überlin

February 2013

  • Kiez Oper: Insanity

    by Irene Moray We’re prone to hyperbole, especially when it comes to Berlin, but Kiez Oper is definitely one of the best things we’ve ever experienced. Aiming to “bring opera into the 21st Century”, the far-from-traditional company performs up-close, in unexpected venues, most recently in Stadtbad Wedding. As we sat down on the sloped floor of…

  • “Wie, bitte?” Ranting back at Exberliner

    Lauren Oyler responds to an Exberliner rant about the lack of German fluency among Berlin’s expat community. I moved to Berlin for myriad reasons, all of which are, seven months later, still difficult to articulate. I had spent two weeks here in May 2011, and while I was certainly technically aware that the city is…

  • Music Montag: Savages

    Savages by Dave W Clarke, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic licence I know nothing about Savages save that they’re all women, and probably part of some London new/No Wave post-post-punk movement. Here’s their song “Flying to Berlin”, which may or may not have been inspired by the delayed construction work on Berlin Brandenburg Airport. Spikey.

  • Win tickets to see soul sensation Trixie Whitley live in Berlinuberlin

    Trixie Whitley by Guy Kokken Trixie Whitley wants to be known as more than just the daughter of Chris Whitley. The good news for her is that I hadn’t even heard of her singer-songwriter dad, until I happened across her music on Spotify. The former child prodigy obviously inherited her father’s passion and talent for…

  • Music Montag: Paris Suit Yourself

    “Paris Suit Yourself” by justpearly under Creative Commons license Attribution 2.0 Generic Some people have the best holidays! Back in August 2011, the people from Wilcox Sessions spent part of their Berlin vacation recording a live set from one half of Paris Suit Yourself at the Michelberger Hotel. This neat little split-screen shows a performance from the local…