The Blogs
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    Vexed & Perplexed

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

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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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    Nite Life/Nite Death

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

week: Feb 9 - Feb 16
Listings
Feb 9
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Edward Longmire: Cuba Sí
The Wall Gallery - Art Exhibition
Tuesday, February 9
After travelling extensively in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America, the British documentary photographer Edward Longmire has turned his lens to Cuba, one of the last bastions of socialism. From Ha ... read more
Feb 10
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Don McCullin: The Impossible Peace
C|O BERLIN - Art Exhibition-Last Day
Wednesday, February 10
London-born Don McCullin is feted as one of the greatest war photographers of all time. In fact, his photojournalism is deemed so powerful by the British government that in 1982, it prohibited him fro ... read more
Feb 11
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Paul Pfeifer: The Saints
Hamburger Bahnhof - Art Exhibition
Thursday, February 11
The 1000-odd Filipinos who cheer and chant in accompaniment to Paul Pfeiffer's video-revisitation of the legendary 1966 West Germany-England World Cup final provide the heart of The Saints. Original f ... read more
Feb 12
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Danny and the Deep Blue Sea
Babylon - Theatre
Friday, February 12
As two self-destructive characters embark on an unlikely quest for love, can hope prevail? The Babylon is branching out this month by adding some American theatre to its cinema programme: Danny and th ... read more
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Matthew Herbert
Weekend - Concert-Electronica
Friday, February 12
Fresh from recording an album based entirely on the sounds of his slaughtering of a pig, body-doubler MATTHEW HERBERT stops by for a DJ gig and, hopefully, free sausage samples - though I find it hard ... read more
Feb 13
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Hitlerine
Volksbühne im Prater - Theatre In Germna
Saturday, February 13
“Hitlerine”, as embodied by action artist Anne Tismer, is a vain, radically militant egotist who’s equipped with an almost post-modern consciousness. Somewhere in Africa, she’s ... read more
Feb 14
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Die Kunst ist super!
Hamburger Bahnhof - Art Exhibition-Last Day
Sunday, February 14
Curated by its new director Udo Kittelman, Die Kunst ist super! ('Art is super!') - a 10,000 sqm show of megastars and old (modern) masters - brings out some of the best and boldest of the museum&rsqu ... read more
Feb 15
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Sweet, Sour, Sharp & Soft
b-flat - Jazz
Monday, February 15
GRIX casts the redoubtable improvisers Floros Floridis (saxophones and clarinets), Antonis Anissegos (piano) and Yorgos Dimitriadis (drums). Their heartfelt and effective performances and the rhythms ... read more
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Talib Kweli
Postbahnhof - Hip Hop
Monday, February 15
A decade ago he was, with Mos Def, part of Black Star - arguably hip hop’s strongest duo at the time - and although, thanks to label malfunctions, a dull-minded public and the like, TALIB KWELI ... read more
Feb 16
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Speedmouse
Tipi am Kanzleramt - Comedy
Tuesday, February 16
The slapstick Australian comedian duo Umbilical Brothers brings its new show to Tipi this month. Taking advantage of the latest advances in performance technology, the boys have “gone digital&rd ... read more