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Club Curating with Mark Gill
Mark Gill of Fandango guides you through this month's tastiest club events
LOLA Loves: Holiday Edition
Our top picks for Berlin-based gifts
MEDIA MATTERS: STUCK magazine
The new print mag compiling artists' stories and wisdom
Sedef Adasi: An Artist That Moves People
Berghain’s resident talks club culture
Club Curating with The Honey Tapes
Garage Girls co-founders guide you through this month's hottest club events
Backtrack: PortraitXO
The singer, songwriter, producer, and installation artist reveals the soundtrack to her life
A Love Letter to Critical Mass
How and why Jonny Tiernan fell for the joyous bike protest event
LOLA’s Autumn Art Guide
A look at Berlin’s must-see exhibitions this autumn
Maya Shenfeld: A Sonic Adventurer
Maya Shenfeld talks Berlin, her album Free Fall, and her upcoming workshop with Ableton’s Loop Create
The Art of Curating Information
The NoisyLeaks! curators on the origins of the exhibition, the work, and what's next
The Cutest Rave in Berlin Turns One!
Lunchbox Candy celebrates one year of queer and inclusive parties
Club Curating with Paul Hanford
Your monthly round up of Berlin club events
Everyone’s Invited: Is Bang On Berlin’s Most Inclusive Festival?
Founder Eilis Frawley takes us behind the scenes of this year’s event
documenta 15: a rhizomatic and distributive approach to artmaking
Reflections on the successes and shortcomings of the 2022 edition
Celebrating Five Years of Smut Slam
Cameryn Moore’s standout moments from five years of creating Berlin’s iconic dirty storytelling event
The Last Word: Kat Nip
Polish-born Berlin-based stand-up comedian Kat Nip gives us an insight into what makes her tick.
Music for the Masses
Melissa Perales on bringing down barriers and curating culture for all
Reel Good Music
Modeselektor’s masterful ode to mixtape culture
Give Yourself Over To Cunt
Dani Brown on the upcoming premier of THE PRESSING
Unravelling the Helix
Getting Personal, and Professional, with Catnapp
Behind the Building: Axel Springer Campus
OMA Architects’ Chris van Duijn on Berlin’s iconic construction
Sounds of Berlin: April 2022
Your monthly music round-up from Berlin’s best and brightest
Video Premiere: GRIP TIGHT – Straightotheheartofit
The alt-pop gem gets given a vintage console treatment
Celebrating Two Years of Kinktastisch
Kink event promoter Hilly Leader on the joy of setting fetishes free
Backtrack: Mark Reeder
The Berlin legend reveals the records that define his life
Meet The Boy Behind ‘Boy Meets Boy’
Daniel Sánchez López’ debut film is this year's must-see LGBTQIA+ film
Private Spaces: Capturing Berlin’s Kink Scene in the Midst of a Pandemic
The Voyeur Berlin Kinky book takes an intimate look at sexuality in lockdown
Sounds Tasty: The Charity DJ Cookbook Blending Beats with Eats
James Martin, aka DJ-producer Eira Haul, tells us how lockdown laid the table for his DJ charity cookbook, Turn The Tables
Light on the Horizon
How a chance meeting between Tristan Jong & Robert Owens led to a house anthem for optimists
Encapsulating a City in a State of Flux
Photographer Alexander Steffen on his new Vanishing Berlin book
Berlin Music Video Roundup #7
A fresh transmission beaming in Berlin’s brightest music videos
Hounds of Love: Howard & Rooney
Meet Evvol and their two beloved four-legged friends
Berlin City’s Left-Green Years Could Soon Be Over
The political landscape might be a-changin'
Sounds of Berlin #10
A selection of great tracks from old faves and new talent
The Woman in Constant Motion
Step inside the kinetic world of creative polymath, Juliana Huxtable
In Pictures: CSD Berlin 2021
65,000 fabulous people turn out for Europe’s biggest LGBTQ+ event
Folk Music by the Fireside
The inaugural open air event hosted by The Famous Gold Watch records
Orange is the Warmest Colour
From Berlin Sex workers to Greek footballers, Artist Spencer Chalk-Levy weaves together different worlds
Berlin Music Video Roundup #6
A delicious selection of Berlin’s tastiest video treats
Berlin’s Bodies of Water at Night
Dante Busquets’ Fluid Nights photographic series shows the city in a unique light
Sounds of Berlin #9
The latest and freshest Berlin tunes you’ve been looking for
Art, Sex, and Sisterhood
The story behind Berlin Strippers Collective
Roll Call: Berlin’s Best Magazines
A marvellous list of the city’s finest print media
Blacker than Black
The projekt_k40 and KSBP artistic collaboration that plays with perception
Berlin’s Unsung Museum Heroes
Bigging up our favourite underground museums with a nice digestible list
Empowering Womxn to Skate and Create
Meet Hera, the Berlin-based non-profit organisation providing a safe space
Berlin Music Video Roundup #5
A fresh crop of sound and vision from the city
Berlinale is Back, Baby! (sort of)
Film lovers get ready: Berlin’s most famous film festival returns in a special format
10 Homegrown Podcasts Straight Out Of Berlin
Audio content to perk your ears and tickle your brain
Keeping it Spicy
Mary Scherpe tells the story of the Feminist Food Club
Sounds of Berlin #8
Fresh Berlin sounds of all shapes, sizes and dimensions
Nazira On Championing Kazakh Culture
The up-and-coming music producer’s influential voice in club culture
Media Matters: SOFT EIS Magazine
SOFT EIS is an island in Berlin’s creative industry
The Composer Sonifying Surveillance
Artist Tony Cruise’s innovative and experimental collaboration with designer Rachel Crane
LOLA’s Gallery Weekend Berlin 2021 Guide
Towing the line between digital and IRL to finally bring back some art
Berlin Music Video Roundup #4
We’re back with new optic nerve-tickling pleasures and wide-ranging sounds
No Purse Strings Attached
How a Berlin-based organisation is leading the charge for a German universal basic income
Sounds of Berlin #7
LOLA’s hand-picked selection of Berlin’s best new sounds
“For many of us, 2020 was still a sexual year.”
Pornceptual's fourth print issue shows how eroticism has survived the pandemic
He’s So Berlin
Daniel-Ryan Spaulding is the sassy comedian getting us through it all
From Near-Death to Debut Novel
How former DJ John J. Shepheard reinvented himself after a brush with mortality
Media Matters: Flaneur Magazine
Flaneur magazine captures the ‘je ne sais quoi’ of city streets
Building Bridges with Easterndaze
The festival that’s bringing Central and Eastern Europe music and art to Berlin
The Unfiltered Truth About Coffee
Podcaster James Harper’s mission to reveal the stories behind the bean
Berlin Music Video Roundup #3
More of Berlin’s music videos – you’re welcome
The BFFs Behind BFF
The all-female video collective bringing artistic experimentation to Berlin’s tech scene
Label of Love: Detriti Records
Davide Lace is dancing with chaos in Berlin
Behind Closed Curtains
‘Berlin Offstage’ is the photographic project documenting the stories of local performance artists
Sounds of Berlin #6
Our latest batch of Berlin favourites, handpicked with love
Erotica and Self-Expression
Eme Sofia is putting a new lens on self-photography
LOLA Loves #1
OH SH*T short film, Invisible Friends podcast, and more
Hounds of Love: Ciapek
Meet Kamile Majcher and her six-year-old Great Dane, Ciapek
Positively Powerful
whynow is Gabriel Jagger’s new platform changing the way we engage with media
Reframing Berlin’s Everyday Spaces
Unreleased photos from Peter Bialobrzeski's City Diaries
Shuttered
The cultural casualties of Berlin's pandemic response
Writing Her Own Destiny
Gianna Shamone’s journey to becoming a poet
The Weirdest Year
How the pandemic has changed Berlin
Sounds of Berlin: 20 for 2020
A selection of the year's best releases, picked by industry heads and LOLA
Polling Opposites: The Photographic Project Breaking Down Biases
Sandra Ratkovic’s ‘Merseyside and Brexit’ project is changing the way we see the Brexit vote
Underground and Out There
Mary Ocher’s new agency that’s diving deep into the world of experimental music
Entering a Whole New World of Pleasure
Ola Mydzynska on sex tech and how women changed an entire industry
A Walk in the Park
Laura Lukitsch on capturing the essence of Berlin’s green space with Park Project Berlin
Berlin Music Video Roundup #2
Delicious, decadent ear-and-eye candy coming your way from Berlin's best
Hungry for Words: the Story for Food Project
Christina Kyriazidi's alternative economy that uses stories as capital
Here Lies The Future of German Cinema
Yony Leyser dissects cultural identity and representation with Faraz Shariat, director of ‘Futur Drei’
Media Matters: SAND Journal
The evolution and philosophy behind Berlin’s most dynamic literary journal
The DIY Sex Educator
Laureen HD talks sex and stigma
Sounds of Berlin #5
This month's best new Berlin-based releases that will warm your eardrums
Sven Marquardt Takes the Stage
A behind the scenes look at the photographic exhibition ‘Stageless’
The LOLA Guide to EMOP Berlin 2020
Our tips for the questioning, subverting and engaging photography festival
An Ocean of Noise
Robin Staps on two decades of Earth-shattering rock music
Brandon Stanton, The Man Behind Humans of New York
Getting to know the people's paparazzi
Benching Berlin’s Mission to Reclaim Public Space
Sustainability meets community-building through guerrilla furniture building
Berlin Music Video Roundup #1
The most exciting new visual-audio releases from Berlin-based artists
Uncaged Melodies: When Street Football Meets Electronic Beats
Tristan Jong on the story behind an uncanny connection between football and music
Berlin Art Week Reimagined
The creative ways the art scene is adapting this year, and how to see it happen
Inside Overmorrow’s Bewitching Realm
The immersive art experience bringing Berlin’s subculture to the fore
Life in the Middle of Loophole
Jan Gryczan on steering one of Berlin's most beloved artistic communities and underground venues
LOLA’s List: Berlin’s Eco Fashion Heroes
The best choices for sustainable fashion in the city
Sounds of Berlin #4
Help yourself to our buffet board of Berlin’s best new music
Gudrun Gut: Forever Going Her Own Way
Understanding the singular vision of a German music legend
Sounds of Berlin #3
Feed your hungry ears with new music from the city
Berlin Through The Lens: Marianneneck
Photographer Uli Kaufmann documents the daily life of an old school Berlin bar
Berlin’s Podcasting Tour Guide
Wouter Bernhardt is the creator of acclaimed podcasts Berlinology and The Low Season, and a damn fine tour guide
In Pictures: Nein zu Rassismus
More than 15,000 people gathered at Alexanderplatz to protest in solidarity against police brutality
Intimacy in Isolation
Pornceptual's new project documenting our sex lives in quarantine times
Media Matters: 20 Seconds
Berlin’s newest print outlet for experimental music and art
Skirt Club: A Safe and Sensuous Space for Sapphic Exploration
Robot Bennett On Releasing His Debut Techno Track, Aged 70
The septuagenarian spinner marks another milestone in his late-blooming career
Otto Umbehr: The Unconventional Photographer of the Avant-Garde
Berlinische Galerie’s posthumous celebration of the acclaimed German photographer
13 Berlin-Based Podcasts That Have Kept Us Sane During Quarantine
Whether you’re interested in current events, comedy or music, we’ve got you covered with Berlin’s best English-language podcasts
Quarantine Through the Lens: Daniel Seiffert
How Berlin photographers have creatively responded to the corona crisis
Quarantine Through the Lens: Mario Heller
How Berlin photographers have creatively responded to the corona crisis
Quarantine Through the Lens: Rebecca Rütten
How Berlin photographers have creatively responded to the corona crisis
Sounding Off: Coronavirus has killed the ‘entitled millennial’
The youth deserve lockdown compensation: a green recovery
A Weekend of Neo-Classical Delights
A guide to Q3AMBIENTFEST, Potsdam’s boutique ambient gala
Coming To Town: Jessy Lanza
The Candian-born singer and producer on anger, anxiety and family
Dear Mom and Dad
Kseniya Apresian's photography reveals unspoken and repressed childhood feelings
Zero Waste, All Taste
Sophia Hoffmann’s decade of crusading for better food
Net Art’s Deep Berlin Roots
Exploring the seminal role Berlin has played in defining the artistic genre
Video Premiere: © Linda Fox – Teenagers Kissing
A gorgeous slice of perfectly subdued power-pop
Sounds of Berlin #2
Stick these releases into the Walkman that is life
Media Matters: KALTBLUT Magazine
Cold but sexy with Berlin’s boldest fashion and culture mag
The Last Word: Joe Hatchiban
The Bearpit Karaoke founder, MC and bringer of joy gives us an insight into his mind
LOLA Live w/ Skiing, Big Eater, Goblin Prince & Acid Gold
The first LOLA event of 2020 was an absolute blast
Is Instagram Ruining Photography?
Berlin-based photographer Timotheus Theisen discusses Instagram’s impact on his work.
At Lavanderia Vecchia, There is Such a Thing as a Free Lunch
Neukölln’s favourite laundrette-themed Italian restaurant is giving back to the community
The Amazing Views of Berlin From Above
Volker Gehrmann's photography shows the city from a rarely seen perspective
Sounding Off: Stop Burning Bicycles
Trashing Uber’s electric bikes is misguided rage, says Joel Dullroy
Voyages New With COMA
Heavenly electro pop from one of Germany’s best
Step Inside The Dream World
This new immersive art production will take you on a trip
Behind the Track: Alanas Chosnau – Losing My Mind (Call of the Wolf mix)
Mark Reeder on the inspiration for his Le Chant du Loup soundtrack song
Why You Should Check Out The Romani Film Festival
Hamze Bytyci, the festival’s creative director, on what makes it special
Verena Spilker On Elevating Opportunities for Artists in Berlin and Beyond
The TQU founder's simple advice for those looking to support Berlin's queer artists: ‘Be brave and be generous.’
The Future is Green
Radbahn’s vision of revamping cityscapes for sustainable living
The LOLA Guide to BedTalks Berlin
The festival seeks to answer the burning question, “Is Berlin still poor but sexy?”
Inside the Mind of Gaff-E
We speak with the formidable MC ahead of her LOLA party performance
Real Junk Food Project Berlin
Tackling food waste one trolley at a time
Eat It, Love It, Do It.
The queen calling for Berlin’s drag revolution
Looking forward to Trashfest’s 10th anniversary
Local hero Jimmy Trash talks us through the Trashfest, a hell-bent festival of international, rock & roll, disco debauchery
Song Premiere: Eilis Frawley ‘Illusions’
The Berlin-based percussionist's debut single is a delicious slice of avant-garde pop
In Pictures: Berlin Coffee Festival
Getting our grind on at the annual caffeine-centric happening
Exploring Berlin’s Sacred Club Culture
No photos on the dancefloor 1989 - Today at CO Berlin
Rabih Beaini’s Guide to Morphine Modern / Morphine Contemporary
The avant-garde curator on the highlights of the upcoming festival
Inside World of Whorecraft
A tour of today’s sexwork and why it isn't what you may think
Berlin’s Five-Year Rent Freeze Explained
Joel Dullroy breaks down the radical new policy
Introducing: Nansea
The genre-bending purveyor of queer chamber-pop
The LOLA Guide to Pop-Kultur Festival 2019
Three days of meticulously curated concerts, films, talks, exhibitions and more
Label of Love: Disco Halal
Moscoman's influential imprint
Tripping the Light Fantastic
Christopher Bauder’s lifelong obsession with light and sound
Pornceptual: Six Years In Pics
Co-Founders Raquel and Chris select their favourite photos
LOLA’s Guide to Alternative Pride Events
Highlighting Berlin's unsung happenings
The Queen of Filth
Genderfluid hillbilly Christeene is coming for you
True Romance
How Curses and Berlin fell for each other
13 Reasons Why You Should Go To WHOLE
(Spoiler alert) It’s not for tea and biscuits
Brown Clouds Clearing
Fat White Family’s Scintillating Turnaround
Why Girls Curate
The founder of Curated by GIRLS on the platform’s origins and mission
LOLA’s Sex Positive Party Guide
Our recommended play pens for the curious and open-minded
Rebuilding the Inner City
Kevin Saunderson brings his son to the fore in new line-up
LOLA’s Guide to Superbooth 2019
The synthesizer festival of your dreams
In Pictures: Lesbian Visibility Day 2019
Lesbians and allies alike join for a Kiss-In demonstration at Alexanderplatz
How To Fuck Up An Airport
Millions over budget and years overdue, Berlin's new BER airport is a disaster
“Do what you love every day”
The mantra that fuels DJ/producer and Disco Halal boss Moscoman
When life gives you lemons, start a record label
Meet Lemon Test, the imprint putting its own twist on electronica
Talk Dirty With Her
Cameryn Moore, the smutty storytelling founder amplifying Berlin's sex lives
Kolja Kugler’s Heavy Metal Ensemble
The madcap artist on his robotic band and cornucopia of junk
Streets, Camera, Action
The classic and authentic approach of the Berlin Street Photography Club
LOLA’s LIST: Podcasts of Berlin
A selection of the best podcasts being produced in or about the city
Nils Frahm
Master of melody, Builder of dreams
Ducks! Things That Were Lost track-by-track
A sneak preview of their brand new album
The LOLA Guide to Maerz Musik 2019
Our top picks for year five of the diverse and experimental festival
Video Premiere: Yvois (feat. Ducks! & Ben Osborn) ‘Sit Tight’
A mental mindfuck and exploration into the psyche
Any Given Sonntag: Art, Apartments and Cake
The Berlin initiative changing how we experience art
Come One, Come All: Welcome to Circus Charivari
A glimpse into the wild wonderland on the fringe of Berlin
Sounds of Berlin #1
Ryan Rosell from The Chop on the Berlin releases he is digging right now
Marga van den Meydenberg’s Pop-Up Portraiture
The Dutch photographer capturing the souls of Berlin
Let’s Talk About Sex and Drugs
The doctor and the drag queen providing an essential space for discourse
A Newly Visible Iran
Photographer Soheil Moradianboroujeni reveals a different side of his homeland.
Where Tech, Music and Art Collide
A Festival Guide to CTM & Transmediale 2019
“Book me before I die”
Robot Bennett, the 69-year-old techno DJ on a spiritual mission.
Behind The Iron Curtis
The Berlin-based electronic artist channeling melancholy and ambiguity
Ten Years of Shameless/Limitless
Independent promoter Kevin Halpin celebrates a decade of gigs and good times
More Than Just Music
The Northern Ireland Music Prize is a beacon of hope
Coming to Town: Iceage
The Danish punk upstarts are back
Coming to Town: Villagers
In conversation with the inimitable Irish troubadour
Media Matters: DADDY Magazine
Celebrating two years of the Berlin mag with a punkish take on diversity
Song Premiere: Ducks! unveil ‘Pinprick In’
Berlin's finest electropop duo drop stellar new single
Coming to Town: Suede
Brett Anderson on being an outsider and the beauty of the blue hour
Tricky
West Country boy turned Wahlberliner
Developing Talent with Fotoklub Kollektiv
The photography collective founders on the importance of community
A Prize for the People
Taking stock of Berlin’s art scene with Berlin Art Prize co-founder Alicia Reuter
WHOLE Lotta Love
The team behind Europe’s first queer festival open up ahead of highly anticipated second edition
Celebrating Five Years of Pornceptual
Co-founders Raquel and Chris on the highlights of their journey so far
Classic Film: Wings of Desire
Wim Wenders' soaring vision 30 years on
The LOLA Guide to Pop-Kultur Festival 2018
Our top selections from the three-day smorgasbord of happenings
Clued-In:
Ida Tin talks about revolutionary period-tracking app
Shine On: Using Art to Make an Impact
The Solar Panel Art Series and Little Sun Foundation team up for auction
Snapshot: Torstraßen Festival 2018
The choice highlights from this year’s TSF
Video: Free Free Dom Dom ‘Bye Bye’
Berlin's sweetest electro-pop duo make friendship breakups sound surprisingly good
LOLA Recommends: Art Events in June
Choice contemporary art, film, and performance
The LOLA Guide to the 2018 Torstraßen Festival
Local and international art, music and film converge for Berlin’s favourite block party
Label of Love: Project Mooncircle
The Berlin imprint with fifteen years of outer-space exploration
Making Fun of Old White Dudes
Israeli-German artist Shahak Shapira on his journey into stand-up comedy
The Queens of Queer Korea
Drag means more than dressing up in Seoul
Art Imitating Life
Line-blurring artist Andy Kassier is the king of tongue-in-cheek
Photographing Great Falls
Artist Michael Dalton on his book release and solo exhibition
Coming to Town: Mick Harvey
Honoring the artistic influence of Serge Gainsbourg, 90 years later
LOLA Recommends: Art Events in May
Choice contemporary art, film, and performance
LOLA Recommends: Gigs in April
We List Our Unmissable Gigs of the Month
Video Premiere: Adventure Team ‘Family Matters’
The Berlin-based slacker indie trio drop debut album and single
LOLA Recommends: Gigs in March
We List Our Unmissable Gigs of the Month
LOLA Recommends: Art Events in March
Choice contemporary art, film, and performance
Coming to Town: Jen Cloher
The Australian singer-songwriter on her deeply personal new album
Let’s Talk About Porn
Erika Lust on the making of indie adult cinema
Coming to Town: Steven Wilson
We talk pop, truth, and artistic freedom with the musician and songwriter
LOLA Recommends: Art Events in February
Choice contemporary art, film, and performance
Berliner Photoautomat
The story of Berlin's iconic photo booths
Young Syrians Rapping for Revolution
Syrian rapper and activist Mohammad Abu Hajar on fighting authoritarianism
Coming to Town: Liima
We talk dystopian futures and eighties childhoods ahead of their Berlin gig
Drums, Gender and Horror
Sara Neidorf on empowering musicians and her passion for feminist horror film
LOLA Recommends: Gigs in December
We List Our Unmissable Gigs of the Month
LOLA Recommends: Art Events in December
Choice contemporary art, film, and performance
Dispatches: A Frontline Report from Mosul
Photojournalist Sebastian Backhaus shares his words and photos from the Iraqi war-zone
Torchlight
Creator Kevin Braddock on breakdown and recovery
Song Premiere: Luckless, So Talk (Ducks! Spinning Circles Remix)
A first listen to the collaborative dreamy disco remix
Dispatches: Dry County Distilling
The small Tennessee town devoted to making whiskey
Flipping Brilliant
A niche pastime makes a triumphant return at the German Pinball Open
Consuming Consciously
Quartiermeister Beer and their mission to do some good with every bottle
Five Berlin Artists You Need to See at Loop
LOLA's top tips for this weekend's festival
Copy, Paste, Delete, Repeat
Romano's genre-fluid journey through music
EP Premiere: Bonnie Li ‘Plane Crash’
Dark and bewitching melodies abound
LOLA Recommends: Art Events in November
Choice art, film, and performance
Acid Test
Tales from within Berlin’s microdosing scene
Champagne Supernova Julia Bosski
The powerhouse behind Polish Thursday Dinners gives us the dish
Transgression, Desire, Revolution
Director Yony Leyser on breaking rules
Getting To Know: Sarah Walk
The singer–songwriter on her powerful debut album
In Good Company
The nominees of the 2017 Preis der Nationalgalerie discuss their work
Video Premiere: Hior Chronik ‘Whispers From The Surface Of A Lake’
A dreamlike concoction of ambiance, drone, and harmonics
Song Premiere: KOY ‘RUN’
Did someone say 'electronic mermaid witchcraft'?
LOLA Recommends: Art Events in October
Choice contemporary art, film, and performance
In Pictures: Moderat’s Big Finish
Their triumphant hometown gig ahead of taking a break
Coming to Town: The Black Angels
Frontman Alex Maas talks Trump, psychedelics, and the confusion of our times
Black in Berlin
Jessica Lauren Elizabeth Taylor’s crucial salon
Feel the Hype
Artist Joe Hayes on critiquing consumerism culture
In Review: Pop-Kultur
New location allowed music festival to really pop
Berlin’s Green Spaces: Körnerpark
Enjoying an oasis preserved by neighbourhood spirit
LOLA Recommends: Art Events in September
Choice contemporary art, film, and performance
Ostpunk Never Dies
Henryk Gericke on what it meant to be a punk in East Germany
Exploring our Pen and Paper City
The Anger, Love and Desire of Notes of Berlin
BIMM’s Class of 2017
An album of Berlin’s up-and-coming talent, track by track
Exploring Borderlands
Valentina Culley-Foster photographs the spaces that divide us
Buddhism, Politics and Power Struggles
What’s going on with alt-indie icon Thurston Moore?
LOLA Recommends: Gigs in August
We List Our Unmissable Gigs of the Month
LOLA Recommends: Art Events in August
Choice contemporary art, performance, and film
An Unseen Side of Pakistan
Berlin-based photographer Manolo Ty on his book, ‘Pakistan Now’
The End of Moderat?
The iconic Berlin trio on their indefinite hiatus
In Pictures: The BIMM Berlin End of Term Gig
As another year draws to a close, the students perform as Festsaal Kreuzberg
Moved By The Stars
Kiani del Valle on her work as a conceptual dancer
LOLA’s Melt Festival Selects
What we’re most looking forward to seeing this year
20 Years of Melt
Germany’s top festival celebrates two decades of good times
Exercise One Are Keeping Techno Dangerous
The Berlin duo invoking the spirit of the nineties
LOLA Recommends: Gigs in July
We list our unmissable live events of the month
Remembering Käthe Kollwitz
Artist, activist and mother of Berlin
A Cult Filmmaker’s Radical Reputation
Bruce LaBruce on the power of provocation
LOLA Recommends: Art Events in July
Choice contemporary art, performance, and film
The Life of a Jazz Legend and Auschwitz Survivor
Coco Schumann's remarkable story of how music kept him going
Confronting Body Image On Tinder
Photographer Eylül Aslan asks: What don’t you love about me?
Delving Into Berlin’s Dark Corners
Photographer Matthew Coleman finds light between the shadows
In Pictures: LOLA’s First Birthday
Celebrating one year, four issues and a lot of good times
Video Premiere: Angela Chambers ‘Siren’
A choice cut from her debut EP gets the video treatment
A Bloody Fight For Reproductive Rights
Cute Fruit Undies on taking action in Trump’s America, one period panty at a time
Devugees Welcome
One company’s mission to integrate refugees through technology
Getting to Know: Carla dal Forno
Talking cello, painting and her debut solo album
Calm After the Storm
Nick Donovan of DeadBear on life, work at BIMM Berlin, and the inspirational hunger of his music students
The Seven Year Itch
LOLA’s picks for this year’s Torstraßen Festival
Chatting Up Cher Nobyl
A power-dressing career woman and social commentator
The Papa of Kotti
Meet Seydo Uzun, the kiosk counsellor for those in need
LOLA Recommends: Art Events in June
Choice contemporary art, performance, and film
The Gift That Keeps on Giving
Frontwoman Sónia Tavares shares her thoughts ahead of their Berlin show
Getting to Know Berlinstagram
An unofficial ambassador in focus
Brilliant And Bold
Love, legacy and smashing the system with Black Cracker
Birdwatching: A New Way of Looking at Our City
Berlin’s Birdwatching Scene
Tour Diary: Gurr
The Berlin-based Garage-rockers share photos from their recent European tour
Odd City Episode Five: Strings Attached
How Groupmuse are changing house party music
LOLA Recommends: Art Events in May
Bold and experimental contemporary art
A Common Language for Teenage Refugees
The music production workshop that's building futures
LOLA Recommends: Berlin Gallery Weekend 2017
A weekend of diverse contemporary art
Hello Humans
Ducks! introduce their dream disco and electronic weirdness
Rearranging Reality
Britta Thie on media, satire, and reinventing the everyday
When It All Began
Day one in Trump's America
Coming To Town: HVOB
We catch up with the band ahead of their sold-out Berlin gig
In Pictures: BIMM Berlin’s End of Term Gig
The music students rocking out at Musik & Frieden
Bouldering in Berlin
Comedian Caroline Clifford rates the city's climbing gyms
Promoting with Purpose
Meet Bang On, the Berlin indie collective putting female musicians centre stage
Connecting Strangers With Their Stories
Artist Tala Who on the importance of being
Verloren in Berlin und Bukarest
Photographing the turbulent lives of street youth
With and Without
Sophia Vogel’s clothing-optional photography series
Boys Noize: Banging the Drum for Berlin
The electro outsider on following his punk spirit
Where Have All The Dodos Gone?
Berlin-based curator Lisa Gordon talks about her new dodo-themed exhibition ‘Have you seen this bird?’
More Than My Boob
Artist Annique Delphine discusses her latest work
Bigger Than This Land
Multi-platform artist, Mary Ocher talks politics, place and privilege
Pit Bukowski’s Celluloid Dreams
Indulging our curiosity with the Berlin-born actor
How My Mother Raised Me
Mitski talks post-pubescent tightrope walking ahead of her show at Lido
Fire, Bikes, Beyoncé
In conversation with ethereal singer/producer Magic Island
Introducing: Eveline
The electro-pop duo on releasing their debut
Sweet Reposition
The Temper Trap’s Dougy Mandagi on making indie smash hits and moving to Berlin
Resisting from Abroad
Ideas for the future from the Berlin Women's March
The Singularity of the Chicken
Artist Andreas Greiner on collaborating with nature
The Street Life of Roc Roc-It
Collecting stories and crossing borders
Odd City Episode Four: Bear City Rollers
All rollin', no hatin'
Porn This Way
Stripping down the art and politics of Pornceptual
Closer to Some Kind of Truth
Bulgarian pop artist DENA on her deeply personal new material
One Night at the Lamplight Sessions
An intimate evening with an array of international performers
LOLA’s Favourite Berlin Indie Releases of 2016
The 10 local records that kept us sane during this unique and Bowie-less year
Odd City Episode Three: Cooking the Books in Kreuzberg
A literary oasis with a proper English roast
On the Shores of Lesbos
Filmmaker Ben Jones documents the refugee crisis
Oddcity Episode Two: Where There’s Wheels, There’s a Way
Mobilising Berlin’s new arrivals
Homeless Veggie Dinners
Charitable cooking with a side of community spirit
From Belfast To Berlin
Making Stories, Making Sounds: Northern Irish Music Comes to Neukölln
Orchestral Manoeuvres
Andy Leomar's Symphoniacs: where classical meets electronica
Irish Sports are Thriving
One club's success against the odds
The Adrenalin Fuelled Photography of Thomas von Wittich
Scaling rooftops and riding trains to document the Berlin Kidz
Oddcity Episode One: Ofen Bar and the Sound of Silence
One venue owner’s creative solution to noise pollution
Bergnein
Meet the creative duo behind the tabletop tribute to the church of techno
Peaches
Rubbing Berlin up the right way
Money Talks
Gross Net’s Philip Quinn on his debut album
Culture Night Belfast
One night to unite a city
Waves, Sand, and Sunlight
Elizabeth McTernan on mapping as storytelling
Konrad Langer’s Fresh Perspective
The Instagram specialist with a geometric focus
Recommended Gigs in November
Party Fears’ Maggie Devlin lists her unmissable live shows of the month
In the Friend Zone with Michael Mayer
Unveiling the collaborative process behind the techno legend's latest album
On The Road to Reeperbahn
Train gigs, showcases and good times
Arthouse
A guided tour of Weißensee's art commune 'Kunstlerhaus Parkstraße'
Berlin’s Green Spaces: Görlitzer Park
Exploring the history of Kreuzberg's undisciplined garden
Anne Imhof – Angst II
Dancers, Falcons, Drones and Music at Hamburger Bahnhof
The Immersive Photographs of Johanna Keimeyer
An artist's repeated baptisms in hotel pools of the world
Splicing Music and Fashion with Larry Tee
Original NYC club kid and flamboyant party machine introduces a new queer party to Berlin
Strong as Fuck
The ongoing impact of Sara Jordenö's award-winning documentary KIKI
Pondering Infinity
John Kameel Farah's Spiritual Sound
Election Fever in Neukölln
Jöran Mandik finds that even running for office is easier than going to the Bürgeramt
Cliffe Notes
Barry Cliffe's Top Five Berlin Bands of the Moment
Luckless
Introducing an ever-changing musical outfit from half a world away
The Artists Who Turned a Döner Factory Into a Contemporary Art Space
A tour around one of Neukölln's most distinctive cultural hotspots: Horse & Pony Fine Arts
Breaking Through The Silence
Electronic producer Ryan Vail on his debut album
Twisted Reality in The Mind of Nikias Chryssos
The underground director on his dark debut feature, Der Bunker
Documenting the Changing Face of Berlin
Alexander Steffen captures the city's transience in Vanishing Berlin
In Pictures: By The Lake 2016
Festival Hits All The Right Notes in Weißensee
Mark Reeder
A Life at the Heart of Berlin's Cultural Revolutions
Colour in The Clear Morning Light
Gergana Petrova on shooting the uniquely poetic Berlin 05am
The Frisbee Jesus of Görlitzer Park
Herbert Schmidt on Life as a Kreuzberg Legend
Daily Portrait Berlin
365 Days, 365 Portraits, 365 Naked Strangers
The Unique Worldview of a Skateboarding Photographer
Dennis Scholz on capturing the interplay of architecture and skating
Joseph Wolfgang Ohlert
The rising star of Berlin’s art world is full of surprises
The Artistic Vision of Sarah P.
A fearless and fierce approach to music
