{"title": "Lesung mit der Dramatikerin und Autorin Ishbel Szatrawska aus dem Roman „Die Tiefe”", "start": "2026-11-18T18:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-18T20:00:00+01:00", "place": "Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin", "address": "Potsdamer Straße 33, 10785 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/war", "literature/fiction"], "description": "A reading from the novel „Die Tiefe” as part of the series „Polish Affairs. Polnische Kultur zu Gast in der Stabi”. The dramatist and author Ishbel Szatrawska takes the family home in the Masurian province of the former East Prussia as the starting point for a moving tale of four generations of a family, of the region's multiculturalism and the painful experiences of war, flight, loss of homeland and a new beginning. The event takes place in the Theodor-Fontane-Saal of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, in cooperation with the Zentrum für Historische Forschung Berlin of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the editor and translator Benjamin Voelkel. Registration is requested.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lesung-mit-der-dramatikerin-und-autorin-ishbel-szatrawska-au-109760/", "official_url": "https://blog.sbb.berlin/termin/lesung-mit-der-dramatikerin-und-autorin-ishbel-szatrawska-aus-dem-roman-die-tiefe/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ef5d0cc37c18f59cb79010c0aa0ccfa7d7fe6bfb52183bf2f98c24fb7dbd6ee2-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-18T18:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-18T20:00:00+01:00", "place": "Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin", "address": "Potsdamer Straße 33, 10785 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "The Ghosts of Lower Silesia", "start": "2026-11-12T18:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-12T20:00:00+01:00", "place": "Polish Institute Berlin", "address": "Burgstr. 27, 10178 Berlin", "price": "Free admission", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/postwar-expulsion", "society/migration"], "description": "A conversation about Lower Silesia and the traces of its German past. The philosopher and cultural theorist Leszek Koczanowicz, who grew up in Legnica, talks with the writer Karolina Kuszyk about living in other people's homes and the question of when an unfamiliar place becomes home. It covers the personal memories of the newcomers alongside the region's history, framed by welcomes from the directors of the Polish Institute Berlin and the Documentation Centre for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation. The discussion explores hauntology, asking how a seemingly bygone world continues to shape everyday life.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/the-ghosts-of-lower-silesia-31357/", "official_url": "https://www.flucht-vertreibung-versoehnung.de/en/veranstaltung/ghosts-lower-silesia", "image": "https://noky.io/images/656889c41b642d3c64fa6be0bc5d4e286f0b16317bacb0e1ce350cd43c897b04-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Exiltexte: Kunst, Macht, Erinnerung. Lesung mit Tania Arcimovich, Karima Shabrang und Fariba Vafi", "start": "2026-11-12T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Schloss Schönhausen", "address": "Tschaikowskistraße 1, 13156 Berlin", "price": "15 €, ermäßigt 12 €", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era", "literature/poetry"], "description": "A reading titled \"Exiltexte: Kunst, Macht, Erinnerung\" at Schloss Schönhausen. The writers in exile Tania Arcimovich (Belarus), Karima Shabrang (Afghanistan) and Fariba Vafi (Iran) read texts born from a literary engagement with the palace and its history during the Nazi era, drawing on their own experiences of exile and political pressure, in their original languages. Actress Melika Foroutan presents the German translations, and cellist Basilius Alawad accompanies the evening with music. The event is inspired by the Weiter Schreiben interventions and ends with a reception.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/exiltexte-kunst-macht-erinnerung-lesung-mit-tania-arcimovich-12534/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bac59a00fc6e07b1c6b537c7dae5d24dad5e3004a3463316b846a6b01b1aecb4-600.webp"}, {"title": "»Jüdisches Weißensee« – Jüdische Geschichte(n) in der Gegenwartsliteratur. Lesung & Gespräch mit Marina Frenk, Slata Roschal, Britta Wauer & Alexander Estis", "start": "2026-11-12T19:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-12T21:30:00+01:00", "place": "Brotfabrik", "address": "Caligariplatz 1, 13086 Berlin", "price": "€8 – €10 (zzgl. VVK)", "price_from": "8.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/jewish-history", "literature"], "description": "A literary evening of readings and conversation about Jewish history and Jewish life in contemporary literature and film, with Weißensee and its large Jewish cemetery as an example of regional places of Jewish life. Reading and discussing are the writers Marina Frenk and Slata Roschal and the author and filmmaker Britta Wauer, with Alexander Estis moderating. The evening asks about regional references in the work of Jewish and non-Jewish authors. It also shows connections with other arts such as film and music.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/judisches-weiensee-judische-geschichten-in-der-gegenwartslit-24489/", "official_url": "https://brotfabrik-berlin.de/veranstaltung/juedisches-weissensee-juedische-geschichten-in-der-gegenwartsliteratur-lesung-gespraech-mit-marina-frenk-slata-roschal-britta-wauer-alexander-estis/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7aa03cefa9225588537a71a1b4cc898cc495990abe24dca58d954ddb23868d72-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Exklusive Berlinlesung mit Eva Sichelschmidt", "start": "2026-11-19T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Whisky and Cigar Bar", "address": "Sophienstraße 8 – 9, 10178 Berlin", "price": "15 €", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "An exclusive Berlin premiere: a reading and conversation with author Eva Sichelschmidt in her Whisky and Cigar Bar. In conversation with her editor Marcus Gärtner, she presents her novel „Schön, dass du da warst“, which tells of family life, care and farewell across generations through shifting perspectives. There will be a book table, and the book can be signed by the author. About the author: she grew up in the Ruhr area, worked in Berlin as a costume designer and opened the shop „Whisky & Cigars“ there; she lives in Rome and Berlin.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/exklusive-berlinlesung-mit-eva-sichelschmidt-13447/", "official_url": "https://www.buchboxberlin.de/event-calendar/exklusive-berlinlesung-mit-eva-sichelschmidt-der-whisky-and-cigar-bar", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e9248510d0580c4f02d8f259c933b5eb98bdb14d1861c4378cb7fbc5c8118869-600.webp"}, {"title": "IZABELLA GUSTOWSKA – Home’s Shadows", "start": "2026-09-13T00:00:00+02:00", "end": "2026-11-28T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "KVOST", "address": "Leipziger Straße 47, 10117", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/media-art/video-art"], "description": "KVOST presents the exhibition “Home’s Shadows” by the Polish artist Izabella Gustowska, curated by Monika Branicka and part of the Berlin Art Week. Gustowska, a formative figure of conceptually oriented Polish art since the 1970s, is this year’s KVOST fellow and receives the Claus Michaletz Prize 2026. The new works address memory, identity and transience, taking as their starting point the family house in Poznań where her family has lived since 1938. Central works include the video “Home’s Shadows”, a sentimental journey into her childhood, and pieces such as “Dinner Party”, which link private memory with Judy Chicago’s feminist project “The Dinner Party”.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/izabella-gustowska-homes-shadows-34333/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1c03256995cb03ad015c624f96eb1fa2f12969be072cbef97f88b41f0c6cbdde-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Eine Berliner Familiengeschichte von über 100 Jahren – Lesung und Gespräch mit der Zeitzeugin Irene Bindel", "start": "2026-11-11T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Bezirkszentralbibliothek Pablo Neruda", "address": "Frankfurter Allee 14a, 10247 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/biography/autobiography", "history/nazi-era"], "description": "A reading followed by a conversation at the Bezirkszentralbibliothek Pablo Neruda. Irene Bindel, a contemporary witness born in Berlin in 1938, reads from her book „Wassermilch und Spitzenwein“ and tells of her family history spanning more than a century. As the daughter of a Christian mother and a Jewish father, she recounts her family's fate during the Nazi era and the difficult post-war years – her father was imprisoned by the Nazi regime and never returned, while her young mother had to struggle through a time of hardships alone with her daughter. Drawing on her mother's diaries, she offers very personal insights into this moving era, invites the audience to ask questions in the ensuing conversation, and the event is a cooperation between the Gilberto-Bosques-Volkshochschule Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, the Stadtbibliothek Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg and the Gesellschaft für Christlich-Jüdische Zusammenarbeit in Berlin e.V.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/eine-berliner-familiengeschichte-von-uber-100-jahren-lesung-31736/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.de/stadtbibliothek-friedrichshain-kreuzberg/bibliotheken/bezirkszentralbibliothek-pablo-neruda/veranstaltungen-projekte/eine-berliner-familiengeschichte-von-ueber-100-jahren-lesung-und-gespraech-mit-der-zeitzeugin-irene-bindel-1712806.php", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6db1ad9d16ca379cc65669840255ecd48f4ed05c8af944d03201eff22a31ce15-600.webp"}]}