Gaze up at the starry sky during the talks at the planetarium. Or listen to well-known authors as they read from their books, bringing them to life. You’ll find a wide range of talks on a variety of topics at the Urania, for example. Lectures & Readings © Charlie Chaplin Official, Roy Export S.A.S., Bourne Co. Music Publishers Lectures & Readings 25/10/2026 Chaplin's Modern Times LIVE with Babylon Orchester Berlin Lectures & Readings 25/10/2026 Read more Film events in Berlin International City of music Location Babylon Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 30 10178 Berlin Time 18:00 pm https://babylonberlin.eu/film/4429-modern-times-live-mit-babylon-orchester-berlin Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © (c) FLINTA* KULTURSALON Lectures & Readings 25/10/2026 FLINTA* KULTUR SALON #4 Lectures & Readings 25/10/2026 The closing event celebrates the intersections of social activism and artistic expression. It presents works shaped by experiences of exile, racism, dictatorship, and hierarchy, brought to life through contemporary experimental theatre and spoken-word… Read more Location Lettrétage Veteranenstraße 21 10119 Berlin Time 20:00 pm – 22:30 pm Lectures & Readings © Promo Lectures & Readings 26/10/2026 Holiday course: I dance the way I want Lectures & Readings 26/10/2026 Feel your own body, test its possibilities, perform movements together and work out creatively: Dance therapist BTD and pedagogue Bettina Thiel and our dance pedagogue Stefan Witzel invite children and young people between 5 and 17 years with the clinical… Read more Children Location Staatsballett Berlin Richard-Wagner-Straße 10 10585 Berlin Time 09:45 am https://www.staatsballett-berlin.de/spielplan/stueck-detail/stid/ferienkurs/112.html#a_987 Lectures & Readings © Leo Seidel Lectures & Readings 26/10/2026 + 1 additional date Holiday offer - masked ball Lectures & Readings 26/10/2026 + 1 additional date It's carnival time at Tanz ist KLASSE! - are you celebrating with us? Bring your favorite costume, masks and wigs and use these costumes to develop your own dances, together with dance teacher Kathlyn Pope. Read more Children Location Staatsballett Berlin Richard-Wagner-Straße 10 10585 Berlin Time 16:15 pm https://www.staatsballett-berlin.de/spielplan/stueck-detail/stid/ferienangebot/142.html#a_938 Lectures & Readings © visitBerlin Lectures & Readings 26/10/2026 Hannah Arendt und die Deutschen: Es ist kompliziert Lectures & Readings 26/10/2026 Hannah Arendt and the Germans: It's complicated - a conversation with Prof. Annette Vowinckel (historian, Humboldt University of Berlin). Read more Free of charge Politics & Society Location Deutsches Theater Berlin Schumannstraße 13 A 10117 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.deutschestheater.de/programm/produktionen/hannah-arendt-und-die-deutschen-es-ist-kompliziert Lectures & Readings © HoneyMic Lectures & Readings 26/10/2026 + 2 additional dates Honeyslam Lectures & Readings 26/10/2026 + 2 additional dates At Honeyslam, anything goes – except sad lyrics! Poetry slam wants to be everything – but we want to be happy. Read more Literature Location Tati Comedy - Stand-Up Comedy Show Metzer Straße 2 10405 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.honeymic.com/ Art © Autorinnenfoto: Marlene Gawrisch, Buchcover: Duden Verlag Art 26/10/2026 Reading with Lea Streisand: Berlin dialect – ‘Watt denn, icke?’ Art 26/10/2026 Love hurts, and Berliners aren’t pancakes. These are the most important lessons you should know about communicating in the capital. We like to grumble and give people the stink eye, but you shouldn’t take offence. The Berlin dialect is a made-up language. We… Read more Free of charge Literature Location Wolfdietrich-Schnurre-Bibliothek Bizetstraße 41 13088 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=292258&ls=190&c=409 Lectures & Readings © Verlag Klaus Wagenbach Lectures & Readings 26/10/2026 Einhörner: Book Premiere with Annekathrin Kohout Lectures & Readings 26/10/2026 Einhörner: Book Launch with Annekathrin Kohout. Read more Literature Location Silent Green Kulturquartier Gerichtstraße 35 13347 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.silent-green.net/en/programme/detail/einhoerner-buchpremiere-mit-annekathrin-kohout Buy tickets Panel discussion © Nicolai Verlag Panel discussion 26/10/2026 MEIN BERLIN - MEIN LEBEN Panel discussion 26/10/2026 Ulli Zelle is a TV host, author, and singer (“Ulli & Die Grauen Zellen”) and has lived in Berlin for many decades. Read more History Literature Location Renaissance-Theater Berlin, Bruckner-Foyer Time 19:30 pm https://renaissance-theater.de/produktion/mein-leben-mein-berlin/ Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © So noch nie Lectures & Readings 26/10/2026 SO NOCH NIE - Offene Lesebühne Pankow Lectures & Readings 26/10/2026 Heroes, gods, and demons, children, the elderly, and the guy next door—they’re all here. They love, they suffer, they fight, they lose, or they triumph. They’re not done yet. Here, they get to test themselves. Read more Literature Location Zimmer 16 Florastraße 16 13187 Berlin Time 19:30 pm – 22:00 pm https://zimmer16.com/ Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © Thomas Koy Lectures & Readings 26/10/2026 Juli Zeh presents her new novel ‟Pony Showˮ (In German Language) Lectures & Readings 26/10/2026 Exclusive reading with Juli Zeh: The multi-award-winning bestselling author, lawyer, and constitutional judge presents her new novel, *Pony Show*, in Berlin. Read more Literature Location Philharmonie, Großer Saal Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1 10785 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/kalender/57281 Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © Jan Kosyk Lectures & Readings 26/10/2026 The Handbook – A Realist’s Utopias Lectures & Readings 26/10/2026 Jan Kosyk shares anarchic ideas from his novel *The Handbook – Utopias of a Realist*. Read more Free of charge Literature City of music Location Fargo, Grünberger Straße 77, 10245 Berlin, Deutschland Grünberger Straße 77 10245 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://jankosyk.de/event/lesung-klavierpunk-das-handbuch-utopien-eines-realisten/ Lectures & Readings © Foto: Renate Zimmermann Lectures & Readings 27/10/2026 + 1 additional date Bastel-Buch Lectures & Readings 27/10/2026 + 1 additional date Whether origami, window picture or atmospheric table decoration ... many no longer needed books are too beautiful for the waste paper. We want to give them new life and invite you to a creative craft round! Read more Berlin's neighbourhoods Children Location Bezirkszentralbibliothek "Mark Twain" Marzahner Promenade 55 12679 Berlin Time 17:00 pm Lectures & Readings © Henriette Lemnitz (1, 2), Luisa Bulian (3) Lectures & Readings 27/10/2026 Conservation and Restoration of Glazed Architectural Ceramics Lectures & Readings 27/10/2026 Speakers: Luisa Bulian, conservator (MA), and Henriette Lemnitz, qualified conservator Read more Free of charge science Location Archäologisches Zentrum Geschwister Scholl Strasse 6 10117 Berlin Time 18:30 pm https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/?tx_smb_pi1%5Bsmart_id%5D=162671 Lectures & Readings © Wilhelm typo grafisch Lectures & Readings 27/10/2026 The Age of High Voltage. On life in a state that no longer exists Lectures & Readings 27/10/2026 In *Starkstromzeit*, Aron Boks sets out in search of clues, telling a personal and unusual story of the GDR in the process. He wants to find out what became of the lamps that his grandparents, as self-employed people in the GDR, used to manufacture in their… Read more Free of charge Literature Location Ehemalige Stasi-Zentrale (Haus 22) Ruschestraße 103 10365 Berlin Time 18:30 pm – 20:00 pm https://www.bundesarchiv.de/themen-entdecken/vor-ort-entdecken/veranstaltungen/termin/starkstromzeit-vom-leben-in-einem-staat-den-es-nicht-mehr-gibt-berlin-27-10-2026/ Panel discussion © Sabine Zoltnere Panel discussion 27/10/2026 “Feelings of the Future – How Emotional AI Is Changing Our Lives” Panel discussion 27/10/2026 What does the idea of sentient machines mean for us humans? Everyone is talking about ChatGPT, LaMDA and similar language models that answer questions, write texts and hold conversations. There is debate as to whether they have feelings or could develop… Read more Free of charge science Location Humboldt-Bibliothek Karolinenstraße 21 13507 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=291056&ls=0&c=230&date_start=27.10.2026&date_stop=27.10.2026 Lectures & Readings © © Alte Nationalgalerie / gemeinfrei Lectures & Readings 27/10/2026 Film talk: ‘The Lady of Scuderi’ Lectures & Readings 27/10/2026 250 Years of E.T.A. Hoffmann – a film talk by Irina Vogt. Read more Film events in Berlin Location Kulturhaus Baumschulenweg Ernststraße 14 12437 Berlin Time 19:00 pm – 21:00 pm https://www.kulturring.berlin/programm Lectures & Readings © Florian Hetz Lectures & Readings 27/10/2026 + 1 additional date Forum - discussion series with Dr. Mariama Diagne Lectures & Readings 27/10/2026 + 1 additional date With the new three-part discussion series Forum featuring Dr. Mariama Diagne, the Staatsballett Berlin continues the dialogue between theory and practice, which has opened up discussion spaces with formats like Ballet for Future. Read more Location Deutsche Oper Berlin Bismarckstraße 35 10627 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.staatsballett-berlin.de/spielplan/stueck-detail/stid/forum0/78.html#a_690 Lectures & Readings © Julia EbnerJustin Griffiths-Williams SV; Fikri Anıl AltıntaşJulias Gabele Lectures & Readings 27/10/2026 Julia Ebner and Fikri Anıl Altıntaş in Conversation: From Fitness to Fascism. The Dangers of Extreme Masculinity Lectures & Readings 27/10/2026 Meat, money, muscles—Julia Ebner traces these three myths of masculinity into the struggles of our time. Read more Politics & Society Location Pfefferberg Theater Schönhauser Allee 176 10119 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://literatur-live-berlin.de/portfolio-item/julia-ebner/ Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © Boris Breuer Lectures & Readings 27/10/2026 Literature LIVE at TIPI AM KANZLERAMT: Katharina Thalbach reads „Miss Merkel: Mord in der Therapie“ by David Safier Lectures & Readings 27/10/2026 Read more Literature Location TIPI AM KANZLERAMT Große Querallee 10557 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.tipi-am-kanzleramt.de/de/programm/programmuebersicht/literatur-live-katharina-thalbach-miss-merkel.html Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © MOKKA*MILCH Lectures & Readings 28/10/2026 Reading by Werner R.C. Heinecke: Worlds of Murder Lectures & Readings 28/10/2026 Werner R.C. Heinecke is on a book tour and is stopping off at MOKKA*MILCH! Come and meet the author in person as he reads from *Mordwelten*, the first instalment in his series *The Thriller from Thuringia*. You can also pick up the follow-up volumes,… Read more Accessible Events Free of charge Literature Location MOKKA*MILCH Karl-Marx-Allee 35 10178 Berlin Time 18:00 pm – 19:30 pm https://mokkamilch.spaces.nexudus.com/events/1415755418/lesung-werner-rc-heinecke-mordwelten
Gaze up at the starry sky during the talks at the planetarium. Or listen to well-known authors as they read from their books, bringing them to life. You’ll find a wide range of talks on a variety of topics at the Urania, for example.
Lectures & Readings © Charlie Chaplin Official, Roy Export S.A.S., Bourne Co. Music Publishers Lectures & Readings 25/10/2026 Chaplin's Modern Times LIVE with Babylon Orchester Berlin Lectures & Readings 25/10/2026 Read more Film events in Berlin International City of music Location Babylon Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 30 10178 Berlin Time 18:00 pm https://babylonberlin.eu/film/4429-modern-times-live-mit-babylon-orchester-berlin Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © (c) FLINTA* KULTURSALON Lectures & Readings 25/10/2026 FLINTA* KULTUR SALON #4 Lectures & Readings 25/10/2026 The closing event celebrates the intersections of social activism and artistic expression. It presents works shaped by experiences of exile, racism, dictatorship, and hierarchy, brought to life through contemporary experimental theatre and spoken-word… Read more Location Lettrétage Veteranenstraße 21 10119 Berlin Time 20:00 pm – 22:30 pm
Lectures & Readings © Promo Lectures & Readings 26/10/2026 Holiday course: I dance the way I want Lectures & Readings 26/10/2026 Feel your own body, test its possibilities, perform movements together and work out creatively: Dance therapist BTD and pedagogue Bettina Thiel and our dance pedagogue Stefan Witzel invite children and young people between 5 and 17 years with the clinical… Read more Children Location Staatsballett Berlin Richard-Wagner-Straße 10 10585 Berlin Time 09:45 am https://www.staatsballett-berlin.de/spielplan/stueck-detail/stid/ferienkurs/112.html#a_987
Lectures & Readings © Leo Seidel Lectures & Readings 26/10/2026 + 1 additional date Holiday offer - masked ball Lectures & Readings 26/10/2026 + 1 additional date It's carnival time at Tanz ist KLASSE! - are you celebrating with us? Bring your favorite costume, masks and wigs and use these costumes to develop your own dances, together with dance teacher Kathlyn Pope. Read more Children Location Staatsballett Berlin Richard-Wagner-Straße 10 10585 Berlin Time 16:15 pm https://www.staatsballett-berlin.de/spielplan/stueck-detail/stid/ferienangebot/142.html#a_938
Lectures & Readings © visitBerlin Lectures & Readings 26/10/2026 Hannah Arendt und die Deutschen: Es ist kompliziert Lectures & Readings 26/10/2026 Hannah Arendt and the Germans: It's complicated - a conversation with Prof. Annette Vowinckel (historian, Humboldt University of Berlin). Read more Free of charge Politics & Society Location Deutsches Theater Berlin Schumannstraße 13 A 10117 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.deutschestheater.de/programm/produktionen/hannah-arendt-und-die-deutschen-es-ist-kompliziert
Lectures & Readings © HoneyMic Lectures & Readings 26/10/2026 + 2 additional dates Honeyslam Lectures & Readings 26/10/2026 + 2 additional dates At Honeyslam, anything goes – except sad lyrics! Poetry slam wants to be everything – but we want to be happy. Read more Literature Location Tati Comedy - Stand-Up Comedy Show Metzer Straße 2 10405 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.honeymic.com/
Art © Autorinnenfoto: Marlene Gawrisch, Buchcover: Duden Verlag Art 26/10/2026 Reading with Lea Streisand: Berlin dialect – ‘Watt denn, icke?’ Art 26/10/2026 Love hurts, and Berliners aren’t pancakes. These are the most important lessons you should know about communicating in the capital. We like to grumble and give people the stink eye, but you shouldn’t take offence. The Berlin dialect is a made-up language. We… Read more Free of charge Literature Location Wolfdietrich-Schnurre-Bibliothek Bizetstraße 41 13088 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=292258&ls=190&c=409
Lectures & Readings © Verlag Klaus Wagenbach Lectures & Readings 26/10/2026 Einhörner: Book Premiere with Annekathrin Kohout Lectures & Readings 26/10/2026 Einhörner: Book Launch with Annekathrin Kohout. Read more Literature Location Silent Green Kulturquartier Gerichtstraße 35 13347 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.silent-green.net/en/programme/detail/einhoerner-buchpremiere-mit-annekathrin-kohout Buy tickets
Panel discussion © Nicolai Verlag Panel discussion 26/10/2026 MEIN BERLIN - MEIN LEBEN Panel discussion 26/10/2026 Ulli Zelle is a TV host, author, and singer (“Ulli & Die Grauen Zellen”) and has lived in Berlin for many decades. Read more History Literature Location Renaissance-Theater Berlin, Bruckner-Foyer Time 19:30 pm https://renaissance-theater.de/produktion/mein-leben-mein-berlin/ Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © So noch nie Lectures & Readings 26/10/2026 SO NOCH NIE - Offene Lesebühne Pankow Lectures & Readings 26/10/2026 Heroes, gods, and demons, children, the elderly, and the guy next door—they’re all here. They love, they suffer, they fight, they lose, or they triumph. They’re not done yet. Here, they get to test themselves. Read more Literature Location Zimmer 16 Florastraße 16 13187 Berlin Time 19:30 pm – 22:00 pm https://zimmer16.com/ Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Thomas Koy Lectures & Readings 26/10/2026 Juli Zeh presents her new novel ‟Pony Showˮ (In German Language) Lectures & Readings 26/10/2026 Exclusive reading with Juli Zeh: The multi-award-winning bestselling author, lawyer, and constitutional judge presents her new novel, *Pony Show*, in Berlin. Read more Literature Location Philharmonie, Großer Saal Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1 10785 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/kalender/57281 Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Jan Kosyk Lectures & Readings 26/10/2026 The Handbook – A Realist’s Utopias Lectures & Readings 26/10/2026 Jan Kosyk shares anarchic ideas from his novel *The Handbook – Utopias of a Realist*. Read more Free of charge Literature City of music Location Fargo, Grünberger Straße 77, 10245 Berlin, Deutschland Grünberger Straße 77 10245 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://jankosyk.de/event/lesung-klavierpunk-das-handbuch-utopien-eines-realisten/
Lectures & Readings © Foto: Renate Zimmermann Lectures & Readings 27/10/2026 + 1 additional date Bastel-Buch Lectures & Readings 27/10/2026 + 1 additional date Whether origami, window picture or atmospheric table decoration ... many no longer needed books are too beautiful for the waste paper. We want to give them new life and invite you to a creative craft round! Read more Berlin's neighbourhoods Children Location Bezirkszentralbibliothek "Mark Twain" Marzahner Promenade 55 12679 Berlin Time 17:00 pm
Lectures & Readings © Henriette Lemnitz (1, 2), Luisa Bulian (3) Lectures & Readings 27/10/2026 Conservation and Restoration of Glazed Architectural Ceramics Lectures & Readings 27/10/2026 Speakers: Luisa Bulian, conservator (MA), and Henriette Lemnitz, qualified conservator Read more Free of charge science Location Archäologisches Zentrum Geschwister Scholl Strasse 6 10117 Berlin Time 18:30 pm https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/?tx_smb_pi1%5Bsmart_id%5D=162671
Lectures & Readings © Wilhelm typo grafisch Lectures & Readings 27/10/2026 The Age of High Voltage. On life in a state that no longer exists Lectures & Readings 27/10/2026 In *Starkstromzeit*, Aron Boks sets out in search of clues, telling a personal and unusual story of the GDR in the process. He wants to find out what became of the lamps that his grandparents, as self-employed people in the GDR, used to manufacture in their… Read more Free of charge Literature Location Ehemalige Stasi-Zentrale (Haus 22) Ruschestraße 103 10365 Berlin Time 18:30 pm – 20:00 pm https://www.bundesarchiv.de/themen-entdecken/vor-ort-entdecken/veranstaltungen/termin/starkstromzeit-vom-leben-in-einem-staat-den-es-nicht-mehr-gibt-berlin-27-10-2026/
Panel discussion © Sabine Zoltnere Panel discussion 27/10/2026 “Feelings of the Future – How Emotional AI Is Changing Our Lives” Panel discussion 27/10/2026 What does the idea of sentient machines mean for us humans? Everyone is talking about ChatGPT, LaMDA and similar language models that answer questions, write texts and hold conversations. There is debate as to whether they have feelings or could develop… Read more Free of charge science Location Humboldt-Bibliothek Karolinenstraße 21 13507 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=291056&ls=0&c=230&date_start=27.10.2026&date_stop=27.10.2026
Lectures & Readings © © Alte Nationalgalerie / gemeinfrei Lectures & Readings 27/10/2026 Film talk: ‘The Lady of Scuderi’ Lectures & Readings 27/10/2026 250 Years of E.T.A. Hoffmann – a film talk by Irina Vogt. Read more Film events in Berlin Location Kulturhaus Baumschulenweg Ernststraße 14 12437 Berlin Time 19:00 pm – 21:00 pm https://www.kulturring.berlin/programm
Lectures & Readings © Florian Hetz Lectures & Readings 27/10/2026 + 1 additional date Forum - discussion series with Dr. Mariama Diagne Lectures & Readings 27/10/2026 + 1 additional date With the new three-part discussion series Forum featuring Dr. Mariama Diagne, the Staatsballett Berlin continues the dialogue between theory and practice, which has opened up discussion spaces with formats like Ballet for Future. Read more Location Deutsche Oper Berlin Bismarckstraße 35 10627 Berlin Time 19:00 pm https://www.staatsballett-berlin.de/spielplan/stueck-detail/stid/forum0/78.html#a_690
Lectures & Readings © Julia EbnerJustin Griffiths-Williams SV; Fikri Anıl AltıntaşJulias Gabele Lectures & Readings 27/10/2026 Julia Ebner and Fikri Anıl Altıntaş in Conversation: From Fitness to Fascism. The Dangers of Extreme Masculinity Lectures & Readings 27/10/2026 Meat, money, muscles—Julia Ebner traces these three myths of masculinity into the struggles of our time. Read more Politics & Society Location Pfefferberg Theater Schönhauser Allee 176 10119 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://literatur-live-berlin.de/portfolio-item/julia-ebner/ Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Boris Breuer Lectures & Readings 27/10/2026 Literature LIVE at TIPI AM KANZLERAMT: Katharina Thalbach reads „Miss Merkel: Mord in der Therapie“ by David Safier Lectures & Readings 27/10/2026 Read more Literature Location TIPI AM KANZLERAMT Große Querallee 10557 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.tipi-am-kanzleramt.de/de/programm/programmuebersicht/literatur-live-katharina-thalbach-miss-merkel.html Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © MOKKA*MILCH Lectures & Readings 28/10/2026 Reading by Werner R.C. Heinecke: Worlds of Murder Lectures & Readings 28/10/2026 Werner R.C. Heinecke is on a book tour and is stopping off at MOKKA*MILCH! Come and meet the author in person as he reads from *Mordwelten*, the first instalment in his series *The Thriller from Thuringia*. You can also pick up the follow-up volumes,… Read more Accessible Events Free of charge Literature Location MOKKA*MILCH Karl-Marx-Allee 35 10178 Berlin Time 18:00 pm – 19:30 pm https://mokkamilch.spaces.nexudus.com/events/1415755418/lesung-werner-rc-heinecke-mordwelten
