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Fall of Berlin Wall 20th Anniversary Street Event

Posted on: Wednesday, 4 November 2009, 08:00 CST

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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