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Lectures & Readings

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Lectures & Readings

04.11.2025

What does the soul look like?

Lectures & Readings

04.11.2025

With the Franconian author Andreas Reuß and his homage to Moses Mendelssohn, E.T.A. Hoffmann and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: “ ... that I believe I am the Archbishop of Bamberg”.

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Mendelssohn-Remise Mendelssohn-Remise

18:00

https://mendelssohn-gesellschaft.de/gesellschaft/veranstaltungen
Reading

© Christiane Hawranek und Katja Paysen-PetersenJulia Knoblauch; Sophia FritzEno de Wit

Reading

04.11.2025

Christiane Hawranek, Katja Paysen-Petersen & Sophia Fritz: Caution: Toxic

Reading

04.11.2025

Women who simply wanted to do yoga, but were then lured with promises of healing, ideologically blinded and sexually exploited: this is what investigative journalists Christiane Hawranek and Katja Paysen-Petersen tell in their book “Toxic Tantra”.

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- On Tour
Pfefferberg - Theater Pfefferberg - Theater

20:00
Workshop

© Sibylle Bach

Workshop

09.11.2025

Workshop: Making beeswax cloths – an alternative to foil!

Workshop

09.11.2025

What do you need to make beeswax cloths and how do you make them? To start with, there is some information about beeswax. Where can you get natural wax and how does it get to the people who use it?

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Gartenarbeitsschule Spandau Gartenarbeitsschule Spandau

11:00

https://xn--wildkrutersprache-vqb.de/
Reading

© Andreas Donradt

Reading

09.11.2025

Walter Sittler & Johann von Bülow: Ich gebe Ihnen mein Ehrenwort!

Reading

09.11.2025

Newly arranged and gently updated, Walter Sittler (Hildebrandt) and Johann von Bülow (Willemsen) throw around scandalous untruths and underhanded intrigues. Much to the entertainment of the audience, who will probably be a few illusions poorer after this…

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- On Tour
Kabarett-Theater Distel Kabarett-Theater Distel

18:00

https://distel-berlin.de/de/spielplan/gastspiele/artikel-walter_sittler_johann_von_buelow_ich_gebe_ihnen_mein_ehrenwort_.html

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Lecture

© Foto: Max Lautenschläger

Lecture

10.11.2025

INSIGHT Les Contes d’Hoffmann

Lecture

10.11.2025

A few days before the premiere of Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Staatsoper Unter den Linden gives special insights into the production's development process. A short rehearsal visit will give you the opportunity to watch the artists at work.

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- City of music
- Classic music in Berlin
Staatsoper Unter den Linden - Apollosaal Staatsoper Unter den Linden - Apollosaal

18:30

https://www.staatsoper-berlin.de/de/veranstaltungen/einblick-les-contes-d-hoffmann.22314/
Reading

© Jürgen Bauer

Reading

11.11.2025

Konstantin Richter: Three Hundred Men: The Rise and Fall of a Great Industrial Nation

Reading

11.11.2025

Three hundred German men, wrote Walther Rathenau at the beginning of the 20th century, determined the economic fortunes of the continent. He was referring to the close-knit network of bankers, captains of industry, and lobbyists that had emerged with the rise…

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Pfefferberg - Theater Pfefferberg - Theater

20:00
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© DDR Museum

Lectures & Readings

12.11.2025

The Palace of Culture for the Maxhütte

Lectures & Readings

12.11.2025

Since 1955, the Palace of Culture at VEB Maxhütte Unterwellenborn has been a place for grassroots cultural work with a theater,

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- Free of charge
- History of the GDR
DDR Museum Berlin DDR Museum Berlin

18:00 – 20:00

https://www.ddr-museum.de/de/veranstaltungen/der-kulturpalast-fur-die-maxhutte
Lectures & Readings

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Lectures & Readings

13.11.2025

How much is the world?

Lectures & Readings

13.11.2025

An event about the history of the stock exchange and the globalization of securities trading from its beginnings to the present day and with future prospects - on the Spree and elsewhere.

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Mendelssohn-Remise Mendelssohn-Remise

19:00

https://mendelssohn-gesellschaft.de/gesellschaft/veranstaltungen
Lecture

© Frederike van der Straeten

Lecture

13.11.2025 + 3 additional dates

Discourse at the Philharmonie

Lecture

13.11.2025 + 3 additional dates

The Discourse at the Philharmonie explores topics that move us, inspire us and spark our curiosity: prominent guests and presenter Christiane Florin discuss current issues and aspects of politics, society, culture and history.

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Philharmonie Berlin - Kammermusiksaal (Foyer) Philharmonie Berlin - Kammermusiksaal (Foyer)

20:00
Reading

© Anja Schlamann

Reading

13.11.2025

Susanne Abel: You must hold my hand tighter, No. 104

Reading

13.11.2025

There is no path that does not lead home at some point. At the end of the Second World War, a little boy is found in the middle of Germany who knows nothing about himself or his origins.

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- Literature
- On Tour
Pfefferberg - Theater Pfefferberg - Theater

20:00

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Reading

© Zaucke

Reading

14.11.2025 + 1 additional date

Manfred Krug: "Abgehauen"

Reading

14.11.2025 + 1 additional date

Ludwig Blochberger reads and sings Manfred Krug, accompanied by the jazz musicians of the Goin’ Out West Quintet under the direction of Arseny Rykov.

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- Literature
- City of music
Renaissance-Theater Berlin Renaissance-Theater Berlin

19:30

https://renaissance-theater.de/produktion/manfred-krug-abgehauen/
Lecture

© visitBerlin, Foto: SGO

Lecture

16.11.2025

Introductory matinee: Salome

Lecture

16.11.2025

A matinee will also be held at the Schiller Theater and all other venues on Sunday afternoons, two weeks before the premiere (with occasional exceptions). The director, conductor, and set and costume designers will talk about their work and provide initial…

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Komische Oper Berlin: Schillertheater - Foyer Komische Oper Berlin: Schillertheater - Foyer

12:00

https://www.komische-oper-berlin.de/spielplan/a-z/einfuehrungsmatinee-salome/
Reading

© Players

Reading

16.11.2025 + 1 additional date

Katharina Thalbach: Die Blechtrommel

Reading

16.11.2025 + 1 additional date

Katharina Thalbach definitively became one of the biggest stars of German cinema and theater with Volker Schlöndorff's adaptation of Günter Grass's global success "The Tin Drum." She plays Maria Truczinski, with whom the main character, Oskar Mazerath (played…

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- Gastspiel
- Literature
Kabarett-Theater Distel Kabarett-Theater Distel

14:00

https://distel-berlin.de/de/spielplan/gastspiele/artikel-katharina_thalbach_die_blechtrommel.html

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Lecture

© visitBerlin, Illustration Klio Karadim

Lecture

16.11.2025

GropiusSoiree - Fairy Tales for Adults

Lecture

16.11.2025

Marion Schreiter takes her audience on a fairytale journey and is accompanied by the FlautandoConsort. Conductor: Cantor René Schütz. A musical fairytale evening as part of the 36th Berlin Fairytale Days.

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- Free of charge
Martin-Luther-King-Kirche Martin-Luther-King-Kirche

17:00
Reading

© Eddy Zimmermann - Rabauke Filmproduktion

Reading

16.11.2025

Literary excursion: Helga Schubert's "Air for Life. Stories of Transition"

Reading

16.11.2025

These stories tell of longing and wanderlust, of dictatorship and inner freedom, of being human and remaining human. Only Helga Schubert can get to the bottom of life with such precision and laconicism.

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- Literature
Renaissance-Theater Berlin / Bruckner-Foyer Renaissance-Theater Berlin / Bruckner-Foyer

19:30

https://renaissance-theater.de/produktion/helga-schubert-luft-zum-leben-geschichten-vom-uebergang-buchpremiere/
Lecture

© Natascha Zivadinovic-Janker

Lecture

16.11.2025

Gregor Gysi & Peter-Michael Diestel „Zwei Unbelehrbare reden über Deutschland“

Lecture

16.11.2025

Gysi and Diestel. Two lawyers, two trained cattle breeders. Two from the East who moved to the West. Two from politics. One left-wing, the other conservative: Gysi was the last SED chairman and a leading figure in the Left Party, Diestel the last interior…

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- Politics & Society
Schlosspark Theater Schlosspark Theater

20:00

https://www.schlossparktheater.de/produktionen/gregor-gysi-peter-michael-diestel-zwei-unbelehrbare-reden-ueber-deutschland.html

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Reading

© Pascal Buenning

Reading

17.11.2025

AM KANZLERAMT Katharina Thalbach reads “Miss Merkel: Murder in the Cemetery” by David Safier

Reading

17.11.2025

The murderous fun surrounding former Chancellor Merkel is entering the second round.

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- Literature
Tipi am Kanzleramt Tipi am Kanzleramt

20:00

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© Stephan Bögel

Lectures & Readings

18.11.2025

Opera Lecture: Fedora

Lectures & Readings

18.11.2025

Day after day, around 550 permanent employees and numerous guests on, off, and behind the stage ensure that the curtain rises at the Deutsche Oper Berlin – and that the audience leaves with lasting impressions.

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- City of music
Deutsche Oper Berlin - Foyer Deutsche Oper Berlin - Foyer

18:30
Reading

© Frank Eidel

Reading

18.11.2025

Florian Schroeder: Happy End

Reading

18.11.2025

Why you're happier without happiness. A reckoning with the obsession with happiness. Florian Schroeder presents his new book "Happy End" in a conversation with Marco Seiffert (radioeins).

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- On Tour
Pfefferberg - Theater Pfefferberg - Theater

19:00
Lectures & Readings

© visitBerlin Foto: Wolfgang Scholvien

Lectures & Readings

19.11.2025

Max Czollek in Conversation with Sasha Marianna Salzmann

Lectures & Readings

19.11.2025

After Theatre of Reconciliation and Overcoming the Present, the third season of Max Czollek’s series of talks, entitled The Beginning is Near, looks to the future. Considering the calamities of recent years and those currently looming, this may seem…

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- Accessible Events
Haus der Kulturen der Welt Haus der Kulturen der Welt

18:00

https://www.hkw.de/programme/der-anfang-ist-nah/conversation-with-sasha-marianna-salzmann#main
Films

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Films

19.11.2025 + 2 additional dates

„Mademoiselle“

Films

19.11.2025 + 2 additional dates

Nadia Boulanger was the most important composition teacher of the 20th century; perhaps it would be more accurate to say music teacher, since her pedagogical credo was "to understand others" and "to encourage students to express themselves."

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Konzerthaus Berlin - Musikclub Konzerthaus Berlin - Musikclub

18:30 – 19:30

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