5 pm Club lounge of the Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg
Entry: 5/3 euros

With Rita Dove USA
Hosted by Ron Winkler author, Berlin

Kindly supported by the Embassy of the United States in Berlin and The Mandala Hotel

6.30 pm Club lounge of the Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg
Entry: 5/3 euros

With Edwin Torres USA and Saul Williams USA
Hosted by Florian Werner author, Berlin

Kindly supported by Embassy of the United States in Berlin

8 pm Studio of the Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg
Entry: 8/5 euros 

Curated and staged by Uwe Kolbe author, Berlin.
With Katja Lange-Müller, Manfred Karge und Christa Moog.

A reading revue will demonstrate the diversity of poetry in the so-called “reading country”: sometimes solemn, sometimes sarcastic, or intentionally or unintentionally droll. Poems by artists who left the GDR after enough experience of it.

10 pm Hall 1 of the Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg
Entry: 8/5 euros

With Irmgard Knef (i.e. Ulrich Michael Heissig) and her band Strahlkraft: Stephan Genze (drums/percussion), Prof. Dr. Stefan Weinzierl (piano), Daniel Zenke (bass/guitar).

Irmgard, the sister that Hildegard Knef disowned for life, will be making an appearance tonight. Accompanied by her young musicians, this spry old lady will be chatting satirically, with a wink in her eye, and sometimes even poetically, about the long gone years of her “old West”. Were they wild times? A lot was experienced, even in Hildegard’s shadow.