Summerstage
It could be said about the Viennese that the one thing they enjoy more than wining and dining with pleasant company would be doing the same outdoors. Even in the dead of winter, they seem to love standing around in the cold, with nothing save a warm mug of something strong. Now, at last, winter is [...]
Dreaming up Döbling: Of Ancient Hills and Heuriger
People walk more slowly here. In town they may rush, but at home in Döbling, the journey is its own reward. The 10 communities within the…
Benefit Concert: Supporting Refugees
Musician and activist Paul Gulda spoke at the TVR Salon on June 10th with his friend Adalat Khan, an Asylum Seeker from the Swat region of Pakistan…
An Urban Festwochen Experience
It was noon as I entered the ticket office of the Wiener Festwochen in Lehàrgasse 3a: The place was empty, and the guard was playing…
Sweepstakes: The Taming of the Shrew
The Vienna Review and ADG Europe will be giving away two pairs of tickets for Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” To participate in the Sweepstakes please…
Festwochen: Rethinking Ibsen
Last year it was Kate Blanchett’s virtuosity in the Sydney Theatre Company’s uneven production of Botho Strauss’ Big…
Gallery Run: The Berlin Connection
The cliché is that Berlin is hip while Vienna is staid and boring. And to an extent…
Our Sneakers, Ourselves – Stalking the Shoe for You
“Supergas or Converse?” Runway models du jour state their allegiance in a questionnaire regularly published in a blog…
At the Casino: A Bittersweet Taste of Risk
“No more bets, please,” the croupier says forcefully, while the crowd around the roulette-table pushes forward, obsessed with…