The world's oldest major film studio celebrates its 100th birthday this month with Hollywood stars and European players ready to toast Germany's mythic Studio Babelsberg outside Berlin. AFP's Deborah Cole reports.
Our Berlin Blogger
Berlin Unlike
| Event: Etsy Lab goes Nadelwald - 20 Feb 18:00 | Etsy Lab is back and this time they’re holding a workshop at the Nadelwald co-sewing space in Neukölln, a haberdashery heaven with all the necessary machinery for a full-scale sewing project... |
| Location: Nadelwald | Nadelwald takes co-working space to it logical next level with a co-sewing space for fashion designers, tailors, hobbyists, and anyone else in need of sewing machines, needles, fabrics and all the... |
| Event: Urban Flashes III - 11 Feb 12:00 - 18 Feb 00:00 | IDOLONSTUDIO and LEAP present Urban Flashes III, featuring the works W.A.V.E. by YiLab and Refractive Index by Jamie Allen. W.A.V.E. examines how we exist and transform in an increasingly complex... |
| Event: Urban Flashes III - 10 Feb 20:00 | IDOLONSTUDIO and LEAP present Urban Flashes III, featuring the works W.A.V.E. by YiLab and Refractive Index by Jamie Allen. Tonight’s vernissage includes a live concert by sound artists Chang... |
News from TheLocal.de
Nearly 50 ancient artefacts have been returned to the Bode Museum, Berlin, decades after being looted by Soviet soldiers. The find has sparked hope that more objects lost during the war will turn up.
German police arrested two men in Berlin Tuesday accused of spying on opponents of the Syrian regime in raids involving some 70 officers, federal prosecutors said.
An unemployed Berlin rapper calling himself Tapete has landed in hot water for rapping about living off the state after his job centre discovered his lyrics online. He now faces losing his welfare benefit.
An unemployed Berlin rapper calling himself Tapete has landed in hot water for rapping about living off the state after his job centre discovered his lyrics online. He now faces losing his welfare benefit.
I Heart Berlin
David Bowie’s Berlin period became a myth of this city: In 1976, the Thin White Duke moved together with Iggy Pop in an apartment in Schöneberg....
The clear blue sky and sunshine almost suggest summer, but the white fluff on the pavement clearly states: it’s icy cold, and you better put...
Betty Drunk GBR 2011 Director: Laure Prouvost © Laure Prouvost
The 62. Berlinale dominates the upcoming week: Forum Expanded – its...
Being in love is wonderful. Being in love on a sunday, lying in bed watching the snow outside is even more wonderful. For those happy couples we...
Berlinbased Yoga wear label Umasan is featured at our Cinema de Mode with this incredible fashion movie by Matt Lambert. If you think ecological...
Those Crazy Kunsts
Events from Exberliner
Where: Dock 11
Category: Art & Exhibitions, Theater & Dance
Date: February 9, 2012 - February 9, 2012
Berlin-based artistic director Max Schumacher has commissioned five female choreographers to create movements set to sound and art, inspired by coffee, 'the drug of capitalism'. In collaboration with local roasters to provide free refreshments.
Where: Fab Lab
Category: Kids & Family, Food & Drink, Education
Date: February 10, 2012 - February 10, 2012
If 'cupcakes make all people happy', it’s a wonder how we'll be able to attend regular language classes again, with the knowledge that a yummy-mummy mastermind once combined English teaching with cooing and pointing at the products of their oven.
Where: F40: English Theatre Berlin/Theatre Thikwa
Category: Theater & Dance, Kids & Family
Date: February 6, 2012 - February 6, 2012
How will genetic engineering change us? International kids from three Berlin schools tackle the topic head-on with performances and exhibitions.
Where: Lido
Category: Concerts & Live Music
Date: February 8, 2012 - February 8, 2012
There may be no better illustration than that unseemly coalition between rebellion nostalgia and time-free youth culture than Wild Flag, the riot matrrron supergroup and #4 spot in 2011's Village Voice Pazz + Jop critic's poll.
Where: Cassiopeia
Category: Concerts & Live Music
Date: February 7, 2012 - February 7, 2012
Still drawing gaggles of stoned kids to his concerts, the Clan's sixth best rapper who just spoke to a full house at Harvard University. Perhaps they've confused him with a cast member of Yo! Gabba Gabba. After all, they're still watching it.