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12.11.2025

"Live at Kleist" presents: "High-Voltage Time: On Life in a State That No Longer Exists" by Aron Boks

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12.11.2025

What remains when the light of the future goes out? An unusual GDR story about consumption and design.

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- History of the GDR
Stadtteilbibliothek Heinrich von Kleist Stadtteilbibliothek Heinrich von Kleist

18:00

https://www.berlin.de/bibliotheken-mh/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/live-bei-kleist-praesentiert-starkstromzeit-vom-leben-in-einem-staat-den-es-nicht-mehr-gibt-von-aron-boks-1602846.php
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12.11.2025

36th Berlin Fairy Tale Days - „Die Schwanenfrau – Ich bin eine Prinzessin“

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12.11.2025

"The Swan Woman - I Am a Princess" - The theme of the 36th Berlin Fairy Tale Days is stories and fairy tales about obstacles and true strength. It's about miracles, curses, and people who seem imperfect and are especially lovable for that very reason.

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Bezirkszentralbibliothek "Mark Twain" Bezirkszentralbibliothek "Mark Twain"

19:00

https://www.berlin.de/bibliotheken-mh/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/36-berliner-maerchentage-1600856.php
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12.11.2025

Reading Group Feminist Theology Theme "Trinity"

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12.11.2025

Together, two short articles on the topic are read and discussed. Copies are available. Prior knowledge not required.

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Evas Arche - Berlin Evas Arche - Berlin

19:00 – 21:00

http://www.evas-arche.de
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© Willi van Hengel, Magnus Tautz, Tobias Breyer

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12.11.2025

Bin vollendet

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12.11.2025

The symphonic drama “Keiner Lippen Winter schweigt. Zweischneidiges Selbst – bin vollendet” (No lips' winter is silent. Double-edged self – I am complete) develops an innovative art form between audio book, live performance, and electronic music.

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Lettrétage in der Veteranenstraße 21 Lettrétage in der Veteranenstraße 21

19:30
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12.11.2025

God laughs with his creatures

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12.11.2025

Musical stage reading with Gerhard Kämpfe and Karsten Troyke at the Komödie am Kurfürstendamm in the Ernst-Reuter-Saal.

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Komödie am Kurfürstendamm im Ernst-Reuter-Saal Komödie am Kurfürstendamm im Ernst-Reuter-Saal

19:30

https://www.komoedie-berlin.de/produktionen/gott-lacht-mit-seinen-geschoepfen.html

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12.11.2025

Reading & discussion with Daniela Dröscher: ‘Young Woman with Cat’

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12.11.2025

Everything is difficult before it becomes easy!

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Humboldt-Bibliothek Humboldt-Bibliothek

19:30
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12.11.2025

THOMAS MANN: MARIO AND THE WIZARD (PREMIERE)

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12.11.2025

Thomas Mann's famous 1930 novella was immediately read as a political parable about the rise of fascism in Europe. The story raises questions about the manipulability of individuals within a group and demonstrates how easily people can be seduced. A good…

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Theater im Palais Theater im Palais

19:30

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13.11.2025 + 1 additional date

Portuguese Reading Circle

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13.11.2025 + 1 additional date

The book being read is “A cabeça do santo” by Socorro Acioli. The Portuguese Reading Circle / Roda de leitura is a monthly meeting to exchange impressions while reading a novel in Portuguese.

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Bibliothek am Wasserturm Bibliothek am Wasserturm

10:30

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13.11.2025

“Unbroken: One Uyghur’s Fight For Freedom”

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13.11.2025

Uyghur human rights activist Rushan Abbas presents her book Unbroken – One Uyghur’s Fight for Freedom. The reading highlights the ongoing injustice against Uyghur women, state oppression by the Chinese government, and personal stories of resistance.

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US-Botschaft in Berlin US-Botschaft in Berlin

16:00
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13.11.2025 + 1 additional date

LITFEST: Spectacular Currents

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13.11.2025 + 1 additional date

LitFest was launched in 2022 and is an annual two-day series of events featuring readings and discussions organized by Dr. Andreas Martin Widmann, lecturer in literary studies and known for his novel Messias, and Prof. Dr. Laura Scuriatti, professor of English…

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W15 Cafe W15 Cafe

18:00

https://berlin.bard.edu/events/litfest-2025-at-bard-college-berlin-spectacular-currents
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13.11.2025

The Lack of Light

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13.11.2025

At the Voices Berlin Festival 2025, the texts speak in their strongest voice: through the authors themselves. These authors come from different generations, work within diverse theatrical traditions, and write across a range of genres — yet all are key figures…

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HAU Hebbel am Ufer - HAU1 HAU Hebbel am Ufer - HAU1

19:00

https://www.hebbel-am-ufer.de/programm/pdetail/nino-haratischwili-das-mangelnde-licht

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© Anja Schlamann

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13.11.2025

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

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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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Pfefferberg - Theater Pfefferberg - Theater

20:00

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© Gunter Giese und Regina Thoss

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13.11.2025

Watching from afar: Danuta Schmidt in conversation with Regina Thoss

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13.11.2025

Danuta Schmidt talks to the entertainer about all this, her autobiography, and how to best combine life and art. And, of course, Regina Thoss will also sing.

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- History of the GDR
- City of music
Bezirkszentralbibliothek "Mark Twain" Bezirkszentralbibliothek "Mark Twain"

20:00
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13.11.2025

READING: LORENZ HEMICKER

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13.11.2025

A book about the quetion of how a crime shapes a family across generations.

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- History of National Socialism
Buchhandlung Hugendubel - Steglitz Buchhandlung Hugendubel - Steglitz

20:15 – 21:45

https://www.hugendubel.de/de/buch_gebunden/lorenz_hemicker-mein_grossvater_der_taeter-49211635-produkt-details.html

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© Tatyana Lavrenteva, Yuri Korotetsky

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14.11.2025

Alpha Centauri & Something about Navalny

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14.11.2025

At the Voices Berlin Festival 2025, the texts speak in their strongest voice: through the authors themselves. These authors come from different generations, work within diverse theatrical traditions, and write across a range of genres — yet all are key figures…

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- Politics & Society
Hebbel am Ufer - HAU3 Hebbel am Ufer - HAU3

19:00

https://www.hebbel-am-ufer.de/programm/pdetail/aleksandr-plotnikov-mikhail-durnenkov-alpha-centauri-etwas-ueber-nawalny

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14.11.2025

CONVERGENCE 10

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14.11.2025

KROSS COLLECTIVE presents: CONVERGENCE X, an evening of experimental encounters where sound, movement, and image converge into immersive performance.

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Lettrétage Lettrétage

19:30
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© Zaucke

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14.11.2025 + 1 additional date

Manfred Krug: "Abgehauen"

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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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Renaissance-Theater Berlin Renaissance-Theater Berlin

19:30

https://renaissance-theater.de/produktion/manfred-krug-abgehauen/
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© 2016 Baobab Books / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Foto: Andreas König

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15.11.2025

Picture book cinema: Role models for you and me!

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15.11.2025

Grandma Apo and Uncle Flores make the world a better place! In a city in Japan, Grandma Apo grows fruit and vegetables in her rooftop garden to give to other people. Uncle Flores sews curtains for the people in his village, making it look lively and colourful…

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Humboldt Forum: Saal 3 Humboldt Forum: Saal 3

13:00 – 13:30

https://www.humboldtforum.org

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© Fischer Sauerländer

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15.11.2025 + 1 additional date

Picture Book Cinema: Play, Imagination, and Family Magic

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15.11.2025 + 1 additional date

The picture books ‘Der beste Babysitter bin ich’ by Johanna von Horn and Charlotte Ramel, ‘Mamas Zaubertuch’ by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche and ‘Oma-Emma-Mama’ by Lorenz Pauli and Kathrin Schärer will be read.

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Humboldt Forum: Saal 3 Humboldt Forum: Saal 3

15:00 – 15:30

https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/event-reihe/lesung/bilderbuchkino-31647/

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© Maxim Gorki Theater - 2025

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15.11.2025

Anwesende Abwesende

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15.11.2025

Authors of this time bring the absent present into the space. May Ayim, Aglaja Veteranyi, Tezer Özlü: three authors who wrote in German, whose native languages were multilingualism and who passed away young.

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Maxim Gorki Theater Maxim Gorki Theater

17:00

https://www.gorki.de/de/anwesende-abwesende
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15.11.2025

Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk Reads from Freiheitsschock

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15.11.2025

As part of the Berlin Freedom Week on 15 November 2025, the DDR Museum invites you to an evening with historian Dr. Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk. He will read from Freiheitsschock and openly discuss East Germany’s past, present, and future.

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Konferenzraum DDR Museum Konferenzraum DDR Museum

18:00

https://www.ddr-museum.de/de/veranstaltungen/ilko-sascha-kowalczuk-liest-aus-freiheitsschock