Experience culture. Poetry Slam in Hamburg

Komm aufs Schach-Deck

Monday is chess day on the foredeck of the Central Library. Are you already castling or do openings still seem like gibberish to you? Come aboard and meet other enthusiasts who want to learn the royal game or test themselves in an exciting match.

Registration is not required.

Media related to chess can be found here .

Kulturforum

Kulturforum

Kunstkarawane

The art caravan is coming to visit again!

Children and adults can give free rein to their creativity through painting, drawing and screen printing.

Just drop by!

L'elisir d'amore

Tristano e Isotta – Tristan and Isolde set an example: Nemorino has the evident idea to boost the feelings of his beloved Adina with a love potion. The charlatan Dulcamara sees his chance for a good deal and sells a bottle of the pretended potion to the unhappy lover...

LaLi Jam & Open Stage

After the joyful musical get-together at the opening event in October 2025 with around 70 people – musicians, singing audience members, and quiet listeners – it's time for the next installment:

Kulturmix in Langenhorn e.V. cordially invites all music lovers to the LaLi Jam & Open Stage! The LaLi Jam & Open Stage offers a platform for spontaneous jam sessions and an open stage where everyone interested can bring their instrument and participate.

The evening begins shortly after doors open (7:00 PM) with three combos or solo artists, each performing three songs in succession. This is followed by the jam session (approximately 8:30 PM to 11:00 PM). Improvisations are just as welcome in the jam session as interpretations of well-known songs – such as pop songs, folk classics, jazz standards, or blues classics. Or perhaps you'd prefer funk, soul, Latin, or reggae?

The goal is to encourage everyone to play and sing along. Whether you're a beginner, advanced, or a professional – the joy of making music together is the focus. Drums, a sound system for vocals, guitar and bass, microphones, and a keyboard are available.

Do you feel like joining in? Do you play an instrument or sing? Would you like to improvise or play specific songs – perhaps even your own compositions? Come on down!

Please note: The fixed slots on the Open Stage on January 23rd 2026 and February 27th 2026 are already booked (Nov. 2025).

What's always possible: Bring one or two songs and suggest them to the host and the other musicians and singers during the jam session for a spontaneous performance! It's best to bring song sheets and lyrics with you.

You can reach the host of the evening, Heiko Witt, at lali-jam@posteo.de.

Admission is free. Listeners are, of course, also welcome! A donation box will be set up for the event.

The venue is the beautiful hall in the LaLi Cultural Center, Tangstedter Landstr. 182a, Hamburg-Langenhorn. Take the U1 subway line to Langenhorn Markt or Langenhorn Nord, then bus 192 to Timmerloh.

Further dates: Fri. February 27th, Sat. May 30th, Sat. September 26th, Sat. October 24th

We have created a SIGNAL group for all updates regarding the LaLi Jam & Open Stage: https://signal.group/#CjQKIEtxnIOLKYKXOUfRuMO_s5ChOeI1mlOPfFl52h3KvHEqEhBm3V_5QQ7MdHU0HTuwwYJ-

https://www.kulturmix-in-langenhorn.de/veranstaltungen/

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Leïla Slimani: »I’ll Take the Fire«

One of France’s most fascinating and charismatic writers is returning to Hamburg: Leïla Slimani last visited NDR in November 2021, just days before another coronavirus lockdown, to present the first part of her major family trilogy. Now she returns with the final volume, »I’ll Take the Fire« (translation: Amelie Thoma). In it, the Prix Goncourt winner tells the story of Mia, a successful writer in Paris who struggles with memory lapses caused by a kind of »brain fog«. Her doctor advises her to take a trip to Morocco, the country of her childhood, which she left years ago. When she arrives at her grandparents’ house, she feels like a stranger, because her memories of her family have been almost completely erased. But who is she without her family history? Only slowly does her memory return ...

PERFORMERS

Leïla Slimani reading

Neda Rahmanian German reading

Alexander Solloch moderation