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Mick Jagger, 1975, Photo: Didi Zill
A Star Is Born - Photography and rock since Elvis
2 July - 10 October 2010, Museum Folkwang
A Star Is Born. Photography and rock since Elvis is a special exhibition that will include around 350 exhibits, photographs, album covers, magazines and autographed pictures from six decades. Photos by Ron Galella, Annie Leibovitz, Richard Avedon, Daniel Kramer, Mick Rock and Jerry Schatzberg - all of them stars behind the camera - will be on display. All of them made a significant contribution to turning rock stars into legends and creating their mythology. Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Frank Zappa, David Bowie and bands from the Rolling Stones to the Beatles, the White Stripes and Coldplay have all been photographed by them.Further information on "A Star Is Born"
Photo: Peter Wieler, Essen Marketing GmbH
"Essen. Original 2010" - The City Festival
10 to 12 September 2010
For "Essen. Original", a festival of culture and the top event among Essen City events, the entire city centre is turned into a stage for three days. The programme includes: rock & pop music, classical music, world music, literature, jazz, and comedy! Each day of the "Original" has a different focal theme: Traditionally, the festival starts on Friday with rock & pop. On Saturday, Essen city is full of classical music. And on Sunday the comedians take over - top comedy in a class of its own!Further information: www.essen-original.de
Photo: Peter Wieler, Essen Marketing GmbH
Old Essen Synagogue reopens as A house of Jewish culture
The former Essen synagogue, completed in 1913 by master builder Edmund Körner on behalf of the Jewish community, is the only free-standing major synagogue structure to have survived - at least externally - the Second World War. Today, it constitutes a unique cultural and architectural monument. The future House of Jewish Culture is, however, presented not as a museum and historical site but rather as a meeting place where people can come into contact with Jewish culture and the Jewish way of life.Further information on the Old Essen Synagogue
Still-Life A40/B1 - Celebrating the metropolis
The people of the Ruhr metropolis and their guests and visitors have held a unique celebration of everyday life right in the middle of this major motorway on July 18, 2010, from 11:00 to 17:00 when the road will be blocked for traffic in both directions. As many as three million people turned up for a giant banquet at picnic tables along 60km (40 miles) of motorway between Duisburg and Dortmund. The 22,000 tables became a meeting place of cultures, generations and nationalities. At the same time, people were able to ride the opposite track from Duisburg to Dortmund using anything that has wheels but no engine.Photo gallery Still-Life A40
Further information on "Still-Life A40/B1"
Photo: Peter Prengel, Stadtbildstelle
Metropolis shopping: with the opening of the shopping center at Limbecker Platz, Essen is decidedly gaining ground in importance and denotation as an attractive city
More than 700 retail shops and boutiques are the reason why Essen’s downtown area has been such an attractive shopping place of long standing, and its cultural centers of attraction are quite convincing. Further enrichments for the Essen experience are city events and attractive restaurant and pubs offering a great selection of food and beverage.
Environmental zone
The environmental zones in the Ruhr district cover an area of approx. 225 km², and some of them extend over multiple cities. The Essen environmental zone covers the stretches of road between the city districts of Rüttenscheid, Bochold, Altenessen and Kray, and extends all the way to Gelsenkirchen. On 1 October 2008, all environmental zones in the entire Ruhr region were declared active at the same time. The same standards apply to all cities in the Ruhr region. Vehicles of hazardous goods class 1 that have no environmental safety plate are no longer permitted to enter the signposted areas.
UNESCO World Heritage Zollverein
The plant, built in 1932 in the style of the 'new objectivity', was once the most modern colliery in Europe. The Zollverein colliery and coking plant ensemble has been listed by UNESCO as a world cultural heritage site in December 2001.
Further information on Zollverein
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