill the large dome of the planetarium auditorium and draw the audience into a fascinating journey through the depths of space – colourful, rich in detail and overwhelmingly close. Read more science Location Archenhold-Sternwarte Treptow Alt-Treptow 1 12435 Berlin Time 12:30 pm https://www.planetarium.berlin/veranstaltungen/juwelen-des-kosmos Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © Ofri Lapid Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 Zeyer’s *Hungeriker Opfreser* / *The Very Hungry Caterpillar*: A bilingual story-time session for children in German and Yiddish Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 What does *The Very Hungry Caterpillar* sound like in Yiddish? At this bilingual reading, children and their families will hear Eric Carle’s popular story in German and Yiddish. Together, we’ll follow the little caterpillar as it works its way through its huge… Read more Free of charge Jewish Berlin Children Literature Location Bibliothek am Wasserturm Prenzlauer Allee 227 10405 Berlin Time 16:00 pm https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=294880&ls=20&c=409 Lectures & Readings © © NeuroCure Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 "Fact or Fake" – Can you spot the truth? Spotting "fakes" in science Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 The educational game ‘Fact or Fake’ is a playful format for communicating science. Visitors compete against each other and against themselves in a playful mini-Turing test: Read more Free of charge science Location Bettina-von-Arnim-Bibliothek Schönhauser Allee 75 10439 Berlin Time 17:00 pm https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=293269&ls=20&c=409 Film, theatre, literature & music © privat Film, theatre, literature & music 10/11/2026 "Review to the Roots" – Stories from 65 years of love for the accordion (accompanied by a musical program) Film, theatre, literature & music 10/11/2026 To mark the exhibition “600 Accordions. Your Stories. Our Berlin”, Monika Joos will be talking about her lifelong love of the accordion in this literary and musical event. Free admission. Read more Free of charge Literature City of music Location Das Schloss Schlossstraße 34 12163 Berlin Time 17:30 pm – 19:30 pm https://www.landesmusikrat-berlin.de/amateurmusik/instrument-des-jahres/600-akkordeons/ Lectures & Readings © Runze & Casper, Foto Lutz Wasserkampf Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 Between One's Country of Origin and a New Home—What Impact Does Emigration Have? Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 What if a significant event in one’s own family had unfolded differently? And what would it be like to look back at the details of the past today? Read more Film events in Berlin Free of charge International Location Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer Bernauer Straße 111 13355 Berlin Time 18:00 pm https://www.stiftung-berliner-mauer.de/de/gedenkstaette-berliner-mauer/besuch/programm/zwischen-herkunft-und-neuem-zuhause?date=2026-11-10T18%3A00%3A00%2B0100 Lectures & Readings © Bundesarchiv Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 Reading Stage: ‘Lesbian Self-Assertion in the GDR’ Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 Drawing on texts, interviews and archive material, Dr Teresa Tammer recounts the remarkable life story of Karin Dauenheimer. As a theologian, feminist, lesbian and single mother, she did not conform to the expectations of the state and society in the GDR. Read more History of the GDR Free of charge LGBTI Literature Location Ehemalige Stasi-Zentrale (Haus 22) Ruschestraße 103 10365 Berlin Time 18:30 pm – 20:00 pm https://www.bundesarchiv.de/themen-entdecken/vor-ort-entdecken/veranstaltungen/termin/lesbische-selbstbehauptung-in-der-ddr-berlin-10-11-2026/
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 © Klio Karadim Lectures & Readings 08/11/2026 Lyrik und Klangwelt: Paul Gerhardt Lectures & Readings 08/11/2026 Poetry reading accompanied by romantic salon music: ‘Autumn Leaves’, Op. 187, and ‘Songs Without Words’, Op. 9, by Adolf Terschak. Read more Location Kirche zum Vaterhaus - Gemeindesaal Baumschulenstraße 82-83 12437 Berlin Time 17:00 pm
Lectures & Readings © Promo Lectures & Readings 08/11/2026 NIE WIEDER! Lectures & Readings 08/11/2026 Three actors (Eva Blum, Michaela Hanser, Falk Berghofer) read from Inge Deutschkrons’ *Ich trug den gelben Stern*, accompanied by Volker Ludwig’s *Zeitlose Lieder* from *Ab heute heißt Du Sara*, newly arranged for choir. A moving yet uplifting evening… Read more Literature City of music History of National Socialism Location GRIPS Theater Altonaer Straße 22 10557 Berlin Time 18:00 pm https://www.grips-theater.de/de/stuecke/konzertwitting26/157
Lectures & Readings © Sebastian Fuchs Lectures & Readings 08/11/2026 Bettina Tietjen „Tietjen sucht das Weite“ Lectures & Readings 08/11/2026 Bestselling author Bettina Tietjen is on the road again—and she’s taking us along on her most beautiful, exciting, and fun camping trips! Read more Location Schlosspark Theater Schloßstraße 48 12165 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.schlossparktheater.de/produktionen/bettina-tietjen-tietjen-sucht-das-weite.html Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Carlsen Verlag Lectures & Readings 09/11/2026 Picture book reading: Ulrich Hub – Geburtstag im Staubsauger Lectures & Readings 09/11/2026 Pankow Public Library invites nursery groups and school classes to special comic and picture book readings at the cinema. Read more Free of charge Children Location Kino Toni Antonplatz 1 13086 Berlin Time 09:00 am – 10:00 am https://www.berlin.de/stadtbibliothek-pankow/veranstaltungen/formular.1716333.php Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Tulipan Lectures & Readings 09/11/2026 Picture book reading: Kai Pannen – Wer spinnt gewinnt Lectures & Readings 09/11/2026 Pankow Public Library invites nursery groups and school classes to special comic and picture book readings at the cinema. Read more Free of charge Children Location Kino Toni Antonplatz 1 13086 Berlin Time 11:00 am – 12:00 pm https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=294304&ls=20&c=409 Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Gedenkstunde für die Toten der Revolution 1918/19, 09.11.2025, Foto: Mathias Völzke, © forum 1848 Lectures & Readings 09/11/2026 Memorial Service for Those Who Died in the 1918–19 Revolution Lectures & Readings 09/11/2026 9 November 2026 at the Cemetery of the March Martyrs. 108 years after the November Revolution. 9 November 1918 marks the revolutionary end of the monarchy and the proclamation of the first German Republic – a decisive step towards democracy and social justice. Read more History Free of charge City of music Location Friedhof der Märzgefallenen Ernst-Zinna-Weg 1 10249 Berlin Time 12:00 pm https://forum1848.de/veranstaltungen/gedenkstunde-fuer-die-toten-der-revolution-1918-19/
Lectures & Readings © Katja Frechen Lectures & Readings 09/11/2026 + 1 additional date Write vividly Lectures & Readings 09/11/2026 + 1 additional date There has been a writing workshop for adults in the Mark Twain Library for several years now. Read more Literature Location Bezirkszentralbibliothek "Mark Twain" Marzahner Promenade 55 12679 Berlin Time 16:00 pm
Lectures & Readings © Helga Elsner Torres Lectures & Readings 09/11/2026 Bilingual Fairy Tale Hour: Greek / German Lectures & Readings 09/11/2026 Come along on a magical journey into the world of Greek stories! Read more Free of charge International Children Literature Location Bibliothek am Wasserturm Prenzlauer Allee 227-228 10405 Berlin Time 16:30 pm – 17:30 pm https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=292723&ls=20&c=409
Lectures & Readings © WSB, Canva Lectures & Readings 09/11/2026 Zu warm für die DDR? – Queer life between conformity and emancipation – Lecture by Peter Rausch | Queer Monday Lectures & Readings 09/11/2026 What was life like for lesbian, gay and queer people in the GDR? What challenges, spaces of freedom and forms of resistance shaped their everyday lives?(in German) Read more History of the GDR Free of charge LGBTI Location Wolfdietrich-Schnurre-Bibliothek Bizetstraße 41 13088 Berlin Time 18:00 pm https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=290828&ls=20&c=409
Panel discussion © Jasmin Schuller Panel discussion 09/11/2026 Für Narges Mohammadi Panel discussion 09/11/2026 She is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, a human rights activist and a women’s rights campaigner, and she has been paying a heavy price for years: despite imprisonment, repression and torture, the Iranian Narges Mohammadi continues to fight fearlessly and… Read more Literature Politics & Society Location Deutsches Theater Berlin Schumannstraße 13 A 10117 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.deutschestheater.de/programm/produktionen/fuer-narges-mohammadi
Lectures & Readings © Moritz Haase Lectures & Readings 09/11/2026 ZEIT-Recherchen: War Opa ein Nazi? Lectures & Readings 09/11/2026 Millions of Germans were members of the Wehrmacht and the NSDAP, yet many of their descendants knew nothing about it. Recently, anyone has been able to search the membership records for relatives with just a few clicks. Read more History of National Socialism Politics & Society Location Berliner Ensemble Bertolt-Brecht-Platz 1 10117 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.berliner-ensemble.de/inszenierung/zeit-recherchen-war-opa-ein-nazi
Lectures & Readings © Kibitz Verlag Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 Comic reading: Felix Görmann – Das ZYX Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 Pankow Public Library invites nursery groups and school classes to special comic and picture book readings at the cinema. Read more Free of charge Children Location Kino Toni Antonplatz 1 13086 Berlin Time 09:00 am – 10:00 am https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=294310&ls=20&c=409 Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © KI Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 + 1 additional date Zhiyin Art: INVISIBLE – The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 + 1 additional date An interactive, multi-sensory live radio play for children, teenagers and adults. Read more Location ufaFabrik - Wolfgang Neuss Salon Viktoriastr. 10-18 12105 Berlin Time 10:00 am https://ufafabrik.de/veranstaltung/40957/zhiyin-art Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Carl Hanser Verlag GmbH & Co. KG Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 Comic reading: Felix Görmann – Immerland Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 Read, watch, be amazed: stories come to life at the cinema. Read more Free of charge Children Literature Location Kino Toni Antonplatz 1 13086 Berlin Time 11:00 am – 12:00 pm https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=294313&ls=20&c=409 Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Landesmusikrat Berlin e.V. Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 – 28/11/2026 Travelling exhibition “600 Accordions. Your Stories. Our Berlin – Part 6” Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 – 28/11/2026 Dieter Plinke from Berlin has collected 600 accordions – a life’s work. They are linked to memories from a wide variety of countries, generations and Berlin neighbourhoods. Read more Free of charge Children City of music Location Das Schloss Schlossstraße 34 12163 Berlin Time 12:00 pm https://www.landesmusikrat-berlin.de/amateurmusik/instrument-des-jahres/600-akkordeons/
Lectures & Readings © NASA Goddard Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 – 31/12/2026 Jewels of the Cosmos Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 – 31/12/2026 Spectacular images from the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes fill the large dome of the planetarium auditorium and draw the audience into a fascinating journey through the depths of space – colourful, rich in detail and overwhelmingly close. Read more science Location Archenhold-Sternwarte Treptow Alt-Treptow 1 12435 Berlin Time 12:30 pm https://www.planetarium.berlin/veranstaltungen/juwelen-des-kosmos Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Ofri Lapid Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 Zeyer’s *Hungeriker Opfreser* / *The Very Hungry Caterpillar*: A bilingual story-time session for children in German and Yiddish Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 What does *The Very Hungry Caterpillar* sound like in Yiddish? At this bilingual reading, children and their families will hear Eric Carle’s popular story in German and Yiddish. Together, we’ll follow the little caterpillar as it works its way through its huge… Read more Free of charge Jewish Berlin Children Literature Location Bibliothek am Wasserturm Prenzlauer Allee 227 10405 Berlin Time 16:00 pm https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=294880&ls=20&c=409
Lectures & Readings © © NeuroCure Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 "Fact or Fake" – Can you spot the truth? Spotting "fakes" in science Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 The educational game ‘Fact or Fake’ is a playful format for communicating science. Visitors compete against each other and against themselves in a playful mini-Turing test: Read more Free of charge science Location Bettina-von-Arnim-Bibliothek Schönhauser Allee 75 10439 Berlin Time 17:00 pm https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=293269&ls=20&c=409
Film, theatre, literature & music © privat Film, theatre, literature & music 10/11/2026 "Review to the Roots" – Stories from 65 years of love for the accordion (accompanied by a musical program) Film, theatre, literature & music 10/11/2026 To mark the exhibition “600 Accordions. Your Stories. Our Berlin”, Monika Joos will be talking about her lifelong love of the accordion in this literary and musical event. Free admission. Read more Free of charge Literature City of music Location Das Schloss Schlossstraße 34 12163 Berlin Time 17:30 pm – 19:30 pm https://www.landesmusikrat-berlin.de/amateurmusik/instrument-des-jahres/600-akkordeons/
Lectures & Readings © Runze & Casper, Foto Lutz Wasserkampf Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 Between One's Country of Origin and a New Home—What Impact Does Emigration Have? Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 What if a significant event in one’s own family had unfolded differently? And what would it be like to look back at the details of the past today? Read more Film events in Berlin Free of charge International Location Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer Bernauer Straße 111 13355 Berlin Time 18:00 pm https://www.stiftung-berliner-mauer.de/de/gedenkstaette-berliner-mauer/besuch/programm/zwischen-herkunft-und-neuem-zuhause?date=2026-11-10T18%3A00%3A00%2B0100
Lectures & Readings © Bundesarchiv Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 Reading Stage: ‘Lesbian Self-Assertion in the GDR’ Lectures & Readings 10/11/2026 Drawing on texts, interviews and archive material, Dr Teresa Tammer recounts the remarkable life story of Karin Dauenheimer. As a theologian, feminist, lesbian and single mother, she did not conform to the expectations of the state and society in the GDR. Read more History of the GDR Free of charge LGBTI Literature Location Ehemalige Stasi-Zentrale (Haus 22) Ruschestraße 103 10365 Berlin Time 18:30 pm – 20:00 pm https://www.bundesarchiv.de/themen-entdecken/vor-ort-entdecken/veranstaltungen/termin/lesbische-selbstbehauptung-in-der-ddr-berlin-10-11-2026/
