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Fall of Berlin Wall 20th Anniversary Street Event

Posted : Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:05:04 GMT
Author : The Wende Museum
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ --

    What:       FALL OF BERLIN WALL 20TH ANNIVERSARY STREET EVENT
                Wilshire Blvd. between Fairfax & Spaulding
                80' x 10' WALL OF ART TO SPAN WILSHIRE AND COLLAPSE
                 AT MIDNIGHT
                LIVE PERFORMANCE BY GERMAN CHANTEUSE LEGEND UTE
                 LEMPER

    When:       SUNDAY, NOV. 8, 2009, 11:00pm - 12:30am

    Where:      WILSHIRE BLVD. @ OGDEN (in front of LACMA's Urban Light)

    Who:        UTE LEMPER
                KLAUS WOWEREIT, Mayor of Berlin (delayed big screen broadcast)
                JUSTINIAN JAMPOL  (Executive Director/Founder,
                 The Wende Museum)
                TOM LaBONGE (L.A. Councilmember 4th District); DIGNITARIES,
                 SPECIAL GUESTS

    Why:        Los Angeles will celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the fall
                of the Berlin Wall with a celebration on Wilshire Blvd.
                between Fairfax and Spaulding on Sunday, November 8 from
                11:00pm to 12:30am.  The Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989,
                and ended the Cold War in Eastern Europe and the 28-year
                separation of East and West Germany.

    How:        Wilshire Blvd. will close at 10:00pm for the installation of a
                concert stage and an 80' by 10' wall of art that was painted
                by dozens of L.A. artists as an homage to the original Berlin
                Wall.  Contributing artists include SHEPARD FAIREY and
                original Berlin Wall artist THIERRY NOIR.  Festivities begin
                at 11:00pm with films, music, and meetings with wall artists,
                followed by dignitaries, special guests, and a live
                performance by legendary German chanteuse UTE LEMPER.  At
                midnight, the Mayor of Berlin, KLAUS WOWEREIT, will deliver a
                delayed big screen message from Berlin and a large section of
                the 80' art wall will be ceremonially torn down.

                The event is FREE and being presented by THE WENDE MUSEUM AND
                ARCHIVE OF THE COLD WAR in Culver City, which houses one of
                the largest collections of Eastern European Cold War art and
                artifacts in the world.

    Other:      A 40-foot section of the original Berlin Wall will be on
                display in front of 5900 Wilshire @ Ogden -- the largest
                section in the world outside of Berlin.

    Media:      Media with credentials will be given VIP access
                (Media Check-in at Ogden @ Wilshire.)
                Marked TV vans can receive access to parking on Ogden
                (enter from 8th Street)

    More info:  Press Center at www.wendemuseum.org; www.wallproject.org;
                www.utelemper.com

.
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