From April 2025, anyone wishing to embark on a course of study that individually promotes international career paths is in the right place at the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). Prospective students can now enrol for a variety of Bachelor's and Master's degree programs in the fields of cultural studies, law and economics. Enrolment for the summer semester 2025 runs until March 15, 2025.

At the end of last year, the Verein der Freunde und Förderer des Museums Viadrina e.V. was able to acquire a valuable piece of Frankfurt's city history. It is a so-called Kratervase from the year 1846, which was produced at the time by the Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Berlin (KPM). The krater vase can now be viewed on the second floor of the Junkerhaus of the Viadrina Municipal Museum.

Stand-up comedy is booming and the Kleist Forum needs to celebrate this – with a new format that will be shown for the first time in Frankfurt on December 14. Brilliant up-and-coming comedians are invited to the "Stand Up Slam" to present their latest and sharpest gags.

On Saturday, December 14, 2024 at 11:00 a.m., the children's library at Collegienstraße 10 invites you to the final event of the project "Wörterwelten. Reading and writing with authors". For one year, children from the Bambi daycare center in Frankfurt (Oder) worked on poems, stories and illustrations together with the illustrator and author Isabel Pin.

In the "Our village has a future" competition, "Kummse", as Kummersdorf is affectionately known, took first place for the Oder-Spree district and was awarded the title at district level on December 3, 2024 at Beeskow Castle.

Thierbachshof presented a donation of 150 euros to the Steinhöfel youth fire department as part of its atmospheric Christmas market last Sunday. With this gesture, operators Anne-Kathrin Kuhlemann and Markus Haastert thanked the young firefighters for their exemplary commitment, especially in the area of recruiting young people for the indispensable tasks of the volunteer fire department.

The pre-Christmas season is here and the town of Bad Freienwalde invites you to a special experience: the Advent magic in the castle park from December 13 to 15, which is supported by the town's associations and Bad Freienwalde Tourismus GmbH and the host Michael Linckersdorff Foundation. Amidst the festively illuminated backdrop of the castle park, visitors can look forward to a magical Christmas market that will delight young and old alike.

Artists can currently register until Tuesday, December 17 for the Open Studios on the first weekend in May (May 3 and 4, 2025) to open their studios or take part in the joint exhibition. At the event, visitors will have the opportunity to talk to the artists and find out more about the art scene in the twin city.

The presentation of the anthology "Grenzüberschreitende Daseinsvorsorge. Status and Perspectives in European Interdependent Spaces" at the European University Viadrina has to be postponed due to illness. The event of the Viadrina Center B/ORDERS IN MOTION will be held in the summer semester 2025. Further information will follow.

The "Our village has a future" competition, which is held throughout Germany in successive rounds, offers participating villages the opportunity to show how they actively and proactively shape the structural, economic and cultural development of their living environment. The award ceremony took place on 23.11.2024 in the Kreiskulturhaus in Seelow. Many stakeholders from the participating villages came together for the ceremony.