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"Heya Girls!"
Do you fancy getting a little square-eyed this week? There's a great opportunity for that: the Tricky Women Festival is sweeping through town again. This film festival is the only one in Europe dedicated exclusively to animated films by women, with pixels, puppets and clay figures dancing across the cinema screens of our favourite city. The festival programme includes 160 cinematic works such as “Fairplay and “Feminist Perspectives”, which tackle issues such as everyday sexism and hierarchical inequalities. “Sultana's Dream” and “Johnny & Me – A Journey Through Time with John Heartfield” will also celebrate their Austrian premieres. For the first time, a competition category will focus on the exciting topic of augmented reality, in which the real world and computer-generated content offer an interactive experience. And virtual reality films, which transport viewers into digital worlds, offer completely new possibilities for animation. So if you're in an imaginative mood, you should definitely plan a short holiday at the cinema!
Wishing you a gaudy week,
Your CitySpotterGirl
Metro Kinokulturhaus, Johannesgasse 4, 1010 Vienna. 6-10 March. Programme online
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| THURSDAY |
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| Zerum |
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Zerum Clearance Sale
Fair fashion at more than fair prices! In the organic fashion mecca in Kirchengasse, feelers are slowly being stretched out towards spring and winter fashion is being kicked out the door with a percentage spectacle. That's why you will find fabulous feel-good items at up to 50 percent off today. These include Zerum's own transitional pieces, as well as slow fashion dresses, skirts, dresses and shoes from Komodo, Mäler, Klitmöller and Veja. Accessories are also included and the colourful organic cotton hats by Haube Jacop are the icing on the cake of the bargain outfit!
Zerum, Kirchengasse 13, 1070 Vienna. 4-9 March Mon-Fri 10:00 to 19:00, Sat 10:00 to 18:00. Web |
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Roy Lichtenstein
Stereotypical blondes, war heroes and the famous Look Mickey, always in bright colours and with the characteristic Ben-Day dots – Pop Art king Roy Lichtenstein shaped the US art scene in the 1960s with his cartoon aesthetic. This year, the comic book enthusiast would have turned 100, and to celebrate the occasion, over 90 of his paintings, sculptures and prints have travelled from 30 international museums to the Albertina in Vienna. The retrospective also includes black and white product advertisements and paintings paraphrasing works by artists such as Picasso and Dali!
Albertina, Albertinaplatz 1, 1010 Vienna. 7 March from 18:30. Free entry. Web |
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Madly Beautiful
A little Botox here, a facelift there – people are relentless in their pursuit of beauty! But who decides what is beautiful and what is ugly? Over the course of three days, some 30 artists will take on this quest for perfection, using art, photography and performance to explore the meaning and diversity of beauty. Today you can stroll through the VHS Kulturgarage with Pink Mimosa and canapés and enjoy a performance by Walter Asmus, for instance. Tomorrow there will be a fashion show with vintage shoes and bags by Schuhe für Frauen and a talk with beauty experts!
VHS Kulturgarage, Am-Ostrom-Park, 1220 Vienna. 7-9 March. Free entry. Programme online |
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| FRIDAY |
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Vive Les Femmes!
Women's power times four at Catrinette's vintage paradise today! To mark International Women's Day, 4 ladies with taste and skill for the finer things in life have teamed up to create a stylish pop-up. Catrinette offers fancy design and unusual furnishing pieces, obviously. There are matching illustrations, screen prints and giclee prints from Ready Kakao, Orsolya Karman from Karman Jewelry brings her spacy jewellery creations and Delphine Leger makes our spring fever blossom even more with her beautiful paper flowers. Today and tomorrow only!
Catrinette, Porzellangasse 28, 1090 Vienna. 8+9 March Fri 16:00 to 20:00, Sat 10:00 to 16:00. Web |
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Women’s Retreat
When, if not today on International Women's Day, should we treat ourselves to something nice! If you really want to switch off and let go for once, you can head to Seestadt and take part in Samantha Csar's women's retreat. As well as yoga exercises, the experienced yogini will offer meditation, breathing exercises and nidra to help you find your inner peace. There will also be a fascinating talk on essential oils, followed by a sniffing tour of the fragrance bar. At the end of the day there will be food, networking and even a goodie bag with a yoga mat on top!
andys. cc, Janis-Joplin-Promenade 26, 1220 Vienna. 8 March 14:00 to 18:30. 99 € incl. food. Web |
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| Alexandra Thompson |
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Venus im Pelz
In 1870, Leopold Sacher-Masoch (yes, the namesake of masochism) explored the dark depths of the human psyche in “Venus in Fur”. Director Azelia Opak found the novella lacking in drama and turned it into a two-person play. In it, Lucy McEvil and Jonas Kling attempt to radically transform fantasies into reality, allowing themselves to be deceived by their own dreams until they are executed. An exploration of the utopian emancipation of gender roles and power relations between unequal people. Because: Who actually has how much power over the other?
Theater Nestroyhof Hamakom, Nestroyplatz 1, 1020 Vienna. 8 March 20:00. 24 €. Web |
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| SATURDAY |
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| ...diy |
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Selfmade Chocolate
Get your weekend off to a creative start this afternoon with a chocolate course at the Werklerei. Just in time for the Easter Bunny production, you will try out various delicious recipes for fine chocolate bars and pralines. These sweet temptations will then be decorated to your taste with dried edible flowers, nuts, spices or dried fruit. The result is not only incredibly delicious, but also healthy, as the cocoa bean is considered a true superfood and is blended here with only the highest quality ingredients. The perfect afternoon for bunnies with a sweet tooth!
Kochatelier St. Gabriel, Grenzgasse 111, 2340 Maria Enzersdorf. 9 March 14:00. 56 € + 10 € material. Please register. Web |
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Book Market Kalvarienberg Church
Browsing alert for bookworms, film enthusiasts and music lovers! Piles of reading material can be bagged today and tomorrow at the book flea market in the Kalvarienberg Church. A wide variety of literary genres for young and old will be on sale, while nostalgics will find their happiness with CDs, DVDs and LPs. And those who like to make music themselves will certainly be inspired by the shelves of sheet music. The proceeds are intended for Pfarrcaritas and other parish purposes. And anyone who would like to donate books or music can do so at the office!
Kalvarienbergkirche, Sankt-Bartholomäus-Platz 3, 1170 Vienna. 9+10 March Sat 14:00 to 18:00, Sun from 9:30. Web |
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VinziRast Easter Market
If you are looking for Easter gifts, you can make it easy on yourself by stopping by the VinziRast. For three days, the “mittendrin” restaurant will host a market where all the products – especially cool, unique upcycled items – have been made by refugees: bags, wooden trays, colourful aprons, jewellery and wooden toys. And it wouldn't be an Easter market if there weren't decorated eggs, cute bunny-shaped egg hats and lots of other spring decorations. If you're feeling adventurous, you can also try your hand at Easter crafts yourself, by the way!
VinziRast-mittendrin, Währinger Straße 19, 1090 Vienna. 8-10 March 14:00 to 19:00. Free entry. Web |
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| SUNDAY |
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| ...nostalgia |
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Day of the Vienna District Museums
Now, CitySpotterGirl has a soft spot for the slightly dusty exhibition arrangements and honourable directors of Vienna's district museums ;-) For sometimes there are real treasures and a lot of knowledge buried there! Today all district museums are open from 10:00 to 16:00 and have interesting special exhibitions. This year, for the first time, they don’t all present the same programme, but focus on different aspects of the city's history, such as “Crafts, Trade and Commerce”, “Vienna Underground” and “Parks and Green Spaces”!
Vienna District Museums. Various locations throughout Vienna. 10 March 10:00 to 16:00. Free of charge. Web |
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Contemporary Art
Contemporary art is modern, minimalist and yes, even a little magical. Because with their aesthetic simplicity, these structured works of art perfectly match just about any interior style. Come to Lucia Malikova's workshop today to learn how to create these trendy wall decorations yourself. From the materials to handling the tools and the right technique, the artist will explain the craft. Then it's time to create your own 3D artwork using nude colours, before spicing it up with other colours to match your own interior!
Ocker Creative Studio, Ölzeltgasse 3, 1030 Vienna. 10 March 11:00 to 14:00. 89 €. Web |
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Oscar Night at the cinema
Live on the red carpet from the comfort of your cinema seat: Night owls can once again follow the glitz and glamour of Oscar night in the cinema. To get you in the mood for the live action, a number of Oscar contenders will be screened at the Gartenbaukino, starting at noon with Christopher Nolan's “ Oppenheimer”. The programme also includes the Austrian premiere of “May December”. The legendary Red Carpet Show starts at around 23:30, after which the awards ceremony will be broadcast live from L.A. Admission to the nightly broadcast is free, and there's also free coffee and breakfast!
Gartenbaukino, Parkring 12, 1010 Vienna. 10 March from 12:00. Films with entry, ceremony free entry. Web |
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| Anna Meyer |
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On the shoulders of giantesses
Over the past few centuries, the who's who of the art scene has been limited to men – female painters, writers, musicians, directors (creative women in general) have simply been ignored, even banned from history! The Künstlerhaus is currently focusing on the position of women artists today and how they relate to their predecessors. Carola Dertnig, for example, takes visitors into the apartment of the late architect Anna Lülja Praun and explores her legacy, while Anna Reisenbichler traces the steps of the botanist Anna Atkins with images of nature.
Künstlerhaus, Karlsplatz 5, 1010 Vienna. Until 9 June. Mon-Sun 10:00 to 18:00. 9 €. Web |
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What makes my mobile phone safer
Your mobile phone is listening in! Who hasn’t had this impression? In an age when data espionage could almost be called a CV highlight, and spam and password hacks lurk like potholes on our digital path, it can be quite useful to give your smartphone a little security update. Today's ABZ* workshop does just that. From choosing a secure Wi-Fi network and privacy settings to safe digital communication, digital experts will share their knowledge. And to make sure it all sticks, there will be exercises to put this new knowledge to the test!
ABZ*Austria, Simmeringer Hauptstraße 154, 1110 Vienna, Room 206. 11 March 14:00 to 16:30. Please register. Free of charge. Web |
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Curie_Meitner_Lamarr_Indivisible
Women in technology or science? Unfortunately, this is still not the norm. The cult play Curie_Meitner_Lamarr_Unteilbar focuses on three great female pioneers: Marie Curie, the Nobel Prize winner who discovered radioactivity; Lise Meitner, the Austrian nuclear physicist; and Hedy Lamarr, the Hollywood actress who developed the frequency-hopping method. Actress Anita Zieher takes on all three roles, allowing the audience to take part not only in the lives but also in the research results of these three important ladies.
Drachengasse Theatre, Drachengasse 2, 1010 Vienna. 11 March 20:00. 19 €. Web |
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| WEDNESDAY |
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Sustainable architecture for the future
Ever higher, denser, more impersonal: the building industry is a major contributor to climate change and negative resource consumption – but not always! Curious visitors can spy two prime examples of sustainable architecture on today's guided tour. In the Sonnwendviertel, the “Bikes and Rails” presents itself as a timber hybrid building and passive house with a top CO2 balance. And the cool Magdas Hotel was created in a renovated building from the 1960s. New features include geothermal heating and cooling and photovoltaics. This is responsible architecture!
Meeting point: Alfred-Adler-Straße stop, 1100 Vienna. 13 March 15:00. 20 €. Web |
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Wednesday is the new Friday
In the newly refurbished Eden Bar you can now do as Romy Schneider, Ella Fitzgerald & Co did and clock off with a bubbly glass or two of champagne. Because here, the weekend is brought forward and from now on, every Wednesday after work from 17:00 to 1:00 you can let yourself get sucked into the well-loved Eden DNA. Cosy sofas in the famous “Eden Racing Green” invite you to lounge like a diva while beats from Steve Manera get you in the mood. Bubble spoiler: For every glass of champagne, a second glass is on the house!
Eden Bar, Liliengasse 2, 1010 Vienna. Wednesdays 17:00 to 01:00. Web |
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MOOI
“Mooi” is Dutch for “ beautiful” and is the motto of the concept store in Josefstadt! The temple of beauty and design has made its new home in a modern mix of copper, concrete and terrazzo. As at the old address, beauty treatments and now laser treatments are offered on 150 square metres. There's also an in-house shop with all sorts of fun stuff for the home and yourself, such as compostable jewellery by Birdy & Bee, nail polish by manucurist and vegan scented candles by Lys & Hedde. You can get a good view of the range from the cosy coffee area by the way ;-)
MOOI, Josefstädterstraße 61, 1080 Vienna. Mon-Fri 9:00 to 19:00, Sat until 16:00. Web |
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TanTan
Cafe Standard (which had long since passed its zenith anyway) has moved out and a new Chinese restaurant has moved in. Visually, this is good news, as the room on the right, with its colourful paper umbrellas on the ceiling and a beautiful mural painted on site, really looks the part. In addition to Sichuan cuisine, the young owners specialise in homemade noodles. There are many dishes with mian (Chinese for noodles), steamed and fried dimsum dumplings and jiaozi. Baos, steamed yeast dumplings, are also on the menu. Another plus point: the really nice service!
TanTan, Margaretenstraße 63, 1050 Vienna. Mon-Sun 11:00-22:00. Web |
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