John Cooper Clarke
THURSDAY 18 MAY Maloe Melo, 21.30, €8.50 Picture this: a sweaty Manchester club, 1976, and you’re the opening act for the Sex Pistols. The spiky-haired, speed-fuelled crowd are bouncing off the walls...
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David O’Doherty FRIDAY 27 MAY Melkweg, 19.45, €29.50 We don’t get to write about stand-up comedy very often here, but that’s because it can be tough for promoters to tempt established talents across to...
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The Bellbines THURSDAY 2 JUNE Delicatessen Zeeburg, 13.00, €10/€12.50 Got anything planned for Hemelvaart yet? No? Well how about a personal tour through Amsterdam-Oost? Presented by Delicatessen and...
View ArticleNorth by Northwest
THURSDAY 16 – SUNDAY 19 JUNE Overhoeks, various times The new EYE Film Instituut won’t be open to the general public for almost a year, but the area is now being consecrated to honour the gods of...
View ArticleZomer in de Tolhuistuin 2011
FRIDAY 24 JUNE – SUNDAY 28 AUGUST Tolhuistuin, various times and prices So, summer is here! It’s the season to end all seasons: the cultural season, the football season… they’re all put on hold in...
View ArticleDe Parade
Life is a cabaret, old chum. All photography by Erik van 't Hof except the nighttime carousel photo by Jaap Reedijk 5 – 21 AUGUST Martin Luther King Park, various times, €7 (free before 16.00) +...
View ArticlePicnic: Day Zero
Poster by Jan Willem Wennekes WEDNESDAY 14 – FRIDAY 16 SEPTEMBER NDSM-werf (Picnic Village) Will you make it to Picnic 2011? We’ll be popping along to share links, images and notes on what we find...
View ArticlePicnic: Day One
Poster by Jan Willem Wennekes Day one at Picnic started with a windy ferry ride to Noord, as for the first time the festival is being hosted at NDSM. The less than favourable weather conditions led to...
View ArticleDiscovery Festival
Renkas FRIDAY 23 SEPTEMBER NEMO, 21.00, €12.50-€17 Have you ever wanted to run around in science museum NEMO, pushing buttons and prodding touch screens, but were too afraid to show up without a little...
View ArticlePlaygrounds Festival – Aftermath
WEDNESDAY 5 OCTOBER Pakhuis de Zwijger Playgrounds Festival is a gathering that unites some of the best young talents in animation, motion graphics and filmmaking. This one-day Amsterdam session was...
View ArticleThis is Nothing New – Poster/Flyer Jam
Design by Geoff Kim Every month, millions of flyers and posters are printed to promote events around Amsterdam. They are important. They keep the flow of information moving and are part of the visual...
View ArticleOccupy Amsterdam
‘Un-fucking-believable!’ exclaims the frantic Virgil, bursting back into a conversation. ‘I had to talk for a quarter of an hour to this couple who said they had dibs on my tent, which I had loaned to...
View ArticleNext Nature Power Show
SATURDAY 5 NOVEMBER Stadsschouwburg, 19.30, €25 The article below is compiled from and inspired by the book Next Nature (Actar Press, November 2011). Learn more about natural marketing,...
View ArticleFIBER Features 01
FRIDAY 4 NOVEMBER De Verdieping, 20.30, €5 Following the success of FIBER Festival at the turn of the year, the organisation is back to present a new audiovisual event called FIBER Features 01; a...
View ArticleMuseumnacht 2011
SATURDAY 5 NOVEMBER Museums in Amsterdam, 19.00-02.00, €17.50 Another year, another night, another Museumnacht. Yip, despite an unaffiliated PR stunt declaring 2010 to be the final in its line, the...
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