Music Monthly Music Tip: Robert Voss by Anouschka Pearlman September 28, 2011 • This month's music recommendation is Robert Voss, a singer-songwriter who experiments with looping and layering his voice and guitar. Voss composes in English and German and just finalized his new solo program.
Travel A Small Glimpse Into A Closed Off Country by Tam Eastley September 26, 2011 • North Korea is not exactly famous for its films, but this week, the Babylon Theatre in Mitte is hosting the first annual North Korean Film Week. Travel writer Tam Eastley spoke to the festival's coordinator about goals for the event and what viewers can expect from a country known for its use of propaganda.
Berlin Event Pirates Surprise In Berlin Election Results by Jennifer Collins September 20, 2011 • Berlin senate election results are in, and, in an otherwise predictable election, Die Piraten managed to surprise. The Pirate Party's electoral gains proved so unexpected the party may not have enough candidates to fill all of its seats.
Travel 'Rixdorfer Strohballenrollen': Part 2, The Thrilling Conclusion by Tam Eastley September 16, 2011 • The long awaited 178th annual Rixdorfer Strohballenrollen Competition, also known as "Popráci," took place this last weekend. 104,1's travel writer, Tam Eastley, visited the hay barrel rolling festival to take part in the action.
German General Interest Transformed Flat In Marzahn Feels Like Walk-in Time Capsule Of The GDR by Rachel Beddow September 14, 2011 • When the housing association Stadt und Land began refurbishments on a dilapidated apartment block in Marzahn in 2004, they managed to transform one flat into a walk-in time capsule of the GDR. Inside the "Museumwohnung," one snapshot of the past still remains.
Food Charlottenburg's 'Hotspot': Constructing A New Cultural Identity Through Food by Molly Hannon September 13, 2011 • Hotspot, a Charlottenburg restaurant serving authentic Szechuan Chinese-style dishes, offers an impressive list of German wines. 1041,1's food writer, Molly Hannon, says Hotspot is an example of how we can preserve our cultural identity and construct a new one by blending different food cultures and traditions.
Food Punk And Verve Hit Prenzlauer Berg by Abigail Wick September 12, 2011 • Newest 104,1 food contributor, Abigail Wick, has a review of vegan eatery, Lucky Leek. Wick says the restaurant's plant-based brunch brings "New Kitchen" culinary concepts to East Berlin's posh, stroller-pushing Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood.
Travel This Weekend In Berlin: 'Rixdorfer Strohballenrollen Festival' Part 1 by Tam Eastley September 9, 2011 • 104,1's Tam Eastley recently stumbled upon a strange little German Dorffestival: the annual Rixdorf Strohballenrolle, or Hay Barrel Rolling Festival. The streets were littered with hay, ska music, petting zoo goats, and breakdancing children. The festival is celebrating its 178th year Saturday, September 10th.
Berlin Event 'Buergerbewegung Pro Deutschland' Holds Rally In Neukoelln by Jennifer Collins September 6, 2011 • Members of the Buergerbewegung Pro Deutschland, or "Pro Germany Citizen's Movement" party recently gathered in Neukoelln as part of an "anti-Islamification rally."
Travel Spreewald: Your Last Summer Getaway Or Your First Fall Vacation by Tam Eastley September 1, 2011 • Spreewald is not just a brand of pickles. Situated just 100 kilometers southeast of Berlin, visiting the biosphere reserve of Spreewald is like visiting another time, one that is peaceful and quiet with delicious local goods.
Food 'Three Sisters': Finding Meaning Through Fine Food And Rock'a Billy Tunes by Molly Hannon August 26, 2011 • 104,1's food writer, Molly Hannon, has a review of Three Sisters in Kreuzberg. Though the menu is mainly German, serving a variety of traditional Bavarian style dishes, Hannon says it's not overly patriotic.
Berlin Event Shakespeare In The Park, Berlin Style by Tam Eastley August 23, 2011 • There's nothing British about Shakespeare Im Park Berlin. Goerlitzer Park is the stage for Henry IV, and the production moves in and around it, interacting and entertaining with strange characters afoot. It's a truly Berlin experience: unusual, interactive, bilingual, and absolutely amazing.
Berlin Event A 'Rheingold' For The 21st Century by Rebecca Schmid August 19, 2011 • As Richard Wagner's bicentenary approaches in 2013, the Neukoellner Oper opened a new series on August 18th to explore "worldwide social and economic turbulence" with the premiere of Rheingold Feuerland, with music by Simon Stockhausen.
Berlin Event 'SlutWalk' Comes To Berlin by Jennifer Collins August 17, 2011 • Thousands of scantily clad demonstrators took to the streets of Berlin this past weekend for "Slutwalk," a series of global protests criticizing the belittlement of rape and the treatment of victims of sexual violence.
Food German Bread: The Dark Truth by Molly Hannon August 12, 2011 • German bread is not your usual breed of breads. 104,1's food writer, Molly Hannon, looks into how it's different from other bread, and why it's so good.