On our stroll throuh Funchal we came across a small alley within “Zona Velha” (historic centre). On Rua de Santa Maria, Madeira’s oldest street, we discovered a artistic treasure in the form of colorful painted front doors. The street looks like an Open-Air-mile-of-art. The front door pictures seem to be launched by an initiative of the municipality. The city council
At the beginning of January New Year’s resolutions are still prevalent in the mind. Therefore, here are the ultimate ten reasons why Life’s good. Well, check it out in 2013! We should have a Poncha on it.
Allowdley I was a little bit excited last thursday. What would be the outcome of the voting at the UN General Assmbly I wondered. In preparation of that voting I was happy to learn that brave European countries such as Italy, France, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Luxemburg, Norway and Denmark declared to support the Palastinian suit. In my mind those
During a culturally motivated hiking trip different things can be discovered. Things you did not necessariy have in mind from the start. It is worth to keep your eyes peeled offside the beaten tracks. Next to unintended encounters with bizarre items, such as shocking chess games or knicknacks, I retraced Lawrence Durrell’s footsteps, the author of “Bitter Lemons” and additionally
Entitled “The paper-shuffler under my blanket” the Turkish cultural association Gökkuşağı Kulturverein presented a reading withwriter Ergün Tepecik. In cooperation with his wife Ebrun, who also appears in Tepeciks stage plays, the author recited four excerpts from this short stories. These short stories are basically about satiric prepared interactions between Turkish migrants and German bureaucrats who’s behaviour in its unlogical
Yesterday evening Brunswieck was given the chance to sniff some metropolis-carrying air: the International Theatre Workshop 2012: Turkey was opened amongst others by a concert of the band “CazYapJazz“. Offbeat of the two-week activity (04.10-21.10.2012) next to delicious fingerfood contributed by the Restaurant Troja a short speech was given by the Turkish consul general H. Avni Karslıoğlu from Hannover and
As of late an exhibition worth seeing is shown in Brunswieck, explicitly at Hamburger Straße 267. It is called “Cairo. Open City” and deals with the role which picture recordings taken with diverse media device in the course of the Egyptian revolution played and are sitll playing. The exhibition can be called an impressive documentary of the incidents which have
Entitled “Will violence also hit us?” past tuesday (25.09.2012) the Münchner Runde convened on BR (TV station). Participants in that round were minister of the interior Hans-Peter Friedrich, the “Near East Expert” Peter Scholl-Latour (meanwhile 88 years old!!) and Lamyar Kaddor, chairwoman of the Liberal-Islamic alliance. I am not quite sure whether it is really essential to give panel discussions
The 16th Herrenhäuser Gespräche, initiated by the VolkswagenStiftung and the radio station NDR Kultur, picked out ‚Islam today – a religion in transition‘ as a central theme. The small-sized studio of the NDR broadcasting centre located at the Rudolf-von-Benningsen-Ufer is packed. Presumably, a factor not only due to the Finger-Food-Buffet in connection with the discussion. It becomes obvious real soon
So it happened that last week was stamped by some cinematic events which gave me food for thought. In retrospect all movies had things in common: They were about culture. They were about money. They were about power. They were about ‘walking in somebody else’s shoes’ and about understanding. First of all there was “The pig from Gaza”. What the