Channeling Berlin ...
From today's New York Times ...
Berlin on the L Train
"Berlin is like New York City in the 1980s," Denny Lee
recently declared. "Rents are cheap, graffiti is everywhere
and the air crackles with a creativity that comes only from
a city in transition." Tonight, Brooklyn -- which also has
creative energy, graffiti and cheap(er) rents, thank you
very much -- channels Berlin. The German-born artist Jim
Avignon has curated a program of performances in honor of
"Europe Day" (their July 4th); the direct-from-the-Continent participants include D.J.'s,
dramatists, musicians, painters and the Austrian theremin
star Dorit Chrysler (now a New Yorker). Next up:
Williamsburg night in Mitte?
8 p.m., Galapagos, 70 North
Sixth Street (Kent Avenue), (718) 782-5188; $10.
"Europe Day":
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/10/travel/10hours.html?ex=1179892800&en=69eca2727920cd1d&ei=5087
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Berlin on the L Train
"Berlin is like New York City in the 1980s," Denny Lee
recently declared. "Rents are cheap, graffiti is everywhere
and the air crackles with a creativity that comes only from
a city in transition." Tonight, Brooklyn -- which also has
creative energy, graffiti and cheap(er) rents, thank you
very much -- channels Berlin. The German-born artist Jim
Avignon has curated a program of performances in honor of
"Europe Day" (their July 4th); the direct-from-the-Continent participants include D.J.'s,
dramatists, musicians, painters and the Austrian theremin
star Dorit Chrysler (now a New Yorker). Next up:
Williamsburg night in Mitte?
8 p.m., Galapagos, 70 North
Sixth Street (Kent Avenue), (718) 782-5188; $10.
"Europe Day":
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/10/travel/10hours.html?ex=1179892800&en=69eca2727920cd1d&ei=5087
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Labels: Berlin, Brooklyn, New York Times
posted by Berlinbound at 6:12 PM
1 Comments:
It is exciting to hear how Berlin is progressing. I last visited in 1994 (I think) - a friend gave me an amazing tour of a city with a split personality. I can't even imagine how those seams have started to fade now. Berlin has always been the 'naughty girl' of Germany... might be time for another visit.
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