Although living in Leipzig for some time now, I’d never really explored the meaning behind the tram stop telling me Krystallpalast Varieté Leipzig. When the opportunity came up with an invite from a friend to attend the seasonal show Riskant at that venue earlier this summer, I thought, yes, let’s do it!
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I’ve been wanting to make a “walking tour” video of the Bachfest venues after watching several such that just wander around Leipzig aimlessly. So here it is.
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It was clear that this was a production that people cared about and were engaged with. But if the actors on stage don’t believe the words coming out of their mouth, how is the audience supposed to?
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There is a new podcast in Spanish for the growing Spanish-speaking community in Leipzig: ¡Al Chile! 🌶️ Tu vida en Leipzig, which means Let's get to the point! Your life in Leipzig. It deals with aspects of integration and culture and recommends events or binational get-togethers in the Leipzig area.
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Winding up this weekend at the Museum der bildenden Künste (MdbK) in Leipzig is the “Evelyn Richter: A Photographer’s Life” exhibit. From the 1970s, Richter gained widespread recognition as an outstanding humanist documentary photographer of East Germany. Featured in the exhibit, and her friends' multifarious career address the question of how women of their generation
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Sebastian Weber's "The Long Run" is a piece about cultural appropriation and identity, about white responsibility and racism. It is also a dance about transience and memory and a questioning of the body as a repository of encounters and stories.
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