27 posts categorized "Berlin Goings-On"

Berlin Christmas Markets: First Advent (27-28 November)

I can't pretend I'll manage them all, but here are the Christmas markets I've starred for this weekend. Which are you looking forward to? Domäne Dahlem, Königin-Luise-Straße 49, Berlin-Dahlem (map) Open 11am-7pm For everyone: If I were to recommend a......

Tim Dinter’s Berlin & Japanese Snacks (because you’re there)

Rosenthalerplatz Tim Dinter's Berlin is the city I fell in love with: gray, plain, full of moments. His Mitte is the one I miss, and I lose myself in this series some nights, pierced with longing for the little life......

Letters & Lines

I've said it before and I'll say it again: you really must check out the Buchstabenmuseum in its new home, tucked at the top of the escalators in a dingy shopping center off Karl-Liebknecht-Straße. Wonderful. I've translated their new brochure......

Berlin through a Lomo lens

Photo from Elena Von Blume's blog Berlin's Lomography shop is organizing an undiscovered Berlin photography tour this Saturday, and I thought you might like to know. 15 EUR includes the loan of a camera, a roll of film and a......

Sounds & Apples & Potatoes

First, my beloved Max and his husband Michael have put together Sound Shuttle, an installation that "inserts itself at the intersection of sound art and urban studies". Of course I'm biased, but aren't the snippets on their MySpace page great?......

Linen towels & Urban farm tea parties

I've fallen a little in love with linen handtowels since I discovered Grubentücher a few months ago. This one came from a grandmother in Hildesheim (via her granddaughter). Speaking of falling in love (and baskets) isn't Tommy's new project nice?......

Soon

So much going on! I've wanted to see Helvetica for years and what better place to catch it than the Buchstabenmuseum's sparkling new rooms in Karl-Liebknecht-Straße? There are free screenings at 1pm, 2:45pm and 4:30pm with white wine and Alpine......