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Die StadtSpionin
j a n u a r y 19 | 10. - 16.


Tipps der Stadtspionin

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"Heya Girls!"
Much has been brewing over the last few years in Vienna’s coffee scene. The times where no one gave a bean about where the beans come from or how they are roasted and ground are long gone. A coffee with “latte” without foam art is barely valid, everyone knows what a barista is, and the snazzy espresso machine in your kitchen is a status symbol. It follows that the Vienna Coffee Festival doesn’t lack in trends then. This week at Ottakringer Brewery, they serve toot-sweet all that makes coffeistas and caffeine junkies happy for three days. The domestic roastery J. Hornig, for instance, offers evidence that coffee can also be savoured cold and is suitable for the evening: with the newest coffee drinks like the Nitro Cold Brew or the hip Cold Brew cocktails fresh from New York. Plus, world-class baristas show their skills, you can slurp your way through special roasts, participate in workshops, get informed on the newest coffee high-tech, or get inspired by “Latte Art”, foam-wise. Whoa, high pulse guaranteed!
 
Wishing you a wakened week,
Your CitySpotterGirl
 
Vienna Coffee Festival, Ottakringer Brauerei, Ottakringer Platz 1, 1160 Vienna. 11-13 January. 12 €. Web
Photo: Vienna Coffee Festival
THURSDAY
…concert 
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Großmütterchen Hatz
Listening to singer Franziska Hatz and her whirlwind-orchestra, you feel catapulted into the fast-paced Balkan comedy “Black Cat, White Cat”. Because there, too, you travel the Danube up into the direction of the Black Sea, sound-wise – fiery, powerful-voiced, jazzy, and Klezmer-rhythmical. Tonight, the band is a guest at Sargfabrik to give their already obligatory New Year’s concert. So please fasten your seatbelts (or dance madly!). Together with guests (singing nieces, nephews, and brothers), they will light a musical firework! Listen in here.
 
Sargfabrik, Goldschlagstraße 169, 1140 Vienna. 10 January 19:30. 24 €. Web
…bargain 
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 elke freytag
New Year’s Cleaning at elke freytag’s
A particularly joyful birthday for fashionistas! This year, designer Elke Freytag celebrates her store’s 10th anniversary and starts off with an extensive new year’s cleaning. Atelier and shop are vacated to every last nook and corner. Swept out are treasures from the previous season for minus 60%, a few fine individual pieces from the current collection for minus 30%, and a couple of pieces from the glamorous evening collection. There’s everything from size XS to L – dresses, skirts, tops, and coats, black things and colourful things, at tempting prices from 50 euros!
 
elke freytag, Lindengasse 14, 1070 Vienna. Until 2.2. Wed-Fri 12:00 to 18:00, Sat 10:00 to 15:00. Web
 
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…vernissage 
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  Donata Wenders
Wim Wenders
Important visitor: Wim Wenders, one of the most productive and distinctive directors of our time, is in town! Because from today, Metro Kinokulturhaus shows the most comprehensive Wenders-show in the world to date. They present photos of the versatile artist that were taken during his extensive travels around the world from 1963 to 1983 in black-and-white 35mm format and as colour photographs and panorama shots. And until the end of February, there is also a (cinematic) retrospective. Wim Wenders will be present for today’s show opening and the subsequent screening!
 
Metro Kinokulturhaus, Johannesgasse 4, 1010 Vienna. Opening 10 January 19:00. Free entry. Web
FRIDAY
…concert 
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 Derya Schubert-Gülcehre
Sakina
A brave woman: Sakina Teyna was the first Kurdish singer who publicly performed traditional Kurdish folk songs. For centuries, only men were allowed to do that. With her timeless chansons and traditional songs, she incorporates a modern-world Kurdish identity, full of tenderness and eruptive power, she sings Turkish, Armenian, Persian, and her own songs, with Western harmonies, jazz, and Latin subtly mixed in. She has gathered an exquisite band around herself in her home of choice, Vienna; today she plays at Sargfabrik with her musically virtuosic “Friends”. Listen in here.
 
Sargfabrik, Goldschlagstraße 169, 1140 Vienna. 11 January 19:30. 18 €. Web
…woolly 
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 FilzOase
De-Felting Party at FilzOase
For five years, there was felting, spinning, knitting, buttoning, and spooling at Anastasius-Grün-Gasse in the 18th district. In addition to that, you also heard knitting needles clink regularly and old bedlinen buttons experienced an unexpected revival. This is all over now: in the future Madame FilzOase Monika Tatrai and Madame “Feiner Faden” Petra Mühlberger will spin their threads elsewhere. Today they celebrate a farewell party with a super sale: pretty handmade products and materials are being sold off at particularly low prices. Plus, they serve pie and spin yards. Adieu!
 
FilzOase, Anastasius Grün-Gasse 11, 1180 Vienna. 11 January 11:00 to 18:00. Web
 
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…puppettheatre 
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 Robin Weigelt
Sisis Geheimnis
The preparation time was two years, 30 puppets in historical costumes were hand-crafted, wonderful stage settings were designed – now the first musical with marionettes at Schloss Schönbrunn comes to the stage. In the play created by director Werner Hierzer and his team, the focus of the artful puppet show is on Sisi’s relationship to Franz Joseph. A play about love that is put to the test. And the location is really beautiful, too: the tradition of marionette theatre at Schloss Schönbrunn dates back 250 years, after all.
 
Marionettentheater Schloss Schönbrunn, Hofratstrakt, 1130 Vienna. 11, 18 and 25 January 19:00. 29-39 €. Web
SATURDAY
…bargain 
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 Green Ground
Winter Sale at Green Ground
There’s one big advantage to January: prices are tumbling almost everywhere! The fair fashion boutique Green Ground, too, picks up the red pencil. Until the end of February, you can snatch smart pieces from international labels at the sale. Selected pieces from the current winterwear are 30% off, remaining stock and certain items even 50%. T-shirts, dresses, shirts, skirts, sweaters, and much more, from brands like Armed Angels, LangerChen (great coats and jackets!) or Cocccon that scores with their non-violently produced silk. Everything has organic certification and is sustainably and fairly produced!
 
Green Ground, Porzellangasse 14-16, 1090 Vienna. Tue-Fri 12:00 to 19:00, Sat 10:00 to 17:00. Web
…openstage 
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 Georg Soulek
VorstellBar
Sounds like fun! Today at Kasino am Schwarzenbergplatz, undiscovered talents and hobby stage hogs have the chance of conquering the stage and unleashing themselves on a 250-people audience. Brave open-stage participants get ten minutes to play, dance, sing, whistle, beat box, or juggle for all they are worth. Topic: gen(d)eration. Everyone may watch, and spontaneously participating is possible if there is no soundcheck or anything similar needed. Afterwards you can get rid of the performance adrenaline during the joint shaking session ;-)
 
Kasino am Schwarzenbergplatz, Schwarzenbergplatz 1, 1010 Vienna. 12 January 20:30. 7.50 €. Web
…volksoper 
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 Stefan Liewehr
Costume and Props flea market
Highest alert level for disguising artists and theatre enthusiasts! They will most certainly make a find at today’s Volksoper flea market. The house on Währinger Gürtel parts with magnificent robes, imaginative stage outfits, extravagant uniforms, and dazzling textile craziness from five decades! And with many props as well. For sale are original single items as well as whole costume series. Another treat for theatre fans: you can exclusively buy low-priced tickets for several performances, plus Volksoper CDs, DVDs, books, and T-shirts.
 
Volksoper-Probebühne 1, Severingasse 7 / corner Wilhelm-Exnergasse, 1090 Vienna. 12 January 10:00 to 14:00. Web
 
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SUNDAY
…soulness 
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 Aliana Schafferer
Visionen.Werkstatt for women
Life can be cherry-picking after all! Aliana Schafferer and Ines Hofbaur host a Visionen-Werkstatt where you can figure out your own wishes for 2019 and then visualise them in a creative session. The wellness-day starts off with a guided meditation, suggestions for the fulfilling of wishes, and a mutual exchange among the participants. Afterwards, you will design collages or stones with quotes and inspiring affirmations with simple techniques. Besides that, there will be enough time to browse through magazines together, eat lunch, and chat with the others. Nice!
 
raum, Gentzgasse 105/1, 1180 Vienna. 13 January 10:00 to 17:00. 90 € incl. food and material. Please sign up. Web
...wanderlust 
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 Olaf Krüger
Legendary Iceland
Everyone who’s been there is enthralled. And if you have seen these pictures, you’ll definitely want to go anyway because the Icelandic landscape is simply stunning. Travel journalist Olaf Krüger has been exploring the island off the Norwegian Sea for almost 15 years. His new presentation leads to Reykjavik and jolly sheep and horse herding in wild nature, you immerse yourself into the century-old Icelandic bath culture only to find yourself in the middle of curious humpback whales. Things get hot with enormous lava eruptions and cool down with enormous glaciers and turquoise glacial lakes. Foretaste here!
 
Audimax, Universitätsring 1, 1010 Vienna. 13 January 17:00. 15 €. Web
...performance 
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 Elsa Okazaki
All Together
What do you think of when hearing this name? This question is what Michikazu Matsune’s performance “All Together” is all about. The three performers remember together, trace connecting lines among themselves and work their way through different people. People they have met in their lives, people they have lost contact with and people who can’t be there right now. Poetical and with fine humour, the trio epitomise what they associate with the people behind their names. The audience of the last ImPulsTanz Festival loved it!
 
studio brut, Zieglergasse 25, 1070 Vienna. 13 January 15:00. 17 €. Web
 
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MONDAY
 
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 DistrictART
Win fancy Vienna silk scarves
Vienna to wrap: with DistrictART’s artfully designed silk scarves, you can carry our beautiful city around with you everywhere! DistrictART is a joint project of the artist Doris Evdokimidis and Eva Kalenczuk. Using the motto “Wear Your City”, the ten different scarves of the first collection feature Schönbrunn Palm House, the golden “Krauthappl” (the roof of the Secession museum), or the Upper Belvedere, for example. And with a little bit of luck, you can now win one of five silk scarves from DistrictART! You can read here how to participate in the raffle.
 
Raffle StadtSpionin, running time until 4 February 2019. All information and legal notices online
 
...sale 
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 Grandios Wien
Winter Sale at Grandios
Well, it seems the time of snow, wet and cold is not quite over yet ;-) So if you want to brighten up the rest of your winter time with a new coat or a cuddly jumper, better breeze into Georg Preiner’s Curvy Fashion Store in the 6th district. There’s a hefty sale of the current collection going on there, many handsome outfits from size 40 ranging from woollen jackets to cardigans and jumpers in flattering colours like purple or curry are up to 50% off. Better hurry there today rather than tomorrow, there seems to be a high demand for wide feel-good wear right now!
 
Grandios, Otto Bauer Gasse 11, 1060 Vienna. Mon-Fri 10:00 to 19:00, Sat until 18:00. Web
 
…savetheworld 
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 Harald Lesch
If not now, when?
Well-founded, eloquent and entertaining! The well-known German astrophysicist Harald Lesch shares his ideas of a more liveable world at a talk with Elisabeth Scharang. The best-selling author and TV host focuses on positive things and presents solutions for saving our planet. From his world of astrophysics, he provides fascinating ideas for easily implemented scientific courses of action for our climate and resources, keyword redistribution. The basics: clean water, clean energy, and clean air – and everything will be fine!
 
Gartenbaukino, Parkring 12, 1010 Vienna. 14 January 20:00. 19 €. Web
 
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TUESDAY
...musicaltheatre 
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 Barbara Palffy
Die Überflüssigen
The protagonists of Alexander Kubelka’s opera caricature alone promise an entertaining evening: a spick and span ex-CEO of a multinational corporation, a society lady who’s botoxed beyond recognition, a rising pop starlet, plus an incorrigible idealist. Stuck somewhere between self-optimisation and burn-out, they land on a late capitalist rubbish dump in the middle of nowhere. And are pretty much screwed there without online shopping assistant, smart watch and charger. What happens then can be seen today (for the last time!) at Hamakom!
 
Theater Nestroyhof Hamakom, Nestroyplatz 1, 1020 Vienna. 15 January 20:00. 24 €. Web
...workshop 
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 Heide-Marie Smolka
Tuesday happiness in the living room
A wonderful opportunity to give your own happiness a leg up right at the beginning of the year! Happiness-expert Heidi Smolka hosts her Tuesday-workshop-series that starts off today in her private living room. With a warm oven, tea and pie – plus her two young cats that aren’t always well-behaved ;-) Today is all about the question “What is happiness?” and the answers promptly provide the first strategies for improving it. On the following 5 Tuesdays, she will also be discussing issues like time sovereignty, mindfulness and self-coaching.
 
Heide-Marie Smolka, Servitengasse 5/30, 1090 Vienna. 15 January 10:00. 95 €. Please sign up! Web
WEDNESDAY
...romantic 
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 Feuerdorf Wien
Feuerdorf at Donaukanal
How cosy! Sitting with your girlfriends in a cuddly-warm cabin, looking into the blazing fire, and waiting for the grillables to be finished. This Scandinavian cabin romance can also be experienced in the middle of Vienna! For the Feuerdorf has settled again at the Donaukanal, near Salztorbrücke, consisting of a central gazebo bar and 13 rustic cabins that can be rented for groups of up to 12 people. Inside them, you can have your own barbeque. Organic meat, side dishes, sauces and drinks are being provided – the menu choice ranges from Pannonia to Mexico.
 
Donaukanal, at Salztorbrücke, 1010 Vienna. Daily until 26 March. Web
...premier 
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  Felix Dietlinger
6 Frauen – 6 Männer
A journey to the shoals of the day-to-day, partly from a female and partly from a male perspective: at the Kosmostheater, you can see new versions of two “aktionstheater” plays in a double bill under the title “6 Frauen 6 Männer”. “Pension Europa” features six women searching for a vision – pure, naked and sometimes poetically, the day-to-day is analysed and discussed without restraint. And in “Die wunderbare Zerstörung des Mannes”, six men with stereotypical views fail in an oddly comical way amidst Trump-crudeness and #metoo-sensitisations.
 
Kosmos Theater, Siebensterngasse 42, 1070 Vienna. 16-19 January 20:00. Web
TALK OF TOWN
Shop of the Week 
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  Ines Hofbaur
Hannes Roether
Fancy natural materials are the passion of German designer Hannes Roether, who has now opened his first store here in Austria. You wouldn’t recognise the shop that has previously hosted “Anukoo” Fair Fashion. Much more spacious, brick walls, black flamed wood, an old, newly uncovered vaulted ceiling and, most importantly, really pretty avant-garde fashion. Amazing knit dresses, delicate jumpers made of “boiled wool”, and coats made of “Deutschleder” – a dense fabric that gets soft and shiny with time. The bargain hunt pays off right now: many items are over 50% off!
 
Hannes Roether, Gumpendorfer Str 28, 1060 Vienna Mon-Fri 11:00 to 19:00, Sat 10:00 until 18:00. Web
Restaurant of the Week 
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Aida
All I’m saying is: it’s a must-see! For the newest opening of an Aida branch definitely falls into the category “luxury”. You sit in the middle of a beautiful, dreamlike turn-of-the-century ambiance (the hat manufactory Habig used to reside there) with golden-ornamented stuck, marble, and massive supply cabinets of the royal warrants, and chomp down punch cake. Or a nice breakfast which is served on an étagère here, true to proper style. The culinary offer – coffee, cake and small snacks – corresponds with the one in the other Aidas, but the ambiance is simply stunning!
 
Aida, Wiedner Hauptstraße 15, 1040 Vienna. Mon-Fri 8:00 to 18:00, Sat + Sun 9:00 to 18:00. Web

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