Essen
10.05.2013
His album Transcriptions has just been released. Kai Schumacher, hailing from Duisburg, experienced his formative years in the 90s and is an exceptional pianist, committed to this instrument since he was 5 years old. He graduated at the Folkwang school of arts, won the Folkwang special piano prize
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24.03.2013
Dorothée Waechter stirs some clay, manure, and seeds, and forms small balls from that mixture. Then, she lets them dry: lo and behold – a seed bomb is ready. The seed bombs are thrown mostly on public, neglected green areas. The motto is „Throw it – Grow it”: the „Seed
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14.12.2012
What epitomises the Ruhr and its workers? You might think the Ruhr Museum, located on the premises of the world heritage Zollverein mine still represents the long era of industrialisation (including smoke stacks and all) in the area. However, it accomplishes much more than that.
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18.11.2012
In order to secure a long-term success of the Ruhr metropolis, you have to rediscover its structural uniqueness. It is crucial to showcase it as an original diversity in collaboration with the excellent local players from the fields of arts and culture. Karola Geiß-Netthöfel explains how this might
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17.11.2012
It's a known fact that investing in culture helps the economy, the industry and social politics. At last, we have to disband the old-fashioned model of classifying important and unimporant sectors. This applies to prioritising the different areas in politics such as the nimbus around economy
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09.10.2012
In September the excited visitors experienced a plethora of art works on 850 square metres on altogether three floors: The studio house Atelierhaus Schützenbahn 19/21 expected important visitors from the NRW state office of family, children, youth, culture and sports, and everything was decked out
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04.10.2012
This is a multi-generation house right in the pedestrian precinct of downtown Essen, Germany, which unites old and young for their mutual benefit. This is NO “ideal world project“ – it is also open for people who can afford to pay a little more for a fascinating ambiente because
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27.09.2012
Since June, the arts and culture scene in Essen had been looking forward to a very special event: the three-day gallery marathon art walk in the northern part of downtown Essen. “I do this for myself. A party for me and everybody who wants to join – not a party for potential guests
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23.09.2012
On 8th and 9th March, Forum d'Avignon Ruhr took places in Essen - the heart of the European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010. The cultural think tank met at the UNESCO Wold Heritage Site Zeche Zollverein at the renowned SANAA building on the Folkwang University campus. An international audience of
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09.09.2012
When the motto for the 2012/2013 season was determined in Theatre Essen, the theatre makers in director Christian Tombeil's Team couldn't possibly know that a revolutionary wave would take place in almost all North African states. The demand for protest and being “against” will
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