Better to Light a Candle than Curse the Darkness
Members of the Big Six assembling outside of the Bundestag to plan our demise. Just kidding: it's actually the Festival of Lights The skies are grey but colourful events are falling on us like the trees' leaves and brightening the streets of Berlin. We'll start with the obvious one, the Festival of Lights , a two-week celebration of, well, lights. It may be a cynical attempt to draw tourists to Berlin for a last minute cash-boost before winter sets in... but, well, it's free . And it can be quite pretty, as well. You may not want to say that in front of the Berghain bouncers, though; your street cred will go down the tubes. Check out the website on the link above for a listing of light shows across the city. On until October 20th. Monsanto is a company that would like to see the world without any leaves, even if they're really pretty autumn leaves. They are the proud manufacturers of the toxic defoliant Agent Orange, widely used during t...