Clockwork Banana

GALLERY // Futureless – Queer-feminist Group Exhibition

With imagination and fiction as tools, the Futureless group exhibition presents the myriad possibilities of queer/feminist futures within our increasingly digitized and ecologically precarious planet.

A generation of artists is emerging who view the dreams of economic progress and unlimited growth at their end. Simultaneously, we are witnessing the extent of humanity’s damage to the globe becoming exposed. The loss of a future once thought by some as great and bright leaves us in a futureless state. Such a state may feel at once empty and ominous, yet also appear as a promising site for speculative fiction and fantasy. From an insightful standpoint, queer/feminist voices articulately shine through this futureless void, offering visions of how society can be continuously shaped and reshaped differently. What does it mean for queer/feminist thought and art that the future is missing? How can we dream of and interpret the present as seen from the future?

The artists participating in the Futureless group exhibition speculate on these questions and more, recognizing an important history of queer/feminist futurism. Drawing from this historical sensitivity, Futureless understands queer/feminist lives as existing within an ecosystem; in a constant exchange with the rest of nature and society that renders them as interdependent. In this way, various worlds, or perhaps universes, emerge from the artworks, performances, workshops, and lectures that are presented during Futureless, worlds that detail imaginative proposals for queer/feminist futures, with fiction and reality appearing in unentanglable forms. Standing before a backdrop formed by the ever-shifting relations between human beings and the globe, Futureless looks forward, viewing the emerging political and ideological void as an opportunity to envision queer/feminist dreams of future life.

Curated by Oliver Dougherty.

Participating artists:

Clay AD
Niya B
Zhen Guo
Areej Huniti & Eliza Goldox
Maria Kulikovska with Uleg Vinnichenko
Zoë Marden
Fallon Mayanja
Joanne Newman
Maxine Puorro, Eddy Levin & Helah Cooper
Heather Renée Russ
Anna M. Szaflarski

September 18th – October 10th, 2020, Tuesday-Saturday 2-7 pm
Entry free, RSVP required
SomoS, Kottbusser Damm 95, 1.0G, 10967 Berlin (U8 – Schönleinstraße)

GALLERY // Nothing To See Hear – Adrian Williams @ Retramp

Incorporating collage, woodwork, handmade stamps and line drawing, Williams’ mixed media pieces evoke a sense of imaginative familiarity and comfort within an often isolating, puzzling existence.

William’s is a graduate of the University of Manitoba (Winnipeg, Canada) and was one of the original members of the Royal Art Lodge.

His work is generally drawing-based, often incorporating elements of collage, print, varnish and other miscellaneous material. His work tends toward narrative imagery and subject matter: the philosophical, the despondent, the amusing… etc.

FOOD // Vegan Cajun Soulfood Weekend @ Crazy Bastard Sauce

100% plant based event.
Crazy bastard Sauce presents a weekend of vegan Cajun soul food. As always, the food itself will not be too spicy, so that everyone can enjoy it, but we provide unlimited hot sauce for you to spice it up as you like it.

Fried Chicken & Waffle – Soy and gluten based imitation chicken with Kentucky style breading on a Belgian waffle with spicy molasses ghost pepper syrup and slaw €9

Kentucky Fried Cauliflower – with mac & cheese OR seitan, mushroom and red bean jambalaya, and slaw €10 (+€2 to upgrade to vegan fried chicken)

Mushroom Po’Boy – Soft white baguette with cajun fried mushrooms, lettuce, tomato, pickles and CBS Blue Label mayonnaise, with side of slaw €9

Big ol’ Soulfood Platter for two – Fried chicken and waffle, mac & cheese, small mushgroom po’boy, cajun slaw, jambalaya €20

Sides:
Mac & cheese €5
Seitan, mushroom and red bean jambalaya €5
Kentucky fried cauliflower €5
slaw €2

Berlin Chili Fest 2020
Saturday 26th September 2020

In the amazing surroundings of the Jockel Biergarten, by the 3 canals in Neukölln, let’s all meet and have an afternoon dedicated to all things chili.

1pm – 11pm @ Jockel Biergarten, Ratiborstr. 14c, 10999 Berlin, Germany

All COVID safety measures will be in place at the festival, please bring your masks, hand sanitizer will be around the venue and you will need to write down your details, seats will be arranged with distancing, please help us out by respecting this.

The mini-festival will feature:

Homemade Hot Sauce competition
Spicy Market Stalls
Hot Sauce tasting
Food & drinks served
Talks & Workshops by chili experts
Chili Plant : Buy / Sell / Trade
Live Music & English Comedy Show (from 9pm 10€ entry)

Berlin Best Homemade Hot Sauce Competition
https://www.facebook.com/events/320464679039397/

Live Music & English Comedy Show (from 9pm 10€ entry)
Tickets: https://clockworkbanana.com/events/chili_fest_show/

The venue also has a play park for kids, Ice Cream, Full Bar, Tea, Coffee & Burger Stand.

Full details & timetable to follow.

We will also be launching our very special “100% Berlin Grown Hotsauce” by Crazy Bastard Sauce & the Berlin Superhot Chili Project.

Limited edition “goodie bags” are available in advance, the goodie bag will include a bottle of the new “100% Berlin grown hot sauce”, chili seeds, tote bag, badges, stickers & a bunch of other amazing chili related things all for 12€, please buy these in advance and pick up at the festival with the following link:

https://chilipunk.com/product/berlin-chili-festival-2020-goodie-bag/
Choose the “Festival Pick up” free delivery option to pick up at the festival, or postage option if you want it sent.

Please join our “Berlin Social” Telegram group to communicate on the day: http://bit.ly/berlinsocialchat

In Association with :

www.berlinsuperhot.com
www.crazybsauce.com
www.chilipunk.com
www.pfefferhaus.de
www.clockworkbanana.com
www.hirschundhase.de
www.Chilisaus.be
www.facebook.com/eddatheicelady/
www.instagram.com/berlinchilifest/
www.thesausagemanneversleeps.com/
www.facebook.com/BioChili/

SOCIAL // Klunkerkranich Rooftop Beer Garden

THE KLUNKERKRANICH CULTURAL ROOF GARDEN above Neukölln Arcaden

The Klunkerkranich is a cultural roof garden that, in addition to spacious and green outdoor areas and the most panoramic view of Berlin indoor, now offers concerts, a DJ program, readings, cinema, culinary delights and more over two floors.

The greenery sprouts in the garden, flocks of birds hover over the roof in a formation flight and inside there is a first-class cultural program. The Klunkerkranich, located in the pulsating heart of North Neukölln, is an integral part of the neighborhood. Since 2013, the Klunkerkranich has been attracting old Kiez rocks, new Berliners and visitors from all over the world to the top parking level of the Neukölln Arkaden. In addition to the spacious and green outdoor areas, cozy huts with a diverse cultural program attract visitors: from readings to poetry slams, from concerts to DJ sets, from cinema to markets. With the opening of the second hut “Behind the Alps” in October 2017, the Klunkerkranich creates space for new formats and rentals and is increasingly developing into a cultural village on the roof. Sequel follows!

Berlin Best Homemade Hot Sauce Competition
Saturday 26th September 2020

Jockel Biergarten
Ratiborstr. 14c, 10999 Berlin, Germany

Enter your own homemade hot sauce in our first annual Berlins Best Homemade Hot Sauce Competition at the Berlin Chili Festival, judged by own panel of expert Hot sauce makers & chefs.

How to enter:

Just arrive at the festival between 5pm – 7pm and come to the table, you can just enter in person, with your hot sauce in some sort of clean container, please do not put any information on the container, you will be asked to write this down on the entry form, please have a list of the ingredients.

The winner will be announced at around 8pm in the main hall.

How its judged :

Our experts will be marking the sauce out of 10 in five categories:

– Aroma / nose
– Use of chilis / heat profile*
– Flavour / palate
– Creativity / individuality / memorability
– Finish / aftertaste / afterburn

*hotter does not mean a higher score.

the sauces will tasted blind at first, and then the judges will get a chance to see the list of ingredients before their final decisions.

Rules:

1. you must have made the hot sauce yourself! Family recipes etc. are allowed.
2. Non commercial sauces only.
3. our desitions are final
4. we may tweak the rules as we see fit, to keep everything fair

Prizes:

Win a trophy, ultimate glory, your chance to defend your title next year, plus a chili festival hamper containing a heap of goodies from the festival.

The event page for the full Berlin Chili Fest: https://www.facebook.com/events/3115721085173061/

In Association with :

www.berlinsuperhot.com
www.crazybsauce.com
www.chilipunk.com
www.pfefferhaus.de
www.clockworkbanana.com
www.hirschundhase.de
www.Chilisaus.be
https://www.facebook.com/eddatheicelady/

Cosmic Comedy Club Berlin in English with Free Vegetarian & Vegan Pizza
Saturday 26th September 2020

All coronavirus safety measures will be in place on the night, please buy/reserve tickets in advance as we will have limited spaces https://cosmiccomedy.club/comedy

Hosted by: Dharmander Singh (UK) & Neil Numb Comedy (SCOT)

★★★★★ THE ACTS ★★★★★

Vidura Rajapaksa (SRI)
Carmen Chraim (LEB)
Drew Bulkeley – Portnoy (US)
James Song (UK)

★★★★★ SHOW INFORMATION ★★★★★

Please Join our “Berlin Comedy” Telegram Group Chat: http://bit.ly/berlinsocialchat

English Comedy Club Berlin, first of all, This is a perfect way to dive into the flourishing English-speaking comedy scene.

Cosmic Comedy is a place where locals and Berlin visitors meet to enjoy an evening of stand-up comedy in central Berlin (Mitte).

Doors open at 7.45pm. Before the show starts at 9pm you can purchase 2for1 drinks on chosen beverages at our bar (except on Saturdays) which is also the place where you get your free apple shots. After that have a slice or two of delicious vegetarian and vegan pizza at 8.15pm which we have brought in from one of the most popular Italian restaurants in Berlin. Once all the free pizza is eaten the show begins and you can lean back and enjoy Berlin’s local comedians, international acts as wells as the occasional first-timers.

Furthermore, you will be very pleased to hear that the venue is Non-Smoking and has a “Nice people only policy!”

Wheelchair access available, please just let a staff member know when you arrive.

Finally, all the FREE pizza is vegetarian and vegan, we have over 5 meters but please remember its while stocks last, so please arrive before 8.15pm to avoid disappointment.

Every Monday & Thursday ~ Open Mic
Every Friday & Saturday ~ Showcase

★★★★★ ADVANCED TICKETS ★★★★★

Tickets are available on the door from 7.45pm, or in advance online
Advanced tickets: https://cosmiccomedy.club/comedy

Ticket price includes 5% VAT

★★★★★ THE VENUE ★★★★★

Bar 1820 @ Belushi´s, Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 41, 10178, Berlin
http://bit.ly/2PU6Mcz

FESTIVAL // Berlin Chili Festival : Live Music & Comedy

Main show from 9pm
Limited numbers due to the restrictions

10€ Entry to pay the performers, tickets below

All COVID safety measures will be in place at the festival, please bring your masks, hand sanitizer will be around the venue and you will need to write down your details, seats will be arranged with distancing, please help us out by respecting this.

Main Berlin Chili Fest event: https://www.facebook.com/events/3115721085173061/

★★★★★ THE ACTS ★★★★★

The Jolie Blondes : Full Band

Amelia Jane Hunter (AUS)
Comedian Chris Davis (SCOT)
DJ Seraphim Breno Gradel

hosted by Neil Numb Comedy (SCOT)

★★★★★ LIVE MUSIC ★★★★★

The Jolie Blondes

Berlin Americana stalwarts Tom Lee Who and Joe Armstrong know 120 years and many hundreds of folk, country, bluegrass and country rock songs between them.

Over the last 14 years, together, and in their internationally- celebrated bands Two Dollar Bash and Lord Mouse and The Kalypso Katz, they’ve played every Berlin backroom, jam
session and big stage.

Their new band The Jolie Blondes, named after the most famous song in the Cajun canon, is a roots music passion project celebrating strings and vocal harmony.

Talented Australian singer-songwriter Samantha met Tom onstage where they broke a room full of hearts on two classic Gram and Emmylou numbers.

Edinburgh-born dobro master Gavin Taylor and his band toured Scotland by mooring their sailing ship at whisky distilleries and playing from the deck before he arrived in Berlin to dry out in 2019 and met Joe at a jam.

The Jolie Blondes’ heavenly harmonies and rootsy grooves show their deep love of good stories told properly in song.

★★★★★ AMELIA JANE HUNTER ★★★★★

Amelia Jane Hunter (AUS)
Originally from Darwin, Amelia now lives and loves in the land of bone structure, broad shoulders and smoldering eye contact; Berlin.
Touring the expansive girth of Europe, UK and Australia finding and funding perverted love, true crime and culinary frights, Amelia is an unstoppable adventurer.

Riveting, ribald and completely uncensored, Amelia’s brand of individual comedy and solo shows have earned her top accolades and comedy awards in Australia and the UK.
A powerful storyteller with a penchant for the theatrical, never short of a story or afraid to pepper the air blue, Amelia Jane Hunter is the carnival ride that should have been closed down the day Michael Jacksons’ hair caught fire.

‘Raw, outrageous, completely unapologetic and enthralling to watch‘
UK Comedy Guide

‘She is a brilliant tour de force of laughter filled mischievous comedy.’
Time Out UK

‘An incredible talent, bold and daring’ -3 Weeks, Edinburgh

★★★★★ CHRIS DAVIS ★★★★★

Chris Davis (SCOTLAND)
is a comedian from Glasgow, Scotland. He is a regular performer in the Berlin English comedy scene. He has performed in New York, London, and Belgium, of all places! He performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2012 and 2013. In 2013, he was a finalist in The Scottish Comedian of the Year. In 2014 he took his show to the Glasgow International Comedy Festival and will do the same in March 2015. He enjoys olives. But never used to.

“A down-to-earth character who embodies everything it means to be a true Scottish comedian” – Broadway Baby.

“Davis is entertainment with a capital E!” – one4review.

★★★★★ DJ SERAPHIM ★★★★★

”Conceived on the misty waters of the Amazon river, and born at a VIP room of an abandoned dusty disco, Seraphim had since an early age an inclination to the life-changing aspects that music and organized sound can provoke on the human soul. Shamanism, musique concrète, conceptual art, quantum physics, aromatherapy, culinary … Are all elements contributing to and inspiring his exquisite sound.

Each set takes us on a journey through sonic universes, traveling around every possible style and musical influences. From exotica to experimental jazz, from cheesy eighties disco to unexpected mash-ups, from jumpy klezmer to burlesque old-timers.

Each upcoming track is a surprise and will expand the boundaries of the listener’s ears, bringing sometimes joy and luxury, sometimes drama and fear. Be sure to bring your dancing shoes and your ass-shaking pants to the oddly exquisite world of Seraphim’s musical explorations.”

https://www.mixcloud.com/DJSeraphimBreno/

We´ve made it to 7 years and what a ride it´s been. Every year our birthday has a theme and what better year it´s been to rekindle our love for our guests and our wonderful bar.

This years theme is our 7 year itch and quite possibly our most difficult phase yet as we battle through things to keep this romance and love affair alive. Like all relationships we need to work on it, find a way to keep the magic alive and the passion burning.

We´ve made some wonderful changes to the Monterey bar in 2020. We take the good with the bad and above all else respect everyone. We have some treats for you and big surprises like every birthday party for the Monterey bar. Those of you who have seen what we do in years past know how hard we rock it each birthday.

What will we do this year to spruce up our relationship with you ?
Marriage counsellors, lavish gifts, romantic holidays, sex toys ??? I guess you´ll have to come and celebrate with us to find out.

We thankyou for 7 amazing years and your love and passion for our bar that we feel in our heart. We assure you this evening is going to be absolutely wild.

Stay tuned for more details !!!