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WHAT’S ON — Calendar<br />
THU<br />
14<br />
Animal Collective — Indie<br />
The indie trailblazers look<br />
back. After two decades<br />
together, one-half – Avey Tare<br />
und Panda Bear – bring their 2004<br />
breakout album Sung Tongs on a<br />
paired-down worldwide tour for fans.<br />
Heimathafen Neukölln. Starts 21:00.<br />
SUN<br />
17<br />
L7 — Punk/Grunge Aside from<br />
maybe Sleater-Kinney, L7<br />
seem to be the last ones<br />
standing from the 1990s all-female<br />
rock revival of the past couple of<br />
years. They show no signs of getting<br />
off their feet either, with material<br />
for a new record underway. SO36.<br />
Starts 20:00.<br />
WED<br />
20<br />
The Tin Drum — Theatre<br />
Actor Nico Holonics is<br />
either ambitious or nuts:<br />
having played the two-hour, multicharacter<br />
Tin Drum as a monologue<br />
in German, he’s now learned it in<br />
English to take on tour. Berliner<br />
Ensemble. Starts 19:30.<br />
THU Lorena Nemes — Photography<br />
21 Berlinische Galerie is<br />
opening Romanian-born<br />
photographer Nemes’ fist solo<br />
show. Her blurred and abstract<br />
portraits explore identity and<br />
how it affects our emotions. Go<br />
and see how you feel about that!<br />
Through Oct 15.<br />
Fête de la Musique — Music Festival<br />
The first day of summer brings<br />
the annual Fête de la Musique.<br />
Both amateur and professional<br />
musicians perform in various<br />
streets, squares and parks around<br />
the capital. As usual the festivities<br />
are completely free.<br />
Starts 16:00.<br />
FRI<br />
22<br />
Nena — Rock The<br />
“balloon chick” has<br />
been on stage for 40<br />
years, making her so much<br />
more than just that one song.<br />
From her early (Englishlanguage)<br />
band The Stripes<br />
to a recent collaboration with<br />
Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart, she’s<br />
got a lot to pack in proving that.<br />
Zitadelle. Starts 19:00.<br />
T UE Jewish Film Festival<br />
26 — Film The 24th edition<br />
kicks off tonight at the<br />
Hans Otto Theater in Potsdam<br />
with Itzhak, a rousing doc about violin<br />
virtuoso Itzhak Perlman, and continues<br />
at venues across Berlin and<br />
beyond until July 5. Starts 19:30.<br />
THU<br />
28<br />
Infektion! Festival — Opera<br />
Catch the latest of<br />
avant-garde opera at the<br />
Staatsoper Unter den Linden. The<br />
festival opens with Davide Carnevali’s<br />
Ein Porträt des Künstlers als<br />
Toter with music by Franco<br />
Bridarolli. Also look out for<br />
Salvatore Sciarrino’s Ti vedo, ti<br />
sento, mi perdo. Through Jul 15.<br />
Eels — Indie Going strong for over<br />
two decades, Californian indie rockers<br />
Eels grace the Tempodrom’s Große<br />
Arena just in time for their latest<br />
album The Deconstruction. Sold out,<br />
so scour those FB groups now!<br />
Starts 20:00.<br />
S AT<br />
30<br />
Gerhard Richter — Art<br />
Over 80 paintings by the<br />
German master of abstraction:<br />
bringing together works from<br />
around the world, spanning his earliest<br />
abstract paintings from the 1960s<br />
to present day. Baberini in Potsdam.<br />
Through Oct 3.<br />
My Perfect Berlin Weekend<br />
Rome-born Valentina Galossi splits her time between her hometown<br />
and Berlin. Her first book, Life of Artists In Berlin, a guide to emerging and<br />
established talents in the Hauptstadt, was released this spring.<br />
FRIDAY<br />
9:00 A refreshing early morning swim at<br />
Prinzenbad (Prinzenstr. 113, Kreuzberg). 11:00<br />
Visit floral boutique Blume & Raum (Lausitzer<br />
Str. 26A, Kreuzberg). 15:00 Hit Berlinische<br />
Galerie, one of my favourite museums in town<br />
and its lovely bookshop (Alte Jakobstr. 124-128).<br />
19:00 Meet my friends at Klunkerkranich with<br />
one of the best terraces in town (Karl-Marx-<br />
Str. 66, Neukölln). 00:00 Dancing at Kater Blau<br />
(Holzmarktstr. 25, Friedrichshain)!<br />
SUNDAY<br />
11:00 A glimpse at the flea market on Arkonaplatz<br />
(Mitte) is always a good idea. 14:00 A long walk in<br />
the Tiergarten with a coffee break at Café am Neuen<br />
See. 16:00 Visit C/O Berlin, the best exhibition venue<br />
in town for photography and visual media (Hardenbergstr.<br />
22-24, Charlottenburg). 20:00 End with<br />
a delicious dinner at Café Jacques (Maybachufer 14,<br />
Kreuzberg) with my girl artist friends.<br />
SATURDAY<br />
10:00 A homey breakfast at the Pavillon<br />
am Ufer, with its Italian-style cappuccino<br />
(Paul-Linke-Ufer 4, Kreuzberg). 12:30 I start<br />
my weekly Mitte gallery tour at the Galerienhaus<br />
(Lindenstr. 34), and finish up at KW<br />
Berlin (Auguststr. 69), then on to Do You<br />
Read Me?! (Auguststr. 28) for the best art<br />
magazines and books (Augustr. 28). 19:00<br />
A late picnic with friends at Tempelhofer Feld,<br />
with champagne and proper flutes! 21:00 Ready<br />
for discovering a new piece at Volksbühne<br />
(Linienstr. 227, Mitte).<br />
Luca Manfrini<br />
JUNE 2018
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