These 55 activities are worth leaving the house for.
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November 15 at 12pm (This weekend)
Naturschutzzentrum Ökowerk Berlin e.V. · Berlin
Celtic myths, the little people of Knockgrafton, and otherworld melodies fill the Naturschutzzentrum Ökowerk Berlin e.V. during this Berlin Fairy Tale Festival event suited for children aged six and older, with sessions starting every hour.
November 15 at 3pm (This weekend)
Berliner Ensemble · Mitte
Against the backdrop of the 1884 Berlin Conference, a desperate Austrian negotiator tries to conceal personal fraud while helping carve up a continent. Daniel Kehlmann reads from his dark comic novel Afrika at the Berliner Ensemble.
November 19 at 8pm
Prachtwerk · Bezirk Neukölln • $$
Delmonico Books publishes My '90s Rock Photographs, a new collection by Melissa Auf der Maur celebrating an era. Prachtwerk hosts a book reading, discussion, and signing session presented with Rough Trade.
November 19 at 12pm +2
Humboldt Forum · Mitte • Free
Watch radio happen live: Deutschlandfunk Kultur interviews big-name authors, journalists, and politicians in the Humboldt Forum's foyer. Free, and the audience gets to join the conversation.
November 24 at 8pm
Volksbühne · Mitte
A sweat-soaked Cavalli slipdress and a red-glowing summer heat frame Zelal Yeşilyurt's debut novel Molotov Cocktail Dress, where protagonist Wanda Zoi drifts through a hyper-aestheticized metropolis. Visitors attend this reading and discussion in the Roter Salon.
November 25 at 7pm
Kapelle99 · Berlin
Journalist and podcaster Don Pablo Mulemba joins tip-editor Erik Heier at Kapelle99 to discuss his literary debut Hundeheimat, family history, and growing up in Eberswalde as the son of an East German mother and an Angolan contract worker.
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Sun Nov 15, 9am
Kunstbibliothek Berlin · Mitte
Free
Sun Nov 15, 6:30pm
DNA. CLUB · Berlin
Free
Mon Nov 16, 4:30pm
Stadtteilbibliothek Erich Weinert · Bezirk Marzahn-Hellersdorf
Mon Nov 16, 4:30pm
Bibliothek am Wasserturm · Bezirk Pankow
Eintritt frei
Mon Nov 16, 10:30am
Neue Synagoge Berlin · Mitte
Mon Nov 16, 4pm
Bettina-von-Arnim-Bibliothek · Bezirk Pankow
Mon Nov 16, 6pm
Eulalia Eigensinn · Bezirk Spandau
Tue Nov 17, 4pm
Bezirkszentralbibliothek "Mark Twain" · Bezirk Marzahn-Hellersdorf
Tue Nov 17, 3pm
Wolfdietrich-Schnurre-Bibliothek · Bezirk Pankow
Tue Nov 17, 4pm
Mittelpunktbibliothek "Ehm Welk" · Bezirk Marzahn-Hellersdorf
Tue Nov 17, 9:30am
Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum · Berlin
0-1 €
Tue Nov 17, 4:30pm
Mark-Twain-Bibliothek · Bezirk Marzahn-Hellersdorf
Tue Nov 17, 6pm
Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek · Bezirk Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
Free
Tue Nov 17, 5pm
America Memorial Library · Bezirk Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
Free
Tue Nov 17, 10:30am
Neue Synagoge Berlin · Mitte
Wed Nov 18, 4pm
Bibliothek am Wasserturm · Bezirk Pankow
Free
Thu Nov 19, 4pm
Janusz-Korczak-Bibliothek · Berlin
Free
Thu Nov 19, 5pm
Bibliothek am Wasserturm · Bezirk Pankow
Free
Thu Nov 19, 4:30pm
Bibliothek am Wasserturm · Bezirk Pankow
Free
Thu Nov 19, 3pm
Liebermann-Villa · Bezirk Steglitz-Zehlendorf
Fri Nov 20, 4pm
Zentral- und Landesbibliothek · Bezirk Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
Free
Fri Nov 20, 6pm
Bezirkszentralbibliothek "Mark Twain" · Bezirk Marzahn-Hellersdorf
Free
Fri Nov 20, 9am
Archenhold-Sternwarte Treptow · Bezirk Treptow-Köpenick
Fri Nov 20, 9:30am
Kulturhaus Spandau · Bezirk Spandau
6 €
Fri Nov 20, 11am
Archenhold Observatory · Bezirk Treptow-Köpenick
Sat Nov 21, 1pm
Heinrich-Böll-Bibliothek · Bezirk Pankow
Sat Nov 21, 8pm
Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz · Mitte
Sun Nov 22, 2pm
Jagdschloss Grunewald · Bezirk Steglitz-Zehlendorf
Fri Nov 27, 7:30pm
Berliner Ensemble · Mitte
Tue Dec 1, 4pm
Heinrich-von-Kleist-Bibliothek · Bezirk Marzahn-Hellersdorf
Thu Dec 3, 8pm
KW Institute for Contemporary Art · Mitte
5 €
Fri Dec 4, 8:30pm
Berliner Ensemble · Mitte
Fri Dec 4, 6pm
Berliner Ensemble · Mitte
Mon Dec 7, 5pm
Bibliothek am Wasserturm · Bezirk Pankow
Free
Wed Dec 9, 4pm
NHU Nachbarschaftshaus Urbanstraße · Bezirk Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
Sat Dec 12, 11am
Bibliothek am Wasserturm · Bezirk Pankow
Free
Mon Dec 14, 7:30pm
Berliner Ensemble · Mitte
Mon Jan 4, 8pm
Berliner Ensemble · Mitte
Sun Jan 17, 6pm
St. Matthew's Church · Mitte
Thu Jan 21, 6pm
Werkbundarchiv – Museum of Things | Berlín · Mitte
Tue Jan 26, 6pm
Otto Braun Saal · Mitte
Sun Feb 21, 7pm
SO36 · Bezirk Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
Sun Apr 25, 8pm
Colosseum Berlin - Saal 1 · Berlin
Altes Museum · Mitte
Adults $8 · Ages 3–17 $5
Berliner Festspiele · Bezirk Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
Literary Colloquium Berlin e.V. · Bezirk Steglitz-Zehlendorf
9 €
The Space Berlin · Berlin
Free Admission
silent green Kulturquartier · Mitte
Dussmann das KulturKaufhaus · Mitte
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