Here’s a summary of highlighted events for the upcoming weekend in The Hague and surrounds. Click on the links for more details. Please check the websites of the organisers for the most up to date information and any last minute changes. Have a great weekend!
Feel at Home in The Hague Fair (05 February)
A meeting point and fun day out for internationals and like-minded locals to share information and experiences about what makes them “Feel at Home in The Hague”. Free admission but pre-register here.
STET English Theatre Jack and the Beanstalk (03-04 February)
With a handful of beans and a heart full of courage, Jack sets off on a tall tale of high adventure.
This new production by award winning Storybox Theatre remains faithful to the spirit of the original ancient tale: a story of enchantment and magic, of cruelty and humour, of courage and ingenuity, and triumph over gigantic adversity.
ABN AMRO Investment Seminar (03 February)
We would like to invite you to our Investment Seminar and look forward to introducing our guest speaker, Mr. Ben Steinebach, Head of ABN AMRO Investment Strategy; he will take you through ABN AMRO’s outlook on the investment market in 2017. Following that, our colleague A. de Lange will give you a short introduction about investing at ABN AMRO and the various options we offer.
Colin Blunstone (04 February)
Colin Blunstone started his impressive career in 1964 with The Zombies. The band scored worldwide hits with songs like “She’s Not There” and “Time of the Season”. After The Zombies Blunstone started a successful solo career in the seventies. During his solo career he collaborated as a guest singer with artists such as Dave Stewart and Alan Parsons. With the latter he produced the classic “Old and Wise”.
Beats and Beethoven at Paard Van Troje (04 February)
Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony: we all recognize it. The English music producer Gabriel Prokofiev, grandson of the renowned componist Prokofiev, turns this Symphony during Symphonic Junction into a new frame of samples. And that is just as exciting as it sounds!
Cadance Festival (27 January – 12 February)
Premiere festival: up-and-coming top talents and Dutch leading choreographers. ‘The Art of Seeing’ is this year’s theme, with CaDance spotlighting the role of the audience and the experience of art. This theme is given further shape in a rich fringe program featuring the encounter between artists and the audience.
2017 International Film Festival Rotterdam (25 January – 5 February)
IFFR is one of the largest audience and industry-driven film festivals in the world. During twelve festival days, hundreds of filmmakers and other artists present their work to a large audience (2016: 305.000 admissions) and 2.538 film professionals. The festival’s Official Selection includes some 252 feature films and 225 short films out of 50 countries. It aims to organise and stimulate film-related activities in Rotterdam.
Ongoing events & exhibitions:
- Faces from the Dutch Golden Age Exhibition (until 9 April 2017)
- Kidd & The City: Urbanizing Landscapes Exhibition (until 26 March 2017)
- Faces from the Dutch Golden Age Exhibition (until 9 April 2017)
- Slow Food. Still lives of The Golden Age (from 9 March until 25 June 2017)
Upcoming:
- Connecting Women February Event (06 February)
- Free Financial Awareness Seminar in Rijswijk (07 February)
- Happiest Kids in The World Book Launch The Hague (11 February)
- 44th ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament (13-19 February)
- DFAS Lecture: Gold of the Gods and the search for El Dorado (14 February)
- Ferocious Dog at Paard van Troje (18 February)
- Wildlife Photographer Alexander Koenders at Images International Photo Club (21 February)
- American Women’s Club Friend Raiser Happy Hour (21 February)
- Def Americans at Paard van Troje (24 February)
- The Kik at Paard van Troje (25 February)
- The Dandy Warhols at Paard van Troje (27 February)
- 2017 The Hague CPC Half Marathon (12 March)
- 2017 Night at The Park (24 June)
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