Oh no! The venue Festsaal Kreuzberg is no more. Last night the venue burnt down to the ground, despite great efforts of the Berlin fire fighters that tried their best For over nine years the venue hosted a great number of concerts, parties, marriages, readings, performances of all kind. The Festsaal’s calender lists upcoming events […]
On June 26th, 1963 the president of the United States of America John F. Kennedy held his historic speach at Schöneberger Rathaus in West-Berlin and said the historic phrase “Ich bin ein Berliner!”. And my mom was there too. Does that make me a Berliner? What makes you a Berliner? Are you a Berliner? How […]
Congratulations: 200000 signatures were needed, but in the end over 260000 people signed the petition. That means that the petition is a success and now further steps towards a community-owned energy supply can follow… I’m looking forward to this new step towards a community-owned infrastructure. First Berlin water supply got back into public hand, now […]
setting: me entering the local super market, catching a bike from from falling. a woman approaches me… me: wasn’t me! woman:: oh, great, thank you! By the way: have you signed the petition? me: what petition? woman: THE petition! me: ahm – i signed some petition.. woman: what petition? me: various petitions.. What’s your petition […]