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A band plays at Ned Devine’s during the second round of Herndon’s inaugural Battle of the Bands (photo by Laura Poindexter) The Town of Herndon’s first-ever Battle of the Bands is underway. The last of three preliminary rounds is set for March 9. Winners from each preliminary round — including two others that took place
A pro-Palestinian demonstration in Berlin calling for an end to the war in the Gaza Strip drew around 2,000 people on Saturday, police in the German capital reported. Demonstrators marched from the Kreuzberg district to the Brandenburg Gate in the city centre under the slogan "Solidarity with Palestine." Organizers registered a protest for 5,000 people, but police put the number at 2,000, updating earlier estimates which put the number of participants at some 1,500. The gathering proceeded peace
A pro-Palestinian demonstration in Berlin calling for an end to the war in the Gaza Strip drew several hundred people on Saturday. Demonstrators marched from the Kreuzberg district of the German capital to the Brandenburg Gate in the city centre under the slogan "Solidarity with Palestine." Organizers registered a protest for 5,000 people, but police put the number at several hundred. The gathering was proceeding peacefully, a spokesman said. Marchers wore Palestinian scarves and carried placard
The weekend of Sant'Ambrogio is a special occasion for the city, as it hosts many events and attractions for locals and visitors alike
Paul Hockenos is a Berlin-based writer whose work has appeared in the The Nation, Foreign Policy, New York Times, Chronicle of Higher Education, The Atlantic and elsewhere. He has authored several books on European affairs, most recently Berlin Calling: A Story of Anarchy, Music, the Wall and the Birth of the New Berlin. He was a fellow at the American Academy in Berlin.