Weekend Events in Berlin, March 18 - 20 , including Purim Events

Purim 

Purim will be on March 23rd/24th this year. Some of the events, accordingly, will be listed in next week's listing. However, there is still quite a list for Purim Events in Berlin this week. 

• Saturday, March 19th - A Purim party for the youth members of Ha-Shomer Ha-Tzair and Noam (teens who are not members are also invited, registration and details: dikla@hashomer.de 

Teens Purim Party 

• Sunday, March 20th, between 11 and 2 pm : A Purim party for primary school aged children, at Bambinim West (Brandenburgische Str) including lunch and special activity by the primary school group of Hashomer Hatzair. 

• Monday, March 21st, a Bambinim purim party between 4:30 and 6 pm (at the West branch, Brandenburgische Str). 

• Wednesday, March 23rd, from 4:30 PM - Chabad East (Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 34, near S/U Alexanderplatz) organises children activities followed by Megillah reading 

• Wednesday from 5 pm, the Fraenkelufer Synagogue (in Kreuzberg, between U Kottbusser Tor and U Schoenleinstr.), together with Bambinim, and with a special reading of the book Die Schlaue Esther; of course followed by Megillah Reading and Hamantaschen

From "Die Schlaue Esther"

• Also on Wednesday at 5 pm: Megillah reading and kids activities at the Rykestr Synagogue (U Senefelder Platz). This Purim Party has an afterparty (for adults), starting at 10pm in ACUD (further information) 

• The Pestalozzistr Synagogue (U Deutsche Oper or S/U Charlottenburg/Wilmersdofer Str) will also start at 5pm, and there will be a magician as well as Megillah and Hamantaschen. 

Culinary Delights

Plenty of culinary activities this weekend:

• It starts with a popup Israeli gourmet restaurant (the organiser: "no hummus!", but believe me, lot's of really-really good food). Carmella was a legendary Tel Aviv chef restaurant, which will open on March 17th through 20th (for dinner, and at the weekend also for brunch). Highly recommended, (RESERVE A TABLE)

Fine Israeli/Local Dining: Carmella in Mitte

• The "Berliner Weisse Summit" fights against the image of the local Huguenot brew. Meet several small/craft breweries which are now restarting traditional methods of Weisse brewing (hint: no green syrup here!) - at Wilner Brauerei (Address: Berliner Str., 13189 Berlin , not far from  M13, M1 and tram 50 in Bornholmer Str/Schoenhauser Allee) - details

• Sat/Sun (March 19th/20th): The Green Market at Neue Heimat - a vegan fair with music, products and obviously, lots of yummi vegan food. 

• Breakfast and Vinyl, a market at Markthalle IX, this Sunday 

• And also at the Kulturbrauerei, with their regular street-food market, between 11 and 6pm. 

• Karl's Strawberry Farm, an amusement park based on the famous strawberry distributor, starts its season on Saturday, with a new slide and many other attractions. In Elstal, near the Outlet. (site) 

Furthermore

• Berlin Bike Weekend at the Station is a big bike fair, including lots of interesting events, as well as a big second hand market for bikes and more. There is children care and activities for children. (website)

Berlin Bike Fair

• The Charite organises an anual charity run "against cancer" in the Rehberge, Sunday morning including a course for kids aged 11 and up details and registration

•  Spring fair at the Domaene Dahlem, Sat, March 19th. 

• Sat at 2 pm, children Easter craft activities at the Britzer Garten (details) 

• Saturday in museums: craft workshops at the Bauhaus Archive (details) ; family tours in the Museum of Technology (details) ; and building a Mars Rover from Lego at the Archenhold Observatory (details) 

• Children aged 6 and up can experiment with different instruments at the Klingendes Museum , Sat at 3 pm (details) 

• The Brohan Museum will present workshops on Jazz posters for children on Sunday (details) 

• Under some pretext of an anniversary, Das Schloss in Steglitz will have fireworks this Saturday and events throughout the day. 

• Children flea market on Sunday, in Helmholzplatz 

• The first Easter market will open on Friday, at Alexanderplatz. Every day until April 3rd. 

Hebrew Culture

• Writer Eshkol Nevo will read from his books in BuchBund Neukoelln, Saturday evening (details) 

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Weekend Events in Berlin, March 11 - 13

Purim

Purim is coming and the first sign might be the activities, this weekend, at the Jewish Musuem - the puppet show "Die Schlaue Esther" (Clever Esther) will be shown at 11:00 and 2 pm, including Hamantaschen. Registration at kinder@jmberlin.de 

The show will repeat again on the 27th at the Jewish Museum and during Purim in the Fraenkelufer Synagogue. 

More Jewish Events for the Family

• Bambinim will offer self-defence workshop for kids aged six and up on Sunday, between 12 and 3pm. In the Western Branch (Bambinim) 

• Also on Sunday: Hashomer Hatzair, with two groups, one for kids aged 7 to 12 and the other one for older teens. Contact: ido@hashomer.de 

Hashomer Hatzair

Furthermore

• The International Tourism Fair, ITB is taking place at the Messe since Wednesday. The weekend is also open to the general public and includes interesting stands by hotels, countries, regions in Germany and attractions; lots of freebies (gummy bears, pens, tote bags etc.) and also some exciting try-ons. There are admission fees, but you can usually get a free ticket if you're an Ikea Family member, at your local Ikea. 

• Because of the trade fair, the shops will be open on this Sunday, from 1 pm to 6 pm 

• "Forest Hour" for kids aged 2 to 4 in Plaenterwald (details)

Forest Hour in Plaenterwald

• Museums on Saturday: An open day at the U-Bahn Museum (once a month, details). In addition, an open day at the Bauhaus Archive (every Saturday from 11:00 to 2pm) and guided tours for families at the Technical Museum  

The U-Bahn Museum

• Pianist Alma Deutscher will play for children on Sunday in Prenzlauer Berg, free admission. On Friday, an evening concert for the adults. Prenzlauer Allee 227 (M2 to Knaackstr or U2 to Senefelderplatz) 

• A children run (as well as an adult course) in Spandau on Sunday. Kids younger than ten can participate (details in German:  Kinderlauf) 

• Museums on Sunday: Easter activities in the Maerkisches Museum  and the Communication Museum. Also in the Koepenick Castle and the museum there, but in that case, registration is required. info

Hungry Yet?

All those activities are mouthwatering, but sometimes all you want is a nice food market. This weekend, you have three to choose from. 

• Friday in the Platoon, a Korean Street Food Market, from 6 pm 

• Sunday from 11:00, the Street Food Market at the Kulturbrauerei 

• Sunday from noon, Naschmarkt in special Easter edition, in Markthalle IX 

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Events in Berlin, for All, March 4 - 6

Tonal Worlds at the FEZ

The FEZ offers a weekend of experimenting with different instruments, music and just noises at the Klangwelte Festival. And yes, I have avoided the corny "Sound of Music" title! [fun fact: most Germans and Austrians haven't heard of the film or at least haven't seen it. It was also seriously re-edited - read: censored - for German public in the 1960s, because, you know "Don't mention the War"]. 

Klangwelte Festival. FEZ, on Straße zum FEZ 2, 12459 Berlin (public transport: take the S3 to Wuhlheide or trams 27, 63 or 67 to Freizeit- und Erholungszentrum. Admission fees apply. 

More Music 

• The Klingendes Museum offers experimenting with musical instruments for 3 to 6 y/olds on Saturday, 2:20 - 5 pm 

• Nikolaikirche in the Nikolai Quarter offer a guided tour in their huge organ, followed by an opportunity to try to hit a few notes. Sunday, 3 pm. Admission fees apply

• Also on Sunday (3:30 pm); the children-concert "Mozart's Magic Tupee" tickets

Furthermore

• Sometimes coloured - Selected Second Hand makes a big vintage sale this weekend. (address: Grünberger Str. 90 10245 Berlin , near U5 Samariterstr., further info); also - on Sunday in Neukoelln, the "Weiberkram" clothing and accessory market, in the Kindelbrauerei (details)

• Sat/Sun : Easter fair with handcraft and music, at the Museum for European Cultures, in Dahlem 

Easter Market in Dahlem

• Guided tours (in German) in the Naturkundemuseum: 
• Friday through Sunday at 6pm: torchlight guided tour
• Sat/Sun at 11 and 2pm: a 45 minutes tour through the exhibition for families
• Sunday between 3 and 4:30 pm : Dinosaur Researchers' Day for kids (aged 8 to 12) 

• Korean street food market on Friday at Platoon (starting at 6pm) (postponed to the 11th) ; and on Sunday, a street food market in the Kulturbrauerei (from 11 to 6 pm) 

Jewish Heritage/Events

• Bambinim East (on Fuerstenwalder Str in Friedrichshain) will offer interesting Purim activity for kids , and for the parents - a discussion on multilinguality and language immersion. Sunday 3-6pm , the discussion for the parents in Hebrew; the activity for kids - multilingual. 

• Stay tuned for more Purim events next week... Purim is on 23th-24th of March (with Shushan Purim on the 25th). 

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Berlin Events for Small and Big , Feb 26 - 28

Berlin's Ice Age

So far, the winter has been pretty mild this year (knock wood?). However, it is actually this time of the year, when a new Ice Age threatens Berlin. Two different ice-skating shows will debut at the weekend: Disney on Ice (Thursday, 25th till Sunday, 28th, at the Velodrom) and "Holiday on Ice" (also beginning on Thu, Feb 25th but continuing until March 13th at the Tempodrom). Tickets are not exactly cheap, but fans will be delighted (and you don't really need German) 

• Holiday on Ice, three times a day at the Tempodrom (tickets)
• Disney on Ice, this weekend only (tickets) 

Disney on Ice

If you prefer a more active fun on ice , there are the ice skating rinks, all over Berlin, including shoe-rental, for those who don't own any.  For  ice skating rinks in Berlin

Furthermore

• Talking about Pregnancy and Birth - with doula Zohar Ren in English, Friday 6pm (details) 

• There is Hashomer Hatzair activity on Sunday (see here)

• Also on Sunday: workshop on "Magical Tales" in the Martin Gropius Bau (at 1 pm, recommended for children from 1st grade up, in German). 

• Concert at the Philharmonie at 2:30 and 5 pm on Sunday (details/tickets )

• On Sunday, the BVG is going to use historical trains for some of the U6 schedule, to celebrate the line's 50th anniversary , timetable (pdf)

• Cheese festival at the Arminiusmarkthalle in Moabit on Saturday/Sunday, and nd of course, the street food market at the Kulturbrauerei, Sunday 11:00- 6pm

Meanwhile in Brandenburg: Rise of the Knights, Bernau

Rise of the Knights is a "knighting"-competition, which takes place in Bernau on February 27th. In the event, knighting-teams will fight each other (in a hall). 

Rise of the Knights, Sat., February 27th, stating at 10:00, at the Erich Wünsch Sportshalle ( Heinersdorfer/Rosenstraße 42 16321 Bernau bei Berlin, take the S2 to Bernau and then bus 868 or walk).

The Knights who say Ouch

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Events in Berlin, February 19 - 21, 2016

A Very Musical Weekend

There are always children concerts in one venue or another in Berlin, but this weekend is somehow abundant with them.

It begins with a baby concert, at the Deutsche Oper. Their "Baby Concert" series is suitable to babies, toddlers and their parents and this is the last concert for a while. (information)

Deutsche Oper

Friday, 10:30, 3pm and 5pm 

Baby Concert, Deutsche Oper

On Saturday, there are several concerts:

• The Klingendes Museum offers a workshop, where kids can have hand-on experience with different instruments, for kids aged 6 and up  (information) 

• A special Fasching concert at the Philharmonie, with clowns, Saturday afternoon, for kids aged 5 and up  (details and tickets) 

Clowns at the Philharmonie

And then, on Sunday, a couple more children concerts:

• at 12:00, at the Haus-der-Rundfunk, a concert titled "Tierische Tag" (details) 

• And at 3pm and 4:15 pm, Carnival of the Animals (in German) at the Konzerthaus 

Furthermore

• Interactive exhibition around families and family forms at the FEZ , including a "family labyrinth". 

• Free ice skating rink at Forum Steglitz as part of their "Winter Market" event

• Sunday at 2pm in the Galli Theater (Oranienburger Str. 32, 10117 Berlin): Snow-white, in English

• Sunday - breakfast market at Markthalle IX 

• And also on Sunday: street-food market at the Kulturbrauerei, from 11:00 

Street Food Market, Kulturbrauerei (source)

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Events in Berlin. February 12 - 14, 2016

Activities at the Weekend in Berlin

• Fri/Sat/Sun - a "winter market" in Forum Steglitz, including an ice skating rink

• Saturday, 2 pm, in the Britzer Garten, a guided tour on winter birds (in German, details) 

• Sunday, from 12;30 on, Hashomer Hatzair activity for kids aged 7 and up in two groups (youngsters and teens) . Information on Hashomer Hatzair Facebook Page or by mail ido@hashomer.de

• Sunday at 1 pm in Martin Gropius - a workshop titled "Back to the Future" (in German) , first graders and older 

• Sunday at 2:30 and 5 pm in the Philharmonie, children concert (details/tickets) 

• Street food market at the Kulturbrauerei, Sundays between 11 and 6pm

For Us Only: Valentines and Parenting Workshops

• Sunday is Valentines' and if you managed to get a babysitter, there is a special romantic food event at Pizza a Pezzi bistro in Mitte, from 12:00 but you can come till 10 pm or so details

• And for the consequences of the Valentines' fun: A workshop in English on "Having a Baby in Berlin", Wednesday, February 17th, at 10:00 am 

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Events in Berlin, February 5 - 7, 2016

A Magic Castle in Wuhlheide

The FEZ are all about magic during the winter holidays, with activities for magicians, wizards and sorcerers. Recommended from age 6+ (details) 

Address: Straße zum FEZ 2, 12459 Berlin ; Transport: Tram 63, 27 or 67 to Freizeit- und Erholungszentrum or S3 Train to Wuhlheide. Admission applies. 

Furthermore

• Friday/Sat/Sun : Ice Skating rink and other winter surprises in Forum Steglitz (Schloßstraße 1, 12163 Berlin, near Walther-Schreiber-Platz)

• Graphic Days Berlin - including live painting, DJ and more in Urban Spree, weekend long event 

• Saturday from 5 pm, a night flea and designer market, at the Spreewerkstaetten (details)

• Saturday: Music workshops for 3 to 4 year-olds and 4 to 6 year-olds, at the Klingendes Museum (details) 

• Saturday at 11:00 : craft workshop for kids at the Bauhaus Archive (details) 

• Sunday: A Swedish Books Party, for kids, at BucherBox (admission applies, details) 

• Also on Sunday: A Gothic "Dark Market" at the Duncker Club, Sunday afternoon 

• Sunday, from 12:00 - crafts at Villa Oppenheim (details) 

• Also on Sunday: Beer and Wurst Market, in Markthalle IX ; a street food market in the Kulturbrauerei and a wine festival in Späth'sche Baumschulen (details for the latter)

Jewish Themed Events

A film and a concert about the Jewish pianist Alice Herz-Sommer, at the Klingendes Museum on Sunday. 

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