The Berlin in Lights festival is now underway at many venues throughout the wider New York area, celebrating the emergence of Berlin as a dynamic changing city. The rise of Berlin as a cultural center gives those of us in the New World Metropolis a chance to compare and contrast these artistic hothouses. I can't think of any event quite like this one, where one major city pays such an homage to another, but I'd like to see many more festivals like it.
For those who would like some access to the festival but need to stay close to home, I recommend tuning to WNYC's Evening Music all this week for special broadcasts about Berlin cabaret hosted by famed singer Uta Lemper.
The Center for Architecture on LaGuardia Place opens Berlin-New York Dialogues: Building in Context on Thursday, November 8. The exhibition focuses on the political, cultural, economic, and social forces that affect urban planning and design.
Carnegie Hall serves as the host of the many partnered and many mediated events of Berlin in Lights, so their website is the best source for the full schedule and online special features. I've learned quite a bit just reading the schedule. The festival continues through November 18.
Image: Last season's Weimar Portraits exhibit at the Met and a visit to the Neue Galerie inspired me to make carnival masks of my dogs. This is my interpretation of Macheath from Brecht's The Threepenny Opera.
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