April 22-28: Arab Film Festival, Gallery Weekend, Live Music, and more!
Things to do in Berlin - Week of April 22, 2024!
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Here's a sneak peek of what’s in store for you this week:
🎞️ Alfilm - Arabic Film Festival
🎵 GLIMMER ZIMMER - Live Music
🖼️ Gallery Weekend Berlin
🎧 SPAETSCHICHT. Berlin - Party
👂 Human-Nature-Machine - Listening Experience
🌎 Celebrate the Planet
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1. Alfilm - Arabic Film Festival
The Arabic Film Festival, known as Alfilm, offers a showcase of over 40 films directed by Arab filmmakers and originating from Arab countries. Many of these films are not widely recognized among European audiences, presenting attendees with an opportunity to explore fresh cinematic experiences. Established with the purpose of establishing a platform for Arab filmmaking within Germany, it seeks to challenge cultural stereotypes surrounding the Arab world through the portrayal of diverse images and narratives. Program.
©courtesy of the venue & organizers
2. GLIMMER ZIMMER - Live Music
This concert provides a unique experience due to its intimate format and venue. It takes place in a loft space transformed into a music hall. Three artists, Nicholas Bamberger, Kat Polar, and Toumany Fofana, will perform at this edition. It's their last show before the summer break! More info.
💵 €18+
📅 25 Apr (Thu) / 19:00-23:00
📍 Berliner Str. 21 (location shared via ticket purchase)
3. Gallery Weekend Berlin
Gallery Weekend Berlin stands as a prominent fixture in Germany's contemporary art calendar, offering visitors an insight into Berlin's vibrant creative landscape. With approximately 50 galleries participating and showcasing the works of around 80 artists, the event enjoys consistent success, emerging as a significant player in the art market. There is a map available on their website, featuring galleries categorized by neighborhoods. More info.
💵 Free
📅 26 Apr (Fri) - 28 Apr (Sun)
📍 Various galleries
4. SPAETSCHICHT. Berlin - Club-Season Closing [Afro, Organic x Deep House]
SPAETSCHICHT. Berlin is an international music community initiated by two female DJs, SHANNIN and ELA ELA, from Berlin. Their mission is to weave together the different styles of house music from every corner of the world, with a special focus on the vibes from Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and the Mediterranean. They are celebrating the closing of the club season with this special event before summer, striving to establish a new atmosphere in Berlin's club and party scene. They depart from the conventional realm of hard and minimal electronic music, which typically lasts until the early hours, and aim to minimize excessive alcohol consumption and chemical drug use. More info.
©courtesy of the venue & organizers
5. Human Nature Machine - Listening Experience
Crafted by sound artist William Russell, the creator of Monom, a groundbreaking spatial sound collective, "Human Nature Machine" offers an embodied listening experience that explores our connection with the natural and artificial realms. Through a blend of live piano and vocal improvisations interwoven with synthetic sounds mirroring natural phenomena and weather dynamics, the experience brings forth the voices of endangered species and vanishing ecosystems. The venue is pretty unique. More info.
💵 Free
📅 28 Apr (Sun) / 12:00-20:00
📍 Flussbad Campus (Reethaus)
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6. Celebrate the Planet
A One-Day Festival of Community and Climate Awakening - Feel the Beat! Plant the Seed!
Let’s celebrate our beautiful planet! Be part of the community for a better future and explore what climate change means for you. Plant the seeds of change and get inspiration for a more earth-conscious life. Finally, dance your heart out–and transform the difficult emotions that climate change brings with it into hope and uplift. Feel the Beat! Plant the Seed! More info.
💵 €23 (10% discount code: CELEBRATEWITHUS)
📅 27 Apr (Sat)
Restaurant Review:
House of Tandoor - Indian Restaurant
One of BEW’s younger subscribers has sent us this restaurant and asked us to suggest it. In her own words, 'The food and ambiance were amazing!' If you want to see more of her suggestions, check out her Instagram page: @naomisberlinfood
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