The clock has been turned, the days are darker and the trees are nearly bare = (for some) dressing up in costume and celebrating Halloween. Halloween seems to bigger in Amsterdam than it has ever been with parties and events popping up everywhere. There is still lots to do, even if you don't want to dress up like a zoombie! Enjoy your autumn evenings.
Ongoing:
Film festival: Rocket Film Festival @ various venues and times, Wednesday - Sunday, 20.30, €15.
The second edition of the Rocket Cinema includes six evenings of classic films with live new soundtracks.
Wednesday- “La Belle et la Bete”, de Posthoornkerk with live music from Joost van Bellen & Sander Stenger;
Thursday – “King Kong vs. Godzilla”, Stadsarchief de Bazel, with music from the Anacondas;
Friday – “Frankenstein”, Oude Kerk, with tunes from zZz;
Saturday – “Jaws”, het Zuiderbad, with Alec Smart;
Sunday – “Que Viva Mexico!”, Paradiso, with Nine Rain and a celebration of the Mexican Day of the Dead in cooperation with the Cinemaztlan Mexican Film Festival.
Film Festival: Cinemaztlan Mexican Film Festival @ various theaters in Amsterdam, check out the program, Oct 28 – November 4, price of film and or event depends on venue, some events are free (see below), all films subtitled in English and all debates and discussions are also in English.
The third edition of the festival with a selection of Mexican visual creations not seen before in the Netherlands, including restored films, classics, visual art, debates, and celebrations.
The closing party includes the film “Que viva Mexico” with a live soundtrack by the Mexican band ‘Nine Rain’.
Film Festival: Balkan Snapshots @ Kriterion, October 30 – November 1, check out the program, €4.50/film, reservation can be made via telephone 020-6231708.
Films made by artists, directors from the Balkan regions – Bulgaria, Romania, the Ex-Yugoslavian countries and Albania. The festival has its own currency – the Mark which allows you into the film and concerts, as well as to buy Rakia and food. 1 Mark = € 1.50; 5 Marks = € 7; 10 Marks = € 12 which buys you 1 feature = 3 Marks; 1 concert = 2 Marks; 1 Rakia = 1 Mark EQUALS really cheap!
Exhibition & Event & Museum: Stedlijk in de Stad- Bouwkeet on tour in Amsterdam-Oost @ various locations, but the main places for events is Studio K, final weekend at Studio K, then moving to de Baarsjes, Wednesday – Saturday 12.00-18.00, Thursday 'til 20.00, FREE, most activities in Dutch unless noted.
Thursday, 19.30 – check out four of Melvin Moti films- “No Show” (2004) an experimental surrealist film, “The Black Room” (2005), “E.S.P.” (2007), and “The Prisoner's Cinema” (2009).
Saturday, 14.00 – 16.00, hear about what it is like to be a conservator at the Stedelijk. How are ideas developed, implemented, what does a day-in-life look like? With a conclusion borrel and discussion about the progress of the Stedelijk.
Event: Affordable Art Fair @ Westerpark Gasfabriek Gashouder, Thursday – Sunday, daily 11.00 – 18.00, Thursday 'til 21.30 and Friday 'til 19.00.
The Affordable Art Fair is for first time buyers of art with prices ranging from €100 to €5000. This is the third edition of the Affordable Art Fair with more than 85 galleries involved, as well as FREE workshops, and special evening programs.
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: The Living @ Huize Frankendael, final weekend, daily from 11.00 – 17.00, €3.
The Huize Frankendael in cooperation with het Stedelijk Museum present a ten day video art exhibition from artists: Peter Bogers, Sam Taylor Wood, Marijke van Warmerdam, Douglas Gordon, Ulay en Marina Ambramoviç en Job Koelewijn. Each artist has their own room in the house as if you are following a story of a house with various intertwined plots.
Photo Exhibition: Daniel Cohen's 'We want more' @ Melkweg Gallerie, final weekend, Wednesday – Sunday, 13.00 – 20.00, FREE.
Photographer Daniel Cohen (1979, Leiderdorp) takes shots behind the stage at the Melkweg and Paradiso, gathering a group of photographs that portray unique and vulnerable moments of musicians.
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 & Dance: “Utopia/Dystopia” @ Theater Frascati, Thursday – Saturday, 21.30, €21.
“Utopia/Dystopia is a programme made up of Dutch and international productions in which theatre-makers explicitly relate to our times. In which they speak out in an attempt to create order in a world from which the big ideologies have disappeared. Documentary theatre in which the personal and the political meet. We will be showing Void Story by Tim Etchells/Forced Entertainment; 1: SONGS by Nicole Beutler; Theater with dirty feet by Rabih Mroué; Venlo by the Wunderbaum collective and 2012, a text by Marjolijn van Heemstra, directed by Julie Van den Berghe (Frascati Productions). --Theater Frascati.nl
Thursday:
Event: The Tribal Art Fair @ de Duif, Friday and Sunday 11.00 – 18.00, €5.
The tribal art fair is specialized in art from Africa, Asia and Oceania. With various types of art work available including masks, jewelry and tools.
Discussion: 'The future of agriculture and our food' @ Rode Hoed, Thursday, 20.00, € 10.
A discussion about the industrialization of food production versus locally, fresh, and organic production. With two experts guests - Prof. Tim Lang from the Centre for Food Policy, City University London who will discuss “Food Policy for the 21th century: can we grow enough, sustainable and healthily?” and Marc Jansen the directer of supermarkets who will talk about sustainability in the supermarket.
Dance: CREAtions: Latin Night @ CREA, Thursday, 20.30, €5 for workshop, otherwise FREE, to reserve a place email - creations@crea.uva.nl.
CREAtions opens their season with a swinging Latin Night, including a salsa workshop The rest of the night is there live music and Djs.
Friday:
Sport: Friday Night Skate @ begins at Vondelpark but with a new route every week, Friday, 18.00, FREE.
This week is a slow route, so if you have been meaning to try out the weekly night skate do it this 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.
Spoken word platform at 20.00 with Najiba Abdellaoui and T. Martinu. Later, check out a theater collective Le Nu Perdu's interpretation of the letters. DJ Snef spins tunes the entire night.
Music: Nordic Sounds Festival @ Smart Project Space, Friday, 21.00, unknown price.
Young experimental songs from the Nordic countries. Jae, a Dutch artist living in Oslo; Splash girls – Norwegian trio of acoustic music; Petter O Hanna electric; Andreas Shille a video artist from Trondheim, Denmark.
Music: Uncle Meat and the Highway Children @ Skek, Friday, 23.00, FREE.
Band from the UK playing garage and roots music.
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.
Dance & Theater: “My Patriot Act” @ OT301, Saturday, 20.30, unknown price.
A concept, choreography, and performance by Rachel Brooker, a US-born choreographer who invokes a conversation with her homeland, both the actual physical and political entity and the intangible country carried within.
Film, Music & Party: LaZiz @ Rialto, Saturday, 22.30 – 03.00, €8.
An event of film, partying, music, and multimedia with the theme “cult, camp & crossover”. This time it is a LaZiz party which in Egyptian is slang for tasty. Expect Arbian lounge tunes (think Middle Eastern music combined with North African tunes.), water pipes, storytelling, film and fun.
Special Halloween events:
Party: Halloween costume party @ Maloe Melo, Saturday, 22.00, €5.
Good ol' rock in roll and costumes:)
Music: Halloween Musical Festival Extravaganza @ Zaal100, Saturday, 20.00, €10 including food.
Monty Pagan presents Halloween Musical Festival Extravaganza with live bands de Beatzers (Amsterdam's very own ska-folk ensemble), Noam Vazana (prize winning Israeli songwriter), Not The Only Clown in the Village (a special guest traveling band from Wales), Balkan djs, sing-alongs, spoken word, and even a free psychic reading.
Party & Music: Ons Kent Ons Halloween Party @ Kring & Club Up, Saturday, 22.00, €20.
A Halloween party with live music, acts, and djs.
Party: Halloween Party with Horror dress code @ Westergasfabriekterrein, 23.00, €20
A Halloween party based on Quentino Tarantino's “From Dusk 'til Dawn”.
Party & Music: Halloween Hairball @ Paradiso, Saturday, 23.00, €15.
Hairy monsters & super creeps, wigs and crazy hair recommended. With live tunes, and djs the entire evening.
Sunday:
Kids & Music: Do you know the Classics? @ Het Concertgebouw, Sunday, 14.00 and 16.00, for kids 6 to 10 years old, €12.50/child ticket and €20/adult ticket including drink.
A special concert for kids and their guests with interactive music making.
Music: Jazz club @ P60, Sunday, 16.00, €5.
Jazz club presents Dutch jazz with CRAM - Corrie van Binsbergen.
Meeting: Sunday Brunch @ de Nieuwe Anita, Sunday, 16.00, FREE.
The Oops-a-daisies, a brunch with southern belles.
Film: “The Age of the Stupid” @ Cafe Budapest, Sunday, 20.00, €4 + donations.
“the Age of the Stupid” is a new movie from Director Franny Armstrong (McLibel) and producer John Battsek (One Day In September). The film is set in 2055 with a lonely man looking back in time to 2008.
Upcoming & other points of interest:
Film Festival: Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam @ various locations and times in Rotterdam, €8.50.
The Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam (AFFR) is a biennial festival of four days with films, debates and lectures, with over 120 films about architecture, cities and urban growth.
Film festival: French Film Festival @ various theaters in Amsterdam, Den Haag and Groningen, November 12 – 22.
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21 October 2009
Happenings in Amsterdam for the long weekend of October 22 - 25
The heating has been turned on and even though the days are sunny they are chilly; but there are lots of events to enjoy this weekend in Amsterdam inside and out!
Ongoing:
Event & Exhibtion: Polderlicht - lichtkunst @ Polderweggebied, Oostpoort (behind the HEMA on the Linnaeusstraat), Friday – Sunday, 19.00 – 24.00, FREE, stuff for kids.
Light installations, sound sculptures, film and video projects, performances, etc… with over 200 projects on display in the building pits, construction areas and redevelopment areas of the Oostergasfabrieks-terrein.
Performance & Dance: Trace: the 7 fingers @ Theater Fabriek, Sunday and Tuesday, €22 – €30.
Traces is an urban acrobatic, explosive energy show. It is made up of the French-Canadian group “The 7 Fingers” artists from Montreal’s National Circus School. They bring to the stage a wild/daring form of acrobatics, laughter, modern dance, slapstick, singing, music, skateboarding and basketball moves.
Exhibition & Event & Museum: Stedlijk in de Stad- Bouwkeet on tour in Amsterdam-Oost @ various locations, but the main places for events is Studio K, ongoing – end of October, Wednesday – Saturday 12.00-18.00, Thursday 'til 20.00, FREE (except for a party on October 17th), most activities in Dutch unless noted.
Thursday, 19.30, film “Chott el-Djerid. A Portrait in Light and Heat” (Bill Viola 1979) and “Manhattan” (Brian Eno 1981). Two video works from the early1980s Chott el-Djerid explores the optical and acoustic images of nature of Midwestern America and Canadian Saskatchewan as compared to the Tunisian desert. Manhattan- a video of the Manhattan skyline in vertical format (you have to turn the monitor on it’s side for viewing. Presented in vertical format (the television or monitor needs to be turned on its right side for proper viewing). With a short introduction from the Stedelijk conservator Bart Rutten about the two video works.
Saturday, 14.00 – 16.00 Play with GoogleMaps: ReMAP Oost using the iPhone application ReMappen, and a presentation about the possibilities of remapping (gaming, visual exploration, etc).
Film & kids: “Het meisje en de engel” w/live soundtrack @ Filmmuesum, October 21- 25 + 28, daily 15:00, €5, in Dutch.
“Het meisje en de engel” (Sophie van Oers & Michel Sluysmans) is a children’s film about a girl who is ill and passes her time “in bed” in an old film hall of her parent’s theater watching and enjoying the films where she is visited by many characters.
Exhibition: The Living @ Huize Frankendael, October 24 – November 1, daily form 11.00 – 17.00, €3.
The Huize Frankendael in cooperation with het Stedelijk Museum present a ten day video art exhibition from artists: Peter Bogers, Sam Taylor Wood, Marijke van Warmerdam, Douglas Gordon, Ulay en Marina Ambramoviç en Job Koelewijn. Each artist has their own room in the house as if you are following a story of a house with various intertwined plots.
Dance: Amsterdam Dance Event @ various locations, Wednesday - Sunday, see program for complete guide.
ADE's festival program is now complete and is of course set to be bigger and better than ever with over 700 artists, performing in 43 different venues!!! Fatboy Slim live (GB), Faithless (Soundsystem live, GB), Darren Emerson (GB) and David Guetta (FR) have just been confirmed in addition to the staggering array of artists across all genres of electronica.
Photo Exhibition:Fazal Sheikh @ Huis Marseille, €5, ongoing – November 22, but free with Museumkaart.
Fazal Sheikh is known for his monumental and tranquil black/white portraits, which gives names and faces to the people in refugee camps in Kenya, Tanzania and Pakistan.
Photo Exhibition: Daniel Cohen's 'We want more' @ Melkweg Gallerie, ongoing – November 1, Wednesday – Sunday, 13.00 – 20.00, FREE.
Photographer Daniel Cohen (1979, Leiderdorp) takes shots behind the stage at the Melkweg and Paradiso, gathering a group of photographs that portray unique and vulnerable moments of musicians.
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.
Exhibition & Museum: "Behind Walls" @ Oude Kerk, ongoing - November 10, open daily, price of museum.
A photo exhibition commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Thursday:
Event: Mister Kitchen's Wild Tour @ Bijenkorf, Thursday 17.00 – 21.00, FREE.
The famous Dutch cooks of Mister Kitchen give demonstrations and book signing.
Music and Dance: Moskow Diskow: I Be East @ OT301, Thursday, 21.00, €10.
East European electro and Moscow disco with Dick4Dick, DJ Vijal, DJ Goldfinger.
Music: Off Topic @ Maloe Melo, Thursday, 21.30, €5.
Dutch ska band.
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 via spoken word- at 20.00 see Rashid Novaire -a Dutch-Moroccan writer who made his debut at the age of nineteen with the short story collection Reigers in Cairo ('Herons in Cairo'). Later, check out a theater collective Le Nu Perdu's interpretation of the letters. DJ-x-0-x spins tunes the entire night
Music: CD release party for BACON @ Café Pakhuis Wilhemina, Friday, 21.00, €10 inclusive CD.
BACON presents their second album/cd “200GallonsofKisses” which is rumored to be a mix between David Bowie and U2. Check out the release party
Music: SPOHISTOFUNK @ Skek, Friday, 23.00, FREE.
Soul funk band
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.
Music: Unity Festival @ Menner de Wit, Saturday, 12.00 – late, FREE, kids welcome!
A day of reggae in de Baarsjes with live music (Black Prophet, Fullanny, Zed I, Nyaki Massai, Kenny B all backed by Fyah Nation), djs, and fun, including a kids corner.
Film festival: Rocket Film Festival @ various venues, Saturday is the preview, the real festival doesn’t begin til October 28 – November 1, €15.
The second edition of the Rocket Cinema with six evenings of special film showings of classic films with live new soundtracks for example Jaws in the Zuiderbad (swimming pool) on Halloween night. This Saturday check out the “The Blair Witch Project” at Vondelpark. But also “La Belle et la Bete”, “King Kong vs. Godzilla”, “Frankenstein”, and a final party at Paradiso with the Mexican Film Festival. Check out next week's agenda for more details!
Music: The week of Unheard Sounds: Mogil & 3-Pack @ Zaal 100, Saturday, 20.30, €7.
Mogil - An experimental music collective from Reykjavik with Iceland land folk tunes. 3Pack – a Dutch Latin band playing Afro Cuban music.
Music: New Cool Collective @ P60, Saturday, 21.00, €15.
New Cool Collective brings a unique sound of a mix of jazz, dance, latin and salsa, with lots of danceable hits!
Music: Jazz Warriors Bigband @ KHL Koffiehuis, Saturday, 20.30, €5.
Straightforward jazz on the IJ.
Sunday:
Expat Fair: I am not a tourist fair @ Beurs van Berlage, Sunday, 10.00 – 17.00, FREE with advanced tickets.
6th annual "i am not a tourist" Fair, Expatica´s lifestyle fair for internationals and expatriates living in the Netherlands. You can order your FREE tickets for "i am not a tourist" at the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam here!
Market: Pure market @ Park Frankendael, Watergrafsmeer, Sunday, 11.00 – 18.00, FREE, activities and crafts for kids.
A monthly tradition of lekker eten (delicious food) mostly organic, as well as other local, sustainable goods, and music. Also creative activities for the little ones.
Film & Create & Resist shows film “Bomb It” @ OT301, Sunday, 20.30, €4.
An evening of social, cultural and political based documentaries. This week is "BOMB IT" a documentary about graffiti.
Music: Flamenco singers Curra Suárez & Yorgos Valiris @ Muiderpoort Theater, Sunday, 20.30, €9.
Live Spanish flamenco artists.
Upcoming:
Film Festival: Cinemaztlan Mexican Film Festival @ various theaters in Amsterdam, Oct 28 – November 4
Film Festival: Balkan Snapshots @ Kriterion, October 30 – November 1.
Films made by artists, directors, etc in the Balkan regions – Bulgaria, Romania, the Ex-Yugoslavian countries and Albania.
Film festival: French Film Festival @ various theaters in Amsterdam, Den Haag and Groningen, November 12 – 22.
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Ongoing:
Event & Exhibtion: Polderlicht - lichtkunst @ Polderweggebied, Oostpoort (behind the HEMA on the Linnaeusstraat), Friday – Sunday, 19.00 – 24.00, FREE, stuff for kids.
Light installations, sound sculptures, film and video projects, performances, etc… with over 200 projects on display in the building pits, construction areas and redevelopment areas of the Oostergasfabrieks-terrein.
Performance & Dance: Trace: the 7 fingers @ Theater Fabriek, Sunday and Tuesday, €22 – €30.
Traces is an urban acrobatic, explosive energy show. It is made up of the French-Canadian group “The 7 Fingers” artists from Montreal’s National Circus School. They bring to the stage a wild/daring form of acrobatics, laughter, modern dance, slapstick, singing, music, skateboarding and basketball moves.
Exhibition & Event & Museum: Stedlijk in de Stad- Bouwkeet on tour in Amsterdam-Oost @ various locations, but the main places for events is Studio K, ongoing – end of October, Wednesday – Saturday 12.00-18.00, Thursday 'til 20.00, FREE (except for a party on October 17th), most activities in Dutch unless noted.
Thursday, 19.30, film “Chott el-Djerid. A Portrait in Light and Heat” (Bill Viola 1979) and “Manhattan” (Brian Eno 1981). Two video works from the early1980s Chott el-Djerid explores the optical and acoustic images of nature of Midwestern America and Canadian Saskatchewan as compared to the Tunisian desert. Manhattan- a video of the Manhattan skyline in vertical format (you have to turn the monitor on it’s side for viewing. Presented in vertical format (the television or monitor needs to be turned on its right side for proper viewing). With a short introduction from the Stedelijk conservator Bart Rutten about the two video works.
Saturday, 14.00 – 16.00 Play with GoogleMaps: ReMAP Oost using the iPhone application ReMappen, and a presentation about the possibilities of remapping (gaming, visual exploration, etc).
Film & kids: “Het meisje en de engel” w/live soundtrack @ Filmmuesum, October 21- 25 + 28, daily 15:00, €5, in Dutch.
“Het meisje en de engel” (Sophie van Oers & Michel Sluysmans) is a children’s film about a girl who is ill and passes her time “in bed” in an old film hall of her parent’s theater watching and enjoying the films where she is visited by many characters.
Exhibition: The Living @ Huize Frankendael, October 24 – November 1, daily form 11.00 – 17.00, €3.
The Huize Frankendael in cooperation with het Stedelijk Museum present a ten day video art exhibition from artists: Peter Bogers, Sam Taylor Wood, Marijke van Warmerdam, Douglas Gordon, Ulay en Marina Ambramoviç en Job Koelewijn. Each artist has their own room in the house as if you are following a story of a house with various intertwined plots.
Dance: Amsterdam Dance Event @ various locations, Wednesday - Sunday, see program for complete guide.
ADE's festival program is now complete and is of course set to be bigger and better than ever with over 700 artists, performing in 43 different venues!!! Fatboy Slim live (GB), Faithless (Soundsystem live, GB), Darren Emerson (GB) and David Guetta (FR) have just been confirmed in addition to the staggering array of artists across all genres of electronica.
Photo Exhibition:Fazal Sheikh @ Huis Marseille, €5, ongoing – November 22, but free with Museumkaart.
Fazal Sheikh is known for his monumental and tranquil black/white portraits, which gives names and faces to the people in refugee camps in Kenya, Tanzania and Pakistan.
Photo Exhibition: Daniel Cohen's 'We want more' @ Melkweg Gallerie, ongoing – November 1, Wednesday – Sunday, 13.00 – 20.00, FREE.
Photographer Daniel Cohen (1979, Leiderdorp) takes shots behind the stage at the Melkweg and Paradiso, gathering a group of photographs that portray unique and vulnerable moments of musicians.
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.
Exhibition & Museum: "Behind Walls" @ Oude Kerk, ongoing - November 10, open daily, price of museum.
A photo exhibition commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Thursday:
Event: Mister Kitchen's Wild Tour @ Bijenkorf, Thursday 17.00 – 21.00, FREE.
The famous Dutch cooks of Mister Kitchen give demonstrations and book signing.
Music and Dance: Moskow Diskow: I Be East @ OT301, Thursday, 21.00, €10.
East European electro and Moscow disco with Dick4Dick, DJ Vijal, DJ Goldfinger.
Music: Off Topic @ Maloe Melo, Thursday, 21.30, €5.
Dutch ska band.
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 via spoken word- at 20.00 see Rashid Novaire -a Dutch-Moroccan writer who made his debut at the age of nineteen with the short story collection Reigers in Cairo ('Herons in Cairo'). Later, check out a theater collective Le Nu Perdu's interpretation of the letters. DJ-x-0-x spins tunes the entire night
Music: CD release party for BACON @ Café Pakhuis Wilhemina, Friday, 21.00, €10 inclusive CD.
BACON presents their second album/cd “200GallonsofKisses” which is rumored to be a mix between David Bowie and U2. Check out the release party
Music: SPOHISTOFUNK @ Skek, Friday, 23.00, FREE.
Soul funk band
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.
Music: Unity Festival @ Menner de Wit, Saturday, 12.00 – late, FREE, kids welcome!
A day of reggae in de Baarsjes with live music (Black Prophet, Fullanny, Zed I, Nyaki Massai, Kenny B all backed by Fyah Nation), djs, and fun, including a kids corner.
Film festival: Rocket Film Festival @ various venues, Saturday is the preview, the real festival doesn’t begin til October 28 – November 1, €15.
The second edition of the Rocket Cinema with six evenings of special film showings of classic films with live new soundtracks for example Jaws in the Zuiderbad (swimming pool) on Halloween night. This Saturday check out the “The Blair Witch Project” at Vondelpark. But also “La Belle et la Bete”, “King Kong vs. Godzilla”, “Frankenstein”, and a final party at Paradiso with the Mexican Film Festival. Check out next week's agenda for more details!
Music: The week of Unheard Sounds: Mogil & 3-Pack @ Zaal 100, Saturday, 20.30, €7.
Mogil - An experimental music collective from Reykjavik with Iceland land folk tunes. 3Pack – a Dutch Latin band playing Afro Cuban music.
Music: New Cool Collective @ P60, Saturday, 21.00, €15.
New Cool Collective brings a unique sound of a mix of jazz, dance, latin and salsa, with lots of danceable hits!
Music: Jazz Warriors Bigband @ KHL Koffiehuis, Saturday, 20.30, €5.
Straightforward jazz on the IJ.
Sunday:
Expat Fair: I am not a tourist fair @ Beurs van Berlage, Sunday, 10.00 – 17.00, FREE with advanced tickets.
6th annual "i am not a tourist" Fair, Expatica´s lifestyle fair for internationals and expatriates living in the Netherlands. You can order your FREE tickets for "i am not a tourist" at the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam here!
Market: Pure market @ Park Frankendael, Watergrafsmeer, Sunday, 11.00 – 18.00, FREE, activities and crafts for kids.
A monthly tradition of lekker eten (delicious food) mostly organic, as well as other local, sustainable goods, and music. Also creative activities for the little ones.
Film & Create & Resist shows film “Bomb It” @ OT301, Sunday, 20.30, €4.
An evening of social, cultural and political based documentaries. This week is "BOMB IT" a documentary about graffiti.
Music: Flamenco singers Curra Suárez & Yorgos Valiris @ Muiderpoort Theater, Sunday, 20.30, €9.
Live Spanish flamenco artists.
Upcoming:
Film Festival: Cinemaztlan Mexican Film Festival @ various theaters in Amsterdam, Oct 28 – November 4
Film Festival: Balkan Snapshots @ Kriterion, October 30 – November 1.
Films made by artists, directors, etc in the Balkan regions – Bulgaria, Romania, the Ex-Yugoslavian countries and Albania.
Film festival: French Film Festival @ various theaters in Amsterdam, Den Haag and Groningen, November 12 – 22.
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14 October 2009
Happenings for the long weekend of October 15 - 17 in Amsterdam
This weekend is the beginning of an onslaught of film festivals, which will continue for the next few months. My theory goes that Amsterdam is the capital of film festivals due to the great likelihood that it will rain and so we play it safe by staying inside and letting the screen entertain us for a few hours. Still lots of other things going on, I suggest making your way to Noord and checking out the 'handmade' market at Pekplein on Saturday or enjoy some music.
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Entire Weekend:
Film Festival: Cinemissimo- Italian Film Festival @ De Uitkijk and Smart Project Space, Wednesday – Sunday, 17.00 and 19.00, with a special program on Sunday at 16.00 with films about the emancipation of women, €7, all films have English subtitles.
The second edition of the film festival presented by Stichting Quelli di Astaroth and De Uitkijk which has selected the most surprising Italian films from the last year including documentaries and short films. There are also debates and lectures about the films' topics.
The second edition of the film festival presented by Stichting Quelli di Astaroth and De Uitkijk which has selected the most surprising Italian films from the last year including documentaries and short films. There are also debates and lectures about the films' topics.
Exhibition & Event & Museum: Stedlijk in de Stad- Bouwkeet on tour in Amsterdam-Oost @ various locations, but the main places for events is Studio K, ongoing – end of October, Wednesday – Saturday 12.00-18.00, Thursday 'til 20.00, FREE (except for a party on October 17th), most activities in Dutch unless noted.
Thursday, 20.00, interactive art event 'Pollock je prul' let's you see how Jackson Pollock made his massive paintings, and you too can join in the fun.
Saturday, 18.30, 'Art hour' is a special discussion/lecture by conservator Bart Rutten about artist Peter Bogers.
Thursday, 20.00, interactive art event 'Pollock je prul' let's you see how Jackson Pollock made his massive paintings, and you too can join in the fun.
Saturday, 18.30, 'Art hour' is a special discussion/lecture by conservator Bart Rutten about artist Peter Bogers.
Kids & Film Festival: Cinekid @ Westerpark Gas Fabriek, Thursday – the following Friday October 23rd, €7 for day pass or Media Lab, film festival specifically target at kids aged 4 – 14.
“In 2006 Cinekid celebrated its 20th anniversary with activities for children in the areas of film, television and the new media. Alongside the annual Cinekid Festival, Cinekid has developed activities that are in harmony with a generally acknowledged demand in the field for the growth of knowledge, the transfer of expertise, the development of product and the stimulation of education.” – Cinekid.nl
Check out the detailed program, which includes the films and Medialab activates.
“In 2006 Cinekid celebrated its 20th anniversary with activities for children in the areas of film, television and the new media. Alongside the annual Cinekid Festival, Cinekid has developed activities that are in harmony with a generally acknowledged demand in the field for the growth of knowledge, the transfer of expertise, the development of product and the stimulation of education.” – Cinekid.nl
Check out the detailed program, which includes the films and Medialab activates.
Festival: Storytelling Festival @ NDSM werf, Friday – Sunday, different prices per story, some FREE, Dutch and English stories.
National and international story tellers come together to tell their best stories. The theme is “star stories”.
National and international story tellers come together to tell their best stories. The theme is “star stories”.
Event: First Look Gamers Event @ Westerpark Gas Fabriek, Saturday and Sunday, entire day, unknown price.
The largest game extravaganza in the Netherlands with the entire Gashuis filled with games and parties late into the night.
The largest game extravaganza in the Netherlands with the entire Gashuis filled with games and parties late into the night.
Photo Exhibition: Daniel Cohen's 'We want more' @ Melkweg Gallerie, ongoing – November 1, Wednesday – Sunday, 13.00 – 20.00, FREE.
Photographer Daniel Cohen (1979, Leiderdorp) takes shots behind the stage at the Melkweg and Paradiso, gathering a group of photographs that portray unique and vulnerable moments of musicians.
Photographer Daniel Cohen (1979, Leiderdorp) takes shots behind the stage at the Melkweg and Paradiso, gathering a group of photographs that portray unique and vulnerable moments of musicians.
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.
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.
Exhibition & Museum: "Behind Walls" @ Oude Kerk, ongoing - November 10, open daily, price of museum.
A photo exhibition commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall.
A photo exhibition commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Kids: Extra Fall vacation activities @ NEMO, October 17 – 23, 10.00 – 17.00, regular admission price.
Special activities to keep the kids busy during vacation.
Special activities to keep the kids busy during vacation.
Thursday:
Music: The Paper Hats @ OT301, Thursday, 21.00, €7.
A psychedelic folk band from Nashville Tennessee.
A psychedelic folk band from Nashville Tennessee.
Music: Soft Machine and Jeff Aug @ P60, Thursday, 21.00, €18.
Softmahcine part of the Flower Power scene in the 1960s from the Canterbury scene in England returns to the Dutch stage. Check out the video on the P60 page.
Softmahcine part of the Flower Power scene in the 1960s from the Canterbury scene in England returns to the Dutch stage. Check out the video on the P60 page.
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 via music- at 20.00 see Yora Rienstra's accompaniment to the Van Gogh's letters. The artist speaks exhibition, writers will enter into a dialogue with Vincent van Gogh. Later, check out a theatre collective Le Nu Perdu's. interpretation of the letters. DJ-x-0-x spins tunes the entire night.
In conversation with Van Gogh via music- at 20.00 see Yora Rienstra's accompaniment to the Van Gogh's letters. The artist speaks exhibition, writers will enter into a dialogue with Vincent van Gogh. Later, check out a theatre collective Le Nu Perdu's. interpretation of the letters. DJ-x-0-x spins tunes the entire night.
Music Event & Party; Colossus Amsterdam @ Café Pakhuis Wilhelmina, Friday, 22.00 - late, €6.
A music, film, dance night with the premiere of the stop motion short film “You’ve Got to Hear This One”, followed by a DJ set from GINGIN, then the live band the Mashed Potatoes take the stage (a 100% veggie band, playing tributes to vegetables), followed by a vintage-vinyl set by Rednas_Audio spinning ‘60s tunes, jazz, ska and tutti-frutti, followed by a another DJ set by Adoberts, and then VJ Viaduktape takes a turn, also a fine art performance by Arthur van Beek, and 15 minute power performance by Firestone (playing songs about the internet, while covering their tracks), and if you are still up for more another DJ set by Beatnologic all hosted by comedian William Sutton.
A music, film, dance night with the premiere of the stop motion short film “You’ve Got to Hear This One”, followed by a DJ set from GINGIN, then the live band the Mashed Potatoes take the stage (a 100% veggie band, playing tributes to vegetables), followed by a vintage-vinyl set by Rednas_Audio spinning ‘60s tunes, jazz, ska and tutti-frutti, followed by a another DJ set by Adoberts, and then VJ Viaduktape takes a turn, also a fine art performance by Arthur van Beek, and 15 minute power performance by Firestone (playing songs about the internet, while covering their tracks), and if you are still up for more another DJ set by Beatnologic all hosted by comedian William Sutton.
Saturday:
Film & Event: Home Movie Days @ Film Museum, Saturday, two shows each starting at 12:00, FREE.
Amateur and family films on the big screen. Home Movie Days is an international festival happening consequently in the U.S. Argentina and Japan with live reporst from aborad and special films and discussions happening throughout the day; including film cleaning, so if you still have old family films laying around the house bring them with to get cleaned up and learn how to restore them for future viewing! Check out the program for more detailed info.
Amateur and family films on the big screen. Home Movie Days is an international festival happening consequently in the U.S. Argentina and Japan with live reporst from aborad and special films and discussions happening throughout the day; including film cleaning, so if you still have old family films laying around the house bring them with to get cleaned up and learn how to restore them for future viewing! Check out the program for more detailed info.
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.
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.
Music & Dance: Satoshi Rei and Friends @ KHL Koffiehuis, Saturday, 21.00, donations.
Satoshi Rei is most known for her skills with Asian instruments such as the “Yueqin”(Asian lute), “Ruan”, “Sha-Mi-Sen”, guitar and Lap steel guitar. In Japan, her music has been featured in various television commercials, as well as videos and as a beautiful backdrop at various events. Followed by DJ Synth Sol at 22.00.
Satoshi Rei is most known for her skills with Asian instruments such as the “Yueqin”(Asian lute), “Ruan”, “Sha-Mi-Sen”, guitar and Lap steel guitar. In Japan, her music has been featured in various television commercials, as well as videos and as a beautiful backdrop at various events. Followed by DJ Synth Sol at 22.00.
Music: Amsterdam Soul Club @ Badcuyp, Saturday, 22.00, €6.
The monthly soul club is back again playing ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s soul hits with videos.
The monthly soul club is back again playing ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s soul hits with videos.
Sunday:
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.
Wonderland is dance and music performance for/with kids.
Film: Eldorado @ OT301, Sunday, 20.30, €4, in French with English subtitles.
The 2008 film “Eldorado” French comedy/drama film about dealing with one's past.
The 2008 film “Eldorado” French comedy/drama film about dealing with one's past.
Upcoming:
Dance: Amsterdam Dance Event international festival for electronic music @ various venues, October 21 - 24.
Film Festival: Cinemaztlan Mexican Film Festival Oct 28 – November 4 2009, various theatres in Amsterdam.
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12 October 2009
don't miss another edition of Pecha Kucha Night in Amsterdam
Event: Pecha Kucha Night @ Mediamatic, Wednesday doors open at 20:20, €7, some presentations in English others in Dutch.
A modern spin on show-in-tell, Pecha Kucha Night shows it face again on Wednesday night at Mediamatic for its 11th edition. With 12 presenters sharing their images, new projects, brilliant thoughts and inspiring topics. Including a line-up of: Edwin Gardner, Jaron Korvinus (StudioSpass), Bert Simons, Ergün Erkoçu (CONCEPT 0031), Karine Versluis, Ikenna Azuike/Mette te Velde (Strawberry Earth), Barry Wels (Toool), Merijn Hos, Augusta Wind/Petra van Noort (Hete Bliksem), Sander Veenhof, Janis Pönisch, Egbert Bleyenburg (Zeezeilen).
Breaks will be filled with drinks, funky tunes and visuals by Merel Das aka Blackbird Badger.
A modern spin on show-in-tell, Pecha Kucha Night shows it face again on Wednesday night at Mediamatic for its 11th edition. With 12 presenters sharing their images, new projects, brilliant thoughts and inspiring topics. Including a line-up of: Edwin Gardner, Jaron Korvinus (StudioSpass), Bert Simons, Ergün Erkoçu (CONCEPT 0031), Karine Versluis, Ikenna Azuike/Mette te Velde (Strawberry Earth), Barry Wels (Toool), Merijn Hos, Augusta Wind/Petra van Noort (Hete Bliksem), Sander Veenhof, Janis Pönisch, Egbert Bleyenburg (Zeezeilen).
Breaks will be filled with drinks, funky tunes and visuals by Merel Das aka Blackbird Badger.
07 October 2009
Happenings in Amsterdam October 8 -11
A week of curling up on the couch trying to avoid the rain, eating too much cheese, and resorting to my bad tv/internet surfing habits is already getting old; I wasn't prepared for autumn weather! Luckily there is lots to put on your agenda for Amsterdam this weekend, even if it continues to be dreary hopefully you too will find something to shake the cold out of your bones.
As always enjoy and keep dry!
As always enjoy and keep dry!
Ongoing and Weekend
Film: International Amstertdam Film Festival /Future Formats @ various locations- De Balie, and Filmtheater, Friday – Sunday, €8.50/film, and a party at Sugar Factory, €10.00
5th annual IAFF – a platform for an urban-oriented audience, artists, DJ’s and VJ’s, the creative industry and policy makers can meet each other, where the cutting edge productions in the field of visual culture are presented and even produced, where entertainment, engagement and education are inseparable elements.
5th annual IAFF – a platform for an urban-oriented audience, artists, DJ’s and VJ’s, the creative industry and policy makers can meet each other, where the cutting edge productions in the field of visual culture are presented and even produced, where entertainment, engagement and education are inseparable elements.
Art: Open Atelier Route Baarsjes @ various ateliers, Saturday and Sunday, 12.00 – 18.00, with a grand opening on Saturday at Meneer de Wit, with live music and drinks, FREE.
Check out the ateliers and art galleries in de Baarsjes.
Check out the ateliers and art galleries in de Baarsjes.
Exhibition: Art Olive Young Talent @ Westerpark, entire weekend, Friday the opening from 19.30 – 23.00 is FREE, Saturday and Sunday 12.00 – 18.00 for €5.
A presentation of the most talented graduates from the 12 Dutch art academies. These artists are competing for the KPN Kunstprijs (art prize).
A presentation of the most talented graduates from the 12 Dutch art academies. These artists are competing for the KPN Kunstprijs (art prize).
Festival & Kids & Museum: Opening three day festival for de Qi van China @ Tropenmuseum, Friday – Sunday, kids 12 and under FREE, adults admission price, for kids!
See Princess Máxima at the opening of the new exhibition at 10.00, followed by three days of fireworks, dancing, language learning, workshops, tai-chi and kung fu demonstrations, tea ceremonies, Chinese ear massages, and the list goes on and on....
See Princess Máxima at the opening of the new exhibition at 10.00, followed by three days of fireworks, dancing, language learning, workshops, tai-chi and kung fu demonstrations, tea ceremonies, Chinese ear massages, and the list goes on and on....
Kids & Music: Trummelvuur (drum fire) @ het Concertgebouw, Saturday and Sunday, 13.30 & 15.30, €9.50, for kids 6 and older.
Check out the latest production from the Twitching Eye Trio with amazing sounds to get you bouncing.
Beach & Party: Closing Party of the Year @ Blijburg, Saturday 17.00 – 04.30 for €12.50, and Sunday 16.00 FREE.
Enjoy the final days of Blijburg (one of Amsterdam's city beaches) with a big smash! On Saturday check out the ‘de Bling’ mega feest with bands, karaoke, artists, trapeze, an outside sauna, and Djs.
And Sunday the 'Blijburg on Fire- Reuze Jam' - the final goodbye starting at 16.00, FREE entrance.
Enjoy the final days of Blijburg (one of Amsterdam's city beaches) with a big smash! On Saturday check out the ‘de Bling’ mega feest with bands, karaoke, artists, trapeze, an outside sauna, and Djs.
And Sunday the 'Blijburg on Fire- Reuze Jam' - the final goodbye starting at 16.00, FREE entrance.
Kids: Schmink, knutselen en timmeren (face painting, crafty projects and building) @ Tunfun, every Saturday and Sunday 'til October 18, 12.00 – 16.00.
Activities the entire afternoon at the infamous indoor playground below Mr. Visserplein.
Activities the entire afternoon at the infamous indoor playground below Mr. Visserplein.
Exhibition: Nardo Brudet: Slaves of Holland @ Meneer de Wit, de Baarsjes, ongoing – October 10, final days, Monday – Friday 11.00 – 17.00, Saturday 11.00 – 18.00, Sunday 13.00 – 18.00, FREE.
Nardo Brudet (1968) presents a photo exhibition exploring the role of the Dutch in the history of slavery. His work is said to play on stereotypes and zet de kijker regelmatig op het verkeerde been (twists your expectations).
Nardo Brudet (1968) presents a photo exhibition exploring the role of the Dutch in the history of slavery. His work is said to play on stereotypes and zet de kijker regelmatig op het verkeerde been (twists your expectations).
Photo Exhibition: Daniel Cohen's 'We want more' @ Melkweg Gallerie, ongoing – November 1, Wednesday – Sunday, 13.00 – 20.00, FREE.
Photographer Daniel Cohen (1979, Leiderdorp) takes shots behind the stage at the Melkweg and Paradiso, gathering a group of photographs that portray unique and vulnerable moments of musicians.
Photographer Daniel Cohen (1979, Leiderdorp) takes shots behind the stage at the Melkweg and Paradiso, gathering a group of photographs that portray unique and vulnerable moments of musicians.
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.
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.
Exhibition & Museum: "Behind Walls" @ Oude Kerk, ongoing - November 10, open daily, price of museum.
A photo exhibition commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall.
A photo exhibition commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Theater: “West Side Story” @ Carre Theater, ongoing – November 11, Tuesday – Friday daily showing at 20.00, Saturday 15.00 & 20.00, and Sunday 14.00 & 19.00, various prices €20 - €69, in English with an American cast.
One the most well-known musicals, West Side Story comes to stage in Amsterdam, in celebration of the Amsterdam – New York 400 jaar events.
One the most well-known musicals, West Side Story comes to stage in Amsterdam, in celebration of the Amsterdam – New York 400 jaar events.
Thursday
Discussion & Workshop: Native American Teaching @ Ying Yang Centrum, Haarlemmermeerstraat 114, Thursday, 19.00, FREE with requested donation of €10, in English.
Two Native American healers discuss health and healthy living from their perspective including a traditional Native American teaching and Q&As.
Two Native American healers discuss health and healthy living from their perspective including a traditional Native American teaching and Q&As.
Workshop: Clown workshop, @ OT301, Thursday, 19.30, €10.
Clown Workshop with Christina Eon for actors, amateurs and anyone interested.
Clown Workshop with Christina Eon for actors, amateurs and anyone interested.
Music: Joep Peltnet & Dusty Stray @ Cafe Wilhelmina, Thursday, 21.00, €5.
Joep Pelt (1979) is a singer songwriter in the broadest sense of the word; finding inspiration in modern and traditional music of both Western and African realms. His style is a mix of pop, folk, Bambara swing, funk, delta- and desert blues. In a live setting these songs are performed solo, as a duo (with percussion) and with a highly explosive band.
Joep Pelt (1979) is a singer songwriter in the broadest sense of the word; finding inspiration in modern and traditional music of both Western and African realms. His style is a mix of pop, folk, Bambara swing, funk, delta- and desert blues. In a live setting these songs are performed solo, as a duo (with percussion) and with a highly explosive band.
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.
Live DJ Goldfinger spinning form 18.30. At 20.00 check out a “conversation with Van Gogh” via a reading of his letter's by Johannes van Dam, followed by a response of his own. Johannes van Dam, is restaurant reviewer and native of Amsterdam, gives a culinary, literary response to the letter in which Van Gogh describes his potato eaters.
Live DJ Goldfinger spinning form 18.30. At 20.00 check out a “conversation with Van Gogh” via a reading of his letter's by Johannes van Dam, followed by a response of his own. Johannes van Dam, is restaurant reviewer and native of Amsterdam, gives a culinary, literary response to the letter in which Van Gogh describes his potato eaters.
Music: Racetrack Party @ De Nieuwe Anita, Friday, 20.00, €5.
Hot oil, live bands, pit stops,and glimmering asphalt kind of party.
Music: Pussy warmers @ Pacific Parc, Friday, 23.00, FREE and if you miss them on Friday check them out on Saturday at the Maloe Melo, €5.
A band from the Italian speaking part of Switzerland brings you a mixture of music from the mid '20’s. Often referred to as a freak circus orchestra with horns, contra bass, and banjo.
A band from the Italian speaking part of Switzerland brings you a mixture of music from the mid '20’s. Often referred to as a freak circus orchestra with horns, contra bass, and banjo.
Film & Music: From Mambo to Hiphop! @ Volta, near Westerpark, Friday, 20.30 - 01:00, €3.
A celebration of music and presentaion of the documentary "From Mambo to Hiphop", which explores music from the 50s and 60s in the Bronx.
Saturday
Party & Street: Opening of a tenth street on de 9 straatjes @ Hazenstraaat, Jordaan, 10.00 -18.00, FREE.
A celebration of a new street becoming part of the trendy 9 little streets in the Jordaan. Check out special events and take a glance at new members with more hip galleries, clothing stores, cafes, and even a dierensalon (dog beauty salon).
Black Tie Party: Dress to Thrill @ Artis Zoo Conference Centre, Saturday, 20:00 - 02:00, price unknown.
The Bond Club was established in 2007, and is open to international people who are living in Amsterdam, as well as connecting with people from all around the globe. It is for sophisticated, sharp dressed, out-of-the-box thinking people that love to dance, socialise, network and just make new friends. This event is open to the public
with live entertainment from The New Swing Orchestra (10 piece band) and 1920’s dance show from The Cotton Club show girls, DJ “AM Stereo” will also be playing.
Dance: Club Cut the Crap @ Cafe Wilhelmina, Saturday, 22.00, €5.
An event that concentrates more on quality music than the latest hype (crap) in music.
With new tunes and loads of old hits played by Djs Wiertz, Bobby Beige and Troy.
Music: The Tunes @ Winston Kingdom, Saturday, 22.00, €5.
A folk 'n roll band from Amsterdam with fast, energetic songs and winner of the 2009 Amsterdam PopPrijs.
Music: ROLF @ Skek, Saturday, 23.00, FREE.
An eight person band play a mix of ska, punk and pop in the cozy Skek.
Sunday
Film: Chinese silent film “Red Heroine” with live music @ Filmmuseum, Friday, 16.00, €10.80 English and Chinese subtitles.
Red Heroine (Hongxia), a 1929 silent film/martial arts production from China, with live music from Devil Music Ensemble from America with electric guitar, synthesizers, lap steel guitars, violins, a Chinese erhu and percussion.
Film and diner: Cinemapasta @ OT301, Sunday, 16.00, €4, in Italian with English subtitles.
Enjoy two 1940s Italian classic films (Roma, citta’ aperta (1945) and Ladri di biciclette (1948) and a pasta dinner.
Enjoy two 1940s Italian classic films (Roma, citta’ aperta (1945) and Ladri di biciclette (1948) and a pasta dinner.
Comedy: Comedy Train International Festival @ Toomler (near the Hilton) Sunday, 20.30, €16.00, all shows in English.
English stand-up comedy with Kevin Bridges (UK) and John Gordillo (UK) in two separate sets, each lasting 45 minutes in total.
English stand-up comedy with Kevin Bridges (UK) and John Gordillo (UK) in two separate sets, each lasting 45 minutes in total.
Upcoming:
Film: Stranger Festival @ Studio /K, October 13 - 17, FREE workshops, must register.
"Over 150 video-makers between the ages of 15 and 25 from across Europe will together improve their skills in video and storytelling. They will all take part in one of the professional-led StrangerAcademy workshops and show their work to an audience of experts and other video fans." - strangerfestival.com
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