Weekend tip: If you’d like to see a play in English this weekend, go and see Brief Encounter. It’s on in the Stiftstheater Augustinum.

„Brief Encounter“ tells the moving story of Laura Jesson and Dr Alec Harvey, who meet by chance in a cafe at a railway station. Although they are both already married, their brief encounter quickly turns into a passionate affair and an impossible situation, in view of the restraints and expectations of society in the late 1930’s. With live music and song, and a generous sprinkling of comedy from a memorable cast of supporting characters, this is a highly entertaining portrayal of this classic love story.

BONN

Carmen: By Georges Bizet, Oper Bonn, Am Boeselagerhof 1, 7.30pm, (0228) 778008

Toys: GOP Varieté, Karl-Carstens-Str. 1, 6 and 9pm, (0228) 4224141

Brief Encounter: By Noël Coward, Bonn Players, play in English, Augustinum Bonn, Römerstr. 118, 8pm

west off 2017 - "Unfolding Universe“: by Heiner & Lindsig, Theater im Ballsaal, Frongasse 9, 8pm, (0228) 797901

Dreamer - „A Tribute to Supertramp“: Harmonie, Frongasse 28-30, 8pm, (0228) 614042

Planet Desert: Our Land. Our Home. Our Future: photographies by Michael Martin, Museum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 10am - 6pm, (0228) 91220

Our blue planet - life in a network: Museum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 10am - 6pm, (0228) 91220

The Policeman's Beard is Half Constructed: Art in times of Artificial Intelligence, Bonner Kunstverein, Hochstadenring 22, 11am - 5pm, (0228) 693936

Heather Sheehan - „institutional": Paul-Clemen-Museum des Kunsthistorischen Instituts, Regina-Pacis-Weg 1, 8am - 7pm, (0228) 734781

The Human Face of Climate Change: Photographies by Monika Fischer and Matthias Braschler, Wissenschaftszentrum, Bad Godesberg, Ahrstr. 45, 8am - 7pm, (0228) 3020

The incredible adventures of the expedition Earth 2: By Puppet Empire and David Fermer, in German, from 8 years up, Zentrale der Deutschen Telekom, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 140, 9am and 11am, (0800) 3301000

The Neverending Story: By Michael Ende, in German, from 7 years up, Junges Theater Bonn, Bonn-Beuel, Hermannstr. 50, 10am and 6.30pm, (0228) 463672 Drawing animals - carnivores: Workshop for children form 8 - 14 years of age, please register at (0228) 9093477, Museum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 3pm - 5.30pm, (0228) 91220

Bonn On Ice: ice rink, Stadtgarten am Alten Zoll, Adenauerallee, 10am - 10pm

Atomar Audio Party: N8lounge, Franzstr. 41, 11pm

COLOGNE

Sierra Kid: Rap, Club Bahnhof Ehrenfeld, Bartholomäus-Schink-Str. 65-67, 7.30pm, (0221) 53098880

Irie Révoltès: Reggae, Dancehall, Rap & mehr, E-Werk, Schanzenstr. 37, 8pm

REGION

Henry Moore: Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Remagen, Hans-Arp-Allee 1, 11am - 6pm, (02228) 94250

Miró - Monsters’ World: Max Ernst Museum, Brühl, Comesstr. 42, 11 bis 18 Uhr, (02234) 9921555

BONN

Sunset Boulevard: By Andrew Lloyd Webber, Oper Bonn, Am Boeselagerhof 1, 4pm, (0228) 778008

Bonnopoly: Schauspiel Bonn, Kammerspiele, Bad Godesberg, Am Michaelshof 9, 7.30pm, (0228) 778008

Toys: GOP Varieté, Karl-Carstens-Str. 1, 6pm and 9pm, (0228) 4224141

Brief Encounter: By Noël Coward, Bonn Players, play in English, Augustinum Bonn, Römerstr. 118, 8pm

west off 2017 - „Fame - When I Still Thought I Would Become Famous“: By Marje Hirvonen, Theater im Ballsaal, Frongasse 9, 8pm, (0228) 797901

Bonn Beat Festival: With: Blow Up Reunion, Desperados, Electric Sandwich, Rowi and Frriends, The Firebirds, The Side-Effects and The Strongs, Harmonie, Frongasse 28-30, 7pm, (0228) 614042

Atlin + Future Sequence + With Empty Hands + Worth: Rock, Rock & Pop Zentrum Bonn, Bad Godesberg, Moltkestr. 41, 8pm

Decode: Performance with Rodrigo Lopez, Rafaële Giovanola, Susanne Schneider, Stefan Schönegg, Jens Düppe and Walter Padao, Künstlerforum Bonn, Hochstadenring 22-24, 8pm, (0228) 9695309

Tortilla Flat + Steeldriver: "2. Dottrock-Festival", Ortszentrum Dottendorf, Dottendorfer Str. 41, 8pm

The Neverending Story: By Michael Ende, in German, from 7 years up, Junges Theater Bonn, Bonn-Beuel, Hermannstr. 50, 10am and 6.30pm, (0228) 463672

The incredible adventures of the expedition Earth 2: By Puppet Empire and David Fermer, in German, from 8 years up, Zentrale der Deutschen Telekom, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 140, 11am and 3pm, (0800) 3301000

Cartoon drawing for children - Dragons: Workshop for children between 8 and 14 years of age, please register at (0228) 9093477, Kunstverein Bad Godesberg, Bad Godesberg, im Glaskarree, Burgstr. 85, 3pm, (0228) 314516

Bonn On Ice: ice rink, Stadtgarten am Alten Zoll, Adenauerallee, 10am - 10pm

Cheap-Art-Sensation: Art between 10 and 100 Euro, Kult 41, Hochstadenring 41, 6pm, (0228) 9085707

Cheap-Art-Sensation: Art between 10 and 100 Euro, Fabrik 45, Hochstadenring 45, 6pm Uhr

REGION

The Basics: Rock-Pop, Drehwerk 17|19, Wachtberg, Töpferstr. 17-19, 7.30pm, (02225) 7081719

Miró - Monsters’ World: guided tour, Max Ernst Museum, Brühl, Comesstr. 42, 3.30pm, (02234) 9921555

BONN

Toys: GOP Varieté, Karl-Carstens-Str. 1, 5pm, (0228) 4224141

The Rock´n Roll Show: The Groove@Grufties by Michael Barfuß, music, Haus der Springmaus, Frongasse 8, 2.30pm, (0228) 798081

The incredible adventures of the expedition Earth 2: By Puppet Empire and David Fermer, in German, from 8 years up, Zentrale der Deutschen Telekom, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 140, 3pm, (0800) 3301000

Bonn On Ice: ice rinke, Stadtgarten am Alten Zoll, Adenauerallee, 10am - 9pm

Record and CD exchange: Brückenforum, Bonn-Beuel, Friedrich-Breuer-Str. 17, 11am - 4pm, (0228) 400090

REGION

Henry Moore: guided tour, Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Remagen, Hans-Arp-Allee 1, 3pm (02228) 94250

Miró - Monsters’ World: guided tour, Max Ernst Museum, Brühl, Comesstr. 42, 3pm, (02234) 9921555

Sampling of Exhibitions in Bonn and surrounds:

Beethoven Haus: Pictures and documents from Beethoven’s life and achievements, Beethoven Haus, Bonngasse 20-26, 10 am - 5 pm, Sat. (0228) 981 750

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: Comics! Mangas! Graphic Novels! and more, 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

DAILY EVENTS: Did you know? You can look up what events are happening every day of the week online with General Anzeiger. Use this link to do so. There are four fields to complete. Under “Gebiet”, you can leave “alle” for all areas of Bonn or click on specific city areas. Under “Datum” just enter the date you are searching, month/day/year. If you leave “alle” under the “Rubrik” field, you will get everything from sports to arts to music and more OR click on GA-English and get a list of English events only. Under “Schlagwort”, you can enter a specific event you are looking for if you wish. After that, just click on Termine Anzeigen and you will see what events are there for that day.

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!

Or check out this site and tap in your location and then select the OV Original Version.

Sports:

Bonn Capitals: Bonn’s baseball team, home games at the Rheinaue field. For more information and schedule, please visit their website.

Bonn Gamecocks: Bonn’s American style football team. For more information, please visit their website at.

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