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Champions League Final in Goldman’s Bar

22. Mai 2013 in Beer, Circus Hostel, Events, Football, Goldman's Bar by Paul

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Oh boy, does this promise to be a cracker. In 1996 the German national team went to Wembley in London and won the European Championships, adopting the host’s anthem “Football’s coming home” in the process. Now the German fans are heading back across the channel, bring their best two club sides “home” to the new-look Wembley for the Champions League Final.

Yep, that’s right. This year the final of Europe’s number one club football tournament, and possibly the world’s when it comes to quality of play, is being played by Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. Both teams put on some incredible performances in the semi-finals to knock out the Spanish giants FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, and now they will battle each other for the biggest prize of all.

In recent years Dortmund appeared to have the measure of Munich, winning two Bundesliga titles in a row and winning some important games against their Bavarian rivals along the way, but this season it has all been about Bayern, as they won back the league title at a canter, and now are two games away – the Champions League final and the German cup final a week later – from a historic treble. They are definitely the favourites, but in a one-off game of football anything can happen.

We will be glued to our televisions on Saturday night to watch the game and we hope you will join us down in Goldman’s Bar to watch all the action on the big screen. A history-making evening for German football is guaranteed… all we have to find out now is which team will be bringing “old big ears” home from Wembley.

Champions League Final in Goldman’s Bar at the Circus Hostel, Kick-off: 8.45pm

Eyewitness History Talk: The Second World War and its aftermath

17. Mai 2013 in Berlin, Circus Hotel, Circus Talks, Events, Fabisch, History by Paul

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On Tuesday 21st May 2013 we are extremely pleased to be welcoming to The Circus another eyewitness speaker from the Zeitzeugenbörse (Centre for Witness to Contemporary History). This is part of our monthly series events that we have been running for the past two years, in which we invite speakers to come and join us for a while and tell us their own personal stories about different moments in Berlin and German history.

This month we are delighted to welcome Dr Golkowsky who will be coming to talk to us about the Second World War and its aftermath. Dr Golkowsky was born in 1934 in Silesia, and will share stories of his experience during the war, the flight to the west, and observations on life for himself, friends and family, on both sides of the iron curtain.

We are really looking forward to another fascinating evening of personal history in Fabisch, and we hope you will join us. The talk will be in English, is open to all, and is free… although we will be collecting contributions towards our own donation to the ZZB to help them continue in their important work.

Where: Fabisch at The Circus Hotel, Rosenthaler Straße 1 (U8: Rosenthaler Platz)
When: Tue 21st May at 6.45pm

(Photo: Bundesarchiv on Wikimedia Commons)

Carnival of Cultures

16. Mai 2013 in Berlin, Events, Festivals, Food, Music, Stuff We Like by Paul

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If you want to join in the raucous and rowdy celebration of Berlin’s multicultural spirit then head south from Rosenthaler Platz to Kreuzberg on Sunday to join in with parade of the Carnival of Cultures, a fabulous collection of carnival groups from around the world made up of masqueraders, musicians, dancers, DJs and artists.

Around the Parade, from Friday to Monday there is a great programme of events going on around the neighbourhood… more about which you can find on the Carnival website. But never fear, if you head down on the U8 to Kreuzberg over the weekend you will have a great time of tasty food, super tunes, and over a million people throughout the four days who have realized as well that there is only one place in the city to be.

(Photo image: © visitBerlin | Koschel)

Eurovision. Song. Contest. Party.

13. Mai 2013 in Circus Hostel, Circus News, Events, Goldman's Bar, Music by Paul

Oh baby! Coming up this Saturday in Goldman’s Bar is arguably our favourite party of the year… because it is time for the EUROVISION SONG CONTEST. This year the festival of cheesy tunes is being hosted by Sweden, which seems fitting as that was the land that gave us the most Eurovision of all Eurovision acts, ABBA. Whether or not any of this year’s contestants can reach those heights remains to be seen, but if you want to catch all the fun, and get inspired to sing a song or two of your own, then get down to the bar on Saturday night and join the fun. Here’s what is going on:

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Open Screening for Filmmakers and Fans

10. Mai 2013 in Berlin, Events, Film by Paul

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Coming up next Wednesday 15th May at the Sputnik Kino in Kreuzberg is an event that sounds quite scary if you are the filmmakers involved… basically they get the chance to present their short films to an audience – there is no application, pre-selection or jury – and they will be simply judged by those watching. Any type of film can be presented, but if enough of the audience show the red card then the screening will be stopped. Nerve-wracking!

After the screenings there will be a short Q & A to give the filmmakers and the audience the chance to talk about the films, and this is a great opportunity not only for the filmmakers themselves to test their work, but also for those of us interested in film to get an idea of what is being created. The screenings start at 8.30pm and admission is free.

Long Night of Cuisine in Berlin

8. Mai 2013 in Beer, Berlin, Events, Festivals, Food by Paul

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In Berlin we have a number of different “long nights…”, whether for museums  or knowledge, but coming up on the 11th May is a long night that promises to be the tastiest of them all: the Long Night of Cuisine. In the neighbourhoods of Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg a number of culinary establishments will be opening their doors from 6pm until midnight, giving you the chance to sample their work for a small price, showcasing the ever-increasing range of high quality, owner-operated culinary destinations we have here in our city.

Here’s some more information about what to expect:

On Saturday May 11th, the Friedrichshain shops “Küchenliebe”, “Zuckerstück” und “Stadtschönheit” invite you to a punch party with disco appetizers in mason jars. The café “Zuckerstück” is serving punch and cake, and the catering company “Stadtschönheit” is offering appetizers in mason jars, all accompanied with relaxing, electro lounge music from Horst Matrix. The restaurant “Schwarzer Hahn” is offering delicious smoked Thuringian pork with mustard-cream cucumbers, May-punch and jars filled with tasty duck rillette and black nuts. Café Sellberg invites you to a special reading with stories about coffee. While listening, you can enjoy the café’s three most popular cakes: cheesecake, carrot cake and nut brownie. Additionally, you can win coffee vouchers and a Berlin breakfast for two.

Whoever prefers tea instead can join an informative tasting of the trendy cult drink matcha tea. The tea store “Teekränzchen” welcomes you to the exciting world of tea: from tastings to tours through the diversity of tea, a visual tea seminar, a tea tombola with the motto “Every ticket wins”, and an exciting quiz. The Scandinavian candy store “Herr Nilsson GODIS” will surprise with its Nilsson’s Wheel of Fortune: visitors can try their luck at spinning the wheel to win different prizes like a Herr Nilsson T-shirt, a candy tasting or a special discount. You can experience a different kind of disco in the restaurant “scheers schnitzel”, located at the Oberbaumbrücke. At their “Schnitzeldisco” you can get cocktail shots (i.e. Basil Smash, MaiThai Shot, 3-Days-Awake-Caffeine-Shot), a tasting portion of schnitzel and a scheers-dessert for a small price. The party will be accompanied by a DJ desk. Caution: come as a schnitzel and get a schnitzel for free.

Guests will get an introduction of classic German brewing in Kreuzberg at the “Brahaus Südstern”. Small samples of rare beer specialties will be served and its characteristics explained, as Brewmaster Thorsten Schoppe presents his own favorite beers. Other participating culinary partners in Kreuzberg include “Cupcake Cuisine”, “OlioBiscotti” , “Zum goldenen Krümel” and “W.E.I.N. eG”.

You can register for the event and find out more information on the Long Night of Cuisine website.

Mozart May

7. Mai 2013 in Berlin, Circus News, Events, Music by Paul

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(Photo: Monika Rittershaus)

Throughout the month of May the Komische Oper in Berlin performs only operas by… well yes, you’ve guessed it, the one and only Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. There are loads of different performances throughout the month, but we are especially pleased to announce that we have teamed up with the Komische Oper to offer Circus guests a €10 discount on the following:

10th May – Don Giovanni
12th May – The Marriage of Figaro
20th May – Don Giovanni
23rd May – Don Giovanni
24th May – The Abduction from the Seraglio
26th May – The Abduction from the Seraglio

If any of our guests are interested then please contact the reception, where you can also get information about the rest of the festival.

Farewell Dialogue, Long live Dialogue!

1. Mai 2013 in Berlin, Books, Events by Paul

dialogueLast Saturday we headed down to Kreuzberg to our favourite bookshop, and supplier of good reads to both The Circus Hotel and The Circus Apartments, Dialogue Books. After three years in the city, Sharmaine, Nerys and the team were closing down the shop, which meant of course a farewell in style with plenty of cake and wine, plus offers on the remaining books, to keep a constant stream of people happy.

But the end of the bookshop, sad as it is, does not mean the end of Dialogue… and within a few hours of the hangovers clearing they sent out their first invitation to their first post-Bookshop event – part of their Literary Lounge series at Soho House – and it seems fitting in this time of shift and change for both Dialogue and the wider industry, that it is their first eBook event:

“This month in the Literary Lounge, Dialogue Books is thrilled to mark the launch of Frisch & Co eBook imprint with a very special evening of conversation and reading.

Founded in 2012, Frisch & Co. Electronic Books is a Berlin-based eBook publisher of contemporary fiction in English-language translation. Joining Dialogue Books’ owner Sharmaine Lovegrove are E.J Van Lanen, founder of Frisch & Co. and Anna Kim, winner of the 2012 EU Prize for Literature and author of Anatomy of A Night (“one of the most exciting and beautiful German language texts in recent years”).

Please Note: This a bi-lingual reading with English language discussion.

Spaces are – as ever – extremely limited, so please RSVP to events@dialoguebooks.org to reserve your space.”

The Literary Lounge takes place on May 14th, just a short stroll down the Torstraße away from The Circus, but as they mention in their information places are VERY limited so make sure you register at the email address above.

For more on the future of Dialogue in Berlin, take a look here, whilst if you are (like us) bereft because of the closure of the shop, check out this post with alternative foreign-language booksellers in Berlin.

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