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Christmas market highlights children
Otterberg offers a children’s Christmas market starting at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Kindergarten and schoolchildren provide the entertaining program with singing, dancing, performing and crafting. A fairy tale land is set up in the historical classroom in the Cafe Alte Apotheke where students and teachers present the magic world of fairies and jugglers. Crafting stars and Christmas decorations is offered in the Kreissparkasse bank. Saturday, Santa Claus and his reindeer make their appearance at 5 p.m., the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Band’s Five Star Brass Ensemble performs at 7 p.m. on the stage next to the Abbey Church and throughout the afternoon free wagon rides through the historical part of town are available. The museum in Stadthaus presents nativity scenes. For details, visit www.otterbach-otterberg.de.
The following is a list of performances and events happening in the KMC and nearby locations. Dates are subject to change.
Performing arts:
Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern:
• “Herzog Blaubarts Burg” and “Der Zwerg,” two operas in German, 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
• “Nur noch kurz die Welt retten,” a Europe revue, 8 p.m. today, Tuesday, Dec. 20 and 29.
• “Fruehlings Erwachen” a children’s tragedy, in German, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 18.
• “Der Barbier von Sevilla,” an opera by Gioacchino Rossini, in Italian, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 19, 22, and Jan. 6, 9, 16.
• “Wer hat Angst vor Virginia Wolfe,” who’s afraid of Virgina Wolfe, a play by Edward Albee, in German, 3 p.m. Dec. 27 and 7:30 p.m. Jan. 5, 20 and 22.
• Pfalztheater Orchestra presents an Advent concert, with works by Vivaldi, Debussy and Arenskij, and Christmas stories, in German, 11 a.m. Dec. 20.
• “My Fair Lady,” a musical by Frederick Loewe, in German, 8 p.m. Dec. 23; 7:30 p.m. Dec. 25, Jan. 8 and 15; 7 p.m. Dec. 31; and 3 p.m. Jan. 24.
For details, call 0631-3675-209 or visit www.pfalztheater.de.
Kammgarn Kaiserslautern:
• Nuit de la Chanson with singers Pauline Ngoc, Dany Tollemer and Margit Engel, 8 p.m. today. Tickets cost €19.
• “No Music in Ktown” features the bands King Lux, Surfing Horses, The Common Way and Good Friday, 8 p.m. Saturday. Tickets cost €7.
• Andreas Kuemmert presents rock, blues, folk and rhythm ‘n’ blues,
8 p.m. Dec. 18. Tickets cost €22.
• Christmas Cult Soul show with Stephan Flesch, Markus Ziegler and Die Knecht Ruprecht Band, 8 p.m. Dec. 21, 22 and 23. Tickets cost €30.
For more information, visit www.kammgarn.de.
Fruchthalle, Kaiserslautern:
• Ensemble Meraviglia presents works by Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Gabrieli, Albinoni and Wolf-Ferrari, 5 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost €14, €19 and €24.
• German Radio Philharmonics Saarbruecken Kaiserslautern present “A Musical Trip to the Orient” with melodies from operas and operettas, 5 p.m. Dec. 31. Tickets cost between €31 and €41.
• Jazz Stage meets a (surprise) star, 8 p.m. Jan. 15. Tickets cost €14.
For tickets, call Kaiserslautern Tourist-Info at 0631-365-2317.
Stiftskirche Kaiserslautern:
• Jazzical with Volker Klimmer & Friends, 8 p.m. today. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets cost €20.
• A Little Market Music by the Protestant Singing School, noon Saturday. Admission is free.
• “Eleasar, der vierte Koenig,” a Christmas musical, 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free.
For more information, visit www.kirchen-in-kl.de.
Ramstein-Miesenbach, Haus des Buergers:
• Chris Thompson & Mads Eriksen Band present 35 songs from a 40-year musical career, 8 p.m. Jan. 15. Tickets cost €30 to €36.
For more information, visit www.hausdesbuergers.de or call 06371-592-220 for details.
Landstuhl Stadthalle:
• “The Beauty and the Beast,” a musical, in German, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 9. Tickets cost €23 to €32.
For details, call 06371-92340 or visit www.stadthalle-landstuhl.de.
Waldmohr, Catholic church St. Georg, Breitenbacher Strasse 8:
• Advent and Christmas concert with Bexbacher Schubert-Chor, 5 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost €14 at the door. Hofgassler Alphorn Blowers play 4:30 p.m. in front of church.
Saarbruecken, Saarlaendisches Staatstheater, Schillerplatz 1:
• “Don Giovanni,” an opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, in Italian, 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Dec. 25.
For details, call 0681-3092-486 or visit www.theater-saarbruecken.de.
English Theatre, Gallusanlage 7, Frankfurt:
• “The Life,” a musical by David Newman, Ira Gasman and Cy Coleman, through Feb. 16. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday, and 6 p.m. Sunday.
For more information, visit www.english-theatre.org.
Miscellaneous:
• Kaiserslautern, event hall, Gartenschau Kaiserslautern, ice-skating rink open to Feb. 14. Free skating with radio station RPR1 and DJ, 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday. Daily hours are 9 a.m. to noon, 1 to 3 p.m., 4 to 6 p.m., 7 to 9 p.m. daily; Fridays and Saturdays open until 10 p.m.
For more information, visit www. kl-on-ice.de.
• Kaiserslautern, Mehrgenerationenhaus, Kennelstrasse 7, Swinging Santa Dance Tea with jazz music from the 1920s to 1950s, dancing instructions, hits by LinDJane and Christmas snacks, 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday. Donations are welcome.
For more information, visit www.lautern-swingt.de.
Christmas markets:
• Kaiserslautern, center and on Schillerplatz, through Dec. 23, New Year’s market Dec. 27 to 30.
• Kaiserslautern, Fruchthalle, arts and crafts market before Christmas, noon to 7 p.m. through Dec. 20.
• Landstuhl, in front of Stadthalle, today through Monday.
• Kusel, Gruenstadt, Deides-heim (German Wine Street), Bad Bergzabern, Zweibruecken, St. Wendel and Cochem/Mosel, today to Sunday.
• Hauptstuhl, Kollweiler, Mackenbach, Saturday.
• Otterberg, Bann, Kuebelberg, Falkenstein Castle (near Winnweiler), Trippstadt (Johanniskreuzer Strasse 1, House of Sustainability), Freinsheim and Bad Muenster am Stein/Ebernburg, Saturday and Sunday.
• Eulenbis, Sunday.
Flea markets:
• Mehlingen, Abtstrasse 25a, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays.
• Bad Duerkheim, Saline (saltworks, Gutleutstrasse 48), 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Dec. 19.
Soul show
The Kammgarn Kaiserslautern presents its annual Christmas Cult Soul Show with singers Stephan Flesch, Markus Ziegler and Die Knecht Ruprecht Band performing soul pop at 8 p.m. Dec. 21, 22 and 23. Tickets cost €30. For details, visit www.kammgarn.de.
