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
MoreAmrapali Zaveri describes a little bit of the experience of seven German women learning from her the "Dandiya" and "Garba" dance and performing it in Leipzig, as well as the cultural and historical background of the dances. You can catch them at the Leipzig Sommerfest und Trödelmarkt this Satuday.
MoreWeekly over the months of July and August, well-connected Leipzig resident Marjon Borsboom will be sharing with LeipGlo readers her picks for events in the Leipzig area - a whole array of interesting, diverse stuff. Here is the first instalment. You can find more events at http://www.Facebook.com/leipglo.
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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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Plagwitz's Noch Besser Leben hosts stand-up comedy in English periodically, and the next one is Thursday, June 18. According to their Facebook event page, the lineup for Thursday, brought by Comedy in English Berlin, includes comedians from the U.S., Russia, Poland and Ireland; the emcee is from Colombia. The show starts at 9 p.m. For
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