Fall of Berlin Wall 20th Anniversary Street Event
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 4 CA-The-Wende-Museum
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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SOURCE The Wende Museum
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