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Fashion Exchange: antidote to big brands

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If you don't want to look like everyone else, Fashion Exchange might be just the place for you. The next edition comes to Leipzig on 25 Feb, and here we introduce you to a couple of the up-and-coming designers.

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Fastnacht: and some say Germans are sour

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"I had the pleasure of watching the pretty cobbled streets of Romanesque Konstanz become conquered by clowns, fools, monsters, devils, wild beasts, and every fruit and vegetable imaginable."

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Furusato: from heimat to meltdown in Japan

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On the seventh anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the documentary Furusato reminds us of the people who stayed behind in their abandoned, radioactive hometown.

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Chemnitz at 875: history, industry, culture

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Known not only for its big Karl Marx head (the “Nischel” in Saxonian), Chemnitz now has around 240,000 inhabitants and a quite important technical university, where 25% of students (!) are international. The city happens to be celebrating its 875th jubilee and is vying to become a European Capital of Culture.

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War in Ukraine: a tattoo on my ventricle

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"I wanted to change the political situation with the infinitesimal fraction of my own participation, so I joined the Ukrainian volunteer movement. At the front line, I found friends and kindred spirits. My feelings for them poured into poetry."

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MdbK through the eyes of museum-goers

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Get fresh perspectives on contemporary art from a student, a pensioner, a city guide, a media person, a language teacher, a translator, and a guy with amazing insights into history and philosophy. The next "Newcomer" guided tours are this Sunday at the Leipzig Museum of Fine Arts (the one in English is at 4 pm).

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