{"title": "Franz Hohler • Literatur", "start": "2026-11-16T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Kaufleuten Festsaal", "address": "Pelikanstrasse 18, 8001 Zürich", "price": "ab CHF 35", "price_from": "35.00", "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "A literature evening in the Festsaal at Kaufleuten where Franz Hohler reads from his new story collection «Der Schrei des Elektrikers». Born in Biel in 1943 and living in Zurich, Hohler is considered one of the most significant storytellers of Switzerland and has received awards including the Johann-Peter-Hebel-Preis. The collection gathers small cabinets of wonders from everyday life, populated by a whole bestiary of animal, non-animal and almost-animal creatures. The evening is moderated by Luzia Stettler.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/franz-hohler-literatur-5942/", "official_url": "https://kaufleuten.ch/event/franz-hohler-literatur/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b998d8d30f6cf83f8f6a2bc927f238bef39211d632d9d3e6b2703417be37be5f-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-16T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Kaufleuten Festsaal", "address": "Pelikanstrasse 18, 8001 Zürich", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Alain Claude Sulzer – Szenenwechsel", "start": "2026-11-04T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Literaturhaus Zürich", "address": "Limmatquai 62, 8001 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/reading"], "description": "At Literaturhaus Zürich, Alain Claude Sulzer reads from his new novel \"Szenenwechsel\" (Galiani 2026). The novel takes readers into the world of the theatre: the great director Simon Muthesius is dead, and his whole ensemble – dramaturge, diva, make-up artist, family members – is set in motion, each with their own story and some with an open score to settle. The event is moderated by Nicola Steiner, with a book table from Buchhandlung Hottingerplatz. With his elegantly crafted, many-voiced portrayal of society, Sulzer shows what remains of a life once fame has passed.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/alain-claude-sulzer-szenenwechsel-641/", "official_url": "https://literaturhaus.ch/veranstaltungen/alain-claude-sulzer-szenenwechsel/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/71f523e88a9641c2bb3ad2e80769f23488a886993a09415d4fc599b1a34d0728-600.webp"}, {"title": "Zürcher Poetikvorlesung I – Eine Woche mit Blixa Bargeld", "start": "2026-11-16T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Literaturhaus Zürich", "address": "Limmatquai 62, 8001 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry"], "description": "This is the first of three Zürich poetics lectures celebrating their thirtieth anniversary this year. The speaker is Blixa Bargeld, head of Einstürzende Neubauten, who as a lyricist and vocal performer offers insight into his writing and puts the relationship between sound, voice and poetry in the spotlight. The series is organised by the German Seminar and the Literaturhaus Zürich. Philipp Theisohn gives the introduction.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/zurcher-poetikvorlesung-i-eine-woche-mit-blixa-bargeld-647/", "official_url": "https://literaturhaus.ch/veranstaltungen/zuercher-poetikvorlesungen-mit-blixa-bargeld-i/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d695168829866dcc2d03582a7451d9efc77f3f1fb55678c4bcdfa192bb257408-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Moritz Hohl - Musst Du wissen", "start": "2026-11-07T18:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T22:30:00+01:00", "place": "Vior", "address": "Löwenstrasse 2, 8001 Zürich, Schweiz", "price": "Ab CHF 39.00", "price_from": "39.00", "price_to": null, "category": "comedy", "tags": ["comedy/stand-up"], "description": "In Zürich, comedian Moritz Hohl performs his new stand-up solo program „Musst Du wissen.“, which tours from autumn 2026. After his debut solo „Schön für Dich“ was (almost) completely sold out, he now looks back on twenty years in Berlin, a rollercoaster ride with more downs than ups across startups, comedy, and parties and drugs – told sober for four years now. The new program promises to be even more personal, authentic and funnier than his first. The evening includes a show with a break, and food and drinks are available from the venue's opening.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/moritz-hohl-musst-du-wissen-69417/", "official_url": "https://www.vior.ch/event-details/moritz-hohl-musst-du-wissen", "image": "https://noky.io/images/10b722ed943fb8d361f812d59a33005902bf27ffd26221ecc6eec841ce1b4f79-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Jenseits jeder Regel – Friedrich Glauser und Adolf Wölfli", "start": "2026-11-10T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Universität Zürich", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/crime", "art"], "description": "A lecture-style course evening about two unconventional Swiss artistic figures. It concerns Friedrich Glauser (1896–1938), a morphine-addicted outsider who nonetheless achieved great literature and founded the modern crime novel with his Wachtmeister Studer novels written in the Münsingen psychiatric clinic, and Adolf Wölfli (1864–1930), who created his work in the Waldau and is today considered the epitome of Art Brut. In both cases, civil failure became artistic creative power. On an excursion, participants follow the traces of the two.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/jenseits-jeder-regel-friedrich-glauser-und-adolf-wolfli-97582/", "official_url": "https://vhszh.ch/kursangebot/detail/jenseits-jeder-regel-friedrich-glauser-und-adolf-wolfli/26W-0380-23/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/04fe3697a4034b0a5773316b29c8fa1307676b87bdf946006db21f2b3fc7ea90-2000.webp"}]}