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13 Night Spots In Prenzlauer Berg That Are Still Alive

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Prenzlauer Berg is dead. Its coup de grâce was the loud and ignoble announcement of Bassy Club’s imminent closure. Bassy Club, a bastion of retro rock ‘n’ roll and a throwback to ’90s Berliner counterculture, is closing this month. Tired and beaten, Bassy follows the likes of White Trash Fast Food and Knaack club, hounded … Read more 13 Night Spots In Prenzlauer Berg That Are Still Alive

Rizzo & The Members Club on Bringing Hip Hop to Berlin Clubs

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Intense, incendiary and demented are just a few of the adjectives used to describe Rizzo & The Members Club Heard from another room, you might be forgiven for thinking that Rizzo & The Members Club are fronting six musicians. The UK trio crank out a surprisingly huge sound considering they’re generating music from nothing more … Read more Rizzo & The Members Club on Bringing Hip Hop to Berlin Clubs

Shortstraw Brings Bikini Weather to Berlin

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After exploding onto the Johannesburg music scene in 2013 with the release of their album Good Morning Sunshine, Shortstraw have been making waves not only in southern Africa, but on shores as far flung as Japan as well as Europe. Not your average happy-clappy indie band, Shortstraw have refined their sound with three studio albums, … Read more Shortstraw Brings Bikini Weather to Berlin

Trengove’s Film The Wound Pitches Sexuality Against Masculinity

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What is masculinity? Opening the Panorama section of Berlinale this year, John Trengove‘s first feature length film, The Wound, tries in earnest to answer this question. Taking place during Ukwaluka – a very rarely spoken and sometimes deadly Xhosa penile circumcision ritual – the film presents a sometimes unsettling series of events that transpire during … Read more Trengove’s Film The Wound Pitches Sexuality Against Masculinity

‘La Boheme’ Will Get You Feeling Festive, Even If The Glühwein Fails To

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Going to the Weihnachtsmarkt again this weekend? Take those gloves off! I’ve a less conventional way for you to get that warm, fuzzy, Christmassy feeling inside you (and still have your Glühwein fix). It’s a Christmas love story between a group of Bohemians in 1830s Paris, full of life-affirming merriment raucously fuelled by alcohol and … Read more ‘La Boheme’ Will Get You Feeling Festive, Even If The Glühwein Fails To

The House of Red Doors #6: CIRCUS

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“Come and be weird for a night,” Billie Rae Bigsby wrote me last January. And that’s how I ended up at the House of Red Doors (or HORDs) for the first time, purring and dispensing gummi mice while dressed as a feral feline maid. Since then, I’ve seen the Salon zur Wilden Renate transformed into … Read more The House of Red Doors #6: CIRCUS

Distorted Midsummer Dreams with THE HOUSE OF RED DOORS IV

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It’s time again for the lewdest party since Nero’s mirror hall orgies. The notorious HOUSE OF RED DOORS opens its gates on the 28th of July, welcoming you to a distorted version of midsummer saturnalia. Join the ritual and cut the season in half by chasing the will-o’-the-wisps (or whatever your repertoire of flashbacks holds for you) into the … Read more Distorted Midsummer Dreams with THE HOUSE OF RED DOORS IV

A Tête-a-Tête with Filmmaker Marissa Medal

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American filmmaker Marissa Medal finds unique connection with Berlin and its people (the city’s adopted artists and otherwise)—ultimately capturing their energy in her documentary series, tête-a-tête Berlin. The series takes a personalized approach to the true and versatile Berlin artists, the tireless ones, behind canvas, living for performance, searching-ever for that perfect word, and thusly … Read more A Tête-a-Tête with Filmmaker Marissa Medal

MONTAG MODUS: Challenging Genre and Gender with a “Berlin Dream Project” Performance

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The performance series Montag Modus is a fervid fusion of artistic genres and visionaries, coming together to question the so-called “Berlin Dream” through different aspects of performance. The first fall edition, held on September 14 at the Collegium Humgaricum Berlin, explores themes of Transgression/Creation by challenging Genre and Gender. This month, featured Germany-based artists Isaac … Read more MONTAG MODUS: Challenging Genre and Gender with a “Berlin Dream Project” Performance

The Shells Project – an immersive experience right at Berlin-Tempelhof

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Whoever was puzzled and fascinated by David Lynch’s Twin Peaks will probably enjoy the immersive theater experience that the guys from 7 Minutes in Heaven Productions are opening this weekend. The Shells – Ausflug nach Neu-Friedenwald  is a performance piece inspired by the legendary work of film director David Lynch, where the audience will be able … Read more The Shells Project – an immersive experience right at Berlin-Tempelhof

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