Unveiling a Hidden Reality: Sasha Andreas' Documentary on Jewish Poverty

In a world where success is often synonymous with wealth, the notion of poverty among the Jewish community remains an overlooked reality. Sasha Andreas' compelling documentary challenges prevailing stereotypes, shining a light on the struggles faced by Jewish individuals in New York who grapple with...

Surprising Origins: Foods You Thought Were from One Country but Are Actually from Another

When it comes to food, many dishes have become so synonymous with certain countries that we rarely question their origins....

Oktoberfest 2023 reservations almost fully booked

The 2023 world famous Oktoberfest (locally referred to as the Wiesn) begins on September 16th and lasts until October 3rd....

A play on perspectives rejuvenates the harp

Image copyright AnaÃ«lle Tourret (https://www.anaelletourret.com/)

There can be few instruments as universally identifable as the harp, either by sight or more pertinently, sound. Indeed,...

The Meerkats are back in Town

Munich Zoo (Tierpark Hellabrunn) proudly presents their new inhabitants - three male and one female meerkat that moved in...

How to have fun playing online?

In recent years, technology has become a part of our lives and, for this reason, it is important to emphasize that many...

Frühlingsfest (spring festival) 21.04.2017 - 07.05.2017 Theresienwiese

The 53rd "Mini-Wiesn" is currently taking place at the Theresienwiese München, providing young and grown-up visitors with...

Marina von Stroganoff - Meet the Diva of the 21st Century

Marina von Stroganoff, German singer, artist and actress, presented an open stage concert, just before Christmas, on the...

Oktoberfest Season Is Here

Munich's 183rd Ooktoberfest is fast approaching and many festival goers will be turning their attention to how best to...

Unforgettable Sound of Primavera 2016

The indie festival Primavera Sound opened up its great lineup on 1st June for the 16th time with Britpop legend Suede who...

Insane in da membrane - Cypress Hill in Munich (14th July)

Guess what!? Cypress Hill was in Munich and tried to rock Tollwood! B-Real, Sen Dog, drummer and percussionist Bobo + DJ...

Literature: The Dead Boy, Short Stories by Ana Quiroga

Published in late 2014 by the publishing house Ediciones Fuera del Rio (Buenos Aires, Argentina), came into our hands the...

Walk like a Japanese - from Kimono to Harajuku

"I don't want to go to Heaven. I want to be a Harajuku girl". This is what John Galliano would say once he visited Tokyo's...

Africa International Film Festival in Nigeria

When Nigeria is mentioned in Western media, usually the names of Ebola virus or Boko Haram fundamentalist group are the...

Electric bicycles pedal for a sustainable future

The global market for electric bicycles (e-bicycles) continues to expand with the advent of new technology...

Oktoberfest alternative, with class

Want all the thrills of the Oktoberfest without the over-crowding and extortionate beer prices? Then you need to find...

New wave jeans comes from oceanic plastic trash

Recycled plastic take from the oceans is being used to make demin fabrics and turn them a fashionable product. G-Star is...

It's Halloween 365 days a year with Munich's Horror-Shop

Whether you are looking to throw a traditional Halloween party with pumpkins and ghouls aplenty, or if you want to plan a...

Sales Psychology - a Saturday morning walk

The setting: Stefan Suchanek - charismatic architect, interior designer, moderator, musician, photographer; a sunny...

Arrivederci Leopolis, the Lions War - The Great War is not yet over

Beginning his story Arrivederci Leopolis, The Lion´s War on September 11, 2001, with the Twin Towers attack, George...

Gogol Bordello: Gypsy punks as therapy against bad mood

You cannot stop smiling or full heartedly laughing with joy when you see Gogol Bordello, when you hear their music! They...

Flamenco y Picasso "De Málaga à Paris": An evening of toreros, bulls and Harlequins

Gisa Michelón: a dancer who is always moving on, who doesn´t stand still and every time she goes on stage she has...

Get to know Europe's best festivals - Primavera Sound Festival, Barcelona

Summer & sun combined with music & beach - all this is Barcelona's Primavera Sound Festival which is taking place...

The Professional's Women's Network Launches Entrepreneurship Program

Leading up to this year's International Women's Day, the Professional Women's Network (PWN Munich) is proud to announce...

TSV1860 win Anglo-German Boxing Tournament but fans the real winners

When it comes to football, Munich is a city of red and blue. The red half of the city follow the mighty Bayern Munich and...

Ilustrated Tale: A signal

I will stop thinking for a while. I can´t, the music is a disaster and I came with Nataly. Who would think trying to...

Nneka, the voice of Nigeria

Nneka's soul is heavy and her music intriguing. The Nigerian-born and Hamburg-based artist spends 300 days a year on tour,...

Macy Gray and How Life Is

Macy Gray is quite unconventional, and for those who didn't go further than her one hit wonder "I try", the concert on...

Fink, sort of a revolution

Fink is a musician, relatively unknown and yet quite famous. After more than two years since his last gig in Munich, he...

The Science Behind Superman

While Marvel has taken the lead in the superhero film industry, DC is now preparing a major effort to catch up. Last...

The Ballet Russes at Bayerische Staatsoper

The Ballet ensemble of the Bayerische Staatsoper is performing The Ballet Russe. At the latest performance on 28 th...

Biking through Europe, the EuroVelo way

One of the sustainable tourism projects which is more interesting and exciting in recent times has already born, the...

Start Celebrating Halloween with the help of Micaela Schäfer and Horror-Shop!

With Halloween just around the corner, Munich's own Horror-Shop has just the event to get you in to the spooky spirit....

AC DC keeps on, Malcom Young admitted for dementia

Malcom Young who took a break from the hard blues rock band AC DC, earlier this year, due to an unspecified illnes, has...

SweetCafe music on the streets

While you walk along the streets of Munich, maybe you have seen street musicians playing on a corner, or in some of the...

Cat Stevens on the road again

Cat Stevens (actually Yusuf Islam) is back on the road. The singer announced on Monday that he would make a six-city...

Karneval Universe - Your One Stop Karneval Shop

For many Münchners, the Fasching season comes just once a year, starting in November and culminating in a huge series of...

Celebrate Oktoberfest with Karneval Universe

With Munich's traditional beerfest now less than two weeks away, many festival goers will be turning their attention to...

Jimmy Eat World

Jimmy Eat World has turned 20 this year. That fact kind of explained the mixed audience gathered in Muffathalle on August...

Lauren Bacall: Her beauty will never die

Lauren Baccall died at 89, after suffering a massive stroke on August 12, at her home in Manhattan, New York. She was...

García Márquez, master of magical realism and Nobel winner, dies aged 87

Gabriel García Márquez, the Colombian novelist author of "One Hundred Years of Solitude", died on Thursday at his home...

OPINION: Paradoxes of freedom or lack of thereof (I)

ON PUSSY RIOT, AARON SWARTZ, EDWARD SNOWDEN, MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY, SOVIET UNION, RUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES In the...

Philomena - Film Review

Judi Dunch is exhilirating to watch as Philomena. And Steve Coogan has taken on more of a serious role, defining him as an...

Martin Sharp, icon artist from 60´s generation, died aged 71

The artist, filmmaker, designer and cartoonist Martin Sharp (Sidney 1942-2013) died on Sunday night at Wirian, his home...

Musical Emporium; the biggest Vinyl Records Collector

Zero Freitas, a bus magnate from Sao Paulo, Brazil, could be the individual owner of the biggest vinyl records collection...

Munich's best wurst, Rotkreuzplatz

Wurst = sausage Würstl = sausages, and is also the diminutive. Würstl Stand is a 'little sausages stand' I, like about...