Experience culture. Poetry Slam in Hamburg

Echt mein Recht!

The traveling exhibition on self-determination and protection from sexual violence is back in Hamburg. Here, people with learning disabilities learn everything about love, the body, and sexuality—both the positive and the dangerous aspects.

The exhibition offers a lot to see, hear, and try out. Visitors playfully learn about the topics themselves, as well as their own perspectives on them. They also learn to better assess certain situations in the areas of living, work, and leisure.

At all stations, people with disabilities share their experiences. The legal background is also explained at all stations. All texts are written in simple language. The texts can be read aloud using a pen.

Clients of the sponsors will guide you through the exhibition. The exhibition opens on November 5th at 4 p.m. and will be open from then on during the following times:
Mon. – Fri.

10am-1pm

2-5 p.m.

For groups of 6 or more, please register at: EchtmeinRecht2024@mail.de

"REALLY MY RIGHT!" is now being shown for the fourth time in the Hanseatic city. The initiative is being organized by a Hamburg alliance of social institutions consisting of the Evangelische Stiftung Alsterdorf, the Elbe-Werkstätten, Life with Disabilities Hamburg, the Rauhes Haus, and the Sozialkontor.

The concept for "REALLY MY RIGHT!" originated from the PETZE Institute for Violence Prevention. PETZE is committed to raising awareness about sexual violence and sexual abuse through educational programs.

Foyer of the Mitte District Office

Caffamacher series 1-3

20355 Hamburg

November 4 – 28, 2025

Monday to Friday

10:00 – 13:00

2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte nach Charles Dickens

in a version by Cornelius Henne and Felix Bachmann with music by Dominik Dittrich

With lots of live music!

"Merry Christmas? – Pah, humbug, nonsense!" For Ebenezer Scrooge, human emotions and warmth are a complete waste of time. He is only interested in his business and the wealth he has accumulated, and is also a decidedly unfriendly person. A case for the three spirits of Christmas: On Christmas Eve, they take Scrooge on a journey through time, from the past to the future. They lead him back to his childhood and youth – what a grump he was even then. They show him how happily the people around him celebrate Christmas and how they can forget their worries for a change, and they look with him into his future, which will be sad and bleak if he continues to live so greedily and mercilessly. It would be a laugh if the spirits failed to warm the cold heart of the old miser with this journey. So will Ebenezer Scrooge become a different person and will he celebrate a merry Christmas after all?

For many years, Felix Bachmann and his team have been responsible for the Christmas plays at the St. Pauli Theater. Following "The Jungle Book," "Robin Hood," and most recently "Peter Pan," among others, the program now features another classic of world literature, Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" – not at all dark, but full of humor, colorful imagery, and plenty of live music.

For children ages 5 and up!

With: Julika Frieß, Benjamin Leibbrand, Ilka Mahrholz, Florian Miro, Peter Neutzling, Nabil Pöhls

Director: Felix Bachmann | Stage Design: Anna Myga Kasten | Costume Design: Martina Müller | Musical Director: Florian Miro

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius

Is everything really over in the end? Or does it ascend into the light? In the oratorio »The Dream of Gerontius«, composer Edward Elgar translated these existential questions of humanity into highly emotional romantic music. He wrote beneath the work: »If anything of mine is worth remembering, it is this«. Indeed, anyone who hears Gerontius’ dramatic journey of the soul is unlikely to forget it anytime soon – neither the heartfelt moments of dialogue between the soul and the angel nor the frenzy of hellish demon choirs. In the end, the question remains: Is this what death is like? Or was it all just a dream?



Re-established after the end of the war in 1946, the Franz Schubert Chor Hamburg is now one of the largest and most renowned concert choirs in the Free and Hanseatic City. Around 100 active singers form the vocal potential of the mixed choir, whose repertoire includes both double-choir a cappella literature and modern choral symphonies. It has been conducted by Christiane Hrasky since 2009. The choir regularly performs at Hamburg’s Laeiszhalle, where it stages major choral works together with orchestras and soloists.

PERFORMERS

Franz-Schubert-Chor choir

Konzertchor der HfMT Hamburg choir

Mitglieder der Symphoniker Hamburg orchestra

Friederike Schorling mezzo-soprano

Richard Resch tenor

Johannes Schwarz baritone

Christiane Hrasky director

PROGRAM

Edward Elgar
The Dream of Gerontius für Mezzosopran, Tenor, Bass, Chor und Orchester op. 38

The concert takes place with an interval.

Erfolg – Exil – Erinnerung. Hamburg und seine jüdischen Architekten der 1920er-Jahre

Zur Moderne im Hamburger Stadtbild haben in den 1920er-Jahren auch jüdische Architekten erfolgreich beigetragen, darunter Hans und Oskar Gerson mit dem Ballinhaus (Meßberghof) im Kontorhausviertel, Fritz Block und Ernst Hochfeld mit dem Deutschlandhaus am Gänsemarkt, Felix Ascher und Robert Friedmann mit der Tempelsynagoge an der Oberstraße, Semmy und Bernd Engel mit dem Sophieneck in Harvestehude und Gustav Oelsner mit dem Haus der Jugend in Altona. Weniger bekannt sind die Mitarbeit von Ossip Klarwein im Büro von Fritz Höger und die Beteiligung des Bauingenieurs Willy Weltsch an dessen Chilehaus. Nach 1933 mussten diese Architekten vor nationalsozialistischer Verfolgung aus Deutschland ins Exil fliehen. Ihre weiteren Lebenswege zwischen Palästina, England, Türkei und Kalifornien verliefen sehr unterschiedlich. Wo und wie erinnert Hamburg heute an ihr gebautes Vermächtnis?   

Eröffnungsshow des HafenCity Weihnachtsmarkts

This year's opening show will take place on November 20th at 7:00 p.m. on the Überseeboulevard and will feature music, dance, and acrobatics on the Überseeboulevard's market square.

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