Last week, I started posting the suggestions of what to do for fun in Leipzig compiled by a local resident with her finger on the social pulse. I'm adding a few of my own suggestions to her list this time around, of things I've heard about via Facebook or word of mouth. Again, diverse activities
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The theater Schauspiel Leipzig (at Bosestraße 1) will present the play “Baal,” written and scored by Bertolt Brecht, simultaneously translated into English this Wednesday evening, July 8. The play is about a lecherous, murderous youth, and was reportedly written by Brecht when he was very young himself: 20 years old and student in Munich. It
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Carve out a spot in your busy calendars for Friday, June 26, 3-4 p.m. That's when three of our LeipGlo columnists - Stewart Tunnicliff, Maeshelle West-Davies, and Christijan Robert Broerse - will give a literature show full of surprises at Leipzig's first KUK! Festival. Organized by HTWK, the festival features an array of other attractions
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Next week I'll go and see my first play in English in Leipzig. It's called The Mysterious Mr. Love, from English Theatre Leipzig, and it will run May 28th through 30th, starting each time at 8 p.m., at Neues Schauspiel. It's about a conman ("George Love") who tries to dupe a spinster ("Adelaide") into marrying
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Did you know the world's biggest gothic festival takes place in Leipzig?
MoreI highly recommend you taking part of your Labor Day weekend to visit Spinnerei in Plagwitz, the big old textile mill that has been turned into the most famous set of art galleries in Leipzig. It’s the 10th anniversary of the galleries’ spring open house or “go around” (“Rundgang”); so expect some extra special –
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