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...exhibition |
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Throughout his life he suffered from a rare hereditary disease and he never grew taller than 1,52m. This could be an explanation for the pithy characterisation and the deep insights into human psychology provided by his paintings. Celebrating the painter´s 150th anniversary, a comprehensive retrospective for the first time includes some of the lesser known works of the famous post-impressionist: snapshots and milieu studies of sad clowns, lonely maids, untamed horses and somewhat lost creatures of the underworld. Touching, tragic, beautiful.
Bank Austria Kunstforum, Freyung 8, 1010 Vienna. Till January 25, 2015, daily 10:00-19:00, Fr till 21:00. 10 €. Web
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Open door at rosa mosa
The Austrian- Japanese design duo Simone Springer and Yuji Mizobuchi produces shoes far off the mainstream. They work with unique fabrics and uncommon techniques. Under the slogan “Vienna Calling” rosa mosa opens the doors of its atelier today and presents the new autumn/winter collection “club nomad”. You can see and buy the latest shoes, cool boots, the new Buffalo bags made from oiled beech wood and Hachimakis – printed scarves with typical Japanese patterns, originally worn by samurais under their helmet. Cool!
rosa mosa, Linke Wienzeile 178, Top 125+126 (on the right-hand-side of the passage), 1060 Vienna. October 16, 17:00 - 20:00. Web
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Tumbao Dance Company |
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Danzon
The new place-to-be for enthusiast soul sisters, pop-latinas and Latin America fans! Vienna´s new Latin-Club (of “Campus”-owner Philipp Kucher) invites to its great opening party. And this, for sure, will be a very hot party night. Free entrance, free welcome-drinks and fingerfood – so many reasons to be delighted and to hit the dance floor. The programme is full of great music acts: live-performances by professional dancers, the Tumbao Dance Company and DJs will provide you with salsa, bachata und RnB sounds off the usual club-mainstream.
Danzon, Johannesgasse 3, 1010 Vienna. October 16 from 20:00. Free entrance after pre-registration. Web
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FRIDAY |
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...business |
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Professional (re)-orientation
Those looking for their personal dream job have to say „A“ now. In their workshop, the business coaches Andrea Gutmann and Elke Schrittesser work in small groups and get down to the nitty-gritty in a reliable and structured way. Individual interests are evaluated. Strengths are identified. And effective strategies are developed. All of the individual, partner and plenary exercises are pursuing the same aim: to have your own personal plan A in the end. Both in your hand and in your head.
futurefoodstudio, Brunnengasse 17,
1160 Vienna. October 17, 13:00 - 20:00, october 18, 9:00 - 15:00. 690 €. Web
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...bargain |
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Nice Price at Lichterloh
This makes the heart of all design fans beat faster: Sale at Lichterloh! The very unique design “antique” shop stocks the best furniture of the previous century, with special emphasis on the period between the 1920s and the 1970s. All pieces are restored and in best conditions – and till November 8 they are up to 50% cheaper! You can find tables, chairs, lamps and shelves of famous design icons as well as pieces of unknown designers. Who cares, as long as they have a perfect shape?
Lichterloh, Gumpendorferstr.15, 1060 Vienna. Mon-Fri 11:00 - 18:30, Sat till 16:00. Web
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fem vital health days
Vienna´s largest women´s health fair is being held in the city hall this weekend. Inform yourself on physical, mental, social and economic aspects of a healthy life, undergo some medical check- ups, like blood sugar, blood pressure or veins measuring, or test your stress and burnout risk and receive nutritional and lifestyle counseling. Presentations and discussions are dealing with topics such as sexuality, nutrition, lovesickness, cancer prevention and addictions. Admission is free!
Rathaus, Lichtenfelsgasse, 1010 Vienna. October 17-19. Fri 9:00-15:00, Sat + Sun 10:00- 18:00. Free entrance. Web
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SATURDAY |
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...soulness |
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30 years Shambhala + Rüdiger Dahlke
Shambhala, the renowned centre for holistic health education is celebrating its birthday. And on this occasion they invited a very special guest: Dr. Rüdiger Dahlke. The successful doctor, psychotherapist and bestselling author joins the celebrations in Vienna with 3 programme highlights. In his lectures “Daily Routine as a Symbol” and “The Myth of Eroticism” he talks about the power of psychosomatics and possible ways towards greater joy of life. In his one-day-workshop “Principles of Life” he teaches how to turn from an unlucky fellow into a real lucky beggar.
Shambhala, Bennogasse 8A, 1080 Vienna. October 17-19. Web
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hollyaroh
Anna Holly produces fairytale- like chinaware in the oven. The handmade shot glasses, delicately decorated mocha cups and pastel-coloured lemon squeezers simply make our hearts beat higher. Each of the small- series manufactured art pieces undergoes up to 24 working steps. And the results are brilliant! From now on they are exhibited and on sale in the new concept store which is an atelier at the same time. Ladies of good taste are celebrating the opening tonight with culinary treats, drinks and live music.
hollyaroh, Schlösselgasse 10, 1080 Vienna. October 18, from 16:00. Web
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Trans-Culinary-Express
Those of you who have always wanted to know how Somali bread or chicken in coconut- milk- cinnamon sauce tastes, should right away register for the first Trans- Culinary- Express. What is this? A new culinary trip around the world, focusing on a different country each month. The journey starts with Somali cook Sunaari Aways who will prepare a 7- course menu according to grandma´s secret recipes. And when all stomachs are full, music videos of the Somali peace movement waayana cusub are served for desert. Well then, got hungry?
Offenes Atelier für Lebenskunst, Zimmermanngasse 8, 1080 Vienna. October, 18, 18:00. 45 €. Web
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Brazilian culture festival
Brazil meets Vienna: This is going to be a spirited weekend! For 3 days you can dive into real Brazilian culture off the usual samba, football and Caipirinha clichés. With Musica Popular Brasiliera concerts, films and pandeira workshops (Brazilian drum). Even the Wiener Linien will bring Brazilian flair into town and offer a cultural- tramway- tour with live music and lectures. The highlight of the cultural spectacle, a fashion show presenting Brazilian wedding dresses, will delight all cosmopolitan future brides.
Weltmuseum Wien, Heldenplatz, 1010 Vienna. October 17 - 19. 8 €. Web
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...birthday |
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25th anniversary of Filmcasino Festival
Happy Bday! The legendary Filmcasino has made film history for quarter of a century. And with its 50s charm and its sophisticated programme it fills cineastes with enthusiasm until today. Birthday is celebrated with an open house day – free film shows, champagne and cakes included. You can also rummage in the equipment for old DVDs and film posters and buy them. A very special highlight: The digitally restored version of the Stanley Kubrick classic „2001 A Space Odyssey“, shown in Austria for the first time. Action!
Filmcasino, Margaretenstraße 78, 1050 Vienna. October 19, from 12:00. Free entrance. Web
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...aroundvienna |
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NÖ Open Studio Day
An excursion with cultural supplement: For two days more than 1250 artists in Lower Austria open their studios and workshops and invite us to get in close contact with their work. The offer ranges from classic watercolour painting, patchwork or ceramics to graffiti and jewellery design. Some of the studios also serve noble wines and regional specialties. A complete list – from the Semmering to the Weinviertel – is available in the internet. Those preferring the easy way, take part in a guided tour: Get into the bus in St.Pölten and enjoy your ride through the studios of the Mostviertel.
Tag der offenen Ateliers, 1.250 participants throughout Lower Austria. October 18 + 19. Free entrance. Web
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TUESDAY |
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Herbal walk in the Prater
Wild mint, monks cress, garlic mustard. The selection of indigenous medicinal and wild herbs is remarkable - even in autumn! To make sure that only good herbs land in our cooking pots, herb educator Katharina Helmreich invites to a walk through the Prater. There she will demonstrate that even in town you can easily discover and collect quite an amount of fine herbs. Wild and medicinal herbs do not only smell and taste good. They are also full of vitamin C and minerals. How to use each of the plantlets best, won´t be kept as a secret neither. Don´t forget to wear sturdy shoes!
Meeting point: Wiener Prater, 1020 Vienna (exact meeting point will be announced after registration). October 21, 10:00. 20 €. Web
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format postcard
For those of you who don´t remember: Yes, there was life before the invention of emails. Closely considered, something similar to emails already existed 100 years ago: the postcard. From 1900 onwards, post was delivered seven times a day (!) in Vienna and post cards were flying through town just as their digital successors do nowadays. Starting today, the photo institute Bonartes presents postcards of the years 1900- 1936 as a medium of everyday culture. It also shows that illegal pirate copies are not an invention of the 21st century. Even back then, beautiful postcard were shamelessly copied ;-)
Photoinstitut Bonartes, Seilerstätte 22, 1010 Wien. Vernissage October 21, 19:00. Free entrance. Web
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WEDNESDAY |
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Free ice skating at the Eislaufverein
Start the romantic turning around your own axis even before season opening! The reason for the earlier ice- dreams: The ice skating club of Vienna opens the season with a super nice offer: One week of free ice skating for everyone! The picturesque scenery in front of the Wiener Konzerthaus allows for a nostalgic adaption to wintertime. On Saturday it´s going to be “Hot on Ice” (“Heiß am Eis”): Besides free entrance, the Open Day also presents figure skating shows, ice shows and pleasant musical sounds. Don´t you feel a tiny bit of anticipation for the first snow?
Wiener Eislaufverein, Lothringerstraße 22, 1030 Vienna. October 20 - 25. Free entrance. Web
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Austrian Champagne Day
We simply have to drink a toast to this special day! Well, celebrations actually start on Tuesday already when renowned national champagne- and winemakers present their products in an exhibition in the MuseumsQuartier and invite to a fizzy tasting. And today, why not participate in a free guided tour in the Schlumberger Sektkellerei? In deep underground, beneath Austria´s oldest champagne cellars, you can discover a several- kilometer- long, 300-year-old cellar labyrinth stretching underneath Döbling, where more than 2 million bottles are stored. Cheers!
MuseumsQuartier, Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna. October 21. 16:00 - 21:00. 20 €. Schlumberger. October 22, from 14:00. Web
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Conversation with Arni Hole
A strong woman visits the club alpha: The Norwegian Arni Hole is a graduated philosopher and economist. She has travelled to 39 countries, is mother of 5 children and can look back on an impressing career: Normally she works for five Norwegian ministries for gender equality in politics. In not fewer than three of them, she is also Director General. If she is not, like at the moment, on a sabbatical year in Vienna and fighting for an upgrading of human rights in the EU. In Club alpha she talks about her very personal experiences concerning work- life balance, quota for women and gender policies.
Club alpha, Stubenbastei 12/14 (2nd floor), 1010 Vienna. October 22. from 19:00. Free entrance. Web
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quilted
Great fabric stores are not rare in Vienna anymore, but this is the one we have been waiting for! Opened up in summer, “quilted” in the Brünnerstraße surprises with abundant elegance and flair: expansive rooms, dark parquet and more than 800 special patchwork and quilt fabrics. The fabulous designer fabrics are of pure cotton. Most of them come from America, the home country of quilting and are full of vivid patterns. A dream for patchworkers! And those who are not professionals yet, can learn the basics in workshops like „Quilt Sound of the City“.
quilted, Brünner Straße 40, 1210 Vienna. Tue – Fri 9:30 - 12:30, 14:30 - 18:00, Sat 9:30 - 13:00. Web
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Mama Liu & Sons
Good heavens! This looks devilishly good! Brick walls decorated with frescoes that look like tattoos, massive wooden tables, a bar made of stainless steel plates – mum and sons converted the visually rather unappealing Liounge, run by the family for years, into Vienna´s hippest Chinese restaurant. The specialty of the house is still the same: The hot pot, a Chinese fondue, where countless ingredients are cooked in hot soup on the table. If you don´t have that much time, you choose one of the delicious Dim Sun, vegetable dishes or soups. Yummy!
Mama Liu & Sons, Gumpendorfer Straße 29, 1060 Vienna. Tue-Sun 11:30-24:00, Fri + Sat till 2:00. Web
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ABOUT US
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