The inaugural meeting of the Helene Lake working group will take place on Wednesday, 4 March 2026 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Frankfurt (Oder) Town Hall, Marktplatz 1, Heilbronn room. The event is open to the public. Lake Helene, which is located in the Oder-Spree Lake District landscape conservation area, has been closed by the State Office for Mining, Geology and Raw Materials (LBGR) since May 2021 due to the massive risk of landslides on the shore areas.

The Brandenburg Women's Weeks are a nationwide political format regularly organised by committed women. This year's motto is "WTF – Anger meets Feminism" and brings together a variety of conferences, lectures, women's get-togethers, sporting competitions, festive events, workshops, exhibitions, etc. across the state, which form a clear counterweight to the increasingly harsh developments in a society that is becoming increasingly divided.

The new improvisational theater series "The Big 7" continues on 27 February at Frankfurt's Theaterhaus Kleist Forum. In this interactive show with the Berlin ensemble "Die Gorillas", the audience has the power. A wide variety of characters are improvised in moving monologues, rousing songs and funny scenes.

It is a pressing issue in almost every company: The introduction and use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is increasingly becoming part of everyday working life in companies and organisations. For employees, this development is often associated with a sense of threat.

The Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan region is not getting off the ground economically at the start of 2026. The latest figures from the economic report of the Berlin and Brandenburg chambers of industry and commerce reveal the structural crisis. At 102 points, the economic climate index is now only slightly above the standstill mark (100 points). Two thirds of companies cite the economic policy framework conditions as the greatest risk to business development.

Sixth-grader Myriam Nour Jannah Kassem from Evangelische Grundschule Frankfurt (Oder) is this year's winner of the city-wide reading competition. She came out on top against the winners from the other Frankfurt elementary school. Myriam read from the book she chose herself, "The Destiny" by Veronica Roth.

Participation in the 2nd Dialogue Forum of the Twin Cities on May 28/29 possible: The European Twin Cities Frankfurt (Oder)-Słubice together with the European University Viadrina invites you to the 2nd Dialogue Forum of the Twin Cities. It will take place from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Kleist Forum Frankfurt (Oder). We are also looking for 20 participants from Frankfurt (Oder) and Słubice who represent different areas of society.

Tournaments and a huge medieval market spectacle will attract visitors from near and far to Spandau Citadel for the 19th time at Easter. From April 4 to 6, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., market people, knights, jugglers, acrobats and minstrels await the people for market hustle and bustle and amusement.

The IHP - Leibniz Institute for Innovative Microelectronics celebrated the "International Day of Women and Girls in Science" on February 11 with lectures, laboratory tours and artistic impulses. The event brought together schoolgirls, researchers and a scientifically interested audience and set an example for equal opportunities and the visibility of women in scientific careers.

The Frankfurt (Oder) Music School can look back on a successful year at the regional "Jugend musiziert" competition in Prenzlau: eleven participants were awarded ten 1st prizes and one 2nd prize.