Berlin Stories | 22-29 August

Our latest updates for the week ahead.

Event: Spore Initiative are hosting an event entitled For Gaza on August 24th. The Hermannstrasse venue will welcome artists for live performances and DJ sets, put on a raffle, short films and a drag show. The event will be raising funds The Ghassa Abu Sittah Children's Fund. While entry is free, raffle tickets to win prizes donated by local businesses can be bought here.

Fundraiser: On 30 August, D'Aro Mambu is celebrating the release of his album City Boy at Oona Bar and raising money for the Malaika Foundation, which provides comprehensive education to over 400 girls in the eastern Congolese village of Kalebuka. Event details here.

Rest In Power: Activist, friend and comrade of Berlin's anti-colonial and anti-capitalist alliances, Sulti, has passed. Sulti's life was devoted to the struggles of different communities, fighting for anti-racism, abolitionism, and climate and migrant justice within several different movements. They were mourned by hundreds of friends on Tuesday at an event to celebrate their life. Donate here for their funeral arrangements. RIP.

Fundraiser: As more and more people face police brutality on the streets, arrest and repression across the city, you can support various cases with a donation to the Berlin Legal Fund.

Workshop: On Wednesday, August 28th, Schlafplatzorga are hosting a workshop for refugees in Berlin to get free advice on finding and applying for housing. It will take place in German and English, and there will be translations into French and Farsi available. More info here.

Event: The Berlin Atonal crew present a new three-day format this year, OPENLESS, featuring performances from Lee Gamble, Grand River and Abul Mogard, Kelman Duran, Lamin Fofana, Ehua, Nkisi and many more.

Oona: This weekend come by Oona Bar for an ice cold slushie and music from the likes of Rob Manga, Noah Slee, Femdelic and No Plastic, as well as takeovers from Kudur, Latineo and 925 Collective.

Event: This Sunday, Netzwerk Wedding host an event of music, poetry, workshops, bazaar and an exhibition at Panke Club. Titled Uprising for Liberation - United against genocide and imperialism, the event runs from 2-10:30PM and invites you to "shed light on the ongoing anticolonial and anti-imperialist resistances and struggles."

News: Two Berlin venues, KVU and Renate, are due to close. The former has six months left on its contract, while Friedrichshain club Renate will operate until the end of 2025.

Event: MAAYA (FKA Haubentaucher), Berlin’s new cultural center celebrating African and Afro-Diasporic art and culture, will host Fam-A-Lay on August 29th. Fam-A-Lay is a "family-friendly daytime dance party for parents, guardians, and kids who love HipHop, RnB, Soul, and Afrobeat but miss going out and dancing."

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Photo courtesy of Camille Blake & Berlin Atonal.