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 © SPB / Natalie Toczek Lectures & Readings 03/11/2026 Berlin Brains: How Context Modulates Memory – in Flies and Humans Lectures & Readings 03/11/2026 Experiences shape who we are. But what rules does the brain follow when storing experiences in long-term memory? And how does the physiological context (e.g., diet or stress) influence information processing? Read more Free of charge International science Location Zeiss-Großplanetarium Prenzlauer Allee 80 10405 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.planetarium.berlin/veranstaltungen/berlin-brains-wie-der-kontext-das-gedaechtnis-beeinflusst-bei-fliegen-und-menschen Lectures & Readings © NeuroCure | Cluster of Excellence Lectures & Readings 03/11/2026 Berlin Brains Lectures & Readings 03/11/2026 This series of events offers interested Berliners an accessible look into current neuroscience research. Read more Free of charge science Location Verschiedene Orte Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://neurocure.de/ Lectures & Readings © Juliette Moarbes Lectures & Readings 03/11/2026 More writing for authors in exile Lectures & Readings 03/11/2026 For a story not to fall apart, it needs a common thread to hold it together. Read more Literature Politics & Society Location ACUD Veteranenstraße 21 D 10119 BERLIN Time 19:30 pm https://weiterschreiben.jetzt/veranstaltungen/faeden-stoffe-schnitte-weiter-schreiben-magazin-8/ Lectures & Readings © Juliette Moarbes Lectures & Readings 03/11/2026 “Threads, Fabrics, Patterns” – Weiter Schreiben Magazine #8 Lectures & Readings 03/11/2026 The eighth issue of *Weiter Schreiben* magazine, entitled ‘Threads, Fabrics, Cuts’, is being celebrated. For a story not to fall apart, it needs a common thread to hold it together. The readers are: Lily Farhadpour, Mubeen Kishany, Karima Shabrang, Meral… Read more Literature Location Lettrétage Veteranenstraße 21 10119 Berlin Time 19:30 pm – 22:00 pm https://www.lettretage.de/programm/faden-stoffe-schnitte---weiter-schreiben-magazin-8 Lectures & Readings © Gilda GiebelCaroline Wimmer; Uwe MadelThomas Ernst Lectures & Readings 03/11/2026 Gilda Giebel: Das Böse im Mann. Über Anziehung, Macht und die Psychologie zerstörerischer Beziehungen Lectures & Readings 03/11/2026 Reading in German with Gilda Giebel: "The Evil in Men: On Attraction, Power, and the Psychology of Destructive Relationships". Read more Location Pfefferberg Theater Schönhauser Allee 176 10119 Berlin Time 20:00 pm http://literatur-live-berlin.de/ Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © Eyecandy Lectures & Readings 03/11/2026 POLITICS WITH ANNE WILL Lectures & Readings 03/11/2026 Anne Will is one of Germany's most renowned journalists. For 16 years, she hosted the most important political talk show on German television. In 2024, she traded the large television studio for the quieter world of podcasting. Read more Politics & Society Location Heimathafen Neukölln Karl-Marx-Straße 141 12043 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://heimathafen-neukoelln.de/events/politik-mit-anne-will/ Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © Carlsen Verlag Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 Comic reading: Steffen Gumpert – Licht ins Dunkel Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 Pankow Municipal Library invites nursery and school groups to special comic and picture book readings at the cinema. Read more Free of charge Children Location Colosseum Berlin Gleimstraße 31 10437 Berlin Time 09:00 am – 10:00 am https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=294295&ls=0&c=409 Lectures & Readings © Kibitz Verlag Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 Comic reading: Nora Borkenhagen – Bo und der erste Biss Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 Pankow Public Library invites nursery groups and school classes to special comic and picture book readings at the cinema. Read more Free of charge Children Location Colosseum Berlin Gleimstraße 31 10437 Berlin Time 11:00 am – 12:00 pm https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=294298&ls=0&c=409 Buy tickets Panel discussion © Foto: Manfred Fuß, IMDb Panel discussion 04/11/2026 "My ship, it floats on distant seas" Panel discussion 04/11/2026 To mark the 179th anniversary of the composer’s death: a concert and reading of poems by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and his relatives. Read more History Jewish Berlin Literature City of music Location Mendelssohn-Remise Jägerstraße 51 10117 Berlin Time 15:00 pm https://www.mendelssohn-gesellschaft.de/gesellschaft/veranstaltungen Lectures & Readings © Natalie Toczek Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 New Frontiers in Biomedicine Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 We are breaking new ground in biomedicine through interdisciplinary research. Techniques from chemistry and biology are combined and used to visualise cell structures using microscopy. This enables the localisation of proteins relevant to various clinical… Read more Free of charge Environment & Future science Location Zeiss-Großplanetarium Prenzlauer Allee 80 10405 Berlin Time 16:00 pm https://www.planetarium.berlin/veranstaltungen/neue-wege-der-biomedizin-2026 Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © Stephen Marino, MDC, AG Daumke, 2014 Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 + 2 additional dates New Approaches in Biomedicine Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 + 2 additional dates Lecture series: We are breaking new ground in biomedicine through interdisciplinary research. Techniques from chemistry and biology are combined and used to visualise cell structures using microscopy. This enables the localisation of proteins relevant to… Read more science Location Zeiss-Großplanetarium Prenzlauer Allee 80 10405 Berlin Time 16:00 pm https://www.planetarium.berlin/veranstaltungen/neue-wege-der-biomedizin Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © Totschka Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 Familien-Lesetreff: Silent Books entdecken Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 At this session, participants will be introduced to the genre of silent books – books in which stories are told primarily through illustrations. Read more Free of charge Children Location Bibliothek am Wasserturm Prenzlauer Allee 227-228 10405 Berlin Time 16:30 pm – 18:00 pm https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=293131&ls=0&c=409 Art © Hanser Verlag Art 04/11/2026 Close Up! Christiane Löhr & herman de vries Art 04/11/2026 In his elemental poem “Nach der Natur” (From Nature), the author W. G. Sebald explored the concept of a “silent catastrophe” affecting the ecology of natural and human communities, using compelling poetic imagery. Read more Free of charge Literature Contemporary Art Location Kunstbibliothek Berlin Matthäikirchplatz 6 10785 Berlin Time 18:00 pm https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/?tx_smb_pi1%5Bsmart_id%5D=161533 Panel discussion © visitBerlin, Foto: Jens Ziehe Panel discussion 04/11/2026 JMB Book Club Featuring The Future by Naomi Alderman Panel discussion 04/11/2026 “That is the real problem. We can imagine the future. And once we have imagined it, we can’t stop.” Read more Literature Location Jüdisches Museum Berlin Lindenstraße 9-14 10969 Berlin Time 18:30 pm https://www.jmberlin.de/buchclub-the-future-naomi-alderman Lectures & Readings © (c) Willi van Hengel / Nadja Felscher Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 Abgrund-Symphonie – Wort. Klang. Zumutung. Lesung Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 With ‘Abgrund-Symphonie’, Willi van Hengel and Nadja Felscher bring a lyrical and dramatic cascade of words to the stage – accompanied by Magnus Tautz on the piano. Language and music intertwine to form a dense, living landscape. Read more experimental and contemporary Art Literature Location Lettrétage Veteranenstraße 21 10119 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.lettretage.de/programm/abgrund-symphonie---wort-klang-zumutung Lectures & Readings © Ballhaus Wedding Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 "Luise – The Queen and Her Siblings" Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 The Myth of Luise – The Woman Behind the Legend – a reading by Carolin Philipps from *Luise – The Queen and Her Siblings*. Read more History Literature Location Ballhaus Wedding Wriezener Str. 6 13359 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.ballhauswedding.de/details-registrierung/mythos-luise-die-frau-hinter-der-legende Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © ÖZGÜRÜZ Press gUG Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 CAN DÜNDAR Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 A letter arrives for the journalist in exile, Can Dündar. The sender: Serkan Kurtuluş, a Turkish prisoner in a prison in Buenos Aires. He identifies himself as someone who was commissioned to assassinate Dündar – and promises him explosive information. Read more Politics & Society Location Heimathafen Neukölln Karl-Marx-Straße 141 12043 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://heimathafen-neukoelln.de/events/can-duendar/ Lectures & Readings © Dana Lavie Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 Katharina Höftmann and Judith Poznan in conversation: Ocean Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 From Brandenburg to London, via Berlin to Tel Aviv, from 1932 to the present day: Katharina Höftmann takes her audience on a journey through a turbulent century, allowing them not only to relive the wonderful friendship between Friedchen Pfeil and Paula Levin… Read more Jewish Berlin Literature Location Pfefferberg Theater Schönhauser Allee 176 10119 Berlin Time 20:00 pm http://literatur-live-berlin.de/ Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © Lucia Hunziker Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 + 1 additional date Martin Suter, "One and All" Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 + 1 additional date Experience Martin Suter live on stage! Look forward to a special evening with one of the most successful authors in contemporary literature and immerse yourself in a world full of gripping stories with surprising twists. Read more Literature Location Renaissance-Theater Knesebeckstraße 100 10623 Berlin Time 20:00 pm Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © Volker Lannert Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 "Notes & Neurons”: Music for Brain Health Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 “Notes and Neurons” is a special series of science concerts that explores the role music plays in brain health and how it may contribute to the prevention of neurodegenerative diseases. Read more Classic music in Berlin City of music science Location Philharmonie, Großer Saal Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1 10785 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/kalender/57390 Buy tickets Panel discussion © Brotfabrik Panel discussion 04/11/2026 ‘Schweinebaumeln’ – Reading and discussion with Marta Dzido, Antje Ritter-Miller and Sarah Käsmayr Panel discussion 04/11/2026 What does it feel like to be seduced by the moon, which creeps into the room via the balcony at night? What on earth is she to do when she suddenly feels the urge to lick her best friend? What was it like back then with him, when she was young – so many years… Read more Literature Location Brotfabrik Caligariplatz 1 13086 Berlin Time 20:00 pm Buy tickets
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 © SPB / Natalie Toczek Lectures & Readings 03/11/2026 Berlin Brains: How Context Modulates Memory – in Flies and Humans Lectures & Readings 03/11/2026 Experiences shape who we are. But what rules does the brain follow when storing experiences in long-term memory? And how does the physiological context (e.g., diet or stress) influence information processing? Read more Free of charge International science Location Zeiss-Großplanetarium Prenzlauer Allee 80 10405 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.planetarium.berlin/veranstaltungen/berlin-brains-wie-der-kontext-das-gedaechtnis-beeinflusst-bei-fliegen-und-menschen
Lectures & Readings © NeuroCure | Cluster of Excellence Lectures & Readings 03/11/2026 Berlin Brains Lectures & Readings 03/11/2026 This series of events offers interested Berliners an accessible look into current neuroscience research. Read more Free of charge science Location Verschiedene Orte Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://neurocure.de/
Lectures & Readings © Juliette Moarbes Lectures & Readings 03/11/2026 More writing for authors in exile Lectures & Readings 03/11/2026 For a story not to fall apart, it needs a common thread to hold it together. Read more Literature Politics & Society Location ACUD Veteranenstraße 21 D 10119 BERLIN Time 19:30 pm https://weiterschreiben.jetzt/veranstaltungen/faeden-stoffe-schnitte-weiter-schreiben-magazin-8/
Lectures & Readings © Juliette Moarbes Lectures & Readings 03/11/2026 “Threads, Fabrics, Patterns” – Weiter Schreiben Magazine #8 Lectures & Readings 03/11/2026 The eighth issue of *Weiter Schreiben* magazine, entitled ‘Threads, Fabrics, Cuts’, is being celebrated. For a story not to fall apart, it needs a common thread to hold it together. The readers are: Lily Farhadpour, Mubeen Kishany, Karima Shabrang, Meral… Read more Literature Location Lettrétage Veteranenstraße 21 10119 Berlin Time 19:30 pm – 22:00 pm https://www.lettretage.de/programm/faden-stoffe-schnitte---weiter-schreiben-magazin-8
Lectures & Readings © Gilda GiebelCaroline Wimmer; Uwe MadelThomas Ernst Lectures & Readings 03/11/2026 Gilda Giebel: Das Böse im Mann. Über Anziehung, Macht und die Psychologie zerstörerischer Beziehungen Lectures & Readings 03/11/2026 Reading in German with Gilda Giebel: "The Evil in Men: On Attraction, Power, and the Psychology of Destructive Relationships". Read more Location Pfefferberg Theater Schönhauser Allee 176 10119 Berlin Time 20:00 pm http://literatur-live-berlin.de/ Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Eyecandy Lectures & Readings 03/11/2026 POLITICS WITH ANNE WILL Lectures & Readings 03/11/2026 Anne Will is one of Germany's most renowned journalists. For 16 years, she hosted the most important political talk show on German television. In 2024, she traded the large television studio for the quieter world of podcasting. Read more Politics & Society Location Heimathafen Neukölln Karl-Marx-Straße 141 12043 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://heimathafen-neukoelln.de/events/politik-mit-anne-will/ Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Carlsen Verlag Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 Comic reading: Steffen Gumpert – Licht ins Dunkel Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 Pankow Municipal Library invites nursery and school groups to special comic and picture book readings at the cinema. Read more Free of charge Children Location Colosseum Berlin Gleimstraße 31 10437 Berlin Time 09:00 am – 10:00 am https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=294295&ls=0&c=409
Lectures & Readings © Kibitz Verlag Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 Comic reading: Nora Borkenhagen – Bo und der erste Biss Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 Pankow Public Library invites nursery groups and school classes to special comic and picture book readings at the cinema. Read more Free of charge Children Location Colosseum Berlin Gleimstraße 31 10437 Berlin Time 11:00 am – 12:00 pm https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=294298&ls=0&c=409 Buy tickets
Panel discussion © Foto: Manfred Fuß, IMDb Panel discussion 04/11/2026 "My ship, it floats on distant seas" Panel discussion 04/11/2026 To mark the 179th anniversary of the composer’s death: a concert and reading of poems by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and his relatives. Read more History Jewish Berlin Literature City of music Location Mendelssohn-Remise Jägerstraße 51 10117 Berlin Time 15:00 pm https://www.mendelssohn-gesellschaft.de/gesellschaft/veranstaltungen
Lectures & Readings © Natalie Toczek Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 New Frontiers in Biomedicine Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 We are breaking new ground in biomedicine through interdisciplinary research. Techniques from chemistry and biology are combined and used to visualise cell structures using microscopy. This enables the localisation of proteins relevant to various clinical… Read more Free of charge Environment & Future science Location Zeiss-Großplanetarium Prenzlauer Allee 80 10405 Berlin Time 16:00 pm https://www.planetarium.berlin/veranstaltungen/neue-wege-der-biomedizin-2026 Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Stephen Marino, MDC, AG Daumke, 2014 Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 + 2 additional dates New Approaches in Biomedicine Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 + 2 additional dates Lecture series: We are breaking new ground in biomedicine through interdisciplinary research. Techniques from chemistry and biology are combined and used to visualise cell structures using microscopy. This enables the localisation of proteins relevant to… Read more science Location Zeiss-Großplanetarium Prenzlauer Allee 80 10405 Berlin Time 16:00 pm https://www.planetarium.berlin/veranstaltungen/neue-wege-der-biomedizin Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Totschka Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 Familien-Lesetreff: Silent Books entdecken Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 At this session, participants will be introduced to the genre of silent books – books in which stories are told primarily through illustrations. Read more Free of charge Children Location Bibliothek am Wasserturm Prenzlauer Allee 227-228 10405 Berlin Time 16:30 pm – 18:00 pm https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=293131&ls=0&c=409
Art © Hanser Verlag Art 04/11/2026 Close Up! Christiane Löhr & herman de vries Art 04/11/2026 In his elemental poem “Nach der Natur” (From Nature), the author W. G. Sebald explored the concept of a “silent catastrophe” affecting the ecology of natural and human communities, using compelling poetic imagery. Read more Free of charge Literature Contemporary Art Location Kunstbibliothek Berlin Matthäikirchplatz 6 10785 Berlin Time 18:00 pm https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/?tx_smb_pi1%5Bsmart_id%5D=161533
Panel discussion © visitBerlin, Foto: Jens Ziehe Panel discussion 04/11/2026 JMB Book Club Featuring The Future by Naomi Alderman Panel discussion 04/11/2026 “That is the real problem. We can imagine the future. And once we have imagined it, we can’t stop.” Read more Literature Location Jüdisches Museum Berlin Lindenstraße 9-14 10969 Berlin Time 18:30 pm https://www.jmberlin.de/buchclub-the-future-naomi-alderman
Lectures & Readings © (c) Willi van Hengel / Nadja Felscher Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 Abgrund-Symphonie – Wort. Klang. Zumutung. Lesung Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 With ‘Abgrund-Symphonie’, Willi van Hengel and Nadja Felscher bring a lyrical and dramatic cascade of words to the stage – accompanied by Magnus Tautz on the piano. Language and music intertwine to form a dense, living landscape. Read more experimental and contemporary Art Literature Location Lettrétage Veteranenstraße 21 10119 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.lettretage.de/programm/abgrund-symphonie---wort-klang-zumutung
Lectures & Readings © Ballhaus Wedding Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 "Luise – The Queen and Her Siblings" Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 The Myth of Luise – The Woman Behind the Legend – a reading by Carolin Philipps from *Luise – The Queen and Her Siblings*. Read more History Literature Location Ballhaus Wedding Wriezener Str. 6 13359 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.ballhauswedding.de/details-registrierung/mythos-luise-die-frau-hinter-der-legende Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © ÖZGÜRÜZ Press gUG Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 CAN DÜNDAR Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 A letter arrives for the journalist in exile, Can Dündar. The sender: Serkan Kurtuluş, a Turkish prisoner in a prison in Buenos Aires. He identifies himself as someone who was commissioned to assassinate Dündar – and promises him explosive information. Read more Politics & Society Location Heimathafen Neukölln Karl-Marx-Straße 141 12043 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://heimathafen-neukoelln.de/events/can-duendar/
Lectures & Readings © Dana Lavie Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 Katharina Höftmann and Judith Poznan in conversation: Ocean Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 From Brandenburg to London, via Berlin to Tel Aviv, from 1932 to the present day: Katharina Höftmann takes her audience on a journey through a turbulent century, allowing them not only to relive the wonderful friendship between Friedchen Pfeil and Paula Levin… Read more Jewish Berlin Literature Location Pfefferberg Theater Schönhauser Allee 176 10119 Berlin Time 20:00 pm http://literatur-live-berlin.de/ Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Lucia Hunziker Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 + 1 additional date Martin Suter, "One and All" Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 + 1 additional date Experience Martin Suter live on stage! Look forward to a special evening with one of the most successful authors in contemporary literature and immerse yourself in a world full of gripping stories with surprising twists. Read more Literature Location Renaissance-Theater Knesebeckstraße 100 10623 Berlin Time 20:00 pm Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Volker Lannert Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 "Notes & Neurons”: Music for Brain Health Lectures & Readings 04/11/2026 “Notes and Neurons” is a special series of science concerts that explores the role music plays in brain health and how it may contribute to the prevention of neurodegenerative diseases. Read more Classic music in Berlin City of music science Location Philharmonie, Großer Saal Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1 10785 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/kalender/57390 Buy tickets
Panel discussion © Brotfabrik Panel discussion 04/11/2026 ‘Schweinebaumeln’ – Reading and discussion with Marta Dzido, Antje Ritter-Miller and Sarah Käsmayr Panel discussion 04/11/2026 What does it feel like to be seduced by the moon, which creeps into the room via the balcony at night? What on earth is she to do when she suddenly feels the urge to lick her best friend? What was it like back then with him, when she was young – so many years… Read more Literature Location Brotfabrik Caligariplatz 1 13086 Berlin Time 20:00 pm Buy tickets
