Agenda - got plans? Melisa Minca, Andy Warhol & a trip to Potsdam
Agenda Edition #4 / 16.-19.05 / This weekend feels like a special treat!
Hi, and welcome back to agenda - got plans?, a newsletter featuring a curated selection of art, design and fashion events in Berlin. I'm Kate, a freelance journalist, Berlin local and art/design lover. I hope my newsletter makes it a bit easier for you to navigate through everything this city has to offer. Nothing is sponsored. Every event I recommend is one I plan to attend myself or would suggest to a good friend!
That said, what is happening in Berlin this week(end)?
Try to get a ticket to a pretty cool private birthday bash
Get your hands on some unique clothes at the Melisa Minca Archiv Sale
Enjoy contemporary visual art with a soundtrack
Have a night out like Andy Warhol
Take a trip to Potsdam
… read until the end for our shortlist with even more highlights.
#1 RSVP to Trauma’s Birthday Bash right now!
Attention, please: This party will not take place this week. However, if you RSVP now, you might be able to secure a free ticket. Trauma Bar is celebrating its 6th birthday at one of Berlin's most underrated venues, the Metropol in Schöneberg. The building itself is a bomb! I will be there and if you have been to some of Trauma Bar’s events before, so should you.
Private Party, trauma bar und kino x Metropol
Next week! Friday, 24.05!
Location: Metropol Berlin
Free entry BUT you have to RSVP
More info here (Opens in a new window)
#2 Sound of Vision Vernissage
Contemporary Visual Art with Sonic Reactions: The immersive art exhibition “Sound of Vision” is a collaboration between Irish multi-instrumentalist Kev Sheridan and Irish contemporary visual artists Eileen O’Sullivan, Orfhlaith Egan, David Hedderman, and Christopher Colm Morrin, opening on Thursday. Sounds like a relaxing start into the weekend!
Sound of Vision exhibition
16.05.-19.05.
Vernissage on Thursday, 18:00-21:00
Opening hours: Fri 15:00 - 21:00 / Sat 13:00-19:00 / Sun 13:00 - 21:00
Location: The Ballery, Nollendorfstraße 11, 10777 Berlin
Free admission, more info here (Opens in a new window)
#3 Melisa Minca Sample Sale
Finally, another sample sale of a local brand: Fashion Designer Melisa Minca (Opens in a new window) throws a huge samp (Opens in a new window)le sale this weekend! Who never heard about the eponymous brand before: Melisa creates unique clothes from upcycled, repurposed or reworked second-hand materials.
The sample sale will take at Not too sweet Vintage (Opens in a new window), a cute store in Kreuzberg. Enjoy more than 100 archive items and samples, free drinks and cake. Can you seriously ask for more?
Melisa Minca Private Sale
16.-18.05, 13:00-19:00
Location: Not too sweet Vintage, Oranienstraße 196, 10999 Berlin
RSVP here (Opens in a new window)! More info here (Opens in a new window)
Picture: Melisa Minca on Instagram
#4 Andy Warhol x Fotografiska Opening Party
If I’m honest with you, I never know what to think about Fotografiska. Sure, they feature beautiful (fashion) photography, but I do not really get their fee policy. Keeping in mind the unique history of the building fotografiska is based in, everything feels a bit try-too-hard, a bit too branded, a bit too shiny to me. That being said, they do a great job promoting their exhibitions by guided tours, artist talks – and – opening parties. Up next: The Andy Warhol x Fotografiska Opening Party on Friday night: Highlights include a ballroom event with dance performances, late-night access to the new Andy Warhol and Joanna Dudley exhibitions, and DJ sets. Other than your usual vernissage, this event is a full-on party and yes, you need to buy tickets for it.
Andy Warhol x Fotografiska Opening Party
Friday, 17.05, 20:00 - 04:00
Location: Fotografiska Berlin
Admission: 15€ (you can buy tickets online)
More info here (Opens in a new window)
#5 Take a trip to Potsdam: Free entry at Museum Barberini
I’m a museum lover, and since living in Berlin for more than ten years, I know pretty much every big house by heart now. If you’re a bit like me (tired of the Berlin classics but still in the mood for a classy Sunday at the museum), check out Museum Barberini in Potsdam this weekend! Due to International Museum Day (Opens in a new window) on Sunday, you are invited to visit the e (Opens in a new window)xhibition for free. It’s easy to get there (around 30 min by S-Bahn), and you can even combine it with a stroll through the beautiful gardens of Sanssouci Palace. It’s a great excursion if you want to escape the capital during Karneval der Kulturen.
Museum Barberini
Free entry on Sunday (Internationaler Museumstag)
Location: Alter Markt, Humboldtstraße 5–6, 14467 Potsdam
More info here (Opens in a new window)
++ Also: Thu, 16.05, 19:30 Opening Event Stockholm Surf Club x Voo Space (RSVP (Opens in a new window) here), Thu, 16.05, 19:00, Exhibition Opening Marianna Simnett “Winner” @ Hamburger Bahnof +++ Fri, 17.05, 17:00 conversation between curator Lisa Leu Feuvre and artist Susan Philipsz @ Gropius Bau, free entry! +++ Sat/Sun, 18. -19.05, 12:00 -19:00, Finissage “Echos der Bruderländer” @ HKW, free entry! +++
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