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 © Denkort Bunker Valentin/LzpB Bremen Lectures & Readings "Forbidden Relationships" from multiple perspectives Lectures & Readings Multi-peRSPEKTif is a project at the Bunker Valentin memorial site in Bremen. Young people explore traces of Nazi forced labour and relate… Read more
Panel discussion © Brotfabrik Panel discussion "Fuckgirl – I Can Fix It" – Reading & Discussion with Bianca Jankovska & Lea-Liane Winkler Panel discussion Bianca Jankovska’s radical feminist novel *Fuckgirl* (2026) challenges the patriarchal order of things with unmistakable, raw linguistic… Read more
Lectures & Readings © Brotfabrik Lectures & Readings "Going Home" – Premiere reading & discussion with Elke Cremer & Christina Müller Lectures & Readings In her debut novel "Heimgehen" (Going Home), Elke Cremer mysteriously interweaves the lives of numerous characters, creating a fast-paced… Read more
Lectures & Readings © Adrienne Meister, Steffi Henn Lectures & Readings 06/12/2026 "How old are you, actually?" Lectures & Readings 06/12/2026 “How old are you, actually?” is a literary and musical stage programme – or rather, a staged reading – about growing older, featuring the… Read more
Lectures & Readings © privat Lectures & Readings "Jetzt ist Sense!" Lectures & Readings Following the first sold-out event, the successful series of talks continues. People want to live—and die—as cheerfully and self-determined… Read more
Lectures & Readings © Foto: Boris Celeste Hoge-Benteler Lectures & Readings 20/10/2026 "Klosterberg" – Reading Lectures & Readings 20/10/2026 A young first-person narrator withdraws into the supposed seclusion of a monastery – in search of closeness, language, a fresh start. Read more
Panel discussion © Foto: Manfred Fuß, IMDb Panel discussion 04/11/2026 "My ship, it floats on distant seas" Panel discussion 04/11/2026 To mark the 179th anniversary of the composer’s death: a concert and reading of poems by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and his relatives. Read more
Lectures & Readings © Volker Lannert Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 "Notes & Neurons”: Music for Brain Health Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 “Notes and Neurons” is a special series of science concerts that explores the role music plays in brain health and how it may contribute to… Read more
Lectures & Readings © visumate Lectures & Readings "Places East" – Film project with Dr. Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk Lectures & Readings Not far from the DDR Museum in the historic centre of Berlin stands the former State Council building of the GDR, a structure that embodies… Read more
Lectures & Readings © Metropol Verlag Lectures & Readings "Protection force of the Republic" Lectures & Readings An almost forgotten organization that fought to preserve Germany’s first democracy—the Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold. Read more
Lectures & Readings © Brotfabrik Lectures & Readings "Schreibkraut" is courting you. A reading with Katrin Girgensohn, Grethe Herzog, Ramona Jakob, Dorothee Rabe, and Kerstin Zabel-Strzyz Lectures & Readings Five female authors, one summer reading. Katrin Girgensohn, Grethe Herzog, Ramona Jakob, Dorothee Rabe, and Kerstin Zabel-Strzyz gallop… Read more
Lectures & Readings © Brotfabrik Lectures & Readings "Telling different stories about animals" – Literature as a medium for animal-human encounters. With Caren Jeß & Tim Holland Lectures & Readings A critical examination of Western culture also includes questioning the traditional separation between humans and animals. What role do… Read more
Lectures & Readings © privat Lectures & Readings "That’s it!" Lectures & Readings Literature, music, discussions and information: the successful salon series continues following the first two fully booked events. People… Read more
Lectures & Readings © Poster: Antje Püpke Lectures & Readings 15/10/2026 "That’s it!" – a series of talks on death Lectures & Readings 15/10/2026 Following three successful events, the salon series continues. People want to live – and die – as cheerfully and independently as possible.… Read more
Lectures & Readings © Ivan Cerezo / Elena Eden Lectures & Readings "The Garden in the Light" Lectures & Readings Experience a “literary journey” to the Côte d’Azur! Read more
Lectures & Readings © Brotfabrik Lectures & Readings "The Province Beneath the Skin" – Texts in progress about class, desire, and identity. Reading & discussion with Markus Podehl & Christoph Hein Lectures & Readings Markus Podehl & Christoph Hein Read more
Lectures & Readings © SPSG / Wolfgang Pfauder, Daniel Lindner Lectures & Readings "Unchangeable, Luise": An album for the Queen in ten pictures Lectures & Readings To mark the 250th anniversary of her birth, we trace the footsteps of the famous queen in a radio play—at one of her residences, the New… Read more
Lectures & Readings © Sascha Funke Lectures & Readings "Wälsungenblut" by Thomas Mann, read by Hans-Jürgen Schatz Lectures & Readings It was written in 1905, but due to family reasons, it could not be published until 1921 in a private edition. "Wälsungenblut" (Blood of the… Read more
Panel discussion © Claudius Pflug Panel discussion 12/11/2026 "Watery milk and fine wine" – A Berlin family history Panel discussion 12/11/2026 Memories, contemporary history and personal experiences take centre stage in this reading with Irene Bindel. She will read from her… Read more
Lectures & Readings © Manfred Claudi Lectures & Readings 11/12/2026 "We're going behind the scenes and ... Lectures & Readings 11/12/2026 Marking the 250th anniversary of Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s (1776–1835) birth: A reading of his letters from the years of the Paris… Read more
Lectures & Readings © privat Lectures & Readings “…and the catastrophe came” | A musical reading with texts by Erich Kästner Lectures & Readings “…and the catastrophe came”: Texts and poems by Erich Kästner, a musical reading for Liberation Day, May 8, 2026 Read more
