Open Silkscreen Workshop from 13 to 23 december 2010 // a collaboration of DZR & Mesh Print Club Rotterdam

For a period of ten days Mesh Print Club and De Zwarte Ruyter will fix up an pop-up silkscreen workshop at the Van der Takstraat in Rotterdam. Individuals as well as initiatives are invited to multiply their designs, work on some posters or print a stack of t-shirts while having a tête-à-tête throughout the process.

In this edition of Test_Lab we open the AR toolbox and thoroughly look at the various technologies that can be found inside. With live demonstrations of AR technologies and artworks.

Are you working on you creative portfolio and you would like some feedback, tips and connections from great experts in your field? Visit Streetlabs and Blends; New Talent Portfolio Night.

November 27th and 28th, the Zwaanshals area will be transformed to a cultural shopping walhalla. Do your Christmas shopping in the creative shops here. Vintage, fashion, design, food and much more. Listen to musicians, watch theatre on the streets, take a hot choco and roast your marsmallows during your shopping!

Is it neo? Is it retro? Hard to grasp but all the more exciting, this event sheds a light on a movement that does not want to be a movement. It’s all in the name: neo- is a prefix, -ism is a suffix, but there is nothing in between! So what is it good for?

You’re invited to the book release of ‘Rotterdam in 2040’ by Gyz La Riviere. The first copy of the book will be received by Jules Deelder. Master of ceremony is Jeroen S. Rozendaal. Pieter Vos, Rien Vroegindeweij and Rufus Ketting will be the speakers that evening.

LOKAAL Rotterdam and the Public Library organize ‘Rotterdam’s Inferiority Complex’; a new debate in the ‘010 Actueel’ series.

Hosted by the RMC in cooperation with the Dutch Consul General in San Francisco and the Holland Hollywood Connection in Los Angeles, the USA Media Connection is a new event for the Dutch media sector exploring collaboration and entrepreneurship opportunities in the USA. This one-day event will have a special focus on film, music, interactive media and gaming.

24K Bikes and Rotterdam Fixed Gear are organizing the Death Or Glory Freestyle Trick Jam. This trickjam is focussed on Fixed Gear Freestyle. But please, if you want, bring your board or BMX as well if you want. They will meet up in the Skateplaza that is located on the south side of Rotterdam. Also on Friday there will be a meet and greet in the Singer Sweatshop.

Confetti asks a question that is very close to our WOR philosophy. The questions Who owns the City? The day consists of debats, reading and excursions around the topic youth and the city.

LOKAAL and the public library present ‘The Green Rotterdammer’, a debate about your role in a sustainable Rotterdam.

What are your experiences in Rotterdam? Share with others how you participate in society. In what way do you feel connected to other people in Rotterdam? And how can you use your own identity as strength, for yourself as well as for the city (the dialogue will be in Dutch).

Ever wondered what it’d take to build your own sex toys? Now you can find out! Get your ‘sex tech’ education on!

The canary is perhaps the most popular bird. Since the Middle Ages people surround themselves with this cute songbird. This is a reading about these songbirds by curator Kees Moeliker, followed by a visit to ‘De Grote Kanarie Tentoonstelling’, which ends on Sunday, September 12.

During the Open Monumentendag, thousands of historical buildings (about 4,000!) are open to the public free of charge. Also in our own city you can pay a visit to different beautiful buildings. This years theme is The Nineteenth Century.

CODUM invites you to the preview presentation of the new Zomerhofkwartier building for creative professionals in Rotterdam Noord.

Check out the new digs accompanied by a drink and a bite.

The Rotterdam Collective takes you, with their secret city tour, to the best new and unknown places in Rotterdam. We start at 7 PM at Rot(t)terdam, Roodkapje.

At the botanical garden in Kralingen you can search and watch the bats and moths that live there during a special evening opening. Starting from dusk till midnight.

The garden is well worth a regular visit as well. A little peace and quiet time in a hectic city life.

Shisha Chill with Brownies And Milkshakes, Nadiya Oriental Dance, Turksfruit inc. en Shisha Master Marcel Sch!!!