25 January: Ana Moura in concert - Drinks and fado at Theater aan het Vrijthof for the international community
January 12, 2008 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
Ana Moura (1979) is the youngest fadista ever nominated for an Edison Award. Her performances are fado in the purest form, no funny streaks or theatrical distractions. She touches her audience with her unaffected but sincere interpretation of the Portuguese …. Ana Moura will be accompanied with three topmusicians from Portugal. A concert you don’t [...]
17 January – 14 March: Studium Generale academic and cultural activities
January 12, 2008 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
STUDIUM GENERALE MAASTRICHT: Inspiration through exploration
Lectures / Debates / Theatre / Cabaret / Music
Studium Generale offers a program with academic and cultural activities for students and members of university staff. The program consists of lectures, debates, concerts and theatrical performances. Although the majority of the scheduled events are Dutch-spoken, we include a number of English [...]
17 Jan: Getting prepared for carnival
January 3, 2008 by Sueli · 2 Comments
Date: Thursday 17 January, at 20.11
Location: Foyer Kumulustheater, Herbenusstraat 89
Admission free
Drum rhythms are rolling up the ancient city walls, announcing the upcoming carnival. Carnival fever has hit our town. Three days and nights of celebrating in crowded streets and bars promise to turn Maastricht upside down. The entire city filled with fancy dresses, masks [...]
16 January 2008: GNE lecture: Art and the Anarchists by Mr Martyn Everett
December 20, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
The G.N.E. Limburg / Netherlands-England Society, Limburg branch, presents:
Mr Martyn Everett, M.A.: “ART and the ANARCHISTS”
venue: Grand Hotel l’Empereur, Maastricht (opp. Railway station)
date : Wed. 16 January 2008. [8-10 p.m., with a break around 9p.m.]
The Speaker: Historian and free-lance journalist, Martyn Everett, worked as a librarian in [...]
11 December: Socialism in the 21st century: A reflection on Latin America’s Energy Politics
December 3, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
On December 11, 7.30 pm a public debate will take place on the current political and economical developments in Latin America. The debate will be with Reinaldo Figueredo, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela and Luc Soete, Director UNU-MERIT.
Venue: the Auditorium Faculty of Economics, Tongersestraat 53, Maastricht.
Free admittance.
Reinaldo Figueredo
Reinaldo Figueredo was [...]
1 Dec-6 Jan: Winterland in Maastricht
December 2, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
The 9th edition of Winterland Maastricht will start on the 1st of December 2007. The Vrijthof in Maastricht will change in a wintersquare with a Christmas Market, an ice-rink, a big wheel, christmas-train and a grand carrousel. Of course there is gluhwein (warm red wine) and a lot of other drinks and food.
Winterland Maastricht will [...]
9 December: Christmas Manus van Alles festival in Maastricht: Ebby Drenthe and Gospel choir
December 1, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
The Manus van Alles association will on Sunday 9 December present a Black Gospel concert by Ebby Drenthe and her Gospel Choir We Love God and You (WLGY) in the Onze Lieve Vrouw church in Maastricht’s Wittevrouwenveld district.
Time: from 3 pm till 16.30 pm, free entrance
There will also be a big Christmas Fair [...]
1 December: International Charity Ball in Maastricht
November 17, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your charitable goodwill with a unique evening programme? Would you like to get more in touch with the vibrant international community of Maastricht University?
Then the First Charity Ball of Maastricht University might be what you have been looking for. On the 1st of December, the Maastricht [...]
2 -25 November: World Press Photo Exhibit: The images of our times
November 12, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
What is the function of professional press photography today? How do images determine the way we look at the world? The citizens of Maastricht can now find out the answers to these questions at Centre Céramique, where the winning press photos of the 2006 World Press Photo Contest are currently on display.
11 November: Opening of the carnival season in Maastricht
November 9, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
The Carnival season in Maastricht will open on Sunday 11 November with a big party at the Vrijthof square.
Visit http://www.sjengkraftkompenei.nl/nieuws.html for more information about the musical programme.
Related articles on Crossroads:
“Carnival is a feeling”
The history of carnival in Maastricht
Madness in Mestreech: a carnival lexicon
21 November: IWC South Limburg Christmas Market: everyone is welcome!
November 7, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
14 November: Debate on energy and politics with Michael Klare
November 5, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
Energy, Politics and Power: First event in the 2007/8 series of Maastricht Debates
On November 14, 7.30 pm a public debate will take place on the interrelated issues of energy and international power relations. The debate will be with Michael Klare, author of a.o. Blood and Oil, Professor of Peace and Security Studies at the Hampshire [...]
7 November: “Showcase”: music festival in Maastricht featuring Tres.b, Lucky Fonz III, Phantom Taxi Ride
October 30, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
“Showcase” will feature Tres.b, an international band based in Maastricht (four members: English/Danish, Dutch/American, Dutch/Spanish, Polish); Lucky Fonz III, a singer/songwriter from Amsterdam (winner Grote Prijs van Nederland 2006) and Phantom Taxi Ride, a Polish indie rock band from Warsaw.
Presale tickets (EUR 4) are available at Somethin Good (Tongersestraat) and Traders Pop (Heggenstraat).
Date: 7 November, [...]
27 October: New dinosaur exhibition opens in Brussels
October 24, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
A new permanent exhibition has opened at the newly-renovated Natural History Museum in Brussels.
The museum’s new Dinosaur Hall boasts 35 unique skeletons of the pre-historic giants that once ruled the world.
This make the Natural History Museum’s exhibition the biggest in Europe. Among the most remarkable exhibits are the 9 iguanodons that were among the [...]
8-9 November: International NORFACE conference on Migration and Citizenship Attribution
October 24, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
How do immigration and emigration affect the way in which states regulate the acquisition and loss of citizenship? Can immigrants retain their citizenship of origin when they obtain the citizenship of their new state of residence? Why do some states have no problem with the phenomenon of multiple citizenship, whereas in others this leads to [...]
13 November: GNE lecture: “Sir Christopher WREN & the English Baroque” by Andrew Lacey
October 24, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
A slide presentation for the Limburg branch of the ‘Genootschap Nederland-Engeland / Netherlands-England Society’
Having a degree in History, and Library Information Studies, Mr Andrew Lacey has worked as a professional librarian in various colleges & [...]
6 Oct-13 January: British Vision in Ghent, Belgium
October 16, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
‘British Vision’ is an overview of two centuries of British art, representing every major artist, including William Hogarth, Thomas Gainsborough, George Stubbs, William Blake, John Constable, Joseph Mallord William Turner, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Burne-Jones, Stanley Spencer, Graham Sutherland, Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud.
The exhibition brings together over three hundred works of art from [...]
4-5 October: European Festival: WISER women in science education research
October 4, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
W.I.S.E.R. More Women in Science, Education and Research!
European Festival, October 4 & 5, 2007
Ceramique area, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Nowadays there are enough qualified women that can take up key positions in academia. Both the women themselves as well as the institutions need to recognize the opportunities of female talent in science, education and research. The [...]
3 Oct-3 Feb: europalia.europa cultural festival in Brussels
October 4, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
From 3 October 2007 until 3 February 2008, Europalia will play host to 27 guest countries! In one spectacular cultural festival, Europalia.europa will present the culture of Europe and its 27 Member States.
Over four months, in Brussels, the whole of Belgium and surrounding areas, you will be able to appreciate many top artworks originating from [...]
17-19 October: African Leadership Convention Maastricht
October 4, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
The African Leadership Convention is taking place in Maastricht, the Netherlands from the 17th – 19th October.
The sophisticated business environment of South Africa provides a powerful strategic export and manufacturing platform for achieving global competitive advantage, cost reductions and new market access for today’s business. South Africa will be presented as a business opportunity [...]
15 Sept-13 Jan: Introducting New Zealand artists in Maastricht
October 1, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
An exhibition featuring works by sixteen New Zealand artists was opened at the Toonzaal Maastricht Gallery, Rechtstraat 19, Maastricht on Saturday 15 September.
New Zealand’s Ambassador to the Netherlands, Ms Rachel Fry, officially opened the exhibition to an audience of 60 Dutch and New Zealand citizens. Among those present were Maastricht Alderman Jacques Costongs and ex-Mayor [...]
18-21 October: Jazz Promenade
September 29, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
About 40 café’s will surprise you with a festival of high quality with a great variety of styles. Contemporary and classical jazz, bebop, funk, soul, blues, salsa, R&B, besides gipsy, ethnic and ‘world’. Meet some of Holland’s great names like Eric Vloeimans and Harmen Fraanje, the phenomenon on guitar Emiel van Egdom and the American [...]
13 October: Pink Party
September 29, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
The Pink Party was established in 1978 by the GLBT organisation COC Limburg with the intention to give more meaning to the word ‘integration’. The Pink Party is still organised by COC Limburg and has over the years become one of the biggest gay parties in The Netherlands. The party is organised twice a year, [...]
5-7 October: Dutch Dance Festival in Maastricht
September 29, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
For ten years, ‘de Nederlandse Dansdagen’ has offered the opportunity to enjoy a magnificent sampling of Dutch dance theatre in a festival atmosphere. It provides the perfect setting to become acquainted with the current developments in the Dutch dance field. A selection committee chose their favourite performances from the vast range of new dance works [...]
20 September: Mexican Party with the “Tuna Universitaria de Maastricht” at Cafe Highlander
Mexican Party at Cafe Highlander with the Tuna Universitaria de Maastricht
Venue: Cafe Highlander
Date: Thursday 20 September, from 9.30 pm to 2 am
Presale: EUR 4, incl. 1/2 liter sangria
At the door: EUR 4, no free drink
Tickets available from Tuesday till Thursday from 12 pm till 5 pm at the Student Service Centre.
More information: Spanish Serenades in [...]
14 Sept-27 Jan 2008: Rubens exhibition in Brussels
September 14, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
The exhibition, ‘Rubens, a Genius at Work’, opens September 14 and will run through January 27, 2008. The exhibition includes works from the museum’s collections as well as paintings and drawings on loan from foreign museums.
The exhibition comprises some 50 works by the baroque artist that are already in Belgium.
About 60 paintings [...]
28 September 2007: Seminar: Does more mean better?
September 14, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
On September 28, the Development Policy Review Network is organising the seminar ‘Development Cooperation: Does more mean better’. Hosts of the meeting are ECDPM, European Centre of Development Policy Management, and CIDIN, the Centre for International Development Issues, Nijmegen.
For registration and information see http://www.dprn.nl.
14 November: Maastricht Debates: Energy, politics and power
September 13, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
First event in the 2007/8 series of Maastricht Debates
On November 14, 7.30 pm a public debate will take place on the interrelated issues of energy and international power relations. The debate will be with Michael Klare, author of a.o. Blood and Oil, Professor of Peace and Security Studies at the Hampshire College (USA). Michael Klare [...]
12 September: Maastricht School of Management Graduation Ceremony
September 12, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
On September 12, the annual MSM Graduation Ceremony will take place at the premises of Maastricht School of Management. On this occasion, the degrees of Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Philosophy (M. Phil.) and Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) will be awarded to the graduates from over 30 countries.
Albania, Austria, Bhutan, Bolivia, P.R. [...]
1 October: Netherlands-England Society lecture: English Country Dance at the time of Jane Austen
September 2, 2007 by Sueli · Leave a Comment
On Monday, 1 October the first of seven guest speakers of this season, Mr Antony Heywood, shall talk about ‘English Country Dance at the time of Jane Austen’. Anyone who has seen the TV + cinema versions of Jane Austen’s novels will know about the importance of dance in the social life of the day. [...]
