Was ist los? — Feb. 2, 2018

by Petra Lessoing
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
Party on Ice
The ice skating rink at the Kaiserslautern Gartenschau offers a bigFM Ice Night from 7 to 10 p.m. today. Disc jockeys present the biggest beats. Admission is €3.50. For more information, visit www.kl-on-ice.de. Forty-thousand ice skaters enjoyed the ice skating fun to date during this winter season. The ice skating rink stays open through Feb. 18. — Courtesy photo

The following is a list of performances and events happening in the KMC and nearby locations. Dates are subject to change.

Performing arts

Plays
Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern
For details, call 0631-3675-209 or visit
www.pfalztheater.de.
“Die Comedian Harmonists,” a play in German with music from the 1920s and 1930s, 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Feb. 22.
“Wunschkind,” a play for families with puppets, 2 and 4 p.m. Sunday, 2 and 4 p.m. Feb. 11, and 2 and 4 p.m. Feb. 25.
“Macbeth,” a drama by William Shakespeare, in German, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9; and 6 p.m. Feb. 11.
“Glueckliche Tage,” a play by Samuel Beckett, in German, 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, 15, 20.
“Das Abschiedsdinner,” a comedy, in German, 8 p.m. Feb. 10.
Stadthalle Landstuhl
For details, visit www.stadthalle-landstuhl.de
Puppet theater, “Meine Mama Muh,” for children 4 years and older, 3 p.m. Feb. 23. Tickets cost €5.

Concerts
Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern
For details, call 0631-3675-209 or visit
www.pfalztheater.de.
Third Pfalztheater concert with works by Schubert, Strauss and da Falla, 6 p.m. Feb. 25.
Kammgarn Kaiserslautern
For details, visit www.kammgarn.de.
Reloaded: Art Weiss’s Midnight Movers playing the classics of soul, 8 p.m. Mondays. Tickets cost €14.
Pauline Ngoc presents “Nuit de la Chanson” with guest Eric Guilleton performing French chansons, 8 p.m. today. Tickets cost €19.
Blues Caravan with Mike Zito, Bernard Allison and Vanja Sky, 8 p.m. Thursday. Tickets cost €24.
The band Eisfabrik presents dark electro, future pop dance, electro synthie, 8 p.m. Feb. 9. Tickets cost €20.
Rose Monday fun ‘n’ cult show with Fred Kellner & Die Famose Soul Sister, 8 p.m. Feb. 12. Tickets cost €22.
The band Prag presents German pop and rock, 8 p.m. Feb. 17.
Friedrich Liechtenstein Trio presents electro pop, 8 p.m. Feb. 23. Tickets cost €35.
Fruchthalle, Kaiserslautern
For tickets, call the tourist information office at 0631-365-2317.
Jazz Stage meets Campanula, 8 p.m. today. Tickets cost €15.
Artemis Quartet presents works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Bela Bartók, 8 p.m. Feb. 15. Tickets cost €14, €20 and €25.
The German Radio Philharmonics Saarbruecken Kaiserslautern present works by Paul Hindemith, Samuel Barber and Ludwig van Beethoven, 8 p.m. Feb. 23. Tickets cost €17, €23 and €26.
SWR Studio
Emmerich-Smola-Platz 1, Kaiserslautern
For tickets, call the tourist information office at 0631-365-2317.
Concert à la carte: The German Radio Philharmonics Saarbruecken Kaiserslautern present works by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Friedrich Gulda, 1 p.m. Thursday. Lunch will be served at noon. Tickets with lunch cost €23; tickets without lunch cost €13.
Haus des Buergers
Ramstein-Miesenbach. For tickets and details, visit www.hausdesbuergers.de.
The woodwind quintet Nimm 5 presents a concert with classical music, 5 p.m. Feb. 18. Tickets cost €12.
Century’s Crime, a Supertramp Tribute Band, performs memorable songs by Supertramp, 8 p.m. Feb. 24. Tickets cost €22.
Theater am Ring
Saarlouis, Lothringer Strasse 5
For tickets, visit www.ticket-regional.de.
Silent Explosion Orchestra by Kevin Nasshahn presents a concert with special guests Johannes Mueller, Philipp Schug and a string ensemble with musicians from the German Radio Philharmonics and the Saarland State Orchestra, 6 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost €20, 22 and 24.

Eisfabrik
Kammgarn Kaiserslautern presents the band Eisfabrik performing eletro pop, future pop, electro synthie at 8 p.m. Feb. 9. Tickets cost €20. For more information, visit www.kammgarn.de — Courtesy photo

Musicals / Opera
Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern
For details, call 0631-3675-209 or visit
www.pfalztheater.de
“Orpheus in der Unterwelt,” an operetta by Jacques Offenbach, 7:30 p.m. today and 3 p.m. Sunday.
“La Cenerentola,” Cinderella, a comical opera by Gioacchino Rossini, in Italian, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 10, 16, 21 and 24.
Stadthalle Landstuhl
For details, visit www.stadthalle-landstuhl.de
“Alice in Wonderland,” a family musical, in German, 4 p.m. Feb. 25. Tickets cost €15 for children under 16, and €20 for adults.
Buergerhaus
Weilerbach,Schulstrasse 6
Adonia Youth Choir performs the musical “David and Goliat,” in German, 7 p.m. Feb. 16. Admission is free; donations are welcome.
Saarlaendisches Staatstheater
Saarbruecken, Schillerplatz 1:
For details, call 0681-3092-486 or visit
www.theater-saarbruecken.de.
“Blues Brothers,” a rhythm and blues musical, in German, based on the movie by John Landis, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21 and 27; and 6 p.m. Feb. 25.
“La Bohème,” an opera by Giacomo Puccini, in Italian, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20 and 23.
English Theatre
Frankfurt, Gallusanlage 7
For more information, visit
www.english-theatre.org.
“Jekyll & Hyde,” a Gothic music thriller, through Feb. 11. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays to Saturdays, and 6 p.m. Sundays.
Nationaltheater Mannheim
Am Goetheplatz
For more information, visit
www.nationaltheater-mannheim.de.
“Hercules,” a musical drama, in English, 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, 25.
“Yolanthe,” a lyric concert opera by Pjotr Tschaikowski, in Russian, with German and English subtitles, 7:30 p.m. today, Feb. 15.

ballet
Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern
For details, call 0631-3675-209 or visit
www.pfalztheater.de.
“Sutherland’s Giselle,” a ballet dance night by James Sutherland, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17 and 23.

Miscellaneous

Gartenschau Kaiserslautern event hall
For details visit www.kl-on-ice.de.
Ice-skating rink open through Feb. 18. Daily skating hours are from 9 a.m. to noon, 1 to 3 p.m., 4 to 6 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. On Friday and Saturday nights, skating hours are extended until 10 p.m. Admission fee is €2.50 for children and €3.50 for adults.
Stadthalle Landstuhl
For details, visit www.stadthalle-landstuhl.de
Children’s Fasching party, 2:11 p.m. Sunday.
Mehrzweckhalle Krickenbach
Altweiber Fasching party, 8:11 p.m. Thursday.

Flea markets

Kaiserslautern, Fritz-Walter-Stadion, flea market for females, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Homburg, Am Forum (near town hall), Saturday.
Sankt Wendel, Zur Mott, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Bad Duerkheim, salt-works in Kurpark, Gutleutstrasse 46, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Speyer, Burgstrasse 29, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. today.
Ludwigshafen, Jacob-von-Lavale-Platz (behind train station) 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. today, and 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday.