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CITY SECOND BY PETER CLEUTJENS In this issue and...

Schelto Patijn, the Amsterdam exburgemeester from Den Haag, died last weekend. During his term between 1994 and 2001, Patijn started Amsterdam on its course of tidying itself up—vertrutting—a course of action which finds its logical conclusion in what some consider to be the Big Brother-style spy-cameras in De Wallen.

Others see them as the authorities keeping a paternal, watchful eye on things, and Patijn will also be remembered as a nice fellow who belonged to that Wim Kok school of reassuring opa politics. Patijn would have looked natural in a kabouter outfit, tilling the soil in an allotment.

Few miss the porn postcards that lined the Damrak before Patijn’s arrival, but his legacy sees city bureaucrats deeming street art to be advertising while letting advertising hang everywhere. Where has selfexpression gone? Can it now only be found in volkstuintjes? Perhaps. Just be sure not to grow your carrot patch in the form of a Nike swoosh.

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AROUND TOWN Money makes music?

CCTV in the RLD It always feels like somebody’s watching me.

Pop venue curse strikes the Melkweg.

By Remco Andersen

It’s six o’ clock in the afternoon and just about every seat in the Melkweg’s cafe is taken up with people having an after-work borrel or waiting for their dinners to arrive.

‘Yes, the Melkweg is doing great,’ says director Cor Schlösser, while rolling a cigarette. This statement seems to be somewhat inconsistent with the recent news that the Melkweg has a deficit of €1.8 million, and is about to go bankrupt unless city hall steps in.

The Melkweg is not the only pop venue that has gone through financial stormy weather in recent years. Last year, Nighttown in Rotterdam had to close its doors and the Patronaat in Haarlem ran a loss of €600,000, while Hedon in Zwolle is waiting for some €90,000 to cover its losses. And so the list goes on.

What’s happening? Schlösser says: ‘For several years now, the Stadsschouwburg and the Melkweg have been involved in this thirty-one-and-a-half million euro renovation project. It includes the expansion of The Max [the venue’s big hall] and a second modern theatre space on top of the Melkweg, where we will organise programmes sixty days a year. Five years ago, I already reported that there wasn’t enough room in the budget for facilities like the expansion of the toilets, a new audio system, and so on.’ In financial terms, ‘not enough room’ meant €1.8 million.

Schlösser claims he has extensive email documentation to prove that city hall was willing to cover the costs. ‘However, I never got an official letter to that effect. We were stuck between a rock and a hard place. The closure of The Max during January and February 2007 was already planned, and so was the programme as of March, with the new capacity of fifteen hundred visitors. Not installing the necessary facilities around the expansion of The Max would have meant that we could not have used the hall from March on. That would have meant the bankruptcy of the Melkweg within months.’

In March, the Amsterdam alderwoman with responsibility for culture, Carolien Gehrels, declared she wanted to help out.

After an inquiry by the city’s legal department on 5 June, city hall decided finally to give the Melkweg nearly €1.3 million. The Melkweg would have to take care of the rest of the costs. It looked like a done deal.

And it was, until the city council intervened, accusing the Melkweg of mismanagement. ‘I am ontzettend pissig about that,’ says Schlösser. ‘I believe the city council is not well informed.’ The City of Amsterdam has started an investigation into the financial strength of the Melkweg.

Schlösser is looking forward to the out-

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come with confidence. ‘I hope the management will be rehabilitated.’ Meanwhile, Anne Graumans, city council member for PvdA, says that the Melkweg itself should eventually be able to finance the deficit. ‘In order to do so, the Melkweg management, as well as the board, have to look critically at their own organisation.’

Schlösser, who established the venue back in 1970, and has worked there ever since, says that, since about ten years, local government has been into building nice new pop venues, ‘usually to replace an old one. The structural mistake they make, however, is that they only reserve money for building the venue, not for running it.

They forget that a bigger hall brings along more costs. What’s more, they ask too much rent, to recover a part of the investments.’

The experience of Rob Stecher of the Patronaat backs up Schlösser’s view.

Stecher has been interim director since November last year, after the last director was fired as a result of the—financial— troubles the Patronaat was facing under her management. In September 2005, the Patronaat made a start on a brand new building. Stecher explains: ‘Pretty soon it became clear that the operation went wrong, for all sorts of reasons—the main one being that we didn’t have any “experience figures”, as I call them. The costs for personnel and energy were much higher than in the old building, and we had to get accustomed to the new venue, the logistics, and a different way of working. In short, you could say that the novelty and the bigger scale of the building did it for us.

You see that happening more often, and not only with pop venues.’

Are venues building for the music or building for the building?

Director Pascal Bouma of the Burgerweeshuis in Deventer will change jobs this coming September, when he will take over managing Hedon in Zwolle. The place went into free fall after the departure of the biggest part of the management team.

Bouma also sees local authorities trying to cut a dash with shiny new pop venues, without reserving money for running the show. ‘They’re afraid that the city council won’t approve of the budget for both the building costs and the operation. So they settle for the building costs, and just wait till things go wrong. I’m pretty sure they do that on purpose.’

Vera in Groningen goes about its business in its very own way. Although an almost completely new venue was built ten years ago, the club is still very much underground. Peter Weening has been one of the forces behind Vera for the last 27 years. ‘All these pop venues are just messing about with renovations, if you ask me.

Everybody knows that the bands that are the biggest crowd pleasers only play in Amsterdam, while the artistically most interesting bands draw a couple of hundred people. So how are you going to fill all these halls?’

Weening states that the wheel is reinvented time and time again. ‘If you don’t build on experience, you’re bound to be in trouble. New venue after new venue appears, but they don’t consult each other.

I also have the feeling that the show-off factor of the building is more important than its function.’

‘Guys, take it easy, it’s just a junkie,’ says a slightly irritated voice over the walkietalkie. On the monitor, four policemen are wrestling two thin figures to the floor of an abandoned Nieuwendijk. A fifth is picking up scattered wrappings in tinfoil with one hand, using the other to point a nosy bum in the direction he needs to go in order to not join his two associates. It’s ten ’o clock on a Saturday night in the viewing room of police station Amsterdam Beursstraat, where footage from 34 cameras operating around the Red Light District and Nieuwendijk is viewed in real time.

De Wallen/Nieuwendijk is one of 16 areas in Amsterdam where CCTV projects are currently being conducted. Inspector Gerhard Brouwer has operational responsibility for the project. ‘When we started the project in De Wallen in April 2004, some of the prostitutes and window exploiters feared that CCTV would scare off potential customers. I think they’ve come around. Our annual evaluations show that since 2004, camera surveillance has contributed to a decrease in criminality in the district, and when people feel safe, they’re more likely to visit.’

Brouwer is very eager to show his concern for people’s privacy. ‘The images are used primarily for maintaining public order, not to investigate crime, and the footage is automatically erased after seventy-two hours. Only within that timeframe and with a signed approval from the district attorney can we burn the footage of a specified period on DVD. The crime has to warrant the effort though: I’m not going to watch six hours of footage because someone got his wallet stolen. However, we have solved several serious crimes by relying on CCTV, one of which was the kidnapping and rape of a woman in 2006.

Our cameras had registered the license plate of the car she was kidnapped in, which led to the arrest of a suspect.’

Although police use the CCTV system whenever the need arises, monitoring the

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A wall of eyes.

Artwork versus advert When is art an advert for an exhibition?

By Sarah Gehrke A letter has been sent to the owners of the Athenaeum building, where two giant posters have been hung up. They are by the French street artist JR, who currently has an exhibition at Foam. If they aren’t removed, the owners risk a €15,000 fine. ‘We consider the posters an advertisement for the exhibition, for which they needed a permit,’ says Ton Boon, spokesman for Stadsdeel Centrum. ‘This judgement was partly based on an interview that a spokesperson for JR gave to Het Parool in June, in which he said: “We ask questions with the posters in the city, and the answers can be found in Foam.”’

Anneloes van Gaalen, guest curator of the exhibition, denies that the pictures are an advertisement. ‘That’s nonsense,’ she says. ‘It’s not advertising: it’s an outdoor exhibition. JR is a street artist. The whole concept of street art is to make use of public space. That’s how it works. And when we were organising the exhibition, we made it very clear from day one that it would be an outdoor exhibition.’

‘Whether it’s art or advertisement actually doesn’t matter in this question,’ says Boon. ‘There are regulations concerning both. You need to request a permit for advertisements, and artists wanting to use public space need to contact us beforehand, too. Then we can advise how to do it best and prevent damage to buildings.

‘Actually, this is our main concern at the moment. The Bureau for Monuments and Architecture [BMA] stated that there’s a great chance that damage will be done to buildings by the glue and when posters get removed. They intend to use a high-pressure water-pump to clean the buildings, and the BMA said that’s the last thing to do to a monument.’

‘I’ve seen the council using pumps to clean monuments!’ says Van Gaalen.

‘Anyway, we’ve offered to find other ways to clean the buildings. I’ve said I’ll take a sponge and water if requested. We are very open to discuss ways to remove the posters. Organising the project, we spoke to all the people involved, including the owner of the building on Spui, who gave us permission. It’s not our intention to ruin seventeenth-century buildings! This is beautiful art, and we want to make it accessible to everyone.

‘From a PR perspective, Amsterdam isn’t doing itself a favour. JR has exhibited in major cities around the

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images 24/7 is too expensive to be efficient.

Because 25 of the cameras are located in the Red Light District, live viewing is done during this district’s peak business hours: between 7pm and 3am on weekdays, and 9pm and 5am on Fridays and Saturdays.

For this shift, two supervisors in the employ of Stadstoezicht—civil servants functioning as the eyes and ears of the police but without their investigative powers—take over the control room. Each facing four crystal-clear colour flat-screen monitors, the two men silently and swiftly alternate between the numerous cameras, zooming in on known troublemakers, potential victims, anything out of the ordinary. A screen is filled with the screaming face of a young woman waving a sign that reads ‘Jesus Christ lamb of God’, only to be replaced a few seconds later by the image of a man rubbing his naked torso against the window of cafe The Old Sailor, then a junkie mumbling to himself, and a small group of dubious looking characters turning away from the camera when one of them points it out—the viewers see it all.

‘Operating the cameras is something you learn as you go,’ explains 35-year-old watcher Levent, who declines to give a last name. ‘I’ve been doing this for about six months now and I never miss anything.

You learn to assess a situation and decide to follow it up or leave it.’ If Levent decides a situation in De Wallen is worth following up, he calls ‘downstairs’ to the duty police chief who has a single monitor of his own and takes over from there.

While for some, the phrase ‘security camera’ might conjure up images of a grainy black and white screen occasionally glanced at by a sleepy night watchman, the viewing room in Bureau Beursstraat shows that CCTV in 2007 is a whole different ball game. The high resolution cameras relentlessly swivel around their 360 degrees and are capable of zooming in across amazing distances in a few seconds, making sure no-one escapes the all-seeing eye of the police. Fortunately, Brouwer’s concern for privacy never wavers. When this reporter gets caught up in the moment and takes a photo where, alas, the face of an individual on one of the screens is visible, he promptly ends the tour and in no uncertain terms expresses his outrage at this breach of the agreement, cutting short what could have been a wonderful night of cyber surveillance.

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world—Jerusalem, London, Paris, New York... Amsterdam is the first city that isn’t responding openly.

‘What’s bothering me most is that they don’t seem to want to have a straightforward discussion. Using different arguments, and shifting from one to the other—it seems as if the advertising argument didn’t really work, so now they’re trying the monument damage.’

Artist Willum Geerts has a similar story. As part of a group exhibition in a gallery in ’s-Hertogenbosch, his work—a photo of a woman’s belly, red T-shirt and jeans, resembling the Dutch flag—was hung outside the gallery. ‘There was a flagpole, so we hung it there. After two weeks, someone from the city walked in and demanded it be taken off.’

The argument here was twofold, too: ‘Firstly, they regarded it as an illegal advertisement for the exhibition—which is silly, because the gallery didn’t even charge an entrance fee. Secondly, apparently the picture was an insult to the flag. However, when the mayor of Den Bosch read about the issue, he stated that the flag most definitely had to

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stay—so it’s sorted now. Plus we got a nice bit of publicity.’

Meanwhile back in Amsterdam, the story is to be continued. ‘We are now waiting for the BMA’s report, which we expect next week,’ says Boon, ‘to see if there really is a risk of damage. Further actions will be based on that report.’

What makes the whole situation especially interesting is that Foam’s exhibition is partly sponsored by the Amsterdamse Fonds voor de Kunst. Last Friday, its director Dries Mulder exacerbated the conflict by stating that he disagreed with Stadsdeel Centrum’s position.

‘This statement was a big support,’ says Van Gaalen. ‘And in the debate that has followed, we’ve got a lot of public support, too. We will now send a formal reply explaining our situation, and hope that they’ll have a change of heart. Basically, we’re open to this discussion, and we’ll try to come to a solution that is satisfactory for all parties.’

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Getting away from it all In a city where nearly everything is ordered, gardens are one of the few places that aren’t in the hands of architects and urban planners. Whether it’s your own backyard or a volkstuin elsewhere, a garden means the luxury of creating a refuge as well as having a place to pursue a hobby. From growing vegetables to designing huts where you can fry food or store junk, the possibilities are simply endless.

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he origins of the volkstuin allotment in Amsterdam can be traced back to the 18th century, when small strips of land were allotted to workers in the city to help them save money by allowing them to grow their own vegetables—something that would prove highly useful during wartime and economic crises. At the same time, it was also hoped that having a piece of land would provide an alternative to common evils such as drinking—and possibly induce some sense of purpose in life.

Over the past few decades, the focus of allotment gardening has shifted from growing vegetables for economic purposes to keeping ornamental gardens—although more recently, it has become something of a trend to grow organic vegetables.

De Bond van Volkstuinders, an organisation that protects the interests of allotment gardeners, describes three different types of parks on their website: the first is a nutstuinpark that consists of small vegetable gardens with a small shed or greenhouse. The second is a daytime recreation park with ornamental gardens, where owners are not allowed to stay overnight in their sheds—some of which can even be described as more chalet-like.

The third is the residential garden park, where people are allowed to spend the night, from April to October: many often settle in for the entire summer.

Mens sana in corpore sano Although allotments were traditionally considered to be for the working classes, these days young professionals seem eager to get their own garden and weed their worries away. According to André Rodenburg, treasurer of De Bond, ‘The attitude towards allotments had already changed a long time ago. The real reason why they are now considered hot has everything to do with the increasing popularity of gardening and gardening shows on television.’

The fact that many Amsterdammers have become such ardent horticulturists has created long waiting lists at the complexes, especially those which are located near the city. These come with an estimated waiting period of two to three years.

‘At the moment there are seven thousand allotments in the city,’ Rodenburg says. ‘Which means there is a garden available for only one percent of all Amsterdammers.’

At Sloterdijkmeer where Rodenburg

Veg in, not veg out Roy Greeve doesn’t understand why someone would get an allotment just to sit and relax in: ever since he got one in Buikslotermeer two years ago, he’s been growing vegetables like a maniac. But maybe that’s not such a strange thing to do for someone who works at an organic shop for a living.

At the moment, Greeve has pumpkins, garlic, strawberries, broccoli, Chinese cabbages, parsnips, turnips, and plenty more greens in his garden. ‘I’d love to grow everything there is,’ he says. ‘It’s almost like a sport to grow different types of fruit and vegetables successfully.’

Greeve’s father also has green fingers and, as a boy, Greeve used to assist him.

Roy Greeve grows vegetables like a maniac.

Amsterdam Weekly has an allotment, 300 people are now on the waiting list to rent a space from De Bond, thereby outnumbering the current group of renters.

Despite perceived changing trends, it seems that the type of people who apply for allotments hasn’t really changed much over the past few decades, says Rodenburg. A few years back, he dug into the archives of his complex and compared applications from then and now.

‘One third of all applicants are young people who are looking for a safe and green play area for their kids,’ he says.

‘Another third are middle-aged people who are interested in gardening. And one third are people aged fifty and up who’re looking for a hobby to [do during] their old days.’

It’s not difficult to see why people are so attracted to allotments. With an average size of 300 square metres, volkstuintjes easily beat most backyards. And of course, being outdoors and active in the garden is a sound recipe for both mind and body.

‘Allotments have plenty to offer, especially if you’re fond of gardening and pottering,’ Rodenburg says, who then continues by quoting from research that says one hour of gardening gives you a better work out than a game of tennis.

And if you needed any more proof to get on that waiting list, owning an allotment may just keep you from depression and early death. ‘People who have an allotment are usually very happy,’ Rodenburg says, ‘which also happens to be good for your health.’

For his graduation project, Heijmans built an impressive construction in his parent’s garden, for which he also won the Archiprix 2007 for the best Dutch graduation project in architecture, urban design and landscape architecture.

Renowned architectural agency MVRDV even designed Hageneiland, a residential area of Ypenburg, which is modelled after an allotment park. ‘It’s the feeling of doing what you want but still being together that attracts people to allotment parks,’ says Winy Maas, professor at TU Delft and one of MVRDV’s founders. By designing rows of nearly identical houses with gardens that are connected with footpaths, and restricting traffic to the edges of the area, MVRDV aimed to recreate an atmosphere that’s usually reserved for allotment parks.

Chaos inspiration An ever-popular urban phenomenon, allotments and garden houses continue to inspire architects, precisely because they’re seldom involved in the planning or designing.

Beyond urban planning While MVRDV was interested in the increase of communication and social opportunities that thrive within a gardenlike environment, it’s precisely the opposite that inspired artists Jeroen Paling and Floris Hesseling from Interventiegroep to start a project on garden houses in De Baarsjes.

‘Unlike allotment parks, garden houses in people’s backyards are hardly visible from the outside,’ says Hesseling. ‘They’re usually meant as a getaway. It’s not at all about togetherness, but quite the opposite: having some time on your own.’

‘Allotments are an interesting phenomenon for architects to work with,’ says Jochem Heijmans, who works for the architectural firm Meyer and Van Schooten. ‘They are a refuge for people where they can make, build or potter away at anything they like, because they’re not constricted by any building regulations.’

Paling and Hesseling have long been interested in urban development, and are particularly fascinated by buildings that have somehow been kept out of urban planning. ‘As long as you stay under the

Four people who dig it ‘At his garden complex, everyone grows vegetables,’ he says, ‘but at mine, there’s more of a camping atmosphere. I sometimes hear people talk about my garden.

“He’s got nothing on it,” they say—by which they mean I don’t have a house.

But to me, getting a garden house seems like a waste of good soil and vegetables.

It’s also fairly expensive.’

But when neighbouring gardeners see Greeve leave with boxes full of fresh vegetables, they tend to become a bit more enthusiastic—especially when they get his leftovers. Greeve thinks it’s a good way of showing people how much fun it is to actually grow vegetables, instead of

vegging out themselves.

Over the past ten years, Greeve has always had an allotment somewhere in the city. But when the park at Buikslotermeer opened three years ago, he and a friend were able to get plots right next to each other. The downside of having a garden in a new park is that it still looks very bare. ‘Everyone has planted trees and is doing the best they can with sunflowers,’ Greeve says. ‘But from the outside it does sort of resemble a trailer camp.’

Greeve’s dream is to build a small greenhouse. ‘That way I can grow cucumbers and melons, and have fresh spinach and lettuce during winter.’

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building permit norm, you can build any kind of garden house you like,’ says Hesseling. ‘It’s a perfect way to manifest your hobby.’

Although garden houses are not generally considered architecture—since architects are rarely involved in their design—Paling and Hesseling do feel the houses are a form of architecture. But admittedly, the quality of the houses does vary. ‘Some garden houses are old sheds that haven’t been looked after for years,’ says Hesseling. ‘Others are real gems.’

In order to collect enough material for their project, Paling and Hesseling had to look for people with garden houses which they could then photograph. ‘In some cases we rang people’s doorbells or friends tipped us, but it also seemed there was a kind of social network between garden house owners,’ Paling says. ‘One owner would lead us to another one.’

The artistic duo soon discovered there are many types of garden houses that are used for as many different reasons—they are employed for activities from smoking to woodwork to frying food.

‘There was one couple we interviewed who shared a garden house,’ Paling says.

‘The woman had a sewing studio in her half, while the man used his part of the house to grill fish. It seemed to work out well for them. The frying oil would condense and somehow make it easier for her to sew buttons on clothing.’ The artists were also surprised by an owner who confessed to mainly using his garden house for sex.

The duo’s work has lead to a beautiful newspaper (available via www.interventiegroep.nl) filled with black-and-white photographs, which was presented to the public during De Baarsjes’ Kunstmaand in June. ‘The paper is meant as a way of opening people’s eyes to the endless possibilities of garden houses,’ the artists say.

‘We want people to get going with their garden house.’

Everyone has a hobby ‘I was at my neighbour’s birthday party when one her acquaintances first told me about allotments,’ says Amina Sefiani, who has a garden on Spaarndammerdijk. ‘I was immediately interested and we ended up sharing one for a while. Three years ago, I got my own garden after having been on a waiting list for a couple of years.’

For Sefiani, having an allotment brought back many memories of her childhood in Morocco. ‘When I was young, I used to help my parents with gardening because they grew lots of vegetables,’ she says. Now, Sefiani grows them herself, including onions, garlic, potatoes, cabbages, and Jerusalem artichokes, and has added herbs like coriander and mint leaves. Half of her garden is planted with flowers.

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Laura Ebberink does as she pleases.

The downside of having a garden in a new park is that it still looks very bare. ‘Everyone has planted trees and is doing the best they can with sunflowers,’ Roy Greeve says. ‘But from the outside it does sort of resemble a trailer camp.’ hood, Sefiani has hardly had any trouble growing her different fruits and flowers.

‘Almost everything I planted was successful,’ she says. This year, the apricot tree even bore fruit for the first time.

Sefiani spends a lot of time at her garden. ‘I go there every day after work and stay at least for a couple of hours,’ she says. ‘Everyone has a hobby and my allotment is my hobby. I simply love everything about it.’

Her garden house is equipped with gas and a sink, but Sefiani—like her neighbours at Spaarndammerdijk—isn’t allowed to spend the night at the complex.

Contact with the other people at the complex is really good, Sefiani says. ‘We learn from each other and give plants to each other. And we give each other tips on how to keep the communal garden path clean.’

Despite the heavy rains this season, Sefiani’s flower beds are looking particularly good this year. ‘I planted lots of delphinium and lupin,’ she says. ‘People who walk or cycle past tell me that just looking at my garden makes them feel happy. I got many compliments this year.’

Building Eden ‘I wanted to have a piece of land outside the city,’ says Laura Ebberink, who has

an allotment in Ons Lustoord, near the ArenA. ‘I was on a waiting list for another park when this garden suddenly crossed my path. I’ve had it for six years now.’

Ebberink spends the entire summer in her garden—even sleeping in her garden house. ‘It’s great being out here,’ she says.

‘A lot of people come and visit and we have candlelit dinners outside. If I need anything from the city, I just get on my moped.’

Ebberink has a real ornamental garden. ‘I do with it as I please,’ she says.

Right now she has tomatoes, ferns, reeds, cut flowers, and bamboo growing. ‘I don’t really have the garden all planned out. I work in it whenever I feel like—usually when the weather is nice. The blades of grass don’t all have to grow in the same direction for me. Sometimes I work in the garden an hour a day, but over the past two weeks I’ve hardly done anything. Most people think it looks very gezellig, though.’

Ebberink’s really big project is the garden house. ‘It used to be an old shed,’ she says. ‘It’s not very big, but since I’m outside most of the time I don’t really need that. I did have a shower installed recently.’ She rebuilt it all herself, and also designed most of the furniture inside. ‘I sculpt for a hobby,’ she says, ‘so you could say I’m fairly skilful. At least people tell me I am.’

At the moment, the interior of the house is a combination of Indian and cool, minimal design. ‘Most people like it,’ she says. The last piece of furniture Ebberink worked on was the dinner table. And she already has her next project planned: building a box for storing gas containers.

Working to enjoy... one day ‘If you had told us ten years ago that we would get an allotment, I wouldn’t have believed it,’ says Annemieke Mollee, who, together with her husband Ruud has a garden in Nut & Genoegen, near Westerpark.

‘Back then, it was kind of looked down upon to have an allotment. But there has been a real turn on that. When we told our family and friends that we’d got one, most people responded very positively.’

It all started six years ago when Annemieke read a newspaper article about the politician Frits Bolkestein, who was interviewed about his (and his wife’s) allotment. Then the Mollee’s neighbours got one as well. ‘I did think it would be nice to have a garden outside, as we live in the city centre,’ Annemieke says. ‘And when we finally visited an allotment during a gorgeous summer, we were

immediately sold.’

But the couple still had to wait a little.

‘We were on a waiting list for Sloterdijkmeer for two years,’ Ruud says. ‘But we only had to wait a year for a garden in Nut & Genoegen.’

Before getting their own, the couple did some garden-hopping to see what type of allotment suited them. During those searches, it became clear that, for Ruud, the state of the house was more important than the garden itself. ‘The basis of the house had to be alright,’ he says. ‘I didn’t want to rebuild the entire thing.’

Still, judging by the photos of what their garden and house used to look like, the amount of work that the Mollees have done is quite astounding. From an old 1970s shed surrounded by a small forest of blackberry bushes and ferns, they’ve managed to create a modern, fashionable garden house with a big terrace. And they’re still busy improving things. ‘We spend about three days a week at our allotment,’ Annemieke says. ‘During the week, we go there after work. We have dinner and then do some work.’

The couple are definitely looking forward to spending a more relaxed time in their allotment. ‘The plan is to eventually just sit and enjoy the garden,’ Ruud says.

‘Now all we do there is work.’

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Romy Schneider, Friday, Filmmuseum

THURSDAY19 JULY Theatre: Midzomernachtdroom Ah, that Shakespeare comedy about a duke, a duchess, and lovers who chase one while being chased by another. Then there’s fairies—lots of fairies—including King Oberon and his queen Titania. Let’s not forget the forest in which all this to-ing and fro-ing takes place, and which is so central to the play that it’s almost a character itself. What better way could there be to see it than while sitting in a forest? Every summer, Theater Het Amsterdamse Bos performs a play on a stage in the woods, from July until September.

This year, the chosen piece bears a fitting title, as the performance starts at 9.30 in the evening, so watching the drama unfold as dusk falls in this sylvan setting gives the audience the evocative feeling of being in a dream. So grab your picnic basket and family and/or friends and have a fun dinner while waiting for the play to start. Here’s another tip: take a flashlight if you intend to walk or bike home after the play—it gets dark in those woods. And don’t be an ass: arrive early, since the seats tend to fill up fast. Oh, and given that this appears to be the monsoon season, remember that all performances are weather dependent. For more information and directions, check out the website: www.bostheater.nl. In Dutch. (Shyama Daryanani) Theater het Amsterdamse Bos, 21.30, €10 (Thur-Sat), €5 (Tues, Wed). Until 8 September.

FRIDAY 20 JULY Pop: The Bees It must be quite hard to make music that is melodious and laid-back without being trifling or cheesy, but this bunch from the Isle of Wight know how to do it. The Bees’ first album Sunshine Hit Me, released in 2002, earned them much critical acclaim and a loyal fanbase—plus it had ‘A Minha Menina’ on it. This cover of a song by the 1960s Brazilian band Os Mutantes, which combined a freshly-squeezed summer tune with completely drunken-sounding Portuguese and English singing, created a secret summer hit. However, on their second release Free the Bees, the band got dangerously close to making car-advert style music. But they thankfully pulled themselves together just in time, and their newest album Octopus sees them back in old form. Seeing The Bees live is a safe bet for a good night out, too: all of the band members being multi-

instrumentalists, they run around on stage switching around their equipment whenever they feel like it. In short: you might get no meteorological summer this year, but there will be a sonic one at Melkweg tonight. (Sarah Gehrke) Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 20.30, €11 + membership, free for year members.

Gay: Amsterdam Gay Skins Summer Weekender Once upon a time about ten years ago, the type of people who would tie themselves in knots worrying about gay identity and all its implications—clears throat, looks innocently round the room, picks nails—got themselves into a right tizzy about gay skinheads. OK or not OK? Sleeping with the enemy or subverting the semiotics of the oppressor? People even wrote academic works about the subject, like Murray Healy’s Gay Skins: Class, Masculinity, and Queer Appropriation (a jolly good read, by the way), which revealed that gay men and skinheads went hand in hand—sometimes literally—all the way back to the fashion’s beginning in a gentleman’s outfitters on Carnaby Street in the late 1960s. Nowadays, there’s rather less soul-wringing, and skinheads slot in as just another style in the sexual pantheon. Those who wish to celebrate ultra-masculinity, 14-eyelet ox-blood DMs, ska, MA1s and grade 3 clip-guards are in for a treat this weeked, as Amsterdam Gay Skins host their annual jamboree. Events range from a rather genteel boat trip to a more typical Let’s Kick, Stomp, Have Sex, and Get Drunk party at the Cuckoo’s Nest, while the Queen’s Head hosts Mr Gay Skinhead 2007. See www.agskins.nl for the full programme. (Kim Renfrew) Various locations, times, and prices. Until 22 July.

Exhibition: Romy Schneider A sweet young thing who adorned screens 50 years ago managed to steal the hearts of endless European cinema-goers, who willingly became her subjects, as she metamorphosed from mere girl to sophisticated enchantress. To mark the 25th anniversary of her untimely death, the Filmmuseum is devoting a summer to her legacy. Alongside the movies, the museum has also mounted a touchingly nostalgic exhibition. The Césars she won for L’Important c’est d’aimer in 1975 and Une Histoire Simple three years later are temporarily on loan from Schneider’s daughter for the occasion. Photos by professionals like Robert Lebeck, Dennis Stock, and—most impressively—Werner Bokelberg are displayed among other fascinating objects as playing cards, scrapbooks, clocks, cigar rings, and various memorabilia bearing images of this empress of 20th century cinema. Numerous fans have also responded to the call to contribute from private collections. The vivacity and turbulence of her life are reflected in the photos, but perhaps the most haunting displays of all are the

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original dresses she wore as Sisi—the role that took her career years to shed—and the very last portrait of her, taken by Robert Lebeck on 6 September 1981, a few months before she died. For those prepared to roam for more Romy, there is also a companion exhibition running at Filmhuis Den Haag. (John Hartnett) Filmmuseum, free. Until 29 August.

SATURDAY 21JULY Club: eRRorKREW 5th Anniversary Goodness gracious! Five years already! And you’ve grown so big... Well, but dance you always could, even when you were just born. What started out in 2002 in Cafe Vaaghuyzen has meanwhile grown out of its diapers, learned to walk, and got teeth much faster than Auntie Amsterdam could ever possibly have believed. The underground DJ collective made its way from Pakhuis Wilhelmina, along to the Winston and over to MS Stubnitz, carrying some raw electro proper plus a bunch of local talent in its satchel. And last year, the eRRorKREW finished school summa cum laude by winning the Prix de Nuit. In short, an utterly successful life and a legitimate reason to celebrate, celebrate again, and celebrate some more. Raoul Fleischmann is gonna rock some minimal techno, Freek Fabricius will throw in dirty electrrrro, acid, and whatever else he feels like, and eRRorKREW residents Kwik and V-Neal are sure to put the party hat on top of it all. Sounds pretty flawless, I’d say. (Sarah Gehrke) Sugar Factory, 23.00, €11.

Gay: Roxy Colosseum When I first moved to Amsterdam six years ago, a red neon sign still flickered at the bottom of Kalverstraat, just next to the Kalvertoren shopping centre. Neglect and time had weathered the letters, and the ‘R’ had become damaged, so that the sign now said: PoXY. It seemed an unnecessarily cruel summing-up of the legacy of a club that is still mentioned in hushed, reverential tones to this day, and which always comes appended with the words ‘decadent’ and/or ‘notorious’, two essential adjectives to pop in your handbag before you embark upon on a night of clubbing. Set up by Pieter Giele, although it was never strictly a gay club, it’s ‘anything goes’ credo attracted outrageous queers from far and wide, among them Boy George and London cultural-terrorist-cum-show-off Leigh Bowery. When Giele died in 1999, an era died with him. But the spirit of the RoXY lives on, and tonight, the Odeon will be channelling it into a big new gay dance party with, they say, ‘a hint of that famous club which burned down ten years ago’. Expect a touch of glamour, a smattering of shirtless men, and house music from Berlin DJ Micky Friedmann and Amsterdam’s own Eko. (Kim Renfrew) Odeon, 23.00-05.00, €15.

SUNDAY 22 JULY World: Roberto Rodriguez Roberto Rodriguez gets around. Born in Cuba, the percussionist and composer was exposed to the island’s pre-salsa traditions of guijara and danzon—melodious, peppery dance forms. In Miami, where he moved with his family at the age of nine, he learned klezmer from his new Jewish neighbours. Later relocated as a professional to New York, he stormed the city’s wildly heterogeneous music scene, playing with folks from Paul Simon to Ruben Blades to John Zorn, thereby adding a pop/highcult vertical dimension to his range. Tonight, he’ll lead five musicians—playing things like the alto clarinet, viola and accordion—in an evening that will meld all these elements and probably include touches of Rodriguez’s recent forays into South American sound. A treat both warm and lively, this is a chance to let this bighearted hybridist get to you. (Steve Schneider) Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €16.50/€19.50.

MONDAY 23 JULY Pop: Blondie Hey! Psst! Psst! Here she comes now! Oh, you know her, would you look at that hair?

She’s the coolest girl around, she’s the girl from underground, and she’s the girl that’s always right. Darlin’, darlin’ darlin’, I can’t wait to see you in the flesh, so hurry up, hurry up and wait, I’ll stay awake all week and still I’ll wait. But one way or another, I’m gonna see ya, I’m gonna catchya catchya catchya catchya! Picture this: a day in July, the tide is high... baby, I would like to go out tonight! Wanna come to the gig with me?

Don’t leave me hanging on the telephone! I’m not the kind of girl who gives up just like that, oh no... So away we go, yes or no? I said don’t stop, do punk rock! And you hiphop, and you don’t stop—just blast off, sure shot! These songs make me wanna be a platinum blonde! I love you honey, gimme a beer. And oh, uh-huh make me tonight, make it right, tonight. Tonight, oh, uh-huh make it magnificent—tonight, your hair is beautiful tonight. Aah, atomic! Aah, atomic! Aah. (Sarah Gehrke) Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 19.30, €50 + membership.

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Appie Kim, Winston Kingdom, see Friday

Folk: Conor Lamb, Brian Connolly & Deirdre Galway Traditional music from Belfast. Mulligans, 21.30, free

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Thursday 19 July Classical: Mark Twain Chorale A choir from Memphis performing traditional songs and religious works.

If only they could do ‘Walking in Memphis’ in a German cabaret style, then we’d all be fighting to get out of work early. English Reformed Church, 13.00, free Classical: Klankruimte ‘Dans un rêve’. Exploring the acoustics of the old church with saxophonist Nanako Toyooka and organist Eri Takeguchi. Oude Kerk, 15.30, €5

Singer-songwriter: Rob Sawyer Eclectic acoustic roots tunes. Skek, 22.00, free Electronica: Simian Mobile Disco A live set from the English production duo, comprised of James Shaw and James Ford. Best known for their remixes of acts like Klaxons, The Go! Team, and Air, they’ve just released an album of their own material, titled Attack Decay Sustain Release, filled with icy grooves and hypnotic loops. Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 22.00, €12.50 + membership

Friday 20 July Jazz: Eric Vaarzon Morel & Jesse van Ruller Flamenco, jazz, and tons of feisty improv from the two guitar talents. Concertgebouw, Koorzaal, 19.00, 21.00, €12.50 Pop/Rock: Dutch Delight Melodic noise from three upcoming acts: Mellow Yellow, All Missing Pieces, and Juice. Bitterzoet, 20.00, €6 Classical: Rotterdams Kamerorkest A theatrical performance of vocal works by Rachmaninov, Dvorák and South African Princess Magogo. Featuring mezzosoprano Tania Kross and conducted by Conrad van Alphen. Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €16.50/€19.50

Krause Rock: Subbacultcha! Rock ’n’ roll madness from the Sub-indie camp. What she lacks in guitars, former punker Krause makes up for in balls. Big balls. She’s a one-woman trashy electro show, so watch out for saucy outfits, roaring bass and raw analogue synths—all delivered with equal parts punk attitude and nonchalance. Then there’s the Ik Jan Cremers, a band which defy all classification and common sense.

A band so bent on world domination that every performance sees their evilness bubble up to the point where they kill the drummer. A band so on the edge of civilisation that they piss in their empty beer bottles and lob them into the audience. Which just leaves room for some lo-fi indie from M-JO, who’re so sweet and friendly that the other acts may maul and devour them in a pre-gig feeding frenzy. Bitterzoet, 20.00, €6 Classical: Les Violons du Roy Excerpts from baroque operas by Rameau, Händel and Hasse. Featuring mezzo-soprano Vivica Genaux and conducted

by Bernard Labadie. Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €21.25/€25 Classical: Openluchttheater Featuring performances

by Lisa Jacobs and Dimitar Bodurov. Vondelpark Openluchttheater, 20.30, free Singer-songwriter: Willy DeVille & Band A master of yearning melodies and rootsy experimentation, New York-born songwriter DeVille has been on the scene since the late ’70s. Why isn’t he better known?

It’s 2007, so let’s just assume everyone has been reading the wrong MP3 blogs. Patronaat, Haarlem, 20.30, €30 Pop/Rock: Bloemetjes Buiten An eclectic party night featuring live bands and DJs. Performing live sets tonight are The Dusters and Dutch Dreamgirls. Winston Kingdom, 21.00, €5 Tango: Dino Saluzzi Family Argentine folklore, tango and a bit of jazz from bandoneon virtuoso Saluzzi. And it really is a proper family affair, with José Saluzzi on guitar and Matias Saluzzi on bass. Bimhuis, 21.00, €18

Pop/Rock: The Bees The Chas & Dave of the psychedelic pop world, this bunch from the Isle of Wight did pretty good business with their 2004 album Free The Bees, and are so far meeting expectations with their new disc, Octopus, too. See Short List. Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 20.30, €11 + membership

The Bees Electro rock: Apoptygma Berzerk Pioneers of epic Norwegian doom dance music. They’ve been poised to be the next big thing for years now, which is absolutely fine, as they are in fact great. They’ve experimented with gloomy pop, dark trance and dramatic electro pop, so they’re certainly not the kind of band you stumble across every day. Maybe the techno heads just find it all too depressing and the rockers get scared off by the goth? Either way, this Amstelveen performance is a secret little treat. Support from NGPro. P60, Amstelveen, 21.00, €17.50 Pop/Rock: Indie Night A celebration of Dutch indie rock and indie pop, featuring sets from Blaffenden Affen and Appie Kim (ex-Nieuwe Vrolijkheid). Winston Kingdom, 21.00, €5 Blues: Lobi Traoré & Joep Pelt Mali meets Amsterdam by way of the Mississippi delta. The result is a cross-pollination of West African blues from Bamakobased guitarist Traoré, with the more well-known American style, so adored by Dutch songwriter Pelt.

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19-25 July 2007 inettist Gilad Harel, violinist Meg Okura, accordionist Uri Sharlin and bassist Jennifer Vincent. See Short List. Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €16.50/ €19.50 Singer-songwriter Evening Featuring sets from Roy Maurice Heijligers and Spec Hildebrand. KHL Koffiehuis, 20.30, €6 Jazz: Al Foster Quartet A drummer who started his career in 1960 with Hugh Masekela, and who’s best known for his long stints as the stick man for Miles Davis. As such, he’s a true jazz talent who can shift elegantly between bebop, free jazz and jazz rock.

Joining him tonight is trumpeter Eddie Henderson, sax player Eli Degibri, pianist Kevin Hays and bassist Doug Weiss. Bimhuis, 21.00, €18 Jazz: JazzJam Featuring Laura van der Voort and Martin Zand Scholten. Casablanca Muziek, 21.00, free Rock: Sideburns Stomp Rock ’n’ roll party featuring live bands. Winston Kingdom, 21.00, €5

Saturday 21July Classical: Internationaal Orgelfestival A performance by Japanese organist Yuichiro Schiina. Oude Kerk, 20.15, €7 Pop/Rock: Live Amsterdam Online music portal www.liveamsterdam.nl presents an evening of live music. The mission: support local independent bands.

Winston Kingdom, 21.00, €5 Jazz: Robert Rook Trio A pianist, mathematician and former software designer, Utrecht’s Robert Rook manages to combine musical opposites and forge them into his own, recognisable style. He’s already released one Bimhuis live album, now it’s time to film a show and release it on DVD. Bimhuis, 21.00, €12

The Stilettos Rock: The Stilettos Stomping punky rock ’n’ roll.

Patronaat, Haarlem, 21.00, free

Monday 23 July Pop: Blondie Flip back in time and enjoy the greatest hits of Blondie, with Debbie Harry joined by a feast of original members, as they attempt to recreate the magic of those original albums from the late ’70s and early ’80s—and maybe even the late ’90s. See Short List. Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 19.30, €50 + membership

Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra Ska: Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra Boisterous summer ska, unsurprisingly all the way from Japan.

Pretty damn massive in their homeland, as unusual as that may seem, but with a live show as ballistic and infectious as theirs, it really doesn’t matter where they go or who knows their material. Just expect the stage to be solidly packed with bodies in motion, all hustling for a spot in the limelight. While you could easily sit at home watching their manic clips on YouTube, and as much fun as it is to see 5000 Japanese kids skanking, the band is a much better experience in reality. Even without the 5000 Japanese kids, which could prove troublesome to fulfil here in Amsterdam. Unless everyone with a ticket promises to befriend and bring along two Japanese tourists. Anyone up for it? Melkweg, The Max, 21.00, €15 + membership Flamenco: Birza Flamenca KHL Koffiehuis, 21.30, €4 Singer-songwriter: Christopher Hanson San Franciscan songwriter specialising in acoustic roots and folk. Skek, 22.00, free Folk: Conor Lamb, Brian Connolly & Deirdre Galway (See Thursday) Mulligans, 22.00, free Rock: The Dorktones ’60s garage punk trio from Rotterdam. Maloe Melo, 22.00, €5

Sunday 22 July Fado: Maria Fernandes Take a walk through the Jordaan and end up transported to a small town in the Portuguese countryside. The Dutch fado singer embraces the raw elements of the genre and is taking her recipe for sweet melancholy out onto the street.

Rozenhofje, 15.00, free Classical: Kamerorkest Vroeg Klassiek Works by Mozart and Stamitz; conducted by Simon Murphy.

English Reformed Church, 15.15, €8 Classical: Orgelconcert Works by Alfreds Kalnis, Janis and Jacques-Nicholas Lemmens performed by Vita Kalnciema (Latvia) on a genuine Smits organ. De Duif, 16.00, €7 World: Roberto Rodriguez Authentic Cuban rhythms from drummer and percussionist Rodriguez, who’s worked with the likes of Paul Simon and Gloria Estefan. Tonight, expect some Cuban-klezmer experimentation with help from clar-

Opera: La Petite Bande Giuseppe Sellitto’s baroque comic opera La vedova ingegnosa ossia il medico ignorante. Performed by La Petite Bande with violist/conductor Sigiswald Kuijken, choreographer Letizia Dradi and soprano Marie Kuijken. Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €19.50 Reggae: Sizzla The hardest working reggae star in Jamaica? Scoring hits since the mid-’90s, Sizzla is prone to releasing a handful albums every year. Melkweg, The Max, 21.00, €30 + membership

Tuesday 24 July Singer-songwriter: Acoustic Talent Night A way to find the next big songwriting talent? Twstd, 20.00, free Fado: Nynke Laverman Some of that famous Frisian fado by renowned vocalist Laverman. There’s an impressive backing band performing with her tonight, and despite the melancholy of the fado, it’s a bit of a summer bargain if you’ve always missed her previous Amsterdam shows. Maybe she’ll even bring some cows as stage props, complete with a loving polder backdrop, but that’s probably just wishful thinking.

Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €16.50/€19.50 Electronica: Groundqontrol Electro, minimal and techno sounds, featuring a raw mix of live performances and DJ sets. Signed up tonight are Dexon, Funky Junkie, Thijs Kaldenbach, Robin Kampschoer and Blender. Winston Kingdom, 21.00, €5 Singer-songwriter: Open Mic Open podium for songwriters organised by the Amsterdam Songwriters Guild. Cafe Sappho, 21.00, free Jazz: Pigalle 44 Gypsy jazz with some Django Rheinhardt flair. Casablanca Muziek, 21.00, free

Wednesday 25 July Blues: Dr John & Band Soulful blues, boogie woogie and rock ’n’ roll from a real New Orleans legend.

Beginning as a session player in the ’50s, the Doctor has a monstrous back catalogue behind him and a fierce following to match it. Support from T-99. Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 19.30, €25 + membership Jazz: Tuck & Patti Renowned husband-and-wife jazz duo. Tuck Andress is a true master of the guitar. He’s explored every chord inside and out and knows precisely how to evoke the desired emotion just by plucking strings. Patti Cathcart provides the vocals, ensuring melodies that can hook any audience. Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €16.50/€19.50

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22.00-04.00, €10 Volcom Party Skate party. Along with live music and DJs, there’s the premiere of the film Let’s Live in the theatre. Bitterzoet, 22.00-04.00, €7.50 Fightclubclub And the first rule... Nah, let’s not go there. With Rentboy (Antwerp), Duke Dumont, Nixon, and Meneer de Beer. Flex Bar, 22.00-05.00, €9 Fragile Breaks Breaks so taut they could fracture at any point. With D.L.P. (UK), Kiki Toa, Camillian b.b Rombout, and Philippo. Cafe Pakhuis Wilhelmina, 22.00-late, €7

CLUBS Thursday 19 July BAMBAM With Dexon, Chris TC, Jeremy & Darko Veble, and Blender (live). Club La, 21.00-03.00, free Vreemd Weird and wonderful electro. Featuring some red noses, including Shiva, Steven de Peven, and Prutt. Sugar Factory, 23.00-05.00, €8 PROPAGANDA! A night to head east for the best Balkan beats, Russian disko, mestizo and whatever mood takes the DJ team of Tommi, Pizdabolkin and Gusztav. Special guests this week are Caspian Hat Dance, who’ll take you on drunkenly staggering gypsy voyage. Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 23.00-late, €5 + membership

De Revolutie Live music, MCs, and DJs. House, hiphop, and funk are the anthems of the night. Odeon, 23.00-05.00, €13 Off Limit Featuring Boris Werner and Richard Parker.

In the bar there’s Voodoo People with DJs Gomes, GSelector, and Osiris. Flex Bar, 23.00-05.00, €9 Kindred Spirits: Via Brasil Do the samba. And the bossa nova. And the baile funk. Then close your eyes and think of Ipanema. Tom Trago and KC the Funkaholic will be driving the decks, while singer Lilian Vieira is the special guest. Sugar Factory, 23.00-5.00, €10 Fashion Radio & Re-Disco-Very With Lupe, Vitamin K, Ruud van der Peijl and the Re-Disco-Very DJ team.

Studio 80, 23.00-late, €7.50 Paradisoul Soul, hiphop and jazz faves. DJ Tom Trago and MC Lyrical Tie. Paradiso, 23.59-05.00, €10

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Friday 20 July DubClub Dub-ular grooves from Rocco, Klaas, and Derek Luv. Twstd, 20.00-03.00, free Live in the Club, Die in the Club Well, let’s not get too dramatic. It’s only a live set from Liquid, followed by the Beesmunt Soundsystem and Pusha Mau. Club Meander, 20.30-late, €5 Freak in Style A new underground night promising tonnes of art, bands, DJs, theatrical performances, and never-ending style. Club 8, 22.00-04.00, €8 Crossfader Dancehall special with a live set by Red Rat and DJ’s like Ivory Man, L-Dopa, Mickster and Spanchez for Jamaican sounds. Melkweg, The Max, 22.00-late, €22.50 + membership Red Bull Visual Beat A dance party that gives you wings? Unusually, it’s international VJs taking centre stage tonight—Citizen (Amsterdam), JuToJo (Berlin), Timo Nowotny (Vienna), and Visual Kitchen (Brussels)— Also some surprise international guests doing some traditional spinning. 11, 22.30-04.00, €12 80’s Verantwoord ’80s dance classics—or monstrosities. Hotel Arena, 23.00-04.00, €12 Rednosedistrikt Multi-faceted party from the Rednose peeps. PIPS:lab are involved, too. Bitterzoet, 23.0004.00, €7.50

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Noodlanding! An electro special featuring To My Boy and Shy Child. Paradiso, 23.59-05.00, €9 + membership

Costa Del Soul Festival A bargain all-dayer for those who love their electro and dance to be soulful, summery and bold. Of course, with two main stages and three other areas promising diverse sounds—including the eRRoRKREW Bakfiets Soundsystem—there’s a little bit of something to cater to all tastes. Plus the food, drink, and maybe even some sunshine? Well, let’s not be presumptuous. Blijburg, 12.00-00.00, €12.50/€17.50 Amsterdam BeatClub Goes ’20s De Nieuwe Anita, 20.00-1.00, €6 Disko is Dead Morbid sentiments? Nah, just a live set from new guitar band The Astronauts, followed by dance classic from Fonker69 and DJ Non Travolta.

Club Meander, 20.30-04.00, €5 Club Rascal Another bright mix of indie rock to dance to. Club 8, 21.30-04.00, €5, free before 22.30 Highlight With Laurent and Frederik Abas. Cineac, 22.00-04.00, €15 Hot With Bruno Banner, Elder Meijning, Robert Feelgood, Sebastiaan Sleebos and Goodgrip. The Zebra,

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Teleskope With Didiér Stijn, Edo Salgado, and Olaf Boswijk. 11, 22.30-04.00, €10

Happy hour: After Shopping Cocktail Sale Cocktails €5: everything must go! PRIK, 19.00-22.00,

De Shit! The last edition of the underground dance party. With Rosso, Nina Polak, Aaron Friedman, and MC I-Phono. De Kring, 23.00-04.00, €6 + membership

Friday 20 July

Sappig! A juicy clubbing experience with Sunnery James, Decky, Philip Young and many more. Hotel Arena, 23.00-04.00, €15

Rednosedistrikt, Bitterzoet, see Friday

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Earth Trilogy: Part One As far as club nights go, Earth is always a ground shaking event, but it should prove even more so with this new trilogy: three party nights focused on international creativity. There’ll be diverse musical options, multimedia installations, audio/visual experiments, and theatrical and art projects, too. Just some of the performers for this opening chapter include Audiofly, Jimmy Van M, Per, MC P-Pholl, 365live!, Estroe, Onno, Zoëxenia, Francesco Pico, Sander Baan, and Herr Arter. See www.earth-link.nl.

Paradiso, 23.00-05.00, €20 eRRorKREW This award-winning party crew are celebrating a full five years of errors and joyous terrors.

Expect a night of anarchistic fun and great electronic music. See Short List. Sugar Factory, 23.00-05.00, €11 House Arrest With Benny Rodrigues, Gregor Salto, Baggi Begovic, Marc Benjamin, Funkerman, Artistique, and MC Lady Bee. The Powerzone, 23.00-05.00, €15 Stop Zinloos Geluid A new night promising real electronica for dancing rather than posing. With Jori Hulkkonen (Finland), Ken-Guru (Finland), Invite, Daphne Darretta vs Angela Brown, Dorine Dorado, and Wesdex. Studio 80, 23.00-06.00, €12.50 Gemengd Zwemmen Two rooms of swimmingly diverse noise. In The Max, girls and boys can take a dive into some classic ska and soul; in the Oude Zaal it’s indie dance, pop, and rock faves all the way. Melkweg, 23.59-late, €8

Games night: Bingo Regular Friday bingo evening, with cash prizes. Saarein, 19.00-20.00, Club: Vrouwenavond Popular Friday night with dancing, lesbians, and their male and female friends of all persuasions. Cafe Sappho, 21.00-03.00, free Club: Twisted Dance Tunes DJ Eko on the desk. PRIK, 22.00-03.00, free Club: Extravers New mixed gay-straight night of minimal and electro. Club 8, 22.00-04.00, €7.50 Festival: Amsterdam Gay Skins Summer Weekender Gay skinhead moonstomp. See Short List.

Various locations, times, and prices

Saturday 21July Games night: Big Jackpot Bingo Regular Saturday nighter starring Fonda Cox. Spijker, 18.00 Club: 100% Pure Pleasure Brand new club night in a brand new dinky club tucked down an alley off Kalverstraat. With DJ Murs on the decks. Club Stereo, 20.00-03.00, free Club: Roxy Colosseum The phoenix rises from the ashes of the old Roxy tonight, with DJ Eko and Micky Friedman playing house, house, house. Odeon, 23.00-05.00, €15 Festival: Amsterdam Gay Skins Summer Weekender See Friday. Various locations, times, and prices

Sunday 22 July Sunday 22 July Fêtefresh With Nuno dos Santos, Lovesupreme, Savage & Detect (Paris), Sjammie the Money, Elected, and Nautoir. Flex Bar, 22.00-04.00, €8.99 WickedJazzSounds Jazz, hiphop, broken beats, nujazz, funk, and Afro sounds, as classic vinyl collides with live musicians. Sugar Factory, 23.00-05.00, €8.50

Monday 23 July Cheeky Monday True skool jungle and drum & bass, featuring players from the local and international scenes. Winston Kingdom, 22.00-03.00, €6

Festival: Amsterdam Gay Skins Summer Weekender See Friday. Various locations, times, and prices

Tuesday 24 July Film: Series Night New, every fourth Tuesday in the month, PRIK, along with Boekhandel Vrolijk, gives a taste of a DVD series. Tonight, the first episode of Tales of the City, an ideal opportunity for those who just bought Michael Tolliver Lives to get reacquainted.

PRIK, 19.00, free

Wednesday 25 July Wednesday 25 July Rub-A-Dub Inna Winston Authentic dub grooves from Dub Tuan (Covenant Soundsystem) and guests.

Winston Kingdom, 21.00-03.00, €5

Club: F*cking Pop Queers Queers love pop, and this is where they get their fill. Expect Madonna and electro, urban and indie, new and classic. ArtLaunch Cafe in the smaller room. Studio 80, 23.00-05.00, free before 00.00, €5 after

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Theatre: Flater De Vogelfabriek, aka Sanne Vogel and Egbert-Jan Weber, with a new play about The New Generation, being reachable everywhere and all the time, trying 20 pairs of jeans and liking none, getting sick all over an unknown girl at a party, and finding it normal to have a shrink at the age of 18. In Dutch.

Vondelpark Openluchttheater, (Fri 21.30), free

Michael Bredtved, Joseph Beuys New works by Bredtved, works from Wirtschaftswert by Beuys.

Galerie Jos Art (Tues-Sun 11.00-17.30), opens Friday, until 12 September

Music/Theatre: Hakim: Ali Baba A musical adaptation for kids, with a few extra twists added by Hakim. In Dutch. Vondelpark Openluchttheater, (Sat 14.00), free Cabaret: Doggy Punch The three men of Brockstukken present their first evening-long performance featuring a whirlwind of absurd humour and lots of music. In Dutch. Vondelpark Openluchttheater, (Sat 21.00), free

Markus Amon: Mystic Women Tying in with Amsterdam Fashion Week, this collection of images features a series of nudes and almost-nudes by acclaimed German fashion photographer Amon. Studio Apart (Wed 10.00-18.00, Thur 10.00-21.00, Fri 10.00-18.00, Sat 12.00-17.00), opens Saturday, until 2 September

Ongoing

Hell is Other People With its title derived from a line in the play Huis Clos (No Exit) by French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, guest curator Nathalie Zonnenberg invites three young European artists to reflect on contact with ‘the other’. Contributing artists are Köken Ergun (Turkey), Sejla Kameric (Bosnia) and Gal Kinan (Israel). Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam (TuesSun 11.00-17.00), opens Sunday, until 9 September

Comedy: Lach Us Diverse cabaret and stand-up. In Dutch. Cafe Sappho, (Thur 20.30), €6

Museums

Theatre: Alptraum An absurd comedic whodunnit from Toneelgroep Oostpool. In Dutch. Theater Bellevue, (Thur-Sat 20.30), €17.50

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BOB ESHUIS

Comedytrain International Summer Festival Two comedians present a solo performance of 45 minutes each. This week: Adam Bloom and Markus Birdman.

The next run begins on Wednesday, with sets from Andy Parsons and John Gordillo. In English. Toomler, (Thur-Sat, Wed 20.30), €13.50

Theatre: Groenland Everybody’s whining about climate change. But hey, why not use it for your own good? Like the two protagonists of this play, who decide to buy land in Greenland. It might be snowed in for now, but it should prove a rewarding investment in the near, hot future. In Dutch. Almere-Strand, Almere, (Thur-Sun, Wed 22.15), €17.50 Theatre: Midzomernachtdroom Shakespeare’s fabulous classic A Midsummer Night’s Dream amidst the glorious setting of the Amsterdamse Bos. In Dutch.

See Short List. Theater het Amsterdamse Bos, 21.30, €10 (Thur-Sat), €5 (Tues, Wed) Theatre/Dance: In de Voorhoede In de Voorhoede presents tomorrow’s pros. Tonight: third-year dance students at Amsterdam’s Hogeschool voor de Kunsten. Vondelpark Openluchttheater, (Fri 20.30), free Comedy: Stand-up Comedy Show Hosted by Tim Ward, look out for three sets a night. In Dutch and English. Comedy Cafe, (Thur-Sat 21.00), €15 Music/Dance: Latin Rhythm Workshops and performances dealing out salsa and all your other favourite Latin grooves. Vondelpark Openluchttheater, (Sun 14.00), free

19-25 July 2007

Markus Amon, Studio Apart, see Opening

lithographs that Beckmann himself painted in watercolours. Bijbels Museum (Mon-Sat 10.00-17.00, Sun 11.00-17.00), until 19 August

Maskerdansers in Malawi A series of portraits by Canadian photographer Douglas Curran, who immersed himself in the culture of the Chewa peoples of Malawi, eventually gaining entry to the brotherhood that guards the Nyau—their ancestral spirit entities.

Over the period, he captured the masks, costumes and rituals of the people on film. Tropenmuseum (Daily 10.00-17.00), closing Monday

Max Beckmann in Amsterdam, 1937-1947 An extensive retrospective of the work produced by the artist during his years in Amsterdam. One of the most distinguished German artists of the 20th century, Beckmann fled to the city in 1937 after the Nazis had labelled his paintings Entartete Kunst. His works bear witness to his interest in the world of cabaret, Dutch landscape and life in Amsterdam, and works featured here include the four impressive triptychs ‘Carnival’, ‘Acrobats’, ‘The Actors’, and ‘Perseus’. Van Gogh Museum (Sat-Thur 10.00-18.00, Fri 10.00-22.00), until 19 August

Mario Garcia Torres: A Brief History of Jimmie Johnson’s Legacy A Docking Station video installation by young mexican artist Torres. In this video essay he looks at the codes of conduct and conventions of behaviour in the museum environment, and the role and significance of museums in general. Stedelijk Museum CS (Daily 10.00-18.00), until 29 July

Jonathan Meese: Jonathan Rockford (Don’t Call Back Please) One of German art’s rising stars, Meese will install a contemporary wunderkammer on the first floor of De Appel, featuring paintings, murals, drawings, assemblages, objects, collages, photos, pictures from magazines, posters, and painted texts on the walls. De Appel (Tues-Sun 11.00-18.00), until 19 August

Light of Zeeland In the early 20th century, the resort of Domburg in Zeeland had a strong appeal for wellknown Dutch artists like Jan Toorop, Jacoba van Heemskerck and Piet Mondriaan. This exhibition shows how the area sparked one of the most important developments in Mondriaan’s career, with its unparalleled light, rugged dunes, and ancient woods.

Gemeentemuseum (Tues-Sun 11.00-17.00), Den Haag, until 5 August

A for Alibi Science lab art from Utrecht’s University Museum. See article p.11. De Appel (Tues-Sun 11.0018.00), until 19 August

Genesis An examination of the similarities between art and science. While the two fields may have entirely different objectives, the results of their work on information look remarkably alike. Participating artists and scientists include Ad Dekkers, Mark Dion, Edo Dooijes, Erwin Driessens & Maria Verstappen, Charles & Ray Eames, Ed Emschwiller, and George Gessert, amongst others.

Centraal Museum (Tues-Thur, Sat, Sun 12.00-17.00, Fri 12.00-21.00), Utrecht, until 12 August Rob van der Nol Attracted to the process of change and transition in lives, this young Dutch artist photographs adolescents. Foam (Sat-Wed 10.00-18.00, Thur, Fri 10.00-21.00), until 15 August The Apocalypse of Max Beckmann A nice companion to the collection on display at the Van Gogh Museum, this series features 27 lithographs from the German Expressionist, all inspired by the Biblical apocalypse. Featured are two versions: the series of original lithographs in black and white and the

The Strength of Hair Two installations by contemporary visual artists looking at the important symbolic function of hair. Artists include Monica Blok, Hadas Itzkovitch and Martie van der Loo. Bijbels Museum (Mon-Sat 10.00-17.00, Sun 11.00-17.00), until 26 August Facing Death Drawings by Antwerp artist Eugeen van Mieghem (1875-1930) of his great love and muse Augustine Pautre. Even though she’d taken ill with tuberculosis in 1904, Van Mieghem continued to draw her, capturing her physical decline, much in the same way that Rembrandt had poignantly drawn his dying wife Saskia van Uylenburgh. Rembrandthuis (Daily 10.00-17.00), until 26 August Ligplaats Amsterdam An exhibition about architecture on water, including concepts for floating theatres, motorways, churches and more, as well as exploration of future possibilities of maritime architecture. There’s even an outdoor part of the exhibition, where one can admire yet-to-be-realised projects, too. ARCAM (TuesFri 10.00-17.00, Sat, Sun 13.00-17.00), until 26 August Jacques Henri Lartigue A retrospective of the work French photographer Jacques Henri Lartigue (18941986) made in the first half of the 20th century.

Although rarely exhibited as such, most of his famous early photos were originally made as stereo images, but in this collection, offering a unique impression of the photography pioneer’s life and work, the range of vintage prints, remarkable stereo pictures and personal documents will be displayed as originally intended.

Foam (Sat-Wed 10.00-18.00, Thur, Fri 10.00-21.00), until 26 August Henk Hesselius Paintings from Amsterdam-born artist Hesselius (1927). Jan van der Togt Museum (Thur-Sun 13.00-17.00), Amstelveen, until 26 August

Dutch Eyes Dutch Eyes The relocated photography museum reopens with a broad overview of Dutch photography.

Nederlands Fotomuseum (Tues-Fri 10.00-17.00, Sat, Sun 11.00-17.00), Rotterdam, until 26 August Fashion Palaces 1880-1960 The emergence of the first chic fashion houses in Amsterdam at the end of the 19th century is the focal point of the exhibition.

Grandeur and temptation typify the atmosphere of these magnificent, luxurious Amsterdam fashion houses and department stores. Amsterdams Historisch Museum (Mon-Fri 10.00-17.00, Sat, Sun 11.00-17.00), until 26 August

Romy Schneider Part of Filmmuseum’s season celebrating the acclaimed film star, this exhibition pulls together costumes, affiches, audio fragments and portrait photos from artists such as Dennis Stock, Robert Lebeck and Werner Bokelberg. See Short List.

Filmmuseum (Daily 13.00-22.00), until 29 August Architectuur in Amsterdam A look back at the 30 most important building projects to spring up in Amsterdam over the past year. Zuiderkerk (Mon 11.00-16.00, Tues-Fri 09.00-16.00, Sat 12.00-16.00), until 1 September Le Corbusier He’s by far the most famous and according to many the most important architect and urban designer of the 20th century, but he was also a

19-25 July 2007 painter, sculptor, photographer and textile designer. In this first major retrospective since 1987, more than 450 original drawings, models, paintings, tapestries, films, photographs, sculptures, items of furniture and interiors will be exhibited together to demonstrate the strength and influence of Le Corbusier. Nederlands Architectuurinstituut (Tues-Sat 10.00-17.00, Sun 11.0017.00), Rotterdam, until 2 September 3rd International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam Who and what will define the future of our cities and what role can architects play in this? The IABR brings together architects, urban designers, theorists, students, developers, policy makers and politicians from home and abroad to tear apart preconceived notions of architecture and to look to the future. Among the many special events, three exhibitions are central to the festival: Visionary Power (Kunsthal), New Dutch City (Kunsthal) and A Better World—Another Power (NAi). See www.iabr.nl. Various times and locations, Rotterdam, until 2 September JR: Face to Face Diverse works by the French photographer and street artist who displays his works on walls all over cities. In his first Dutch exhibition, JR will

Amsterdam Weekly be showing intriguing portraits in very large formats, inside and outside Foam, as well as in the streets around you. See article p. 5. Foam (Sat-Wed 10.0018.00, Thur, Fri 10.00-21.00), until 2 September Beeld voor Beeld Drawings that Dutch 16th- and 17th-century artists made of classical statues seen in the Vatican on their Grand Tour. The exhibition shows the drawings alongside moulds of the original statues.

Allard Pierson Museum (Tues-Fri 10.00-17.00, Sat, Sun 13.00-17.00), until 9 September

15 Amsterdam in de wereld—De wereld in Amsterdam A collection of immensely rare treasures owned by the Universiteit van Amsterdam, including handwritten scriptures, printed books, pictures and objects.

UvA: Special Collections Library (Mon-Fri 09.30-17.00), until 16 September

Young Americans

Aan de Amsterdamse Grachten Marking the opening of the Museum of Bags and Purses in its new idyllic location, an overview of exhibitions from the past ten years is featured alongside the permanent collections of bags and purses. Tassenmuseum Hendrikje (Daily 10.00-17.00), until 9 September

Hedi Slimane: Young Americans An internationally known photographer, avant-garde artist and fashion designer, this new project features photo portraits of creatives from the New York contemporary art scene.

Foam (Sat-Wed 10.00-18.00, Thur, Fri 10.00-21.00), until 12 September

Den Haag Sculptuur Enjoy sculpture in Den Haag. Celebrating ten years, the theme is ‘De Overkant / Down Under’, promoting artists from Australia and the Netherlands. See www.denhaagsculptuur.nl. Various locations and times, Den Haag, until 9 September

Persia The St Petersburg Hermitage lends some of its dazzling collection of Persian art to Amsterdam. This exhibition includes antiquities of the Islamic period all through the end of the Qajar dynasty in 1925. Hermitage Amsterdam (Daily 10.00-17.00), until 16 September

The Present—The Monique Zajfen Collection New contemporary artworks that have been added to The Monique Zajfen Collection since 2006. Focusing on the human figure and spanning a range of disciplines, the works in this exhibition explore various aspects of the human condition. Artists include Marlene Dumas, Thomas Schütte, Neo Rauch, Wilhelm Sasnal, Mike Kelley, Pawel Althamer, Paul Graham, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Lisa Yuskavage and George Condo. Stedelijk Museum CS (Daily 10.00-18.00), until 16 September Sarah Bernhardt: The Art of High Drama An exhibition about the first international superstar. In the course of an astonishing career that spanned 60 years, Bernhardt became the West’s leading tragedienne. Her name became synonymous with acting and continued to cast a spell on players and audiences throughout the world, long after her death in 1923.

Besides paintings, photos, clothes and Art Nouveau theatre posters, the collection includes personal possessions, a recording of her voice and fragments of films in which she appeared. Joods Historisch Museum (Daily 11.00-17.00), until 16 September Charlotte Salomon: Work in Progress Rarely and never seen works by Salomon, including reverse sides as well as individual sketches which she made for her series of over 800 gouaches, Life? or Theatre? Joods Historisch Museum (Daily 11.00-17.00), until 16 September De kunst van het verleiden You can’t run and you can’t hide—ads are everywhere, and they will have an influence on you, like it or not. This exhibition about advertising takes place in several rooms, with each devoted to another method, emotion or medium. CoBrA Museum (Tues-Sun 11.00-17.00), until 16 September Drawing Typologies—Proposal for Municipal Art Acquisitions Drawings A presentation of works by 30 contemporary artists who live and work in the Netherlands and employ drawing as a medium.

Using five typologies to suggest the wide variety of ways in which artists use drawing as an artistic strategy, it not only presents 30 radical positions within the local field of drawing, but also reveals what makes drawing such an extraordinary and attractive discipline. Stedelijk Museum CS (Tues-Sun 11.00-17.00), until 16 September

Mich Epstein Mitch Epstein: American Work One of the world’s most renowned contemporary photographers, in American Power Epstein focuses on the complex relationship between American energy supply, the status of America as a world power and the American landscape. Additionally, there’s a selection of shots from his series Family Business, the story of his father’s furniture company going bust. Foam (Sat-Wed 10.00-18.00, Thur, Fri 10.00-21.00), until 19 September Oud Zeer Drawings and animations by Joep Bertrams, best known for his political commentaries in Het Parool. Persmuseum (Tues-Fri 10.00-17.00, Sun 12.00-17.00), until 23 September To See or Not to See Hortus celebrates the 300th birthday of Carl Linnaeus, the most famous botanist ever, who wrote his major works in Amsterdam. Hortus Botanicus (Mon-Fri 09.00-17.00, Sat, Sun 10.00-17.00), until 30 September Liberation Music: Songs After Five Years of Occupation A musical memorial to the emotional release that followed the end of the occupation in 1945.

Verzetsmuseum (Tues-Fri 10.00-17.00, Sat-Mon 12.0017.00), until 30 September Corneille: Some of These Days Celebrating the 85th birthday of Corneille, one of the most sparkling artists of the CoBrA movement—and one of the longest surviving members of the ‘CoBrA Three’. Alongside his paintings, photographs and film portraits of the artists can be seen during the exhibition. CoBrA Museum (Tues-Sun 11.00-17.00), until 30 September

Yoshitomo Nara The first ever solo show to be held in any European museum by Yoshitomo Nara, one of today’s leading Japanese artists. As a representative of the Japanese pop art of the ’90s, he gained worldwide fame with seductive figurative paintings, drawings and sculptures, all executed in a deliberately elementary style. The emphasis in this collection will be on recent work, most of it produced especially for the occasion. GEM (Tues-Sun 12.00-18.00), Den Haag, until 7 October Van Gogh’s Drawings: New Insights Works on paper seldom shown due to their light sensitivity, on display in the print room of the Rietveld building. While spanning Van Gogh’s entire career as an artist, special attention will be paid to several early drawings that have been added to the museum’s collection in recent years. Van Gogh Museum (Mon-Thur, Sat, Sun 10.00-18.00, Fri 10.00-22.00), until 7 October Magische Proefjes! Getting mystical with an exploration of magic and natural sciences from the 18th and 19th century. Teylers Museum (Tues-Sat 10.0017.00, Sun 12.00-17.00), Haarlem, until 21 October Scenes and Traces A lengthy exhibition focussing on three parts of the Stedelijk Museum collection: design, video and photography. Stedelijk Museum CS (Daily 10.00-18.00), until 25 November Grande Sertao A blend of photography, Brazilian culture, literature and poetry, after Mark Nozeman and Marcelo Greco made a photographic journey through the Sertão—the provinces of Minas Gerais and Bahia in Brazil. Tropenmuseum (Daily 10.00-17.00), until 27 January 2008

Galleries Het Licht van Tunesië Multimedia installation by Maarten Rens and Anita Mizrahi. De Levante (WedSun 13.00-17.30), closing Sunday The Colour of the Maghreb: Morocco Old culture meets contemporary art in this group exhibition celebrating artists of Morocco. Contributors include Youssouf Elalamy, Abbtoy, Dounia El Yassem and Shishunk. De Levante (Wed-Sun 13.00-17.30), closing Sunday Spirit of the Wild Following on from the successful Earth From Above outdoor exhibitions by Yann ArthusBertrand, huge prints by South African photographer Steve Bloom are going public in Amsterdam, showing dazzling shots of the planet’s wildlife. Westermarkt (Daily), closing Tuesday Summer Show Works by James Aldridge, Marijn Akkermans, Aisling Hedgecock, Desiree Dolron, Paul Haworth, JR Amondarain, Nik Christensen and Dick Tuinder. Galerie Gabriel Rolt (Wed-Sat 12.00-18.00), until 28 July

Amsterdam Weekly Aernout Overbeeke Often dark photographs of the natural landscapes, still lifes and indigenous people Overbeeke encountered while in Masaï, Afrika. Galerie Rademakers Tue-Sun 11.00-17.30, until 19 August

Under Selections of works by Alex Fischer, Lucia Luptáková (with Maaike van der Linden and Maartje Korstanje), Aukje Dekker and Lara de Moor. W139 (Daily 11.00-19.00), until 20 August Alex Fischer Video works from the Hamburg-born but Amsterdam-based artist. Galerie Paul Andriesse (TuesFri 11.00-18.00, Sat 14.00-18.00), until 25 August Cristóbal Hara: An Imaginary Spaniard An exploration of the perceived cultural identity of Spain, by native photographer Hara. Huis Marseille (Tues-Sun 11.00-18.00), until 26 August Han Singels: Polder Holland Following in the footsteps of Paulus Potter, Aelbert Cuyp, Gerard Bilders and Willem Roelofs, Indonesian photographer Han Singels has trekked for years through the polders of North Holland, the riverbanks of Gelderland and the pastures of Utrecht. All in order to photograph cows in these magnificent landscapes. Huis Marseille (TuesSun 11.00-18.00), until 26 August Averecht Contemporary fashion and accessories by three talented young designers: Merel Boers (Miss Blackbirdy), Claire Fons and Elke Lutgerink. Galerie 37 (Thur-Sun 12.00-17.00), Haarlem, until 26 August Offline #4 Diverse artworks by Charlotte Mouwens, Margot Lamers, Katrin Maurer and Roos & Chris. ArtOlive (Mon-Fri 11.00-17.00, Sun 12.00-17.00), until 26 August Exit #2: Sculpture Without a Clue Works by Niels Post. Etalagegalerie Weesperplein (Daily 06.0000.30), until 30 August Dream Amsterdam Using the city of Amsterdam as his point of departure, Spencer Tunick created a series of impressive installations built from naked bodies.

Now the images from that event are going on display at the locations they were created—Leliegracht and Q-Park at Marnixstraat. Careful not to fall off your bike.

Various locations (Daily), until 31 August The Portrait Gallery Presenting an overview of portraits from 1950 to the present by ten veteran photographers, including Sanne Sannes, Ata Kando, Willem Diepraam, Machiel Botman and Barry Kornbluh. Hup Gallery (Tue, Thur, Fri 10.00-17.00), until 31 August Summer Exhibition Featuring diverse works by Cor Jaring, Frans Blind, Irene Hertel, Tho Jongh, Hanne Koorn, Immy Stur van Zoelen and Joan Verkroost.

Oosterkerk (Mon-Fri 10.00-17.00), until 31 August

Strongman is Here! Contemporary Maori artworks from New Zealander Kerry Strongman. Despite the modern nature of his works, his techniques are steeped in Maori history, plus you’ll often find him working with ancient wood. Rembrandtplein (Mon-Fri 11.00-20.00), until 31 July

Crimes & Splendors A selection of work from the politically charged British exhibition Paranoia. Featured is a series of night photographs by Dutch artist Martin Effert and video works by the likes of Mireille Astore, Lisa K Blatt, Norman Cowie and Ricardo Giraldo Montes—all of which explore the essence of paranoia. Ronmandos (Wed-Sat 12.30-17.30), until 1 September

Selections from A Quiet Story Tied in with Amsterdam Fashion Week, this collection features a selection of images by Danish supermodel turned photographer, Helena Christensen. Hotel Arena (Daily), until 15 August

Lindsay Seers Lindsay Seers: Swallowing Black Maria Recent films by London-based artist Seers, including Extramission, in which Seers transforms herself into a projector, photographs and an installation. The latter is based on the Black Maria, the first ever film studio where all the earliest shorts were filmed for the Edison Kinetoscope. SMART Project Space (Tues-Sat 12.0017.00), until 18 August

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Vamos a Ibiza In a collaboration with the Groninger Museum, this exhibition covers the diverse works made by Dutch artists in Ibiza over the last 50 years.

Participants include Jan Cremer, Lei Molin, Cas Oorthuys, Waldemar Post, Elena Beelaerts, Ivo Hendriks and others. Arti et Amicitiae (Tues-Sun 13.00-18.00), until 19 August

Ubuntu Not actually a celebration of the Linux operating system, this collection, curated by Carinna Claassens and Els Klaassen, will showcase the work of a number of contemporary South African artists— some now resident in the Netherlands. Throughout its run look out for workshops, performances, discussions and readings which celebrate South African culture.

ABC Treehouse (Tues-Sat 12.30-18.30), until 31 July

Zomer Expositie 2007 Works by 14 artists, including Yvonne Zomerdijk, Margret Mijsbergh and Stefaan Eyckmans. GO Gallery (Wed-Sat 12.00-18.00, Sun 13.00-17.00), until 5 August

19-25 July 2007

Joyeux de vie An exhibition of Jacques-Henri Lartigue, that makes an excellent accompaniment to Foam’s retrospective. Gallery Vassie (Wed-Sat 12.0018.00), until 1 September

Katharina Mouratidi: The Other Globalisation Photo portraits of international participants from the ‘Global Justice Movement’. Melkweg Galerie (Wed-Sun 13.0020.00), until 2 September Versneden en Verbeeld: Anatomie in Geneeskunde en Kunst It’s no secret that SMART Project Space was formerly the Pathologisch Anatomisch Labaratorium (PAL). And in this exhibition, it once again revisits its anatomical past, dealing in the history of the practice of anatomy, the history of PAL, and also the relationship between art and anatomy. So you’ll get to see old scientific paintings by the likes of Jozef Israëls, Gerard de Lairesse, and Andreas Vesalius, plus work by contemporary artists like Lisette Verkerk and Karen Arink.

Elements will also be on display at the Tentoonstellingszaal Universiteitsbibliotheek, UvA. See article p.11. SMART Project Space (SMART: Tues-Sat 12.0017.00; UvA: Wed-Fri 11.00-17.00), until 7 September Zwarte Muur: De Transatlantische Slavenhandel Photo portraits by Laura Samsom Rous, who specialises in the people, particularly the women, along the coast of Africa between Senegal and Angola—the region most affected by European colonisation and the Transatlantic slave trade. Melkweg Galerie (WedSun 13.00-20.00), until 1 October

Kwakoe Festival, see Saturday

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EVENTS Thursday 19 July Workshop: Summer School Going NOWHERE Throughout July, NOWHERE is hosting a series of summer workshops that’ll keep you busy no matter your hobbies and interests. This week’s series includes: the art of video clips with Habbekrats; flamenco with Nuria Manglano; summer fashion; yoga; Capoeira Angola; and Spanish cooking. See www.nowhere.nl. Cultuurpand Nowhere, 15.00-18.00, €15 per workshop Party: Summer Breeze Latin Night Formerly one of the most popular events at Vondelpark, Summer Breeze Latin Night is setting up camp at Westergasfabriek for the summer and offering adventures in Latin dance and music every Thursday. Each week there’ll be dining, drinking, DJs, workshops, and dance demonstrations for diverse Latin styles. Westergasterras, 19.00-01.00, free

Friday 20 July Workshop: Summer School Going NOWHERE (See Thursday) Cultuurpand Nowhere, 15.00-18.00, €15 per workshop Sport: Amsterdamn AM Amateur-but-exciting skateboarding competition, with the main events held at the spacious indoor skatepark at NDSM across the weekend. But also look out for live bands and a skate film premiere at Bitterzoet. See www. skateparkamsterdam.nl. Skatepark Amsterdam, various times, free to watch

Saturday 21July Sport: Amsterdamn AM (See Friday) Skatepark Amsterdam, various times, free to watch Festival: Kwakoe Festival The biggest multicultural festival in the country—with the focus mainly on Suriname—featuring music, movies, sports, food, dancing, information, and lectures. Every Saturday and Sunday until 5 August. See www.kwakoe.nl. Bijlmerpark, various times, free

Sunday 22 July DVD: The Rolling Stones—The Biggest Bang Seven hours of live Stones footage played out on huge screens. Can you stomach it? Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 16.00, free Sport: Amsterdamn AM (See Friday) Skatepark Amsterdam, various times, free to watch Festival: Kwakoe Festival (See Saturday) Bijlmerpark, various times, free

Tuesday 24 July Workshop: Summer School Going NOWHERE Running Tues-Fri, this is a different batch of summer workshops from those running earlier in the week. This latest selection includes: the art of video clips with Habbekrats; Beat the Drums with Brotherhood; Caribbean dance; sculptures; yoga; Capoeira Angola; and a BBQ workshop with De BBQ-koning. See www.nowhere.nl. Cultuurpand Nowhere, 15.00-18.00, €15 per workshop

11 Oosterdokskade 3-5, 625 5999 ABC Treehouse Voetboogstraat 11, 423 0967 Allard Pierson Museum Oude Turfmarkt 127, 525 2556 Almere-Strand Muiderzandweg 1, Almere Amsterdams Historisch Museum Kalverstraat 92, 523 1822 De Appel Nieuwe Spiegelstraat 10, 625 5651 ARCAM Prins Hendrikkade 600, 620 4878 Arti et Amicitiae Rokin 112, 624 5134 ArtOlive Polonceaukade 17, 675 8504 Bijbels Museum Herengracht 366-368, 624 2436 Bimhuis Piet Heinkade 3, 788 2150 Bitterzoet Spuistraat 2, 521 3001 Blijburg Bert Haanstrakade 2004, 416 0330 Cafe Pakhuis Wilhelmina Veemkade 576, 419 3368 Cafe Sappho Vijzelstraat 103, 423 1509 Camping Zeeburg Zuider IJdijk 20, 694 4430 Casablanca Muziek Zeedijk 26, 06 1220 0519 Centraal Museum Nicolaaskerkhof, Utrecht, 030 236 2362 Cineac Reguliersbreestraat 31-33 Club 8 Admiraal de Ruyterweg 56B, 685 1703 Club La Kerkstraat 50-52 Club Meander Voetboogstraat 3, 625 8430 Club Stereo Jonge Roelensteeg 4 CoBrA Museum Sandbergplein 1-3, Amstelveen, 547 5050 Comedy Cafe Max Euweplein 43-45, 638 3971 Concertgebouw Concertgebouwplein 2-6, 671 8345 Consortium Veemkade 570, 06 2611 8950 Cultuurpand Nowhere Madurastraat 90, 462 3510 DanceStreet 1e Rozendwarsstraat 10, 489 7676 De Duif Prinsengracht 756 English Reformed Church Begijnhof 48, 624 9665 Etalagegalerie Weesperplein Metrostation Weesperplein Filmmuseum Vondelpark 3, 589 1400 Flex Bar Pazzanistraat 1, 486 2123 Foam Keizersgracht 609, 551 6546 Galerie 37 Groot Heiligland 37, Haarlem, 023 551 8432 Galerie Gabriel Rolt Elandsgracht 34, 785 5146 Galerie Jos Art KSNM-laan 291, 418 7003 Galerie Paul Andriesse Withoedenveem 8, 623 6237 Galerie Rademakers Prinsengracht 570-572, 6225496 Gallery Vassie 1e Tuindwarsstraat 16, 489 4042 GEM Stadhouderslaan 43, Den Haag, 070 338 1133 Gemeentemuseum Stadhouderslaan 41, Den Haag, 070 338 1111 GO Gallery Prinsengracht 64, 422 9580 Hermitage Amsterdam Nieuwe Herengracht 14, 530 8751 Hortus Botanicus Plantage Middenlaan 2A, 625 9021 Hotel Arena ís-Gravesandestraat 51, 850 2400 Huis Marseille Keizersgracht 401, 531 8989 Hup Gallery Tesselschadestraat 15, 515 8589 Jan van der Togt Museum Dorpsstraat 50, Amstelveen, 641 5754 Joods Historisch Museum Jonas Daniel Meijerplein 2-4, 531 0310 KHL Koffiehuis Oostelijke Handelskade 44, 779 1575 De Kring Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 7-9, 623 6985 De Levante Hobbemastraat 28, 671 5485 Maloe Melo Lijnbaansgracht 163, 420 4592 Melkweg Lijnbaansgracht 234A, 531 8181 Melkweg Galerie Marnixstraat 409, 531 8181 Mulligans Amstel 100, 622 1330 Nederlands Architectuurinstituut Museumpark 25, Rotterdam, 010 440 1200 Nederlands Fotomuseum Wilhelminakade 332, Rotterdam, 010 213 2011 De Nieuwe Anita Frederik Hendrikstraat 111, 06 4150 3512 Odeon Singel 460, 624 9711 Oosterkerk Kleine Wittenburgerstraat 1, 627 2280 Oude Kerk Oudekerksplein 23, 625 8284 P60 Stadsplein 100A, Amstelveen, 023 345 3445 Paradiso Weteringschans 6-8, 626 4521 Patronaat Zijlsingel 2, Haarlem, 023 517 5858 Persmuseum Zeeburgerkade 10, 692 8810 The Powerzone Spaklerweg, 681 8866 PRIK Spuistraat 109, 06 4544 2321 Rembrandthuis Jodenbreestraat 4, 520 0400 Ronmandos Prinsengracht 282, 320 7036 Rouge Amstel 60, 420 9881 Rozenhofje Rozengracht 147-181 Saarein Elandsstraat 119, 623 4901 Skatepark Amsterdam Neveritaweg 15A Skek Zeedijk 4-8, 427 0551 SMART Project Space Arie Biemondstraat 107-113, 427 5953 Spijker Kerkstraat 44, 620 5919 Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam Rozenstraat 59, 422 0471 Stedelijk Museum CS Oosterdokskade 5, 573 2911 Studio 80 Rembrandtplein 70, 521 8333 Studio Apart Prinsengracht 715, 422 2748 Sugar Factory Lijnbaansgracht 238, 627 0008 Tassenmuseum Hendrikje Herengracht 573, 524 6452 Teylers Museum Spaarne 16, Haarlem, 023 516 0960 Theater Bellevue Leidsekade 90, 530 5301 Theater het Amsterdamse Bos Amsterdamse Bos 1, 640 9253 Toomler Breitnerstraat 2, 670 7400 Tropenmuseum Linnaeusstraat 2, 568 8200 Twstd Weteringschans 157, 320 7030 Under the Grand Chapiteau Next to ArenA, 621 1288 UvA: Special Collections Library Oude Turfmarkt 129, 525 2141 Van Gogh Museum Paulus Potterstraat 7, 570 5200 Verzetsmuseum Plantage Kerklaan 61, 620 2535 Vondelpark Openluchttheater, 673 1499 W139 Warmoesstraat 139, 622 9434 Westergasterras Klönneplein 3, 475 1412 Winston Kingdom Warmoesstraat 129, 623 1380 The Zebra Korte Leidsedwarsstraat 14, 330 5266 Zuiderkerk Zuiderkerkhof 72, 552 7987

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Tomorrow we diet Eetcafe All-In Centre Shape 2e Hugo de Grootstraat 2-6, 684 5857 Open daily 9.00-24.00 Cash, PIN Dear Readers: you may ask me about the neverending Battle of the Bulge. How did I grow into this ungainly rotund form? The answer: it’s very easy. Just don’t exercise. Eat as if there’s no tomorrow, instead. Imagine that every meal is your last; that the Furries are relentlessly marching—up the stairs to get you. That, my friends, is the secret of my excess. Clump!

Clump! Clump!

If you sit in Shape, the gym-cum-eetcafecum-sunbed-centre-cum-nightclub in Oud West, watching svelte shapeshifters saunter in and out of the fitness area while feeding your puffy fizzog on rich, homemade chocolate cake, then you too, might start asking questions. Is the cake the reward for losing kilos on the treadmills, or sweating in the sauna?

Shape is quite a venue, lively—they are busy from morning to night—and with lots of possibilities. The corner location is excellent, with an enclosed terrace to imbibe healthy, vitamin-packed fruitshakes and power smoothies after a sweaty workout. The daytime menu lists interesting tostis, like Manchego cheese with mango chutney, or alternating layers of old and young cheese, that form a tasty mass when melted.

What was I doing there? Well to be honest, I was trapped. The night before, a devastating thunderstorm had frizzled the power lines.

Repairs were being made, so I was driven from

THE UNDERCOVER GLUTTON I wanted to go home, but since my pockets were devoid of cash and the PIN machine was down, I felt trapped.

Escape schemes bubbled up: leave passport as surety... my home in search of food. I went for Shapes’ tapas mix (€12.50) and a glass of chilled Spanish rosé (€2.50) to wash it down.

Big chunks of Manchego, spicy chorizo,

olives, marinated sardines, a couple of chicken wings, some meatballs in tomato sauce, and a basket brimming with bread and alioli. I started my own lunchtime workout, exercising my jaws,

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working up a fine sweat.

But then the electricity went phut! Music, whirring fridge fans, smoothie blenders: all fell silent. An electrician arrived and peered into the electricity box, shrugging his shoulders. The gym door opened, disgorging bemused physical jerkers: the electronic exercise machines were dead as dodos.

I wanted to go home, but since my pockets were devoid of cash, and the PIN machine was down, I felt trapped. Escape schemes bubbled up: leave passport and watch as surety as I trekked to the cash machine. (With my luck, that would be dead too.) I played safe and ordered Greek yoghurt with pistachio and honey (€4) to pass the time.

The dinner menu looked good, too: the chef takes pride and pleasure in his bold choices. A lot of healthy fusion style meals, using global ingredients. Tempura and spring rolls; wraps and pastas; good salads and roast veggies; meat for carnivores and fish for the cholesterol-conscious health freaks who people the gym and classes in the rest of the building.

Some regulars wanted to leave and were told they could PIN the next day. (I smiled—good will is worth gold.) I kept my fat gob shut, for I was a mere stranger, not one of the regulars.

In fact, I felt I was trespassing: a fat charlatan with a bad attitude. Imagine, Dear Readers, your Glutton without his stomach. He’d have to commit chop-sueycide! While I was experiencing these moribund thoughts, the lights flickered on, the coffee machines whirred, and we all breathed a collective sigh of relief.

As the fridges hummed away again, the big tattooed chef went into his now–bright kitchen to prepare for dinner. The Glutton PINned and left, cursing himself for not following his instinct to withdraw money when he had the opportunity.

Ah well, (sh)it happens.

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FILM Edited by Julie Phillips.This week’s films reviewed

by Massimo Benvegnù (MB),Shyama Daryanani (SD), Angela Dress (AD),Don Druker (DD),René Glas (RG),Laura Groeneveld (LG), Andrea Gronvall (AG),John Hartnett (JH),Luuk van Huët (LvH),JR Jones (JJ),Dave Kehr (DK),Marie-Claire Melzer (MM),Gusta Reijnders (GR), Jonathan Rosenbaum (JR),Marinus de Ruiter (MdR) and Bregtje Schudel (BS). All films are screened in English with Dutch subtitles unless otherwise noted.

Amsterdam Weekly recommends.

New this week Death at a Funeral This irreverent British ensemble comedy, directed by Muppeteer Frank Oz, mischievously explores what happens when a dysfunctional family gathers for their father’s burial.

The characters begin pursuing their own agendas and seeking their own forms of familial redemption, leading to bad behaviour, outrageous faults, skeletons in the closet—in short, to riotous mayhem. Death at a Funeral doesn’t make you laugh out loud, however; the occasional snigger is about it. The events are just too milked out. For instance, a new fiancé who desperately wants to make a good impression on his uptight in-laws accidentally ingests a designer hallucinogen, leaving him prone to uncontrollable bouts of delirium and nudity. This is great fun at the beginning, but after a while you’ve seen enough of the joke. With Matthew Macfadyen, Keeley Hawes, Andy Nyman, and Jane Asher. (GR) 95 min. The Movies Ensemble, c’est tout Claude Berri’s romantic comedy stars Audrey Tautou as an anorexic artist who works as a cleaner. She’s rescued by eccentric aristocrat Philibert (Laurent Stocker) and invited to share the palatial family home he lives in with his chef friend Franck (Guillaume Canet). Tautou and Canet hate each other on sight and then, by the rules of film logic, fall in love; eventually and predictably, the misfits come together to form a family. Based on the novel by Anna Gavalda; the English title is Hunting and Gathering. In French with Dutch subtitles. 97 min.

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Venus Mon fils à moi ‘Mon dieu, quelle histoire!’, exclames Mother as she exits her son’s bedroom. We could very well say the same: she has just successfully demanded to see her teenage son’s privates. In this unusual and well-done pyschological study from first-time French film-maker Martial Fougeron, the always amazing Nathalie Baye stars as an overpossessive mother who will try anything to prevent her 12-year-old son from reaching a healthy puberty. Obviously, as in every bourgeois French-suburban drama we’ve ever seen, events unfold in tragic terms. Mon fils à moi is definitely not to everyone’s taste, but Baye’s performance surely earns her a place in the Hall of Fame of Cinematic Mothers from Hell—Freudians, you’ve been warned. In French with Dutch subtitles. (MB) 90 min. Cinecenter

The Squid and the Whale A witty, insightful and highly recognisable peek inside the phenomenon called divorce. See review p. 19. Filmmuseum

Still playing Adam’s Apples Directed by Anders Thomas Jensen, who might be the hottest thing from Denmark since certain cartoons, this black comedy stars Mads Mikkelsen, ‘the Danish Johnny Depp’, as Ivan, an insanely optimistic preacher with severe problems who rehabilitates ex-cons in his rural church. Adam (Ulrich Thomsen), a recently released neo-Nazi, arrives to test his fate repeatedly, leading to a clash of conflicting ideologies.

Whether the film is moralistic or nihilistic is anyone’s guess, but it didn’t garner a Silver Scream Award at the AFFF for nothing, and the very Scandinavian undercurrent of dark humour keeps the film enjoyable and fresh during most of the running time. In Danish with Dutch and French subtitles. (LvH) 94 min. Het Ketelhuis

Angel François Ozon has added another masterpiece to his oeuvre. You could call it a postmodern costume drama, since it’s set in the early 20th century, but the dazzling visual style also refers to ’40s and ’50s Hollywood melodramas, and bits of contemporary television culture keep turning up too. Angel (Romola Garai), a writer of pulp novels with a shocking lack of taste and talent, is a highly ironic character. But the film is too multi-layered to be a simple parody, and Ozon turns out to have a heart for his Angel. As a viewer, you can’t help feeling for her too. To catch all of it, you’ll probably need to see it twice. (MM) 134 min. Pathé Tuschinski Bes Vakit In a rural Turkish village, three children on the brink of puberty form a secret pact against their parents; one of them is even prepared to kill his father.

Through this small-scale generational conflict, director

Reha Erdem sketches the friction between tradition and progress in contemporary Turkey. Bes Vakit never becomes outspoken, revelling instead in picturesque beauty, as if Erdem is concealing his subversive message with his stately, mannerist style. A slow film, but rewarding for some memorable and poignant scenes.

In Turkish with Dutch subtitles. (MdR) 110 min. Rialto Bobby Old-fashioned in both its liberal humanism and its commitment to classic Hollywood storytelling, Emilio Estevez’s fictional account of the 1968 shooting of Robert Kennedy is also a fine example of old-fashioned studio craft. Deftly juggling over a dozen characters, ranging from hotel personnel and guests to Democratic Party volunteers, Estevez offers a sharp cross section of the issues and attitudes surrounding Kennedy’s presidential campaign. Without privileging any member of the talented cast, he gives many of them chances to shine, especially Sharon Stone, Freddy Rodriguez (from Six Feet Under), Laurence Fishburne and Martin Sheen.

The film’s premise that RFK was America’s last chance to save itself is a bit hard to buy, but the passion and thoughtfulness with which Estevez builds on it are stirring nonetheless. (JR) 119 min. Pathé ArenA Cashback There should be a movie law against using American Beauty-like music over supposedly ‘deep’ moments, especially if they are followed by fart jokes just a few scenes later. In this full-length remake of his own short film about an art student who turns into an insomniac after being dumped, director Sean Ellis seems incapable of delivering a consistent stylistic whole. Instead he keeps shifting from romantic drama to juvenile high jinks and back. Some of the cinematographic experiments linked to the manipulation and distortion of time—the film’s theme—are genuinely well made, but most of them are just used to get women undressed. Cashback feels like a pretentious take on the teen sex comedy, more often baffling than funny. (RG) 90 min. Kriterion César et Rosalie This 1972 film is being re-released in connection with the Filmmuseum’s upcoming Romy Schneider minifest. César (Yves Montand) is a middleaged Parisian entrepreneur, Rosalie (Schneider) his lovely and supporting wife. Marriage is good, until arrival of cartoonist David (Sami Frey), a lover from Rosalie’s past, turns their familiar affair into a—but of course!— ménage à trois. Claude Sautet’s bourgeois take on Jules et Jim material remains appealing to look at, if only for, as Roger Ebert put it, ‘the way Romy Schneider can make a half-shy smile into the suggestion of unimaginable carnal possibilites’ (although none of them are graphically shown here). And if you add Montand’s acute portrayal of a square man who, in the end, proves

Five-Word Movie Review

122 MINUTES OF STYLISH TOSH Ocean’s 13 Pathé Arena, Pathé Tuschinski, Pathé De Munt

to be more open-minded than his ‘artistic’ love rival, the film has enough good stuff to get away with its disappointingly abrupt, no-answers conclusion. In French with Dutch subtitles. (MB) 110 min. Filmmuseum Copying Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven never had a woman copyist, much less the gifted and attractive 23-year-old student and aspiring composer played by Diane Kruger, which might tempt one to scoff at this romantic biopic as eyewash. But Agnieszka Holland (Europa Europa, The Secret Garden) directs with obvious feeling rather than cynicism, and I was swept away by it despite the story’s anachronisms. Ed Harris, offering another mad-genius portrait after playing Jackson Pollock, goes to town with his hokey part, and one gets to hear a sizable chunk of the Ninth Symphony at its 1824 premiere. Writer-producers Stephen J. Rivele and Christopher Wilkinson won’t win over any purists, but if they introduce a few people to the excitements of Beethoven, they can hardly be accused of wasting their time. (JR) 104 min. Pathé Tuschinski Death Proof It’s unclear whether the Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez exploitation-flick double bill Grindhouse will ever reach our cinemas in its original form, but luckily this extended version of Tarantino’s half stands on its own. Kurt Russell plays Stuntman Mike, a shady has-been who stalks and attacks two groups of women with his death-proofed stunt car.

Unfortunately for him, his second group of intended victims are professional, kick-ass stunt driver gals.

While two thirds of the film are pure chick-flick, Tarantino excels in the carnage and chases even more than the dialogue. The cinematography and soundtrack are both exemplary. (LvH) 127 min. Kriterion, The Movies, Pathé De Munt

Drama/Mex Three explosive characters cross paths in an entertaining art house flick set in Acapulco. They

Special screenings The Cardinal Otto Preminger’s epic study of a young priest’s rise through the Vatican, set against a background of 20th-century social upheaval, was largely despised when it was released in 1963. But Preminger’s legion of detractors has always had a hard time seeing past the triteness of his forms to the high quality of his execution. This is an extremely well constructed film, made with a balance that keeps its overflowing plot line in perfect control. Tom Tryon, in the lead, is not all that might be asked for, but the large supporting cast does its work well, contributing a fine texture without the sense of intrusion that cameo parts generally entail. Among the stars are John Huston, Ossie Davis and Romy Schneider as one of the cardinal’s supporters. Schneider’s father, Wolf Albach-Retty, has a minor role. (DK) 175 min. Filmmuseum L’ Important c’est d’aimer On the set of an exploitation film, an actress (Romy Schneider) meets a photographer (Fabio Testi). He goes deep into debt to give her a role in his new play, but she remains in love with her depressed husband (Jacques Chevalier).

Schneider was determined to get the part in director Andrzej Zulawki’s first French film (1974), but nearly had a nervous breakdown during filming. In the end she won a César, the French Oscar, for her perfor-

mance as a starlet fallen on hard times. In French with Dutch subtitles. 110 min. Filmmuseum

But then, should we really complain? In French with Dutch subtitles. (MB) 120 min. Filmmuseum

The Kid The most Dickensian of Charlie Chaplin’s features (1921), with a Victorian street atmosphere and a sentimentality to match. Still, the scene in which Charlie searches the poorhouses for his lost boy (Jackie Coogan) is powerfully moving; seldom has a silent film spoken quite so clearly as in Chaplin’s mimed call of “kid! kid!” It was Chaplin’s first full-length film, and the action is perhaps too episodic; he hadn’t yet mastered the structural demands of the long form. But several of the episodes—Charlie and Coogan in the plate-glass business, the poor boy’s dream of heaven, which comes out nicely tattered and tacky— are sublime. (DK) 60 min. Filmmuseum Open Air

Rififi Shot in Paris and its environs, Jules Dassin’s atmospheric 1955 French thriller is a familiar but effective parable of honour among thieves. Though it may not be as ideologically meaningful as the juicy noirs Dassin made for Hollywood—The Naked City (1947), Thieves’ Highway (1949), and Night and the City (1950)—it’s probably more influential, above all for its half-hour sequence without dialogue that meticulously shows the whole process of an elaborate jewellery heist. In French with English subtitles. (JR) 118 min. iLLUSEUM

La piscine A washed-out writer (Alain Delon), a successful journalist (Romy Schneider), a playboy music executive (Maurice Ronet) and his teenage daughter (Jane Birkin) enact a cat-and-mouse game by a swimming pool in St. Tropez. Only as events unfold and a crime takes place will everyone’s motivations surface.

Don’t expect a roller-coaster ride from Jacques Deray’s highly atmospheric thriller: by today’s standards it takes too long to get the plot going, and the first hour is basically spent watching Schneider, Delon and Birkin in skimpy outfits, sunbathing in the South of France.

Rondom het Oudekerksplein Shot on location in Amsterdam’s Red Light District, this 1968 black-andwhite docudrama was described by its director, Roeland Kerbosch, as an ‘amusing socio-documentary happening’. The VPRO television network refused to show it and it was released theatrically instead. In Dutch. 85 min. The Movies Score Radley Metzger, with his elegant low-budget sexploitation work (I, a Woman; Carmen Baby), was the Continent’s answer to Russ Meyer in the ’60s (and is said to have inspired Burt Reynolds’s character in Boogie Nights). By the ’70s, however, he was becoming increasingly irrelevant, adopting pseudonyms to cover

his declining fortunes. This bisexual soft-core film was made in 1973, under his own moniker, and its day had passed too. Claire Wilbur and Calvin Culver play a young couple introduced to the joys of film-making by an older pair. The ’70s lounge soundtrack might have some interest. (DK) 90 min. De Nieuwe Anita Solo/à Mains Nues These two black-and-white ‘film poems’ were intended by Belgian director Thierry Knauff to be a ‘symbiosis of dance and cinematography’. In both Solo (2004, 30 mins.), with music by Karlheinz Stockhausen, and à Mains Nues (2006, 30 mins.) Knauff worked with dancer and choreographer Michèle Noiret, to generate dynamic combinations of movement, images, and music. Filmmuseum What’s New, Pussycat? Clive Donner’s stylish direction harmonises well with Woody Allen’s inspired screenplay—his first—to yield this 1965 Swinging Sixties entertainment, proving once again that Allen is a better scenarist than a director. Peter O’Toole is surprisingly effective in his first screen comedy, and Allen is much more subdued and effective as a performer under someone else’s direction. A charming Parisian bedroom farce with fine support from Paula Prentiss, Peter Sellers, and Romy Schneider. (DD) 108 min. Filmmuseum

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An autobiographical family drama gives us a witty, insightful and recognisable peek inside that thing called divorce.

IT TAKES TWO TO DESTROYA MARRIAGE FILM The Squid and the Whale Thursday to Wednesday at Filmmuseum.

By Bregtje Schudel

When my own parents got divorced, I blamed my mother, who had developed feelings for another man. My conviction was confirmed and strengthened by my father, who confided in me that he wanted to make the marriage work, if it hadn’t been for my mother’s infidelity. It was only years later (I was eleven at the time), that I was able to put things in perspective. My mother’s love for someone else wasn’t the primary cause

are a teenage boy aggressively trying to reclaim his exgirlfriend, a young beach hooker out to scam her customers, and a middle-aged man who hides in a beach cabin with plans to kill himself. Director Gerardo Naranjo shot his second feature with a low budget and a cast of mostly friends but still manages to lift his fastpaced film far beyond amateur level. Produced by actor Gael García Bernal (Babel, Amores Perros), this unpretentious piece of cinema is a lively contribution to the hot Mexican new wave. In Spanish with Dutch subtitles. (MdR) 92 min. Het Ketelhuis Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus Like Alice in Wonderland, repressed housewife Diane Arbus (Nicole Kidman) is spirited away into the strange world of her overly hairy neighbour (Robert Downey, Jr).

There she will discover her true calling: becoming a (famous) photographer of the weird. The idea is fascinating—who isn’t secretly attracted to the bizarre?—but the execution by director Steven Shainberg and writer Erin Cressida Wilson (the makers of Secretary) leaves much to be desired. There’s no real spark between Kidman and Downey, which makes their awakening love rather tedious. For a film that claims to be an imaginary portrait, Fur sorely lacks imagination. (BS) 122 min. Kriterion Irina Palm Marianne Faithfull carries the show here, in the title role of the latest film from Belgium-based director Sam Garbarski (The Rashevski Tango). ‘Irina Palm’ is the working name of Maggie, an English widow who needs money to pay for her grandson’s medical treatment. Lacking marketable skills, this suburban housewife ends up in Soho, accepting a job as a glory hole ‘hand-relief provider’ in a club managed by a Slavic mobster (Miki Manojlovic). Predictably, she not only tries to keep her employment a secret from her family and the town’s tea ladies (among them a nosy Jenny Agutter), but actually becomes really good at it, much to every-

of my parents’ divorce; they were both the results of a miserable marriage.

The same sense of perspective develops over the course of The Squid and the Whale, Noah Baumbach’s autobiographical story about a family break up. Bernard (Jeff Daniels) and Joan (Laura Linney) have grown apart over the years. Both are writers, but Bernard is past his prime, while Joan’s star is rising. From the first scene, in which Bernard proves himself to be very unsporting in a ‘friendly’ game of family tennis, we get the feeling that Joan might be better off without him. But while young Frank (Owen Kline—yes, the son of Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates) sides with

body’s disbelief but ours. Garbarski doesn’t spare the audience any stereotype in this comedy/drama, but his genius casting of the famously liberated Faithfull as the oppressed but freedom-bound Maggie manages to keep the tone, if not interesting, at least ironic. (MB) 103 min. Cinecenter, Het Ketelhuis, Pathé Tuschinski It’s 8:08 Hawaii (area code 808) is not just for tourists and surfers—it’s a paradise for skateboarders as well, judging from this better-than-average skate documentary by Chuck Mitsui. The young director mixes contemporary digital images with grainy scenes that look like they were shot in the 1970s. It’s 8:08 follows skater Sean Reilly and friends as they whip out their skills on the best spots in California, Mexico and Japan, only to come to the conclusion that nothing beats Hawaii.

This presentation is meant to entertain skateboarding aficionados, but also to display the cinematic talents of Mitsui, who is supported by the Amsterdam-based international film development centre Binger Filmlab. Next year the young director will start shooting his first feature film, One Kine Day, a story about young skateboarders in Hawaii, with Sean Reilly in a lead role. In several languages with English subtitles. (MdR) 48 min. Rialto Jesus Camp Profoundly disturbing documentary, directed by Heidi Ewing, about evangelical Christian summer camps for children in the US. The film includes footage shot at the ‘Kids on Fire’ camp at, appropriately, Devil’s Lake in North Dakota, where camp pastor Becky Fischer ‘preaches’ children to the point of hysteria, then calls their distress evidence of communion with God. There is no voice-over or any other form of editorial comment—the footage speaks for itself, revealing a vile, ideologically incoherent mess of religious fundamentalism and right-wing politics. Also appearing in this film about how children are blatantly targeted by the religious right is Ted Haggard, a prominent evangelica leader until in 2006 (after this film was made), a

his mother, 16-year-old Walt (Jesse Eisenberg) decides he wants nothing more to do with her—especially after Bernard tells him about all Joan’s extramarital affairs.

Soon, both kids are acting out. Frank starts drinking and masturbating in unlikely places; Walt presents a Pink Floyd song as his own at a talent contest, because he felt he could have written it.

The most remarkable aspect of this film is Baumbach’s screenplay. Most of the time it’s so spot on, it’s like déjà vu.

The parents’ resentment feels scarily familiar, as does the subtle and not so subtle psychological warfare they are waging over the heads of the children, who feel angry and scared and really lost. But Baumbach also manages to inject the story with a healthy dose of dry humour and self-mockery. It never becomes entirely clear which of the two boys is supposed to be Baumbach himself, but I’m putting my money on Walt, by far the most confused character of the bunch. Over the years, he has been indoctrinated by his father, the Great Novelist, who tells him exactly what not to read and what to think about the books that are worth reading (which makes reading them redundant).

scandal involving a male prostitute and methamphetamines suggested he’d found other ways of getting closer to God. (AD) 84 min. The Movies Das Leben der Anderen This Oscar winner by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck mostly deserves all the praise and admiration it has received. A study in the dehumanising effects of state surveillance, it focuses on two men living in East Germany in 1984: a playwright (Sebastian Koch) who attracts the interest of the state and a Stasi officer (Ulrich Mühe) whose loyalty to the socialist cause is starting to erode. Predictable and slightly distant, but also disturbing and effective. In German with Dutch subtitles. (LvH) 137 min. Cinecenter, Het Ketelhuis, Pathé Tuschinski, Rialto

Ocean’s Thirteen Directed by Steven Soderbergh, Ocean’s Thirteen brings Danny Ocean (George Clooney) and his pack of thieves back to that glamorous playground for adults, Las Vegas. But this time, it’s personal.

One of their own, Reuben Tishkoff (Elliott Gould), winds up in the hospital after being swindled by Willy Bank (Al Pacino). So Danny and the gang are out for revenge: clean out Bank’s finances and hit him where it hurts the most by ruining his chances of getting a Five Diamond Award for his latest hotel on the Strip. Not just another sequel, this is one of the most entertaining movies of the franchise so far: suave, sleek and snappy. Includes eye candy. (SD) 122 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt, Pathé Tuschinski Reprise Norwegian students Erik and Phillip aspire to become influential cult authors. At the start we see them posting their manuscripts. Later on Phillip achieves mild success but suffers a nervous breakdown, while Erik confronts his lack of talent. In between, comic interactions between them and their bohemian mates and pretty girlfriends alternate with tragic episodes. Directed by Joachim Trier, Reprise displays fresh cinematic talent and is enjoyable for its pop culture references—combin-

As a result, Walt barely knows how to think for himself; instead he channels his father’s opinions, calling A Tale of Two Cities ‘minor Dickens’ and—in one of his more memorable attempts at being intellectual—Metamorphosis ‘Kafkaesque’. All the while he pushes away the people who actually care about him, especially his mother, who remains reasonable even when confronted with his (that is, Bernard’s) most outrageous accusations.

She seems to understand that it’s just the hurt talking.

The acting is impressive: Laura Linney is such a dependably good actress we almost take it for granted, and Owen Kline is a natural in his first major outing. Eisenberg (Christina Ricci’s brother in the werewolf flop Cursed) faces the biggest challenge as Walt, who already exhibits a lot of Bernard’s less endearing character traits, but might not be totally lost to reason. He succeeds, as does Daniels—who has come a long way since playing Jim Carrey’s moronic best buddy in Dumb & Dumber. He is utterly convincing as Bernard: a self-obsessed snob and a horrible parent who constantly belittles his children, hooks up with the girl Walt openly pines for and only wants shared custody because it means paying less alimony.

Therein lies my only (small) point of critique. By making Bernard the principal villain, Baumbach oversimplifies the story. In the end, Walt is able to put things in perspective, but all in all, one extreme is just being replaced with another. Walt may detest his mother, but in the film she is the obvious positive influence, whereas Bernard doesn’t really have anything going for him. Bernard is deliciously detestable, but he could have done with at least one slightly sympathetic character trait. I’m sure one is more responsible than the other, but when a relationship goes awry, there are usually two to blame.

ing, for example, French nouvelle vague cinema with British new wave music. Reprise doesn’t lack coolness, either. But it does lose its narrative focus towards the end, and ultimately fails to penetrate the surface. In Norwegian with Dutch subtitles. (MdR) 105 min. Rialto Sounds of Sand Life in Africa is rough; that is what we learn from the news, from documentaries and from films like Sounds of Sand (original title: Si le vent soulève les sables). The problem is, there is not one Africa, any more than there is one Europe. In this Belgian/French co-production, directed by Marion Hänsel, national and local political and cultural issues are swept under the rug to once more offer us painful imagery of the problems of ‘Africa’ as a whole instead of giving us insight into specific issues. In this case we are presented with drinking-water shortages due to droughts and militia violence as we follow a schoolteacher and his family in a doomed effort to reach a well on the other side of the desert. The film is beautifully shot, but with its generality it ultimately fails to impress. In French with Dutch subtitles. (RG) 96 min. Rialto Still Life Most of what we read about China nowadays is about their incredible economic rise. Rest assured that behind the veil of success, misery is to be found.

Film-maker Jia Zhang-ke (Unknown Pleasures, The World) seems dedicated to showing us other aspects of a culture locked in massive change. His new film Still Life is a stunningly shot drama of people lost in the chaos of progress, in a city literally drowning as it is slowly engulfed by the reservoir of the Three Gorges Dam. Shot entirely on high-definition video, Still Life looks and feels like a documentary; and while the story itself is not, the background of the drowning city is very real indeed. As such, this blend of fiction and the real paints an alienating and disquieting picture of a country where the individual is merely an obstacle to progress.

In Mandarin with Dutch subtitles. (RG) 108 min. Rialto

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20 Transformers The biggest puzzle in Michael Bay’s allover-the-place extravaganza Transformers is who’s supposed to watch it. It’s a film based on a toy, with PG13 rated action, that alternates jokes about robots peeing (sorry, ‘lubricating’) on humans with gags concerning masturbation. Which basically leaves you with a target audience of boys between 12 and 15 and the male 30+ fan base from the original series. Rising star Shia LaBeouf successfully carries the film and, to be honest, Transformers is never boring. But those looking for a more balanced form of summer entertainment are better off with Die Hard 4.0. (BS) 132 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt

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Transformers Venus Some great films have been made about the love between an older man and a young woman: Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita (1962) and Billy Wilder’s Love in the Afternoon (1957), to name but a few. Unfortunately, Venus is not such a great film. There is nothing wrong with the story, by Hanif Kureishi; it’s just that the supposed chemistry between Maurice (Peter O’Toole) and Jessie (Jodie Whittaker) doesn’t come across. Kureishi clearly modeled Jessie on Matt Lucas’s Vicky Pollard (from the hilarious TV series Little Britain) and Catherine Tate’s equally mouthy Lauren (‘am I bovvered?’) from The Catherine Tate Show. Yet portraying a troubled teenage girl takes a little more than putting on a pink sweater and eating crisps. Whittaker’s Jessie simply isn’t as convincing as her TV comic counterparts. The scenes with O’Toole and his ex-wife (Vanessa Redgrave) however, are very moving. (MM) 95 min. The Movies

Zodiac David Fincher has come a long way in the five years since his last skilful but empty exercise in style, Panic Room. In Zodiac, about four men obsessed with their search for the infamous Zodiac Killer, Fincher finally emerges as a real storyteller. He meticulously follows the book by cartoonist Robert Graysmith without ever allowing it to get boring or lose tension. Fincher has matured, but Robert Downey Jr can claim the most amazing comeback. After some very rocky years battling drug addiction and poor film choices, Downey, as the everintoxicated reporter Paul Avery, now dazzles us with a cynical, funny and genuinely moving performance. (BS) 158 min. Pathé De Munt

Azuloscurocasinegro daily 21.45, Sun also 11.00 Ensemble,c'est tout daily 16.30, 19.30, 22.00, Sun also 11.15, 14.00 Irina Palm daily 21.45, Sun also 13.45 Das Leben der Anderen daily 15.45, 18.45 Mon fils à moi daily 16.30, 19.45, Sun also 11.15 Les témoins daily 16.00, 19.00, 21.45, Sun also 11.00, 13.30.

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Pathé De Munt Vijzelstraat 15, 0900 1458 Death Proof daily 21.45, Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed also 11.00, Sat also 19.10 Die Hard 4.0 Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 17.30, Thur, Fri, Sun, Mon, Wed also 21.40, Sat 18.25, 20.30, 21.25, 23.25 Fracture Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 18.10, Thur, Fri, Mon, Tues also 10.10, 12.50, Sun, Wed also 14.15, Sat 20.00 Haaibaai Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 10.15, 12.10, 14.20, Sat 10.35, 12.45, 15.00 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix daily 11.15, 14.30, 17.45, 21.00, Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed also 10.30, 13.45, 17.00, 20.15, Sat also 10.15, 13.15, 16.30, 19.45, 23.00

19-25 July 2007 Harry Potter en de Orde van de Fenix Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 12.00, 15.15, Sat 10.25, 13.30, 16.50 I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry Sat 22.35, Sun 10.30 Ocean's Thirteen daily 21.15, Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed also 11.30, 16.05, 20.00, Sat also 10.50, 13.55, 16.40, 19.25, 22.15 Pirates of the Caribbean 3 daily 17.55, Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed also 14.00, 20.40, Sat also 11.45, 15.15, 21.35 Premonition Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 15.40, Sat 17.20 Ratatouille (NL) Sat, Sun, Wed 10.15, 12.50, 15.30 Shrek de Derde daily 15.30, Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed also 10.15, 10.45, 12.30, 13.05, 14.50, 18.00, Sat also 10.40, 11.20, 13.00, 13.40, 16.00 Shrek the Third Thur-Sat, Mon, Tues 14.40, Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 19.30, 22.00, Thur, Fri, Mon, Tues also 10.10, 12.20, 17.10, Sat also 10.05, 12.15, 18.00, 20.15, Sun, Wed also 10.25, 12.50 Sneak Preview Tues 21.30 Transformers Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 12.00, 15.00, 16.45, 18.20, 19.45, Thur, Fri, Sun, Mon, Tues also 10.15, 13.30, Thur, Fri, Sun, Mon, Wed also 21.30, Tues also 21.40, Sat 11.00, 12.35, 14.00, 15.45, 17.10, 19.00, 20.10, 22.00, 23.15 White Noise 2 Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 16.35, 19.20, 21.50, Sat 18.15, 20.45, 22.30 Zodiac Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 20.50, Sat 22.45 Zoop in Zuid-Amerika Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 11.50, 14.10, 16.30, 18.55, Sat 11.30, 13.50, 16.15, 18.45.

Pathé Tuschinski Reguliersbreestraat 34, 0900 1458 Anche libero va bene Sun-Wed 19.15 Angel Thur-Sat 21.00 Bugs 3D Thur-Sat, Mon-Wed 12.15 Copying Beethoven daily 17.45 Curse of the Golden Flower daily 16.30, 21.50 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix daily 12.00, 15.00, 18.10, 21.30 Imagine Me & You Thur-Sat 22.00 Irina Palm Thur, Fri, Mon-Wed 12.15, Sat, Sun also 12.45 Das Leben der Anderen Thur-Sat 20.50, Sun, Mon, Wed 21.00 Little Miss Sunshine Thur-Sat 19.30 Nachtrit Sun-Wed 21.45 Ocean's Thirteen daily 15.45, 18.45, Thur-Sat Mon-Wed also 12.45 Pan's Labyrinth Thur-Sat 21.45, Sun-Wed 21.40 Perfume:The Story of a Murderer Sun-Wed 20.45 Ratatouille (NL) Sat, Sun, Wed 13.00 Shrek de Derde Thur, Fri, Mon 12.10, 14.30, 17.00, Tues 16.45 Shrek the Third daily 13.30, 16.00, Thur-Mon, Wed also 18.30 Les témoins daily 13.45, 19.00 Zoop in Zuid-Amerika daily 12.30, 15.15.

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Two boxes thin glass for slides (dia’s)€5 each. Two boxes 76x26 mm microscope slide glass €2,50 each. Many more stained glass supplies for sale. Call 023 532 3835.

XPAT PAGES Looking for English-speakingplumber,denTO MADRID BY CAR?Depar- tist, lawyer, etc? www.xpatture Fri 20 July in afternoon pages.com. from A’dam. Arrival in Madrid FRIENDLY DOG WALKER on Sat. 21 July. Place for 2-3 With lots of experience and refpeople. No smokers prefer- erences able to take care of able. Return Madrid-A’dam your dog. Available from 8.00 on Sat. 4 Aug. Price per per- to20.00.Alsoavailableevenings son, per traject is €75. Email and vacations. Reasonable juanjovallejo@hotmail.com. rates.CallFredon0647183115.

VEHICLES

NEW TUK TUK FOR SALE We specialize in three wheels vehicle or Tuk Tuk and offer body of your choice, for passenger, flatbed or pickup bed are available. We are Tuk Tuk/three wheels vehicle manMOBILE CONTRACTHi, I’m ufacturer located in Thailand. looking for someone who can Please call +66 818 403 203 or take over my cheap mobile email yourtuktuk@yahoo.com. contract (€15/mth, one hr WANT A USED BIKE?Hi. Is free) at the end of Aug until there anyone selling a used Nov 2008 (plus new Nokia bike? Please email me: phone). Call me 06 2864 8823. doris527@yahoo.com.tw. I BED MATTRESS It is IKEA live near Central Station.

SULTANHAMNObedmattress.

I have used it only for 7 mths, while I was studying here. It can be also used without bed.

Can be collected from A’dam east.Priceisnegotiable.Dimensions: 200cm*140cm*28cm.

Alsodesk,chair,bookcase.Contact Chris: bouklovski@gmail .com or 06 2529 538.

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SERVICES ENGLISH MAN WITH VAN Can help with removals, big or small, in or outside of the country. Reasonable rates, quick service. Contact Lee on 06 2388 2184 or isabelleandlee@planet.nl.

BEST MOVING SERVICEIN TOWNDriver with van (10m3) or truck (40m3) available.

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and advanced level players.

First lesson is free! All you need to do is call 06 1456 4950 or email rdt_eitan@hotmail.com. Ethan 4-WK YOGA COURSE WWW. YOGACAFE.ORG Summer 4wks intensive yoga beginners courseisstartingon31July.For more information about the course and other weekly ongoingclassespleasevisitwww.yogacafe.org or send an email to info@yogacafe.org.

last few months. It will include an orientation morning, visits to 2 markets and lunch at a brown cafe. Call 423 3217 or visit http://access-nl.org

BASS LESSONS!Electric bass guitar and doublebass lessons offered by graduated bass player from the A’dam Conservatory. Learn different styles, from punk rock and funk to bossa nova, salsa and Jazz.

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YOGAYOGA.NLisopenallsummer long, offering daily Hatha yoga classes in A’dam, close to the Jordaan. Also Sun workshops, pre- and postnatal yoga, babymassageandasecondstudio especially for private yoga classes. Visit www.yogayoga.nl or call 688 3418.

LANGUAGES FIRST STEPS IN DUTCH Enroll in very special 2-wk summer course everyday Dutch for beginners. Lively course in heart of A’dam with opportunity to practice a lot. www.glossa.nl.

Improve conversation/professional purpose/ studies/NT2.

Also online. Min. indiv. rate €15/hr. Adults & children MonSat, 10.00-21.00. Also intensive courses. Min. intensive: 15 hrs=€215,55. www.excellentdutch.nl. New: Super intensive summer course. Info: excellentdutch@hotmail.com, 06 3612 2870.

CATALAN LESSONS Hi, my name is Anette and I speak very basic Catalan. I’m looking for a Catalan native who can help me improve my Catalan and learn it a little better. You can call me on 06 4524 8197.

PRACTICEENGLISHEnglish DUTCH LESSONS A'DAM Practice Group meets weekly

My name is Robert, mail me: rober176@sylconiamail.nl.

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250 for 20 hrs. Visit www.mercuurtaal.nl or call 693 4250.

MUSICIANS

ANNOUNCEMENTS CREATIVE PEOPLEWANTED Mediamatic is looking for designers, producers and other creative people who read Arabic or like Arabic culture, to work with us on great new project on contemporary Arabic culture. Great experience, some compensation. Come and work with us. Email annelies@mediamatic.net or call 638 9901.

GUITARIST OFFERS! Guitar lessons for ALL levels (Jazz, Brasilian, Funky, Folk, Pop ), group coaching, workshops, improvisation, composing, accompany in different music styles, music harmony, ear training and solfege. All of that and much more from experienced international performer and CALIFORNIA WRITER , in teacher. Tel 06 2956 4595.

A’dam, working on travel short stories. Looking fo Ludia/Folks PERSONALS with interesting jobs to meet TUESDAYS Hey girl, interview for stories. Please wannabe my tuesday lover? call Indré on 06 3404 0311.