THINGS TO DO IN MÜ: 4-8 JUNE

Even though we start the week with Wednesday this time, there are sill plenty of things kicking off, which we though you shouldn't miss! Although, regarding the current weather forecast, you might want to choose to leave it all and leap into one of the beautiful Alpine lakes during weekend, which we would totally understand...
 
Wednesday, 4 June:
MEDIA PHILOSOPHY: Platon Reloaded is a title of the media salon with a renown German philosopher Julian Nida-Rümelin, who will talk about media eduction in the 21st century. Entry is free, register by emailing interaktiv@sin-net.de. Blackbox at Gasteig, Rosenheimer Str. 5, starts at 7pm.

Thursday, 5 June:
ARTS PERFORMANCE: After a premiere at Haus der Kunst, Anna McCarthy will be showing her musical How to Start a Revolution in the MaximiliansForum, a wild spectacle which aestheticises rebelion and revolution. This is a good opportunity to visit the underground world of MaximiliansForum if you've never been there, which is an art space in an abandoned underground pass. Maximilianstr. 38. Free, starts at 7pm.

Friday, 6 June:
DIY GLORY: It's time for another ETSY Craft Party! ETSY an online-shop for everything hand-made and has already developed to an international DIY community. This year's topic is "Recapture", which will be all about pimping up your photographs with unusual techniques like stitching or colouring. Make sure to bring along your own pictures! We know of two locations participating in this event. First of all, the Hands Gallery which we already mentioned two weeks ago. Pariser Str. 21, from 5pm until 9pm. Free! The second venue is siebenmachen at 20 St.-Bonifatius-Straße. According to the ETSY webpage it's sold out, but we guess you can still turn up. From 7pm until 9pm. Free!

Saturday, 7 June:
MUSIC FESTIVAL: Gasteig is hosting KLANGfest 2014 offering four stages simultaneously to musicians of various styles and backgrounds. And it's all for free! We would love to check out Andrea Pancur and Ilya Shneyveys who mix Bavarian yodeling with Yiddish klezmer. Doesn't it sound intriguing? Have a look at the whole programme here. Rosenheimer Str. 5. From 3pm until late night.

BICYCLE NIGHT: It's Munich's 5th Radlnacht this year! Various big streets will be closed to traffic to create a 12km route for thousands of cyclists, who will head from Odeonsplatz at 8.30pm. However, you can already come at 5pm and enjoy a live music programme and take advantage of the food stalls. If you want to cycle in style, come with an old bike and dressed up in 1920s look. Watch a video from last year here. Starts at 8.30pm at Odeonsplatz. Free, just turn up!

Sunday, 8 June:
HIKE & SKETCH: Fancy a sketching hike in good company? Go on a guided trip with Madame Regarder Urbanique and bring along your sketch book, pencils, water colours and what have you. This time it will be all about nature, Isar and baroque architecture. There are also tours through the old city on offer on other days. Takes 6h for 6km, you're supposed to sketch a lot after all. Click here to register. Meeting point: S-Bahn station Icking, tickets 45€.

AFRICA FESTIVAL: Initiated by the UNICEF, Afrika Tage is coming to town from 6th until 9th June, bringing along live-music and traditional dances, a bazaar with plenty of exotic food, and an exciting programme for kids. Theresienwiese, daily from 11am until 11pm. Free!

THINGS TO DO IN MÜ: 21 - 26 JANUARY

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Tuesday, 21 January:
READING: Reading a good book in the solitude of your room on a cold winter night can be a very nice experience. However, it is much better if you can share your thoughts about that book with somebody who has also read it, maybe over a cup of tea or a glass of wine. This seems to be the idea behind the English Reading Club Munich which meets every Tuesday from 7.30pm - 10pm. There is no meeting this week, but next Tuesday there will be a discussion of The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. If you'd like to join, you need to sign up in the Toytown thread until January 23rd.

Wednesday, 22 January:
YOGA: Fancy some yoga but don't want to sign up for a regular course or just don't have the time to attend over a longer period of time? Or maybe you don't know if you are into yoga at all? Here is a solution for you: Münchner Volkshochschule is offering an open yoga class. No need to sign up in advance or commit yourself to a whole course. Just turn up and exercise! Gasteig (Rosenheimerplatz), room 0108. Starts at 2pm and at 3.30pm. 7€ for one session.

Thursday, 23 January:
FILM: FilmWeltWirthschaft is running from Thursday to Sunday in the Filmmuseum. Topics that concern all of us: Shareconomy, hacktivisim, occupy movement, who owns the city. Check out the full programme here.

Friday, 24 January:
ENGLISH THEATRE: Pilot's Thumb Theatre, "known in England for their edgy social drama combined with powerful narratives, engaging characters, and pithy "English" humour, presents their latest piece, Protest. Protest is the heartwarming story of the friendship of two women, Jo and Becky, modern-day suffragettes, who embark upon a "Pussy Riot" -style campaign of protest." Pepper Theater (pep Einkaufs-Center), Thomas-Dehler-Strasse 12. Tickets 15€/10€. Starts at 7.30pm on Friday and Saturday.

Saturday, 25 January:
DRAWING: Join the global Urban Sketchers movement and go on a Sketch Crawl. All you need is a sketch book, your favourite drawing utensils and good mood. Meeting point is Deutsches Museum, 11am.

WORKSHOP: A cozy Giesing-based DIY shop Siebenmachen is hosting a workshop called Inspiration/Vision/Mood Board – Gestalte deine Ideen und Visionen! St. Bonifatius-Str. 20. Costs 29€ including supply, tea and biscuits. From 3.30pm until 6pm.

Sunday, 26 January:
GUIDED TOURS: School students participating in Pi.loten programme offer free guided tours through Pinakothek der Moderne and Museum Brandhorst. It's a beautiful project which offers school students many insights into the structure and administration of such huge museums and gives them space to develop their own concepts around an exhibited artwork of their choice. Runs from 11.30am until 1pm. The tickets for the permanent exhibitions are just 1€ on Sundays!

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THINGS TO DO IN MÜ: 25 NOVEMBER - 1 DECEMBER

Two months have past since the birth of this blog, and we continue our quest of discovering Munich's arts & culture beyond the mainstream. Yet, if it wasn't for other wonderful and inspiring Munich bloggers such as Rachel, the mucbook team or the guys from MunichOpenMinded, we would not even not know where to start. So check out the blog roll we added below on the right, where we assembled some of Munich's most essential and most beautiful arts & culture blog sites, and be inspired!

We are having a lot of fun with this blog, and as long as it stays so, we will continue. So far, our audience is quite small, and we do not really have the means of widening it. But who cares? YOU are here, and that's what matters! You don't even need to like us on Facebook, subscribe to our email feed or share our posts via Google+, or generally tell the world that you found this amazing blog! Just come back whenever you like, you'll find the doors open.

Enough said, here's some action for the last week of November!

Monday, 25 November:
PURA VIDA GYPSY PUNK: To be honest, we were not really impressed by the Arctic Monkeys in Zenith a few weeks ago. In general, we are not very frequent concert goers, and there are others who can tell you a lot more about Munich's vivid music scene. However, there are some gigs that we just cannot miss, and tonight is one of them.  Gogol Bordello is playing Tonhalle at 8PM, and this is Pura Vida indeed! Tickets are still available at about 30EUR. Dancing your feet off is guaranteed!

FELTING: If you've always wanted to learn how to felt, here is your best chance. There will be a free Christmas needle felting workshop at Siebenmachen at 7pm! There are still free tickets available here.

Tuesday, 26 November:
THINK & DRINK: This one unfortunately is only for our German speaking readers, yet we could not ignore it. Cafe Luitpold will be transformed into a philosophical salon tonight, and actors and professors of sociology and economy will discuss "Karl Marx, the bourgeoisie and the 99%", while the audience will drink and think. 8PM, entrance is free, booking advised.      

Wednesday, 27 November:
THEATRE PARCOURS: A co-production of the SPIELART theatre festival, Münchner Kammerspiele and about a dozen theatres from all over the world, SITUATION ROOMS is a "simultaneous video walk" for 20 spectators, constructing a globalised world of governors and refugees. 20 tickets are quickly gone, despite 3 to 4 shows per day until end of November, and you can no longer book any tickets online. However, apparently for almost every show there are tickets left at the box office, so just turn up and try your luck. 

Thursday, 28 November:
TALKING DIGITAL: "It's like Discovery Channel with beer" - that's the motto of the Nerd Nite, a series of talks of nerdy enthusiasts that has been going on since 2009. This time the Nerd Nite (from 8.15pm) is integrated into the Zündfunk Netzkongress 42 (from 12pm), a congress that will discuss our digital past, present and future at the Volkstheater. You can get tickets for the congress and the Nerd Nite here. The topics of the Nerd Nite this time: cryptography, computer games, zombies and existentialism.

MUSIC LOVERS: If you prefer great live music to nerdy talks, this one's for you: Kafe Kult is hosting two fantastic bands tonight at 9PM, the experimental indie band Beißpony from Munich and the "queer feminist trio" Lovers from Portland. Here are the details of the event.

Friday, 29 November:
CREATIVE NETWORKING: Creative Mornings are hosting another talk, this time Maximilian Heitsch will be talking about courage. Max is a founder of the Aaber Award, an independent exhibition platform for Munich's young artists, in which Anna had the pleasure of participating this year (you can read more about it in her blog). Max is very young, energetic and inspiring, we highly recommend this event and feel sad that we won't be able to attend this time. It's free, but be sure to register first thing on Monday, as tickets go away quickly.

Saturday, 30 November:
CULT FILM: Some films run for a day, some for a month, some are so popular that they run for as long as a year, but this one is extraordinary: For more than 35 years "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" is screened at Museum Lichtspiele each Friday and Saturday at 11pm. There is even a theme-decorated cinema hall! Sounds like one for the Guiness book of Records? Well, it's in there already.

Sunday, 1 December:
X-MAKERS: Another exciting event by the organisers of Make Munich: XMake Munich. The tickets are just 5€ and there will be plenty of exciting talks, workshops, music, food and other things throughout the day, from 10am until 6pm, Arcisstr. 21, 5th floor. All you nerds and creatives, don't miss out! Anna will be offering a soft circuit workshop on Christmas cards with flickering lights,  accompanied by two wonderful friends from London, one of them a real wearables pro who actually got her into this business!