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s e p t e m b e r 16 | 29. - 5.
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"Heya Girls!"
I’ve spent the summer in New York, but still haven’t seen the Empire State Building or China Town. I simply had no time for tourist activities, after all I wanted to try out all Food Markets in the Big Apple. And heaven, there are many! Since then I have become a happy never-full: I know what Ramen burgers taste like, I’ve had the best Danish pastry in the world and I’m addicted to cactus lemonade. And now I know: Food-lovers’ heaven is definitely in Brooklyn and called “Smorgasburg“! Well, it’s quite obvious what I’m going to do this weekend. I’ll pilgrim to the Marx Halle and cure my homesickness for New York at the Vienna Food Festival. After all, 50 food trucks and stalls provide foodies with goodies. And since we are in Vienna, there’ll not only be paella but also Beuscherl and besides “pulled pork” also traditional roast pork. Yummy!
Wishing you a spicy week
Your CitySpotterGirl
Marx Halle, Karl Farkas Gasse 19, 1030 Vienna. September 29 – October 2. 5 €. Web
P.S. Doris Pulker-Rohrhofer, the new head of Hafen Wien, presents her favourite books: here!
Photo: Millie the Vintage Caravan
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Waves Vienna 2016
Be all ears! During the Waves Vienna festival, the 9th district will be a bustling hotspot for discoverers, rubbernecks and music fans for three days. 100 different acts on eight stages promise cool concerts, even in unusual locations, such as a puppet theatre or the Café Weimar. Bands from Germany and Israel are in the focus this year. However, Conchita Wurst, Gold Panda from Great Britain and the US band We Are Scientists are also among the top acts. All venues are located within a walking distance of not more than seven minutes, so that you can easily float from one concert to the next.
Different locations in 1090 Vienna. September 29 till October 1, from 18 €/day. Web |
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Sale at Stoffsalon
“We need room” is the mission – and so we are looking forward to three happy days of sale with beautiful clothing- and interior fabrics in Alexandra Rath’s Stoffsalon! 30% off on selected jerseys, printed cotton fabrics, voiles and seasonal fabrics. Soft shell and washed linen are available at half price. And an incredible discount of 70% is granted on broad corduroy fabrics and Vallila interior fabrics. So many textiles call for proper instructions, of course – and, here you go, selected sewing patterns are also reduced by 15% during the sale. Plus plenty of remnants for free!
Stoffsalon, Westbahnstraße 38, 1070 Vienna. Till Oct 1, Thu 10:00-20:00, Fri till 18:00, Sat till 14:00. Web |
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| Barbara Palffy |
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Katia Mann / Hedy Lamarr
This theatre evening is all about two unusual women: Helmut Korherr’s one-woman-one-act plays are about Katia Mann, on one side – she was the woman behind Thomas Mann and remains a mystery even to the close circle of the family. And on the other side, Hedy Lamarr, the Viennese film star, who made it to the top in Hollywood, but there she became enslaved by an insane cult of beauty and underwent countless cosmetic surgeries. As different as the lives of the two ladies may seem – they both have a complex character and a strong will to success. Premiere tonight!
Theatre Café Prückel, Biberstraße 2, 1010 Vienna. September 29, 20:00. 25 €. Web |
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Long Day of Flight
Sadly, this is still a topical issue: On the long day of flight, taking place today, everyone is invited to deal with the subjects flight and asylum and to find out more about it in countless free events. In the adventure course “Feel like a refugee“ for example, visitors can experience the situations refugees have to go through themselves and see how they would feel under the circumstances. The Kunst Haus Wien invites to an intercultural photo walk and in a “Ha-Ha-Hasy” event, texts and social net videos are used to show what Afghan and Syrian refugees laugh about.
Long Day of Flight, different locations throughout Vienna. September 30. Free of charge. Web |
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Vienna Design Week
Danger - contagious! During the Vienna Design Week the whole town is infected by design fever. Austria’s largest design festival lasts 10 days and offers a variety of exhibitions, guided tours, design talks and workshops. The festival starts today with a design safari to the marvellous Villa Tugendhat in Brno, the Belvedere castle is illuminated by a heavyweight sun sculpture with glittering Swarovski stones by the English designer Fredrikson Stallard and during the Pecha Kucha Night in the Popupzentrale, designers hold short presentations of 20 pictures à 20 seconds. Wow!
Vienna Design Week, different locations throughout Vienna. September 30 till October 9. Web |
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Fotostudio & Sprachkistl
Ulrike Wieser is a passionate photographer, Christina Sann prefers to express herself through words rather than pictures and supports people in learning languages and translating texts. The two ladies combined their gifts and opened a friendly photo studio with an included language atelier in the busy surroundings of Brunnenmarkt, Yppenplatz and Neulerchenfeld. The opening is celebrated today with a small party in Ottakring. Besides snacks & drinks, visitors may look forward to an entertaining language riddle and a lottery raffling a professional photo shooting and a taster language lesson.
Das Foto - Ulrike Wieser,
Neulerchenfelder Straße 52, 1160 Vienna.
September 30, 15:00-20:00. Web |
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| SATURDAY |
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Long Night of Museums
It goes without saying that the Long Night of Museums will once again attract thousands of night owls: With just one entrance pass visitors can explore 135 museums in Vienna (700 throughout Austria!) until after midnight. Those of you who prefer to get off the beaten tracks will come across humorous insider tips: A treasure hunt on the tracks of Martin Kippenberger takes place at the Bank Austria Kunstforum. And in the Pratermuseum you may have a try in arm wrestling against Vienna’s strong women ;-) If you are more into crowds: The original of Dürer’s Young Hare is shown at Albertina (only today)!
Different locations throughout Vienna. October 1, 18:00-1:00. 15 €. Web |
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Hiking & Outdoor flea market
Complete your autumn hiking equipment! As every year, the Austrian Tourist Club clears its Alpinshop in the city to make room for the winter collection. And so, outdoor sportspeople get the chance to bargain hunt goods from pants to backpacks, from drinking bottles to pocketknives or camping articles at today’s flea market. Everything is reduced by up to 70 percent! And afterwards, we continue athletically: rock climbing in the middle of the Viennese city centre! Everyone is invited to try out climbing for free in the Austrian Tourist Club centre today and to scale up a 15-metre high artificial rock face.
ÖTK, Bäckerstraße 16, 1010 Vienna. October 1, 9:00-17:30. Web |
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Volunteering Fair
As distressing the refugee tragedy still is, as touching it is to see that it actually called forth a wave of helpfulness among the citizens. If you want to do good but don’t know where to start, the Volunteering Fair in the Town Hall is your place to be. The offer is huge: be it social work, migration, youth, civil courage, education or culture, be it social integration projects, international aid organisations, NGOs or emergency services – more than 70 institutions are searching for motivated collaborators and inform about where and how to do voluntary work.
Town Hall, entrance Lichtenfelsgasse 2, 1010 Vienna. October 1-2. Free entrance. Web |
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Wine hiking day
Experience nature and enjoy good wine – marvellous prospects for the bon vivants amongst us. On the 10-kilometre trails that are accessible on the wine hiking days you are invited to taste culinary delights and fine wines of the Viennese vintners and enjoy the beauty of the vineyards – including impressing views of the city. Walkers may choose between three routes: from Neustift to Nussdorf, from Strebersdorf to Stammersdorf and from Ottakring to Dornbach. If your legs grow heavy, you might as well take the (free) Heurigen-express!
Vienna Wine Hiking Days, October 1+2, 10:00-18:00. Free entrance. Hiking trails online |
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Open weekend at Burgtheater
Normally, the Burg audience is captivated by what’s happening onstage. This weekend the whole house comes up with exciting acts – also at so far unknown places such as the catacombs or the machinery rooms. The entire staff, from make-up to stage scenery, provides interesting insights into their life and work in the theatre. And if you want to see actors such as Joachim Meyerhoff live, just attend one of the scenic readings. Last but not least, the technical staff show their skills in a spectacular stage show with pyrotechnics to doomsday. Everything for free!
Burgtheater, Universitätsring 2, 1010 Vienna. October 1+2. Free entrance. Web |
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Stanley Kubrick „A Life In Pictures“
The Gartenbaukino dedicates the autumn cinema season to one of the greatest directors in film history, to someone who made film history throughout genres and eras: Stanley Kubrick. Until 30 September, all his great blockbusters are going to be presented – from Spartacus to Clockwork Orange. A sensation on top: Kubrick’s brother-in-law, the producer of many Kubrick works, is in Vienna as of today. He’ll not only present some films himself but also show his documentary on Kubrick’s life today – free of admission! And afterwards, “A Space Odyssey“ with the best film leader ever will be screened!
Gartenbaukino, Parkring 12, 1010 Vienna. September 2, 15:00, Exhibition until October 18. Web |
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Genesis Park
An adventurous expedition for theatre lovers! On occasion of the season opening in Dschungel, the artist collective makemake performs an excursion to discover human history. It starts with a collective bus ride at the MQ, during the half-hour trip, a big bang sonata in many voices prepares the audience for the subject. At the destination of the excursion, the former coffin factory F23 in Liesing, five researchers await the participants and accompany them through the Genesis Park multiverse with different climate zones, animals in overall-costumes and cyborgs. So cool!
Meeting point: Bellariastraße, in front of MQ, 1070 Vienna. October 3, 10:00 + 14:00. October 4, 10:00. 26 €. Web |
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Tasting week at Raum für Tanz
Decision-making support for dancing queens! At the start of the new course season this week you can try out different styles at low prices in Eva-Maria Kraft’s new “Raum für Tanz”, which was only opened in July. Wannabe-ballerinas may be happy with the ballet course for beginners, advanced dancers looking for a new challenge may try the level 2 course for contemporary dance. The taster session already counts as first lesson of the course, then you can still decide whether or not to take the course. If you are interested, you’d better be quick, places are limited and much sought-after!
Raum für Tanz, Neubaugasse 31, 1070 Vienna. October 3-6. 15 €/session. Web |
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Lamp repair workshop
Let’s shine a light on sustainability: Under the competent guidance of “cable man” Helmut Drucker participants of today’s workshop will learn how to repair lamps themselves. Be it a broken switch, a fluttering light or a short circuit when turning on the lamp – all patients with lighting problems are cordially welcome, you don’t have to be a technical genius to make old lamps shine again ;-) It’s also possible to modify your lamps, in all cases the fee depends on the material used.
SOHO workshop in Ottakring, Rosa-Luxemburggasse 9, 1160 Vienna. October 3, 17:30-22:00. Fee to cover materials. Web |
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Ana Curcin
Such a remarkable voice! Singer-songwriter Ana Curcin, born in Bagdad, grown up in Moscow, combines folk, Americana and dream pop to her own, amazingly beautiful musical mix. Due to her astonishing singles “Cut Loose” and “I Can’t” as well as her deeply moving live acts the young artist became one of the most promising performers of the East-European singer-songwriter scene. Tonight, Ana Curcin makes her first live appearance in Vienna. The CitySpotterGirl’s modest opinion: A star is born! Listen here to convince yourself.
Sargfabrik, Goldschlagstraße 169, 1140 Vienna. October 4, 19:30. 19 €. Web |
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Tristan Iseult Disaster
Already the title of the theatre play makes us grin! The Viennese director Marie-Therez Lorenz transferred the disastrous triangle-love story of Tristan and Iseult into modern times and humorously set it in the world of bitter chocolate. Even the aesthetic of the piece is unusual: a mix of object theatre and “physical theatre”. Six actors create a magical world out of five wooden boards, in which the audience is catapulted from one scene to the next within seconds. Interesting as well: the performance was financed via crowdfunding. Premiere is tonight!
Brick-5, Fünfhausgasse 5, 1150 Vienna. October 4, 20:00. 18 €. Web |
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