So your fingers don’t freeze this week, sink them into sourdough, keep them moving with knitting needles, and leaf through magazines. Here are CC’s Calendar tips — for warm hands and open minds. Let’s start with a bit of printer’s ink. On Friday (16.01.), Purgatory Magazine celebrates the release of its tenth issue with a release party. There will be reading, dancing, listening, and talking, and, of course, a first look at the new issue. It’s called “There’s Nothing In My Dreams”, but there’s plenty there that evening: paper, nice people, and a place to disappear into. Saturday (17.01.) brings fresh air to your wardrobe, without buying anything new. At the Swap Market at Desi Diner, you can swap, pass on, and recombine. Clothes, accessories, and anything ready for a second life will change hands. Admission is donation-based and there will be snacks and plenty of time to browse. It stays soft and fabric-focused on Sunday (18.01.) with the first Knitting Café, which is all about stitches and snacks. For a few hours, Neumanns Bäckerei will become a meeting place for anyone who wants to keep their hands busy and enjoy some company: a cozy spot to knit, crochet, talk, or stay quiet together, accompanied by cake and warm drinks.
Also on Sunday (18.01.), there’s a contrasting program (at least conceptually). “Riskier alles – Kunst und Sport” invites you to a Sunday get-together at Galerienhaus. The group exhibition brings together works on the body, reaction, and the constant in-between of control and loss of control. Among them is “Quick Reaction” by Katharina Reinsbach. On an advertising column, she lines up endless blind drawings, echoing the short-lived Instagram stories of a single weekend. No risk, no art! If you miss the feeling of dough on your hands after Christmas, join the Sourdough Workshop on Monday (20.01.). For tourists and locals alike, the recipe is slow, together, hands-on. Bread baking as an antidote to constant noise. Learn the basics of sourdough, fermentation, and a few little tricks. No prior knowledge required! On Tuesday and Wednesday (20.-21.01.), things get pleasantly uncomfortable: a piece of furniture with worldly intentions. A melancholic horse. The uncomfortable exhibition at Backhaus Projects brings together situations and moods that refuse to soothe. It’s about friction, about the feeling of not sitting right — in the room, in the system, in your own body. On Wednesday, a performance by Annita Sleep rounds off the evening. A week to warm up, for hands and hearts.
Text: Emma Zylla / Credit: Alexander Haas, Annita Sleep, Eric Tschernow, Katharina Reinsbach, Marjorie Brunet Plaza, Savannah van der Niet, Ruby Watt
Gelegenheiten, Weserstr. 50, 12047 Berlin–Neukölln; map
Issue #10 Release Party 16.01.2026 19h.
@purgatorymagazine
@gelegenheiten
Desi Diner, Thiemannstr. 1, 12059 Berlin–Neukölln; map
Swap Market 17.01.2026 13–17h. You can register here.
@desidinerberlin
Neumanns Bäckerei, Weichselstr. 32, 10247 Berlin–Friedrichshain; map
Strick Café 18.01.2026 16h30–19h.
@neumanns.berlin
Galerienhaus, Lindenstr.35, 10969 Berlin–Kreuzberg; map
Sunday Get Together 18.01.2025 12–15h.
@katsophier
Keit, Grünberger Str. 75, 10245 Berlin–Friedrichshain; map
Sourdough Workshop 19.01.2026 18-21h. You can reserve your spot here.
@tourist.official
@keit.berlin
Backhaus Projects, Weserstr. 168, 12045 Berlin–Neukölln; map
The uncomfortable exhibition 20.01.2026 from 19h. 21.01.2026 from 11h.
@backhaus_projects
@annitasleepbitte
