The Berlin Blog

Welcome to The Berlin Blog, which I launched in July 2008 upon learning that then-presidential candidate Barack Obama would be visiting Berl...

Coming up in late June 2012: an academic conference inspired by the work of the various Occupy movements around the world. It's being or...

My friend Gaëlle de Radiguès and her friend Ocka Caremi have just published an activity book for kids based on sights in and around Berlin. ...

This Monday I dropped by Occupy Berlin (Asableas are now held daily at 5:00 p.m. on the lawn outside the Reichstag) and discovered a group o...

I knew there was an Occupy Berlin even before I arrived here two days ago, because I'd seen Dina Rasor's column about it in Truthou...

I think I've mentioned before that Berliners have a long tradition of loving America and Americans. Much of this love can be traced bac...

Ever since seeing (and reviewing ) Robert Wilson's wonderful production of Bertolt Brecht's classic The Threepenny Opera in Berlin ...