What's On: Friday 6 November 2009

Festival for children giving them the opportunity to meet artists and authors propmoting the art of traditional storytelling at venues all around the city. Visit the festival website for full details of all the events.

This year the well-respected annual Berlin JazzFest salutes the roots of Blue Note with the theme, "Blue Note: 70 years". Artists this year include: trumpeter Terence Blanchard; Israeli-born keyboardist Yaron Herman; Robert Glasper; and Aaron Parks. See event website for full details.

This year the well-respected annual Berlin JazzFest salutes the roots of Blue Note with the theme, "Blue Note: 70 years". Artists this year include: trumpeter Terence Blanchard; Israeli-born keyboardist Yaron Herman; Robert Glasper; and Aaron Parks. See event website for full details.

SUMO is the possibly the biggest ever photography book project. Ten years ago Taschen published a limited run of 10,000 books signed by Helmut Newton. This display shows all 394 photographs. There is also a smaller and revised version of the book for the regular book market. Exhibition is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00 with late opening on Thursday until 22:00. At the Museum for Photography, Jebensstrasse 2.

This is a unique exhibition exploring the art and culture of the Renaissance in Berlin. The exhibition focuses on Cranach and the art of the Renaissance under the Hohenzollern. Open daily except Tuesday from 10:00 to 17:00 (closed on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve). Late opening on Thursday until 20:00. Standard admission is €8 or €6 concessions. At Charlottenburg Palace, New Wing, Spandauer Damm.

Daily magic shows for children from Thursday to Sunday by Igor Jedlin, star magician from the Moscow State Circus. Performance starts at 15:30. Tickets cost €12 for adults or €7 for children under 12. Ticket hotline is 030 323 3777 or purchase tickets via the website. At Zaubertheater Jedlin, Roscherstr. 7. Nearest public transport link is U Adenauerplatz or S Charlottenburg.

International gemstone and mineral fair with fossils and jewellery stalls open to the public. At Hall 17, Messe Berlin.

International choir which is always pleased to welcome new members with or without formal music training. The choir accompanies the regular weekly Sunday church service and practices in the Church Hall every Friday at 19:00. Interested singers should contact the choir director and organist, Scott Clemons on 030 393 4967. At St. George's Church, Preußenallee 17-19.

Yoga classes in English with an experienced, certified native speaker. Classes held every Friday from 18:00 to 19:30. All levels welcome. Private lessons also available by arrangement. For more information 0175 370 4656. At Lernen in Bewegung, Weimarer Str. 29.

Special exhibition of around 80 photographs by amateur photographer Helmut Schilke from his travels to India. See website for detailed information. Open Tuesday to Friday from 09:00 to 17:30 and Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00. Standard admission is €4.50, concessions €2.50. At the Museum for Transport and Technology, Trebbiner Str. 9.

Regular Friday night dinner at 21:00 followed by a film at approx. 23:00. New faces always welcome. At Another Country Bookshop, Riemannstr. 7. Nearest public transport link is U Gneisenaustr.

English crime author David Pearce reads from his new novel "TOKYO YEAR ZERO" at 20:00. Tickets cost €6 standard or €4 concessions and are available from the box office or online. At English Theatre Berlin, Fidicinstr. 40. Nearest public transport link is U Platz der Luftbruecke.

Painting and drawing workshop exploring a variety of painting mediums and their use. Suitable for beginners or advanced artists. Some materials provided by the school (contact the school for details). Classes held on Fridays from 18:30 to 21:30. At the Laboratory of Living Arts near U Silesian Gate. Contact Laurie for full details: thelaboratoryfiles@gmail.com.

Classes for those who want to learn how to paint and find your own style while learning about their art, artists, artistic movements and styles. Course is open to beginners up to second year students. Some materials provided by the school (contact the school for details). Classes held on Fridays from 13:30 to 16:30. At the Laboratory of Living Arts near U Silesian Gate. Contact Laurie for full details: thelaboratoryfiles@gmail.com.

Permanent exhibition on the Kennedy family including photographs, official documents, private documents. See website for details of temporary exhibitions. Open daily from 10:00-18:00. At Pariser Platz 4a.

Exhibition of images of the Peaceful Revolution and the fall of the Berlin Wall as documented by the people of Germany as well as short film images from documentary filmmakers for this period. See website for detailed information. Open Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00 with late opening on Thursday until 18:00. Admission is €4 standard or €3 concessions. At the Museum for Film and Television, Potsdamer Str. 2. Nearest public transport link is U+S Potsdamer Platz.

Photographic exhibition to commemorate the events surrounding the fall of the Berlin Wall. Open Monday plus Wednesday to Friday from 10:00 to 18:00 (closed Tuesday) from 10:00 to 18:00 and weekends from 11:00 to 18:00. At Max-Liebermann-Haus, Pariser Platz 7.

Special exhibition where the National Museums in Berlin, the Humboldt Universitaet zu Berlin and the Central and Regional Library Berlin are given the opportunity to present key ideas for the institution they will share as the Humboldt Forum's three future users. See website for detailed information. Open daily from 10:00 to 18:00 with late opening on Thursday until 22:00. At the Altes Museum, Am Lustgarten. Nearest public transport links are U+S Friedrichstr., S Hackescher Markt or bus 100.

International exhibition of twentieth century German art in its political, social, and historical contexts including works by Baselitz, Chargesheimer, Gloeckner, Heldt, Immendorff, Klapheck, Penck, Polke, Richter, Tuebke and Vostell amongst others. This exhibition was first shown at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and the German National Museum in Nuremburg. Open daily from 10:00 to 18:00. At the German Historical Museum, Unter den Linden 2.

Open air exhibition presented by the Robert Havemann society to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. guided tours available from the 8 - 29 August. Contact 030 247 49 888 or visit www.fuehrungsnetz.de for more information. At Alexanderplatz.

Photographic exhibition documenting the Fall of the Berlin Wall and the many escape attempts during its existence. Open Monday to Saturday from 09:00 -22:00. Admission is € 12.50 standard or €7.50 concessions. At the Wall Museum, Checkpoint Charlie, Friedreichstr, 43-45.

Exhibition to mark the optimism and dynamics of a new generation linking Presidents Barack Obama and John F. Kennedy. Open daily from 10:00 to 18:00. At the Kennedy Museum, Pariser Platz 4a next to the Brandenburg Gate.

Exhibitions about the Stasi - The former GDR's secret police. Exhibitions include " An Open Secret - Post and Telecommunications in the GDR". Guided tours by appointment. Admission is free. Open Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to 18:00/ At the IDZ, Mauerstrasse 38, (also accessible from Wilhelmstrasse). Nearest public transport link is S Unter den Linden.

Exhibition of contemporary artworks from the National Gallery, the Marx and Marzona Collections as well as the Friedrich Christian Flick Collection. Open Tuesday to Friday from 10:00 to 18:00, Saturday from 11:00 to 18:00 and Sunday from 11:00 to 18:00. Admission is €8 standard or €4 concessions. Free admission on Thursdays from 14:00 to 18:00. At Hamburger Bahnhof Museum for Contemporary Art, Invalidenstr. 50.

Prize money of €50,000 is at stake for the winner of this prestigious award funded by the Verein der Freunde der Nationalgalerie and now in its 5th year. Four artists have been nominted and their works are shown in this contemporary art exhibition. Open Tuesday to Friday from 10:00 to 18:00, Saturday from 11:00 to 18:00 and Sunday from 11:00 to 18:00. Admission is €8 standard or €4 concessions. Free admission on Thursdays from 14:00 to 18:00. At Hamburger Bahnhof Museum for Contemporary Art, Invalidenstr. 50.

Exhibition of works by Carl Gustav Carus, physician, painter, philosopher and scientist as well as friend of Alexander von Humboldt, Goethe and Caspar David Friedrich. Open Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00 with late opening on Thursday until 22:00. At the Alte Nationalgalerie, Bodestrasse 1-3.

"The Saints" is a re-enactment of the events of the legendary 1966 Football World Cup transposed to a distant new setting in the Philippines. See website for more information. Open Tuesday to Friday from 10:00 to 18:00, Saturday from 11:00 to 18:00 and Sunday from 11:00 to 18:00. Admission is €8 standard or €4 concessions. Free admission on Thursdays from 14:00 to 18:00. At Hamburger Bahnhof Museum for Contemporary Art, Invalidenstr. 50.

Joint exhibition of the Gemäldegalerie and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York tracing the development of the Italian portrait in the fifteenth century. See website for more information. Open daily from 10:00 to 18:00 with late opening on Thursday until 22:00. At the Bode-Museum, Monbijoubruecke.

Exhibition of toys, clothes, and images of children from Egypt. Open daily from 10:00 to 18:00 with late opening on Thursday until 22:00. At the Bode-Museum, Monbijoubruecke.

Retrospective exhibition celebrating the life of the late Edward M. Kennedy including photos by Richard Avedon and Jacques Lowe. This exhibition also gives visitors an intimate glimpse of his private and public life from his childhood days. Open daily from 10:00 to 18:00. At the Kennedy Museum, Pariser Platz.

Exhibition of photographic memories of two particular days which are etched in the memories of people all over the world: the visit of John F. Kennedy to Berlin in Summer 1963 and the Fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989. Open daily from 10:00 to 18:00. At The Kennedys Museum, Pariser Platz 4a.

Photographic exhibition depicting the End of State Socialism taken by photographer Harald Schmitt. The exhibition comprises 120 photographs mostly taken in the former GDR, Soviet Union, communist Czechoslovakia, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and China. Exhibition is open Wednesday to Monday from 10:00 to 20:00. Admission is free. At the Martin-Gropius-Bau, Niederkirchnerstraße 7 / Corner Stresemannstr. 110.

Carl Gustav Carus was a doctor, painter, philosopher and scientist. This exhibition presents over 200 of his paintings and is open daily except Monday from 10:00 to 18:00 with late opening on Thursday until 22:00. At the Alte Nationalgalerie, Bodestraße 1-3.

Exhibition of Italian Futurist works including painting, music, sculpture, architecture and poetry. The works are mostly on loan from the Mart (Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto. Standard admission is €8 and concessions €6. Open daily except Tuesday from 10:00 to1 20:00. At the Martin-Gropius-Bau, Niederkirchnerstraße 7. Nearest public transport link is S+U Potsdamer Platz.

Exhibition of artefacts from the Asian Minor metropolis of Miletus which includes architectural structures, sculptures and inscriptions from the Collection of Classical Antiquities' own collection, with the newly restored market gate of Miletus in the hall of Roman architecture forming the heart of the exhibition. Open daily from 10:00 to 18:00. At the Pergamonmuseum, Bodestraße 1-3, Museum Island.

This is the second of two exhibitions focusing on Cranach (the other is at Charlottenburg Palace). This part of the exhibition focuses on Church, Court and City Culture and is open daily from 12:00 to 18:00. Admission is free but donations welcomed. At St. Mary's Church, Unter den Linden (near the TV tower).

Exhibition about how money makes the world go round. The museum is worth a visit for the building alone! Open Tuesday to Friday from 09:00 to 17:00 and weekends and public holidays from 11:00 to 19:00. Closed on Monday. Standard admission is €3 / concessions €1.50. Guided tours by arrangement. At the Museum for Communication, Leipziger Strasse 16.

Music classes for children aged 6 months to 2 years old run by professional musician and singer Anne-Cécile. The class incorporates a mixture of action songs and rhymes, music and movement, fun with percussion and musical games. Classes run from 12:15 to 13:15 and cost €10 per class. At Freund Blase, Paul Robeson Strasse 21.

Potsdamer Platz is once again transformecd into a Winter Wonderland with a Christmas market, skating rink and sledge run from late November. See website for details of individual special events. At Potsdamer Platz.

A special open air exhibition to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the events of 1989/1990. The exhibition also looks at how Berlin's tourist landmarks have changed since then. Exhibition is open daily, all day long and admission is free. At Alexanderplatz.

An exhibition examining the history of the GDR for children and adults. What was it like to be children in the GDR on a given day in the year 1979? Open Wednesday from 15:00 to 18:00, Saturday from 13:00 to 18:00 and Friday and Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00. Open Tuesday to Friday for school classes and groups. At the Museum for Children at the FEZ-Berlin, An der Wuhlheide 197.

Ccertified Hatha Yoga teacher offers weekly classes on Tuesdays at 17:30, Thursdays at 19:30 and Fridays and 17:30. First class costs €45. Private classes possible. Contact Dorota for more information on 030 4959 5664 or e-mail: dorotaeckardt@mail.com. At Pavelance, Fehrbehliner Str. 3.

Exhibition dedicated to the fall of the Berlin Wall with a general exhibition about the division of Germany and the building of the Wall as well as a specific exhibition about the Wall’s history in the district of Reinickendorf. Open Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 18:00. At the Heimatmuseum Reinickendorf, Alt-Hermsdorf 35.

Berlin's hottest gay party every Friday with international DJs, smoking area, lounge, three bars and hot gogos. Party starts from 23:00. Free entry for Drags. At Goya, Nollendorfplatz.

Experience a unique view of Berlin by night in a WWII bomber. Tickets cost from €151 and must normally be booked three days in advance. See website for more information. Flights depart from Terminal C at Schoenefeld Airport.

Exhibition of paintings from the Johann Walter-Kurau school (1869 -1932). Open daily including public holidays from 10:00 to 17:00. Admission is €4.50. At the Zitadelle, Am Juliusturm 64. Nearest public transport link is U Zitadelle.

Surrealist paintings from the collection of Ulla and Heiner Pietzsch including major pieces by André Breton, Salvador Dalí, Paul Delvaux, Max Ernst, René Magritte, Joan Miró, André Masson, Yves Tanguy and other surrealist painters. A second focal point of the exhibition is abstract expressionism in America and includes works by Jackson Pollock, Ad Reinhardt, Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman as well as works by Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. Exhibition is open Tuesday to Friday from 10:00 to 18:00 (with late opening on Thursday until 22:00) and weekends from 11:00 to 18:00. At the New National Gallery, Potsdamer Strasse 50. Nearest public transport links are U+S Potsdamer Platz or buses M29 or M41.

Exhibition of works by German artist Thomas Demand depicting social and historical events that have taken place in Germany, predominantly since 1945. Open Tuesday and Wednesday from 10:00 to 18:00, Thursday from 10:00 to 22:00, Friday and Saturday from 10:00 to 20:00 and Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00. At the New National Gallery, Potsdamer Straße 50.

The New-Burlesque-Show for the autumn season. Performances start at 20:00. Tickets available online or from usual agencies. At the Wintergarten, Potsdamerstr. 96.

New Burlesque show at the legendary Berlin Wintergarten for a limited period only. Tickets available online from www.ticketonline.de, usual agencies or call the ticket hotline on 01805 4470. Ticket prices start from €32 plus booking fee. At the Wintergarten, Potsdamerstr. 96.

Rock meets classical music, refined compositions alternate with improvisations from this unique group. Kettle drums, giant drums, powerful gongs, oil drums, rubbish bins and aluminium ladders create a torrent of drumming which delights the audience. Tuesday to Saturday performances start at 20:00. Sunday performance starts at 19:00. Doors open 1.5 hours before the performance starts. Advance ticket prices: €19.50 to €34.50. At TIPI am Kanzleramt, Große Querallee.

English speaking playgroup for parents and tots age one to three. Playgroup meets every Friday from 15:30 to 17:00. At The "Family Room" at the Frei-Zeit-Haus, Pistoriusstr. 23. Nearest public transport links are buses 158 or 255 to Woelckpromenade or trams M4, 12 or M13 to Antonplatz or Albertinenstr.