Weekend January 6-8 What’s happening in Bonn and the region?
BONN/REGION · A treat is in store for creative types this weekend with the second “Bonn Kreativ” fair showcasing the latest trends in handicrafts and sewing. And music lovers have a choice of folk, revival bands or s(w)inging along to Christmas in Bonn Cathedral.
Looking for a way to get involved in the local expat community? BonnEnglish organizes discussion groups with English speakers and English learners. Groups meet in local cafes to discuss new topics each week. New participants and volunteers are always welcome. See https://sites.google.com/site/bonnenglishgroups/ for more information.
Friday, January 6
Bonn
Ice skating at the Alten Zoll: open daily from 10 am - 9 pm, Fridays & Saturday until 10 pm. It runs through Jan. 22. 1,300 square meters of ice and five curling lanes. For more info. and directions on how to get there (“Anfahrt”) : http://bonnice.de/index.php
Bonn Christmas circus: Siegburger Straße 186, Bonn-Beuel, Autobahn exit Beuel-Pützchen, 3 & 7 pm, tickets: 0228-502010, bonnticket.de
Folk Club Bonn: Singers' Night with the theme "Seasons", BTHV-Gaststätte/Sträters Sports Bar, Christian-Miesen-Str. 1, 7-10pm, (0228) 238529
Simon & Garfunkel Revival band: "A Tribute to Simon & Garfunkel", Harmonie, Frongasse 28-30, 20 Uhr, (0228) 614042
Friday Night-Disco: Kultur-Bistro Pauke, Endenicher Str. 43, 7pm, (0228) 9694650
TanzBar: Party, Jazz Galerie, Oxfordstr. 24, 10pm, (0228) 639324
90s Flashback: Party, Club Das Sofa, Maximilianstr. 8, 11pm
Cologne
PartySounds: Classics, Club- & Partysounds, Cent Club, Zülpicher Platz 4a, 10pm, (0221) 9463542
Down the Drain: Rock, Pop, Alternative, House & Dance Floor, ABS, Gottesweg 135, 10.30pm, (0221) 4469
Region
Jaume Plensa: "Inner Sight", Max Ernst Museum, Brühl, Comesstr. 42, 11 am to 6pm (02234) 9921555
Saturday, January 7
Bonn
Bonn Creative Arts Fair: everything to do with sewing, arts and crafts and creativity, with workshops and demonstrations, Bad Godesberg town hall, Bad Godesberg, Koblenzer Str. 80, 10am-7pm, (0228) 528810. For more information: www.bonnkreativmesse.de
Ice skating at the Alten Zoll: open daily from 10 am - 9 pm, Fridays & Saturday until 10 pm. It runs through Jan. 22. 1,300 square meters of ice and five curling lanes. For more info. and directions on how to get there (“Anfahrt”) : http://bonnice.de/index.php
Bonn Christmas circus: Siegburger Straße 186, Bonn-Beuel, Autobahn exit Beuel-Pützchen, 3 & 7 pm, tickets: 0228-502010, bonnticket.de
Bonn University Shakespeare Company: Open Evening – Opening of 25 Years of BUSC, Brotfabrik, Bonn-Beuel, Kreuzstr. 16, 8pm, (0228) 43368070
Custard Pies: "A Tribute to Led Zeppelin", Harmonie, Frongasse 28-30, 8pm, (0228) 614042
SalsaDance Night: Club Das Sofa, Maximilianstr. 8, 10pm
High Flyers: making paper airplanes, for children aged 6-10; registration on (0228) 302256, Deutsches Museum Bonn, Bad Godesberg, Ahrstr. 45, 3-4.30pm, (0228) 302255
Region
Jaume Plensa: "Inner Sight", Max Ernst Museum, Brühl, Comesstr. 42, 11 am to 6pm (02234) 9921555
Sunday, January 8
Bonn
Bonn Creative Arts Fair: everything to do with sewing, arts and crafts and creativity, with workshops and demonstrations, Bad Godesberg town hall, Bad Godesberg, Koblenzer Str. 80, 10am-7pm, (0228) 528810. For more information: www.bonnkreativmesse.de
Ice skating at the Alten Zoll: open daily from 10 am - 9 pm, Fridays & Saturday until 10 pm. It runs through Jan. 22. 1,300 square meters of ice and five curling lanes. For more info. and directions on how to get there (“Anfahrt”) : http://bonnice.de/index.php
Bonn Christmas circus: Siegburger Straße 186, Bonn-Beuel, Autobahn exit Beuel-Pützchen, 3 & 7 pm, tickets: 0228-502010, bonnticket.de
S(w)inging Christmas: Christmas songs old and new, listen and singalong, Münsterbasilika, Münsterplatz 1, 4pm
Family Sunday workshop: Kunstmuseum Bonn, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 2, 11am to 1pm, (0228) 776260
Sampling of Exhibitions in Bonn and surrounds
Beethoven Haus:
- Pictures and documents from Beethoven’s life and achievements
Beethoven Haus, Bonngasse 20-26, 10am-5pm, (0228) 981 750
Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck Exhibitions
- Other Realities
- Ready for the Stage Act 1 (1900-2016)
- Ready for the Stage Act 2 (1600-1900)
- ARP Collection 2016
Remagen, Hans-Arp-Allee 1, 11 bis 18 Uhr, (02228) 94250; More information on website (English): http://arpmuseum.org/en/
Bundeskunsthalle Exhibitions
- The Rhine, biography of a European River
- A Short History of Mankind, 100,000 Years of Cultural History
- Touchdown: exhibition for and about people with Downs-Syndrome
- Gregor Schneider, Wall before Wall
Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 4., (0228) 91710. More dates and times on website (English)
Deutsches Museum
- Experience the Sea: Interactive exhibition on oceans and marine research.
Deutsches Museum Bonn, Bad Godesberg, Ahrstr. 45, 10am - 6pm, (0228) 302255. For more information on children’s programmes: (0228) 302 256, E-Mail
Kunstmuseum
- Anna Lea Hucht – Bonn Art Prize 2015
- The Uncanny Home: interiors from Edvard Munch to Max Beckman
- Thomas Huber: On the Horizon (finishes this weekend)
Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 2, 11am-6pm, (0228) 776260, more dates and times on the website (English).
LVR Landesmuseum
- Zero is good for you: Mack, Piene, Uecker in Bonn 1966/2016
- Bilderstrom: The Rhine and photographyfrom 1853 to 2016
- Eva’s Beauty Case
Colmanstr. 14-16, (0228) 2070351. Dates and times on website (English)
Cinema listings
Kinopolis, Molktestr. 7-9, Bad Godesberg
- Friday
- Passengers, (3D) 8pm
- Rogue One, (3D) 11.10pm
- Assassin’s Creeed, 11pm
- Saturday
- Passengers, (3D) 11pm
- Rogue One, (3D) 11.10pm
- Assassin’s Creed, 5.20pm
- Sunday
- Rogue One, 10.40am
- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, 10.40am
- Sing, 11am
- Moana, 11.40am
Metropolis, Ebertplatz 19, Cologne
- Friday
- Rogue One, 9.30pm
- Assassin’s Creed, (3D) 9.20pm
- Passengers, (3D) 6.45pm, 9pm
- Saturday
- Rogue One, 9.30pm
- Assassin’s Creed, (3D) 9.20pm
- Passengers, (3D) 6.45pm, 9pm
- Sunday
- Allied, 4.50pm
- Rogue One, 9.30pm
- Assassin’s Creed, (3D) 9.20pm
- Passengers, (3D) 6.45pm, 9pm
Brotfabrik, Kreuzstr. 16, Bonn-Beuel
- Friday
- The Happy Film (with German subtitles), 8pm
- Saturday
- The Happy Film (with German subtitles), 8pm
- Sunday
- The Happy Film (with German subtitles), 8pm