THINGS TO DO IN MÜ: 26 MAY - 1 JUNE

What a week ahead! Let's hope the weather will play along, as we say in German.

Monday, 26 May:
INLINE SKATING: Every Monday night during summer time Munich invites all the inline skating enthusiasts to unpack their roller skates for the Blade Night. Various streets are being closed to car traffic, so that you can enjoy a route of 12-17 km in the centre of the city. Starts at 7pm. Free, just turn up with full gear!

Tuesday, 27 May:
FISH MARKET: Tired of lederhosen, white sausages and yodeling? Why not embark on a journey from Alpes to the North Sea, while actually staying in Munich? This week the Fish Market from Hamburg is coming to Wittelsbacher Platz. Enjoy grilled and smoked fish, champagne and dirty sea shanties! From 22 May until 1 June, 10am until 10pm. Free.

Wednesday, 28 May:
NIGHT FLEA MARKET: This time Midnight Bazar will be moving to a new location at Mixed Munich Arts, and giving an opportunity to sell, buy and even swap clothes and everything related to fashion. From 6pm until midnight. Tickets 3€.

CRITICAL FOOD TALK: Maximiliansforum is hosting Food for Thought - a discussion about the food as a medium of political activism, the social and cultural notions of food production and consumption. In English. Starts at 7pm. Free, just turn up!

Thursday, 29 May:
ART FAIR: The Stroke Art brothers are organising their next big thing: the Art Muc Festival, showcasing various facets of contemporary art at Praterinsel. Thu: 2pm until 8pm, Fr and Sa: 1pm until 8pm. Su: 1pm until 6pm. Tickets 10€. 

Friday, 30 May:
CREATIVE NETWORKING: It's Creative Mornings time again! This month's topic is Freedom for Everyone with a talk by Christian Schnurer. As usual, you will get a breakfast arranged with love for detail, and a chance to talk to other creatives. From 8.30 until 10am, Leopoldstr. 55. Free, register here.

Saturday, 31 May:
GARDEN FLEA MARKET: If you haven't been to the Hofflomärkte yet, you should definitely go to one of those on a Saturday during summer. Even if you are not into buying crap for your home, this is a great opportunity to peep into other people's yards and gardens, have a chat with neighbours and enjoy a piece of a home-made cake and lemonade. This Saturday the Hofflomärkte go to Solln and Obersendling, which means that you will see many lovely gardens. Check out the map here. From 10am until 4pm. Free.

STREET FESTIVALS: Visit Streetlife and Corso Leopold for some live-music, sport activities, pets farm and many other things. Head to the part of the street closer to Münchner Freiheit for cultural events like theatre, cabaret, exhibitions and various concerts. Sa: 4pm until 1.30am, Su: 11am until 9pm. Free.

Sunday, 1 June:
FLASH MOB: Bring along your soap and blow bubbles with a funny crowd of people at a Bubble Mob at Odeonsplatz, 5pm. Free.

OPEN AIR CINEMA: If you missed this film earlier in March, as we did, this is your chance to see August: Osage County with Maryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ewan McGregor, etc. at Kino am Olympiasee. And they are even screening it in English with subtitles! Starts at 9.15pm. Tickets from 6€ to 10.90€

Hofflomärkte: Source.

THINGS TO DO IN MÜ: 19 - 25 MAY

It seems like the summer has finally reached Munich! This week is promising lots of sunshine and up to 28 degrees! Time to cool your beer crates in the Isar for the next BBQ party, play frisbee and percussion the English Garden, go hiking in the Alpes, and and and!

By the way, we are very happy to announce that we are now collaborating with the fantastic Munich International Friends community! You can find us on their website in the EVENTS drop down menu.


Tuesday, 20 May:
SWIMMING POOL & PAINTINGS: If there are open air film screenings in swimming pools, why not use them for display of art as well? Cosimabad is currently hosting an exhibition by Annelie Ruthner and  Michaelibad is showcasing Mariano Caminoli's water colours of mountains and animals.

Wednesday, 21 May:
ICE CREAM: Finally the ice cream weather has hit Munich! We recommend checking out our favourite ice cream place Ballabeni opposite the Brandhorst Museum, where the dark chocolate with ginger is rich and divine, and the lemon and basil sorbet is utterly delicious and refreshing. Another place which can compete with Ballabeni's queues is Der verrückte Eismacher - the mad ice cream maker who has got Weißbier, spare-ribs and other crazy ice cream types on offer.

Thursday, 22 May:
EXPRESSIONISM: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner is a superb German expressionist, member of the art collective the Brücke from the beginning of the 20th century. If you love this era of bright colours, come down to the exhibition opening at the Pinakothek der Moderne with over 90 pictures of Kirchner! Runs from 22 May until 31 August.

Friday, 23 May:
OPEN AIR: Open air cinema at Olympiasee is the first one to kick off this summer. If you've missed the Hobbit movie this winter, this is your chance to see it while enjoying a little picnic on the grass. And don't forget to bring dozens of blankets! Starts at 9.15pm, tickets from 8€.

Saturday, 24 May:
STREET ART TOUR: A unique chance to embark on a Tour de la Créativité this week only with Munich's renown street artist Loomit! He promises to open up a new perspective on the well-known and notoriously preserved city. We once went on an alternative city tour in London back in October 2012, and were totally thrilled. Hurry, because the tour is already almost booked out! To register, write an e-mail to tour@pdlc.de. The only available time slots are Friday 4.30pm, Saturday 2.30pm and 6.30pm. Free!

SCRAPBOOKING:  Hands Gallery in Haidhausen is hosting a scrap booking workshop lead by the lovely Kate from Cut & Tear! Learn various paper crafting techniques and design your own creative books! From 3pm until 7pm.

WATER WAR: If you need some cooling down, head to the English Garden and join Munich International Friends for a water war! Allowed weapons: weapons: all kind of water guns, all kind of water catapults and all kind of water balloons and bombs. The meeting point is at 3pm right here. Free, just turn up!

Curiosities am Hart

THINGS TO DO IN MÜ: 5 - 11 MAY

This week in Munich is going to be HUGE. Five (!) festivals kick-off, the Frühlingsfest continues with a great program, and there are enough events to get every geeky culture vulture's heart beat faster! Naturally we are especially looking forward to the opening night of the 100-Word-Pilgrimage at Platform on Thursday, after weeks of hard work by Anna and her fellow artists and helpers. Come along and say hi!

All week:
FUNFAIR CONTINUES: The 50th Frühlingsfest is still on. Apart from beer, fried chicken and funfair rides, there are some highlights in the program. Don't miss the musical fireworks on Friday (10PM) and the street artists' competition on Sunday (11AM).
 
Monday, 5 May:
FREE CONCERT: The US folk rock trio The Sweet Remains play the Amerika Haus tonight at 8PM. All three band members are songwriters playing different instruments and used to be solo artists until a chance meeting in 2008. The gig is free, so why not give it a go?

Wednesday, 7 May:
FESTIVAL I - DOCUMENTARY FILM: The international documentary film festival DOK.fest kicks off tonight at the HFF and will continue until Wednesday next week. The festival is a must for all film lovers - 135 films in the official selection, specials, retrospectives, open air screenings, a Best-of-Oscar series, a framework programme with concerts and exhibitions - it's just WOW. 

 
FESTIVAL II - MUSIC THEATRE: The Münchner Biennale is another international festival kicking off today. This one should not be missed by fans of classical music, opera and experimental musical theatre. Check out the programme here.

Thursday, 8 May:
BIG OPENING NIGHT: It's the big opening night of the 100 Word Pilgrimage at Platform! Come and see the results of several weeks of hard work and artistic creativity, meet the wonderful international artist team and enjoy a live performance by the fantastic 8-string-guitarist Alexander Vynograd. Check out Anna's recent blog post to learn more about the project, subscribe and share the event on Facebook. The exhibition will run until Monday.

FESTIVAL III - SCI-FI FILM: As a kind of an antipole to the DOK.fest, a new film festival premieres in Munich tonight: Munich's first Science Fiction Festival "ALL über ALL". The festival venue is the KiM-Kino in the Einstein Kulturzentrum. The programme sounds absolutely amazing: classics such as Georges Melies' "A Journey to the Moon" (1902, with live piano accompaniment) and the director's cut of Terry Gilliam's "Brazil" (1985), local productions such as the Bavarian trash sci-fi horror "Zombies from Outer Space" (2012), a Stanislaw Lem Special on Saturday, an afternoon programme for children, interesting guests, talks, drinks and live music. Sounds like a hell of a start - the only downside being that you probably need to speak Germany to fully enjoy it. Check out the full programme here. Dressing up is encouraged, aliens enjoy free entry.

FESTIVAL IV - CONTEMPORARY DANCE: The festivals keep coming. Admittedly, Relations: Tanz is quite a small one. Still, if you are an admirer of contemporary dance theatre, you probably shouldn't miss it. Three different shows will run at Kammerspiele / Spielhalle: Sketches / Notebook from on 8th, 9th and 10th of May, Non stop on 14th and 15th of May and finally For love on 18th and 19th of May. Tickets are quite affordable for theatre (19€), especially if you are a student (8€).

GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY: If you are not in the mood for cultural events and would rather get your hands dirty - no problem! Bring your broken stuff to Repair Café at WerkBox3, or get your bikes ready for summer at the BikeKitchen at MackWerk.

Friday, 9 May:
FESTIVAL V - LIVE MUSIC: The weekend begins with another festival start, and this one we are quite excited about. The team of Hauskonzerte has been pampering us with "Munich's finest live sessions" since 2010, and now they are organising a festival! "Deeper Down" is supposed to be a week full of gigs, arts, table tennis, beer, BBQ and Bill Murray - quite a promise! The list of participating bands and artists is impressive:  Tiny Ruins, Ian Fisher, Diane Cluck, Leif Vollebekk, Rosalie und Wanda, Town of Saints, Muup Mumu and De'Borah. As always with Hauskonzerte, to find out where and how you can join, you need to send an email to the organisers. Be quick, places are limited!

Saturday, 10 May:
FIVE FESTIVALS: Just to make it clear - all of the five festivals described above run through the weekend, and in most cases into the next week. So check out what's on tonight at DOK.fest (don't miss the free open-air-screenings if weather allows!), Biennale, ALL über ALL, Relations: Tanz and Deeper Down!

ROCK THE KITCHEN: Here's an alternative to eating out in a restaurant: Cookasa. Whatasa? Exactly our first thoughts. So, here is the idea: 6-8 people are randomly thrown together. They build three teams, each team being responsible for one dish. They shop, get to a kitchen, where they meet their hosts, and start cooking. The costs for the ingredients are shared, as is the food and the fun. Sounds pretty simple and ingenious. What's more, the ingredients for tonight's big simultaneous Cookasa party in Munich come at no cost at all, thanks to a collaboration with Foodsharing. Register here and rock the kitchen!

Sunday, 11 May:
FIVE FESTIVALS: And once again, for those of you jumping straight to the day: Check out what's on tonight at DOK.fest (don't miss the free open-air-screenings if weather allows!), Biennale, ALL über ALL, Relations: Tanz and Deeper Down! And visit the 100 Word Pilgrimage at Platform!

 

Munich, Ostbahnhof