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Thursday, February 21st, 2013

Wer den urbanen Hipster mal hautnah und in Aktion erleben möchte, kann sich am Samstag den 23. Februar aufmachen zur Hipster-Olympiade im Club Kosmonaut im Berliner In-Bezirk Friedrichshain (Wiesenweg 1-4): da hüpft dann der Hipster mit seinem Kontrahenten im Jutebeutel um die Wette, bastelt bombastische Bärte, zieht Tau an der Skinny-Jeans, wirft Hornbrillen weiter als er gucken kann, stapelt Mate-Kisten, taucht nach [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: Berlin, crazy, Friedrichshain, hip, hipster, in, olympiade
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2013

It’s that time of year again when you are happy as you can if you are a film fan. The Film Festival is on, here in Berlin, not in Detroit – now our void is filled by celluloid – so don’t avoid to see, to watch and to exploit. There are about 400 flicks: documentaries, art-house cinema or biopics. You can’t complain [...] Continue Reading…
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2013

…und ganze vorne in der Jury mit dabei – ist Wong Kar Wai – und ebenfalls am Tresen, steht Andreas Dresen – und neben ihm, nicht ‚das‘ sondern ‚die‘ Bier, Susanne- beim Festival ja auch ein hohes Tier – nimm Timm dann sind es vier, Timm Robbins, der ist nun auch nicht Kunz & Hinz – und kommt vielleicht in Mokassins – [...] Continue Reading…
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Saturday, January 12th, 2013

Mayor Klaus Wowereit of Berlin has sat survived a vote of no confidence in the House of Representatives of the city state.
The opposition had the motion filed against him, because they find the Wowereit complicit to the debacle surrounding the new international airport. BBI.
A majority of 85 local municipat lawmakers rejected the non-confidence motion – supported by the Greens, Die Linke, and the [...] Continue Reading…
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Monday, December 31st, 2012
![800px-Olympicstadium2[1] Berlin Olympic Stadium - foto from Wikipedia by Chrisgj6](http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/wp-content/800px-Olympicstadium21-150x150.jpg)
In the Bundesliga in this calendar year 2012, with half-season achieved Bayern Munich is number one - the best of all – and surprisingly with Bayer Leverkusen in an excellent second place 9 points behind the leaders. Just after in third is Borussia Dortmund with one point less.
Of the fifteen clubs in the whole of 2012 were active in the Bundesliga, Bayern [...] Continue Reading…
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Wednesday, December 19th, 2012

Welcome to the 2nd Berlin Piano Festival next year the 13th til the 21st April 2013 .
Individuality, virtuosity, creativity, rich sounds, diverse interpretations, they experimented, all characteristic of our very different pianists, whether internationally renowned or even just at the beginning of the career standing. Experience at the 2nd Berlin Piano Festival, the most interesting pianists close.
In 2013, we also expect the [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: 2nd Berliner Klavierfestival 2013, Alexandre Tharaud -, Benjamin Grosvenor -, Berliner Klavierfestival 2012 / 26 Mai - 02 Juni, Elisso Virsaladze, Freddy Kempf, http://www.berliner-klavierfestival.de/, Marc-André Hamelin, OTA-Berlin mini Composers Bios, Paul Lewis, Stephen Hough, Stephen Hough - Alexandre Tharaud - Freddy Kempf - Benjamin Grosvenor - Elisso Virsaladze, Things to do in Berlin May/June, Yevgeny Sudbin
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Friday, November 23rd, 2012
![800px-Olympicstadium2[1] Berlin Olympic Stadium - foto from Wikipedia by Chrisgj6](http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/wp-content/800px-Olympicstadium21-150x150.jpg)
We are getting closer to the long German football winter break and with almost the 1st half of the season and the knock-out stages of the Champions League three German teams stand-out for different reasons.
They are FC Bayern München, Borussia Dortmund and Schalke all teams that managed to stay to the next stage of the Champions League – if with Bayern I [...] Continue Reading…
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Tuesday, November 20th, 2012
![800px-Olympicstadium2[1] Berlin Olympic Stadium - foto from Wikipedia by Chrisgj6](http://www.ota-berlin.de/blog/wp-content/800px-Olympicstadium21-150x150.jpg)
We wrote this in the blog in May this year ………….”The above great foto taken of an empty Berlin Olympic Stadium – home of Hertha Berlin Football Club will probably look this empty next year because the team is now offically relegated down a league from the German top Bundesliga.”
So how are they in fact doing there in the 2nd division? If last [...] Continue Reading…
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Sunday, November 4th, 2012

Giacomo Puccini (1858 – 1924)
T U R A N D O T – first performance Milano April 1926
Dramma lyrico in three acts; Libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni, after the play by Carlo Gozzi; First performed on 25th April 1929 in Milan; Premiered at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on 13th September 2008
Sung In Italian with German sub-titels
Conductor Jesús López Cobos
Orchester der [...] Continue Reading…
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Friday, November 2nd, 2012

This is the smart logo of JORIS – so working with eating – makes sense!
The whole area on Brunnenstrasse between Invaliden Strasse and Bernauerstrasse in Berlin has been in a state of flux for some years, however things seem to be consolidating themselves more recently.
There are now many interesting local fashions stores, local IT and Software companies –including WeNeSe GmbH on Rheinbergerstrasse [...] Continue Reading…
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Thursday, November 1st, 2012

Jazzfest Berlin
1 to 4 November 2012
Information - Berliner Festspiele – Ticket Office
Phone +49 30 254 89 100, Monday to Friday from 10 am to 6 pm
Fax +49 30 254 89 230
ticketinfo@berlinerfestspiele.de
The festival 2012
The following is taken directly from the website of the festival – http://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/en/aktuell/festivals/jazzfest/ueber_festival_jazz/das_festival_2012_jazz/intro_jazz12.php
“Jazz is a Spirit” – Bert Noglik, the new artistic director of the Berlin Jazz Festival has committed his [...] Continue Reading…
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