Past Events

Benjamin and Brecht.
Thinking in Extremes Never-Ending Crisis

Theatrical experiment with Friederike Heller, Peter Thiessen, Sabine Kohlstedt, Eva Löbau, Christoph Gawenda

In German

€ 13/7
€ 17/10 with the exhibition

Exhibition open until midnight

Benjamin and Brecht.
Thinking in Extremes Never-Ending Crisis

Theatrical experiment with Friederike Heller, Peter Thiessen, Sabine Kohlstedt, Eva Löbau, Christoph Gawenda

In German

€ 13/7
€ 17/10 with the exhibition 

Exhibition open until midnight

Brecht’s Film Legacy at the Akademie der Künste

Archive presentation and talk with Martin Koerber, Anja-Christin Remmert, Jenny Schall, Johanna Schall, Bernd Stegemann, Maxi Zimmermann

In German

Admission free

Eberhard Fechner
Chronicler of Daily Life

Archive opening with Gero Ehrhardt, Manfred Eichel, Martin Wiebel, Ulrich Zwirner

Welcome: Jeanine Meerapfel

In German

€ 6/4

150 years of the Verein der Berliner Künstlerinnen

Showcase Presentation

Daily 10 am – 8 pm

Free admission 

Writing in the Air.
Luc Bondy’s Theatre

Archive opening and book presentation with Geoffrey Layton, Marie-Louise Bondy-Bischofberger, Jeanine Meerapfel
Welcome: Jeanine Meerapfel
Introduction: Peter Iden
Reading: Ilse Ritter, Jens Harzer
Music: Béla Korény

In German

€ 6/4

Benjamin and Brecht.
Thinking in Extremes Passages

Concert: Landesjugendensemble Neue Musik Berlin

Directed by Jobst Liebrecht, Gerhard Scherer

Music by Arnold Schönberg, Hanns Eisler, John Cage, Mauricio Kagel

€ 13/7

Benjamin and Brecht.
Thinking in Extremes Im Dickicht der Zettel. Bertolt Brecht:
Notizbücher 1921, Band 3

Book presentation with Kathrin Röggla, Martin Kölbel, Peter Villwock

Exhibition open 5–10 pm

In German

€ 6/4

“One can’t learn, not to learn.”

Films, reading, music

With Jeanine Meerapfel, Alexander Kluge, Kathrin Röggla, Friedrich Dieckmann, Durs Grünbein, Christoph Hein, Kerstin Hensel, Mark Lammert et.al.

Exhibition open until midnight

In German

€ 12/8

The Gesture as a Way of Life.
Brecht’s Idea for a Transcultural Theatre

Lecture: Günther Heeg

Moderation: Jeanne Bindernagel

In German language 

€ 5/3

Lorenz Jäger:
Heinle, Brecht, Baudelaire. Benjamin and the Poets

Lecture with Mara Delius, Lorenz Jäger

In German

€ 6/4

The Future of Theatre Documentation

In cooperation with Förderverein Theaterdokumentation e. V., Stiftung Universität Hildesheim, Universität der Künste

Welcome: Werner Heegewaldt, Nele Hertling

In German

Admission free

Benjamin and Brecht.
Thinking in Extremes

Tue – Sun, 11 am – 7 pm
13 Dec, 14 Dec, 27 Jan, open until midnight
Closed on 24 and 31 Dec

€ 9/6
Free admission for under 18s and Tuesdays from 3 pm

Guided tours:
Tue 5 pm
Sun 12 noon
€ 3 plus exhibition ticket

In German and English

Benjamin and Brecht.
Thinking in Extremes

Exhibition opening with Jeanine Meerapfel, Erdmut Wizisla, Corinna Harfouch, Hanns Zischler and Peter Thiessen

In German 

Free admission

Der Dirigent, der nicht mitspielte.
Leo Borchard 1899–1945

With Matthias Sträßner, Habakuk Traber and Barbara Schieb 

Welcome: Daniela Reinhold

In German 

Free admission

The Berlin Secession, 1899–1937. Chronicle, Context, Fate

Illustrated lecture, reading, discussion: Bernhard Echte and Anke Matelowski

Welcome: Werner Heegewaldt

In German

€ 6/4

Nimbus. Kunst und Bücher

Ronnefeld.
Entering the Future

Welcome: Werner Grünzweig

Introduction: Christian Reichart

Music: Chiharu Taki, Robert Kolinsky, Wolfgang Boettcher

In German

€ 6/4

100 Years Malik-Verlag

Reading, concert and lecture with Michael Krejsa, Susanne Thier, Maria Thomaschke, Susanne Stock, Beatrix Strobel and Daniel Adolf

In German 

Free admission

Käthe Kollwitz and Berlin A Search for Traces on the 150th Anniversary of the Artist’s Birth

Wed ‒ Sun 1 pm – 9 pm
Thur 10 am – 10 pm

Free admission

Käthe Kollwitz and Berlin A Search for Traces on the 150th Anniversary of the Artist’s Birth

Opening with Sören Benn, Hannelore Fischer, Werner Heegewaldt, Lothar Böhme, Kathleen Krenzlin

In German language

Free admission

An Encounter with the Composer Juan Allende-Blin

Welcome: Christine Lüders
Discussion: Werner Grünzweig and Juan Allende-Blin

In German language

Free admission 

Summer Celebration at the Brecht-Haus

3–11 pm

Tours, concerts, films, puppet show, open archive

In German language

Free admission

Kurt Bartsch In All the Marvellous Chaos. Correspondence with Wasja Götze

Archive and book presentation

Reading: Martin Brambach and Michael Kind

In German language

€ 10/8 

Dedicated to Collecting – 50 Years of AsKI

Lectures and music

With Monika Grütters, Kathrin Röggla, Wolfgang Trautwein, Tal Balshai Trio

In German language

Free admission 

Käthe Reichel
Brecht’s Pupil – A Whole Life Long

Archive opening with Stephan Dörschel, Klaus Völker, Petra Kelling, Christian Grashof, Kurt Groenewold, Esther Slevogt

In German language

€ 6/4 

Ginka Steinwachs:
News from the Inner ME

Archive opening and installation. With Ginka Steinwachs, Kathrin Röggla, Torsten Flüh, AnniKa von Trier, Verena Auffermann

In German language

€ 6/4 

Klaus Staeck. President, Artist, Provocateur

Film, discussion, music

Free admission

In German language

Hanns Zischler: A Desire for Knowledge

Talk with Hanns Zischler, Sabine Hackethal und Torsten Musial

Welcome: Werner Heegewaldt

In German language

€ 6/4 

Christa Wolf: Man steht sehr bequem zwischen allen Fronten.
Briefe 1952-2011

Reading: Sabine Wolf

In German language

Free admission

Registration required:
Tel. +49 (0) 30 6774725

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In collaboration with the Anna-Seghers-Gesellschaft

Fortsetzung folgt! 150 Jahre Verein der Berliner Künstlerinnen

Tue–Sat, 1–5 pm,
Wed 1–8 pm

Free admission

Children in Exile

Schloßfreiheit 12
39261 Zerbst

Uncertain States Artistic Strategies in States of Emergency 

Tue, 11 am – 10 pm
Wed – Sun, 11 am – 7 pm

€ 8/5

Free admission for visitors under 18 and Tue from 4 pm

Guided tours: Thur 6 pm, Sun 11 am
€ 2 plus exhibition ticket