Advent08
Press Conference
Wednesday, 26 November 2008
10 Altes Rathaus/Pressezentrum, Hauptplatz 1
Events during Advent
PRESENTATION OF THE LINZ ATLAS
What makes this city a great place to live is laid out in LINZ ATLAS.
November 27, 2008, 6 PM
Wissensturm, Kärtner Str. 26, 14th Floor
HÖRSTADT-Acoustic City
HÖRSTADT is a high-profile initiative to help stamp out acoustic pollution.
Beginning November 29, 2008
RUHEPOL CENTRALKINO is an acoustic refuge being set in conjunction with HÖRSTADT to help what is supposed to be the most soulful time of the year live up to its name.
Beginning November 29, 2008, 11 AM
Landstraße 36
ADVENT CALENDAR
This year’s ADVENT CALENDAR at Café Centrum downtown features 32 windows adorned with illustrations by Nina Dietrich.
November 29, 2008, 6 PM
November 30 to December 30, 2008, 6 PM
Café Centrum, Hofgasse 14
TOWER HERMIT
The aim of the TOWER HERMIT project is to set up a place of tranquility amidst the Christ-mas shopping rush. Just in time for the beginning of the ecclesiastical year, the first of a se-ries of hermits will move into the secluded quarters in St. Mary’s Cathedral.
November 29, 2008
Partake of silence together with the hermit daily at 12:15 PM in the Kreuzkapelle.
St. Mary’s Cathedral
TOWER MUSIC
On the first Christmas shopping Saturday, TOWER MUSIC announces its message of joy to the world from the City Parish Church steeple.
Beginning November 29, 2008, daily at 6 PM
THE THEATRICAL ADVENT CALENDAR – 24TIMES UNIQUE
The Theater des Kindes will present a different surprise guest each evening. The perform-ances are suitable for young people age 14 and up as well as adults. The lineup includes plays, dramatic readings, music and dance. Admission is free; donations are welcome!
December 1-23, 2008, 7 PM
December 24, 10 AM (especially for children age 6 and up and their grown-up chaperones)
Theater des Kindes, Langgasse 13
COMING AND GOING
And since 2009 will be a time of COMING AND GOING in this city, Linz09 will be saying wel-come and farewell with multilingual city-limit signs.
Beginning December 18, 2008
on 18 major arteries in/out of town
FOUCHÉ
After all, Advent is also a time of preparation, rehearsal and practice:
Public rehearsal of FOUCHÉ
December 21, 2008, 2 PM
Posthof, Posthofstraße 43
ENSEMBLE09
The ensemble founded expressly for Linz09 provides a close-up look at its work.
Public rehearsal of INSTANT ANTON
December 30, 2008, 3 PM
Brucknerhaus/ Chorgarderobe, Untere Donaulände 7
Details:
24times UNIQUE – The Theatrical Advent CalendarLinz09 Advent Calendar
KUNSTKAUF – Affordable Art
Linz09’s “Neuner” – The Capital of Culture Magazine
THE FIFTH CANDLE
