{"title": "Internationale Strahlkraft aus Berlin: Der Hauptstadtkulturfonds", "start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Literaturhaus Berlin", "address": "", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics/culture-policy"], "description": "A discussion with artistic impulses about the Hauptstadtkulturfonds, a Berlin cultural funding scheme conceived in 1995 by the Rat für die Künste Berlin and set up in 1999. Speakers include Nele Hertling, Silvia Fehrmann, Hermann Parzinger and Sonja Longolius, with artistic contributions from Bjørn Melhus, Rimini Protokoll and Vera Strobel of Theater o.N., moderated by Christophe Knoch and Anne Schneider. The fund looks back on nearly thirty years of success and was recently renegotiated as part of the Hauptstadtfinanzierungsvertrag, though the urgently needed increase did not materialise. Together with the guests, the fund's uniqueness in cultural funding will be discussed and its significance illustrated through artistic positions; the event is held in cooperation with the Stiftung Zukunft Berlin.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/internationale-strahlkraft-aus-berlin-der-hauptstadtkulturfo-210/", "official_url": "https://li-be.de/programm/veranstaltungen/internationale-strahlkraft-aus-berlin-der-hauptstadtkulturfonds/", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-12T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Literaturhaus Berlin", "address": "", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Passierschein für die Kunst: 40 Jahre deutsch-deutsches Kulturabkommen", "start": "2026-11-09T18:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-09T19:30:00+01:00", "place": "Bundeskanzler-Helmut-Kohl-Stiftung", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr", "art"], "description": "A panel discussion marking 40 years of the German-German cultural agreement concluded in 1986. It is hosted by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation together with the Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl Foundation. Contemporary witnesses and actors of the time discuss what the agreement achieved, how art and audiences in East and West met, and what characterised GDR culture. The panel features Ingeborg Ruthe, Petra Winter, Thomas Flierl, Felix Brusberg and Ulrich Leidholdt, moderated by Christhard Läpple.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/passierschein-fur-die-kunst-40-jahre-deutsch-deutsches-kultu-75825/", "official_url": "https://pretix.eu/preussischer-kulturbesitz/kulturabkommen/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/68a35965f4e252dc078578fde29c5ceace7bdcab7e04ee5d06a4a3bcda96f470-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Was bewirkt Kunst? - Über die Zukunft der Kunst", "start": "2026-11-10T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Universität der Künste Berlin – Fakultät Gestaltung", "address": "Grunewaldstraße 5-2, 10823 Berlin", "price": "frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art"], "description": "This event is an evening of the public talk series \"Warum Kunst?\" at the Berlin University of the Arts, asking what art achieves and where its future lies. Speaking are Wolfram Lotz, a dramatist, poet and radio playwright, and Prof. Iris ter Schiphorst, a composer, musician and author, with the evening moderated by Prof. Marion Hirte. At its center is the question of the value of artistic practice in a time of multiple crises and of art's capacity to open new spaces of thought, experience and imagination. The series sees itself as an open forum for exchange between artists, scholars, students and the public and is held in German.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/was-bewirkt-kunst-uber-die-zukunft-der-kunst-29003/", "official_url": "https://www.udk-berlin.de/veranstaltung/was-bewirkt-kunst-ueber-die-zukunft-der-kunst/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7d15fc74466d2d59d061a382a866b11fd2e029e4e233aab65df9db28f0234b93-600.webp"}, {"title": "Berliner Redekünstler", "start": "2026-11-03T19:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-03T21:00:00+01:00", "place": "Pro Kiez Bötzowkiez e.V.", "address": "Esmarchstraße 18, 10407 Berlin", "price": "Gratis", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society"], "description": "Berliner Redekünstler is a regular gathering where interested people give speeches and listen to others. It is run by the Office for Further Education and Culture together with the Kurt-Tucholsky-Bibliothek. The idea is to hear interesting speeches, receive constructive feedback, and have a lot of fun. Guests are welcome, and no registration is needed.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/berliner-redekunstler-16233/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=272755&ls=0&c=409&kategorie[2]=361&v_ort=45133&date_start=05.05.2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6d83b62630cf568bba6adb7a67908cdf5476a22013114760e029add7aaaa1228-600.webp"}, {"title": "Berlin Freedom Week", "start": "2026-11-07T08:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-14T08:00:00+01:00", "place": "", "address": "Berlin", "price": "Variiert je nach Veranstaltung", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["history/berlin-wall", "society/democracy"], "description": "Berlin Freedom Week is a citywide initiative for freedom and democracy that marks the anniversary of the fall of the Wall with guided tours, workshops, films, readings, discussions and events for children. It is an initiative of the Axel Springer Freedom Foundation, the Robert-Havemann-Gesellschaft, visitBerlin and the World Liberty Congress, held under the patronage of Berlin's Governing Mayor. The programme approaches freedom from different perspectives: current events in several countries, global protest movements, digital freedom and past understandings of freedom. Highlights include the Berlin Freedom Conference, the Ostfrauen*Salon at the Stasi headquarters, contemporary witness talks about escape assistance at the Berlin Wall, and the Stories of Freedom film series.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/berlin-freedom-week-16876/", "official_url": "https://berlin-freedom-week.com/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ae6a571649a3fa91c60a6de77329bb1a03abce980714c1dbed1f7c90d3dd0f3b-600.webp"}, {"title": "Was bewirkt Kunst? - Über die Zukunft der Kunst", "start": "2026-11-10T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "UNI.T", "address": "Fasanenstraße 1b, 10623 Berlin", "price": "frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art"], "description": "“Was bewirkt Kunst? – Über die Zukunft der Kunst” is a public evening as part of the discussion series “Warum Kunst?” at the Berlin University of the Arts. The playwright, poet and radio playwright Wolfram Lotz and the composer, musician and author Prof. Iris ter Schiphorst discuss what effect art has today and how it can gain new relevance. The evening is moderated by Prof. Marion Hirte and takes place in German.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/was-bewirkt-kunst-uber-die-zukunft-der-kunst-31795/", "official_url": "https://www.udk-berlin.de/veranstaltung/was-bewirkt-kunst-ueber-die-zukunft-der-kunst/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7d15fc74466d2d59d061a382a866b11fd2e029e4e233aab65df9db28f0234b93-600.webp"}, {"title": "Getrennt, vereint, zukunftsstark – Stiftungen im Angesicht wechselnder politischer Systeme", "start": "2026-11-10T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Max-Liebermann-Haus", "address": "Pariser Platz 7, 10117 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/civil-society"], "description": "A panel discussion about perpetual foundations, which are designed for eternity and repeatedly face the challenges of changing political systems. The discussion features Prof. Dr. Philipp Enger, chairman of the board of trustees of the Koepjohann’sche Stiftung, and Marie Hoffmann, head of the executive office of the Stiftung Charité Berlin; the event is moderated by Gottfried Haufe. It addresses how foundations can protect themselves against external influence, what experiences they have had with historical events and how they continued their work, and how they can act in civil society when the political situation restricts society. The Stiftung Brandenburger Tor invites you to the discussion.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/getrennt-vereint-zukunftsstark-stiftungen-im-angesicht-wechs-24155/", "official_url": "https://stiftungbrandenburgertor.de/veranstaltungen/stiftungen-in-politischen-systemen/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0d8cc569b7bc1ae823d2ac25e408214c9e09b60475a61d16da50a2d8eede57b5-600.webp"}, {"title": "Berliner Märchentage", "start": "2026-11-05T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-22T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["literature/fairy-tales", "occasion"], "description": "The Berlin Fairy Tale Days are the world's largest fairy tale festival and take place in Berlin and Brandenburg. They were founded in 1989 by Horst-Dieter Klock on the occasion of the fall of the Berlin Wall under the motto \"Fairy Tales Overcome Borders\"; from 1999, Silke Fischer and Monika Panse led them into a mass movement. Under the motto \"The World Comes to Berlin\", they present a different culture or a global theme each November with around 800 events at 350 venues. In 2026 they take place for the 37th time, with libraries, bookshops, schools, concert and theatre houses, public administrations and embassies opening their doors, and the ceremonial award of the Golden Pea as the festival's highlight.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/berliner-marchentage-72994/", "official_url": "https://berliner-maerchentage.de/programm-berlin", "image": "https://noky.io/images/47fd2f7307b1a3427e1a1889a2377b859b70316468dbac483d4c1647649dea6d-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Art & Science Opening Panel: Tracing Art & Science from the 1990s to Today", "start": "2026-11-07T12:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T13:00:00+01:00", "place": "Haus der Kulturen der Welt", "address": "John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10, 10557 Berlin", "price": "Free entry; booking of the free 3-Day Festival Centre Pass required", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/interdisciplinary", "science"], "description": "The “Art & Science Opening Panel: Tracing Art & Science from the 1990s to Today” is an English-language discussion on three decades of collaboration between art and science, a field that began developing in the 1990s and has moved from shaping speculative futures to contributing critical reflection. It is hosted by Berlin Science Week as the opening of the Art & Science Practitioner’s Route at the Festival Centre. The panel brings together Giulia Bini (Head of Arts at CERN), Christina Landbrecht (head of the art programme at Schering Stiftung), Sara Morais Dos Santos Bruss (curator for Scientific, Digital and Media Practices at Haus der Kulturen der Welt) and Christian Rauch (Festival Director of Berlin Science Week), moderated by Clara Roca-Sastre, Programme Co-Lead and Curator of Berlin Science Week. Entry is free; to attend, please book the free 3-Day Festival Centre Pass, with free seating – come early for a good spot.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/art-science-opening-panel-tracing-art-science-from-the-1990s-28618/", "official_url": "https://berlinscienceweek.com/programme/art-science-opening-panel-tracing-art-science-1990s-today", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3a0da0c2431a26a0396708e31aa4d832455576ccf8ef21b7e21c337d431bc205-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Neu-Zeit: Dr. Neu trifft Michael Müller", "start": "2026-11-03T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Kulturhaus \"Peter Edel\"", "address": "Berliner Allee 125, 13088 Berlin", "price": "16,52 Euro (inkl. VVK-Gebühr), Abendkasse 18 Euro", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "18.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventim.de/noapp/event/22039465/", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics"], "description": "\"Neu-Zeit: Dr. Neu trifft Michael Müller\" is a reading, talk, discussion and podcast event at the Bildungs- und Kulturzentrum Peter Edel. Dr. Alexander Neu converses there with Michael Müller, the former Governing Mayor of Berlin and former member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag. It deals with political and global upheavals after Berlin's election, new actors and dangers to world peace, and questions such as how rationally actors like Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping act, and where EU-Europe, Germany and Berlin stand. One source lists the event as cancelled.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/neu-zeit-dr-neu-trifft-michael-muller-17617/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/93fb5a245eac465f1d0fed335185ce743e1673431eabd9370d7f1c3919e2fd4a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Crossroads #6 Musik trifft Kunst", "start": "2026-11-07T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart", "address": "Invalidenstraße 50-51, 10557 Berlin", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/crossroads-6-musik-trifft-kunst-2026-11-07-170000-161366", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/contemporary-classical", "art/contemporary"], "description": "In the concert „Crossroads #6 Musik trifft Kunst“, the Ensemble Modern performs Morton Feldman's work „For Philip Guston (1984)“. The occasion is the 30th anniversary of Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, where the ensemble already played at the museum's opening in November 1996, bringing contemporary music and visual arts together. Founded in 1980 in Frankfurt am Main and organised on a grassroots-democratic basis by 18 soloists from eight countries, the ensemble ranks among the world's leading groups for contemporary music. The concert is a collaboration between the Ensemble Modern and Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/crossroads-6-musik-trifft-kunst-10928/", "official_url": "https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/crossroads-6-musik-trifft-kunst-2026-11-07-170000-161366/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7b1d00ae4bb9a224c7d4761e7bec166fac4dcbf7f97d3b9c7f932cbeb30fe5c0-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Artist Talk", "start": "2026-10-31T17:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Haus der Berliner Festspiele", "address": "Schaperstraße 24, 10719 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "The Artist Talk is a conversation held as part of Jazzfest Berlin. It brings together musicians George Lewis, Alexander von Schlippenbach and Aki Takase with the festival's artistic director Nadin Deventer, moderated by journalist Peter Margasak. The subject is the Globe Unity Orchestra's artistic work and its significance for music history, 60 years after the ensemble's debut at the former Berlin Jazz Days. Admission is free.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/artist-talk-16527/", "official_url": "https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/jazzfest-berlin/programm/2026/kalender/artist-talk-01-11", "image": "https://noky.io/images/98c00c43fd56e4978b91db2cf01fa0d474219a8b1f9b6fc31ab8419dda7dd3cd-600.webp"}, {"title": "Autoren & ihre Bücher", "start": "2026-11-10T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Kulturring in Berlin e.V.", "address": "Ernststraße 14-16, 12437 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/authors"], "description": "An evening of conversation at the Bezirkszentralbibliothek „Mark Twain“ devoted to authors and their books. Danuta Schmidt talks with Andreas Lehmann, head of the editorial team of the MAGAZIN. The magazine has existed since 1924, thus for more than 100 years. Admission is free, with a donation requested for the friends' association to help co-finance the events; registration is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/autoren-ihre-bucher-78124/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "In Conversation: Gespräche mit internationalen Künstler:innen", "start": "2026-11-06T15:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart", "address": "Invalidenstraße 50-51, 10557 Berlin", "price": "frei / free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.smb.museum/ticketshop", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/contemporary"], "description": "The event is a public artist talk at Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart. It is part of the monthly series \"In Conversation\", held since February 2024 in cooperation with Deutsche Bank, which has welcomed 28 artists as guests so far. On 24 October 2026, Sung Tieu will be in conversation with Kathleen Reinhardt, and the talk takes place in German. Admission is free and no registration is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/in-conversation-gesprache-mit-internationalen-kunstlerinnen-16368/", "official_url": "https://www.smb.museum/museen-einrichtungen/hamburger-bahnhof/home/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a8efada1c5336e21cc7b394e67fe106f5fc93d4a952a4ae98d1aaa90ff7ce860-600.webp"}, {"title": "Nachlese | écho 2026", "start": "2026-11-12T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Institut Français Berlin", "address": "Kurfürstendamm 211, 10719 Berlin", "price": "0,00 €", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.twotickets.de/promotion/newsflash24/", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "A literary discussion devoted to the French 'rentrée littéraire', presenting new releases and current trends in contemporary French literature. It is organised by the France Center of the Free University of Berlin together with the Institut français Berlin, and this edition marks the meeting's tenth anniversary. Ulrike Schneider and Jürgen Ritte join a surprise guest to discuss the award-winning works of the 2026 literary season, how France's major literary prizes are awarded, and developments in the French literary world. The event takes place in German, is streamed live, and the audience is invited to ask questions.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/nachlese-echo-2026-75990/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7e29664f2cd436d9ef4a51c794d079059623c477dd3fc7a1a5f0b2e95af6e289-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Europe Needs a Plan: Science & Arts in the AI Age", "start": "2026-11-07T16:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T17:30:00+01:00", "place": "Haus der Kulturen der Welt", "address": "John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10, 10557 Berlin", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://pretix.eu/berlinscienceweek/2026-festival/5039350/", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics/europe", "science/ai"], "description": "\"Europe Needs a Plan: Science & Arts in the AI Age\" is an English-language talk and panel with free entry in the Miriam Makeba Auditorium at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, the Festival Centre of Berlin Science Week. Taking part are Francesca Bria, José Luis de Vicente, Tommaso Calarco, Bettina Kames and Ólafur Elíasson. It asks whether Europe can build its future on rented intelligence, addressing sovereignty, AI infrastructure, and the role of the arts, as Europe imports most of the digital technology its research and democracy run on. It discusses whether Europe's emerging AI Factories and quantum hubs could carry the Bauhaus idea forward as an Archipelago of Ateliers, spaces where artists and scientists shape technology together in the public interest.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/europe-needs-a-plan-science-arts-in-the-ai-age-8361/", "official_url": "https://www.hkw.de/programme/berlin-science-week-2026/europe-needs-a-plan-science-arts-in-the-ai-age", "image": ""}, {"title": "Berlin Science Week Festivalzentrum Wochenende", "start": "2026-11-06T12:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Haus der Kulturen der Welt", "address": "John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10, 10557 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://pretix.eu/berlinscienceweek/2026-festival/c/SPY7QDv5S/", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["science"], "description": "Berlin Science Week turns the Haus der Kulturen der Welt into a festival centre for science and society over three days. The event is run by Berlin Science Week, which brings research out of the institutes and into the middle of Berlin's city life. Under the motto \"In Touch\", more than 100 free formats such as talks, workshops, exhibition stands and performances bring science together with art, performance and everyday life. It is about the personal side of topics like AI, hormones or history and how research touches our lives and connects us.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/berlin-science-week-festivalzentrum-wochenende-18232/", "official_url": "https://berlinscienceweek.com/de/2026/festival-centre-hkw", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c9e79d8c7c1e1963ebf7a91a09e019c42846c6b204e11524748f101bbe7621b2-600.webp"}]}