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CTM.12 – Festival for Adventurous Music

27. Januar 2012 in Art, Berlin, Events, Festivals, Music by Paul

From the 30th January to the 5th February, various venues across the city will be hosting concerts, exhibitions and discourses as part of CTM.12 – Festival for Adventurous Music and Related Arts. This is the thirteenth edition of the Festival, and as always the CTM is running in parallel to and in cooperation with transmediale – Berlin’s festival for art and digital culture (25 years old this year – happy birthday guys!).

Here’s some more on CTM.12:

In addition to a comprehensive music program at HAU, Berghain, Passionskirche, Gretchen, Kater Holzig, .HBC and Horst Krzbrg, a discourse series developed in collaboration with the philosopher, psycho-historian and author Andreas L. Hofbauer will address the festival’s theme by pursuing questions concerning art, theory, and music.

Ghosts Off the Shelf is an exhibit created by the curator, art critic, and architect Thibaut de Ruyter at the Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien, and explores the artistic use of the exponentially growing capacities of technical archives and their “inherent ghosts”. The exhibit opens on 27 January as part of Vorspiel, a comprehensive partner program within which a number of independent Berlin art, music, and media spaces will present their activities.

Full programme and loads more stuff on the official website: CTM.12

Australia Day in Goldman’s Bar

25. Januar 2012 in Beer, Berlin, Circus Hostel, Events, Music by Paul

the barnhoff

As you can see, we have slightly adapted our Hoff shrine in Goldman’s Bar in honour of Australia’s national day, which is tomorrow. But more than that we have an awfully good evening planned, so if you are up for any of the following then come on down and join the fun. It doesn’t matter if you are Aussie, Kiwi, Pom, German, Italian, French or anything else, we’re all ready to party. Here’s the poster:

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Circus Blog 2011 Review Part Two – July to December

21. Dezember 2011 in Art, Beer, Berlin, Berlin Wall Anniversary, Books, Christmas Market, Circus Apartments, Circus Hostel, Circus Hotel, Circus News, Design, Events, Festivals, Film, Football, History, Media, Multitude, Music, Photography, Review of 2011, The Kitchen by Paul

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Okay, so we reached the middle of the year yesterday in our review of 2011 via Circus blogposts, and as the cold wind blows outside the windows of the office here on Rosenthaler Platz it is hard to picture those warm and sunny days of barbecues in the park where we left things, but we will use the power of the blog and an ability to link to take us back to the recent past…

July. The Women’s Football World Cup got serious as we reached the knock-out stages. Germany, as always, were great hosts of the tournament, but they fell foul on the pitch to a surprise defeat at the hands of the eventual winners Japan. Here at The Circus we made a film, brought Dandy of the Grotesque into Fabisch, and began our tours to Kreuzberg with Jim Hudson whilst Jule and the other Jim took people to explore Marzahn.

Into August and Rani delivered the first designs for the new cafe and lounge at the apartments, whilst Sasa and the gang began the long process of deciding what special things would be served there. Berlin commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of the building of the Berlin Wall with a series of different events and exhibitions around the city, whilst we met a 70 year-old on his birthday who had been born in the very building that now houses The Circus Hotel. Meanwhile Andrew was having a weekly struggle with the weather, Toga was off to watch his team at the Olympic Stadium, and Sandra was getting “in the mood” with her plans for new apartments. It all seems so long ago…

In September we met Carl Oskar for the first time when he popped by the hotel for a visit, but otherwise it was work, work, work, work, on the Circus Apartments. Meanwhile, we were checking out the international literature festival, and many of our guests were gaining our complete admiration as they took on the Berlin Marathon course. As we moved into autumn a friend of ours published a book on a subject close to the hearts of the English-speaking staff members of The Circus – beer – whilst Preston ran a special photography tour for the festival of lights and Digel waved to passing members of the St Pauli football team on Torstraße.

Into November and we hosted the inaugural meeting of the Berlin St Georges Supporters Club down in Goldman’s Bar, began our new fundraising campaign with our friends at Multitude, celebrated Thanksgiving in the Circus Cafe and drank our first glasses of glühwein at the Berlin Christmas Markets.

And so we reach December and the end of 2011. Sometimes December can be a calm and quiet month at The Circus, but not this year. We had a film crew come by the hostel to make a special clip for our website (coming soon!) but mostly we were getting the apartments ready for launch, which we did last week.

So as Christmas and New Year’s Eve approaches, we reach the end of our special review of 2011 (part two), and we would just like to take this opportunity to thank everyone – guests, staff, partners and friends – who have been with us during 2011 and the next year of the Circus story. In 2012 the Circus will be FIFTEEN years old… who could imagine what would have happened when the doors opened on that first 40-bed building close to Friedrichstraße.

Ah, enough of the nostalgia. See you soon.

Circus Blog 2011 Review Part One – January to June

20. Dezember 2011 in Art, Bars, Beer, Berlin, Books, Circus Apartments, Circus Hostel, Circus Hotel, Circus News, Circus Talks, Design, Events, Fabisch, Festivals, Film, Football, History, Hungry Jared, Media, Music, Our Neighbourhood, Review of 2011, Rosentage, Slow Travel Day, Stuff We Like, The Berg Gallery by Paul

2011reviewpartoneIn amongst all the excitement of the opening of the Apartments last week, we missed the second birthday of this lovely blog, and so we thought we would use the chance to not only say “Happy Birthday” to ourselves, but have a look back at a year in the Circus through our blog posts. Now quite a lot of things have happened to us over the past twelve months, so we have decided to split this into two and begin with the first six months of the year.

In January we launched our cooperation with the ZeitzeugenBörse for our series of eyewitness history talks, which are still continuing each month in Fabisch, and we have a very special treat and surprise on this topic coming up in January…so keep your eyes open! We also recieved the happy news that The Circus Hotel had once again been selected for the Tripadvisor Traveller’s Choice Awards, voted for by people who have stayed with us at the hotel and a wonderful achievement for the second year in a row. Later in month Judith and Lisanne took some guests on a special Long Night of the Museums Tour, whilst Jared started on his mission to eat around Berlin.

February might be the shortest month but there was lots going on, especially as the Berlinale was in town. We also prepared a very special welcome for a very special friend of ours.  March was completely packed, with a renovation of the Circus Cafe just in time for all the different events of our Slow Travel Day, including tours, film screenings, a pop-up bookshop and much more, whilst our small Kunstbox at the hostel became host for the Pictosplasma festival. Over at the hotel Marie Jacobi brought Rapunzel to the tower, where she still sits…

Into spring and we welcomed the Berg Gallery to our Kunstbox, celebrated Hertha’s return to the Bundesliga, and continued our obession with you know who. As the weather continued to get warmer the fun and games carried on, with a visit of Gino the Clown to the hostel, we sadly waved goodbye to Konny as he left the Circus (we still miss you), and made the first announcement of the new Circus Apartments.

As the summer arrived we headed up onto the roof of the Circus Hotel for yoga sessions, and worked with our neighbours on the Rosentage neighbourhood and cultural festival. We reached the halfway point of the year with Lisa hosting “Europe’s Most Awesome Barbecue” in Mauerpark.

Phew…and we are only halfway there. Part Two of the 2011 review will be on the blog in the next couple of days…

Friday 25th November – Future Shorts Festival

21. November 2011 in Berlin, Events, Festivals, Film, Media, Music, Stuff We Like by Paul

futureshorts1Coming up this Friday 25th November at the Agora Collective in Neukölln is the Berlin Premiere of the international pop-up film festival FUTURE SHORTS, featuring Oscar, Bafta, Sundance and Berlinale award-winning short films.  Starting at 8pm with a drinks reception, the films will be screened from 9pm and followed by a after-party featuring sought-after Berlin DJ Juli N.

The Future Shorts Festival is the first ever global pop-up festival, showcasing the most exciting short films from around the world. The festival currently takes place in over 50 cities and 22 countries and comprises a worldwide audience of a half-million people, on and offline. Since 2003, Future Shorts’ defining format showcases a single programme of the best short films from around the world often alongside live music, DJs and art. From London to Moscow, Melbourne to Jakarta, the screenings take place across a huge network of music halls, cinemas, theatres, galleries, clubs and warehouses, providing an alternative to the traditional film festival model.

If you want to join the fun then you should know that places are limited and you can book your tickets online here.

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The Return of Open Mic at Goldman’s Bar

4. November 2011 in Bars, Berlin, Circus Hostel, Circus Talks, Events, Goldman's Bar, Music by Paul

open micThis Sunday we are extremely happy to both launch and welcome back an old favourite to Goldman’s Bar. Yes, that’s right, this Sunday is the return of OPEN MIC – your chance to experience that shiver of fame and recognitions, and perhaps even applause, as you take to the Goldman’s Bar stage armed only with your talent.

The All New Goldman’s Bar Open Mic Sunday Spectacular is hosted by Aussie expat Rob Longstaff, who is extremely entertaining, and he promises a fun evening including prizes to be won for those brave enough to step up to the mic and show us what they’ve got. So forget Popstar-X-Factors-Got-Talent and all the rest, come down to Goldman’s Bar on Sunday night at 9.30pm for some great music, cold drinks and top prizes.

Rock on.

Coming Soon: The FLY BerMuDa-Festival

11. Oktober 2011 in Berlin, Circus News, Events, Festivals, Music, Stuff We Like by Paul

Remember, remember the 5th November… and for the Brits out there, not for the reason you think. No, the 5th November 2011 is the take-off date for the FLY BerMuDa-Festival, the annual grand finale of the Berlin Music Days. It takes place at the historic Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, and will bring together a veritable who’s who of the best German and international electronic music artists.

Of course, electronic music has an important history in Berlin, as the organisers of the festival themselves point out:

“It‘s a fact that electronic music has been and still is strongly influenced by Berlin. There is hardly any other city, in which this scene has developed in such a creative and diverse manner. There has grown a culture around electronic music that is unparalleled in the world. That is what Berlin musically stands for and that is what the Fly BerMuDa Festival is all about.”

The diversity of the electronic music scene is clear in the acts they have lined up for the festival, including a live set from Plastikman, Sven Väth, Ricardo Villalobos, Loco Dice, Ellen Allien, James Holden, Fritz Kalkbrenner, M.A.N.D.Y., Tiefschwarz and many more. If you check out the website you can get the full line-up, plus see lots more preview videos like the one above.

What is especially exciting about the 2011 edition of the festival, is that we have been invited to be partners in the event, which means not only is The Circus recommended by the organisers as a place for festival-goers to stay, but also that we have tickets available at the reception. If you are interested, please let us know, and we will have more updates and information closer to the event.

Party on.

Real Scenes: Berlin

22. September 2011 in Berlin, Music, Stuff We Like by Paul

Jared and Digel both pointed me in the direction of this video from Resident Advisor which explores the club scene of Berlin. It is part of a series of films by Resident Advisor that have the following aim:

We explore the musical, cultural and creative climate within electronic music’s key destinations. We’ll look at the role singular figureheads—producers, DJs, promoters—play in making their city’s music scene a point of world-wide interest. We’ll also look at places, spaces and inspirations, seeking out the essence of what gives these hyper-local scenes a truly global resonance.

You can find out more about the Berlin film on the feature page, and of course you can watch it below:

Real Scenes: Berlin from Resident Advisor on Vimeo.

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