Hopefully the absurdity of me writing in English about something that is currently only available in German will not be too distracting. I’ve just decided…
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Komische Oper – In A Berlin Minute (Week 44)
This week I saw the opera Rusalka by Antonín Dvořák at the Komische Oper with new friend, book critic and Book Slut editor-in-chief Jessa Crispin.…
View More Komische Oper – In A Berlin Minute (Week 44)Berlin Musical “Hinterm Horizont”
My family is just not a musical family. And I don’t mean that we don’t like or play music; there’s a cellist and singer, a…
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Berlinale 2011 – In A Berlin Minute (Week 42)
The Berlin International Film Festival, or Berlinale (2/10 – 2/20/11), is such a big, layered event that it’s impossible to participate in everything or even…
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Happy New Year (In Photo and Video)
Because I knew a few people were going to send me holiday cards this year, including ShooterHatesYou (who had announced on his vlog that he…
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Christmas Market – In A Berlin Minute (Week 34)
The Christmas Markets (Weihnachtsmärkte) around Alexanderplatz offer all the usual gifts, foods and atmosphere… and a few more surprising thrills… Happy Holidays, Everyone! – Luci…
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Caitlin revisits Bremen – In A Berlin Minute (Week 33)
Caitlin revisits Bremen – In A Berlin Minute (Week 33) from Luci Westphal on Vimeo. This week my friend Caitlin Cassaro from Brooklyn visited me…
View More Caitlin revisits Bremen – In A Berlin Minute (Week 33)Ian McEwan – “The Innocent”
The Innocent by Ian McEwan My rating: 3 of 5 stars “The Innocent” is the joyful, light, amusing, a bit suspenseful and quite insightful, if…
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MusicMonday: Live Music, No: Live *Performance* (Der Familie Popolski, Bonaparte, Peaches)
Someone may have noticed that there hadn’t been a MusicMonday post in a while. In the last two weeks I’ve been quite busy with moving…
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Book Burning Memorial – In A Berlin Minute (Week 27)
In May 1933 students burnt the works of hundreds of authors on a square in Berlin (and throughout Germany). In 1994/95 a memorial called “Bibliothek” (library) conceived by Micha Ullman was built within what is today called Bebelplatz.
View More Book Burning Memorial – In A Berlin Minute (Week 27)MusicMonday: M.I.A. and MIA.
One of my recent album purchases was Maya, the new album by M.I.A. – not to be mixed up with MIA. . The devil is…
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Holocaust Memorial – In A Berlin Minute (Week 22)
The official name of the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin is “Denkmal für die Ermordeten Juden Europas” (Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe). It was…
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Graffiti Factory – In A Berlin Minute (Week 21)
Apparently Berlin has several abandoned factories covered in grafitti that also allow beautiful views of the city- when you sneak inside… The factory featured in…
View More Graffiti Factory – In A Berlin Minute (Week 21)MusicMonday: Nils Koppruch – Kirschen (Wenn Der Sommer Kommt)
Nils Koppruch, a visual artist and the singer of the Hamburg band Fink*, just released an excellent second solo album: Caruso. The song “Kirschen (Wenn…
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Berlin Festival 2010 – In A Berlin Minute (Week 20)
This past weekend the annual Berlin Festival, 2 days of music, took place in the hangars of the former airport Tempelhof. In the words of James…
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Tempelhof Airport – In A Berlin Minute (Week 16)
Picnic on an abandoned air field. Tempelhof Airport – In A Berlin Minute (Week 16) [HD] from Luci Westphal on Vimeo. A few years after…
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