25 November 2009

Happenings in Amsterdam November 26 - 29

First off Happy Thanksgiving to the Americans!, hopefully you have all found a place to eat the big meal among friends or family. If you have yet to find a place for dinner you might want to check out the ABC Treehouse's Thanksgiving potluck.

I have promised a few people this week that I would post a couple 'important' links. But before that I want to mention I am not sponsored by any one or any company so these suggestions are personal tips that I think you, too, may find helpful. The first is buienradar.nl - a website that provides five minute snapshots of the Dutch skies. Why we love this website?! - you can reasonably estimate when to run out of the house and not get soaked down to your onderbroek!

The second is an item that I frequently post about within the happenings- the Museumkaart. The Museumkaart (website only in Dutch) is a national museum pass organized by a stichting (non-profit) that gets you into 400 museums in the Netherlands for €35/year (€17.50 12-24 years old, kids 12 and under are free at most museums). Within Amsterdam you can visit over 30 museums (as many times as you want) including: the Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdams Historisch Museum, FOAM, De Nieuwe Kerk, Filmmuseum, Huis Marseille, Joods Historisch Museum, Ons' Lieve Heer op Zolder, Museum Het Rembrandthuis, Nederlands Instituut voor Mediakunst Montevideo, Scheepvaartmuseum, De Oude Kerk, Persmuseum, Rijksmuseum, Tropenmuseum, Van Gogh Museum, Verzetsmuseum, and even the newly opened Hermitage Amsterdam! The card can be ordered online and mailed to your house in five business days.

And now another essential to Dutch living, especially if you are taking the train to other cities- the OVfiets. The OVfiets is a service run by NS that provides cheap bike rentals at a majority of train stations throughout NL. For approximately 10 euro for a year membership you can rent really good quality bikes for €2.50/24 hours (maximum two bikes per rental, each €2.50). What that means for you?- day trip to another city, scan your pass, hope on the bike, and explore! I have also found it was a tremendous advantage when guests came to visit, a three day visit for two guests to rent two bikes ends up being €15 =a lot cheaper than renting MacBikes but just as sturdy.

Now enough about building your Amsterdam 'toolkit', let's get to the good stuff...

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Film Festival: Euro-Arab Cinema on Tour @ Kriterion, Thursday - Friday, price of film.

Euro-Arab Cinema on Tour is a series of cinematic events taking place in different cities in Europe and the Arab World, in an attempt to promote cultural dialogue through the art of film making.


Exhibition: Rietveld Uncut @ De Brakke Grond, Friday - Saturday, FREE.

Rietveld UnCut is the third annual event that presents the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in full departmental extent to an audience, complementing the yearly open day and graduation show. De Brakke Grond will be transformed into a fictional film set. Friday evening November 27th the art academy will present a dynamic program supervised by guest director, artist Maze De Boer. Students experiment with the possibilities that a framework of a film set has to offer; ranging from props to posters, trailers to performance, set to soundtrack and everything in between. Visitors will be challenged to interact. With a green room that has been turned into a cloakroom and rattling sewing machines in the sweatshop, among others.


Film Festival: International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam @ various locations, final weekend, ongoing 'til - November 29, €8.50/film.

“The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam was founded in 1988 in order to stimulate the national and international documentary culture. Since its foundation, IDFA has developed into the largest documentary film festival in the world.” –idfa.nl Check out the program.


Exhibition: Kind aan de Ketting (Child in Chain) @ NiNsee, ongoing ‘til March 2010, €2.50.

Child in Chains brings attention to the issue of children in slavery, then and now. Visit this special exhibition at NiNsee, the National Institute for the Study of Dutch Slavery and its Legacy.


Exhibition: Ring road A10 @ ARCAM, ongoing ‘til January 23, museum hours, FREE.

The exhibition highlights the longest building in Amsterdam the Ring road A10 and focuses on urban planning its architectonical significance, but also as a barrier in the city.


Exhibition: Art, Migration and Identity @ Oude Kerk, ongoing ‘til December 6th, price of museum.

Diverse national and international artists who either live or work in the Netherlands combine their work in one exhibition to explore migration and identity in art. For more info check out: www.artinredlight.com


Photo Exhibition: Visual Foreign Correspondents Berlin @ Melkweg Mediaroom, ongoing ‘til November 30, FREE.

Visual Foreign Correspondents Berlin (VFC_Berlin) highlights the impact and consequences of building walls, both literal and figurative have on people and societies as a whole.


Film Festival: Cinema DDR @ Filmmuseum, check out the program (in Dutch), ongoing ‘til December 2, all films subtitled in English.

Cinema DDR screens a selection of movies and documentaries from behind the Iron Curtain. They will give you a unique insight into the history of cinema in East Germany and peoples daily lives in the former communist state.


Exhibition & Event & Museum: Stedelijk in de Stad - Bouwkeet on tour in Be Baarsjes @ Meneer de Wit, ongoing ‘til November 28, moving next month to Muesumplein, Wednesday – Saturday 12.00-18.00, Thursday 'til 20.00, FREE, most activities in Dutch unless noted.

Wednesday, 14.00 – 16.00, A workshop for friends aged 6 - 12
Come with your friend to De Bouwkeet and create a symbol that expresses your friendships. Bring a digital camera if you have one.

Thursday, 19.30 - 21.00 “Blikopeners: Ready Made Ducham”

Marcel Duchamp was the first artist to present objects used in our daily practices as art. De Blikopeners shows you how Duchamp made his art and the its up to you to make a ready made art object yourself.


Exhibition: Oman @ De Nieuwe Kerk, ongoing ‘til April 18, 2010, museum hours, €12.

In the exhibition Oman more than 300 items from different museum collections in Oman will be on display. The collections include those of the Ministry of Heritage and Culture, the Sultan’s Armed Forces Museum, as well as private collections.




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Thursday:

Debate: The Future of the Past @ Felix Meritis, Thursday, 20:00, €5, in English.

Humanity in Action organizes annual educational summer programs on diversity, minority rights and human rights for students from Europe and the United States. This year HIA will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a conference on the question that lies at the very heart of its existence: How do we keep the memory of the Holocaust and World War II alive in a way that is useful for future generations?


Music; Angela Maria @ De Badcuyp, Thursday, 21:30, €5.

Afro-Pervian Angela Maria plays songs from her new album ‘Como Soy'.


Music: Deer Tick@ Paradiso, Thursday, 20:00, €8.

Deer Tick plays rock ‘n roll in the tradition of Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Cobain and Elvis.


Music: The Epstein @ Maloe Melo, Thursday, 23:30, €5.

According to Q Magazine (***): "...as engaging as Calexico and as an endearing as The Broken Family Band."




Friday:

Music: Bruce Kulick and the Jog @ MP3, Friday, 20.30 – late, unknown price.

Two soul/funk bands playing late into the night.


Music: Tango concert Juan Tajes @ Pianola Museum, Friday, 20.30, €12.50, reservation recommended 020-6279624.

Enjoy the Tango and taste the atmosphere of the Buenos Aires and Montevideo in the Jordaan.


Improv Comedy: Easylaughs @ CREA Muziekzaal, Friday, 20:30, €10.

A cast of 6 actors takes suggestions from the audience and performs comedy scenes based on those suggestions.


Music & Film: Move @ OT301, Friday, 21.00, €5.

An evening of reggae, hiphop, funk and electro music, as well as art and visuals! The short films start at 21.00. 1. Zwemparadijs (10min) - Anne Barnhoorn & Lotte Tabbers; 2. Uitzicht (22min) - Michael Leendertse & Rogier Hesp (English subtitles); 3. Weet dat ik van je hou (15min) - Beri Shalmashi; 4. Liefs (3-4 min) - Beri Shalmashi & Hanane Ouna; 5. Fatum (10min) - Michael Leendertse & Rogier Hesp (English Subtitles). Music starts at 22.15 with Groove Service (Gr), Sonocracy (RO) Alex Preda & Dragos Marcai, Visuals by VJ Govo & Lars Berg.


Music: Gare Du Nord @ P60, Friday 21:30, €20.

Gare du Nord is a Dutch Belgian Jazz group signed to the Blue Note Label.


Event & Museum: Van Gogh Museum Avond @ the Van Gogh Museum, Friday, 18.30 – 22.00, entrée to museum, stuff for older kids.

In conversation with Van Gogh: Thijs de Boer, the 2008 winner of Hollands Maandblad prose writing bursary for young and/or first-time authors, contributes some short stories at 20.00. At 20.30 check out the Badcuyp: Bl3nder – a soul, funk and ska set built around the musical precursors to hiphop. Throughout the night enjoy Le Nu Perdu, a theatre collective. In between all of these events check out DJ x-0-x.


Music: Milwaukee Wildmen @ Maloe Melo, Friday, 22.00, €5.

The Milwaukee Wildmen play psycho Billy.


Dance: Rock On & On @ Club 8, Friday, 21:00 – 04:00, €5 before 22:30, otherwise €10.

A brand new retro clash spinning all your favorites form the 70, 80 and 90.


Party: W139=30 Birthday Party @ W139, Friday, 21:00, you can buy tickets for the party for €3 at W139, max. 2 tickets per person.

1979 was the year of TRAGEDY !, DON’T STOP UNTIL YOU GET ENOUGH , The flight of the Shah of Persia and the Squatting of the Warmoestraat 139 by five young artists. This night celebrates W139’s birthday with a strict dress code for this mega bash. SO backcomb your hair and rustle up a silver moon suit to wear over your fluorescent T-shirt.


Music: Soweto Gospel Choir @ Carre, Friday 22:00, €15.

Enjoy the dancing and singing of Nelson Mandela’s favorite gospel choir.


Music: Tessa Nikopoulis @ Skek, Friday, 23:00, FREE.

Singer songwriter with sweet and steady voice.







Saturday:

Market: Buurtmarkt van der Pekbuurt @ Pekplein, Amsterdam Noord (get of the ferry go straight ahead you will see it on your left near the canal), every Saturday 'til December 26th, 12.00 – 16.00, FREE, stuff for kids.

An initiative out Noord in cooperation with Stichting Broedstraten and de Tolhuistuin brings together neighbors and visitors. All goods “handmade” in the neighborhood such as delicious handmade Surinamese food (including ginger beer - something like ginger ale), handmade clothes and slippers, haircuts!, and a makeshift cafe. The December 5th market promises some Sinterklaas surprises!


Music: Finale Amsterdam Pop Prize @ Melkweg, Saturday, 20:00, €10.

Come and listen to the six most promising bands of Amsterdam and see who walks away with the title of best band of the year.


Music: ROCHUS AUST/RE-LOAD FUTURA @ Goethe Institute, Saturday, 20:00, €7.

The Ristorante Santo Food Turismo (Ensemble RE-LOAD FUTURA and Ars centro d’arte) realizes all 32 meals and 89 recipes of the Futurist Kitchen in unique "musico-installative "world premieres. Everything but food will be dished up for the audience.


Music: SUBBACULTCHA @ De Nieuwe Anita, Saturday, 20.00, €6.

The monthly music festival with two live bands and dj; NEW YX - EP RELEASE party a noisy post punk band from Amsterdam, SPACE SIREN a dreamy noise pop band, and DJ KOEN (SUBROUTINE)


Dance & Movie: Snowboard Party @ Winston Kingdon, Saturday, 20:30 – 05:00, €7.

Snowboard Movie release party with two films and then a live band- Atlantis.


Dance: /K Met Peren @ Studio K, Saturday, 22:00 – 04:00, €10.

A theatrical, movie, music, slam jam party, this month’s theme - Ode to Science.


Music: Servus gypsy orchestra @ KHL koffiehuis, Saturday, 22.00, donations.

A Gypsy orchestra in the cozy KHL.


Film Festival: Balkan Snapshots presents: The Festival’s Finest @ Kriterion, Saturday.

For all of you poor souls who missed out on the Balkan Snapshots Film Festival, the Kriterion is replaying the finest short films from he Festival. There will also be rakia (an ouzo like drink), and music.


Dance: Salsa Dance Night @ Muiderpoort Theater, Saturday, 21:30, €11.

Dance the night away to live salsa with the band Salsalegre


Music: The One Travellers @ Skek, Saturday, 23:00, FREE.

Jazz, soul & bossa quintet.



Sunday:

Kids & Theater & Music: Samba salad: @ Het Tropenmuseum, Sunday, 14:00, €5, for kids, €7 for adults.

Sambasalad brings innovative multicultural easy listening concerts and music theater for children.


Event: Winter Sundays @ De Hortus, 15 November – 31 January, in Dutch. Adults €7, Children 5-14 years old €3.50, no reservation necessary.

The Hortus offers the perfect winter outing for the whole family. The garden will be open every Sunday until 7:30 pm, giving visitors the chance to enjoy the atmospheric surroundings of the Orangery during these cold days. Guided tours in Dutch will be held every Sunday at 14.00 with stories about the plants and how they adapt themselves to light conditions in the many different climates around the world. From 16.00 onwards, children from 4 to 8 years are invited to come and listen to our delightful winter stories in the Palm House.


Music: Finale Gospel Challenge 2009 @ Bijlmer Parktheater, Sunday, 20:00, €5.

With over 80 active Dutch, Caribbean, Surinamese and Africans Churches Amsterdam Zuidoost is the hot spot of gospel choirs in The Netherlands.


Music & Dinner: Palazzo Gypsy’s @ Paleis van de Weemoed, Sunday, 20:00, €42,50 including dinner.

Swinging gypsy music in the style of the masters like Mirando and Django Reinhardt.




Upcoming:

Congress: Sex: An Evolutionary Success Story @ Roetserseiland REC A.A., December 9th, 09:00 – 17:15, €10 students, €15 non-students.

Everybody can identify to the theme of this conference. “'Sex' is no longer considered a dirty word and in our current society it can actually seem like sex is omnipresent. Still, for most people sex is something very personal and private; the image we have of sex is one of experience, not of understanding. This is a shame, for sex can be found everywhere in nature and it is an essential asset of our species.” – Sex: An Evolutionary Success Story


Santa Skate, December 18 with Friday Night Skate

Rule number 1 for the Santa Skate: dress up like Santa. No Santa costume = no participation! Santa costumes are available for about 10 euro. Skate through the city on wheels and stuff yourself with peppernoten!:)

18 November 2009

Happenings in Amsterdam November 19 - 22

There seems to be a correlation between dreariness and busyness in Amsterdam; as the days get darker there are increasingly more things to do! Luckily there is also much to smile about as the oliebollen kramen (oil ball stands) are popping everywhere as well, which means we can officially start preparing for winter hibernation (adding a winter layer of oliebol fat- I mean goodness).


Film Festival: International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam @ various locations, begins Thursday - November 29, €8.50/film.

“The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam was founded in 1988 in order to stimulate the national and international documentary culture. Since its foundation, IDFA has developed into the largest documentary film festival in the world.” –idfa.nl Check out the program.


Festival: Amsterdam Burlesque Festival @ Casablanca Circus tent / Strand West, Thursday – Sunday, prices vary depending on performance.

The 1st annual Amsterdam Burlesque Festival is a celebration of burlesque entertainment. With 50 performances in 4 nights!


Event: CHOCA @ various locations, final days, various times and prices.

A festival inspired by chocolate and the cacao industry and its impact on 21st century Amsterdam. With events bringing together industry and chocolate lovers with debates, activities, presentations, etc…


Film festival: French Film Festival @ various theaters Amsterdam, Den Haag and Groningen, ongoing ‘til Sunday the 22nd, prices determined by theater and times, most films with Dutch subtitles.

The 13th edition of the film festival with a general overview of present day French cinema. This year French-Canadian films have a prominent position in the festival.


Exhibition: Ring road A10 @ ARCAM, ongoing ‘til January 23, museum hours, FREE.

The exhibition highlights the longest building in Amsterdam the Ring road A10 and focuses on urban planning its architectonical significance, but also as a barrier in the city.


Exhibition: Charlotte Dumas – Paradis @ FOAM final weekend, ends Sunday the 22nd, adults, €7.50, 12 and under FREE.

Paradis, the first major retrospective of the work of Dutch photographer Charlotte Dumas, who makes serene, intimate portraits of animals.


Exhibition: Art, Migration and Identity @ Oude Kerk ongoing ‘til December 6th, price of museum.

Diverse national and international artists who either live or work in the Netherlands combine their work in one exhibition to explore migration and identity in art. For more info check out program.


Exhibition: T_Visionarium Open City @ De Zuiderkerk, until November 22th, FREE.

The Netherlands. T_Visionarium OPEN CITY is an installation on a century of urbanization, in which documentaries, reports, “City One Minutes” and interviews are presented in three dimensional way.


Photo Exhibition: Visual Foreign Correspondents Berlin @ Melkweg Mediaroom, ongoing ‘til November – 30, FREE.

Visual Foreign Correspondents Berlin (VFC_Berlin) highlights the impact and consequences of building walls, both literal and figurative have on people and societies as a whole.


Film Festival: Cinema DDR @ Filmmuseum, check out the program (in Dutch), ongoing ‘til December 2, all films subtitled in English.

Cinema DDR screens a selection of movies and documentaries from behind the Iron Curtain. They will give you a unique insight into the history of cinema in East Germany and peoples daily lives in the former communist state.


Exhibition & Event & Museum: Stedelijk in de Stad - Bouwkeet on tour in Be Baarsjes @ Meneer de Wit, ongoing ‘til November 28, Wednesday – Saturday 12.00-18.00, Thursday 'til 20.00, FREE, most activities in Dutch unless noted.

Thursday, A discussion with the artists, 19.00, 4 artists from the Baarsjes discuss their work, in Dutch.


Photo Exhibition: Beyond the Final Fantasy @ Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond, final weekend, Tuesday – Friday 10.00 – 20.30, Saturday 13.00 – 20.30, Sunday 13.00 – 17.00, FREE.

Flemish photographer Charlotte Lybeer photo series showcases LARP (Live Action Role Playing) characters in their roles and their own houses.


Exhibition: Oman @ De Nieuwe Kerk, ongoing ‘til April 18, 2010, museum hours, €12.

In the exhibition Oman more than 300 items from different museum collections in Oman will be on display. The collections include those of the Ministry of Heritage and Culture, the Sultan’s Armed Forces Museum, as well as private collections.








Thursday:

Lecture/ Discussion: Evolutionary Theory: 150 years later @ Maison Descartes, Thursday, 20:00, €3.50, in English.

Charles Darwin, one of the world's most creative and influential thinkers published his world-renounced book the Origin of Species 150 years ago. This book will be the basis of a discussion between Michel Morange a professor of biology at École Normale Supérieure in Paris and Nico van Straalen professor at the Vrije Universiteit.


Theater/Music: Impromptu Under the Influence…of Ruud Valster @ OT301, Thursday, 20.30, €8, Reservations: 020-4222583, in English.

‘Impromptu’ collectively improvises long-form theater pieces together with simultaneous instrumental and vocal background music, sound and dance: song accompaniment, musical interludes, sound-scapes, instruments as masks or as characters... and everything is improvised on the spur of the moment.


Theater: The Relevance Show @ Frascati, Thursday, 21:00, €14, in English.

The Relevance Show takes the form of a genuine Revue following the tradition of the legendary Muppet Show. Backstage, onstage as well as the auditorium are interactively linked; where the debate in the dressing room over the next number is just as important as what is happening on the stage.


Music: One Night Betty @ MP3, Thursday, 22:00, €2. If you say "To Jiggy" at the door, you'll get in for FREE.

Live blend of soul/funk/blues.




Friday:

Event: TEDX @ Tropenmuseum and live broadcast hosted at various other locations, Friday, 9.00 – 21.00, FREE to join in at the live telecast locations.

TEDx Amsterdam is a daylong event bringing together 450 opinion and business leaders from all over the world with an ‘idea worth spreading’. Inspired by the original TED event. Check out program.


Event & Museum: Van Gogh Museum Avond @ the Van Gogh Museum, Friday, 18.30 – 22.00, entrée to museum, stuff for older kids.

Flemish writer, Ivo Victoria, who works in the world of music, has gained a loyal following on his weblog, where he writes about the everyday life. Earlier this year he published his first novel Hoe ik nimmer de ronde van Frankrijk voor mintwaalfjarigen won ('How I never won the Tour de France for under-twelves'). Throughout the night Le Nu Perdu takes the stage for a special music performance. And DJ x-0-x steps in when things get quiet.


Event & Music; The night of abundance @ Westerpark Gasfabriek, Friday, 19.00 – late, FREE.

An event celebrating good deeds sponsored by a large number of NGO’s (stichting), with live music, events, info on organizations like KIVA, and Doctors without Borders.


Music: Jazz evening @ Pianola Museum, Friday, 20:30, €8.

Listen to the golden age of the Pianola, which coincided with the early age of ragtime and jazz.


Dance: Switch Weekender @ De Bunker NDSM Werf (take the ferry to ‘NDSM werf’ behind Centraal Station, then just a walk to tt Neveritaweg 15) Friday, 22:00 – 10:00, €15.

A 24 hour dance party with Djs: Drumcomplex (Germany), Hertz (Sweden), Philip Young, Jerome, Invite, Julius Geluk, Erick Pike, Michel Becks, Tim Wolff, Jeff Rushin.


Music: DIGGER & THE PUSSYCATS @ Pacific Parc, Friday, 23.00, FREE.

Good rock from Australia with DJ BONE to follow.



Saturday:

Market: Buurtmarkt van der Pekbuurt @ Pekplein, Amsterdam Noord (get of the ferry go straight ahead you will see it on your left near the canal), every Saturday 'til December 26th, 12.00 – 16.00, FREE, stuff for kids.

An initiative out Noord in cooperation with Stichting Broedstraten and de Tolhuistuin brings together neighbors and visitors. All goods “handmade” in the neighborhood such as delicious handmade Surinamese food (including ginger beer - something like ginger ale), handmade clothes and slippers, haircuts!, and a makeshift cafe. This week is a special edition with recycled goods, and the December 5th market promises some Sinterklaas surprises!


Kids & Marionettes: "STORIE DI PULCINELLA" by Bruno Leone @ Italiaans Cultureel Instituut, Saturday, 15.00, FREE but reservation necessary 020-6265314 or iicamsterdam@esteri.it, for kids, in Italian.

A puppet theater in Italian based on one of the main characters in the Italian Comedia dell’ Atrte Pulcinella.


Music & Fundraiser: Si, We did it @ Badhuistheater, Saturday, 19:00, €15.

A evening and night filled with booty shaking music, belly dancing,
poetry, punk rock and Mexican folk.


Party: Rollerdisco @ Studio/K, Saturday, 22.00 - late, €5, skates available for rent at Studio/K and if you come dressed in a “disco outfit” your entrance is only €3.

Disco tunes, skates; need I say more!


Music & Film: Gumbo Night @ De Nieuwe Anita, Saturday, 20.00, €6.

Celebrate the Spirit of New Orleans with some music and good straight forward food – rice and beans. With live music, djs and old forgotten jazz by Foyer Cowboy and Henk. Also showing a movie “Always for Pleasure” (1978).


Music: Live 3 bands, 7 deejays @ Maloe Melo, Saturday, 22.00, €5.

Live: Phantom Four (Surf & Oriëntal), WestHell 5 (ModJazz, Spy & Vegas Grind), The Anacondas (Surf & Jungle Exotica)


Dance: Switch Weekender @ De Bunker NDSM Werf (see Friday for directions), Saturday, 22:00 – 10:00, €15.

Another 24 hours party with Djs; Paul Mac (UK), Carlos Rios, Ritzi Lee+909, Pounding Grooves (UK), Zix (USA), Solid Decay, Chris Liberator(UK), Staas, Stu Bro’s


Movies: Nachtkino Marathon @ Kriterion, Saturday November 21, Midnight ‘til morning, €7.50 including breakfast.

From midnight to morning three fantastic films – “Baby Snakes”, “Stingray Sam” & “Berlin Super 80” will be screened and a variety of Amsterdam-inspired and sonically centered shorts.




Sunday:

Market: Antique Market @ Amsterdam/Duivendrecht Borchlandhal Snuffelmarkt, Sunday, 9.00 – 16.30, €3.50, free parking.

With over 250 stands with flea market goods, antiques, curisoa (unique goods), etc…


Music: Jazz @ Toomler, Sunday, 15:30, €15, free for 18 and under.

Lazy jazzy afternoon on a rainy windy Dutch afternoon.


Party: Studio Camping (Studio Camp site) @ Gashouder Westergasfabriek, Sunday, 16:00 – 23:00, €20.

Studio Campsite is a one-day indoor fashion, music and party extravaganza a summer festival in the middle of winter. Check out the complete program.


Comedy: Comedy Train International Festival @ Toomler (near the Hilton), Sunday, 20.30, €16.00, all shows in English.

English stand-up comedy with van Steve Hughes (AUS) en Sean Collins (CAN). in two separate sets, each lasting 45 minutes in total.



Dance: XLNT @ Club 8, Sunday, 20:00 – 01:00, FREE.

An evening filled with music for ears an feet ranging from The Knive to Piazzola, cocorosie to The Noisettes.


Music: Goodwin Sands @ SKEK, Sunday, 22.00, FREE.

A quiet folk band on the chilly evening.



Upcoming:

Santa Skate, December 18 with Friday Night Skate. Rule number 1 for the Santa Skate: dress up like Santa. No Santa costume = no participation! Santa costumes are available for about 10 euro. Skate through the city on wheels and stuff yourself with peppernoten!:)

11 November 2009

Happenings in Amsterdam for November 12 - 15

"Get yourself off the sofa, out from under the blankets and into the city." I should take my own advice to heart, but fall always requires a bit of adjustment for me. It's easier to brave a rainy ride with lots of good reasons to get out this weekend. Whatever you find yourself doing, have a blast!

Ongoing/Entire Weekend:

Film festival: French Film Festival @ various theaters in Amsterdam, Den Haag and Groningen, November 12 – 22, prices determined by theater and times, most films with Dutch subtitles.

The 13th edition of the film festival with a general overview of present day French cinema. This year French-Canadian films have a prominent position in the festival.

Theater: Club Don’t Hit Mama @ Rozentheater, Friday and Saturday @ 21:00 , Sunday @ 17:00, unknown price.

Club Don’t Hit Mama is an energetic and daring blend of theater and hip-hop where the public dances with the professionals.

Exposition: T_Visionarium Open City @ De Zuiderkerk, until November 22th, FREE.

T_Visionarium OPEN CITY is an installation on a century of urbanization, in which documentaries, reports, “City One Minutes” and interviews are presented in three dimensional way.

Museum: Paris Central @ Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, ongoing until 17 January 2010.

Post-war Paris was the uncontested epi-centre of European art, reaching its peak in the 1950s. In the Netherlands, this is the first major exhibition to be devoted to this important period.

Photo Exhibition: Visual Foreign Correspondents Berlin @ Melkweg Mediaroom, ongoing ‘til November – 30, FREE.

Visual Foreign Correspondents Berlin (VFC_Berlin) highlights the impact and consequences of building walls, both literal and figurative have on people and societies as a whole.

Film Festival: Cinema DDR @ Filmmuseum, check out the program (in Dutch), starts ongoing ‘til December 2, all films subtitled in English.

Cinema DDR screens a selection of movies and documentaries from behind the Iron Curtain. They will give you a unique insight into the history of cinema in East Germany and peoples daily lives in the former communist state.

Exhibition & Event & Museum: Stedelijk in de Stad - Bouwkeet on tour in Be Baarsjes @ Meneer de Wit, ongoing ‘til November 28, Wednesday – Saturday 12.00-18.00, Thursday 'til 20.00, FREE, most activities in Dutch unless noted.

Wednesday, Kids arts, 14.00 - 16.00, for kids 6 -12 years old. Make an art pillow with your own story/idea.

Thursday, Biokunst (bio art): Adam Zaretsky VASTAL Bouwkeet Take Over!, 19.30 - 21.00, in English. The American bioartist, Adam Zaretsky, presents art with living organisms (i.e. presentation of genetic manipulation/molecules, etc… in the artlab.

Exhibition: Cory Arcangel Depreciated @ Nederlands Instituut voor Mediakunst, final weekend, €4,50.

Cory Arcangel, a Brooklyn-based artist, is best known for his manipulation of 8-bit game cartridges like that of Super Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. His work has been shown at places such as MoMA, MCA Chicago and Migros Museum in Zurich.

Photo Exhibition: Beyond the Final Fantasy @ Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond, ongoing ‘til November 22, Tuesday – Friday 10.00 – 20.30, Saturday 13.00 – 20.30, Sunday 13.00 – 17.00, FREE.

Flemish photographer Charlotte Lybeer photo series showcases LARP (Live Action Role Playing) characters in their roles and their own houses.

Market: Kloos Vintage Market @ Zuiveringshal West – Westergasfabriek, Saturday 12.00 – 02.00 (stands ‘til midnight) and Sunday 12.00 – 18.00, €5, kids are welcome.

A second hand and vintage market with live presentations such as dance, a fashion show, knitting demonstrations, demonstrations about how recycle/improve second-hand goods, etc… Organic food café, music and of course shopping/browsing for vintage goods. There is no pin available so all exchanges are done in cash.



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Thursday:

Film: “Age of the Stupid” @ CREA, Thursday, 20.00, FREE, with an introduction in Dutch, but film in English.

The Age of Stupid is the new four-year epic from McLibel director Franny Armstrong. Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated world of 2055, looking at old footage from 2008 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance?


Music: "FESTIVAL UNLEASH" @ Café Pakhuis Wilhelmina, Thursday, 20.30, €5.

Three Bands: Rob Klerkx, Cloudmachine, Lake Montgomery, one night of experimental tunes.

Music: Tinariwen @ Paradiso, Thursday, 20:30, €20.

Legendary poet guitarists and soul rebels from the southern Sahara desert.



Friday:

Movie & Organ: Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times @ Orgelpark, Friday, 13:13, € 12.50.

Enjoy Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times with live improvised organ music.

Event & Museum: Van Gogh Museum Avond @ the Van Gogh Museum, Friday, 18.30 – 22.00, entrée to museum, but free with Museumkaart, stuff for older kids.

Slam poetry by Rauwe Uiwe- made up of Martijn den Bakker, Sander Meij and Bernard Wesseling starts shaking things up at 20.00. At 20.30 you can check out the winners of the 1 minute nocturnal video competition which was initiated by Amsterdam Museumnight and Cineville. Throughout the night Le Nu Perdu takes the stage for a special music performance. And DJ Crack Kopen steps in when things get quiet.

Movies: Senso @ Italiaans Cultureel Instituut, Thursday, 20:00, FREE, subtitled in English.

Senso is an extravagantly romantic story about the tempestuous affair between an Italian countess and a dashing Austrian officer.

Music: Innoxious @ Skek, Friday, 23.00, FREE.

Classic rock band in the cozy Skek.

Music: Break Da Future @ OT301, Friday, 22.00, €6.

Future Festival Promoting Independent Culture which brings together D.I.Y. movements, squatters, artists, activists, street performers, ravers, travelers, graffiti-breakdance artists and with other street collectives, communities and tribes- all working to promote ideas of freedom of expression; during this night experience independent music.

Dance: Dans Anders/Dance Different presents AUX RAUS @ P60, Friday, 22.00 – 04.00, €9.

The second edition of the alternative dance night with rock, indie, electro, with live music by AUX RAUS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRg078Pzk78&feature=player_embedded (think punk, techno, gabber) and DnB, as well as DJ’s Dion, Wilco and Meranti Tramelanti & Mighty Mouse

Music: Kissmekilleme @ Badcuyp, Friday, 23:00, €8.

Kissmekillme is an eight headed fun orchestra playing upbeat music ranging from pop, funk to soul. Dj Selektor Mendes spins tunes till late after concert.



Saturday:

Workshop: Gipsy Road Dance Workshop @ Studio Seven, Saturday, 11:00 – 14:00 and 15:00- 18:00, unknown price.

Gipsy Road Dance Workshop is an occasion to meet with the dance of different Gipsy communities. Dances that are taught are the kalbelya, ghawazee, flamenco and others. For more information and reservations e-mail the instructor Valentina Lacmanovic @ valentinalacmanovic@gmail.com.


Music Straatmuzikantenwedstrijd / Street Music Competition 2009 @ Studio/K, Saturday, 21.00, FREE.

The second edition of the street music festival; where competitors have the chance to win Amsterdam street musician of the year!

Market: Buurtmarkt van der Pekbuurt @ Pekplein, Amsterdam Noord (get of the ferry go straight ahead you will see it on your left near the canal), every Saturday 'til December 26th, 12.00 – 16.00, FREE, stuff for kids.

A new initiative out Noord in cooperation with Stichting Broedstraten and de Tolhuistuin brings together neighbors and visitors. All goods “handmade” in the neighborhood such as delicious handmade Surinamese food (including ginger beer - something like ginger ale), handmade clothes and slippers, haircuts!, and a makeshift cafe. Next week is a special edition with recycled goods being featured, and the December 5th market promises some Sinterklaas surprises!

Modern Dance: Zofia T.R.A.S.H. @ Melkweg, Saturday, 20:30, €18, students €10.

A tragically comical performance of the “punk band of Modern Dutch Dance” about a search for identity and a common ideology.


Music: Club Rascal @ Club 8, Saturday 22:00 – 04:00, FREE before 23:00 otherwise €5.

A good evening to dance to indie and rock ‘n roll tunes.

Dance: FIESTA MACUMBA @ Café Pakhuis Wilhelmina, Saturday, 22.00, €5.

A Latino dance night with Djs Poto Peludo and Rodrigo.

Music: Gaynel Hodge @ Maloe Melo, Saturday, 22.00, €7.

Gaynel Hodge & Band were the founders of the world famous ‘50s band the Platters, hear them play some good old tunes.

Music event: Gumbo Night @ KHL Koffiehuis, Saturday, 21.00, €7.50.

A night of music celebrating the music/culture/food of New Orleans. This week zydeco!



Sunday:

Kids & Event: Sinterklaas' arrival @ various stops in the city, Sunday, 10.30 – 16.00, FREE.
Sinterklaas' annual entry into the city by boat coming up the Amstel toward Sarphatistraat –> Carre -> Magere Brug -> Weesperstraat -> Schippersgracht. Then he is greeted by the mayor at the Scheepvaartmuseum around 12.00. He then makes his way down the Damrak towards the Dam where the event culminates with singing and dancing and peppernoten!:) From there around 14.30 he heads to Leidseplein. Sinterklaas will be handing out free candy to children.

Theater, Film & Music: Her Story (Haar Verhaal) @ ZID Theater, Sunday, 15:00 – 17:00, FREE.

Her Story is an afternoon of music, film and theatre, including the Dutch premier of Intersections of Beauty and Fear (2009) by the Egyptian director Nora Amin. There will also be several solo performances which were conceived during a master class by Adilah Barnes.

Kids Dance: Wonderland: dance and music for kids! @ OT301, Sunday, starts at 16.00, €4, but kids FREE.

Wonderland is dance and music performance for/with kids.

Music; Westerpark Quartet @ Café Kamerz, Sunday, 16:00, FREE.

A relaxing blend of Bossa, Jazz and Latin for a lazy Sunday afternoon.

Film: Cinema Derive @ OT301, Sunday, 20.30, €4.

The Russian film “Stalker” directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, based on a science fiction book.



Upcoming:

Film Festival: International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, November 19 - 29.

04 November 2009

Happenings in Amsterdam November 5 - 8

20 years ago this week (November 9th to be exact) the Berlin Wall fell; Amsterdam is a host to various events commemorating this historical event throughout the month of November. Check out the program; events include music, film, art, and debates.

One of the more popular, and arguably unique, events of the year takes place this weekend is on Saturday- Museumnacht or “Museum Night”. 42 museums offer a unique blend of themed art, performances and surprises from 19:00 until 02:00. The program includes jazz, rock, poetry, dancing, photography, new media, and workshops. Most venues also offer food and drinks up close to some of their most prestigious objects, so be careful not to trip and spill. Bring a woolen hat, cap, raincoat and umbrella as in years past its been cold, windy and rainy and sometimes you have to wait in lines especially outside the Portuguese Synagogue – but it is worth seeing a candle filled room and a live male chorus (there is no electricity used in the synagogue). But I can assure you that the events make up for any waiting and dreary weather and there is usually gluhwein on sale to warm up your bones. For more details see below under Saturday and this previous post explaining the night.

Also I received a mail about what to do with kids in Amsterdam and wanted to re-post this link which is a short list of suggestions for where to bring the kids.


Ongoing:

Film Festival: North Sea Film Festival @ Studio/K, Saturday – Sunday, see the program, €32.50 for festival pass or €7.50/film, Sunday afternoon a kids program.

The North Sea Film Festival (NSFF) is a 3-day festival that started as a platform for underwater filmmakers. Since these films are also popular with film, nature and art lovers the festival developed into a weekend packed with water related films, debates and art for a wider audience. Also check out other art exhibits at Studio K including: “Floating Dogs” (Loes Heebink’s swimming dog photos), “Expo Marine Squares” (Ron Offermans’ underwater pictures shot in Dutch waters), and a video cube/virtual aquarium on Timorplein (in front of Studio K).


Photo Exhibition: Visual Foreign Correspondents Berlin @ Melkweg Mediaroom, opened November 1 – 30, FREE.

Visual Foreign Correspondents Berlin (VFC_Berlin) highlights the impact and consequences of building walls, both literal and figurative have on people and societies as a whole.


Film Festival: Cinema DDR @ Filmmuseum, check out the program, starts Thursday – December 2, all films subtitled in English.

Cinema DDR screens a selection of movies and documentaries from behind the Iron Curtain. They will give you a unique insight into the history of cinema in East Germany and peoples daily lives in the former communist state.


Theater Festival: The 11th edition of the MC's HOLLANDSE NIEUWE theater festival @ Westergasfabriek, November 4 – 7, various prices depending on act.

Hollandse Nieuwe is an intercultural and interdisciplinary theater festival for new talent.


Exhibition & Event & Museum: Stedlijk in de Stad - Bouwkeet on tour in Be Baarsjes @ Meneer de Wit, November 4 - 28, Wednesday – Saturday 12.00-18.00, Thursday 'til 20.00, FREE, most activities in Dutch unless noted.

Wednesday – Make your own fall portrait, for kids 6 – 12 years old, 14.00 – 16.00, English and French. The French artist Jean Dubuffet makes some examples of how to make a self-portrait from the colorful fallen leaves.

Thursday - By the Way: interview with Lisa Torrel, 19.00 – 20.00, in English. By the Way is an experimental project space in de Baarsjes for artists. Every month a new artist takes over the space- this month Swedish artist Lisa Torrel has an installation in the space and will be interviewed about her project.

Saturday – biking trip through the Baarsjes, 14.00 - 16.00. An art tour through the Baarsjes.


Photo Exhibition: Beyond the Final Fantasy @ Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond, ongoing – November 22, Tuesday – Friday 10.00 – 20.30, Saturday 13.00 – 20.30, Sunday 13.00 – 17.00, FREE.

Flemish photographer Charlotte Lybeer photo series showcases LARP (Live Action Role Playing) characters in their roles and their own houses.


Exhibition: Vrijstaat Amsterdam @ Tolhuistuin, daily 'til November 8, FREE.

Vrijstaat Amsterdam (free city) is an exhibition about the future of the city? Nine urban design bureaus display their dreams and ideas. Part of the International Architectural Biennale Rotterdam.


Theater: In Yonder Green Glen – InPlayers @ CREA, Thursday – Sunday, 20.30, matinee performances on Saturday and Sunday at 14.00, €13, in English, call for reservations 0205251400.

‘In Yonder Green Glen' we fall in with a group of traveling Commedia del Arte actors, with high style and low humor from the sixteenth century. The story line is the same as it has been for over 500 years- rich old men plot to lure young ladies into their bed chambers; poor young men do exactly the same.



Thursday:

Music: Luisterpaal @ Melkweg, Thursday, 19:30, €12.50.

Music platform Subbacultcha! Celebrates their five-year anniversary. This evening will bring you a line-up of indie bands such as The Chap (Uk), Foot Village (Usa), Skeletons (Usa), Teengirl Fantasy (Usa), Tv Buddhas (Isr), Hospital Bombers (Nl), Eklin and many more. Listen to the Subbacultcha sampler @ VPRO luisterpaal.


Music: Funky Junkie @ OT301, Thursday, 21.00, €5.

Live band Funkalized, and djs to follow.


Karaoke: Hardrock Karaoke @ Café Pakhuis Wilhelmia, Thursday, 21.00, €5.

Live band to accompany your hard rock singing skills.


Music: Club Runaway @ Korsakoff, Thursday 23:30 – 03:00, FREE.

DJ Santina Runaway brings you Sleaze, dirt and punk rock'n'roll!!




Friday

Event & Museum: Van Gogh Museum Avond @ the Van Gogh Museum, Friday, 18.30 – 22.00, entrée to museum, but free with Museumkaart, stuff for older kids.
In conversation with Van Gogh http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp?page=161662〈=en: Esther Gerritsen one of the Netherlands' greatest literary talents who writes a regular column as well as stories and articles in de Volkskrant, gives her interpretation of the letters 20.00.
The music conservatory takes the stage 20.30 with the show Le Nu Perdu. DJ DaanModern starts spinning at 18.30 and continues in between other performances.


Art Exhibition: “We have never been modern” @ Artnpublic, Friday, 19:00, FREE, includes free champagne.

Three artists, Vincent Boschma, Daniel C. de Roo and Coen Hoogstraten will present their art.


Music: Ein Abend in Amsterdam @ Paradiso, Friday, 19:30, €15.

This evening will offer you a cross-section of the old and new German pop, jazz, punk rap and electronic music. In total seven band and a dj all there to tantalize your ear drums.


Music: Dobet Ghanore @ Bimhuis, Friday, 20:30, € 18.

According to the BBC a ‘A vivacious bundle of energy, blessed with a powerful voice and infectious charisma’.


Music: Portugal: The Man @ Sugar Factory, Friday, 20:30, €11.

Psychedelic band often compared to MGMT and Aracde Fire.


Music: Hell’s Kitchen @ Sugar Factory, Friday, 23:00 – 5.00, €10.

Hell'sKitchen, famous for it's blockparty's in the '90's, is now returning to the nightlife. with the best hip-hop DJs and performers. This time also be part of the first hip-hop karaoke. Sign up for hip-hop karaoke @ info@deduivel.nl.



Saturday:


Market: Buurtmarkt van der Pekbuurt @ Pekplein, Amsterdam Noord (get of the ferry go straight ahead you will see it on your left near the canal), every Saturday 'til December 26th, 12.00 – 16.00, FREE, stuff for kids.

A new initiative out Noord in cooperation with Stichting Broedstraten and de Tolhuistuin brings together neighbors and visitors. All goods “handmade” in the neighborhood such as delicious handmade Surinamese food (including ginger beer - something like ginger ale), handmade clothes and slippers, haircuts!, and a makeshift cafe.


Event & Movie: Swap your toys children’s party (RUIL-JE-SPEELGOED-KINDERFEESTJE) @ Kriterion, Saturday, 13:00, FREE, for kids, film in Dutch.

To celebrate the premiere of the children’s movie Paniek in het Dorp (Panic in the Village) a children’s party will be organized which will allow for your kid to swap old toys with other kids.


Event: Museumnacht /museum night @ 42 museums and 10 clubs, Saturday, €17.50, stuff for kids.

Tickets should be bought ahead of time as most of the time they are sold out before the night itself. The ticket also includes a free admission to one of participating museums valid until December 31, 2009.

Use Museumnacht as an opportunity to visit those places you would normally not go to and you will be amazed by what you see and besides then you can avoid the crowds at all the well known venues such as the Rijksmuseum, Artis, and Van Gogh Museum. Instead check out something new like the Persmuseum, Ons’ Lieve Heer op Zolder, Verzetsmuseum, Museum Willem Holthuyzen. Go through the program (in Dutch) for more details about events and themes of particular venues (some events are also listed here below)


Performance art: Ekstatic Auditoria | The Night Church @ Smart Project Space, Saturday, 19:00 – 02:00, part of Museumnacht.

Ekstatic Auditoria / The Night Church, is the kick-off for a new monthly performance program in 2010. The Night Church presents performances that communicate the breadth and depth of human endeavors to commune with ‘the divine’: to act in the face of the ephemeral; to reach certainty or refuge.


Exposition: Museumnacht in de Verdieping Curating the City @ De Verdieping (Club Trouw), Saturday, 19:00 02:00, part of Museumnacht.

Curating the The City is a festival about the temporary use of space in the city. In conjunction with het Stedelijk Museum, De Appel. HvA, VURB and Habbekrats examples will be presented and discussed. Presented by Michiel van Iersel and Juha van’t Zelfde


Music & Art: Lima Night @ Mediamatic, Saturday, 20:00 - 02:00, part of Museumnacht.

Come and enjoy the flavors of Peru, such as ceviche or pisco sour and dance to the beats of electronic chichi and jungle cumbia.


Music: Maandfinale Oktober @ TWSTD, Saturday, 20:00 – 03:00, FREE.

Parts of the yearly dj contest to discover new dj talents. Six dj’s battle for a spot in the grand finale.


Music: Nuff Said @ Café Wilhelmina Pakhuis, Saturday, 20:00, FREE.

One of the best Rock band from The Netherlands will present their new album.


Classical Music: De Nederlandse Bachvereniging: Arianna a Naxos @ Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ, Saturday, 20:15, €28.

Haydn's great cantata, Arianna a Naxos, is a test of any soprano's dramatic abilities, the composition laden as it is with musical depiction. Rage, despair, violence and hope are all given their due in osè Maria Lo Monaco performance. Vocal fans take note of this.


Art & Music: Spray the can Graffiti battle @ Fusion/hiphopcafe4elementz, Saturday, 21:00 – 01:00, €15.

During the Spray Can Battle, 20 competitors are going head to head in a graffiti/ graphic art battle. An empty spray can will be used as a blank canvas and the contestants have to paint, write, tag, sticker or shape the can as creative as possible.


Music: Uncle Meat and the Highway Children @ SKEK, Saturday, 23:00, FREE.

A bunch of Hippies playing some straightforward garage rock.



Music: Museumnacht After party in de Verdieping @ De Verdieping (Club Trouw), Saturday/Sunday, 02.00 – 05.00, part of Museumnacht.

DJ’s Cinnaman (Beat Dimensions, Amsterdam), Juha (Viral Radio, Amsterdam), Mamiko Motto (Kindred Spirits, London).



Sunday:


Music: Djelimady Blues Project @ Tropentheater, Sunday, 15:00, €23, including beverage.

Malian guitarist Djelimady is a multifaceted musician who manages to transform traditional styles into contemporary. He has worked with Salif Keïta and Mory Kanté, among others.



Music: The Stubbs @ Café Hesp, Sunday, 16:30, FREE.

An instrumental sixties inspired surf soul combo jamming on the Hammond.


Improv Comedy: Hole in the Boat @ Comedy Café, Sunday, 20:00, €13, in English.

Every Sunday night Hole in the Boat present a fully improvised two-man show based on suggestions from the audience.


Music: Novellas Progressive @ Lizboa, Sunday, 20:00, FREE.

African jazz, rock, reggae and Afro beat by this band with Mozambiquean roots.


Stand-up Comedy: Comedy Train International @ Toomler, Sunday, 20:30, €16.

Stand-up comedy by Jim Jeffries (AUS) and Bob McLaren (NS).


Film: Cinema night @ OT301, Sunday, 20.30, €4.

Two films - The Fluxfim Anthology (1962-1970), 36 Fluxus films limited edition in a 16mm box
16mm, b/w & color. And Downtown 81 (2000), feature film starring the legendary American artist Jean Michel Basquiat (1960-1988).




Upcoming & other points of interest:

Film festival: French Film Festival @ various theaters in Amsterdam, Den Haag and Groningen, November 12 – 22.


Film Festival: International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam November 19 - 29.


01 November 2009

Museumnacht / Museum Night in Amsterdam this Saturday November 7th

Since this annual event usually sells out fast I thought I would post something about it before the weekend's agenda, as I recommend you get your tickets in your advance!

Event: Museumnacht /Museum night @ 42 museums in Amsterdam, Saturday, 19.00 - 02.00 (with some museums closing at midnight), €20 (your ticket also includes a visit to any of the participating museums valid Sunday the 8th - December 31st), stuff for kids.

What is Museumnacht? It is a night celebrating the museums in Amsterdam. One ticket gets you in 42 museums which have special events, live music, debates, food, drinks, etc... Check out the program for more detailed information, where you can also make your own program.

Why is it so popular? This is your chance to experience the museums in a special way- at night and with a beer if you like. Additionally most museums organize special events that are only held for this one night; for example last year at Artis you could get a tour behind the aquarium tanks.

Where can you buy tickets? De Ticketshop, Leidseplein 26; Free Record Shop Centraal Station; Mobiel verkooppunt: Sint Luciensteeg (between de Kalverstraat and de Nieuwezijdse Voorburgwal, next to het Amsterdams Historisch Museum). And buy your ticket today, as it usually is sold out.