taz Salon: City of Literature Bremen – What’s that supposed to mean?

This event is presented by the taz at the Kulturzentrum Lagerhaus Bremen e.V. – Culture, Ecology, Migration. City of Literature Bremen: UNESCO has declared Bremen as the 53rd city in the world as a City of Literature. A great success, especially for a city without an outstanding literary heritage - in which almost one in ten adults is considered functionally illiterate. But: What does Bremen do with it? What follows from the title? Because, even though UNESCO has been awarding it for 20 years, its effect is almost unexplored. And the previous ones

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27.02.2024

Book premiere: “Stolpersteine ​​in Bremen. Searching for Biographical Traces – Findorff, Walle, Gröpelingen”

The "Stolpersteine" project is entering the next round. In Volume 5, the search for clues leads to the districts of Findorff, Walle and Gröpelingen. Look forward to an exciting reading, presented by Rainer Iwersen and accompanied by music from Aladdin Haddad (guitar). The series of publications deals with the biographies of the 652 Bremen Nazi victims whose memory has been honored by the STOLPERSTEINE BREMEN project since 2004. After the four volumes on the regions North, Central and Ostertor/Oestliche Vorstadt and Schwachhausen, Horn-Lehe, the biographies of those who

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28.03.2019

Reading with Inge Buck - "Spring Bird - Poetry and Music"

On March 19th there will be a reading with Inge Buck at the community center in Obervieland, where she will read from various of her works. The reading is supplemented by musical accompaniment by Madjid Mohit. Furthermore, at the beginning of the event, Thorsten Marold from the community center will give a welcome speech. We cordially invite everyone to the event! Admission is free. The Obervieland community center on Facebook.

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19.03.2019