April bids a fitting farewell with a weekend starting on Thursday (with a Spritz in hand). The Italian neighborhood café Backaro in Friedrichshain is launching its new happy hour series, which runs every Thursday from now on (24.04.2025). Choose from all types of Spritz, fine wines, and chilled Prosecco. Baked delicacies and other appetizers are also on offer — make Thursday a mini Friday! Anyone strolling towards Kreuzberg after a drink should stop at the Now Gallery on Hasenheide where Zwischen Beton & Boudoir, a project by sch², is open. The exhibition combines fashion, photography, film, and text, and shows the city from a female perspective: between resistance, change and the question of who owns public spaces. The exhibition was curated by Karla Schieferstein, and includes photographer Annette Hauschild, a member of the “Agentur Ostkreuz”. More than an exhibition, it’s an experience — a quiet space to look and stay. The next day (25.04.), things get even more Italian with warm, hearty plates. Schöneberger’s Ploetz not only cooks with dedication for Pasta Night, but with the soul. The pasta is so fresh that it’s still steaming when it arrives at the table. This time, homemade tortellini with three different sauces are on the menu, accompanied by selected natural wines, and the feeling of sitting in a small trattoria somewhere between Belziger Strasse and Bologna.
Anyone strolling through the city on Saturday evening (26.04.) can stop by the Kuppelhalle at Silent Green. A concert evening begins that feels less like a show and more like a ritual. Hüma Utku presents her new work Dracones, a dense sound journey through origins, motherhood and belonging, carried by electronic surfaces and archaic rhythms. She will be accompanied by British sound artist Blackbody Radiation, whose processed nature recordings make up the nuances. On Sunday (27.04.), visit In be tween noise – a tribute to Steve Roden — a quiet, eight-hour remembrance of the artist. Roden’s work unfolds over eight hours — fleeting, fragmentary and freely accessible. You can come, go, come back and hear what would otherwise be ignored. This Sunday (27.04.), Helka Ceramics Spring Market will bring more color to spring in Kreuzberg. The ceramics studio is bringing together a selection of Berlin labels and makers. Handmade ceramics will be stacked next to soft cotton fabrics and beaded accessories, accompanied by sweet pastries from Cakes Berlin and no doubt a chat or two at the coffee table. Between handmade treasures and afternoon sunshine, you can find exactly what you weren’t looking for but immediately fall in love with. A weekend that sounds good, tastes better, and broadens your horizons.
Text: Emma Zylla / Photos: Annette Hauschild, Cakes Berlin, Daniel Farò, Emily Dodd-Noble, Marina Monaco, Navina Dembczyk, Osmar Siegert, Randy Yau, towel.studio
Backaro, Proskauer Str.23, 10247 Berlin–Friedrichshain; map
Happy Hour Afternoon Thu 17h30–20h30
Now Gallery, Hasenheide 54, 10967 Berlin–Kreuzberg; map
Zwischen Beton und Boudoir 25.04.–18.05.2025, Opening 24.04.2025
Ploetz, Czeminskistr.4, 10829 Berlin–Schöneberg; map
Pasta Night 25.04.2025 18–22h
Silent Green, Gerichtstr.35, 13347 Berlin–Wedding; map
Hüma Utku and Blackbody Radiation 26.04.2025 from 20h
In be tween noise 27.04.2025 14–22h. Get tickets here.
Helka Ceramics Studio, Böckhstr.12, 10967 Berlin–Kreuzberg; map
Spring Market 27.04.2025 13–19h
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