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Admission includes a coffee set, and registration is possible by phone at 56 58 69 20. 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Eine Erzählung vom Standhalten und Überleben« recounts the fate of Jewish families in Berlin and their Christian helpers during the National Socialist era. The author, committed to justice and democratic values, engages lively with her audience.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/ditha-brickwell-liest-aus-ihren-neuesten-werken-26240/", "official_url": "https://kladower-forum.de/veranstaltung/ditha-brickwell-liest-aus-ihren-neuesten-werken/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0334517afc520c0930cd118d8e6673f313b3f61d3f5030c7facb4c5c027c3d44-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Familiendonnerstag", "start": "2026-11-05T16:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-05T18:00:00+01:00", "place": "Berliner Büchertisch Gneisenau", "address": "Gneisenaustraße 7a, 10961 Berlin", "price": "kostenfrei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["literature/reading"], "description": "Familiendonnerstag (Family Thursday) invites children and their families to a varied afternoon featuring readings, Kamishibai paper-theatre performances, creative activities and more. 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Visitors can also pick a book from the give-away shelf, and parents are especially welcome to come along.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/familiendonnerstag-21883/", "official_url": "https://buechertisch.org/veranstaltungen/familiendonnerstag/2026-11-05/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d5205da59f3b493ab8ea7a55531f54b95ba6a5fb83075800b5e0260e31113a38-600.webp"}, {"title": "Schlaf schön Schaf: die Show", "start": "2026-11-06T16:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Margarete-Kubicka-Bibliothek", "address": "Gutschmidtstraße 33, 12359 Berlin", "price": "frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["literature/reading"], "description": "\"Schlaf schön Schaf: die Show\" is a musical participatory reading for families with children aged 3 to 7. It is presented by Felix Isenbügel at the library. The story begins with little Betty, who simply cannot fall asleep because of her urge to explore. Together with the children, the audience dives into a fantastic world in which sheep turn into a real orchestra; admission is free and no registration is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/schlaf-schon-schaf-die-show-33048/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a3b61fdbf628a375a89efaac66d227f96dfc26bf9913e837becf996b1b8489d3-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Plasmática Fantástica <3", "start": "2026-11-06T19:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-06T20:00:00+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://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/festivals/biennale-2027/", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/reading", "science/physics"], "description": "Plasmática Fantástica <3 is a reading with sound essay by artist Nicole L’Huillier. She reads from her text “The Plasmatic Ensemble”, which grew out of conversations with cosmologists and theoretical physicists at CERN and at the ALMA and Paranal observatories and revolves around primordial sound waves and original sounds. The reading is accompanied by the sound essay of the same name, combining cosmic events, electromagnetic activity, a collective flute procession with the band La Chimuchina and hidden secrets of the Atacama Desert. It takes place in English in the Miriam Makeba Auditorium.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/plasmatica-fantastica-3-8353/", "official_url": "https://www.hkw.de/programme/fertile-void-2026/plasmatica-fantastica", "image": "https://noky.io/images/455dfae608793f3b5db84aee8093a01a45fbc569a871ed18aad52eb9997ac54b-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Lesershow Revival – Eine Lesebühne kehrt zurück!", "start": "2026-11-07T20:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Mastul", "address": "Liebenwalder Straße 33, 13347 Berlin", "price": "Frei / Spende", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/reading"], "description": "A reading stage with texts and songs is returning to the Mastul. Thilo Bock, Martin Goldenbaum, Robert Rescue and Frank Sorge come back with new texts and songs, combining the glamour of earlier days with today's sparkle. Expect lively announcements, plugs for books and records, and good old analog cheer to sway along to. A traditional donation of at least €10 (20 marks) is suggested to keep the gentlemen in good shape.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lesershow-revival-eine-lesebuhne-kehrt-zuruck-23563/", "official_url": "https://mastul.de/mastulevent/lesershow-revival-eine-lesebuehne-kehrt-zurueck-2026-11-07/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5e07cc3b055f31474c3ae1bcf9791f795e418bad0be0dacef69433f0fbb22910-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Sonntagslesung", "start": "2026-11-08T10:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-08T10:30:00+01:00", "place": "Dünenpavillon (Raum 0.11), Ribnitzer Str. 1b, Berlin, 13051", "address": "", "price": "4,00 Euro", "price_from": "4.00", "price_to": "4.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/wwii", "literature/reading"], "description": "The Sonntagslesung is a public reading at which Wolfram Adolphi reads from his family-history novel „Hartenstein oder Die unerhörte Arbeit des Erinnerns“ and from the manuscript of his new book „Familiensache Russland. Ein baltendeutsches Panoptikum“. Behind the event is the Verein für aktive Vielfalt e.V., which invites people to reflect together. The occasion is the attack of fascist Germany on the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941, 85 years ago.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/sonntagslesung-73384/", "official_url": "https://vav-lichtenberg.de/aktuelles/sonntagslesung-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9122dc6c4ed0db6219695259ca65c4716d0ea2466404d57f6e753582232b67b2-1200.webp"}, {"title": "NEIL YOUNG – COMES A SONG", "start": "2026-11-08T11:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Renaissance-Theater Berlin", "address": "Knesebeckstraße 100, 10623 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://tickets.rodrigue.de/0426/fListeManifs.aspx?idstructure=0426", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["music/folk/folk-rock", "literature/reading"], "description": "„NEIL YOUNG – COMES A SONG“ is a concert reading at the Renaissance-Theater Berlin. The actor Ludwig Blochberger reads from Navid Kermani's story about a young family whose newborn daughter can only fall asleep to Neil Young's music, while playing and singing Neil Young's songs live on guitar. In a gently shortened version, it becomes a dense interplay of literature and concert about memory, lost illusions, moments of happiness and the great questions of life. The duration is 120 minutes including an intermission.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/neil-young-comes-a-song-28696/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5d439f4466bad2252cdd39aa361c7ea239754e7622383a18914fab108af1f79e-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Nie wieder!", "start": "2026-11-08T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Grips Theater im Podewil", "address": "Klosterstraße 68 10179 Berlin", "price": "10 €, ermäßigt 5 €", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.grips-theater.de/de/service/Kartenkauf", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era", "literature/reading"], "description": "\"Nie wieder!\" is a musical reading in remembrance of the victims of the Nazi dictatorship. Three performers (Eva Blum, Michaela Hanser, Falk Berghofer) read from Inge Deutschkron's \"Ich trug den gelben Stern\", accompanied by Volker Ludwig's \"Zeitlosen Lieder\" from \"Ab heute heißt Du Sara\", newly arranged for choir. The vocal.ensemble.tempelhof as well as Matthias Witting with arrangements and piano take part. The evening is meant to be stirring and encouraging at once, dealing with humanity, solidarity and civil courage.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/nie-wieder-4635/", "official_url": "https://www.grips-theater.de/de/spielplan/nie-wieder/3387", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3fd757bef5c56dfb4c19553e9e54875a2635e25dfc835b43fcbe730f9f6eb07a-600.webp"}, {"title": "Sonntags-KULTUR-Café", "start": "2026-11-08T14:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-08T17:00:00+01:00", "place": "Kulturring in Berlin e.V.", "address": "Ernststraße 14-16, 12437 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt erfragen!", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/reading"], "description": "The Sonntags-KULTUR-Café opens with coffee and cake at small prices. Afterwards there is a reading titled „Nebelwände“. It is organised by Kulturring in Berlin, with the house KOMPASS serving as the neighbourhood venue.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/sonntags-kultur-cafe-72822/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "LESEDÜNE", "start": "2026-11-09T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "SO36", "address": "Oranienstraße 190, 10999 Berlin", "price": "10,70 €", "price_from": "10.70", "price_to": "12.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.so36.com/tickets", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/reading", "comedy"], "description": "LESEDÜNE is a literary stage and Berlin's largest of its kind. On every second Monday of the month it presents systemically relevant humour in the form of new texts and songs.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/lesedune-8388/", "official_url": "http://leseduene.blogspot.com/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/27a69151848f8e0ea44d65195d919135042bc47803b05ca252029081ded49323-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Judith Hermann – Ich möchte zurückgehen in der Zeit", "start": "2026-11-09T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Buchhandlung Braun & Hassenpflug", "address": "Fischerhüttenstraße 79, 14163 Berlin", "price": "15,- € Eintritt", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/nazi-era", "literature/reading"], "description": "A literary evening with Judith Hermann about her new book »Ich möchte zurückgehen in der Zeit« (S. Fischer Verlage, 2026). In it, she follows the traces of her grandfather, who was stationed in Radom, Poland, for the SS during the Second World War. She links her writing to his long-denied history, travels from Poland to her sister in Naples, and explores the remembering and forgetting of later generations. Admission is 15 euros.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/judith-hermann-ich-mochte-zuruckgehen-in-der-zeit-13450/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/19d1dd811743c90346f47bc12eeee13a4f0c7cd87e1c68cae3836a3aab32f6ee-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Die Mauer - Innen - Dazwischen - Außen", "start": "2026-11-09T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Ballhaus Wedding", "address": "Wriezener Straße 6, 13359 Berlin", "price": "15 € Vorverkauf - 18 € AK", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "25.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/berlin-wall", "literature/reading"], "description": "A literary and scenic evening featuring readings from „Fall: Berlin, 1989“. Author Claire Elizabeth Terry and Kathrin Berger connect the story of the fall of the Wall with scenic moments and drawings. In German and English, a shared exchange on walls and freedom follows.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/die-mauer-innen-dazwischen-auen-21827/", "official_url": "https://www.ballhauswedding.de/details-registrierung/die-mauer-innen-dazwischen-aussen", "image": "https://noky.io/images/68850f2f3633bdd4609c8d53845848fb987864d4cc975df90243ac2bfe17d939-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Fug & Unfug", "start": "2026-11-09T20:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-09T21:30:00+01:00", "place": "Fournos by TerzoMondo", "address": "Grolmanstrasse 28, 10623 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/reading"], "description": "\"Fug & Unfug\" is a reading evening, part of the venue's literary program at Fournos by TerzoMondo. This installment presents \"Sodom und Gomorra\", performed by Hermann Treusch, Till Schwabenbauer and Manfred Giesler. The evening is organized by Marc Alexey @Terzo Mondo.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/fug-unfug-72484/", "official_url": "https://www.terzomondo.de/event/fug-unfug-7/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1d6ab81ba4db00058a3d3c34b347bdc09047779eb09266d3003a2ece2045a9d9-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Ben Becker liest T.C. Boyle: „No Way Home“", "start": "2026-11-10T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Renaissance-Theater Berlin", "address": "Knesebeckstraße 100, 10623 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://indiv.themisweb.fr/0426/fChoixSeanceWidget.aspx?idstructure=0426&EventId=1338&request=QcE+w0WHSuAzuy2B4/OGXXM5SHkQriVyPSxRu3T8wxjFPE1US50PDYd4HJIqUqladjFaQdo54GllzEYbwwrQvYFF/XkCdJayBkAqTH10YmhCeqiSCk9lQw==", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/reading"], "description": "Ben Becker reads from T.C. Boyle's novel „No Way Home“, which he presented together with the author on a tour and now continues solo. The novel tells the story from the perspective of the assistant physician Terry, who after his mother's death inherits her house in Boulder City in the Nevada desert and there meets Bethany, an attractive, manipulative homeless woman who draws him into a life whose control he increasingly loses. Seen through the eyes of Bethany's ex-boyfriend Jesse, who pursues Terry on his motorcycle and threatens him, the world looks entirely different, and Becker lends these opposing figures his voice and experience. In doing so he questions moral prejudices and gives the book a third dimension.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/ben-becker-liest-tc-boyle-no-way-home-19972/", "official_url": "https://renaissance-theater.de/produktion/ben-becker-liest-t-c-boyle-no-way-home/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/77c2b0c969f44da002127268160b8929ac3e20a538d929c8f7a9705616484529-600.webp"}, {"title": "Literatur vor Ort: Autorenlesung mit Turgut Altuğ und Tuncay Gary", "start": "2026-11-11T18:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-11T21:00:00+01:00", "place": "REDSdeli", "address": "Kreuzbergstraße 10, 10965 Berlin", "price": "Kostenlos", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/reading", "society/migration"], "description": "„Literatur vor Ort“ is a joint author reading at the REDSdeli Speisenmeisterei in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Tuncay Gary reads from his book „Mein grünes Niltagebuch“ as well as previously unpublished poems about personal experiences, memories and the search for identity and home. Turgut Altuğ reads from his second book „Von den Baumwollfeldern Anatoliens bis ins Berliner Parlament“, telling of his life between Anatolia and Berlin, of migration, losses and the will to take his own life into his hands. The result is an evening with two authors, personal stories and literary perspectives on origin, paths through life and home.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/literatur-vor-ort-autorenlesung-mit-turgut-altug-und-tuncay-72187/", "official_url": "https://roter-baum.berlin/event/literatur-vor-ort-autorenlesung-mit-turgut-altug-und-tuncay-gary/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/417b4dffe9e2417ca04bb08c541ff85baad12c2c7246e1ca5c1f3100dc346758-2000.webp"}, {"title": "80. Waisenhausgespräch – “Lernt die Menschheit nie? Erinnerungskultur als Mehrgenerationenprojekt”", "start": "2026-11-11T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Betsaal, Berliner Straße 120-121, 13187 Berlin", "address": "", "price": "Eintritt frei / free entry", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/memory-culture", "literature/reading"], "description": "The 80th Waisenhausgespräch asks how a culture of remembrance can succeed as a project across generations. Organized by the Cajewitz Stiftung together with the SchuleEins and the Theater OfW, it features pupils presenting their research into the history of the former orphanage, a staged reading by Anja S. Gläser and Florentine Schara (text and staging by Philipp Urrutia, with English surtitles), and a panel discussion with Lena Ditte Nissen and Rosa Jellinek. In this way the historic building's Betsaal becomes a place of living memory where past and present enter into dialogue.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/80-waisenhausgesprach-lernt-die-menschheit-nie-erinnerungsku-72986/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Live bei Kleist: Renate Zimmermann - „Bibliothekarin läuft“", "start": "2026-11-11T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Stadtteilbibliothek Heinrich von Kleist", "address": "Havemannstraße 17B, 12689 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei/Austritt: eine Spende an den Förderverein Stadtbibliothek", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/reading"], "description": "An evening of the reading series „Live bei Kleist“ at the Stadtteilbibliothek „Heinrich von Kleist“. Librarian Renate Zimmermann talks under the title „Bibliothekarin läuft“ about her new “job” as a street wanderer, which she has been practising since January 2026: “I walk through all the streets of Berlin.” Admission is free, with a donation asked for the Förderverein Stadtbibliothek; registration is possible at 93 39 380.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/live-bei-kleist-renate-zimmermann-bibliothekarin-lauft-72833/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Prunk & Prosa", "start": "2026-11-12T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "ufaFabrik", "address": "Viktoriastraße 13, 12105 Berlin", "price": "EUR 20.40", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://visitberlin.reservix.de/tickets-in-berlin", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["comedy/satire", "literature/reading"], "description": "Prunk & Prosa is a reading stage of great entertainment in a splendid atmosphere. Once a month, six authors present their latest texts, satires, short stories, dialogues and other amusements, and in between someone picks up a musical instrument and plays a song. The line-up features Christian Ritter, Eva Mirasol, Michael Bittner, Noah Klaus, Piet Weber and Tilman Birr, who have been honoured with various awards in cabaret and small-scale arts. It promises an evening where anything can happen, but no one goes home sad.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/prunk-prosa-8550/", "official_url": "https://visitberlin.reservix.de/veranstaltungskalender?q=Prunk+%26+Prosa+&sort=date", "image": "https://noky.io/images/844f77700c1fdcc75063837502d8abb6d11d37f305f3505433513ea8ac59f860-600.webp"}, {"title": "Silent Reading Club", "start": "2026-11-20T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Bezirkszentralbibliothek Mark Twain", "address": "Marzahner Promenade 54, 12679 Berlin", "price": "kostenlos", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/reading"], "description": "The Silent Reading Club is a monthly meetup at the Mark Twain library where everyone reads their own reading material together in silence, be it a book, magazine or journal. The event is run by the Marzahn-Hellersdorf public libraries. There are no rules about what to read, and after about an hour you can optionally chat about books or simply keep reading. Participation is free and no registration is needed; you can bring something to read or pick something out at the library.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/silent-reading-club-16326/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.de/bibliotheken-mh/angebote/silent-reading-club-1619829.php", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9ac95870958f8173e0b2ffc9048444495adf514738a39b3733a2ef5a373ec4e8-600.webp"}]}