"That's it then!"

Following five successful events, the salon series reaches its grand finale. We want to live – and die – as cheerfully and self-determined as possible. “That’s it!” breaks the silence.

We tend not to give enough thought beforehand to our need to say goodbye. The more we engage with this, the more valuable it becomes to have a plan for an emergency – a personalised farewell. Because the more freely we deal with it, the easier it becomes. We let death into our lives. The play comes to an end at some point.

The six-part salon series ‘That’s it!’ (A cheerful and varied evening on the subject of mortality) comes to an end for the time being with this sixth event. Once again, the line-up is changing.

The line-up for the sixth ‘Jetzt ist Sense’ talk with music and readings includes: Sigrid Grajek (host), Melanie Haupt and Jonathan Bratdeff (music), and the authors Birgit W. Durand, Clara Mavellia, Reinhild Paarmann and Susanne M. Riedel. Also appearing as a special guest is Philipp Freund, managing director of Ricam Hospiz gGmbH, which provides dignified care for people in the final stages of their lives.

(in German)

You are warmly invited to join us on Wednesday, 9 December 2026, at 7.30 pm. The venue this time is the Lettrétage (Veteranenstraße 21, 10119 Berlin). Admission is free.

Ms zu Kappenstein is the curator of the series. The event is organised by the Freundeskreis Tina Modotti Archiv e.V., a non-profit organisation.

We would like to thank the LOTTO Foundation Berlin for its support.

To accompany the salon series, the anthology “Schluss! Aus! Sense!” has been published by Geest Verlag, edited by Ms zu Kappenstein and Elke Hübener-Lipkau, with illustrations by Antje Püpke. The book is available in all bookshops and from relevant online retailers (ISBN 978-3-69064-548-5). Renate Koßmann is responsible for the photographic documentation of the event.

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