NoLa Pearls

Emilia Forstreuter

In some parts of the world the Carnival is the most beautiful holiday of the year. Whether in Venice, Rio or Cologne – throughout the world the colours of the costumes and confetti evoke dreams and phantasies of both children and grown-ups. A very traditional version of Carnival is celebrated in New Orleans where the colourful and playful Mardi Gras is taking place.

The understated Berliner might not be the type for the Carnival as we Germans know it from Cologne, but they sure like it crazy and they like to go wild. So for them to not miss out on all the fun Southern Comfort is presenting the NoLa Pearls event at Direktorenhaus. Great contemporary art from the beautiful New Orleans by young artists Raul De Nieves, Erik Kiesewetter, Rachel DeTrinis and Aubrey Edwards is showcased in the exhibition rooms at Am Krögel 2 in Berlin-Mitte. The eleven winners of the design competition “Southern Comfort Creative Exchange” will be presented here as well.

Of course the art will not be enough for the hungry Berliners. Starting at 21h there will be a Mardi Gras party with free drinks by Southern Comfort  that will raise the roof of the Direktorenhaus. The hot rhythms of DJs Tobias Rapp (R’n’B) and Dejoe (Hip Hop) will have you dance all night long. And if you want to fully immerse into the Carnival you can also get a matching Mardi Gras styling there. The address and more pictures of the art after the jump.

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The Electronic Week

Roisin Murphy

This week is all in honor of Electronic Beats – the music platform that supplies us with the best concerts and mini-festivals, as well as its own magazine and DVD series. They are celebrating their 10th anniversary this Tuesday at Tape club and will have another one of their festivals here in Berlin on Thursday with Roisin Murphy. You can still win tickets for it, but only today here. It’s unfortunaly already sold out. More events after the jump.

NOTE: The Blitz party is on Friday!

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Direktorenhaus

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Elisa Strozyk

The Direktorenhaus, the new art space in Berlin, is celebrating the grand opening of their new exhibition Corn Craft and of their second floor today starting from 19h. Details after the jump.

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