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Irish man seeks German lady after chance encounter

June 3, 2026 • 12:00 AM

The following story relates to a chance encounter at Dublin Airport on Saturday night, April 27th.  It concerns an Irish man named Wesley and a missed opportunity with an unknown German woman.  Wesley is keen to make contact with this woman and has penned the following plea for information.  In his own words: "My name is Wesley O Brien , 36 from Ireland . I don't live in Dublin but from the West of Ireland. I'm a Photographer but was in Dublin Airport that night because I was travelling to...

Alex Katz Art Exhibition at the Brandhorst Museum

June 3, 2026 • 12:00 AM

Born in 1927, Alex Katz is one of the most accomplished and influential American painters of the past fifty years, and he is still painting. Katz was painting at the same time as for example Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. He speaks about his art: "Cool and Hot", "Cooler than ever", "Something hot done in a cool way". His paintings show an "impersonal public art" that emphazises communication on an "intimate level"1. He likes to visualize the moment. The results are stylized excerpts from...

Artist showcases Europe's largest calligraphy work

June 3, 2026 • 12:00 AM

Video: Masaaki Hasegawa at the Museo Zapadores in Madrid (source: Mask Movement)
As part of his project "Connect People Thru Art Beyond Borders", the artist Masaaki Hasegawa (Tokyo, 1987) has devised the largest calligraphy work in Europe to date. It consists of a 1,926 square meter area in the Museo Zapadores of Madrid that represents a transition process of our world from chaos to coexistence through language. Hasegawa is interested in the abstraction of the concept of letter. Although the...

Nico Cartosio shares unforeseen Christmas video

June 3, 2026 • 12:00 AM

Neo-romantic composer Nico Cartosio shares unforeseen Christmas video for his brand new single 'Christmas On The Moon'. The tempestuous plotline and powerful visuals illustrate Cartosio's emotional composition, as tender piano keys guide the vulnerable violin across dramatic swells and subtle melancholic soundscapes. Nico Cartosio said, "Christmas is such a joyous time. But haven't you ever happened to feel unbearingly sad on this night? I believe those who are alone this Christmas would...

The Loveliest Lullaby

June 3, 2026 • 12:00 AM

Could there be a song that is universally known to all Christians and many more of other denominations? It is said that the Advent classic, Silent Night, is sung in 52 languages. It was composed 200 years ago this coming Christmas. Here is the story of how it all began. Consider the catastrophe. A performance is expected, everything is set, anticipation runs high and then your organ breaks down on Christmas Eve. A mouse nibbling the bellows was suspected. One might consider some hopeful...

Meet Fred - I think I might be a puppet

June 3, 2026 • 12:00 AM

Welcome to the show and meet Fred who is a simple but curious and very lively canvas puppet who aims to lead a normal life.  "Meet Fred" was the opener at Munich Stadtmuseum of the "mit:gefühl" International Puppet Theater Festival in Munich taking place from 17 to 28 October 2018 with 31 different productions from ten countries. The festival´s title "mit:gefühl" translates as compassion and stresses empathy - empathy for a lifeless object like a puppet. Or for people with learning...

The World's Biggest Horse Racing Events

June 3, 2026 • 12:00 AM

Horse racing is a sport loved worldwide, but most of us only enjoy race meetings in the country that we reside. On the other hand, there a some racegoers who are very serious about the sport, and it's these sort of racing fans that will do whatever it takes to travel around the world to enjoy the very best in the sport. So the question for us ordinary folk is where are the biggest races held? Cheltenham  Cheltenham Festival is one of the biggest and special horse racing spectacles the UK has...

Arte: Caminos de luz

June 3, 2026 • 12:00 AM

  Existen mundos paralelos. Y en esos espacios miles son los seres humanos que hacen y terminan sus logros. Y vuelven a empezar con el mismo entusiasmo que al comienzo. Y con la obra en mano salen a la calle guiados por la virtud.  Esa virtud convertida en fuerza que en varias situaciones los mantienen erguidos. Erguidos ante la incertidumbre de futuras tempestades. Así es el trabajo del artista.  Crea, pero con eso no basta, hay que mostrar lo que realizó, como quien presenta a...

Road ProJect Under Stonehenge Endangers 6,000 Year Old Site

June 3, 2026 • 12:00 AM

Plans for an uderground dual carriage way could badly damage a major archaelogical site near the world heritage site, experts warned. Hoofprints of wild cattle known as aurochs have recently been found at excavations a mile and a half from the stone circle in Wiltshire. In statements published by Tom Bawden, enviroment correspondant for the british free newspaper METRO, the University of Buckingham archaelogist, David Jacques, confirmed that the hoofprints are 6,000 years old, as carbon dating...

The Meerkats are back in Town

June 3, 2026 • 12:00 AM

Munich Zoo (Tierpark Hellabrunn) proudly presents their new inhabitants - three male and one female meerkat that moved in right next to the giraffes' enclosure.

Coming from a wildlife park in Saxony, the four little predators are busy exploring their new Bavarian environment and scraping around for food.

Despite the fact that the animals originally stem from Africa, the local winter weather does not bother them. They either retreat into the cave system or lie down underneath the heat lamps or on...

Top 10 Sledging Hills for Kids in Munich

June 3, 2026 • 12:00 AM

If you're looking for a sledging opportunity in Munich where you can easily take your kids without much fuss, here are some suggestions:

1. Olympiaberg in Olympic Park
The highest sledging hill in Munich also offers the best panoramic view and a large variety of sledging routes. You can chose from long and flat slopes for the little ones to steep high speed slopes for the more adventurous tobogganist. Additionally there is a snow tubing rack directly at the Olympic Lake.
How to get there: U3 to...

Foo Fighters meet Lollapalooza Berlin

June 3, 2026 • 12:00 AM

"We've played Lollapalooza before, but we've never played Lollapalooza Berlin!" 85,000 people, 22 years of rock'n'roll music, 9 records encored in a smashing playlist and a show to remember. This was the music festival Lollapalooza Berlin and the only concert in 2017 for Foo Fighters (so far) in Germany, as part of their tour "Concrete and Gold". Dave Grohl (front and guitar), Taylor Hawkins (drumms), Nate Mendel (bass), Chris Shiflett (lead guitar) and Pat Smear (rhythm guitar) rocked the...

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Linkin Park Special Night

Didn't manage to get a ticket for Linkin Park? Or still not enough after the concert? Join us at CRASH on June 12th for our "IN THE END" Linkin Park Special + CORE NIGHT.All night long, we'll be playing Linkin Park's music, along with Nu Metal, Metalcore, and Alternative Rock from bands such as Limp...

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