The Norton Simon Sculpture Garden Opens Its Doors for “Golden Hour” The first “Golden Hour” of the season arrives at the Norton Simon Museum’s Sculpture Garden on Friday, May 29, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. — an unhurried, end-of-week ritual that invites visit

The Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California, is launching the first "Golden Hour" of the season at its Sculpture Garden on Friday, May 29, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. This end-of-week event invites visitors to enjoy the garden during the late afternoon light, offering a relaxed, unhurried experience among the museum's outdoor sculptures.

The Mokka-Milch-Eisbar reopens on Karl-Marx-Allee

Die Mokka-Milch-Eisbar eröffnet wieder auf der Karl-Marx-Allee

The iconic Mokka-Milch-Eisbar, a legendary ice cream café from East Berlin's DDR era, is reopening on Karl-Marx-Allee after a heritage-sensitive renovation. The pavilion, built in the early 1960s as part of the second construction phase of the boulevard, was famously celebrated in a 1969 DDR pop song. New operators Natacha and Alexander Neumann are launching the venue under the name "Mokka Milch" as a restaurant, café, and bar, with an opening celebration on Wednesday. The building's distinctive yellow-tiled facade and large glass windows have been preserved under strict heritage guidelines, overseen by the state monument office.