Every first thursday night of the month: The Unie Late Night. A talkshow about art, politics and the dreams of the people of Rotterdam. On February 2nd host Ernest van der Kwast will talk to artist Han Hoogerbrugge, chairman board of directors Bouman GGZ Sjef Czyzewski, another mini-lecture by biologist Kees Moeliker and a live performance by Alexander McKenzie & The Underpaid.

Money and Sponsorship are the topic in the next edition of Club Ram Horna. Including:

We can sense that you are desperately in need to fix your social diet. Therefor we would like to present to you the croque monsieur 2.0 v2012. It surely improved the quality of our lives already. True story. Consider yourself and other cool ones invited!

Want to know where to go and what to do next month in the city? De Derde Dinsdag knows best! A brand new liveshow filled with music, art, performance, theatre, interview and live interaction brought to you by Bonheur, Witte de With, RAiR, WORM, TENT., Showroom MAMA, Ro Theater and V2_. Host of this edition is Jeroen Rienks.

Vers Beton is a Dutch language online magazine with journalism and commentary that focuses on Rotterdam. The editorial team invites you to join them for the official launch of Vers Beton during an evening of debate, music and drinks.

Write it down in your agenda, don’t plan a thing on Wednesday January 18th. On that night there will be a special event in Rotterdam’s Arminius church. Several guestspeakers will talk on the subject ‘the crisis and I’.

‘ROTTERDAM GIRLS’ is this years theme of the annual Sylvester Night at Club Ram Horna including: Phil Bloom, an icon of the sixties, and as an artist the creator of an idiosyncratic body of work.

A new, relevant and fun quiz, by and for Internet users. The ‘2 voor 12’ of the digital revolution.

Want to know where to go and what to do next month in the city? De Derde Dinsdag knows best! A brand new liveshow filled with music, art, performance, theatre, interview and live interaction brought to you by Bonheur, Witte de With, RAiR, WORM, TENT., Showroom MAMA, Ro Theater and V2_ and is hosted by Said el Haji.

Tonight we host a classic demoparty with a specific focus on new (audio)visual geekery done right in your webbrowser.

The evening will feature presentations and demos by Finnish demoscener and pixel pervert Visa-Valtteri Pimiä (aka ‘Visy’) and the broad scope on current demos and web-based graphics by Tobias Leingruber (aka tobi-x) of Mozilla Labs.

Drop by and rummage, search, enjoy live-music and find old records. Drink coffee and eat a tosti. Lets come together! You want to sell your own stuff? Find more info below.

Can we think of a life after capitalism?

On the 17th of December, Santa Claus will visit the nicest and most enjoyable Christmas market of Rotterdam. The Deliplein within the area Katendrecht, is going to be transformed into a ‘Christmas-winter-wonderland’. From 14.00-18.00 everyone is welcome to stroll along the contemporary Christmas stalls.

Every first Thursday-night of the month: The Unie Late Night. A talkshow about art, politics and the dreams of the people of Rotterdam. On December 1st, writer Ernest van der Kwast will speak with fire eater David Boelee, philosopher Henk Oosterling and architect Adriaan Geuze. Rats on Rafts will perform live and a short movie will be shown.

On Wednesday, November 30 the new series of talk shows Ram Club Horna start again at the familiar location: the Roof Pavilion of Grand Café Engels, on the top floor of the Groothandelsgebouw.

De Unie in Debat in collaboration with Studium Generale and Confetti will host a new edition of ‘De Unie in De Wereld’ with the theme ‘The Clash of Generations’.

On the 21st of November, Rotterdam Central District will host a seminar on the attractiveness of Rotterdam to work and live in. The seminar is organised together with youth organizations of some prominent Rotterdam-based multinationals, and is with invitation only. The aim is to strengthen the network of young professionals and to stimulate them to make a difference in Rotterdam.

Pecha Kucha Night is an intimate gathering that offers everybody the chance to present fresh and creative work, ideas or concepts.

Eugene Chadbourne will teach us how to make the perfect protest song! One of these songs will be performed live during ‘De Derde Dinsdag’, a brand new liveshow held for the first time in WORM.