As part of the Kino & Quatschen series, the Kulturhaus Schwanen will show the award-winning documentary “Black Water Green Gold” by Axel Javier Sulzbacher on Thursday, May 21, 2026, at 8 PM. The evening invites film enthusiasts and filmmakers to engage in conversation – about cinema, responsibility, and the stories behind the images.

The film takes us to Lake Patzcuaro in central Mexico, where an indigenous community fights for the survival of their habitat. Central to the story are three individuals: Carlos, Santiago, and Tona – representing the reality, resistance, and culture of the Purépecha. They speak about the decline of water, forest fires, and the constant uncertainty in a region where ecological and social crises converge. Sulzbacher's calm camera captures not only the disappearance of a landscape but also the strength of a community that refuses to give up.

“Black Water Green Gold” (2023) is a co-production by Tzintzuni Studio, Übergrafisch, and Ivory Tower and has been awarded, among others, the Camgaroo Award 2024 (Best Documentary) and the Beyond Film Festival Award 2024 (Best Utopian Film). The film presents a world where climate change, economy, and dignity are inseparably linked.

And the question arises: What is all of this really worth to us?

After the screening, the space opens for discussion: Audience members, filmmakers, and interested parties exchange impressions and discuss what local action has to do with global responsibility.

Doors open at 7 PM

On a decisive night, the two outsiders Michael and Laura come together. Their mutual friend Mathé has died, and this loss has changed them. Laura has withdrawn even further into herself, and Michael is planning his escape: At midnight he will turn sixteen, and then he wants to leave the city and cast off the burden of the past. He wanders about, spraying graffiti messages – a silent, rebellious tribute to Mathé. Laura catches him in the act. Only reluctantly does Michael allow her to accompany him. The two are strangers to each other, but connected through the memory of Mathé and their loneliness. Amid mockery, rejection, and tentative closeness, they discover a freedom that arises from the courage to see oneself and the other differently.
In her play, awarded the special prize of the German Children's and Youth Theatre Award in 2020, author Lisa Wentz shows how grief can give rise to hope and how loss can lead to new strength.

Direction: Harry Fuhrmann
Stage & Costumes: Monika Frenz

Thursday, May 21, start 8 PM, doors open 7 PM
Australian up-and-comer in blues rock

Doors open 7:00 PM

World premieres by Virginie Brunelle and The Blue Bride by Barak Marshall
Premiere by Eric Gauthier, Podcast Vol. 1 & 2
as well as Alejandro Cerrudo, Lickety-Split and Nacho Duato, Jardi Tancat

One year after the sensationally successful debut with RENAISSANCE, Gauthier Dance JUNIORS are back with a second program of their own, consisting of two world premieres, two proven classics of contemporary dance, and a completely new podcast format hosted by Eric Gauthier. The original title of the concept evening was: Something old something new something borrowed something blue, as the Anglo-Saxon tradition for the wedding dress requires. And indeed, each of the four pieces relates to one of the four elements of luck. Together, they are also meant to bring Gauthier Dance JUNIORS much luck for their future in dance!

Something old: An exceptionally fitting choice for the JUNIORS is Jardi Tancat (Catalan for an enclosed garden). Nacho Duato created his choreographic debut in 1983 for a youth company, NDT 2. The atmospheric piece is named after the album of the same name by Catalan folk singer Maria del Mar Bonet, an icon of resistance against the Franco regime. The lyrics and the dance of the three pairs dressed in earth tones evoke the hard peasant life, in an unceasing struggle against the dryness and barrenness of the Catalan soil.

Something new: Virginie Brunelle is considered one of the great hopes of Canadian dance. Those who know the two previous collaborations with Gauthier Dance will confirm this. The intimate, poetic group piece Beating for the concept evening Grandes Dames aimed to synchronize the heartbeats of the performers. In the passionate solo Off White for The Dying Swans Project, which she created during the pandemic via Zoom from Canada, she let a dancer rage against loneliness. Her next world premiere for the JUNIORS is already in the pipeline. The excitement is building!

Something borrowed: Lickety-Split – translated as "immediately, lightning-fast" – comes across rather relaxed, despite its fast-paced title, and is particularly very human and humorous. To the hypnotic music of Californian indie-folk singer Devendra Banhart, Alejandro Cerrudo, then the Resident Choreographer of Hubbard Street Dance Company Chicago, sketched the encounter of three couples: sensual, mysterious, and with a touch of eccentricity. In one of its first seasons, Gauthier Dance included the piece in the program as part of the dance evening Lucky Seven in 2011. Now it's time to pass this dance jewel on to the next young theater company...

Something blue: Barak Marshall's The Blue Bride is a winking lesson about a doomed love and the dangers of naivety, blind obedience, and jealousy. In the style of a Moritat, it begins with the bride at the altar, waiting in vain for her groom, and ends with a grisly-comedic wedding massacre. The color blue in the title refers to the psychological instability of the abused bride, who transforms into a vengeful murderer throughout the piece. Sarcastic, witty, and underscored with love songs from around the world, The Blue Bride promises to be a highly entertaining, fast-paced tragicomedy.

Alongside the four lucky-charm choreographies, Eric Gauthier explores in a very special new format what brings the claim "Dream Team" to life. As host of a podcast format, he will – like in a radio show – talk about the theme of artistic collaboration in two segments. In Podcast Vol. 1 he interviews the participating choreographers: How does the artistic approach differ in a group piece compared to solos or pas de deux? In Podcast Vol. 2, conversations follow with the performers – the JUNIORS. How does dance collaboration succeed best? And when and how does the "Dream Team Spirit" emerge?

The season ticket includes all home games of the Schwäbisch Hall UNICORNS.

The delivery of the season tickets will be handled by your team manager/coach or youth leader.

Extended season tickets remain valid and will not be issued as a new plastic card.

PLEASE NOTE: Please redeem the password before renewing the season ticket from last year. Otherwise, the renewal of the season ticket is not possible.

Qigong is a millennia-old Chinese tradition of concentration and movement exercises that mobilize the body, energize it, and stimulate self-healing.
It is about working with the elemental life energy, both of the body itself and of the surrounding environment. Through gentle movement exercises, the body and mind are relaxed, premature aging is prevented, and personal performance is enhanced. Qigong has a harmonizing effect on the body; through breathing and calming the mind, one's energy balance and inner equilibrium are restored. It strengthens the immune system, promotes restful sleep, and ensures good digestive functions and improved overall well-being. Physical mobility is enhanced, which also positively affects any discomfort such as back pain, blockages, or tensions.

The courses take place on the grounds of the Roompot Holiday Park.

Meeting point: Roompot Holiday Park, Gut Langen 3, grassy area opposite the main entrance

Works by G. Frescobaldi, P. Hindemith, J. S. Bach, and others.

A theater revue about people with lovable quirks, funny ideas, peculiar eccentricities, and annoying neuroses. Through songs, scenes, and stories, it shows how well a person can settle in and find a home in their wobbly nervous costume – always connected with the question: What is normal and when does it hurt?

Admission: 7:00 PM

In 1953, owners of hotels, guesthouses, restaurants, and small businesses along the entire East Sea Coast of the GDR, including Zingst, were expropriated. The aim: These properties were to be taken over by the FDGB holiday service. In Zingst, there is resistance, organized in part by teacher and community representative Gerhard Wallis. Witnesses, including Gerhard Wallis and Zingsterin Jutta Orgel, who lived in the Neue Reihe in 1953 and was also expropriated, speak out in audio recordings, remembering the events.

Image: Archive Heimatverein Zingst

Admission: 6:30 PM

During a castle tour, guests receive interesting insights into the baroque court life as well as the customs and traditions at the court. Above all, a tour offers the opportunity to take a look at the unique castle chapel, the castle kitchen, and the historical castle theater (provided the rehearsal situation allows it).

Please report to the ticket office at the castle 10 minutes before the start and pick up the original ticket.

During a castle tour, guests receive interesting insights into the baroque court life as well as the customs and traditions at the court. Above all, a tour offers the opportunity to take a look at the unique castle chapel, the castle kitchen, and the historical castle theater (provided the rehearsal situation allows it).

Please report to the ticket office at the castle 10 minutes before the start and pick up the original ticket.

During a castle tour, guests receive interesting insights into the baroque court life as well as the customs and traditions at the court. Above all, a tour offers the opportunity to take a look at the unique castle chapel, the castle kitchen, and the historical castle theater (provided the rehearsal situation allows it).

Please report to the ticket office at the castle 10 minutes before the start and pick up the original ticket.

How do we find focus in a life full of possibilities, roles, and expectations?
In her book Der Multifokus-Effekt, author Birgit Amelung - entrepreneur, podcaster, and founder of the women’s network The HER KLUB - explains why focus needs to be redefined today: not as a self-optimization tool, but as a conscious orientation in a multi-faceted life. And spoiler: Multifocus is not multitasking!
Birgit Amelung will read from her book and share inspiring insights for more clarity, energy, and life design - with new perspectives, personal insights, and space for dialogue and questions from the audience, moderated by Brigitte editor-in-chief Susanna Riethmüller.
An evening for everyone who wants a lot from life - and wishes to rediscover their own focus.

HIGH DESERT QUEEN

Their music is a journey into the open roads from the badlands of Big Bend to Joshua Tree, with no speed limit or second chance.

Hailing from Austin, TX, High Desert Queen brings the Texas heat to wherever they play. Known for their super high energy live show and massive “Texas sized” riffs, HDQ has been doing more than turning heads, they have been making them move.

After recording their sophomore album “Palm Reader” live in the studio in order to capture their raw sound and groove, these road warriors will be looking to make their presence known at a venue or festival near you. Keep your ear to the road, you will not want to miss your chance to see this band live.

NIGHTSTALKER

Formed in Greece, in late 1989, by singer (and at the time drummer) Argy and made truly stable with the addition of bassist Andreas in 1992, Nightstalker managed to meld their heavy rock influences with funky rhythms and grungy melodies to create a whole new beast. With all these elements in place they released the first EP in 1994 entitled "SideFx." With the release of their first full length album "USE" in 1996, the band established themselves and their own trademark brand of dark heavy sounds. 2000 saw a slight shuffle in membership as well as a new EP, "The Ritual," which found Nightstalker treading further into the realms of deepest, darkest Psychedelica. Line-up fully entrenched, the ensuing pair of albums, 2004's "Just A Burn" and 2009's "Superfreak" garnered the band a new and loyal following across the world.

Which sets the stage for their dark masterpiece, "Dead Rock Commandos." Another album's worth of raw rock 'n roll simplicity, filled with stunning riffs and electric haze. More heavy sounds, groovy rhythms and intense bass playing all merging with the power of Argy’s vocals, which is the secret to the music of Nightstalker that has kept the band going for more than 20 years and made them one of the most important bands in the history of the European Hard Rock scene. Call it whatever you want, but do so at your own risk.

In 2019, the band signed with the cult label Heavy Psych Sounds Records and released the new album GREAT HALLUCINATIONS !!! Now it's time for the repress of the entire catalogue and a brand new album coming in early 2025 !!

Einlass: 18:00 Uhr

Experience how modern technology is used for the painting of car bodies in a small exclusive group - an area that is normally not accessible to visitors. In conversation with a painting expert, you will learn more about the specifics of the high-tech painting lines and then take a look at the finished vehicles in final assembly. You can relax and reflect on the experience with a non-alcoholic drink in the customer center.

Notes:
• Before the factory tour, participants will be equipped with safety shoes and overalls.
• Additionally, all participants will pass through an airlock, as dust-free conditions must be maintained in the painting area.
• Participation is allowed from the age of 16.
• The use of audio recording devices, photo, film, or video cameras as well as smartphones is not permitted during the discovery tour.
• There are sufficient free parking spaces available at the Mercedes-Benz customer center in Bremen.
• Our terms and conditions apply (www.mercedes-benz.de/veranstaltungen).

For questions regarding the event, please feel free to contact visit67@mercedes-benz.com.

Entry from 2:00 PM

He is a true tidal rock and is a guest for the umpteenth time: The pianist Vasyl Kotys, once a master student and now a colleague of Matthias Kirschnereit at the Rostock University of Music, is traveling this time with three other Rostock colleagues to East Frisia. With Henja Semmler (violin), Simone von Rahden (viola), and Daniel Paulich (cello), he will perform two significant piano quartets from the 19th century in Horsten, both in g minor. Especially the quartet op. 25 by Brahms is among the most popular works of the genre. No wonder, as it seems to burst with passion, and this, despite the fact that it is – as is often the case with Brahms – highly sophisticatedly crafted.

The quartet op. 45 by Gabriel Fauré is rather rarely heard, as Fauré unfortunately does not frequently appear on concert programs in this country. He stands between Camille Saint-Saëns, whose student he was, and Claude Debussy, whose impressionism he approached in his later years. Both were indeed full of praise for their colleague. Saint-Saëns, for instance, raved about his music: “In it, one finds everything that can seduce: new forms, bold modulations, curious sounds, an utterly unpredictable use of rhythms; and over all this lies a magic that envelops the entire work and makes the broad masses of ordinary listeners accept unexpected boldness as the most natural thing in the world.” Fauré himself proved his compositional talent primarily in fine chamber music. So be curious about this work, concerning whose Adagio the composer Aaron Copland wrote that it is “a long sigh of infinite tenderness, a long moment of quiet melancholy and nostalgic charm.”

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor, op. 45

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, op. 25

Henja Semmler (violin)
Simone von Rahden (viola)
Daniel Paulich (cello)
Vasyl Kotys (piano)

The wreck researcher Dr. Detlev Mohr has been dealing with ship accidents and wrecks off the coast of Fischland, Darß, and Zingst for 50 years. The number of incidents is large, and the stories behind them are often dramatic. The lecture will particularly highlight the events during the great storm surge of 1872. Alone due to the hurricane low on November 12/13, 1872, which triggered an enormous storm tide, 654 ships were wrecked in the Baltic and North Seas.



Booking information
Please have the following ready at the entrance:
*Residents of the FDZ peninsula = Your ID card
*Guests/Day visitors of the FDZ peninsula = Your guest card