News Archive
Since 2005, Linz09’s editorial staff has documented Capital of Culture events and activities in more than 700 articles. From rundowns on preliminary projects and reports about the many productions staged throughout 2009 to interesting updates from other Capitals of Culture, they’re all available here in chronological order.
Alfresco Fun Throughout the Long Holiday Weekend with Linz09! (28.05.2009)
LinzFest has been the entertainment highlight of Whitsuntide for 20 years now. This time around, in the spirit of 2009, Linz is welcoming visitors from Europe’s 2008-2013 Capitals of Culture. This is a don’t-miss event for the whole family!
Young Footballers are Kicking Off in Linz! (28.05.2009)
Over the coming weekend, Linz will be in the thralls of football fever! Athletes age 15 and under from all over Europe are coming to town for the YES09 Youth European Soccer Cup.
Art on and above the Rooftops of Linz (28.05.2009)
“Höhenrausch–High-Altitude Euphoria” will be taking art lovers on an excursion above the Linz cityscape beginning May 29. From rooftop to rooftop via stairs and bridges, this lofty art parcours will feature an array of installations and objects by international artists.
24 Hours of Dancing in Schillerpark (28.05.2009)
Schillerpark is morphing into an open-air discothèque for 24 hours on June 6. Things just might get a little wild and crazy! Here’s your big chance to partake of a truly different experience: “Madness?! – Get Out of the Everyday Rut. 24 Hours of Motion in Schillerpark” in conjunction with “The Ill Rabbit / Crazy about Linz.”
Music from East and West at Linz Europa Hafenfest (28.05.2009)
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BAP, Konstantin Wecker, Klaus Doldinger, Haindling, Willi Resetarits, Philip Poisel, Claudia Koreck, Loredana Groza and Rambo Amadeus are just a few of the great musical acts that will be appearing at the Linz Europa Hafenfest in early July!
Jazz with Doug Hammond (25.05.2009)
Drummer, singer and composer Doug Hammond is a jazz legend. And what’s more—he lives in Linz! For Linz09, he’s created an orchestral work.
Educational Expert Sir Ken Robinson in Linz! (25.05.2009)
By far the world’s most in-demand authority in matters of creativity, innovation and education will deliver a keynote address in Hafenhalle09 in conjunction with Linz09’s big school project I LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT.
Brief Layovers in Linz (20.05.2009)
Linz long had a reputation as a city that you just passed through, not a place where you spent time sightseeing. But many famous travelers have indeed paid a call on Linz. Literary evidence to this effect has been amassed into an exhibition entitled “Just Passing Through” that opens April 29 in StifterHaus.
Ambling through the World... (07.05.2009)
Every person has an individual rhythm. For example, his/her gait: fast or slow, long or short strides, smooth or with slight irregularities. These divergences in the ways people walk is what the “Go Your Gait!” project is all about. See for yourself beginning May 14 in Linz’s Wissensturm.
Subversion is our success (07.05.2009)
The Subversive Fair being staged in mid-May is a one-of-a-kind event—social criticism, amusing initiatives & witty stunts, fascinating ideas and actionist activities amidst what ironically looks an awful lot like a run-of-the-mill trade show. So stop by and get acquainted with how the counterculture gets down to work!
Linz’s Southern Periphery Hosts This Year's Festival of the Regions (07.05.2009)
Since 1993, the Festival of the Regions has been staged biennially at a different location in Upper Austria. On the occasion of Linz’s stint as Capital of Culture, the festival has selected a venue that’s a bit closer to the province’s capital than is usually the case. The 2009 theme, “Normalcy,” shifts the Auwiesen and solarCity neighborhoods on Linz’s south side into the focal point of attention.
It’s Showtime: The Circus is in Town! (07.05.2009)
About a hundred musical performances will be staged over the coming months under this big top—a French wooden tent. Most of the works were composed or arranged especially for this show that premieres on May 11.
“Decisions – Entscheidungen” Opens (07.05.2009)
The next project in “The Ill Rabbit” series premieres on May 15. “Decisions – Entscheidungen” by Linz-native artist Christoph Mayer is meant to change the way we perceive things; it scrutinizes the human capacity to make a decision.
Musical Europe (07.05.2009)
“Europe moves together” is the motto of “Megahertz,” the 10th European Young People’s Music Festival. Several cities in the Province of Upper Austria will be hosting approximately 8,000 young musicians from all over Europe.
Talk to the Animals… (07.05.2009)
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Perhaps you’ve noticed that Linz’s Pfarrplatz looks somewhat different at the moment. The enclosure that’s been set up on that downtown square is the setting of “Our Common Problem: People,” a project by Finnish artist Tea Mäkipää.
With Songs through the Centuries (07.05.2009)
Humankind has been singing since time immemorial. Songs with narratives. Songs about emotions. This spring’s “Festival 4020. More than Music” is entitled “Song.” The centerpiece: the human voice with all of its manifold facets and expressive possibilities.
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