Film music with a big orchestral sound - the Brandenburg State Orchestra Frankfurt (BSOF) invites you to the "Popcorn Symphony" on 15 May at 7.30 p.m. in Frankfurt's exhibition halls. Listen to some of the best soundtracks from 70 years of cinema history.

On the long Ascension weekend, there will be plenty to marvel at for the spectacle's young and old guests. The knights of "Midgard's Fire League" will demonstrate their skills in exciting man-to-man battles and take visitors' breath away. Young knights can prove themselves in axe throwing, archery and other knightly disciplines.

About one in eight adults in Germany has major difficulties with reading and writing. The state of Brandenburg is therefore supporting learning and counselling services for adults with funding from the European Social Fund (ESF+). On 7 May 2026, Education Minister Gordon Hoffmann handed over a grant notification for the regional basic education centre in Frankfurt (Oder) and for adult literacy and basic education courses to Lord Mayor Dr Axel Strasser.

The traditional German-Polish cycle tour is once again taking place on Europe Day. The Allgemeiner Deutscher Fahrrad-Club (ADFC) and the German-Polish Society Brandenburg (DPG) invite you to a family-friendly day tour on Saturday, 9 May 2026, starting at 10 am on the station forecourt in Frankfurt (Oder).

"Research. Discover. Join in." – This is the motto of the Day of Science in the state capital on Saturday, 9 May 2026, from 12 noon to 6 pm. The Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) is helping to organise this event with an exciting and informative programme. The European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) and the TH Wildau are taking part on the Golm campus of the University of Potsdam with hands-on experiments and lectures.

Once a semester, the TH Wildau traditionally celebrates diversity and multiculturalism with the International Afternoon. Students, teaching staff and employees present their home countries, enjoy culinary delights, make music and sing together and exchange ideas. It's happening again on 7 May 2026 from 2 to 5 p.m. Of course, interested members of the public are also cordially invited.

Spring upturn very subdued – unemployment rate in East Brandenburg remains at 6.7 per cent: In April, a total of 15,215 people were registered as unemployed in the city of Frankfurt (Oder), the district of Märkisch-Oderland and the district of Oder-Spree. That is 129 fewer than in March and 7 more than in April 2025.

The presence centre Fürstenwalde  is reorganising: With immediate effect, the university presence centre is now based in Beeskow and will operate under the name "Präsenzstelle Oderland-Spree | Beeskow". With the new location and an expanded regional focus, it is strengthening its role as a central interface between science and society in the region.

The 2026 Metropolitan Region East Training Award has been launched. We are looking for committed trainees and training companies from the region. Many of you do outstanding training work every day. Make your commitment visible now with the training award and apply by 21 June 2026!

From 10 May, the Brandenburg State Museum of Modern Art (BLMK) in the Packhof Frankfurt (Oder) will be showing works by the Berlin painter Joachim Völkner (1949–1986 East Berlin) under the title "Im Wachen träumen" (Dreaming While Waking). This is the first time in almost four decades that the artist's work has been shown in a personal exhibition. Völkner belonged to the youngest generation of painters in the late GDR and developed an independent visual language characterised by social responsibility.