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Agenda Edition #31 / 19.08-24.08.2025 / Current mood: Will you join me?
Hi, and welcome back to agenda – got plans?, a newsletter featuring a curated selection of art, design, and fashion events in Berlin. I’m Kate, a freelance journalist, Berlin local, and art lover. I hope this newsletter makes it a bit easier for you to navigate everything this city has to offer.
This week’s edition marks a fresh start: it’s the first newsletter after an unintended six-month break, and also the very first one I’m sharing on Substack!
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Here’s a sneak peek at my weekly picks:
#1 Free Open Air at Kindl
On Wednesday, Kindl shows an open-air film programme exploring human relationships. The four selected films address themes of friendship, love, and longing, as well as disappointment and hatred. Sounds like a solid plan for a Wednesday night, no? If you want to meet a friend for dinner beforehand, I’d recommend La Bologninafor pasta – or, as a quicker and more affordable option, sushi at Tabibito (both within a 15-minute walk from Kindl!).
Wednesday, 20.8., 8:30 pm
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#2 Exhibition Opening “Female Gaze” at Schinkel Pavillon
Besides the name (which sounds a bit overused by now), I’m really looking forward to this exhibition at Schinkel, which brings together an international line-up of choreographers and artists like Cecilia Bengolea, nasa4nasa, La Ribot, Göksu Kunak, Lenio Kaklea, Catol Teixeira, and Ruth Childs with Cécile Bouffard.
The exhibition mixes performance, video, sound, and sculpture – some works are shown for the first time in Germany – and asks big questions: How do we look at bodies? How does power travel through gestures? How do stereotypes and the “male gaze” shape what we see? And maybe most interesting: how does the female gaze shift over time, depending on who’s watching? Performances run 22–24 August, the exhibition and screenings continue until 31 August.
Friday, 22.08, 7 pm
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#3 Sunday Getaway: Art Biesenthal
Imagine planning a beautiful getaway on your birthday, only to end up in bed with a fever. That was my last Sunday, and I was not amused. I hope to make up for it next week with a bike tour to Wehrmühle for Art Biesenthal. It’s a weekend art program featuring performance, dance, sound, and workshops, running until August 31 — so this is basically my last chance, as I’ll be doing a flea market the following weekend (we’re still looking for a third person to join, dm me if you’re interested!).
Back to Art Biesenthal: it’s quite a journey. I figured the easiest way is to take the S-Bahn to Bernau and then bike the last 40 minutes, which Google Maps promises will be through beautiful greenery. The setting itself is part of the experience: an old mill in the Brandenburg countryside, where contemporary art meets nature in a very relaxed, festival-like atmosphere.
Have you been there before? I’d love to hear your experience!
Saturday and Sunday, 1pm-7pm
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See you soon,
Kate from agenda – got plans?
