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C A S I N O
https://t.me/casinoagainstallodds
anticapitalist, collective café and bar for social medicine
antikapitalistisches, kollektives café und bar für sozialmedizin
café y bar colectivo, anticapitalista y de medicina social
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C A S I N O for S O C I A L M E D I C I N E
⌹ ⌻ ⌺ E V E N T S ⌹ ⌻ ⌺
MARCH 2025
cafe and bar opened Wednesdays to Saturdays 12:00 till 24:00
(access details at the bottom of the page)
Wednesday 5.3.
University of Tiny Moments — 19:00-21:00
Love and Conflict semester
> Monthly peer education program of Casino's Training for An-Other World group. This time with Ele.
Why is it difficult to talk with people who have a different worldview? We will talk about this struggle by playing NOI, a card game that experiments with silence and speech to mess with the roles of speaker and listener.
Free. Peer to peer education
Thursday 6.3.
Ask a witch — 15:00-18:00
> Open talk about Magic with Haga and Viky
Free. Mutual aid
monthly open consultations — 17:00-18:00
> For everyone who’d like to pitch an event, brainstorm an act, offer an offering, organize a group or a meeting or simply want to know more how the Casino for Social Medicine Works and what it stands for.
Consultation
Kunstler/Kunstlerin — 19:30-22:00
> Monthly performance matinee for the in-progress, the never finished, the attempts
This months event is asking: What is it about now? What is it about, now? In times of immediate turn around we are finding ways to ask questions that lead to more questions. With Jackie Barnes, Ben Glas, Silver Carlsson, Mozh Dinani
Event. Suggested donation 5-10
Friday 7.3.
Bakesale for Palestine — 18:00-22:00
> Bake Sale events are a collective organization raising funds for humanitarian aid & awareness on the ongoing genocide, colonization & apartheid in Palestine. For this special edition during ramadan, we will have two oud players along sweet and savory delicacies.
Saturday 8.3.
International Women's Resistance Day
Tattoo Flash day with Fanni — 15:00-18:00
> Healing symbols from all around the world, reimagined freestyle! Draw a symbol from the deck to kick-start your spring vibes, let fate decide your ink! Not feeling the randomness? Create a continuous piece from the flashboard instead. Either way, your intuition leads the way, and you’ll walk out with a little visual magic and a healing totem to call your own.
40-60€ sliding scale
Kurdish Women's Movement: A Reading and Discussion Group —18:00-20:00
> A reading and discussion group of Dilar Dirik's book of the same name: on libearation from patriarchy and the nation state, on militancy, on organizedness. You don't have to have read or own the book. We will read several selected parts together and discuss right after.
Free. Peer to peer education
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Wednesday 12.3.
AstroClinic — 17:00-19:00
> AstroClinic is a place where you can come by and hang out with consulting queer astrologers, nic & nina. Bring your thoughts and questions and together we can create a space where astrology can feel like social medicine.
Free. Mutual aid
German - Arabic - English language help desk with Anna, Jobcenter special — 18:00-20:00
> Let Anna help you with your Jobcenter application or writing a complaint to the Job Agency or figuring out if it's worth it to apply for social support. And any other translation services you might need to survive
Free. Mutual aid
Thursday 13.3.
Ask a witch — 15:00-18:00
> Open talk about Magic with Haga and Viky
Free. Mutual aid
monthly backgammon meetup — 19:00-21:00
> for all levels, including absolute beginners, boards as well as oponents can be provided although you can sure bring yours
incl. live dreamy space guitar music by John and Thom
Free. Peer to peer fun
Friday 14.3.
weekly NADA acupuncture — 17:00-18:00
> A simple five point ear sequence made to reset the organism. Famously practiced by the Black Panther's and Young Lords in the community detox centers, this acupuncture is good for letting go of many kinds of dependencies and toxic situations -from low energy, to bad jobs, to individualism.
5-20€ sliding scale
CANCELLED: Zwei Chairde —20:00-22:00
> Come listen to live traditional Irish music, flow with the sad and the cheery and the rebelious
Free. Contribution to artists appreciated
Saturday 15.3.
6fra —20:00-20:30
> 6fra (Tafra) is an arabic producer and rapper whose music flows naturally, bridging deep introspection with lighthearted energy. While his tracks often explore serious themes, he doesn’t feel confined to them and lets the music speak for itself, blending raw honesty, playful humor, and confident creativity.
Entry free. Contribution to the artist appreciated
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Wednesday 19.3.
Death Cafe — 17:30-19:00
> We all face loss, we all grieve, we're all gonna die. But we live ina culture which often doesn't have space for these things until they're happening. So come talk about them, ask your questions, and share your fears about death, transition, and loss. Facilitated by Anna
Free. Mutual aid
monthly basket weaving circle — 18:00-20:00
> If you would like to learn how to make raffia baskets, if you would like company while you make yours, if you would like to show others how to make them, this slow and cozy night is here for you every third Wednesday of the month. 5 euros contribution to raffia and a needle suggested if you don't bring your own material
Thursday 20.3.
Ask a witch — 15:00-18:00
> Open talk about Magic with Haga and Viky
Free. Mutual aid
Textile books workshop — 14:00-16:00
> Textile-books is a "hands-on" space for exploring and mixing materials, stories and techniques in your own way. As a participant, you'll experiment with fabrics, threads, found objects and unconventional materials. Led by solandra and JuanZulu.
> ES. Libros-Textiles es un espacio práctico para explorar y combinar materiales, historias y técnicas a tu manera. Como participante, experimentarás con telas, hilos, objetos encontrados y materiales no convencionales. Solandra y JuanZulu, facilitan.
Contribution of 5 euros to materials appreciated
Help us make our new Casino menus - 16:00-17:00
> User your (new) binding, papercutting, textile book making skills, or come as moral support, to help us make a publication of a menu.
Volunteering opportunity
Martyrdom and the Palestinian Tradition - 18:00-19:30
> Non-Palestinian people might not know how to offer comfort to a person from Gaza who has “lost” someone close to them. For the Palestinian person, a death is not a loss. Come discuss the way that Palestinians look at and celebrate death and martyrdom. At the end of the conversation we will begin a discussion about the most important ways we can support people living in Gaza right now.
a chance to organize and support after....
Friday 20.3.
weekly NADA acupuncture — 17:00-18:00
> A simple five point ear sequence made to reset the organism. Famously practiced by the Black Panther's and Young Lords in the community detox centers, this acupuncture is good for letting go of many kinds of dependencies and toxic situations -from low energy, to bad jobs, to individualism.
5-20€ sliding scale
Hologram practice evening — 18:00-21:00
> Come practice the peer-to-peer protocol for distributed health support known as The Hologram. More at thehologram.xyz
Saturday 21.3.
The People's Collective Luxury Dating— 18:00-23.00
> All day long we struggle to make love meaningful. But for one night, we create new relationship energy collectively, to pay rent. Everyone is hot. Meanwhile our collective addiction to the family and the couple produces a black hole that swallows all the hottest people up. Not today, Satan! Stuff your pockets and come to Casino for some very accessible communal luxury dating! For a sliding scale you can help keep Casino pay rent, and we will support you to gamble with social relations of all kinds, for another month. Experience a really fast date! Get help on your feeld profile! Discuss the revolutionary potential of your polycule! Get help with your romantic or institutional breakup! Participate in a completely meaningless auction! Spend 7 minutes in heaven OR HELL!!!
Stations are 5-20 sliding scale donations. All goes to our April rent.
Detailed schedule:
- 6:30pm sign up for speed dating
- 7:00-8:00 collectivist speed dating, MC'ed by Demi, Joseph, and Ing
- 8:00-9:30 People's Luxury Dating Support
- #1 makeover station
- > Do you want a last minute look spice-up? We got you!
- #2 Rewriting your Feeld profile
- > Do you just stare blankly when the dating app asks you for your bio? Do you feel like what you wrote doesn't attract what you seek? Do you want help picking a profile picture? Or, are you bored of this all and would be willing to run a dating app experiment on your profile instead? For a little cash, we will turn the tedious, scary, and tricky into pure fun!
- #3 Post Oedipal prom with Bain
- > Slowdance with a blindfolded poet! You can ask for advice, you can ask for prophecy, or you can just enjoy being touched by someone who is looking at you only through the inner eye 🧿
- #4 Dedicate a song on our Casino radio with Neige
- > Taking a break from chain-smoking Gauloise and watching passers by, NEIGE will fulfil your music wishes tonight, may it be for a cathartic break up or a thirteens honey moon. Let’s play it in French!
- #5 Love letter writing help with Olivia aka X.L.V.
- > Going through undescribable yearning? Calling lovesick to work? Feeling delusional for that shorty? Our love letter writing desk is here for you to put some writing structure to the most unstructurable and undescribable feelings.
- #6 Break up with the bull shit (B.U.B.S) with Cassie
- > Who's been treating you bad and distracting you from your revolutionary work. Time to break up? We may be able to help. We have a 3 step recipe that will make you very hard to fuck with so that you don't stay mad at yourself for staying too long. There's so much bad shit to be mad at out there and we need you and your anger for the revolution! So whether you need to break up with a very bad man, a very good man, an institution, a narcissist, a nation, an ideology, a whole family, a city, a ghost of your former self or a friend, we can hold your hand as you sign a contract with yourself. Because the end is just the beginning.
- #7 The Politics of Love and Support with Magda
- > Are you having a tough time with open relating, wondering why the hell you're doing this to yourself? Are your romantic relationships taking up 99% of your brain capacity? Or, would you like support radicalizing your polycule, turning the Lifestyle into a political act? Polyam support for those tired of individualism, by somebody who is confused as well
+ 7 minutes in heaven MC'ed by
> We know you, horny weirdos! 7 euros for 7 minutes in our beer storage
+ 7 minutes in hell with Nat
> Relationships are not just roses and smootches.
- 9:30-10:00 Blind date game show
- > Your friends are really so great, and you wish you could set them up on a cute date, but no one ever seems good enough for your truly so very excellent friends? That's certainly how we, at casino cafe clinic for social medicine (TM), feel about our founder and CEO, Magda. That's why we are trying to set them up with your great friends! Nominate your sweetest pals for a seat on BLIND DATE, casino style, where magda will interview candidates in front of a live casino audience and select one lucky person to accompany her on a romantic, all expenses paid date at the Casino. Great both to get a chance to spend some time with Magda and as a practice date.
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Wednesday 26.3.
Phone and digital security help desk — 17:00-19:00
> Come talk to Jack about how to set up your phone if you're doing activism. What are the risks and rewards. Help asses your digital security strategy. Ask questions.
Free. Mutual aid
German - Arabic - English language help desk — 18:00-20:00
> Let Anna help you with your Jobcenter application or writing a complaint to the Job Agency or figuring out if it's worth it to apply for social support. And any other translation services you might need to survive. You don't have to face bureaucracy alone!!!
Free. Mutual aid
Thursday 27.3.
Ask a witch — 15:00-18:00
> Open talk about Magic with Haga and Viky
Free. Mutual aid
World Piano Day
Free piano lessons — every half an hour from 14:00 till 18:00
> Would you like to improve your skills or learn how to play your favorite tune. We will have a real ass piano and professional pianists to help you
Piano performance — 20:30-22:00
Friday 28.3.
weekly NADA acupuncture — 17:00-18:00
> A simple five point ear sequence made to reset the organism. Famously practiced by the Black Panther's and Young Lords in the community detox centers, this acupuncture is good for letting go of many kinds of dependencies and toxic situations -from low energy, to bad jobs, to individualism.
5-20€ sliding scale
Saturday 29.2.
Repair Cafe — 14:00-20:00
> Come repair your socks, your backpacks, your grandma's dresses. Craft alongside other crafters.
Nachbarshaft Kafee und Kuchen — 16:00-17:00
> Wir laden alle Nachbarn der Sonnenallee zu Kaffee und Kuchen ein, damit wir uns vorstellen und darüber sprechen können, was wir vorhaben und wie das Casino für Sozialmedizin Ihnen helfen kann. ....
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first week of April
HOLISTIC HEALTH WEEK
put us in your calendars and we will provide you with all kinds of medicine...
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some ACCESS DETAILS:
📮 address: Sonnenallee 100, 12045 Beriin (https://g.co/kgs/T4L41Yb)
closest bus station: Erkstrasse (M41, M43), ca 1min walk
closest ubahn station: Rathaus Neukolln (U7), ca 7min walk
📡 the space is on street level, access through door without any steps
door is more than 90cm and opens inside
various seating options, including sofas, wooden chairs and cushy benches
🌡 permanently non-smoking, functioning air change system
we use low scent cleaning supplies
🧲 bathrooms are in the basement, only accessible through a flight of stairs (10)
not gender-assigned
no toilet equipped for wheelchair users
💌 facemasks available for free at the bar
🎠 dogs allowed
we kindly ask their humans to check in with people around them about their comfort and possible allergies
🎈no personal identification required to enter
we do not call the police
🍎 all events in the Against All Odds series are free
guest event entry determined by the organizers
that said: nobody is turned away for lack of funds
💥 all bartenders, organizers and other staff are currently volunteers
⏰ wifi exists
🧰 our feedback system as well as our conflict resolution process are still in the works
If you have questions or if you would like to attend an event and might need assistance, please don't hesitate to contact us at [email protected]
(information last updated: March 2025)