Current events

Today's labor market is in a state of flux. Over the course of a career, employees go through a variety of professional and personal changes. During its nationwide campaign weeks from April 15–26, 2024, the Employment Agency's careers advice service for adults will provide exclusive advice on many questions and topics such as career orientation, re-entry, the job market of the future or strengthening one's own skills and offers extensive advice and networking opportunities.

A demonstration of historical musical instruments with Peter Hellert, Dr. Karl-Konrad Tschäpe and Halina Muchow will take place on Friday, April 26, 2024 at 3:30 p.m. in the Museum Viadrina (Kurfürstensaal). The event is aimed at children aged 10 and over, young people and adults.

Witty, critical, topical and provocative, Meigl Hoffmann from the Leipziger Pfeffermühle will be taking a cabaret approach to the issues of our time at Frankfurt's Kleist Forum on April 28. In his solo program "Geölter Witz – Am Rahmen der Mona Lisa", he plays the lonely museum caretaker Manfred Subbotnik, who sits in front of da Vinci's famous painting and begins to ponder aloud. About art and a system in which the material seems to take center stage, about power, supposed misunderstanding and the conditions of our time.

The Ostbrandenburgische Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft, in cooperation with the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labor and Energy of the State of Brandenburg and the Brandenburg Economic Development Agency, invites you to an economic forum on April 30. The establishment of the Tesla Gigafactory in Grünheide will have an impact on economic growth in the @see region, Oderland-Spree and Brandenburg as a whole, as well as other positive effects, which the event aims to provide detailed information about.

Under the motto "Europe is here!", the European twin city of Frankfurt (Oder)/Słubice invites all interested parties to a festival on the Polish side of the city bridge on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 from 11:00 to 17:00. In addition to a European market, guests can look forward to culinary delights and entertainment, a presentation of the border regions, live music and a photo exhibition along the city bridge.

On Wednesday, May 1, 2024, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., a ceremony will be held at the Collegium Polonicum in Słubice to mark the 20th anniversary of Poland's accession to the European Union (EU). The event is being organized by the City of Słubice and the City of Frankfurt (Oder). Free tickets for the event are available for citizens at the ticket office of the German-Polish Tourist Information in Frankfurt (Oder) or at the ticket office of the Municipal Cultural Center Słubice.

On Thursday, May 2, 2024, Prof. Dr. Steffen Groß will give the lecture "Europe lies eastwards - Poland's economic and geopolitical rise after 1990" at the Museum Viadrina (Kurfürstensaal) as part of the MUSEUMS-LECTURES.

Stage free for science – reserve your ticket now for the 3rd Brandenburg Science Slam in Fürstenwalde. For the third time, the Fürstenwalde University Office is hosting a science slam at the Kulturfabrik. On 24 May from 7 p.m., various scientists from Brandenburg will once again be presenting their research topics and vying for the audience's favor.

What makes an entrepreneurial ecosystem and what role do the three success factors of creativity, communication and community play? The ERLab Days from May 27 to 29, 2024 will address these questions in a mixture of scientific conference and regional exploration in Berlin and Brandenburg.

From June 8 to 9, 2024, you can look forward to the 29th edition of the largest country festival in Brandenburg. Among other things, guests can once again expect a variety of farm and village festivals, stable tours, field tours, carriage rides and bike tours, baking ovens will be fired up for fresh bread and delicious cakes, and old and new agricultural technology can be discovered.

Market activities with a harvest parade, stage program, hands-on activities and talks – this year, the Oderbruch Museum is organizing a large regional and farmers' market together with the districts of Märkisch-Oderland and Oder-Spree, the district farmers' association and the Frankfurt/Oder Chamber of Crafts, while at the same time continuing the popular elements of the harvest festival.

Dr. Pop is the doctor for music. He treats with music samples and fascinating music facts. His consultation at Frankfurt's Kleist Forum on January 21 is sold out. Due to the great demand, the music cabaret artist and stand-up comedian will also be a guest in the Oder city next season with his program "Hitverdächtig". Tickets have already gone on sale for the performance on January 19, 2025 at the Kleist Forum.