The Guardian in the UK just published its on-line city guide to Berlin. While some of the choices seem kind of obvious or random, there is some good stuff and fun multimedia. We especially enjoyed Thomas Höpker‘s photos from the GDR (including the genius one above of toilet time at a Kita) and the guide to weekend brunch by our very own Luisa Weiss. Check out the whole Guardian guide HERE…. Read more »
Adam Butler lives in Berlin. He is currently working on a novel, extracts from which have appeared in 3AM Magazine and Nitro. As a musician he has released 5 albums of electronic chamber showtunes under the pseudonym Vert, and has performed throughout Europe, the US and Asia. A longer version of his Berlin Story was originally… Read more »
(This week we introduce PARTICLE WAVE, a column written by Fenster bandmates JJ Hurvich and Jonathan Jarzyna about Berlin’s new music scene. Look forward to profiles, interviews and live performance podcasts. This week a profile of two popular venues, Madame Claude & Marie Antoinette…) It’s not easy to make a living from experimental music. That’s why… Read more »
Helen Schneider has released 22 albums (including the gold hit “Rock ‘n Roll Gypsy”) spanning the worlds of pop, theater, opera and jazz. On the stages of Berlin to Broadway, Helen has played the great ladies of the stage, from Eva Peron in “Evita”, to Frida Kahlo in “Frida”. In 2006 Helen was awarded the prestigious “DIVA… Read more »
Brittani Sonnenberg’s fiction and nonfiction have appeared in The O’Henry Prize Stories 2008, Ploughshares, Time Magazine and elsewhere. To hear other great pieces Sonnenberg has written for previous seasons of Berlin Stories for NPR, please click here and here. She studied English literature at Harvard University, received her fiction MFA from the University of Michigan… Read more »
Listen to the podcast above. Author Eoin Hahessy is the recipient of an Irish national young writer’s award and is a freelance journalist with the Irish Independent, the Sunday Independent and Business & Finance in Ireland. Before leaving Dublin to travel to Berlin he reported for Newstalk radio and a few years prior to… Read more »
