Pickwicks

Wednesday meeting at Arche Nova
2026-03-25 19:00 - 22:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Arche Nova, Kasseler Straße 1a, Frankfurt, 60486
A drop in temperature is announced for Wednesday, so we’ll still have to sit indoors at the Arche Nova near Westbahnhof.

Wednesday meeting at Lilium
2026-03-18 19:00 - 22:00 | Lilium, Leipziger Straße 4, Frankfurt, 60487
This week Pickwicks will be back at the Lilium on Leipziger Straße, close to Bockenheimer Warte.

Wednesday meeting at Café Plazz
2026-03-11 19:00 - 22:30 | Café Plazz, Kirchplatz 8, Frankfurt-Bockenheim, 60487
This week Pickwicks will be back at the popular Café Plazz on Kirchplatz in Bockenheim.

Theatre visit on Saturday 7 March
2026-03-07 20:00 - 22:30 | Internationales Theater Frankfurt, Hanauer Landstraße 7, Frankfurt am Main, 60314
Theatre group Shakespeare Frankfurt are performing Goldoni’s classic comedy Servant of Two Masters, in a new English translation by the play’s director. The venue is the Internationales Theater in the Zoopassage, Ostend, and performances start at 8 p.m.
Those interested are requested to buy their own tickets, either online, at the theatre’s ticket office or on the night. We’ll meet in the foyer from 7.30 onwards.
Regards,
Sally

Special Annual General Meeting
2026-03-04 19:00 - 22:00 | Restaurant Nidda, Ludwig-Landmann-Straße 326, Frankfurt, 60487
As already announced, this year’s Pickwicks AGM will be held on Wednesday 4 March, at Nidda Restaurant. This is a legal requirement as long as Pickwicks is a non-registered organisation (Nicht eingetragener Verein). This will be the club’s last AGM (in its 50th year), after which we will continue as an informal group without statutes or membership fees.
We will meet as usual from 7 p.m., and the meeting will start at 8 p.m. It is suggested that those wanting to have a meal there arrive a bit earlier, at 6 or 6.30, so that there will be no interruptions to the actual meeting.
The Committee looks forward to a good turnout. Anyone may attend, but only paid-up members may vote on the points on the Agenda, which will be made available at the meeting. You can pay this year’s €5 subscription on the day, if you haven’t already done so.

Public transport: U7 / Bus M34 stop “Hausener Weg”
Parking: Brentanobad car park (€2)

To give us an idea of the turnout to expect, please use the ‘Sign Up’ button below.

Wednesday meeting at Metropol
2026-02-25 19:00 - 22:00 | Metropol am Dom, Metropol Kaffeehaus am Dom, Weckmarkt 15, Frankfurt, 60311
Our next Stammtisch meeting will be at the Metropol Café am Dom, next to the cathedral.

Wednesday meeting at Restaurant Nidda
2026-02-18 19:00 - 22:00 | Restaurant Nidda, Ludwig-Landmann-Straße 326, Frankfurt, 60487
Our next Stammtisch meeting will be back in Rödelheim at the Indian Restaurant Nidda.

Wednesday meeting at Arche Nova
2026-02-11 19:00 - 22:00 | Arche Nova, Kasseler Straße 1a, Frankfurt, 60486
Pickwicks’ next Wednesday meeting will be at Arche Nova near the Westbahnhof.

Wednesday meeting at Lilium
2026-02-04 19:00 - 22:00 | Lilium, Leipziger Straße 4, Frankfurt, 60487
Our next Stammtisch meeting will be at the Lilium in Leipziger Straße, close to Bockenheimer Warte.

Cinema visit on Monday 2 February
2026-02-02 15:30 - 18:00 | Eldorado, Schäfergasse 29, Frankfurt, 60313
The film is the much-publicised Hamnet, based on a novel by Maggie O’Farrell, about Shakespeare’s son. Eldorado in Schäfergasse is showing it at 3.45 p.m. in the original English (no subtitles).
If you’re interested, please buy your own tickets either online or at the box office, and we’ll meet in the foyer shortly beforehand. (Ladies, please note that tissues may be called for, as tears are likely to be shed!).
Regards,
Sally

Special exhibition at the Film Museum
2026-01-31 13:30 - 17:00 | Deutsches Filmmuseum Frankfurt, Schaumainkai 41, Frankfurt, 60596
As in previous years, Pickwicks will visit the Film Museum’s current special exhibition:
Long Takes. One Shots. No Cuts.
The exhibition explores the evolution of camera movement and tracking shots in film, investigating various aspects of camerawork. It illustrates the progression from early attempts to ‘unleash the camera’ from its fixed tripod position to the development of increasingly sophisticated mechanical camera rigs and, finally, the latest computer-assisted shooting and editing techniques that make anything possible. The exhibition also showcases famous ‘long shots’ that skilfully avoid manipulating the audience’s attention through editing; instead, they let the camera track the action or – more rarely – minimise it altogether, allowing viewers to decide what to focus on. The pinnacle of the long shot is the ‘one shot’: a film that is shot (or at least pretends to be shot) in a single take without any editing, which obviously requires extremely comprehensive and meticulous preparation.
Pickwicks has booked a guided tour of this fascinating exhibition in English. Afterwards, if people are interested, we can meet at the museum café or somewhere nearby for coffee, cake, or a snack.
The details
Meeting point and time

Film Museum foyer
Saturday 31 January 2026
1:45 p.m.

Cost

Special entrance fee – €7 (free for MuseumsUferCard holders)
Guided tour – €7

If you are interested, please click the ‘Sign up’ button below so that we know how many people to expect.

Wednesday meeting at Café Plazz
2026-01-28 19:00 - 22:00 | Café Plazz, Kirchplatz 8, Frankfurt-Bockenheim, 60487
Our next Stammtisch meeting will be at Café Plazz on Kirchplatz in Bockenheim.

British Panto in Wiesbaden
2026-01-25 15:00 - 17:30 | WPAC, Hellmundstraße 33, Wiesbaden, 65183, Germany
Sleeping Beauty
The Story
A magical tale of Fairies, true love, curses and spinning wheels!
The Princess Rose is about to celebrate her eighteenth birthday and the end of a long-standing curse put on her by the evil fairy Malicia. The future looks bright, but the wicked fairy is not to be thwarted!
Can Rose’s friends Nurse Nelly Nutmeg and court jester Jingling Jerry save her? Will she find true love with the dashing Prince Rhod? Can the good but somewhat scatter-brained fairy Forget-me-not remember how to aid the goodies?
A traditional family pantomime packed with jokes, silliness and oodles of audience participation!

(If you are familiar with British Pantomime, you can skip this section.)
You thought the holidays in Britain were all about snow and Charles Dickens? Then you are in for a big surprise – for the holidays wouldn’t be the holidays without a visit to a panto performance!
A British panto is a traditional fairy tale – in our production, Sleeping Beauty – complete with songs, dances, jokes and exaggerated characters and lots of audience participation. It’s a wonderful way to entertain children and there’s also plenty for the adults to enjoy as well.
The centerpiece of any panto is The Dame – a comic, larger than life character played by a man. In our production, our Dame is actually a woman playing a man who is playing a woman – Nelly Nutmeg. The male lead role, the Principal Boy, is always played by a woman. In our production, this is Prince Rhod.
An important aspect of any British panto is plenty of audience participation. Join in with the characters as they sing the silly song and warn them of what’s behind them – like in a Kasperle-Theater!

Pickwicks will be attending the 3 p.m. afternoon performance on Sunday 25 January; for alternative show dates and times, please visit the WPAC homepage. If you would like to join us for this event, please purchase your own tickets online and arrange your own travel. Suggestions for public transport:

13:54 Depart from Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof, Platform 24 (RB 10 towards Neuwied)
14:28 Arrive at Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof, Platfom 1
Take any bus to Platz der Deutschen Einheit (Nos. 4, 6, 14, 27, 171, 275)
Walk to Hellmundstraße 33 (Google Maps) (6 minutes).

If you would like to come along, please click the ‘Sign up’ button below!

Wednesday meeting at Restaurant Nidda
2026-01-21 19:00 - 22:00 | Restaurant Nidda, Ludwig-Landmann-Straße 326, Frankfurt, 60487
After the special New Year’s Eve dinner at Restaurant Nidda, next week Pickwicks will have a normal Wednesday Stammtisch meeting there …

New Year's Walk
2026-01-18 10:00 - 17:30
As usual, the Pickwicks Club’s popular traditional New Year’s walk will go from Bad Soden station to the Rote Mühle country inn and back.
Here are the details:
Meeting point:
10:35 at Bad Soden station (Google Maps)
Public transport suggestion:
Take the S3 to Bad Soden, calling at:

Frankfurt Hauptwache – 10:05
Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof – 10:08
Frankfurt Westbahnhof – 10:14

Total distance: 12 km (3.5 hours), with a long break at Rote Mühle (Google Maps). The return route may be shortened if required due to weather conditions or general mood.
In very bad weather or road conditions, the event may be cancelled; so please provide a phone number when signing up below!

Wednesday meeting at Metropol
2026-01-14 19:00 - 22:00 | Metropol am Dom, Metropol Kaffeehaus am Dom, Weckmarkt 15, Frankfurt, 60311
Now that the Christmas Market is over, Pickwicks can meet in the town centre again: at the Metropol Café am Dom, close to the cathedral.

Wednesday meeting at Arche Nova
2026-01-07 19:00 - 22:00 | Arche Nova, Kasseler Straße 1a, Frankfurt, 60486
Happy New Year! 🎆
Our first Stammtisch meeting in 2026 will be at the Arche Nova near Westbahnhof in Frankfurt-Bockenheim.

Wednesday Stammtisch on 31st December
2025-12-31 19:00 - 22:00 | Restaurant Nidda, Ludwig-Landmann-Straße 326, Frankfurt, 60487
Not a New Year’s Eve party, strictly speaking 🎆 – just the regular Stammtisch (ending well before midnight).
However, attendees displaying good spirits, light merriment or a vaguely festive mood 🥃😌 will be politely tolerated.

Candlelight breakfast on 25th December
2025-12-25 10:00 - 13:00 | Café Plazz, Kirchplatz 8, Frankfurt-Bockenheim, 60487
(Please note that there was a misunderstanding in an earlier e-mail circulated to members. The information below reflects the correct details for the event.)
For those at a loose end on Christmas Day, Thursday 25th December, Cornelia Claßen is organising a breakfast at Café Plazz starting at 10 a.m. Those attending are requested to bring a little candle, a sprig of greenery or a Christmas bauble as table decorations. Please sign up below as soon as possible to let Cornelia know if you’re interested.

Wednesday meeting at Lilium
2025-12-17 19:00 - 22:00 | Lilium, Leipziger Straße 4, Frankfurt, 60487
Our last Stammtisch meeting before Christmas will be at the Lilium, quite close to Bockenheimer Warte.

Christmas Brunch at Café Mutz
2025-12-13 11:30 - 16:00 | Café Mutz, Alt-Niederursel 27, Frankfurt, 60439
The Festive Season is fast approaching, and in just over five weeks Pickwicks will be celebrating Christmas on Saturday 13 December, with a brunch in Niederursel.
We are returning after some years to Café Mutz in Alt-Niederursel. For those travelling by public transport, take the U3, U8 or U9 (depending where you’re coming from) to the stop Niederursel. Take the road Spielsgasse at the side of the restaurant Zum Lahmen Esel, and it’s a short walk, crossing the Urselbach, to Café Mutz on the left-hand side.
The brunch will start at 11.30 a.m., and the cost is €19.50 (drinks extra). We look forward to welcoming many of you there, and hope that Father Christmas will be able to take time out from his busy schedule to make an appearance!
The brunch at Café Mutz is very popular, so to avoid disappointment, please register by Tuesday 9 December at the very latest!

Wednesday meeting at Restaurant Nidda
2025-12-10 19:00 - 22:00 | Restaurant Nidda, Ludwig-Landmann-Straße 326, Frankfurt, 60487
After a while, we are back at the Indian Restaurant Nidda in Frankfurt-Rödelheim.

Wednesday meeting at Arche Nova
2025-12-03 19:00 - 22:00 | Arche Nova, Kasseler Straße 1a, Frankfurt, 60486
This Wednesday we’ll be back at the Arche Nova in the Ökohaus near Westbahnhof.

Wednesday meeting at Metropol
2025-11-26 19:00 - 22:00 | Metropol am Dom, Metropol Kaffeehaus am Dom, Weckmarkt 15, Frankfurt, 60311
This week’s meeting will be in the town centre again, just before the Christmas Market sason starts: at the Metropol Café, next to the cathedral.

FEST Theatre visit
2025-11-21 19:30 - 22:00 | Kulturhaus Frankfurt, Pfingstweidstraße 2, Frankfurt am Main, 60316
FEST are performing Almost, Maine (note the comma!), by John Cariani. It’s described as a ‘midwinter night’s dream,’ and is playing at the Kulturhaus in Pfingstweidstrasse.
If you’re interested in coming to the performance on Friday 21 November (7.30 p.m.), please buy your own tickets, either online or at the box office on the evening.
Looking forward to seeing you there,
Sally

Wednesday meeting at Lilium
2025-11-19 19:00 - 22:00 | Lilium, Leipziger Straße 4, Frankfurt, 60487
Our next weekly meeting will be at the Lilium in Leipziger Straße, near Bockenheimer Warte.

Wednesday meeting at Café Plazz
2025-11-12 19:00 - 22:00 | Café Plazz, Kirchplatz 8, Frankfurt-Bockenheim, 60487
This week’s meeting will be at Café Plazz on Kirchplatz in Frankfurt-Bockenheim.

Wednesday meeting at Restaurant Nidda
2025-11-05 19:00 - 22:00 | Restaurant Nidda, Ludwig-Landmann-Straße 326, Frankfurt, 60487
This Wednesday, Pickwicks will be back at the Indian Restaurant Nidda in Frankfurt-Rödelheim.

Wednesday meeting at Metropol
2025-10-29 19:00 - 22:00 | Metropol am Dom, Metropol Kaffeehaus am Dom, Weckmarkt 15, Frankfurt, 60311
This week the Pickwicks meeting will be back in the city centre: at the Metropol Café am Dom, next to the cathedral.

Wednesday meeting at Arche Nova
2025-10-22 19:00 - 22:00 | Arche Nova, Kasseler Straße 1a, Frankfurt, 60486
This week we’ll be back at the Arche Nova in the Ökohaus near Westbahnhof station.
