Agenda

Alternative Guide to Rotterdam

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Fri 21 June

Kill your Darlings

KILL YOUR DARLINGS TRY-OUT. Reservations recommended. Be there at De Unie on Friday June 21st for the start of Kill your darlings, and discover Rotterdam’s new cultural live magazine.

Tue 18 June

Het Kuip Debat

Feyenoord wants to build a new stadium. Therefore they want a guarantee of 165 million euros from the Rotterdam government. There is also the initiative ‘Red De Kuip’, they want to renovate De Kuip. The Rotterdam government will soon decide: rebuilding or renovation? Or are there better opportunities for Rotterdam and the club?

Sun 16 June

Public Room - Secret Spaces

Street doctor Marcel Slockers and a homeless person talk about the secret use of places in the city, to live or to stay. Homeless people use the urban surrounding in ways other people do not. They have knowledge of a parallel urban world and the uncharted properties of public space.

Fri 07 June

Pop-Up or Co-Op no.10: How to finance the new economy?

Talkshow with entrepreneurs, like Johan Witte (DOE-Rotterdam), finding their own way within the new economical system.

Sat 08 June

United Rotterdam // Vintage Kilo Sale

After a successful, first edition of The Vintage Kilo Sale in Old Tram Remise Rotterdam The Vintage Rebel comes with a special edition: Summer Vintage Shopping by Night!

Tue 04 June

Studio Erasmus

Studio Erasmus a montly talkshow produced by the Erasmus University. This months edition with brain scans, snake milk and group behavior in Studio Erasmus. Host: Geert Maarse. Note: Dutch only.

Sat 08 June

Nieuwe Noorden Tour

Wander along raw neighborhoods, dreamy canals and village-like squares in a primeval Rotterdam district. Under the guidance of the guides of Rotterdam ByCycle special meetings take place with race-real locals and entrepreneurs of the first hour. One by one they tell their own story about their neighborhood.

Wed 29 May

Club Ram Horna

THE BIG FIVE In the next edition of CLUB RAM HORNA. Who determines Dutch narrative prose (after the death of Mulisch) and what makes them great new writers?

Thu 30 May

The Power of Two: Finals

Thursday the 30th of May you’re invited to join the finals of The Power of Two: the talent show of the Wijkwaardenhuis.

Fri 31 May

Pop-up of Co-op no.9: Peaking at the neighbours

Talk show about alternative values with Sabrina Lindermann (Hotel Transvaal / Binckhorst Den Haag), Simon van Dommelen (NoorderparkKamer, Amsterdam Noord) and Godelieve Spaas.

Fri 24 May

LAAT Borrel with performance reading by Mercedes Azpilicueta

Drinks, tunes, photo expo and an especially one-of-a-kind performance by Rotterdam artist, poet and writer Mercedes Azpilicueta.

Thu 23 May

Rotterdam lecture by Willem Schinkel ‘Love for a city without a heart’

This is the 11th Rotterdam lecture organized by the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Famous Rotterdam sociologist Willem Schinkel gives a lecture on the love for Rotterdam. The lecture is in Dutch.

Fri 17 May

Pop-up or Co-op no.7: Refuse, Reuse, Recycle

Talkshow about alternative flows in the Afrikaanderwijk with Jan Jongert (Superuse Studios) and Bas van den Berg (Stichting TreeHouse). 

Thu 09 May

PubQuiz @ ROOM

Join us for a super fun PubQuiz this Thursday (9/5)! Gather your friends, and make teams with a max of 5 people. In 4 rounds the Quiz Master will ask you guys in each round 20 questions about Sport, Films, TV, Holland and gadgets. The Quiz will take around 2 hours & of course the Winners gets ever lasting fame & great prices.

Tue 28 May

YPR on New Leadership

On the 28th of May we organize the next YPR meetup. Keynote speaker Nicole Maarsen will share her inspiring vision on the new generation of leaders and new leadership skills. Get your free ticket for new inspiration, interactive workshop and access to a broad network #yp010

Sun 05 May

Night Bazaar

On Sunday May 5th, Upominki and friends organize an afternoon with second-hand and new items to sell with food, drinks and live music.

Wed 01 May

Noorderlingen Rotterdam

The Dutch publication Rotterdam, Northerners - 101 group portraits, is the long awaited sequel to the Dutch photography publication Rotterdam, Southerners – 155 group portraits. In 2008, the first copy was proudly presented to Her Majesty the Dutch Queen.

Sat 04 May

Idodidid presents Hfc Charisma

‘ETEN AAN TAFEL’ A culinary journey. 

Istanbul, Berlin, Milan, Saigon, Bangkok, New York, Paramaribo, Colombo, Bali, Mali, Calcutta, Barcelona, Tanger, Tbilisi, Paris and Casablanca are the sources of inspiration.

Fri 03 May

Pop-up or Co-op - citizen takes over

From March till June 2013, the Wijkwaardenhuis hosts ‘Pop-up or Co-op’, a series of 12 talkshows about urban development, organized by CAL-XL and Freehouse. Every Friday afternoon there will be at least one expert with a specific expertise in the field of valuation and one entrepreneur who is investing in alternative, cultural, social and/or economic development.

Sun 12 May

Rotterdam in Balans

Free yoga workshops at Schouwburgplein.