Weekend January 5 - 7 What’s Happening in Bonn and the region?
Bonn/Region · There will be crafts galore at this weekend’s Bonn Creative Fair or check out one of the exhibitions at Bonn’s excellent art museums. For music lovers, there’s folk, soul and salsa plus there’s still time to get your ice skates on at Bonn On Ice.
Friday, January 5
BONN
Toys: GOP Varieté-Theater, A look through the window of the little toy-shop on the corner lets us all rediscover them - the joys of our childhood. But the toys wake up after closing time - opening up a world full of poetry, magic and wit that touches our hearts. Be part of this colorful theater, which can only take place in the dark of the night! Karl-Carstens-Str. 1, 6 & 9pm (0228) 4224141
Bonn On Ice: Outdoor ice skating on a 1300 square meter ice skating rink near Bonn city center, located at Stadtgarten am Alten Zoll, Adenauerallee, 10am - 10pm
Bonn Folk Club: with featured artists from the group “Schank” from Cologne, 7pm at Dotty’s Sports Bar & Restaurant, Christian-Miesen-Straße (at the BTHV sports club in Dottendorf), free admission in a relaxed atmosphere
Sunset Boulevard: musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Opera Bonn, Am Boeselagerhof 1, 7.30pm (0228) 778008
Regatta De Blanc: "A Tribute to The Police & Sting", Harmonie, Frongasse 28-30, 8pm, (0228) 614042
Depeche Mode Party: Club Das Sofa, Maximilianstr 8, 11pm
COLOGNE
Beauty and the Beast: original version of the Disney classic, Musical Dome, Goldgasse 1, 7.30pm (0221) 57790
REGION
Still Collins: "Ballads & Lovesongs", Kur-Theater, Hennef, Königstr. 19a, 8pm, (02242) 866727
Saturday, January 6
BONN
Bonn Creative Fair: Everything to do with handicrafts and creative design, with workshops and demonstrations, Stadthalle Bad Godesberg, Bad Godesberg, Koblenzer Str. 80, 10am to 7pm, (0228) 528810
Toys: GOP Varieté-Theater, A look through the window of the little toy-shop on the corner lets us all rediscover them - the joys of our childhood. But the toys wake up after closing time - opening up a world full of poetry, magic and wit that touches our hearts. Be part of this colorful theater, which can only take place in the dark of the night! Karl-Carstens-Str. 1, 6 & 9pm (0228) 4224141
Bonn On Ice: Outdoor ice skating on a 1300 square meter ice skating rink near Bonn city center, located at Stadtgarten am Alten Zoll, Adenauerallee, 10am - 10pm
Soul United: “Black Music Night” featuring Cinja Pausewang, Harmonie, Frongasse 28-30, 8pm (0228) 614042
Salsa Dance Night: Club das Sofa, Maximilianstr. 8, 10pm
Sunday, January 7
BONN
Bonn Creative Fair: Everything to do with handicrafts and creative design, with workshops and demonstrations, Stadthalle Bad Godesberg, Bad Godesberg, Koblenzer Str. 80, 11am to 6pm, (0228) 528810
Bonn On Ice: Outdoor ice skating on a 1300 square meter ice skating rink near Bonn city center, located at Stadtgarten am Alten Zoll, Adenauerallee, 10am - 9pm
Toys: GOP Varieté-Theater, A look through the window of the little toy-shop on the corner lets us all rediscover them - the joys of our childhood. But the toys wake up after closing time - opening up a world full of poetry, magic and wit that touches our hearts. Be part of this colorful theater, which can only take place in the dark of the night! Karl-Carstens-Str. 1, 2&5pm (0228) 4224141
Swinging Christmas: BonnSonata & Friends, St. RemigiusChurch, Brüdergasse 8, 4pm, (0228) 635354
JoJo Hausband: Handcrafted music from Bonn, Kult 41, Hochstadenring 41, 8pm, (0228) 9085707
Experimental Sunday: Visitors from 7 years can experiment under supervision. No registration required. Deutsches Museum Bonn, Bad Godesberg, Ahrstr. 45, 11am to 5pm, (0228) 302255
Family Sunday workshop: Kunstmuseum Bonn, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 2, 11.15am to 1.15pm, (0228) 776260
REGION
Henry Moore: Tour (in German), Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Remagen, Hans-Arp-Allee 1, 3pm, (02228) 94250
Miró –World of the Monster: Tour (in German), Max Ernst Museum, Brühl, Comesstr. 42, 3pm, (02234) 9921555
COMING UP
Martin Luther King Lecture in cooperation with the North American Studies Program of the University of Bonn, 15 January 2018, 6 - 8pm, Uni Bonn, Room 3, Am Hof 1, sponsored by Amerika Haus
SPORTY PEOPLE WANTED: Volleyball is scheduled every Wednesday at Bonn International School (BIS) in the Agora Sports Hall from 7-9pm and this is open for everybody who is interested in volleyball (with or without experience) and in an english speaking community.
Basketball is scheduled every Thursday at BIS in the Agora Sports Hall from 7-9pm and this is also open for everybody with or without experience.
Both groups are recreational (no coach will lead the group). They are looking forward to welcoming new players! For questions, please contact: www.bonn-is.de/bissv
Sampling of Exhibitions in Bonn and surrounds:
LEGO exhibition: “Brick on brick” with more than 600 models. The spectrum ranges from construction vehicles to racing cars to helicopters and ships. There are whole streets of “modular houses” and space flight scenes can be seen with the “Star-Wars sets”. The exhibition will run from now until 13 April 2018. It is open Tuesdays to Sundays from 10am to 6pm. Deutsches Museum Bonn, Ahrstr. 45, 10am - 6pm, (0228) 302255.
August Macke and friends: Encounters in a pictorial world. Exhibition in new exhibition rooms in the recently re-opened August Macke Haus. Until 4 March. August Macke Haus, Bornheimer Str. 96, 11am to 5pm (Thurs 1-9pm). Closed Mondays.
Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck Exhibitions: A current schedule can be found on the website (English). Hans-Arp-Allee 1, 53424 Remagen, (02228) 94250
Bundeskunsthalle Exhibitions: A current listing can be found on the website (English). Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 4., (0228) 91710
Deutsches Museum Bonn: A current listing can be found on the website(English). Bad Godesberg, Ahrstr. 45, 10am - 6pm, (0228) 30225, For more information on children’s programmes: (0228) 302 256, E-Mail
Kunstmuseum: A current listing can be found on the website (English). Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 2, 11am-6pm, (0228) 776260
LVR Landesmuseum: A current listing can be found here: times on website (English). Colmanstr. 14-16, (0228) 2070351
Cinemas offering English-language movies:
Want to see a movie in English? The following theaters normally offer at least a couple of movies in English.
Films labeled with OV (Orig. version) or Omu (Orig. version with German subtitles) are generally in English unless otherwise noted, i.e. (Russ) = Russian, (Frz) = French.
Kinopolis: Moltkestr. 7-9, Bad Godesberg: visit the website here!
Woki cinema: Bertha-von-Suttner-Platz 1-7, Bonn: visit the website here!
Brotfabrik: Kreuzstrasse 16, Bonn-Beuel: visit the website here!
Metropolis: Ebertplatz 19, Cologne: visit the website here!
Odeon-Lichtspieltheater: Severinstraße 81, Cologne: visit the website here!
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