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d e c e m b e r 23 | 7. - 13.
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"Heya Girls!"
Christmas is fast approaching and it feels like the whole of Vienna is full of Christmas markets. Even your favourite newsletter is full of Xmas pop-ups and gift shopping. It's almost getting too much for me, so I'm really grateful that at least the Volkstheater is bowing out of the whole Jingle Bells fuss next weekend! They're staying cool and bring a festival for adventurous music and thoughts with “Desertshore”. For two days, all (!) stages of the Volkstheater will be filled with concerts, performances, installations, talks and DJ sets. The headliners are the Australian Kat Frankie with her acclaimed a cappella show Bodies (photo) and the Israeli-Iranian singer Liraz. Also taking part are multimedia artist L Twills – who has already been compared to Laurie Anderson and Björk – and Albertine Sarges, a true chameleon of pop culture. As you can see: no mainstream, but little-known gems to be discovered! And guaranteed to be a Santa-free zone ;-)
Wishing you an original week,
Your CitySpotterGirl
Volkstheater, Arthur-Schnitzler-Platz 1, 1070 Vienna. 9+10 December. From 36 €. Web
Photo: Cathleen Wolf
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| THURSDAY |
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| …vernissage |
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With the Citybus to the Wind Turbine
What do the BIC lighter, the Steyr Citybus and the Puch Maxi have in common? They were all designed by Louis Lucien Lepoix. Hardly anyone knows the name, but the 3,000 or so products that Lepoix created as one of the most productive industrial designers of the post-war period (and also the grandfather of a CitySpotterGirl :-)) are very well known! From the Kienzle parking clock to the small helicopter, the designforum now shows products, models and, above all, visions of the universalist. As early as 1941, he already worked on the hot topic of alternative energy generation. Today is the vernissage!
designforum, Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna. 7 December 19:00. Free entry. Please register. Web |
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YYB Fashion & Paralumi Vienna
With all the abundance of fashion, it's always nice when small labels stand out. Yara-Yvon Bertassi's brand YYB is one such label. The designer specialises in sophisticated, colourful designs such as tops whose cut can be altered with wrapped ribbons. And she uses her mother Patrizia Bertassi's digitised artwork to print cool blouses. All of these items, as well as Patrizia's embroidered artwork and flashy, pleated lampshades from Yara-Yvon's second label Paralumi Vienna, are up for grabs today and Saturday in the cosy ambience of the feinklein delicatessen bistro. Also a nice idea for gifts, by the way!
feinklein, Steindlgasse 6, 1010 Vienna. 7 December 10:30 to 19:00 + 9 December 10:30 to 17:00. Web |
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Roee & Körbchen: Xmas Design Pop-up
Now that it has even snowed properly, it could hardly be any more Christmassy. What does that mean? It's high time to start thinking about your Christmas Eve outfit! How fitting that Roee has launched its annual Xmas series and offers it exclusively from today to Saturday with biscuits, punch and fine sound. And well, since you never know where Father Christmas might look, you will also want to be festively dressed up underneath. That's why the Körbchen lingerie collection is available in the prettiest winter colours. Plus: fashion and lingerie can be personalised with embroidery at the pop-up!
Körbchen Store, Margartenstraße 80, 1050 Vienna. 7-9 December 12:00 to 18:00. Web |
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| FRIDAY |
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| Nearon Studio |
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Nearon Studio
How to Fashion? The ladies’ team from Nearon Studio knows this only too well! The Viennese label has scored one of the sought-after pop-ups at the AFA Space and will be presenting its fancy upcycled creations for three days. The all-female label breathes new life into vintage clothing by deconstructing jeans, shirts, blazers and suits and reassembling them in a modern silhouette. All of this, including the well-known denim pieces, is available to buy today, plus: you can choose your favourite vintage blazer and have it altered for free!
AFA Space, Lindengasse 27/1, 1070 Vienna. 7-9 December. 12:00 to 20:00. Web |
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| …gourmet |
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| Naked Kitchen |
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Naked Dinner Feat. Wow! Art
Moulin Rouge wickedness meets Broadway theatrics – this is roughly how you could describe Naked Kitchen founder Nicolai Reimond's latest coup. Inspired by the legendary 1970s “dîner des têtes surrealists” in Paris, the restaurateur and artist Coco Wasabi have created an ecstatic dining experience in which art and cuisine merge. Today, the starting shot is fired in a still secret location that has been completely styled by Coco. Celebrity chef Gregor Vracko cooks up a surprise 4-course menu, while show acts provide a visual firework display. Sensational!
Location will be announced upon registration. 8 December from 19:00. Dinner & After-Party 195 €. Web |
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Madame Kukla
In case anyone hasn't heard of it yet, Madame Kukla is the one with the nifty wrap-around things. Or better explained: a one-size-fits-all garment that you can wrap, tie and style in endless different ways with the help of clips. Unfortunately, founder Stefanie is now closing her doors online and offline for the time being, which is why today is the last chance for wrapping happiness at the pop-up with flawless, returned goods. From wrap dresses to basic dresses, jumpers and shirts to clips, there are plenty of styles waiting to be picked up by their future wearers. It pays to be quick!
Madame Kukla, Westbahnstrasse 7, 1070 Vienna. 8 December 10:00 to 18:00. Card payment only. Web |
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| SATURDAY |
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| ...bargain |
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| Stefanie Sourial |
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lila Christmas Flea Market
Every year before Christmas, Austro designer Lisi Lang clears out her warehouse and sells cool and really chic fashion pieces at sale prices – for 1 day only. The lila flea market is huge again this year, with hundreds of items for sale: Prototypes, one-off pieces, leftover highlights from the summer 2023 collection and treats from previous years. There’s also a colourful mix of second-hand and vintage items as well as unique hand-crocheted pieces from Ultramarine and ceramics from Nolz & Lang. You can then celebrate your loot with a glass of Prosecco and biscuits in the lila Schani garden!
Studio Linea, Westbahnstraße 3, 1070 Vienna. 1st floor above the lila shop. 9 December 10:00 to 18:00. Web |
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Diversobazar
Beautiful things for under the Christmas tree – can all be found at the Diversoviel design market! The organisation stands for diversity and variety and aims to promote cultural exchange in Vienna. There will be jewellery, bags, clothing for young and old, art, candles, decorative and festive items from selected Viennese small producers! For example, the pretty saris and scarves by Rashem, the colourful embroideries by Än as pendants, postcards or paintings as well as jewellery and plant jars by Yulia and Keivan. Waffles, coffee and tea are available on site – very nice!
Diversoviel, Franzensbrückenstraße 19, 1020 Vienna. 9 December 10:00 to 18:00. Web |
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| Vienna Your Way |
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On the Trail of Christmas
Can you actually write to Christkind? Since when have we had sugar which is so important for Stollen, biscuits etc.? What do Sisi and Emperor Franz-Joseph have to do with Christmas and presents and who brings them, really – Christkind or Father Christmas? Curious Christmas fans can find out all this and much more about the season of love today on the public Advent city tour through the 1st district. It's all about Christmas traditions, their surprising stories and amusing anecdotes about the Habsburgs. Interesting and atmospheric!
Meeting point: Schwedenplatz 2, 1010 Vienna. 9 December 16:30. 24 €. Please book in advance. Web |
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| SUNDAY |
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| ...advent |
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Hidden little Christmas Market
Oh, how nice! We always love hidden Advent spots away from the Christmas crowds. If they also take place in the Hidden Kitchen, it’s bound to be great! Today, the place to be for lunchtime highs is hosting a fine Xmas market with a floral Advent decoration workshop, singing by big little citizens and a book and clothes corner. A photographer will also be taking free family portraits for homemade Xmas postcards and because drinking enough is also important in winter, a delicious pomegranate mulled wine awaits dry throats ;-)
Hidden Kitchen Park, Invalidenstraße 19, 1030 Vienna. 10 December 10:00 to 16:00. Web |
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Angel Advent
One design advent market follows the next at the moment, kind of makes you lose track. But you can still find insider tips – like Ruth Wegerer's angel workshop. The journalist uses fabric and iron wire to create poetic creatures that are a must-see. Once a year, she sells the angels, which are already legendary among connoisseurs, at her private angel market. Plus: free buffet and beautiful things from 9 other designers! And attention: your CitySpotterGirl will also be there with her beautiful books – so come in large numbers, we look forward to seeing you!
Ruth Wegerer, Stiegergasse 15-17 (door 47. 3rd floor), 1150 Vienna. 10 December 11:00 to 18:00. Web |
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| Voices of Japan & Vienna |
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Voices from Japan & Vienna
Instead of fusion cuisine, today we get fusion musique! In the magnificent Golden Hall of the Musikverein, the mystical beauty of Buddhist hymns from Japan meets the timeless elegance of Viennese classical music. The meditative chants of Buddhist monks merge with the passionate sounds of violin, cello and piano. Works by Schubert and Kreisler enter into a liaison with Far Eastern choral songs under the pen of Johannes Berauer and the new work “Unity” by Yury Revich. A tribute to the universal language of music!
Musikverein, Musikvereinsplatz 1, 1010 Vienna. 10 December 19:30. From 10 €. Web |
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| MONDAY |
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| …participating |
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| MQ |
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MQ Enzi-Voting
It's almost as exciting as the announcement of the Pantone colour of the year: the biennial voting for the colour scheme of the famous MQ outdoor seating furniture “Enzi”. This year's nominees are “Evergreen Tanja”, “Blue Blossoms of Enzi-an” and “Silver Gerlinde” – all inspired by the tree and plant species that have been greening the MQ since the summer. Regardless of the decision, the casual lounge furniture will be greener, as the new models will be made from 70% recycled beverage cartons. Important: Voting is only possible today anymore!
MQ Enzi-Voting, 2 to 11 December. Voting possible around the clock online |
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| …theatre |
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| Barbara Palffy |
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The Habsburgs – A Vampire Tale
The Schubert Theatre's trilogy about the Habsburgs is not really suitable for history lessons, but it's fun: 1755, the vampire plague holds Maria Theresa's empire in its grip. The imperial physician Gerard van Swieten is tasked with handling the superstition. When he unexpectedly comes up against a real vampire, his enlightened view of the world is shaken. And how does the empress react to the thirsty guest? Maria Theresa, too, who feels she has been called by God to rule, has to face the question of how enlightened she really is. Part one is on today!
Schubert Theater, Währingerstraße 46, 1090 Vienna. 11 December 19:30. 26 €. Web |
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| TUESDAY |
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| ...vernissage |
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| Rob Battersby |
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Hard/Soft
Ceramics and textiles. Two materials could hardly be more contrasting – you would think! Because they also have a lot in common: they share a haptic design language that alternates between hard, unwieldy, soft and flowing. We associate textiles that are sculpturally dense with warmth and flexibility. They contrast with the cool fragility of ceramics moulded from soft clay or loam. The new exhibition at the MAK shows different works that combine both materials and artfully present their paradoxical togetherness. Today is the vernissage!
MAK, Stubenring 5, 1010 Vienna. 12 December 19:00. Free admission. Web |
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Electric Lobby
So, if you fancy an evening without icicles on the tip of your nose for once, simply move your after-work drink from a Christmas market to the lobby of the Jaz in the City Vienna Hotel. For the new after-work series “Electric Lobby” starts there today, where you are served delicious work-bites from the kitchen while you may shake your hips to cocktails and laid-back beats. Today on the turntables: Dk & Phil H from Volksgarten. And if you like it, you can drop by every week in future, as the party series will now take place every Tuesday with different DJs!
Jaz in the City Vienna, Windmühlgasse 28, 1060 Vienna. 12 December 18:00 to 23:00. Eintritt frei. Web |
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| WEDNESDAY |
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| ...charity |
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| Gebrüder Moped |
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Gruam cabaret reconstruction
It used to be so nice! Until there was a fire at the Gruam last year and Vienna's smallest cabaret venue had to close its curtain. As small as the stage may have been, it was still a steppingstone for many a big name. And that’s why the Gruam is now to experience a renaissance. Some well-known names from the cabaret and music scene have come together for a charity concert, with all proceeds used for the reconstruction. Gunkl, Pepi Hopf, the Moped brothers and Peter Klien make us dance and laugh today – a great thing!
Kulturgarage, Am-Ostrom-Park 18, 1220 Vienna. 13 December 19:00. 35 €. Web |
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Doris Uhlich: Sonne
It illuminates everything and everyone and makes existences possible just as much as it can destroy them: our sun. Performer Dors Uhlich has dedicated the second part of her Melancholy Trilogy to this ambivalent celestial body. In this special show, the sun is given a voice with physical, artistic and cultural-historical connections. As is always the case in the Austrian choreographer's pieces, the performers are quite extraordinary – like her fellow actress Romy Nagl, who is just 10 years young. Today is the premiere!
Volkstheater, Arthur-Schnitzler-Platz 1, 1070 Vienna. 13 December 19:30. From 11 €. Web |
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Female Post-War Architecture
Pure destruction – but after the Second World War, it also meant plenty of space for new buildings in architectural terms. And in Vienna, these quite often came from female hands. Today's art VHS lecture focuses on the generation of female architects who made a career in post-war modernism. A wide range of works will be examined, from residential and religious buildings, interior design and urban planning to power station construction by architectural greats such as Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Maria Tölzer and Elise Sundt. It's exciting to see what parts of our favourite city were designed by ladies!
Kunst VHS at the old WU, Augasse 2-6, 1090 Vienna. 13 December 18:30 to 20:00. 7 €. Web |
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| TALK OF TOWN |
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| Shop of the Week |
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| Justine Lepoix |
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Marie Lou
Marie Schuster couldn't have opened her cosy concept store in Döbling at a better time! Because with waterproof jewellery from Clout Vienna, a small fashion corner with the softest fake fur bags in fancy colours, all kinds of decorative trinkets and interior beauties, the allrounder with a fashion background can compete with Santa's workshop. But even outside the gift-giving season, everyone can find their happiness at Marie Lou’s store and at very reasonable prices! There's also coffee to go from Klyo – a really smart addition to the little neighbourhood :-)
Marie Lou, Döblinger Hauptstraße 66, 1190 Vienna. Mon-Fri 10:00 to 18:30, Sat until 14:00. Web |
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nineOfive
Pizza and wine – that's what it's all about here. Thus, the wine list is huge (and includes some unusual wines), and the dough wheels are given the same amount of attention. The sourdough is allowed to rest for 72 hours before being placed in the stone oven at 905 degrees Fahrenheit (aha, the name!). That's almost 500 degrees centigrade. In contrast to many new pizza places, the pizzas here are topped in an almost classic way, with Tuscan fennel salami or veggies from the Demeter farm Meinklang. The interior is really cool: antique wooden floors, patterned tiles and industrial style. A good mix!
nineOfive, Mühlgasse 20, 1040 Vienna. Mon+Thurs-Fri 17:00 to 23:00, Sat+Sun 12:00 to 23:00. Web |
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