Are there colors other than gray? Right now, it’s hard to believe. This week, CC’s Calendar tips go looking for them: in sensual installations, close-knit connections, deep red cake, and Roman pizza. We’ll find our first splash of color on Thursday (12.02.) at Curly Bar. Sapphic Y(e)arning invites you to a sapphic (women-loving) bar night. Knitting, crocheting, sitting together. Grandma hobbies reimagined as social practice. If you’ve never held a needle before, someone will show you how. If you come alone, you’ll find company at the mix-and-meet tables. Admission is free, with donations welcome for the Dyke* Festival Alles Bien. After colorful yarn projects, the search continues. On Friday (13.02.), Coco Schütte opens her solo exhibition I Forgot the Color where I came from at Eigen + Art Lab. Everyday objects merge into proud, sensual sculptures that explore how norms shape our relationship to space, identity and community. The exhibition is accompanied by a score by Europa in Flames and a text by Karoline Franka. If you’d like to stay in the art cosmos, head to the halls of the Universität der Künste Berlin. At the end of the winter semester, graduates of the Faculty of Fine Arts present their final projects. Until Saturday (14.02.), the exhibition spreads across the foyer, garden and concert hall, offering fresh perspectives on current questions, forms and approaches.
A red velvet raspberry cupcake and a good book? From Thursday to Sunday (12.–15.02.), Dilekerei, Chapters, and Botanic Art are hosting a Valentine’s pop-up. Expect cupcakes in red velvet, raspberry and chocolate berry, plus books and flowers. Perfect for a sweet little break, either at the café or between the shelves at Chapters. On Saturday (14.02.), Common serves a Valentine’s special with Roman-style pizza. Reservations recommended. We continue on Sunday (15.02.) at Stoke. Here, the afternoon slowly drifts into evening with wood-fired pizza, a few dishes from the grill, and sides by chef friends. Wines come from Gut Oggau, cocktails from Dominik of Green Door Bar. Next Thursday (19.02.), Hamburger Bahnhof leaves its usual tracks and goes on tour. Annika Kahrs opens the series with Strings / Alone Togetherat the Musikinstrumenten-Museum Berlin. Music, performance, and space intertwine in a work that gains its strength from exploring new territory. A free evening for anyone who enjoys experiencing art where it sounds different, resonates differently, and finally, takes on color.
Text: Emma Zylla / Photos: Hürriyet Bulan, Sophie Doering, James Nelson, Stoke, Tina Willim / Credit: Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung
Curly Bar, Adolfstr.17, 13347 Berlin–Wedding; map
Sapphic Y(e)arning 12.02.2026 from 19h
@allesbien
@curly_bar_berlin
Eigen+Art Lab, Torstr.220, 10115 Berlin–Mitte; map
I Forgot The Color Where I Came From 14.02.–14.03.2026. Opening 13.02.2026 17–20h
@cocoschuette
@eigenart_lab
@europa.in.flames
@karofranka
Universität der Künste, Hardenbergstr.33, 10623 Berlin–Charlottenburg; map
Abschlussausstellung Bildende Kunst 12.02.–14.02.2026 10–18h
@udkberlin
Dilekerei, Eulerstr.11b, 13357 Berlin–Gesundbrunnen; Stadtplan
Chapters Bookshop, Wilsnacker Str. 60, 10559, Berlin–Moabit; Stadtplan
Valentine’s Pop-up 12.02.–15.02.2026
@dilekerei
@chapters_bookstore
@botanicart
Common, Karl-Marx-Str.176, 12043 Berlin–Neukölln; map
Valentine’s Day Special 14.02.2026 18–22h30
@common.berlin
Stoke, Lindenstr.34–35, 10969 Berlin–Kreuzberg; map
Pizza Party 15.02.2026 from 14h
@stoke.berlin
@gutoggau
@greendoorbar
Musikinstrumenten-Museum, Tiergartenstr.1, 10785 Berlin–Tiergarten; map
Strings / Alone Together 19.02.2026 20h. Find tickets here.
@annikakahrs
@hamburger_bahnhof
