{"title": "PEN Berlin: Geht's noch?", "start": "2026-11-01T15:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-01T17:00:00+01:00", "place": "Berliner Ensemble", "address": "Bertolt-Brecht-Platz 1, 10117 Berlin", "price": "Preis 16/9 EURO", "price_from": "16.00", "price_to": "16.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.berliner-ensemble.de/shop", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics"], "description": "A public discussion event with conversations about home and democracy after the elections in East Germany and Berlin. The writers' association PEN Berlin invites guests from politics and culture as well as the audience, which is welcome to ask questions, join in and disagree. It asks questions such as: can people with different political opinions still talk to each other? What divides East and West, what connects them, and what has changed in recent years? The series is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for East Germany and has previously travelled through East Germany and Berlin.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/pen-berlin-gehts-noch-3773/", "official_url": "https://www.berliner-ensemble.de/inszenierung/pen-berlin-gehts-noch", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/d785fec1318952c8c1715dd7b1d801d8ba0ffcb95b2bef2d6a3dbfbabc6e7650-600.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-01T15:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-01T17:00:00+01:00", "place": "Berliner Ensemble", "address": "Bertolt-Brecht-Platz 1, 10117 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Diskurs in der Philharmonie. Deutschland hat gewählt. Wie lange steht die »Brandmauer« noch?", "start": "2026-10-29T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Foyer im Kammermusiksaal - Philharmonie Berlin", "address": "Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1 10785 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "13.00", "price_to": "13.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.rundfunkchor-berlin.de/konzerte/rundfunkchorlounge-26-27-sauberes-wasser-und-schmutzige-geschaefte/?source=bde", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics"], "description": "Diskurs in der Philharmonie is a panel discussion held in the upper foyer of the Kammermusiksaal at the Philharmonie. Prominent guests discuss current questions of politics, society, culture and history, moderated by Christiane Florin. This edition asks, following Germany's election, how much longer the »Brandmauer« will hold. Clara von Nathusius and Julia Reuschenbach sit on the panel.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/diskurs-in-der-philharmonie-deutschland-hat-gewahlt-wie-lang-30412/", "official_url": "https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/kalender/57048", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/7462ece3bd5615497ac0d8e28d60dcfc40989bf8a12538bad0999523fceb49bd-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Diskurs in der Philharmonie: »Wie lange steht die »Brandmauer« noch?«", "start": "2026-10-29T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Philharmonie", "address": "Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1, 10785 Berlin", "price": "13 €", "price_from": "13.00", "price_to": "13.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/ticketinfo/", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/contemporary-history", "society/politics"], "description": "The discussion series Diskurs in der Philharmonie hosts political conversations at the Berlin Philharmonie. Moderator Christiane Florin talks with politician Clara von Nathusius (Junge Union) and political scientist Julia Reuschenbach about how much longer the \"firewall\" against the AfD will hold after Germany has voted. State elections in Saxony-Anhalt, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Berlin have shaken up the political landscape. In autumn 2026 they ask how the country presents itself.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/diskurs-in-der-philharmonie-wie-lange-steht-die-brandmauer-n-8715/", "official_url": "https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/konzerte/kalender/57048/", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/f3220e5f616b5451090c574e41e9d36fbb20ee11188ca222770660008b34f002-600.webp"}, {"title": "„Niewiedervereinigung: 100 Zwischenrufe zur deutschen Einheit“", "start": "2026-10-30T18:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-10-30T20:00:00+01:00", "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "5 EUR / ermäßigt 3 EUR", "price_from": "5.00", "price_to": "5.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/reunification", "literature"], "description": "This event is a reading from the book „Niewiedervereinigung: 100 Zwischenrufe zur deutschen Einheit“ at the Humboldt Forum. It is part of the series „Über Grenzen: Ziehen, Einreißen, Verschieben“ at BERLIN GLOBAL. Author Paula Fürstenberg looks at German reunification from the perspective of a post-reunification generation, asking about the gaps in the narrative of unity, accompanied by unemployment, emigration and racist violence in the East. The reading is moderated by journalist and author Nhi Le.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/niewiedervereinigung-100-zwischenrufe-zur-deutschen-einheit-16573/", "official_url": "https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/termin/gespraech/niewiedervereinigung-100-zwischenrufe-zur-deutschen-einheit-169340/", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/e98cae2e745a3746936932cc1a28342234c61e7d88d397c2de9508a06e5f613b-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Büro der öffentlichen Sache: Teilhabe", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Akademie der Künste", "address": "Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin", "price": "7,50 EUR (Ermäßigt: 5 EUR)", "price_from": "7.50", "price_to": "7.50", "tickets_url": "https://adk.eventim-inhouse.de/webshop/webticket/shop?event=20889", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/democracy"], "description": "“Büro der öffentlichen Sache” is a public series of discussions. People from fields such as politics, art, business, media, church, sport or the military are invited to discuss a topic with one or two people of their choosing on which they explicitly hold differing views. Facing growing social and political polarisation, it asks which cultural and institutional conditions a democratic society needs so that publicness, judgement and democratic dispute can endure. On 4 November, Gregor Gysi discusses, among others, with Anh-Linh Ngo and Manos Tsangaris.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/buro-der-offentlichen-sache-teilhabe-21467/", "official_url": "https://adk.de/programm/veranstaltungskalender/2026/11/buero-der-oeffentlichen-sache-november/596633", "image": ""}, {"title": "Palästina zwischen Augen: Zwischen Solidarität und Schweigen: Was bleibt? Palästinensische Stimmen in der DDR und heute", "start": "2026-10-31T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst (nGbK)", "address": "Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 11-13, 10178 Berlin", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics/israel-palestine", "history/gdr"], "description": "A conversation event within the project „Palästina zwischen Augen“ at the neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst (nGbK) in Berlin-Mitte. Mahmoud Dabdoub and Sophie Ataya talk with each other, moderated by Irit Neidhardt; the topic is Palestinian voices in the GDR and today, between solidarity and silence. The conversation is held in English and admission is free. An awareness team will be present at all events, and the nGbK has a complaints procedure.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/palastina-zwischen-augen-zwischen-solidaritat-und-schweigen-10275/", "official_url": "https://ngbk.de/de/programm/termine/palaestina-zwischen-augen-between-solidarity-and-silence-what-remains-palestinian-voices-in-the-gdr-and-now", "image": ""}, {"title": "WahlheYmat Talks: Democracy for everyone", "start": "2026-11-11T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek (AGB)", "address": "Eva-Mamlok-Platz 1, 10961 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.gratis-in-berlin.de/component/flexicontent/24-wissen-live/2081884-web-seminar-nachhaltig-gesund-und-guenstig-einkaufen", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/democracy"], "description": "WahlheYmat Talks: Democracy for everyone is an English-language panel discussion on democratic participation in Berlin, where around one million residents cannot vote. Behind it is WahlheYmat e.V., whose monthly series is supported by the Berlin Central and Regional Library (ZLB). The guests are Chantal Chisley (Polnischer Sozialrat e.V.), Esther Nass (StimmlosTrend, WahlheYmat e.V.) and Jonas Drechsler (D2030 – Deutschland neu denken e.V.). Together with the audience they explore how democracy can be made accessible to everyone and adapted to a diverse society – no registration needed, but places are limited.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/wahlheymat-talks-democracy-for-everyone-2594/", "official_url": "https://www.zlb.de/veranstaltungsuebersicht/wahlheymat-talks-democracy-for-everyone/", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/3fcceda21c60b934a6d7cc56d97e5c4b26267ef593cb30afb5877f3443fb9910-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Die Freiheit der Andersdenkenden. Rosa Luxemburg und die Demokratie heute", "start": "2026-11-06T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Deutsches Theater", "address": "Schumannstraße 13a, 10117 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/politics", "society/democracy"], "description": "A talk at the Deutsches Theater as part of the series \"Auf der Schotterpiste der Geschichte\" takes up Rosa Luxemburg and the lasting relevance of her famous sentence on the freedom of those who think differently. The series is run by DT Kontext, the theatre's discussion programme. The panel features political and social scientist Naika Foroutan and historian Uwe Sonnenberg of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, moderated by André Mumot. The discussion asks what her idea of a living democracy and free speech can mean in the crises of the 21st century.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/die-freiheit-der-andersdenkenden-rosa-luxemburg-und-die-demo-4405/", "official_url": "https://www.deutschestheater.de/programm/produktionen/auf-der-schotterpiste-der-geschichte-3-die-freiheit-der-andersdenkenden", "image": ""}, {"title": "Aufbruch und Abbruch. Vom Runden Tisch zum Parlamentssaal im Palast der Republik", "start": "2026-11-07T16:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://indiv.themisweb.fr/0426/fChoixSeanceWidget.aspx?idstructure=0426&EventId=1341&request=QcE+w0WHSuAzuy2B4/OGXXM5SHkQriVyPpSnIlSPgwi/SvTcAfT+aEjjNRciovQIRNkHdQdPpEPbes4EX/49Cg==", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr/peaceful-revolution"], "description": "A talk about two significant sites of the Peaceful Revolution: the Central Round Table at Schönhausen Palace in Pankow and the parliamentary chamber in the Palace of the Republic. Behind the event are the Humboldt Forum, the ORTS-Termin and the installation „Sturzlage“, held on the occasion of the Berlin Freedom Week 2026. The speaker is Gabi Dolff-Bonekämper, one of the most prominent voices in Berlin's culture of remembrance, who explores the history and significance of these two places. She asks why their history is told so little today and why the democratic potential of the Round Table and the freely elected Volkskammer remains relevant.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/aufbruch-und-abbruch-vom-runden-tisch-zum-parlamentssaal-im-2562/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/e34564113d159a91a5b5353bba257fd8d87edaeb255452c59f585bb9f7f1bf1c-600.webp"}, {"title": "Palästina zwischen Augen: Between Solidarity and Silence: What remains? Palestinian voices in the GDR and now", "start": "2026-10-31T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "station urbaner kulturen/nGbK Hellersdorf", "address": "Auerbacher Ring 41, 12619 Berlin", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics/israel-palestine", "history/gdr"], "description": "A conversation titled \"Palästina zwischen Augen: Between Solidarity and Silence: What remains? Palestinian voices in the GDR and now\". Mahmoud Dabdoub and Sophie Ataya talk with each other, moderated by Irit Neidhardt. The subject is Palestinian voices in the GDR and today, between solidarity and silence. The talk takes place as part of the nGbK program \"Palästina zwischen Augen\".", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/palastina-zwischen-augen-between-solidarity-and-silence-what-12798/", "official_url": "https://ngbk.de/en/programm/termine/palaestina-zwischen-augen-between-solidarity-and-silence-what-remains-palestinian-voices-in-the-gdr-and-now", "image": ""}, {"title": "Über neue Narrative, junge Perspektiven und Gegenwartsdramatik", "start": "2026-11-06T18:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-06T19:15:00+01:00", "place": "Theater an der Parkaue", "address": "Parkaue 29, 10367 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "4.00", "price_to": "4.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.parkaue.de/eventim.webshop/webticket/shop?&event=11891&language=de", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["stage/theatre/contemporary-play"], "description": "This is a talk under the title \"Über neue Narrative, junge Perspektiven und Gegenwartsdramatik\" as part of the Berliner Stückepreis für junges Publikum. The guests are Antigone Akgün and Juliane Karakayali, with the conversation moderated by Azadeh Sharifi. It takes place on Bühne 2 at Theater an der Parkaue. The talk is about new narratives, young perspectives and contemporary drama.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/uber-neue-narrative-junge-perspektiven-und-gegenwartsdramati-24213/", "official_url": "https://www.parkaue.de/spielplan/spielplan/ueber-neue-narrative-junge-perspektiven-und-gegenwartsdramatik-/2030/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Seminar: Deutsche Einheit im Wandel der Zeit – Demokratie, Identität, Zusammenhalt", "start": "2026-11-09T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-13T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Arbeitskreis deutscher Bildungsstätten", "address": "Mühlendamm 3, 10178 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["history/reunification", "society/democracy"], "description": "An educational seminar examining German unity, 36 years after reunification, as a dynamic and ongoing process. It is run by the Europäische Akademie Berlin e. V. in cooperation with the VHS Landkreis Diepholz, with Barbara Brockmann of the VHS Diepholz directing the conference. From historical, political, cultural and social-science perspectives it looks at social participation, regional inequalities, cultures of remembrance and the identity of East and West. Its aim is to open up new perspectives on German unity and find starting points for constructive societal dialogue and stronger democratic practice.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/seminar-deutsche-einheit-im-wandel-der-zeit-demokratie-ident-11194/", "official_url": "https://www.eab-berlin.eu/bildungszeit-deutsche-einheit-im-wandel-der-zeit-demokratie-identitaet-zusammenhalt/", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/b6a579a7146713623c61d41bdac728cffb16c86986822eb340d47f38a0e9fb0c-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Transformationszeit: Fantasie gegen Realität …", "start": "2026-11-11T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Ephraim-Palais", "address": "Poststraße 16, 10178 Berlin", "price": "Regulär: 10 Euro, Ermäßigt: 6 Euro", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/gdr", "literature"], "description": "A conversation about life and writing in East and West Berlin, the final installment of the series „Transformationszeit“. Katja Oskamp, a writer born in East Berlin and author of „Marzahn, mon amour“ and „Die vorletzte Frau“, and West Berlin author Björn Kuhligk, known for „Überall Nachbarn“ and „Berlin-Beschimpfung“, join moderator Marion Brasch to discuss inventing reality. They explore how everyday life and social conditions shape writing, what artistic freedoms existed on either side of the Wall, and what changed after 1989. The talk takes place in the salon on the ground floor and lasts one hour and thirty minutes.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/transformationszeit-fantasie-gegen-realitat-11821/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.museum/veranstaltungen/transformationszeit-fantasie-gegen-realitaet", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/09af503cac5f68817fe03a2a5975b32abb478c6644eab9d240ec33d10e0388f3-600.webp"}, {"title": "Einblicke: Lasst uns reden über \"Zusammenhalt\"", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Berliner Ensemble", "address": "Bertolt-Brecht-Platz 1, 10117 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.berliner-ensemble.de/shop", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["community"], "description": "Einblicke: Lasst uns reden über \"Zusammenhalt\" is a moderated, playful talk and encounter format from the series \"Einblicke für Alle\". It is hosted by the Berliner Ensemble at Bertolt-Brecht-Platz 1. In the monthly workshop, participants take on a topic that concerns society and personal life alike, playing, telling stories and listening. This session focuses on togetherness – what holds us together, how togetherness can be practised, and what participants have already achieved and overcome together with others.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/einblicke-lasst-uns-reden-uber-zusammenhalt-16774/", "official_url": "https://www.berliner-ensemble.de/inszenierung/einblicke-lasst-uns-reden-ueber-zusammenhalt", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/def568cf40bb92306f82ff0e0572afc5709857da177c09ec1a35daf4b48b55ff-600.webp"}, {"title": "JDZB Series \"The Future of Democracy\"", "start": "2026-11-02T13:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Japanisch-Deutsches Zentrum Berlin", "address": "Saargemünder Straße 2, 14195 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/democracy"], "description": "A symposium titled \"Democracy as Practice: Japan and Germany on Civic Education, Participation, and Plurality\". It is jointly organized by the Japanese-German Center Berlin and the European Academy Berlin and explores how democracy is learned, practiced, and strengthened, with a focus on non-formal civic education and civil society in Japan and Germany. The event is part of the JDZB series \"The Future of Democracy\" and builds on a Japanese-German exchange that took place in Tokyo and Hiroshima. It is held in German and Japanese with simultaneous interpretation, with some speakers from Japan joining online.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/jdzb-series-the-future-of-democracy-23268/", "official_url": "https://jdzb.de/de/veranstaltungen/jdzb-series-future-democracy", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/d5419e402593d20aa6886cce1ad2f36b1d7e5ebbb952ddf71ad22cf3e84c32f6-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Frieden und Völkerverständigung", "start": "2026-11-03T16:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-03T18:50:00+01:00", "place": "Bölschestr. 100 12587", "address": "Bölschestr. 100 12587", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/peace"], "description": "An event under the title \"Frieden und Völkerverständigung\" in Berlin-Köpenick. Who is behind it and what exactly is offered is not stated.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/frieden-und-volkerverstandigung-4241/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Auf der Schotterpiste der Geschichte 3: Die Freiheit der Andersdenkenden", "start": "2026-11-06T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Deutsches Theater", "address": "Schumannstraße 13a, 10117 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventim.de/artist/winfried-glatzeder/", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/politics", "society/democracy"], "description": "„Auf der Schotterpiste der Geschichte 3: Die Freiheit der Andersdenkenden“ is a discussion event in the DT Kontext series, held in the Rangfoyer of the Deutsches Theater. The panel features political and social scientist Naika Foroutan, head of the German Institute for Migration and Integration Research, and historian Uwe Sonnenberg of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, moderated by André Mumot. At its centre is Rosa Luxemburg's famous line „Freiheit ist immer auch die Freiheit der Andersdenkenden“ and her legacy at a time when democratic values are under pressure worldwide. The discussion asks what her courage, her critique of the system and her idea of political participation can teach us for the challenges of the 21st century. Admission is free.", "url": "https://go-gnocchi.app/en/berlin/events/auf-der-schotterpiste-der-geschichte-3-die-freiheit-der-ande-16847/", "official_url": "https://www.deutschestheater.de/programm/produktionen/auf-der-schotterpiste-der-geschichte-3-die-freiheit-der-andersdenkenden", "image": "https://go-gnocchi.app/images/fc5c2ecaa26477b4abaf702a62d55bafe5cba3f71174a147e7d5183ce2ab3391-600.webp"}]}