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!
HOOGTIJ #48 CULTURAL TOURS (10 March)
Enjoy art and culture in The Hague’s inner city!
During Hoogtij#48, you can visit 23 art locations throughout the inner city of the Hague on Friday evening from 19.00-23.00; you can go alone or under the guidance of a Hoogtij guide (sign-up before 8 March by mailing@hoogtij.net). Hoogtij starts from West at Nest (De Constant Rebecqueplein 20B) at 18.00 with free soup.
Participants at Hoogtij#48
A Gallery Named Sue, Baracca, Dürst Britt & Mayhew, Galerie Helder, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Galerie Sophie, Grafische Werkplaats, Liefhertje en De Grote Witte Reus, Livingstone Gallery, Moose Space, NEST, Nutshuis, Parts Project, Quartair, Refunc, Ruimtevaart, Sis Josip Galerie, Sue_Das Lab, The Hyf: Performance Site, Vonkel, West, West in Huis Huegetan, Windmakers.
PAUL BEATTY AT BORDERKITCHEN (11 March)
Last year, for the first time in history, an American author won the prestigious Man Booker Prize for Ficton. With the book The Sellout, the judges compared author Paul Beatty with literature icons Mark Twain and Jonathan Swift, although at first it was a hard sell and Beatty was turned down about 18 times.
Was the fictive story of a young Afro-American whose father gets shot to death after a dispute with the police ‘too hot to handle’, like The Guardian wonders. The 54-year old Beatty exposes the United States of America of the 21st centry in every aspect, without mercy for anyone or anything. And that is discomforting or even confronting. After a small, independant publisher took it up, Beatty’s word was spread and it finally became clear how powerful his unique mixture of cynism and optimism, comedy and tragedy is. Especially in turbulent times like these.
2017 THE HAGUE CPC HALF MARATHON (12 March)
The 43rd NN CPC Half Marathon takes place on March 12, 2017. This family event held in The Hague attracts thousands of participants and spectators each year. This fast NN Half Marathon will garner considerable interest both nationally and internationally. But it offers far more than that. The NN CPC Half Marathon The Hague has become a true tradition. It also hosts the Netherlands’ largest school run, with thousands of children participating from almost 100 schools.
THE VARIOUS EVENT COMPONENTS ON SUNDAY, MARCH 12:
Ongoing events & exhibitions:
- West African Feast – An evening with Ebere Akadiri (from 2 March until 30 March)
- English Improv (from 9 March until 25 May)
- Slow Food. Still lives of The Golden Age (from 9 March until 25 June 2017)
- Good Hope – South Africa and the Netherlands from 1600 (until 21 March)
- 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:
- De Dutch Don’t Dance Division – Ballet Blues (6 March)
- ‘Dealing with the Dutch’ Comedy (9 March)
- DUTCH UP! ON THE DUTCH GENERAL ELECTIONS! (12 March)
- St Patrick’s Day The Hague (17 March)
- The Cyclepaths: Comedy at Pepijn (17 March)
- Free Financial Awareness Seminar in Rijswijk (22 March)
- Rewire Festival (31 March)
- En Vogue (10 April)
- 2017 Night at The Park (24 June)
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