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Reading © visitberlin, Foto Wolfgang Scholvien Reading 09/10/2025 + 2 additional dates “Contemporary witnesses in conversation” – escape helper Burkhart Veige “Contemporary witnesses in conversation” – escape helper Burkhart Veige Reading 09/10/2025 + 2 additional dates “Contemporary witnesses in conversation” – escape helper Burkhart Veige The Berliner Unterwelten e.V. is always good for creative innovations: One of the most successful escape helpers, Burkhart Veigel, reports in a lecture and subsequent conversation about his activities on the Berlin Wall, in which he was able to help around 800… Read more Events on the Cold War History of the GDR Berlin wall Location Berliner Unterwelten - Brunnenstraße Berliner Unterwelten - Brunnenstraße Time 19:00 pm – 20:30 pm https://www.berliner-unterwelten.de/neuigkeiten/zeitzeugen-im-gespraech-fluchthelfer-burkhart-veigel.html
Theatre © Promo Theatre 09/10/2025 + 5 additional dates Die Verwandlung Die Verwandlung Theatre 09/10/2025 + 5 additional dates Die Verwandlung "When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous vermin." Read more Location ATZE Musiktheater - Großer Saal ATZE Musiktheater - Großer Saal Time 19:00 pm
Lectures & Readings © l.o.: Ira Peter (Foto: Edwin Bill), r.o.: Brygida Helbig (Foto: Kamila Parandowska), u.: Marko Martin (Foto: Anke Illing) Lectures & Readings 09/10/2025 European and imagined cultural capitals: The City Writer Scholarship of the Cultural Forum for Eastern Europe European and imagined cultural capitals: The City Writer Scholarship of the Cultural Forum for Eastern Europe Lectures & Readings 09/10/2025 European and imagined cultural capitals: The City Writer Scholarship of the Cultural Forum for Eastern Europe Focusing on a hotspot, on a European Capital of Culture – or on a city that we believe deserves to be a Capital of Culture. For a good decade and a half, city writers, who are at least as diverse as the places they report on, have been doing this for almost… Read more Politics & Society Free of charge Literature Location Dokumentationszentrum Flucht, Vertreibung, Versöhnung Dokumentationszentrum Flucht, Vertreibung, Versöhnung Time 19:00 pm https://www.flucht-vertreibung-versoehnung.de/de/veranstaltung/europaeische-und-imaginierte-kulturhauptstaedte-das-stadtschreiberstipendium-des
Art © Meinblau Projektraum Art 10/10/2025 – 26/09/2025 Fremdkörper Fremdkörper Art 10/10/2025 – 26/09/2025 Fremdkörper The group exhibition Foreign Bodies brings together works by Reiner Maria Matysik, Regina Mielich, Mariel Poppe, and Héctor Velázquez, which explore the possibilities and limitations of the physical. Read more Contemporary Art Free of charge Location Meinblau Projektraum (Pfefferberg) Meinblau Projektraum (Pfefferberg) Time 19:00 pm https://meinblau.de/fremdkoerper/
Lecture © Promo Lecture 09/10/2025 Gaza, International Law and the Discourse of Genocide Gaza, International Law and the Discourse of Genocide Lecture 09/10/2025 Gaza, International Law and the Discourse of Genocide Along with Berlin Review and the ECCHR, HAU brings together legal and historical perspectives: Israeli genocide researcher Omer Bartov and Palestinian international law expert Ahmed Abofoul, who hails from Gaza, look back on the situation in Gaza since October… Read more Politics & Society International Location HAU Hebbel am Ufer - HAU1 HAU Hebbel am Ufer - HAU1 Time 19:00 pm https://www.hebbel-am-ufer.de/programm/pdetail/on-justice-6-gaza-voelkerrecht-und-genozid
Concerts © ART Stalker Concerts 09/10/2025 Goosfraba – the capital city band with a feather-light groove Goosfraba – the capital city band with a feather-light groove Concerts 09/10/2025 Goosfraba – the capital city band with a feather-light groove With groove and ease, they bring soul, jazz, and funk to the stage—pop songs shine with freshness, surprise, and excitement. Read more experimental and contemporary Art City of music Location ART Stalker - Kunst+Bar+Events ART Stalker - Kunst+Bar+Events Time 19:00 pm https://art-stalker.reservix.de/p/reservix/group/494559 Buy tickets
Blues & Jazz © Big Band der Hans-Werner-Henze-Musikschule Blues & Jazz 09/10/2025 Jazz between the books Jazz between the books Blues & Jazz 09/10/2025 Jazz between the books On Thursday, October 9, 2025, at 7:00 p.m., the Hans Werner Henze Music School Big Band will perform at the "Erich Weinert" District Library on Springpfuhl. Read more City of music Location Stadtteilbibliothek Erich Weinert Stadtteilbibliothek Erich Weinert Time 19:00 pm https://berlin.de/bibliotheken-mh/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/jazz-zwischen-den-buechern-big-band-konzert-der-hans-werner-henze-musikschule-1598281.php
Lectures & Readings © Uslar & Rai Lectures & Readings 09/10/2025 October 9, 2025 07.00 pm - 08.00 pm PalaisPopulaire The Shortlist of the German Book Prize – presented by Uslar & Rai The Shortlist of the German Book Prize October 9, 2025 07.00 pm - 08.00 pm PalaisPopulaire The Shortlist of the German Book Prize – presented by Uslar & Rai The Shortlist of the German Book Prize Lectures & Readings 09/10/2025 October 9, 2025 07.00 pm - 08.00 pm PalaisPopulaire The Shortlist of the German Book Prize – presented by Uslar & Rai The Shortlist of the German Book Prize Who is in the running for Germany's most coveted book prize? Uslar & Rai present the six nominees in the final round of the German Book Prize 2025. Read more Literature Location PalaisPopulaire PalaisPopulaire Time 19:00 pm – 20:00 pm https://palaispopulaire.db.com/program/adults?language_id=3
Lectures & Readings © DSM Lectures & Readings 09/10/2025 Sabotage - Germany in Putin's sights Sabotage - Germany in Putin's sights Lectures & Readings 09/10/2025 Sabotage - Germany in Putin's sights DHL parcels explode, murder plots are hatched, internet cables are destroyed, German warships are suddenly paralyzed - hardly a day goes by since the war in Ukraine without new attacks and spying activities being reported that Western security services… Read more Free of charge Politics & Society Location Deutsches Spionagemuseum Deutsches Spionagemuseum Time 19:00 pm https://www.deutsches-spionagemuseum.de/event/sabotage-deutschland-in-putins-visier
Lecture © Akademie der Künste Lecture 09/10/2025 Transformation in retail – Cultural reuse Transformation in retail – Cultural reuse Lecture 09/10/2025 Transformation in retail – Cultural reuse The closure of the Karstadt, Kaufhof and Hertie department stores has left large vacant properties in a number of German cities. Downtown areas, long dominated by retail, now lie idle. Read more Politics & Society Location Akademie der Künste Pariser Platz Akademie der Künste Pariser Platz Time 19:00 pm – 21:00 pm https://adk.de/de/programm/?we_objectID=68091 Buy tickets
Theatre © Promo Theatre 09/10/2025 + 1 additional date Visiting TuD: Microcosm 1990. End and beginning of a country Visiting TuD: Microcosm 1990. End and beginning of a country Theatre 09/10/2025 + 1 additional date Visiting TuD: Microcosm 1990. End and beginning of a country Vajswerk's Mikrokosmos 1990. The End and the Beginning of a Country is certainly aimed at those who were there at the time, but above all at those who were too young for it, as young as the characters in the research-theatre piece. Read more On Tour Location Theater unterm Dach Theater unterm Dach Time 19:00 pm https://theateruntermdach-berlin.de/produktion/mikrokosmos-1990-ende-und-anfang-eines-landes/
Theatre © Dietrich Dettmann Theatre 09/10/2025 + 3 additional dates Der Wal (DSE) - The Whale Der Wal (DSE) - The Whale Theatre 09/10/2025 + 3 additional dates Der Wal (DSE) - The Whale It is only at the emotionally overwhelming conclusion that the viewer learns why an essay on Herman Melville's literary classic ‘Moby Dick’ is an important thread running through the heartbreaking story of Charlie, a former university professor who is now an… Read more Location Renaissance-Theater Berlin Renaissance-Theater Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://renaissance-theater.de/produktion/9871/ Buy tickets
Reading © Hans Scherhaufer Reading 09/10/2025 Eva Mirasol: Staying Alive. Not a Medical Novel Eva Mirasol: Staying Alive. Not a Medical Novel Reading 09/10/2025 Eva Mirasol: Staying Alive. Not a Medical Novel Eva Mirasol, born in 1981, is a doctor and author. She has written columns for the taz newspaper and the magazine of the Berlin Medical Association. She is a member of several reading groups and lives with her family in Berlin. Staying Alive is her first novel… Read more Literature Location Buchhandlung Bücher am Nonnendamm Buchhandlung Bücher am Nonnendamm Time 19:30 pm https://www.buecher-am-nonnendamm.de/veranstaltungen/eva-mirasol-liest-aus-staying-alive-kein-arztroman
Lectures & Readings © Brotfabrik Lectures & Readings 09/10/2025 "GDR and Trauma" – Literary Perspectives on a Historical Void. With Anne Rabe & Andrea Scrima "GDR and Trauma" – Literary Perspectives on a Historical Void. With Anne Rabe & Andrea Scrima Lectures & Readings 09/10/2025 "GDR and Trauma" – Literary Perspectives on a Historical Void. With Anne Rabe & Andrea Scrima During the evening, Anne Rabe and Andrea Scrima will discuss the ways in which they address the traumas of the GDR in their novels and read from their works. Both authors explore socio-historical approaches to the GDR in their literature in different ways… Read more History of the GDR Literature Location Brotfabrik Kino Brotfabrik Kino Time 19:30 pm
Blues & Jazz © BW Blues & Jazz 09/10/2025 Jazz, Words and Worlds Jazz, Words and Worlds Blues & Jazz 09/10/2025 Jazz, Words and Worlds Swing and Jazz Concert - between Knef and Piaf, Holiday and Bechet – Jazz, Words and Worlds. Read more City of music Location Ballhaus Wedding Ballhaus Wedding Time 19:30 pm – 22:00 pm https://www.ballhauswedding.de/details-registrierung/jazz-worte-welten Buy tickets
Opera © Foto: Jan Windszus Photography Opera 09/10/2025 Jesus Christ Superstar Jesus Christ Superstar Opera 09/10/2025 Jesus Christ Superstar The season kicks off at Tempelhof Airport’s Hangar 4, which is opening its portals for another spectacular extravaganza: after last season saw hundreds of choral singers performing Handel’s Messiah , this time we’ve got hundreds of dancers in Jesus Christ… Read more City of music Location Flughafen Tempelhof Hangar 4 Flughafen Tempelhof Hangar 4 Time 19:30 pm https://www.komische-oper-berlin.de/spielplan/a-z/jesus-christ-superstar/ Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Unsplash | Ries Bosch Lectures & Readings 09/10/2025 More moor! But how? More moor! But how? Lectures & Readings 09/10/2025 More moor! But how? What was once cultivated and thus significantly altered is now a beacon of hope: the moor. Moors are among the most effective natural CO₂ stores – but only if they have enough water. Read more Free of charge Sustainability Location Futurium Futurium Time 19:30 pm – 21:00 pm https://futurium.de/veranstaltung/mehr-moor/mehr-moor
Theatre © Elsa Haedge Theatre 09/10/2025 Odysseus Odysseus Theatre 09/10/2025 Odysseus The heroism of famous figures from ancient history often lies like a dazzling protective film, making it difficult to see beneath the surface. But what happens when we try to see through the glimmer, peeling it away layer by layer? Read more Location Kulturvolk - Piscator Saal Kulturvolk - Piscator Saal Time 19:30 pm
Puppet Theatre © tic / Uwe Precht Puppet Theatre 09/10/2025 + 2 additional dates Orpheus in der Unterwelt (Orpheus in the Underworld) Orpheus in der Unterwelt (Orpheus in the Underworld) Puppet Theatre 09/10/2025 + 2 additional dates Orpheus in der Unterwelt (Orpheus in the Underworld) Musical comedy in two acts with the music of Jacques Offenbach, arranged by Hector Cremieux and Ludovic Halevy. Read more Berlin's neighbourhoods Teenager Location PuppenTheater Felicio PuppenTheater Felicio Time 19:30 pm https://www.felicio.de/index.php
Theatre © Phillip Zwanzig Theatre 09/10/2025 + 1 additional date To the beautiful view To the beautiful view Theatre 09/10/2025 + 1 additional date To the beautiful view The comedy "To the Beautiful View" by Ödön von Horváth was written in 1926. This social satire, whose premiere at the Dresden Residenztheater was canceled due to the global economic crisis, was finally premiered in Graz in 1969. Set in an idyllic setting, the… Read more Location Theater RambaZamba Theater RambaZamba Time 19:30 pm https://rambazamba-theater.de/de/spielplan/zur-schoenen-aussicht-07-06-2024 Buy tickets
Theatre © Promo Theatre 09/10/2025 + 2 additional dates The God of Carnage The God of Carnage Theatre 09/10/2025 + 2 additional dates The God of Carnage A merciless deconstruction of the bourgeois facade in small steps. Read more On Tour Location Theaterforum Kreuzberg Theaterforum Kreuzberg Time 19:30 pm
