The D-B Connection: Mies van der Rohe
One of the trailers created by Martina Guzman and Veronica Zaragovia for The Detroit-Berlin Connection, the radio series coming up on Berlin Stories for NPR next week!
The Detroit-Berlin Connection: Dec 1st at the US Embassy
Please join us at 16:00, Thursday December 1st, at the U.S. Embassy, Pariser Platz 2, for The Detroit-Berlin Connection, a panel discussion on urban renewal in post-industrial cities. The event is a celebration of our first collaboration with a U.S. NPR station, a series of the same name that will run on NPR Berlin 104.1FM next week during the morning broadcast of All Things Considered. You can also listen to the pieces on WDET’s website. Click here to read a great posting by Sugarhigh about it. … Read more »
Our Contributors: Julia Franck on Peter Krauskopf
Berlin novelist Julia Franck has written the introduction for a new monograph of Berlin painter Peter Krauskopf’s work, in honor of a gorgeous exhibiton at the Walter Storms Galley in Munich. The introduction is in German and in English. Julia’s new novel, Rücken an Rücken, is out this month in German, next year… Read more »
The International Debut of Miss Elmlid
In this month’s Food & Wine is a feature article written by Berlin Stories editor Gisela Williams about the Berlin-based talent Malin Elmlid. Miss Elmlid, as she calls herself in her compelling blog, is an entrepreneurial spirit on the rise. We wouldn’t be surprised if her addictive homemade bread and fresh ideas change the world… Read more »
Our Contributors: Ralph Martin’s PAPANOIA in bookstores now!
Berliner Salon I: Nicky Broekhuysen
South African artist Nicky Broekhuysen hangs out on Emilie Trice’s couch, talking about her work, her process and her life in Berlin.
Slide Show: Elizabeth Skadden at the GDR Iraqi Embassy
Musician and Photographer Elizabeth Skadden, a frequent Berlin Stories contributor, visited the abandoned Iraqi Embassy of the former GDR in Pankow last year. Please click on the image below to see a slide show of her gorgeous photographs accompanied by an essay in captions.
Our Contributors: Anna Winger on Wilkommenkultur
This week, U.S. Ambassador Philip Murphy warned Berliners against racism, after an African-American U.S. Embassy employee was harassed by racist hooligans at a Hertha soccer match. Read his speech here. This brings us back to the question of what is German, who is German, and how can these definitions be expanded to… Read more »
Introducing Berliner Salon with Emilie Trice
Finally a reason to look forward to cold weather: Emilie Trice will host a new webtv series, Berliner Salon for BSNPR. Intimate conversations with artists, writers, curators on her famous couch.
Tune in right here next week for the first couch session, with Nicky Broekhuysen.
