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Gratifying feedback from a Japanese expat in Maastricht
Crossroads editor Sueli Brodin has received a very gratifying message from a Japanese expat in Maastricht.
Newly arrived American expats in Maastricht: “No time to be bored!”
Amanda “Mandy” Potter (27) moved to Maastricht only recently, in April 2009 to be precise. Her husband Dan was offered a job as a biology researcher at Maastricht University. Mandy describes a lot of her experiences in her blog Single Stitch Studio to help her family and friends back home get an idea of what life is like in Maastricht. Truly inventive is the podcast Maastricht Minutiae in which Mandy and Dan talk about various aspects of living among the Dutch, and review their trips and adventures in the region. They have only been here for a couple of months but have already released the 7th episode of Maastricht Minutiae! Reason enough for Crossroads to introduce the Potters to the expat community at large.
Reviews
Confessions of a culture junkie: Pecha Kucha Maastricht makes the gradeJeroen Vinken - Art upon Fabrics
For US expat Susan Schaefer, the recent Pecha Kucha Night revealed a side of Maastricht that she had never experienced before: “Maastricht and its surrounding “Euroregion” area shone as a wholly new sphere in my celestial imagination,” she writes.
Exile on Main Street: nine American artists’ “exile on mainstream”
The nine artists featured in Exile on Main Street at Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht have done solo exhibitions before in Europe and in the US. Now, in a European first, their works are being shown under one roof. Although the artists are all American, it can be argued that this exhibition could not as easily have been put together in their home country, because of the type of content the artworks deal with. They tackle the taboos in art, either in style or context, by using confrontation, humour, sex, disgust, sarcasm, self-criticism and admiration in their artworks. A review by Burcak Gursoy.
Through the lens
Doing business in Maastricht: “Offer him a glass of beer and he’s your best friend, forever.”A short interview with Benoit Wesly, chairman and C.E.O. of the Xelat Group in Maastricht and noted Dutch international business entrepreneur.
Interview: Kathlyn Clore, EJC
Video: Bernd Kapeller, EJC
Lion’s Club Maastricht Mondial May Fair 2009 from European Journalism Centre on Vimeo.
Maastricht Mayor Gerd Leers and the ‘t Meestreechs Rizzjemint perform the opening ceremony of the 2009 May Fair with a platoon of 16 militiamen with guns and cannon.
http://www.lionsmaastrichtmondial.nl
Video: Crossroads editor Sueli Brodin
Pecha Kucha comes to Maastricht
Pecha Kucha comes to Maastricht from European Journalism Centre on Vimeo.
A chat with Jean-Paul Toonen, head of T36 Media, on the “Pecha Kucha” phenomenon.
Interview by Howard Hudson for Crossroads Magazine.
Mexican guitarists Pedro Crespo and Elias Torres sing La Llorona, a traditional Mexican song, for the Mexican community in Maastricht. La Llorona tells the story of a woman who has lost her children and who can be heard (and sometimes seen) weeping in the night. La Llorona means “She who weeps” in Spanish. Click here for the lyrics in Spanish.
News
links for 2009-07-02‘Grand animal’ is terug in Parijs Het wereldberoemde fossiel van de mosasaurusschedel uit Maastricht is sinds dinsdag weer veilig...
links for 2009-07-01Expat Voices: Learning Dutch (video) Leah talks with Jennifer Niejadlik, Richard Morris and Graham Jackson about learning Dutch....
Museum’s Battle of Arnhem resolvedThe location for the Dutch National History Museum has been resolved. A parliamentary majority has voted in favour of the new museum...
Minister wants Europeans to integrate betterIntegration Minister Eberhard van der Laan wants Polish and other European immigrants to follow obligatory integration courses. At...
Holidays popular with EuropeansEuropeans like going on holiday. Dutch people aged 15 years and older, for example, went on holiday an average 1.4 times in 2007....
Netherlands increasingly tied in with global tradeThe Dutch economy has become more and more interwoven with global trade in the last thirty years. This means that it has become more...
links for 2009-06-30Kunsthandel Noortman weg uit Maastricht Noortman Master Paintings, de voormalige galerie van de omstreden kunsthandelaar Rob Noortman,...
Maastricht branding: two embeddable video clips in EnglishMaastricht Region in 5 minutes “The Maastricht Region: to work, to live, to love. The ultimate work-life balance. Beautiful...
links for 2009-06-29Maastricht I took Michael to Maastricht for his birthday. Maastricht is a town in the south of Holland that is heavily influenced...
Start of Kingdom-wide internet consultation trialMinister Hirsch Ballin of Justice today gave the start sign for the Kingdom-wide trial to have citizens, companies and interest groups...
Agenda
3-31 July: Photo exhibit at Centre Céramique: “Slimmerds; creativity and innovation in action”Europe Direct presents ‘Slimmerds; creativity and innovation in action’, a photo-exhibit from photographer Maarten van...
26 June - 5 July: Coup MaastrichtConcerts, presentations and exhibitions by art students. Young artists demonstrate their talents in the 15th Coup Maastricht. Students...
26 June - 5 July: Fashion Clash MaastrichtFirst Maastricht fashion event / 26 June - 5 July Timmerfabriek Maastricht FASHIONCLASH is a foundation initiated by Nawie Kuiper,...
25 June: The engagement of art institutions with artists, a debate at Bonnefanten MuseumThursday June 25th – 8.30 pm - English spoken The engagement of art institutions with artists. An evening with Iwona Blazwick...
23 June: Maastricht Debates: Agricultural collectivities and human rights: A group approach to poverty reduction and women’s empowermentEU – INDIA SEMINAR On Tuesday June 23 from 3 – 5 PM, Maastricht Debates and the Maastricht University India Institute are organizing...
24 June-18 October: The world according to Fiep at Centre CeramiqueFrom June 24 until October 18, Centre Ceramique will organize an exhibition specially designed for children about Fiep Westendorp,...
24 June: UNU-MERIT: Prof. David Kaplan holds third annual Charles Cooper-lectureOn June 24, Prof. David Kaplan (University of Cape Town) will give the third annual UNU-MERIT public lecture in honour of the founding...
28 June: Manus van Alles multicultural festival in MaastrichtThe 9th edition of the Manus van Alles multicultural festival will take place on Sunday 28 June from 10.30am till 7.00 pm in the Wittevrouwenveld...
20 June: Pecha Kucha Night MaastrichtSaturday June 20th - AINSI - doors open 19.30 hours - start 20.20 uur hours - €5 Source: Pecha Kucha Maastricht www.pechakuchamaastricht.eu Read More →
In the spotlight
The Mosasaur pays a visit back to Maastricht
The original skull of the first known Mosasaur is back in Maastricht! The famous fossil is the prime item on display until June 21,...
“You want to play a role in 2018? Then you need to be convincing” - Alexander van Grevenstein, artistic director of the Bonnefanten Museum
“Is the museum a collection of mementoes of life or is it itself part of our lives?” Aldo Rossi, architect The Bonnefanten Museum...
Welcome to the reading table
I had reason last fall to feel like I didn’t much belong in the Netherlands. Getting a temporary residence permit was proving surprisingly...
Raising children bilingually
Accepting the offer of job abroad requires a lot of prior thought, not least when one has a family to consider. When children of school...
Strolling through the market in Maastricht
“ Een gezonde tas voor 5 euro! Vol met vitaminen!” I join the people standing on line to get a healthy bag full of tasty-looking...
Between Two: Selexyz Dominicanen as Church and Bookstore
Cathedral-fatigue. Many visitors to Western Europe know the feeling all too well. The Duomo in Florence, Notre Dame de Paris, the Kölner...
Spanish serenades in Maastricht
I have never been serenaded in my life, even less by seven men at the same time. But Geert, Tim, Trevor, the two Mikes, Julian and...
Spinning my way into Dutch life
“Why do you bike indoors when the South Limburg countryside is so beautiful?” a Dutch friend once asked me when I told him about...
A spring guide to Maastricht’s parks
Ahhh, spring in Maastricht! Outdoor chairs appear at every café, the sun shines, flowers bloom, and Maastrichters head outdoors with...
Rebels from Liège besiege Maastricht in the late Middle Ages
In the Emperor’s Room of the council chambers in Rothenburg on the Tauber, there used to hang a painting, three metres high...
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Pecha Kucha Night Maastricht: Lonneke ten Hoeven on Food SeductionRead a review of the last Pecha Kucha Night in Maastricht.
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