The Blogs
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    Nite Life/Nite Death

    D. Strauss' insomnia = the depletion of your trust fund. Good luck.

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    The News Kraut

    Konrad Werner digests today's top Teutonic news and regurgitates it as a pellet.

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    Amok-Mama

    Jacinta Nandi's gonna trample on your beliefs on a daily basis.

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    Vexed & Perplexed

    And you thought you hated Berlin? Here's a bit more to complain about.

week: Mar 12 - Mar 19
Listings
Mar 12
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MMX Show II
MMX Open Art Venue - Art Opening
Friday, March 12
After a week of preparations (see pic) MMX Show II opens tonight, with a musical performance by Francisco Montoya, Per Olaf Schmidt and Sebastian Neubauer. New and exciting this month at Mitte's newes ... read more
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Oedipus Rex
HAU1 - Dance
Friday, March 12
Berlin superstar choreographer Constanza Macras is attacking Sophocles’ tragedy through the lens of Jean Cocteau and Igor Stravinsky’s 1926 operatic drama, and staging  ... read more
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Tresor Club's 19th Birthday Party
Tresor Club - Anniversary Party
Friday, March 12 - Saturday, March 13
The birthplace of techno in the world's techno capital, Tresor Club is celebrating 19 years of slick beats and pulsing rhythms with artists like Blake Baxter, Daniel Rajkovic, Cari Lekebusch, Pacou, D ... read more
Mar 13
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Girls
Magnet - Concert
Saturday, March 13
Much has been made of their cult-like upbringing, and even more of their song craft, but San Francisco blog-band of the moment GIRLS is yet another of those perfect pop acts that h ... read more
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Puccini's Manon Lescaut
Deutsche Oper - Opera
Saturday, March 13
The story of a wealthy nobleman's son, Chevalier Des Grieux, who denies his inheritance and pursues the eponymous Manon Lescaut. He follows her to Paris where he finds himself venturing into some dark ... read more
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Tresor Club's 19th Birthday Party
Tresor Club - Anniversary Party
Friday, March 12 - Saturday, March 13
The birthplace of techno in the world's techno capital, Tresor Club is celebrating 19 years of slick beats and pulsing rhythms with artists like Blake Baxter, Daniel Rajkovic, Cari Lekebusch, Pacou, D ... read more
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Wie Es Ihr Gefällt
Pfefferberg - Music Festival
Saturday, March 13
Since 1991, the Wie Es Ihr Gefällt festival has showcased innovative female musicians of every ilk. This year’s edition – apparently the last ever – has two ... read more
Mar 14
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FieldDay #1
Schwelle 7 - PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP
Sunday, March 14
The Field, an international network of artists devoted to providing feedback on performance- in-development, has sprouted a new branch in Berlin. Its workshops use focused, in-dept ... read more
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Wie es ihr gefällt
Pfefferberg, Haus 13 - Music Festival
Sunday, March 14 - Monday, March 15
"Wie es ihr gefällt" has been promoting female electronic musicians for almost twenty years. The music festival started after a report sponsored by the Berlin senate concluded that female musicia ... read more
Mar 15
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Los Van Van
Kesselhaus in the Kulturbrauerei - Concert
Monday, March 15
The cream of the Visa-cadging crop, Cuba’s LOS VAN VAN are also probably the country’s most important musical institution. They’ve been gigging for over three decades, mixi ... read more
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OCEAN COLOUR SCENE
Hard Rock Cafe - Music
Monday, March 15
Self-proclaimed emporors of Birmingham's rock 'n' folk scene, Ocean Colour Scene grace the stage at Berlin's Hard Rock Cafe to promote their ninth album, Saturday. Just one of their international perf ... read more
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Wie es ihr gefällt
Pfefferberg, Haus 13 - Music Festival
Sunday, March 14 - Monday, March 15
"Wie es ihr gefällt" has been promoting female electronic musicians for almost twenty years. The music festival started after a report sponsored by the Berlin senate concluded that female musicia ... read more
Mar 16
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Cologne in Berlin
Martin-Gropius-Bau - Exhibition
Tuesday, March 16
When the building housing the historical archive of the city of Cologne collapsed last year, 90 percent of its contents were tragically lost: 27 kilometres of official and private records - ... read more
Mar 17
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AUTOAUTO!
TIPI am Kanzleramt - Show
Wednesday, March 17
From a hammer and a (battered) Opel or two, actor/musician Christian von Richthofen has managed to create a rather unique orchestra. Since winning international recognition at the ... read more
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Shenanigans
English Theatre Berlin - Theatre
Wednesday, March 17
Two warring brothers fight over the father's property in the depths of rural Ireland. But it soon becomes clear that nothing is really as it seems in Stephen Don's darkly comedic explor ... read more
Mar 18
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BOB LOG II
Kaffee Burger - Concert
Thursday, March 18
It’s a shame that the author of the magnum opus “Clap Your Tits” is unable to spy them through the helmet that he wears, but since his days in Doo Rag, BOB LOG III has ... read more
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Bremen, Texas
Ballhaus Ost - Theatre
Thursday, March 18
Gesche Gottfried, the historical murderess and anti-heroine of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s play Bremen Freedom, will do anything to escape the oppression of her everyday life - even&nbs ... read more
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The Rehearsal
HAU 3 - Theatre
Thursday, March 18 - Saturday, March 20
The name suggests an unfinished work, but The Rehearsal is exactly the opposite. Running from March 18 to 20 at Hebbel Am Ufer 3 (HAU 3), the performance balances the delicate question of truth and fi ... read more
Mar 19
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15 YEARS OF COMPOST RECORDS
WMF - Nü Jazz
Friday, March 19
Outlasting acid jazz and, it appears, the house revival it helped inspire, Munich’s Compost Records celebrates 15 years of nü jazz andsmooth grooves with main man RAINER TR&U ... read more
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MärzMusik: Utopia (Lost)
Various Locations - Festival
Friday, March 19
Now in its ninth year, MärzMusik continues its commitment to bringing the stars of the contemporary classical world to Berlin. This year’s festival showcases music as an ... read more
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The Rehearsal
HAU 3 - Theatre
Thursday, March 18 - Saturday, March 20
The name suggests an unfinished work, but The Rehearsal is exactly the opposite. Running from March 18 to 20 at Hebbel Am Ufer 3 (HAU 3), the performance balances the delicate question of truth and fi ... read more
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Wie es ihr gefällt
Maria am Ostbahnhof - Music Festival
Friday, March 19 - Saturday, March 20
"Wie es ihr gefällt" has been promoting female electronic musicians for almost twenty years. The music festival started after a report sponsored by the Berlin senate concluded that female music ... read more