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 © Autorenforum Berlin Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 Literature in the Plural. Fall Reading by the Berlin Authors' Forum Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 Literature in the plural? But why? — Because the singular simply isn’t enough to do justice to the diversity of voices. They provide a platform for the writers of this city. Read more Literature Location Lettrétage Veteranenstraße 21 10119 Berlin https://www.lettretage.de/programm/literatur-im-plural-herbstlesung-des-autorenforums-berlin Lectures & Readings © Stuzubi GmbH Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 + 1 additional date Stuzubi Education and Training Fair Berlin Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 + 1 additional date The Stuzubi Berlin Fall Fair is a career fair for high school seniors, vocational high school graduates, and middle school students. Read more Free of charge Teenager Location Messe Berlin Messedamm 22 14055 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 16:00 pm https://stuzubi.de/messen/berlin/ Lectures & Readings © visitBerlin Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 Bauhaus Lab: I give you a present! Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 During the Bauhaus period, people experimented with different artistic techniques and worked with very different materials. Today you will receive a material as a gift that we have selected for you. Read more Free of charge Location Bauhaus-Archiv the temporary bauhaus-archiv / museum für gestaltung 10623 Berlin Time 11:00 am https://www.bauhaus.de/besuchen/formate/bauhaus-werkstatt/ Lectures & Readings © visitBerlin Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 Participatory Leadership, followed by a WORKSHOP DISCUSSION with Straßenlärm Berlin e.V. Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 On 17 October, Straßenlärm Berlin e.V. is hosting a participatory guided tour of the exhibition ‘Rename?! The History of Street Names in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg’ with co-curator Clara Westendorff. Read more History Guided tours of the museum Free of charge Location FHXB Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Museum Adalbertstraße 95a 10999 Berlin Time 11:00 am https://www.fhxb-museum.de/news-detail/partizipative-fuehrung-mit-anschliessender-werkstadtdebatte-mit-strassenlaerm-berlin-ev Lectures & Readings © SPK/photothek.net/Thomas Trutschel Lectures & Readings To 26/12/2026 The Mighty Wurlitzer Organ Lectures & Readings To 26/12/2026 The Mighty Wurlitzer theater organ is one of the largest surviving instruments of its kind in Europe. In 1929, Werner Ferdinand von Siemens, the grandson of the company’s founder, purchased it from the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company in North Tonawanda, NY. Read more Guided tours of the museum City of music Location Musikinstrumenten-Museum Tiergartenstraße 10785 Berlin Time 12:00 pm https://www.simpk.de/museum/highlights.html Art © Stadtbibliothek Pankow Art 17/10/2026 + 2 additional dates Banned Book Club Art 17/10/2026 + 2 additional dates This month's book: Beloved by Toni Morrison. Read more Free of charge International Literature Location Heinrich-Böll-Bibliothek Greifswalder Str. 87 10409 Berlin Time 13:00 pm – 14:30 pm https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=270265&ls=90&c=409 Lectures & Readings © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Jacopo La Forgia © Ausstellungsexemplare courtesy die Künstlerin und EIGEN + ART Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 + 1 additional date Photographic Perspective Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 + 1 additional date The approximately one-hour tour focuses on photographic works from the collection and, with the participants, questions other works from a photographic perspective. Read more Guided tours of the museum International Location Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart Invalidenstraße 50/51 10557 Berlin Time 13:00 pm https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/?tx_smb_pi1%5Bsmart_id%5D=154873 Lectures & Readings © © Nord Süd Verlag Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 + 1 additional date Picture Book Cinema. Ida, Ada and Sibylla. Famous female researchers Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 + 1 additional date Come and listen to a reading of the picture books ‘Ada und die Zahlen-Knack-Maschine’ by Zoë Tucker, ‘Sibylla und der Tulpenraub’ by Benita Roth, and ‘Ida und die Welt hinterm Kaiserzipf’ by Linda Schwalbe. Read more Children Location Humboldt Forum Schlossplatz 10178 Berlin Time 13:00 pm – 13:30 pm https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/event-reihe/lesung/bilderbuchkino-31647/ Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © René El Khazraje / MC Rene Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 René El Khazraje – The unasked question Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 René El Khazraje, known as MC RENE, reads from his literary memoir *Die ungestellte Antwort* (The Unasked Question). This autobiographical evening combines personal memories with the history of German hip-hop and explores themes such as heritage, identity… Read more Literature Location HHV Store Grünberger Str. 54 10245 Berlin Time 13:00 pm Lectures & Readings © Marcus Staiger Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 Alfons Zitterbacke Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 Alfons Zitterbacke is a real unlucky chap: no sooner does he have a good idea than something is bound to go wrong. Actor Marcus Staiger reads the amusing stories by Gerhard Holtz-Baumert. An entertaining afternoon for children of all ages. Read more Literature Location Wolfdietrich-Schnurre-Bibliothek Bizetstraße 41 13088 Berlin Time 14:00 pm – 15:00 pm Lectures & Readings © Marcus Staiger Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 Alfons Zitterbacke – Presented by the Reading Ensemble Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 The Cheerful Stories of an Unlucky Bloke by Gerhard Holtz-Baumert | starring Marcus Staiger. Read more Free of charge Children Literature Location Wolfdietrich-Schnurre-Bibliothek Bizetstraße 41 13088 Berlin Time 14:00 pm https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=293656&ls=90&c=409 Lectures & Readings © © 2020 Baobab Books / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Foto: Andreas König Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 Picture book cinema: Role models for you and me! Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 The picture books being read are *In Grandma Apo’s Garden* by Wei Tang and *Uncle Flores* by Eymard Toledo. Read more Accessible Events Children Location Humboldt Forum Schlossplatz 10178 Berlin Time 14:00 pm – 14:30 pm https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/event-reihe/lesung/bilderbuchkino-31647/ Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Marcus Glahn Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 + 2 additional dates Print! Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 + 2 additional dates Plants served as inspiration for the construction of ancient buildings. They formed the basis for ornamental decorations on everyday objects. Their symbolic meaning runs through the history of art. Read more Location Haus Bastian - Zentrum für kulturelle Bildung Am Kupfergraben 10 10117 Berlin Time 14:00 pm – 17:00 pm https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/?tx_smb_pi1%5Bsmart_id%5D=155558 Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © Anja Limbrunner Lectures & Readings To 29/05/2027 Horst Evers: Of course it's funny from that point of view Lectures & Readings To 29/05/2027 Horst Evers is the great storyteller among German cabaret artists and his offbeat stories have a huge following. He is the author of numerous bestsellers, regularly appears on RadioEins and has been awarded the most important prizes on the German-language… Read more Literature Location Die Wühlmäuse Pommernallee 2-4 14052 Berlin Time 15:00 pm https://wuehlmaeuse.de/veranstaltung/horst-evers-natuerlich-lustig/ticket/48095 Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © © 2021 Carl Hanser Verlag GmbH & Co. KG Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 PICTURE BOOK CINEMA. Speak out and become a leader. Codetermination is important! Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 Come and listen to a reading of the classic picture books ‘Trau dich, sag was!‘ by Peter H. Reynolds, ‘Bestimmer sein‘ by Katja Rieder and Cornelia Haas as well as ‘Unsere Grube‘ by Emma Adbåge. Read more Children Politics & Society Location Humboldt Forum Schlossplatz 10178 Berlin Time 15:00 pm – 15:30 pm https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/event-reihe/lesung/bilderbuchkino-31647/ Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Jörg P. Anders Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 + 2 additional dates Art and Architecture Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 + 2 additional dates Toward the end of the Middle Ages, the gold ground commonly used in European painting was increasingly replaced by expansive landscapes and magnificent architectural backdrops. Read more Guided tours of the museum Location Gemäldegalerie Matthäikirchplatz 4-6 10785 Berlin Time 15:30 pm https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/?tx_smb_pi1%5Bsmart_id%5D=161482 Lectures & Readings © Jon Parker / © AMNH Lectures & Readings To 28/12/2026 Galactic Encounters Lectures & Readings To 28/12/2026 Embark on a breathtaking journey through the Milky Way and discover the cosmic movements that shape our place in the universe. Read more science Location Archenhold-Sternwarte Treptow Alt-Treptow 1 12435 Berlin Time 17:00 pm https://www.planetarium.berlin/veranstaltungen/galaktische-begegnungen Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © Courtesy the artist and Petrine Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 On Gigantomania Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 In her lecture, Sophie Kovel examines the production of images and ideologies. Taking the concept of ‘gigantomania’ as her starting point, she traces how scale functions as an instrument of power. Read more History Politics & Society Location Haus am Waldsee Argentinische Allee 30 14163 Berlin Time 18:00 pm https://hausamwaldsee.de/veranstaltungen/ Lectures & Readings © Clark Planetarium Salt Lake City Lectures & Readings To 27/12/2026 Black holes Lectures & Readings To 27/12/2026 They are among the most fascinating phenomena in the universe: black holes. Conventional physics and our imagination reach their limits when it comes to these mysterious, virtually invisible phenomena. Read more science Location Archenhold-Sternwarte Treptow Alt-Treptow 1 12435 Berlin Time 18:30 pm https://www.planetarium.berlin/veranstaltungen/schwarze-loecher Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © visitBerlin Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 The Canterville Ghost Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 Oscar Wilde’s first work of fiction, *The Canterville Ghost*, begins entirely in the tradition of Romantic ghost stories: a well-to-do American family purchases an English country house, complete with a dutifully haunting ghost. Read more Literature City of music Location Komödie am Kurfürstendamm im Ernst-Reuter-Saal Eichborndamm 215 13437 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.eventim.de/noapp/event/21646218/?affiliate=VB1&utm_source=VB1&utm_medium=dp&utm_campaign=berlintourismus Buy tickets Lectures & Readings © Hartmut Fischer Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 SALON FATALE – SCANDAL! Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 Under the title ‘SKANDAL!’, SALON FATALE invites you to an extraordinary evening at the Club of Polish Failures. The focus is on the writer, painter and globetrotter Hermione von Preuschen, whose novel *Der Roman meines Lebens* was first published in 1926. Read more Classic music in Berlin Literature Location Club der Polnischen Versager Ackerstraße 168 10115 Berlin Time 20:00 pm
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 © Autorenforum Berlin Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 Literature in the Plural. Fall Reading by the Berlin Authors' Forum Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 Literature in the plural? But why? — Because the singular simply isn’t enough to do justice to the diversity of voices. They provide a platform for the writers of this city. Read more Literature Location Lettrétage Veteranenstraße 21 10119 Berlin https://www.lettretage.de/programm/literatur-im-plural-herbstlesung-des-autorenforums-berlin
Lectures & Readings © Stuzubi GmbH Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 + 1 additional date Stuzubi Education and Training Fair Berlin Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 + 1 additional date The Stuzubi Berlin Fall Fair is a career fair for high school seniors, vocational high school graduates, and middle school students. Read more Free of charge Teenager Location Messe Berlin Messedamm 22 14055 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 16:00 pm https://stuzubi.de/messen/berlin/
Lectures & Readings © visitBerlin Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 Bauhaus Lab: I give you a present! Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 During the Bauhaus period, people experimented with different artistic techniques and worked with very different materials. Today you will receive a material as a gift that we have selected for you. Read more Free of charge Location Bauhaus-Archiv the temporary bauhaus-archiv / museum für gestaltung 10623 Berlin Time 11:00 am https://www.bauhaus.de/besuchen/formate/bauhaus-werkstatt/
Lectures & Readings © visitBerlin Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 Participatory Leadership, followed by a WORKSHOP DISCUSSION with Straßenlärm Berlin e.V. Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 On 17 October, Straßenlärm Berlin e.V. is hosting a participatory guided tour of the exhibition ‘Rename?! The History of Street Names in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg’ with co-curator Clara Westendorff. Read more History Guided tours of the museum Free of charge Location FHXB Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Museum Adalbertstraße 95a 10999 Berlin Time 11:00 am https://www.fhxb-museum.de/news-detail/partizipative-fuehrung-mit-anschliessender-werkstadtdebatte-mit-strassenlaerm-berlin-ev
Lectures & Readings © SPK/photothek.net/Thomas Trutschel Lectures & Readings To 26/12/2026 The Mighty Wurlitzer Organ Lectures & Readings To 26/12/2026 The Mighty Wurlitzer theater organ is one of the largest surviving instruments of its kind in Europe. In 1929, Werner Ferdinand von Siemens, the grandson of the company’s founder, purchased it from the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company in North Tonawanda, NY. Read more Guided tours of the museum City of music Location Musikinstrumenten-Museum Tiergartenstraße 10785 Berlin Time 12:00 pm https://www.simpk.de/museum/highlights.html
Art © Stadtbibliothek Pankow Art 17/10/2026 + 2 additional dates Banned Book Club Art 17/10/2026 + 2 additional dates This month's book: Beloved by Toni Morrison. Read more Free of charge International Literature Location Heinrich-Böll-Bibliothek Greifswalder Str. 87 10409 Berlin Time 13:00 pm – 14:30 pm https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=270265&ls=90&c=409
Lectures & Readings © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Jacopo La Forgia © Ausstellungsexemplare courtesy die Künstlerin und EIGEN + ART Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 + 1 additional date Photographic Perspective Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 + 1 additional date The approximately one-hour tour focuses on photographic works from the collection and, with the participants, questions other works from a photographic perspective. Read more Guided tours of the museum International Location Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart Invalidenstraße 50/51 10557 Berlin Time 13:00 pm https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/?tx_smb_pi1%5Bsmart_id%5D=154873
Lectures & Readings © © Nord Süd Verlag Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 + 1 additional date Picture Book Cinema. Ida, Ada and Sibylla. Famous female researchers Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 + 1 additional date Come and listen to a reading of the picture books ‘Ada und die Zahlen-Knack-Maschine’ by Zoë Tucker, ‘Sibylla und der Tulpenraub’ by Benita Roth, and ‘Ida und die Welt hinterm Kaiserzipf’ by Linda Schwalbe. Read more Children Location Humboldt Forum Schlossplatz 10178 Berlin Time 13:00 pm – 13:30 pm https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/event-reihe/lesung/bilderbuchkino-31647/ Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © René El Khazraje / MC Rene Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 René El Khazraje – The unasked question Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 René El Khazraje, known as MC RENE, reads from his literary memoir *Die ungestellte Antwort* (The Unasked Question). This autobiographical evening combines personal memories with the history of German hip-hop and explores themes such as heritage, identity… Read more Literature Location HHV Store Grünberger Str. 54 10245 Berlin Time 13:00 pm
Lectures & Readings © Marcus Staiger Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 Alfons Zitterbacke Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 Alfons Zitterbacke is a real unlucky chap: no sooner does he have a good idea than something is bound to go wrong. Actor Marcus Staiger reads the amusing stories by Gerhard Holtz-Baumert. An entertaining afternoon for children of all ages. Read more Literature Location Wolfdietrich-Schnurre-Bibliothek Bizetstraße 41 13088 Berlin Time 14:00 pm – 15:00 pm
Lectures & Readings © Marcus Staiger Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 Alfons Zitterbacke – Presented by the Reading Ensemble Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 The Cheerful Stories of an Unlucky Bloke by Gerhard Holtz-Baumert | starring Marcus Staiger. Read more Free of charge Children Literature Location Wolfdietrich-Schnurre-Bibliothek Bizetstraße 41 13088 Berlin Time 14:00 pm https://www.berlin.de/land/kalender/index.php?detail=293656&ls=90&c=409
Lectures & Readings © © 2020 Baobab Books / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Foto: Andreas König Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 Picture book cinema: Role models for you and me! Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 The picture books being read are *In Grandma Apo’s Garden* by Wei Tang and *Uncle Flores* by Eymard Toledo. Read more Accessible Events Children Location Humboldt Forum Schlossplatz 10178 Berlin Time 14:00 pm – 14:30 pm https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/event-reihe/lesung/bilderbuchkino-31647/ Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Marcus Glahn Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 + 2 additional dates Print! Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 + 2 additional dates Plants served as inspiration for the construction of ancient buildings. They formed the basis for ornamental decorations on everyday objects. Their symbolic meaning runs through the history of art. Read more Location Haus Bastian - Zentrum für kulturelle Bildung Am Kupfergraben 10 10117 Berlin Time 14:00 pm – 17:00 pm https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/?tx_smb_pi1%5Bsmart_id%5D=155558 Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Anja Limbrunner Lectures & Readings To 29/05/2027 Horst Evers: Of course it's funny from that point of view Lectures & Readings To 29/05/2027 Horst Evers is the great storyteller among German cabaret artists and his offbeat stories have a huge following. He is the author of numerous bestsellers, regularly appears on RadioEins and has been awarded the most important prizes on the German-language… Read more Literature Location Die Wühlmäuse Pommernallee 2-4 14052 Berlin Time 15:00 pm https://wuehlmaeuse.de/veranstaltung/horst-evers-natuerlich-lustig/ticket/48095 Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © © 2021 Carl Hanser Verlag GmbH & Co. KG Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 PICTURE BOOK CINEMA. Speak out and become a leader. Codetermination is important! Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 Come and listen to a reading of the classic picture books ‘Trau dich, sag was!‘ by Peter H. Reynolds, ‘Bestimmer sein‘ by Katja Rieder and Cornelia Haas as well as ‘Unsere Grube‘ by Emma Adbåge. Read more Children Politics & Society Location Humboldt Forum Schlossplatz 10178 Berlin Time 15:00 pm – 15:30 pm https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/event-reihe/lesung/bilderbuchkino-31647/ Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Jörg P. Anders Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 + 2 additional dates Art and Architecture Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 + 2 additional dates Toward the end of the Middle Ages, the gold ground commonly used in European painting was increasingly replaced by expansive landscapes and magnificent architectural backdrops. Read more Guided tours of the museum Location Gemäldegalerie Matthäikirchplatz 4-6 10785 Berlin Time 15:30 pm https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/?tx_smb_pi1%5Bsmart_id%5D=161482
Lectures & Readings © Jon Parker / © AMNH Lectures & Readings To 28/12/2026 Galactic Encounters Lectures & Readings To 28/12/2026 Embark on a breathtaking journey through the Milky Way and discover the cosmic movements that shape our place in the universe. Read more science Location Archenhold-Sternwarte Treptow Alt-Treptow 1 12435 Berlin Time 17:00 pm https://www.planetarium.berlin/veranstaltungen/galaktische-begegnungen Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Courtesy the artist and Petrine Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 On Gigantomania Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 In her lecture, Sophie Kovel examines the production of images and ideologies. Taking the concept of ‘gigantomania’ as her starting point, she traces how scale functions as an instrument of power. Read more History Politics & Society Location Haus am Waldsee Argentinische Allee 30 14163 Berlin Time 18:00 pm https://hausamwaldsee.de/veranstaltungen/
Lectures & Readings © Clark Planetarium Salt Lake City Lectures & Readings To 27/12/2026 Black holes Lectures & Readings To 27/12/2026 They are among the most fascinating phenomena in the universe: black holes. Conventional physics and our imagination reach their limits when it comes to these mysterious, virtually invisible phenomena. Read more science Location Archenhold-Sternwarte Treptow Alt-Treptow 1 12435 Berlin Time 18:30 pm https://www.planetarium.berlin/veranstaltungen/schwarze-loecher Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © visitBerlin Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 The Canterville Ghost Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 Oscar Wilde’s first work of fiction, *The Canterville Ghost*, begins entirely in the tradition of Romantic ghost stories: a well-to-do American family purchases an English country house, complete with a dutifully haunting ghost. Read more Literature City of music Location Komödie am Kurfürstendamm im Ernst-Reuter-Saal Eichborndamm 215 13437 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.eventim.de/noapp/event/21646218/?affiliate=VB1&utm_source=VB1&utm_medium=dp&utm_campaign=berlintourismus Buy tickets
Lectures & Readings © Hartmut Fischer Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 SALON FATALE – SCANDAL! Lectures & Readings 17/10/2026 Under the title ‘SKANDAL!’, SALON FATALE invites you to an extraordinary evening at the Club of Polish Failures. The focus is on the writer, painter and globetrotter Hermione von Preuschen, whose novel *Der Roman meines Lebens* was first published in 1926. Read more Classic music in Berlin Literature Location Club der Polnischen Versager Ackerstraße 168 10115 Berlin Time 20:00 pm
