Jules and You Maastricht is looking for volunteers during Preuvenemint culinary festival!
July 28, 2010 Leave a Comment
Jules & You is a partner of the Preuvenemint, the biggest culinary festival in Maastricht.
The Preuvenemint takes place from Thursday August 26th until Sunday August 29th.
The theme this year is ‘Colorful Tasting’. We are looking for volunteers of all different nationalities to help out on these days. It is no problem if [...]
1 October: Language event translates language barrier into opportunity!
July 26, 2010 Leave a Comment
Press release Euregio-Taalregio:
Language event translates language barrier into opportunity!
Friday 1 October 2010, Hotel School Maastricht
Perhaps you need to close a deal with an export partner Your chosen form of communication may be in English, or perhaps even German, French or other language. The question here always is: do you fully understand each other? Language use [...]
24 July-24 Aug: Leonid Babiitchouk Exhibition: Funny Animals
July 15, 2010 Leave a Comment
Funny Animals exhibition 24 July – 24 August
B32 ARTSPICE, Bourgognestraat 32
www.B32.org
Opening on Saturday 17th July, 20:00 h
Visiting schedule:
Sundays 14:00-18:00h
And by appointment at (0)6 17052494
Every artwork created by Leonid Babiitchouk is both articulate and profound - perhaps it is the word “artwork” itself, when broken down to the two constructs that make it whole, are [...]
12 July: Interview with Chilean artist Sandra Vásquez de la Horra at Bonnefanten Museum
July 8, 2010 Leave a Comment
Interview with Sandra Vásquez de la Horra
Sunday 12 July, 2 pm
Auditorium of the museum
Sandra Vásquez de la Horra will give an exclusive interview to Alexander van Grevenstein, director of the museum and curator of the show.
Traumfäger (Dream Catcher) 2006 Graphite on paper, waxed 50 x 35 cm UBS Art Collection, Zurich
Biography
Sandra Vásquez de [...]
12 Jul-24 Oct: Sandra Vásquez de la Horra exhibit at Bonnefanten Museum
July 8, 2010 Leave a Comment
Press release:
Sandra Vásquez de la Horra is her name. She has Chilean nationality but has been living in Düsseldorf since 1995. Her work is ‘modest’. It is small-scale and concerns drawings. But, good heavens – when she hangs those drawings on the wall! Then they become part of a greater whole; a chain that can [...]
10 Jul-23 Oct: The Netherlands in the 70s, seen through the eyes of advertising
July 7, 2010 Leave a Comment
‘GISTEREN DEED IK HET NOG… De jaren 70 door het oog van de reclame’ is the title of a new exhibition at Centre Ceramique, about the Netherlands of the 1970s seen through the eyes of advertising.
On display are numerous billboard ads, posters, tv commercials, media campaigns, propaganda leaflets, which combined together, offer a portrait of [...]
30 June: Social Media Day in Maastricht, Cafe De Twee Heeren, 7 pm
June 23, 2010 Leave a Comment
A celebration of all things social media in Maastricht
Contributors: European Journalism Centre, Maas Media, Jules and You, VIA2018, Crossmint, Amnesty International and Business Best
Event outline
Introduction: (10 mins)
● Introduction to Social Media Day 2010 + short video.
● Social media, in brief.
● Introduction of city of culture bid, evening program + participants.
Speakers: (max 10 mins each)
Nicolaas [...]
3 July: Open Day children atelier Sinopia in Bunde
June 22, 2010 Leave a Comment
The children atelier SINOPIA opened last summer in Bunde near Maastricht with its first painting and handcraft lessons.
Painting lessons: children learn how to mix the right color, what is a composition and how important it is to make a draft before they start painting..
Handcraft lessons: children learn knitting, crocheting, felting, embroidering and many other nice [...]
25 June-10 Oct: A Passage to Asia - 25 Centuries of Exchange between Asia and Europe, Bozar Brussels
June 22, 2010 Leave a Comment
Europe and Asia have had close relations for thousands of years. Commercial and political networks developed both on land - via the Silk Road - and on sea.
Conquerors like Alexander the Great, Attila, and Genghis Khan set out in search of glory, wealth, and power; travellers like Marco Polo, Zheng He, [...]
27 June: Manus van Alles Festival
June 14, 2010 Leave a Comment
Ghanaian popstar Friction
The 10th edition of the multicultural Manus van Alles Festival will take place on Sunday 27 June in Maastricht, from 10.30 am till 7 pm.
Four stages with music and dance performances, 32 bands, 319 artists from 21 countries and 15000 visitors.
Programme and more information: www.manusvanallesfestival.nl
Related article + videos:
Celebrating our differences at the Manus [...]
16 June: Introductory evening to the colourful world of Bollywood-cinema
June 10, 2010 Leave a Comment
Together with Maastricht University India Institute, on June 16th at 20.00, Lumière Cinema will present an evening dedicated to the colourful world of Bollywood-cinema to investigate the current state of the popular Indian film-genre.
These days more and more students and academics of Indian descent seem to be choosing Maastricht as a place of (temporary) [...]
8-12 June: WE Festival
June 7, 2010 Leave a Comment
The Student Workforce for Sustainability and Development (SWF) presents the very first edition of:
THE WE Festival 2010:
From the 9th to the 12th of June we will meet, learn, teach, dance, make music, paint, inspire, conspire, converse, report, film, interview, strategise, cook, eat, laugh, reflect, build, and create THE WE together.
Schedule:
TUESDAY 8th, [...]
18 June: European Reggae Contest 2010 : Benelux Live Final
June 7, 2010 Leave a Comment
The European Reggae Contest, an initiative taken by different European reggae festivals, is ready for a new edition.
By way of regional preselections and a live finale on the renown Rototom Sunsplash Festival, this year to be held in the Spanish town of Benicàssim, will be decided who can call themselves the best European reggae [...]
22-24 May: B32 | Kunst Tour
May 18, 2010 Leave a Comment
B32 Artspice and [EVA]project present during Kunst Tour 2010 works with free acoustic dimensions mediated by multiple mediums reunited under the idea of “showing talking”, in parallel with video introspections generated by the project Our Time, at its second stage in a tryptique of presentations.
schedule
SHOWING TALKING
Saturday | 22.05 |
15h | [...]
15 May: Creating Waves - The Power of Participatory Journalism
May 14, 2010 Leave a Comment
Date: Saturday, May 15, 2010
Time: 3:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Het Rondeel
Announcement:
The Maas Media team is holding the much anticipated media networking-platform event Creating Waves on Saturday 15th May at the Artspace Rondeel. Be prepared for a day of media activism workshops, photography, interactive journalism and a whole lot more. For students, amateurs, professionals and enthusiasts of [...]
20 May: Pecha Kucha Night at Kaai 16 in Hasselt
May 8, 2010 Leave a Comment
Source: Pecha Kucha Night, 20 May 2010
More information: Pecha Kucha Night Maastricht
The idea of PechaKucha comes from Japan. In 2003 architects Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham (www.Klein-Dytham.com) organized a first evening in order to boost sharing and exchanging ideas in Tokyo.
PechaKucha (Japanese for chit-chat) is based on the belief that you don’t need lots of [...]
30 May: Lion’s Club Maastricht Mondial International May Fair
May 8, 2010 Leave a Comment
The Lion’s Club Maastricht Mondial, is a very special Lion’s Club devoted to the interests of expatriates in the “Euregio” and at the same time raising funds for, and working on, charitable projects in the region. The Club was founded in 1994 and now has members of 11 nationalities. LCMM has held its annual May [...]
18 May: Maastricht Debates: Debate on China - EU - Africa
May 7, 2010 Leave a Comment
What impacts do countries like China, Brazil, and India have on the role of the EU in the global economy?
These and other questions are discussed by Arend Jan Boekestijn - Dutch liberal politician - and Hannah Edinger, Head of Research, Frontier Advisory, a leading research and strategy company focusing on emerging markets, [...]
10 May - 4 July: The Lost Park, Schunk* Heerlen
May 1, 2010 Leave a Comment
THE LOST PARK
A film, a poem and drawings by Maria Barnas.
To be seen at the Schunck* in Heerlen
From May 10th – July 4th 2010
THE LOST PARK is a result of Maria Barnas MiM residency in Recife in spring 2009 where she
researched the recently restored park Praca de Euclides da Cunha designed in 1935 by the [...]
24 April-27 June: Stephan Vanfleteren, Portrait 1989-2009
April 19, 2010 Leave a Comment
Belgian photographer Stephan Vanfleteren concentrates on stills of every day life.
Mulder
Merckx
Vanfleteren works as a freelance photographer for the weekend supplement Zeno in the newspaper De Morgen. He also works for international magazines and invests a lot of time in personal projects.
His radical black-and-white documentary work covers the disappearance of small, anarchic worlds and the phenomena [...]
27 April: Maastricht Debates: What … if women had more economic options?
April 17, 2010 Leave a Comment
With Louise Diogo, former Prime Minister of Mozambique and Sylvia Borren, member of the Advisory Council on International Affairs (AIV)
Short bio of Luisa Diogo
Short Bio of Sylvia Borren
A complicated paradigm change, background note on women and the Swaziland Business bill
Did you know…
That compared to 15% in the EU, the gender pay [...]
5-9 May: United Nations Student Association of Maastricht University (UNSA) holds third annual European Model United Nations (EuroMUN)
April 12, 2010 Leave a Comment
The United Nations Student Association of Maastricht University (UNSA) is organizing its third annual European Model United Nations (EuroMUN) which is to be held in the MECC Expo Center in Maastricht between May 5th and May 9th. During EuroMUN the four hundred and fifty culturally diverse participants will engage in a variety [...]
15-16 May: Digitally UnReel - Special Event at the Lumiere Cinema
April 12, 2010 Leave a Comment
‘Copelia’ directed by Nic Benns
Digitally UnReel
Special Event at the Lumiere Cinema
Saturday May 15th, 19.00-02.30 and Sunday May 16th, 19.00-21.00
Language: English or Foreign Languages with English subtitles
Pricing is as follows:
Pre-Sale: 5 Eur./Day or 7 Eur./2Days,
At the Door: 6 Eur./Day or 8/2 Days.
The shift of filmic presentation from 35mm prints to digital code is having an [...]
30 May 2010: Lions Club Maastricht Mondial Announces 2010 International May Fair Maastricht Region
April 4, 2010 Leave a Comment
Announcement:
Lions Club Maastricht Mondial Announces
2010 International May Fair Maastricht Region
Date: Sunday 30 May 2010
Time: 13:00 - 18:00
Place: Fort St. Pieter, Maastricht
Lion’s Club Maastricht Mondial will be holding its 13th annual International May Fair this year on 30 May 2010.
The theme this year is “Maastricht down the Ages”.
Appropriate to that theme [...]
30 March: Film evening at Lumiere cinema: special discount for Crossroads readers
March 29, 2010 Leave a Comment
Lumiere cinema in Maastricht has offered to have a screening of ‘Nowhere Boy’ for the
International Women’s Club of South Limburg and Crossroads readers on Tuesday, March 30 at 19:45.
Lumiere is also offering this evening at the discount price of 6,50 Euros.
It is strongly advised to reserve your tickets online: www.lumiere.nl. Please make sure to pick [...]
3 April (opening)-9 May: Son of a Kitsch!
March 27, 2010 Leave a Comment
Son of a Kitsch!
B32 ARTSPICE, Bourgognestraat 32
Opening on Saturday 3rd April, 19:00 h
Visiting schedule:
Fridays 17:00-20:00h
Sundays 14:00-17:00h
And by appointment at 06 25 52 46 33
(except the weekend of 23rd – 25th April)
Kitsch might be a lie, giving us the false impression. It also can be a failed attempt of being serious or extraordinarily theatrical. [...]
29 March: Climate Change After The Copenhagen Summit: Can the EU Do More?
March 23, 2010 Leave a Comment
HOT TOPICS
DEBATING TODAY’S EUROPE
Presents
MONDAY, 29 March 2010, 18:00-19:30
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Turnzaal, Grote Gracht 90-92
Climate Change After The Copenhagen Summit: Can the EU Do More?
Guest speaker:
Gunnar Steck
E.ON Energy Trading, Dusseldorf
Closing Remarks:
Prof. Dr. Marjan Peeters, Professor of Environmental Policy and Law, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University
Admission Free—No registration required
Organisers:
Dr. Michael GEARY and Dr. Carine GERMOND, [...]
16 April: Maastricht University India Institute seminar: India, Growth Strategy, Outsourcing, Innovation in IT services, IT trends
March 22, 2010 Leave a Comment
In the “distinguished guest speaker series”, the Maastricht University India Institute (MUII) organizes a seminar on Friday April 16th:
Mr. Hemakiran Gupta, Europe Head for TCS Financial Services - Capital Markets and Country Manager for Belgium, TATA Consultancy Services Belgium N.V./S.A
Speaks on
Tata Consultancy Services’ strategy for international growth: Its achievements in IT Services
When?: Friday April [...]
New English-speaking church in Maastricht: Damascus Road International Church
March 22, 2010 Leave a Comment
Announcement from Damascus Road International Church:
Damascus Road International Church is a new English-speaking church in Maastricht that is a place to connect with others from many nations and backgrounds as we experience the life that God has planned for each of us. Whether you are already a follower of Jesus or are looking for [...]
22-28 March: Events this week
March 22, 2010 Leave a Comment
MONDAY, 22 MARCH @ 11:30
On Monday at 11.30 hrs the tower will be crane up and replaced on the OnzeLieveVrouwe kerk.
MONDAY, 22 MARCH @ 19:30
On Monday evening in St Gerlach church is a performance by the Romanian State Philharmonia of parts of the Matthew Passion. Starts at 19.30 hrs, entrance free. For further [...]
