The "Best of Poetry Slam" is back at Frankfurt's Kleist Forum: On September 20, it will once again be about choosing the best story of all time. Top poets from German-speaking countries will give an insight into what moves them and their world.

The fifth network meeting of the Brandenburg Venues project will take place on October 15, 2025 at Beeskow Castle. With this project, the association not only wants to bring together the association's artists and groups with Brandenburg event organizers, but also work with them and regional cultural administrations to get to the bottom of the conditions for a prosperous artistic and cultural landscape in Brandenburg.

On Monday, September 1, 2025, Mayor Claus Junghanns welcomed 11 young men and women who will begin their training or dual studies at the city administration of Frankfurt (Oder) with immediate effect or from October. The trainees and students will complete the practical part of their training or studies in the specialist departments of the municipal administration and also in the rescue station and at Frankfurt (Oder) Hospital, among other places.

On Thursday, September 18, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., the Viadrina General Student Committee invites you to the election forum at BLOK O. The mayoral candidates Désirée Schrade (CDU), Simona Koß (SPD) and Dr. Axel Strasser (non-party) will take part in the discussion ahead of the mayoral election.

On Thursday, September 18, a new series of talks will begin in Frankfurt (Oder), linking citizens and local politics. The kick-off will deal with the topic of "Security in Frankfurt (Oder) and the real concerns behind it".

On Friday, September 19, at 4 p.m., interested parties will meet for a waste collection campaign on the Ziegenwerder as part of World Cleanup Day. The Viadrina and the European University Alliance ERUA, together with the IMD Labor Oderland and the German Red Cross, are inviting people to join in.

On November 5, 2025, the 14th Day of the Preschool Child will take place in the auditorium of the "Erich Kästner" elementary school from 4:00 p.m. The event is aimed specifically at parents. Childcare will be provided by the elementary school's after-school care center. Various experts with many years of experience with preschool children have been recruited for the day of action and will also answer individual questions after the workshops.

"Celebrating the common source – forging the bond of peace"! This is the motto for the festive service to mark the 900th anniversary of the founding of the Diocese of Lebus. It will take place on Sunday, September 28 at 2 p.m. in Fürstenwald Cathedral, the old episcopal church of the diocese.

The culturally diverse city of Łódź is the focus of a border talk on Wednesday, September 24 in the Senate Hall of the European University Viadrina. Theater scholar Prof. Dr. Karolina Prykowska-Michalak from the University of Łódź will talk about famous and lesser-known cultural approaches to her city in her lecture entitled "Theo, wir fahr'n nach Lodz – Annäherungen an eine Stadt".

A meeting between Mayor Claus Junghanns and his Słubice counterpart Marzena Słodownik and the German government's coordinator for German-Polish inter-societal and cross-border cooperation, Knut Abraham MP, focused on the border controls on both sides and their negative impact on the twin city.