Berlin 01-05-2010
Marx + Engels Founders of Modern Socialism
Happy May Day!
‘May Day’ is a world-wide celebration of the social and economic achievements and progress of the workers and Labour movement – it is also refered to as ‘International Workers’ Day’, or ‘Labour Day’ and is the primary Communist and Socialist celebration now encompassing all manner of left or anti-capitalist groupings.
Many people also use May [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin / Amsterdam / s’-Gravenhage 30-04-2010
Photo of Dutch Embassy -great example new Berlin architecture - just two stops on U-bahn line #2 from OTA-Berlin Serviced Apartments buildings at Schoenhauser Allee 5 and Metzer 8.
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‘Koninginnedag’ or Queen’s Day is a national holiday in the Netherlands -it celebrates the birthday of the Queen of the Netherlands and is supposed to supersede just this birthday and has been [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin 29-04-2010
A new black building at Rosa Luxemborg – coined by this blog as the “Black-Maze Building Berlin” but officially called just “L-40” has just been taken out of its scaffolding.
The result is a stunning black-mat convoluted concrete structure which fits snugly onto a very small lot in the heart of the new progressive cultural centre of Berlin -Mitte/Prenzlauer Berg .
This area exists [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin / Athens 28-04-2010
Greek Debt Crisis – Berlin asked to foot large part of the bill – OTA-Berlin Constituency Commentary [Part 1]
IMF Managing Director Strauss-Kahn and the European Central Bank President Trichet arrived yesterday on a mission to Berlin in order to sell their 50 billion Euro aid package for Greece.
This joint EU-IMF package would require Germany to provide up the largest [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin 27-04-2010
Liebe Freunde der Salonabende,
ich möchte Sie herzlich zu zwei Konzerten am 29. und 30. April in den Piano Salon Christophori einladen. Diese beiden Konzerte haben nicht nur thematisch ihre Besonderheit, sondern sind aufgrund einem nicht den vertraglichen Vereinbarungen mit den Hauseignern entsprechenden Rechtsstreit mit eventueller Räumungsfolge möglichweise die vorerst letzten, zumindest am gewohnten Ort.
Doch nun zu den Konzerten: Am kommenden Donnerstag, [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin 26-04-2010
This over 100 year old building is being completely renovated inside, but care is taken to keep as much as possilbe to the original aesthetics inside the building - when this is practical and possible - as in the two separate intrances – the vestibule into the building.
Berlin 26-04-2010
Poster Art in Berlin Mitte / Prenzlauer Berg [Part 1 ] – OTA-Berlin Constituency Blog
When is ‘Street-art’ ….art……..and when are Street Posters art….and when just advertisements and when are they just Graffiti?
Berlin has attracted international attention by the richness of its street art since reunification in 1989 – it is presently one of Europe’s street art strongholds.
This community is attracted [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin 25-04-2010
Paco de Lucía, born Francisco Sánchez Gómez (in Algeciras, Cádiz on December 21, 1947), is a Spanish composer and guitarist. Recognized as a virtuoso flamenco guitarist all over the world, he is a leading proponent of the Modern Flamenco style, and is one of the very few flamenco guitarists who has also successfully crossed over into other genres of music. He [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin 24-04-2010
Offensichtlich Öffentlich (Patently Public)
Curated by Valeria Schwarz and Peer Golo Willi
April 20-24, 2010
Urban space of Berlin and
Galerie Eva Bracke, Steinmetzstraße 3, 10783 Berlin
Opening reception on Saturday, April 17, at 6 pm
Public art is usually not sought. If it is nevertheless found and appreciated, this often happens spontaneously, a chance meeting with the artwork. In this exhibition, artists of various nationalities and media [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin 24-04-2010
Victoria de los Ángeles (in Catalan, Victòria dels Àngels) (November 1, 1923 – January 15, 2005) was a Spanish Catalan soprano and recitalist of the highest rank whose career began in the early 1940s and reached its height in the years from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s.
While she is not a ‘Spanish Composer’ as such - we felt that her importance to Spanish musical [...] Continue Reading…
Berlin 23-04-2010
Antonio Francisco Javier José Soler Ramos, usually known as Padre Antonio Soler, (3 December 1729 (baptized) – 20 December 1783) was a Spanish composer whose works span the late Baroque and early Classical music eras. He is best known for his keyboard sonatas, an important contribution to the harpsichord, fortepiano and organ repertoire.
Soler was born in Olot in the Catalan province [...] Continue Reading…
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