Amsterdam Weekly: Vol 4 Issue 38, 20-26 September 2007

Volume 4, Issue 38

20 - 26 SEPTEMBER 2007 Are you a happy robot?

‘We’re just trying to create imagery’ page 7

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Building to explode Survival Research Labs set up shop at Robodock page 6

Breaking news: we’re happy! Or rather: satisfied! page 4 Spreading love among neighbours page 4 Getting fit with greasy snacks page 15 FOOD: Delectables for intellectuals p. 17 / FILM: The spice of Mexican cinema p. 18

Short List . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Music/Clubs . . . . . . . . . .11 Gay & Lesbian . . . . . . . .12 Stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Dining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Classifieds/Comics . . . .21

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Love is very much like an explosion: mix up two quite discrete—but magnetically attracted—sets of biochemicals and: kaboom. Love. (Social scientists, however, may beg to differ with this explanation of mankind’s highest goal.) But anyway, the concept of the ‘love bomb’ is a classic technique used by cults to recruit new members. Step one is to find someone who is starved of affection and who feels secluded inside an already detached world. Then, step two is to make them your best friend. Ignore their failings. Shower them with unconditional affection. Make them feel special. So, so special. Then, when they are suckered in, love is used as the reward whenever their failings in character need correcting. Use the love-bomb technique on your neighbours, starting today. If they stomp up and down in jackboots on their laminate floor, enough to nearly bring down your ceiling, send them an invitation to tea. If they play death metal at three in the morning, embrace and kiss them next time you see them on the street. They’ll come round, eventually. Love is the bomb.

On the cover BOOM! SHAKE THE ROOM Photo by Raimond Wouda

Next week Three film directors, three interviews

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UNDERCOVER THINGS by Arnoud Holleman

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AROUND TOWN Love for sale A mobile shop to help bewoners be neighbourly.

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By Anneloes van Gaalen

Oh, happy day!

A new study has the low country gettin’ high on joy.

By Sarah Gehrke It’s been all over the papers during the last few days: things are going great again in this country. People feel good about their jobs, they like the housing situation, they are satisfied with society.

They are not that bothered anymore by immigrants. They feel secure. They even trust the government! Gone are the dark days of pessimism and insecurity, gone are the post-Fortuyn and Theo van Gogh traumas. Holland is happy again!

The good news is brought to us by the Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau, compiler of De sociale staat van Nederland. This study, published every two years by order of the Tweede Kamer, aims at giving an impression of the population’s well-being. It combines social and economic statistics by the Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek with the results of several polls, conducted with over 6,000 people. By bringing together statistics and opinion polls, the report reflects the factual, or objective, well-being as well as the subjective perceptions of the population. The result is a 350-page sketch of the state of the nation.

‘The most remarkable aspect of the results of the study is that a large number of people are very optimistic again,’ says Rob Bijl, editor-in-chief of De sociale staat van Nederland. ‘The average ratings for overall satisfaction with Dutch society went up from 6.2 [out of ten] to

6.5. That might not sound all that much to you, but in fact it is an increase which was previously unheard of. I have never seen anything like this.

‘And it is reflected by the facts, too.

There is less crime and more people have jobs. The subjective well-being is, in fact, always strongly related to how the economy is developing. The more material comfort there is, the more choices people have in life. And being able to make choices is one of the most important factors of being content.’

So that’s fantastic! Everybody’s really happy! ‘Well,’ Bijl stops this enthusiasm before it becomes too much, ‘first of all it’s very important to distinguish between the terms “happy”, (gelukkig), and “content”, (tevreden). In our polls, we ask about both. And it is the ratings for tevredenheid which have gone up so much in comparison to two years ago, when a much more sombre mood prevailed. It’s also the category which is much more influenced by external factors, like the economy and personal circumstances, for instance income and education.’

What about happiness then? Thankfully, that’s looking pretty good as well.

‘We do ask the question “How happy do you feel?” too,’ says Bijl. ‘About eightytwo per cent answered “very happy” or “happy”. But this is no news. It has always been like that. During the last ten years, the percentage has always been somewhere between eighty and eightytwo per cent.’

The percentage of happy people, thus, is not only large, but also stable.

Bijl explains that the happy question is usually answered in relation to personal circumstances and private lives. There is a tendency to distinguish between general satisfaction with society, and satisfaction with one’s private life, and often there is a tension between those two aspects. As Bijl states in the first

‘Satisfaction’ rating sharpened from 6.2 to 6.5 —thanks to the choices to choose.

chapter of the report: ‘One creates an own safe haven, which protects oneself from the mean outside world.’

That way, how happy someone says they feel is less dependent on external circumstances. This shows in the evaluation of the interviews: there is no relation whatsoever between happiness and wealth. Or happiness and age. Or happiness and social status. Or happiness and education. Young, old, rich, poor, smart, stupid—they’re all just happy.

So, confetti all round—at least this time. The conclusion of the report stresses that the sense of satisfaction amongst the population fluctuates much more than the actual social and economic circumstances. In other words, people react too strongly to what happens around them. One reason for this is that incidents are presented in an exaggerated way in the media and by politicians. Any sense for relativity is lost, and with it, the probability for a stable outcome of the report over the years.

Furthermore, the old days of tolerance have not come back. In general, Dutch society has become stricter and less tolerant. Many think that more people (usually meaning ‘other people’ not themselves) have to be pointed to their responsibilities. The role of the government in this must, in the perception of many, become a strong one.

Another downside is that the report concludes that despite the high increase of the level of satisfaction with society, there remains a substantial minority that has its problems with the government, with increasing immigration, and with the restructuring of the social system.

And while the existence of this minority could be seen as a phase two years ago, it now looks as if it’s here to stay.

Sure, Amsterdam is a great city to live in. There are the picturesque canals and imposing canal houses. There are terraces, markets and shops in abundance, and all are located short bike rides from one another. But Amsterdam is also a cramped city, where housing comes at a premium, and your proximity to neighbours can be a bit overwhelming.

Most people who live in the city have probably rubbed up against the next-door neighbours from hell on at least one occasion. The kind who play music into the wee small hours, who fight then —aherm—‘make up’ at the tops of their voices, making you an involuntary witness to their marital bliss. And then, of course, there’s the hoarder: that eccentric neighbour who insists on bringing all sorts of junk into his home, which results in a mysterious smell in the hallway and the odd rodent.

But help is on the way! De Burenwinkel, a mobile shop, is roaming the streets of the city offering all sorts of gadgets and gizmos that will increase neighbourhood awareness and possibly result in better relations between those forced to live in close proximity to one another. Last Saturday, the shop started its tour d’amour at the Proef de Czaar Peter party on up-and-coming Czaar Peterstraat—to the delight of neighbours everywhere.

‘Bravo, bravo, bravo!’ One woman in the waiting crowd can hardly contain herself and starts applauding once De Burenwinkel rides into the street. The shop-on-wheels is running a bit late, but given the fact that its top speed is 25 kilometres per hour, and that it is filled to the brim with products—as well as the Sandberg students who helped design both the shop and what it sells— the delay is hardly surprising.

After a short welcome speech by two of the project’s initiators, Martijn Engelbregt and Saar van Blaaderen, the shop is officially opened and it is immediately bombarded with buyers. There is no room to move in the shop itself and, outside, the buyers are queuing up.

At first, the crowd mainly consists of friends and family of the designers involved, but soon local people come in to sneak a peek, their curiosity awakened by the happy tune that is coming out of the speaker and the free food that is handed out in honour of De Burenwinkel’s first run.

The shag-rug slippers being sold attract plenty of attention, as does the watering can with extra long hose that allows you to water your downstairs neighbours’ plants, as well. In fact, busi-

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ness is going so well that after a good hour the decision is made to close the shop: ‘We can’t sell out on the first day.

Tomorrow we have to go to Oost and we need to have products to sell there as well,’ says Van Blaaderen who, together with Lisa Boersen, started Liefde in de Stad with the aim of increasing tolerance and love in the city through art and culture. They joined forces with Sandberg to create De Burenwinkel, one outpouring of Liefde in de Stad’s annual autumn invitation to artists to come up with love-inducing initiatives. Other projects this year include a mural of kickboxing Moroccans by artist Arno Coenen on the corner of Nicolaas Beetsstraat and Kinkerstraat, as well as the group exhibition Love is like Oxygen at W139.

The grand finale is a mini-symposium at Paradiso on 23 September, which unveils the results of Liefde in de Stad’s study of Amsterdam neighbourhoods. For instance, did you know that homeless people are apparently best off in Westerpark, because that’s where there’s the most contact between residents and people with no fixed address?

And that Zeeburg, where Czar Peterstraat is located, has the highest rating when it comes to flirting?

Concept now reality.

And, indeed around the Burenwinkel, the flirting is increasing quickly, as more of the crowds start sipping the neighbourhood booze that the shop sells in the form of different brews like Bijlmer beer and Pijp pils. Van Blaaderen beams with joy about the success of the shop. ‘It’s always great to see an initiative come to fruition. This started out as an idea on paper and now we have a shop on wheels and actual products are being sold! What will I be buying? Well, I love the neighbourhood fish, where you share a pet fish with your neighbours. Everyone has it for a week, fills in the logbook and then chooses a random neighbour to adopt the fish for another week.’ It’s unlikely that the hoarder-neighbour will be into sharing his fish, but every type of neighbour is sure to love the Neighbour Promise: a black jewellery box that holds a key and a contract which you can offer to the person next door, vowing to be good neighbours and love, honour and respect each other until a move do you part. Genius. www.burenwinkel.nl www.liefdeindestad.nl

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IN THE EYE OF THE PROPANE-POWERED STORM

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his year Robodock turns 10, and they’re pleased as punch to have San Francisco’s Survival Research Labs (SRL) joining in the big birthday show. SRL, founded by Mark Pauline in 1978, is considered to be the foremost pioneer in the world of industrial performance art.

They’re known for appropriating thunderous and formidable machinery normally intended for military or industrial use, and tweaking it to suit their own twisted purposes.

After recently arriving here with over 45,000 pounds of devastating machinery, the crew quickly got to work reassembling some of their old favourites, including the V1 (a replica of a WWII German buzz-bomb engine modified to generate a continuously throbbing racket at 45Hz—you might want to bring earplugs) and the Hovercraft (loaded with a large industrial fan for lift, and four incandescent pulse jets for acceleration and steering which, altogether, at 150 decibels, is likely the loudest robot in the world—yeah, you should definitely bring earplugs). There’s also a few new creations, like the improved Mr Satan (a large face of you-know-who sculpted from a 300-pound block of solid stainless steel with a propane furnace

Before Survival Research Lab’s mechanical whirlwind is unleashed during Robodock, founder Mark Pauline shares trade secrets, and offers a glimpse at the inner workings of their notoriously explosive entertainment.

BY MARK WEDIN PHOTO BY RAIMOND WOUDA that discharges bursts of fire through his eyes and mouth) and the Flame Saucer (a deceptively small metal trinket on a pole that spits flames in all horizontal directions creating a forty-foot diameter blaze), and a dozen other contraptions, many of which will be set to destroy themselves by the end of the show.

If that weren’t enough, they also picked up an additional 20 tons of various metal objects from a nearby scrapyard. ‘There’s a reason why people don’t do the kinds of shows we do,’ says Pauline, as other oil-covered members of the crew amble around the large NDSM warehouse with welders and heavy metal hammers, ‘because, ultimately, it’s more or less impossible. We’re lucky. We have a really good crew of people and

we’—THAWOOM!—‘Oh, alright. That was a good one.’ Pauline glances over his shoulder at a giant wooden spool that has just been hurled into the air. ‘We’re making a launcher,’ he explains. ‘It’ll go a little faster than that. It’ll be up another ten degrees and then we’ll have a release that drops them. It’ll probably go twoand-a-half times that fast.’

Their shows are more than mere technical displays of cold steel and hot fire (and often various animal carcasses thrown in for good measure), they’re genuine theatrical events, missing only two things: human performers and any sense of subtlety. THATAKAFOOM! ‘Oh, hey. That went better. Just get her up a little higher and add a release mechanism... Yeah, that’ll work.’

Maintaining the faith Since the beginning, particularly with the larger shows, Pauline has carved out long wordy titles that bear a blatant smirk between the words. This year: ‘A Complete Mastery of Sinister Forces Employed With Callous Disregard To Produce Catastrophic Changes In The Natural Order of Events’. Gorgeous. But what does it all mean?

‘Historically, people have connected themselves with things more powerful than they actually deserve,’ explains Pauline. ‘That’s been a means to gaining power. We’re doing sort of a comedy show about that. It’s like a tribute to people who believe in magical things organised in a way to injure or kill people. Except we’re making fun of them.’

Often, the themes in the shows allude to political statements, messages of sorts, but in the end, they offer no clear answers, no clear statements. ‘We’re just trying to create imagery,’ says Pauline.

‘We try to get across an opinion, a style of looking at something. But there’s no language or communication that goes on in the show.’

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realising that perhaps the best thing to do to maintain sanity is to poke fun, and of course, watch your own ass.

‘It’s not an aloof activity,’ says Pauline.

‘I do the complicated parts on the machines and build a lot of them, most of them I do myself. It’s not like you’re some painter in New York, and you have someone do all your paintings for you, like the New York artists do lately. Everyone here is highly involved in the work. You never really get to like it that much, ’cause it’s so unpleasant to do. It’s not fun. We don’t have fun here. What we do is funny sometimes. It’s ridiculous. But it’s too much work to be fun.’

He’s not being facetious. After a slew of incidents early on—in 1982, he blew apart his right hand while preparing a rocket for a show (later, doctors sewed two of his toes on as fingers for added dexterity) and he was named a suspect in the FBI’s Unabomber case—Pauline quickly learned to take great care in his work (in some ways). Naturally, these and other episodes soon spurred him to cult figure status, which apparently means nothing to him. At times, he even seems unaware of it. He and SRL continue on, regularly spawning additional morsels for the grapevine.

Rumours pervade Understandably, a long-running show known for creating cataclysmic entertainment will have a number of tales following it around. Surprisingly—and gratifyingly—many of them are true. But a few exaggerations have been supplemented. There’s the story of Pauline’s involvement with some local squatters in the ’80s, who were undergoing yet another planned eviction. In some circles, the story has grown to legendary status, including a version with a giant robot that Pauline constructed to chase the police away.

While picking at cuticles on the ball of deformed flesh that is his right hand, Pauline sheds light on the official account.

‘We just helped ’em burn down the squat.

They said the police were gonna kick ’em out, and I said, well, do you wanna burn the entire building down in like, a minute?’ The squatters responded affirmatively —many enthusiastically—and Pauline gave them instructions in his characteristically dry, matter-of-fact way, as if explaining his grandmother’s recipe for pecan pie.

‘First thing you do is break out all the windows, then saw holes through the floors all the way to the ceiling and make a chimney, or a flue really, and break down all the doors between the rooms.

After that, we found these huge drums of wax, took some of it, cast things out of it and put the wax on rags and wood, while other guys made these huge fire piles on the bottom floor, and we helped ’em make a couple backpack flamethrowers and we let ’em borrow some big military smoke generators so they smoked in the police before burning the whole building down.’

Undoubtedly, none of this solved any of the squatters’ gripes, but it was probably more satisfying than holding hands and singing songs about freedom.

Reports have also come in about SRL shows requiring the audience to sign away their lives before entering a show. This is true. ‘Yeah, but that’s something the promoter does,’ explains Pauline. ‘I don’t make people do that. You can’t really sign

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It’s all gonna explode real good.

After a slew of incidents early on —in 1982, he blew apart his right hand while preparing a rocket for a show (later, doctors sewed two of his toes on as fingers for added dexterity) and he was named a suspect in the FBI’s Unabomber case— Mark Pauline quickly learned to take great care in his work (in some ways)... away your future rights, at least not in the US. In some ways it’s worse to have people do that. If you make someone sign away their future rights and then something happens, that could mean that you knew it was too dangerous for a person to be attending. People do it because they think it’ll trick people into thinking that they have no right to sue. That’s the only pretence. It certainly doesn’t protect you.’

Pauline makes no attempt to propagate any of the myths that surround him.

Countless articles have portrayed him as a furious agitator filled with hate for the world, a sweltering revulsion that’s fuelled his work for nearly 30 years. Naturally, with this in mind, meeting him for the first time may seem a bit daunting. But in person, he’s entirely affable and

relaxed—like an honest car mechanic whom you feel you can trust entirely with your vehicle. ‘Hmm, yeah. I can be pretty sarcastic, I guess.’ He has to think for a moment about the discrepancy between the reports and reality—most of the press seems to play very little in his own head.

‘Well, most of the people who write that stuff have probably never met me. I suppose people just assume that if you do anything sarcastic or satirical, then that’s the way you are. I don’t think I’ve ever been like that. I don’t know why people think that. But it’s fine with me. It keeps people off your back.’ Perhaps it’s comforting to know that the man who is considered by many to be the father of robotic hell, is really just a soft-spoken sweetheart, and a very good dad.

Child’s play Pauline beams when asked about his three-year-old son. ‘It’s great having a kid.

It’s nice to see him enjoying all the machines. He loves the machine shop, and cries when we try to make him leave.

I got him driving the forklift around. He can lift it up and move stuff around. He actually keeps me more focused because when I’m not doing parenting, and I have time for SRL, I try to make sure I don’t just dick around. I actually get more done these days.’ Happily, this doesn’t mean SRL don’t continue to enjoy a healthy amount of mischief. For these long-time pranksters, it runs in their veins.

‘I remember our New York City show in ’88, we made three million dollars of really perfect counterfeit money and blew it up in these leaflet bombs above the audience. Everybody took the money and spent it all over the city, so there was this wave of counterfeit money. I had some guy who didn’t speak English in San Francisco, and he made it for us. He made three colour plates... beautiful... we had the perfect paper...’ Pauline smiles with the memory. ‘Somehow we did it and left and I never heard anything from anybody about it. It was just one of those things, I thought it would be kind of cool and funny. There was a carnival next door. The carnies came the next morning and picked up the money still on the ground—all of it—they were swarming the place the next morning and they gave it back to people at their show as change.’

As for revealing recent off-the-record shenanigans, Pauline hesitates, then smiles. ‘I shouldn’t really talk about it... it’s just stupid stuff. But I think someone gave me a bunch of hydrogen generators and we made an eight-foot-diameter hydrogen balloon inside the shop. Then we brought it out and attached about ten pounds of [potentially explosive] magnesium and a fuse and let it go. It had about fifty or sixty pounds of lift. You could barely hold it down. It went probably thirty-thousand feet up in the air, hit the winds going thirty, forty miles an hour and it just headed over to Oakland. I have no idea what happened. I just know from the speed and the other physicists that were in the shop, they said it must’ve went that high.

‘And sometimes, you know, we just run the machines in the city [of San Francisco]. Take the V1 down to the city street and set it off for about five minutes, then drive away with it. It shakes all the buildings in the neighbourhood. We left and the police came and there wasn’t anything there. They didn’t know where it came from or what happened.

‘Just operating these things in public can be pretty destructive. Generally, I like the idea of doing those kinds of things in urban settings where you’re not supposed to do them, rather than in a setting where you’re supposed to—like out in a field in the middle of nowhere. People go to urban areas because they’re more exciting. So there needs to be some genuine excitement to make urban areas feel urban. And I’ve always liked to provide for that.’

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Paul Marshall (ZXZW), Saturday, Tilburg

FRIDAY 21SEPTEMBER Classical: Nederlands Kamerkoor The conductor of the Netherlands Chamber Choir has led Musicatreize, the vocal ensemble from Marseilles. That group’s music director has conducted here. Accordingly, it only seemed a matter of time before more bodies were moved about. And tonight, the singing summit happens, as the two bands join forces for an evening of 20th-century French music. First up, the home team will essay three works, including Dutch composer Peter-Jan Wagemans’ Drie Mallarmé Liederen, a new commission. Then Musicatreize will offer three tunes on its own, among them Patrick Burgan’s 1994 La Puerta de Luz. Finally, the groups will together perform two mainstays for double choir, Poulenc’s Figure Humaine (1943) and Maurice Ohana’s 1991 Avoaha, which also calls for two pianos and percussion. Ambitious and largely conceived, this should be a fascinating evening of cross-cultural cross-pollination. Klaas Stok conducts. As does Roland Hayrabedian. (Steve Schneider) Muziekgebouw, 19.30, €15.

Politics: Big Brother Awards 2007 Anyone entertaining thoughts of a gigantic Endemol gong show with bosomy babes and himbos lacking even one jot of shame, kindly leave the room now. This is a deathly serious political event, organised by the sadly now defunct Dutch NGO Bits of Freedom, with the aim of naming and shaming the country’s worst invaders of our privacy, in the categories of government, companies, persons and proposals. The nominees for snooping where they shouldn’t this year include everybody’s favourite bogeyman the Belanstingdienst (presumably just for being), NS (for those nosy OVchipkaarts), Google (for ‘excessive aggregation of user data’) and the suggested widening of the AIVD’s net. Speakers, including MEP Sophie in ’t Veld, will discuss privacy violations, and then the jury, consisting of professors and lawyers, chooses the winner (or perhaps that should be ‘loser’) in each category. There really is an award, too: a handsome bronze reproduction of (what else?) a boot stamping on a human face—forever. (Kim Renfrew) De Balie, 20.00, free.

Pop: Feist + Bob Wiseman Feist already has her fans. A singer who’s collaborated with Broken Social Scene and Kings of Convenience, she’s put out two solo albums—Let It Die and The Reminder—of fragile songs with solid beats from folk to electronic to bossa nova, which have both pretty much been canonised by critics and listeners everywhere.

She’s an easy sell. And she’s still cool, as evidenced by her bringing along fellow Canadian cult hero Bob Wiseman as her opening act. Another multi-instrumentalist individualist, Wiseman made his name a couple of decades back with country rock band Blue Rodeo (as keyboardist) before going solo to follow his own eccentric path of honest songs that are both intimate yet still darn odd (in an infectious way). There will be some serious listening going down tonight. (Steve Korver) Melkweg, The Max, 20.00, sold out.

Festival: Morricone Moods (B-OOST) There will be tumbleweeds a-tumbling along Oostelijk Handelskade this weekend—along with some eerie, lonesome whistling—at the third edition of B-OOST, the quirky festival that brings together equally quirky musical folks and multimedia artists. This year, the focus is on Ennio Morricone, the innovative soundtrack king of such spaghetti westerns as A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West. Taking place over three nights, B-OOST will present screenings, multimedia projects, concerts by the likes of trumpeter Eric Vloeimans and theremin player and multi-intrumentalist Fay Lovsky, and a live soundtrack performance of a Morricone movie that has not yet been shot—as provided by local alterno-heroes Ghost Trucker. See www.b-oost.nl for the full details.

(Steve Korver) Various locations, times and prices. Until 23 September.

SATURDAY 22 SEPTEMBER Rock: ZXZW The ZXZW festival is modelled after its American counterpoint, SXSW, or South by Southwest, in Austin, Texas. Over the years, SXSW has become a pivotal event for the independent pop and rock industry and ZXZW aims to have a similar international status. New bands and trends are gathered in Tilburg, which is not only situated in the southwest of the Netherlands but is also home to one of the country’s best stages for pop and rock music, 013. This weekend in particular, 013 and eight other locations are filled with the music, art and craziness that is currently stirring up the underground.

From buzzing bands like The Locust and Get Hustle to obscure acts like Planet Aids or Kiss the Anus of a Black Cat, ZXZW has enough in store to draw a mean-looking crowd. Even experienced cult artists like Psychic TV and Rhys Chatham are invited to strut their stuff. If you think you’re hip, you haven’t seen ZXZW yet. (Marinus de Ruiter) Various locations and times, Tilburg, €10 festival pass. Also 23 September.

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Art: A Way to Cross-Over The standard open ateliers day—you know: pop in an office, pick up a map, let your feet do all the work—has become commonplace on the artscape. De Bonte Zwaan complex in the Houthavens, however, is doing things a little differently. For one, on this open day it’s keeping the studio doors closed, and instead is organising a host of activities to keep visitors and creatives alike on their toes. Artficionados can take a boat trip with one of the 30 participating artists and quiz them on their work. (Presumably, if you don’t like the answers, you can make them walk the plank.) Films by and about the artists will be projected onto the student ship Rochdale One, while there’s dancing, drinking and scoff for those scared of overdosing on culture. And those who don’t want to go home can join the Sleep-Inn, with ghost stories and lullabies (though the 24-hour DJ roster might put paid to proper rest.) See www.bontezwaan.nl. (Kim Renfrew) De Bonte Zwaan (Sat 12.00-Sun 12.00), free. Also 23 September.

Classical: Opening Noorderkerk Concerten This season’s Noorderkerk Concert Series opens with the world-famous cello octet Conjunto Ibérico. Elias Arizcuren, recognised as one of the world’s leading experts on the cello, established the group in 1989 to specialise in original compositions as well as cello specialties from Spain and Latin America. The group combine the perfection of a string quartet and volume of a chamber orchestra with Mediterranean passion. On Saturday, they team up with soprano Marijje van Stralen to perform six pieces, including the première of Silvestre Revuelta’s Kinderliederen op teksten van Lorca, along with work by Philip Glass and others. The combination of western and southern European sounds is a delight to the ear and a wonder to witness, and the resonant Noorderkerk a special place to experience this remarkable group. Discover why the great Yo-Yo Ma called them ‘a treasure’ and Elias Arizcuren ‘a visionary who has achieved something unique.’ (David Lee) Noorderkerk, 14.00, €12.

World: Nuru Kane & Bayefall Gnawa Forget fusion music: we’ve now moved to micro-fusion. The high-octane Senegalese singer/guitarist Nuru Kane is an emerging master of Gnawa, a stirring, trance-like hotpot of churning rhythms and impassioned vocals. But he’s also close to the Sufi order known as Bayefall, and wanted to let music start a conversation between the two traditions. Kane thus founded a band that bridges these West and North African cultural expressions, and their debut in Amsterdam, as part of the 2006 Roots Festival, left folks reeling. Now featuring five members, all of whom sing, Bayefall Gnawa includes percussionists from Algeria and Morocco, as well as players of guitar and traditional African string instruments from Senegal and France. Expect energetic sounds both soulful and kinetic—and a nudge towards the development of true nanoculture.

(Steve Schneider) KIT Tropentheater, 20.30, €18.

MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER Multimedia: PICNIC 07 It’s a conference, a festival, an international schmoozefest—and it’s a hell of a lot of money. PICNIC 07 is the second celebration of cross-media convergence, with the aim of bigging-up Amsterdam as the place for it to converge. For the chunky fee, you’ll hear innumerable artists, designers, philosophers and media honchos speak, gain access to more than 60 events offering dozens of workshops, masterclasses and tutorials, and a night programme of entertainment from Red Bull Soundclash to video mash-ups. This year, there is a special focus on creative China. And happily, there is one free bit (though registration is required): on Friday and Saturday, the Come Out & Play Festival turns Amsterdam into a playground where hundreds of people get to participate in urban games across the city, from GPS-phone soccer, to a real-world version of the classic computer game Snake, to CounterSquirt (team-based water pistol rampages), all featuring innovative use of public space aimed at fostering new human interactions and altering the perception of players’ surroundings. See www.picnicnetwork.org.

(Jules Marshall) Westergasfabriek, festival pass €950+BTW day pass €495+BTW. Until 29 September.

WEDNESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER Multimedia: Beamlab Live Back after a summer holiday, Beamlab—that Petri dish of multimedia debate, discussion and development—are inaugrating their new season with this multiplatform, multivalent, multitasking, multiall-and-sundry evening of visual culture, under PICNIC 07’s motto: ‘uncork your brain’. Easing the stopper out this evening are Ramon Schreuder, who introduces his I_AM sound device, where the listener is also the composer; Rotterdam’s V2 Instituut voor de Instabiele Media, who test out new media art ideas; and Daan Brinkman, who wins prizes for his interactive installations which tiptoe the line between art and technology. Less highbrow fun comes from VJs The C-Men, who’ll be providing resolutely lo-res visuals using a couple of Commodore Amiga 1200s. The whole event is hosted by the prolific multimedia boffin Frank Alsema. See www.beamlab.nl for the whole shebang. (Kim Renfrew) Pakhuis de Zwijger, 20.00-00.00, free.

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CLUBS Thursday 20 September Dialogues Musical communication and improv collaborations featuring DJs Alicat, Clean Cut and Stylie Miley, and musicians Janey, Fransje (Code Orange), Wouter Suren (The Tone Travellers) and Tier Bakker.

Club 8, 22.00-04.00, €5 Pony vs Donkey Kong Rampaging sets from Wannabe a Star and Sanyi. Flex Bar, 22.00-04.00, €5 80’s Verantwoord Surprise, surprise! A new round of ’80s dance classics. Hotel Arena, 23.00-04.00, €12 We Gaan Vreemd The already seedy world of Thursday night electro gets weirder and weirder. Sugar Factory, 23.00-05.00, €8.50 Riot! One room of electro, pop, house and bailefunk.

The other dishes out hiphop and R&B with no regrets.

Studio 80, 23.00-late, €7.50, free before 00.00

Friday 21 September Betty en Billie’s BeatBoutique ’60s, soul, nostalgia and keiharde hits. Pacific Parc, 22.00-03.00, free Freitag Get Perlonized Attempting the electronic Perlon impossible with Stephen Beaupre (live), Zip and Ramchez. Flex Bar, 22.00-07.00, €10 Click With Stefano Richetta, Philip Young, Carlos Valdes, Vincenzo de Bull, Esther and Zomar. Westerliefde, 22.00-late, €10 Power vs Power Techno, hardcore and drum & bass.

Stubnitz, 22.00-late, €5

Zsa Zsa’s PRIK Bingo, see Sunday

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GAY& LESBIAN Thursday 20 September Exhibition: Monument van Trots Exhibition about the Homomonument, housed in the gay and lesbian archive’s new home. See www.monumentvantrots.nl IHLIA-Homodok, until Sunday 6 January

360 Sets from Pantha du Prince (Paris), Patrice Bäumel and Nuno dos Santos. 11, 22.30-04.00, €12

Friday 21 September

LFTFLD Art and music galore. Club 8, 23.00-04.00, €8

Club: Women’s night Busy, popular night for lesbians and their friends. Tonight DJ Roest. Cafe Sappho, 22.00, free

De Revolutie House, hiphop and funk. Odeon, 23.0005.00, €13

Fashion Radio Featuring the Intifada Soundsystem and friends. Studio 80, 23.00-late, €7.50

Club: Mr Furball Election Cast your votes for the hairiest fella in the house. Entertainment provided

by DJs De Nachtzuster, Miss Wendy and Mike Kelly.

VJ Zanne provides the election special visuals. But will there be a swingometer? Melkweg, 22.00 05.00, €18

Diamanten und Raketen Big beats and funky breaks with a German twist. Sugar Factory, 23.59-05.00, €10

Saturday 22 September

Steppin’ Up Hard, harder and hardest dance beats from Tom Harding, Bas & Ram and The Invisible DJ. Melkweg, The Max, 23.00-05.00, €17 + membership

Saturday 22 September IChiOne Modern breakbeats, drum & bass and art can be found in various forms, with three rooms hosting a collection of international and local acts. Studio K, 21.00-04.00, €10 Reggae Recipe With a live set from The Caroloregians (BE), the spicy Jamaican sounds of DJs Flavio Bacardi and Shing-a-Linger, plus tasty Caribbean snacks. Winston Kingdom, 21.00-04.00, €7 Hed Kandi Big name dance grooves from Jim Breese (UK), Miles Nation (UK), Steven Quarré and a host of Amsterdam regulars. Hotel Arena, 22.00-04.00, €25 Live at the BBQ Scorching hiphop, soul and R&B that’s almost good enough to eat. Just needs some sauce. Bitterzoet, 22.00-04.00, €7.50

Conference: 2007 Symposium over biseksualiteit The topic of this year’s symposium on bisexuality is ‘Van Kinsey naar Klein—biseksualiteit, gedrag en identiteit’. The day is full of workshops and panel discussions, and there’s a party afterwards. COC, 10.30-17.30, €25 individuals; €50 organisations; €10 party; €30 pass Club: Xpress New open-minded party with sexy cocktails and snacks. Cafe Sappho, 21.00, free Sex club: Empire Party Down and dirty hardcore fetish night for gay men who like leather. DJs play progressive house, but that’s just a side dish to the main repast of play areas, glory holes and special performances. The Vault, 22.00-late, €20

Pixel Deep dub and tech house from London duo Swayzak, plus DJs Estroe and Carlos Valdes. 11, 22.30-04.00, €12

Club: Candy Milkshake Bringing all the boys—and quite a few girls, too, going by the turntablists—to the yard, this new night, in a new section of the Escape complex, pumps out R ’n’ B, hiphop and Latin house, courtesy of scene stalwart DJs Natarcia and Covergirl Sunny. Escape Studio, 23.00-05.00, €10

Rauwe Vrouwen Electro, minimal and tech-house, with a feminine touch. Odeon, 23.00-05.00, €10

Sunday 23 September

Related 1 Year Anniversary With Kenny Dope Gonzalez (USA), Terry Hunter (USA), Copyright (UK) and Benny Rodrigues. The Powerzone, 23.00-05.00, €20 Amsterdamaged presents the Metalheadz Breakneck drum & bass from Commix (Metalheadz) plus the hardest Amsterdam bass freaks. Studio 80, 23.00late, €10 Jamrock The Ganja Edition, so dress in green. All your favourite reggae grooves. Paradiso, 23.30-05.00, €15 Afrodisia A new club night that celebrates sexy world music and an open minded view. Sugar Factory, 23.59-05.00, €10

Wednesday 26 September Helter Skelter Rock ’n’ roll, pop, electronica and forgotten classics, a dance night to please the musical purists rather than the fad followers. Sugar Factory, 23.00-04.00, €6.50

Games night: Zsa Zsa’s PRIK Bingo Zsa Zsa Gaybar hosts a full house for her prize bingo. Up for grabs are big prizes, tasty dinners and gift vouchers galore.

PRIK, free

Tuesday 25 September Games night: Series Night Tonight’s televisual taster is the original Queer As Folk, the no-holds-barred look at British gay life that changed the face of television forever. PRIK, 19.00, free

Wednesday 26 September 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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STAGE Opening Theatre: Hotel Alaska Handtheater presents the story of a man and a woman who meet in a hotel. While traditionally the group’s performances are solely mime and sign language, this dialogue is between a deaf character and a hearing person. Frascati, (Tues, Wed 21.00), €12 Theatre: Ik ben weg Ger Thijs’s fourth play for Het Toneel Speelt tells the story of two closely knit artist friends and the woman they love. With Mark Rietman and Peter Blok. In Dutch. Stadsschouwburg, (MonWed 20.15), €12-€25 Performance: DieSpace PIPS:lab have set up the first internet community for the deceased. Well, they claim it’s the first, but it’s hard to believe there’s not already a bustling dead community out there online. A mixture of comedy and freaky concepts, the performance is pulled together using laptops, cameras, light sensors and songs. Frascati, (Tues, Wed 20.00), €12 Music/Theatre: Zeeuwse Nachten 2 How far do we go to defend indigenous culture? From the folks at Volksoperahuis comes a performance about Holland, and in particular, the culture of immigration. All in a playful music style, naturally. In Dutch. De Brakke Grond, (Tues, Wed 20.30), €14 Music/Theatre: Peter en de Wolf Family performance based on Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf. In Dutch. Carré, (Fri, Sat 19.00, Sat also 14.00, Sun 12.00, 16.00), €10-€35 Cabaret: Natuurlijke Selectie Absurd satirical and musical sketches from NUHR. In Dutch. Meervaart, (Fri, Sat 20.15), €21 Dance: Compañia de Baile Jesús Herrera The award-winning Flamenco star performs his latest work Alma Flamenca. KIT Tropentheater, (Fri 20.30), €20 Music/Theatre: Visnijd A musical and maniacal fairytale from theatre group BloodyMary, about two ancient sisters trapped alone in a remote house by the sea—until one day, a young man washes up on the shore. In Dutch. Theater Bellevue, (Thur, Fri, Sun, Tues, Wed 12.30), €14 Festival: Lang Zullen wij Leven A theatre festival with more than a hint of scientific flair. Colourful and visual, performances are intimate and entertaining.

What’s more, you can choose your own route with most performances repeated two or three times per night. See www.langzullenwijleven.nl. Binnengasthuisterrein, (Thur-Sat 19.30), €8/€10 Cabaret: De Prins op het Witte Paard Acclaimed and slightly bonkers Flemish cabaret from Begijn le Bleu. In Dutch. Theater Bellevue, (Thur-Sat 20.30), €13

Ongoing Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Show In English and Dutch. Comedy Cafe, (Thur-Sat 21.00, Fri, Sat also 23.30), €10/€15 Comedy: Comedytrain A lively selection of stand-up comics. In Dutch. Toomler, (Thur-Sat 20.30), €13.50 Theatre: Sexual Perversity Birgit Schuurman, Kurt Rogiers and Cas Jansen star in this acclaimed piece, which was nominated for the Toneelpublieksprijs. In Dutch. Theater Bellevue, (Thur-Sat 20.30), €19.50 Theatre: Roman Tragedies Merging Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, Julius Caesar and Anthony and Cleopatra into one big play about politicians going down. Watch either in two parts on separate nights or opt for the sixhour marathon. In Dutch. Stadsschouwburg, (Thur, Fri 20.15, Sat, Sun 14.30), €25-€39 Dance: Pulse / Onderstebavo Krisztina de Châtel always looks for different ways of doing contemporary dance. Dansgroep Vanuit Marlies will also perform Onderstebavo. Westerkerk, (Thur, Fri 20.30), €16 Performance: Duitse Nachten Get ready to be Germanified with kunst, kitsch, and cabaret from host Sven Ratzke. Sugar Factory, (Fri 21.00), €13 Dance: Blessed Choreographer Meg Stuart, Portuguese dancer Francisco Camacho and sound designer Hahn Rowe. De Brakke Grond, (Fri, Sat 20.30), €14 Dance: Hans van Manen Festival Het Nationale Ballet celebrate the 75th birthday of renowned choreographer Van Manen with a series featuring some of his most famous works. Sat features Programme 3, Mon/Wed features Programme 4. Het Muziektheater, (Sat, Mon, Wed 20.15), €20-€37.50

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20-26 September 2007

ART Opening Claudy Jongstra Diverse works from the artist and textile designer. Lloyd Hotel (Daily 08.00-01.00), opens Thursday, until 4 October Barcelona 1900 Celebrating the astonishing transformation of this vibrant city between 1880 and 1909. In this period, Barcelona underwent an impressive architectural development and flourished socially and artistically, reflected in paintings, drawings, sculptures and designs by the likes of Picasso, Isidre Nonell, Santiago Rusiñol, Alexandre de Riquer, Ramon Casas and Gaudí. Van Gogh Museum (Mon-Thur, Sat, Sun 10.0018.00, Fri 10.00-22.00), opens Friday Melvin Moti: E.S.P The latest film by Rotterdam artist Melvin Moti combines hypnotically slow-moving images of a bursting soap bubble with the story of the dream logs kept by JW Dunne, a British military officer endowed with paranormal powers. Stedelijk Museum CS (Daily 10.00-18.00), opens Friday, until 4 November Mikhael Subotzky: Beaufort West The South African town of Beaufort West lies halfway down the busy motorway between Cape Town and Johannesburg. In the centre, on a roundabout, there is a prison. Fascinated by this remarkable phenomenon, Mikhael Subtozky photographed life in and around the jail.

Foam (Sat-Wed 10.00-18.00, Thur, Fri 10.00-21.00), opens Friday Wannes Ketelaars & Quoc Thang Art meets fashion installations in this collaborative exhibition between Tilburg artist Ketelaars and Thang of Malaysia. Chiellerie (Daily 14.00-18.00), opens Friday, closing Wednesday Working Apart Together How do young architects currently function in Amsterdam? How do they go about setting up their own firms, and with whom do they seek to collaborate? How do they find and finance their office premises? This exhibition not only offers young architects a platform, but also provides insight into the daily experiences of young urban creatives. ARCAM (Tues-Sat 13.00-17.00), opens Saturday, until 17 November Inger Kolff: Niet voor de poes Recent paintings.

Suzanne Biederberg Gallery (Wed-Sat 14.00-18.00), opens Sunday, until 18 October Planet Ocean Another outdoor photography exhibition hits Amsterdam. This time it’s the oceanic photography of Haarlem-born Dos Winkel. While the shots are undoubtedly beautiful, an ecological theme runs throughout the collection. Stopera (Daily), opens Wednesday, until 27 November

Museums 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 Movimento Dance photos by Joris-Jan Bos. Theater Instituut Nederland (Mon-Fri 11.00-17.00, Sat, Sun 13.00-17.00), until 2 October Art Moves Art in Red Light presents works from more than 30 international artists, taking in installations, paintings, photography and multimedia art. Oude Kerk (Mon-Fri 11.00-17.00, Sun 13.00-17.00), until 8 October Bestemming Amsterdam Creative futuristic visions of metropolis Amsterdam, presented by 19 artists making use of a diverse array of disciplines. Zuiderkerk (Mon 11.00-16.00, Tues-Fri 09.00-16.00, Sat 12.00-16.00), until 17 October Hans Eijkelboom Over the past few years, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom has worked in three of the world’s megacities: Paris, New York and Shanghai. Like a consummate sociologist, Eijkelboom focused his camera on hundreds of individuals who all behaved or dressed in the same way. These shots were then chronicled and presented according to a set pattern as a catalogue of minute forms of human behaviour. Foam (Sat-Wed 10.00-18.00, Thur, Fri 10.00-21.00), until 21 October Noorderlicht One of the premier photography festivals in the Netherlands, but yes, it does require a journey north to Groningen. Well worth it, though.

This year’s theme is ‘Act of Faith’, with 130 photographers from all over the world offering probing documentary images about belief, and so on. Various locations, Groningen (various times Tues-Sun), until 28 October

Mikhael Subotzky, Foam, see Opening

Michaël Borremans: Veldwerk A respected photographer, graphic designer and also painter, now the Belgian artist is taking on the medium of film, with this solo exhibition featuring the first peak at his cinematic works. De Appel (Tues-Sun 11.00-18.00), until 4 November Thomas Zipp: White Dada Solo exhibition of works by the Berlin artist, who writes texts and music, makes paintings, drawings, sculptures, objects, collages and photos, which he brings together in room-filling installations. De Appel (Tues-Sun 11.00-18.00), until 4 November Valérie Belin The first major overview of works by acclaimed French artist Belin (1964). Over the past seventeen years she has worked on an oeuvre comprising some 20 series of still-lifes and portraits. Most of these were photographed in strong and highly contrasting black and white, and are suitably striking, but her latest work is in colour, adding a new dimension.

Huis Marseille (Tues-Sun 11.00-18.00), until 25 November Meesterwerken uit de Gouden Eeuw Around one hundred 17th century drawings by Dutch artists, borrowed from the collection of Jean de Grez.

Rembrandthuis (Mon-Sat 10.00-17.00, Sun 11.0017.00), until 25 November The Present Order Group show exploring themes of sci-fi, pop and pop culture. De Hallen (Tues-Sat 11.00 -17.00, Sun 12.00 -17.00), Haarlem, until 25 November Heringa/Van Kalsbeek: Cruel Bonsai The first ever major museum solo exhibition by artist duo Heringa/Van Kalsbeek. Their extravagant sculptures appear at once poetic and slightly morbid and are inspired principally by nature in all its capricious irregularity. Stedelijk Museum CS (Daily 10.00-18.00), until 6 January 2008 Chairs of Rank and Distinction Chairs. Yes, chairs.

Bloody expensive chairs. Posh chairs. Sometimes even pretty chairs. Museum van Loon (Wed-Mon 11.00-17.00), until 14 January 2008

Galleries Oude Werken Rednose Distrikt DJ Toby Paul curates this creative expo. Participants include Kristina Mirova, PIPS:lab, Cremola Baby and Hotmamahot. Chiellerie (Wed-Sun 14.00-18.00), closing Friday Jos van Gessel Colourful landscape paintings inspired by trips to Russia and Finland. Galerie Bart (Thur, Fri 11.00-18.00, Sat 12.00-17.00), closing Saturday ILAP & Karel Goudsblom Featuring the video installation La Spazzatura. Horse Move Project Space (Fri-Sun 14.00-20.00), closing Sunday Cathelijn van Goor: Time Makes Everything Falls Apart Drawings and paintings which have the feeling of film stills, capturing a moment in time. Kattenbak Oost (Daily 14.00-18.00), closing Sunday Valérie Belin Three photo series by the French artist: Objets de Venise, Bodybuilders and Palettes. Maison Descartes (Mon-Thur 10.00-18.00, Fri 10.00-17.00), until 27 September Gijs Assmann: Have Faith Drawings and sculptures.

De Praktijk (Tues-Sat 13.00-18.00), until 29 September

Florian Göttke Two works: Anthroprosaic is a group of small bronze monkeys in a model of a decrepit high rise building. The photograph ‘Friedrichsfelde Zoo Berlin Ruins’ shows monkeys living in real ruin, in an enclosure in the East Berlin Zoo, built from rubble of bombed out Berlin after WWII. METIS_NL (Wed-Sat 13.00-18.00), until 29 September Cécile Verwaaijen: Een Onbevangen Blik Colourful portraits of boys and girls, some with a touch of old Dutch classicism. AYAC’S (Fri, Sat 13.00-17.30), until 29 September Expo This summer, De Levante gives carte blanche to Rietveld artists from Iran, Israel and Turkey. De Levante (Wed-Sun 13.00-17.30), until 30 September Happy II Tease After the success of last year’s collective exhibition of gay artists, the ABC Treehouse Gallery presents diverse works by ten new painters and photographers. ABC Treehouse (Thur-Sun 13.0018.00), until 30 September Platform 21=Folding A cross-section of the current developments in the world of folding—be it a sculpted paper dress by designer Zoe Bradley, the innovative forms architect Sophia Vyzoviti devises, or the amazingly constructed shoes of Marloes ten Bhömer. Platform 21 (Thur-Sun 12.00-19.00), until 30 September Somewhere Else An expansive installation by Lucia Luptukova, who has created a work that both stands in the gallery space and is itself an access point to areas of W139 that are not normally accessible: a system of corridors that meanders diagonally through the various layers of the building. Inside this new organic space, she has created display room tailor-made to accommodate the work of other artists. W139 (Daily 11.00-19.00), until 30 September Love is Like Oxygen Group exhibition as part of Liefde in de Stad. Participants getting loved up include Jonas Ohlsson, Gil & Moti, Joel Tauber, Erin Dunn, Ulrike Möntmann, Arno Coenen and The Rainbow Soul Club. W139 (Daily 11.00-19.00), until 30 September Movement[s] Solo exhibition by Jamain Brigitha, who photographed and filmed five well-known dancers in public spaces. Melkweg Galerie (Wed-Sun 13.00-20.00), until 30 September 3rd Rockabilly Art Exhibition Diverse artworks celebrating the rockabilly genre. De Cantine (Daily 12.00-17.00, 18.00-22.00), until 30 September Buenos Aires-Amsterdam Photos by Marc van der Aa. artKitchen (Wed-Fri 12.00-17.00, Sat 13.00-18.00), until 30 September Checking In Works by students of the Vrije Vormgeving of the Sandberg Instituut. Lloyd Hotel (Daily 08.00-01.00), until 30 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 Eindexamens Fotografie Photos by Derk Alberts, Ruth Catsburg, Cassander Eeftinck Schattenkerk, Niek Geurts, Nathalie van Helvoort, Ernst van der Linden, Eyal Pinkas and Sabina Theijs. Amsterdams Centrum

20-26 September 2007 voor Fotografie (Wed-Fri 13.00-17.00, Sat 11.00-17.00), until 6 October Johannes Girardoni, Paul Raguénès Diverse objects from French artist Raguénès and Austrian Girardoni.

Galerie Roger Katwijk (Wed-Sat 12.00-18.00), until 7 October Extra-Room Getting global with artists like Lucio Auri, Mat Brinkman, Knut Henriksen, Jeroen Jacobs and many more. Arti et Amicitiae (Tues-Sun 13.00-18.00), until 7 October Ik liet alles lopen One big space, in which separate installations by Bart Scheerder, Arjen Lancel, Sander Goosen and Mies Baars both grow together and reject each other. Arti et Amicitiae (Tues-Sun 13.00-18.00), until 7 October Judith Quax: Sporters Photographs of diverse sports competitors in action. Het Ketelhuis (Wed, Sat, Sun from 13.00, Mon, Tues, Thur, Fri from 16.00), until 7 October Andres Serrano, Joanneke Meester New York artist Serrano presents the series Cycaden. Meester, AKA ‘scary skin sculptor’ from Kunstvlaai 2004, presents the installation ‘Need You’, featuring a large aluminium frame in which mutilated dolls hang and seedy mysteries unravel. Artspace Witzenhausen (Wed-Sat 12.00-18.00), until 12 October Falke Pisano New works that originate from the artist’s ongoing investigation into the curious existence of objects and the linguistic possibilities of the structure and properties of matter. Also works by Steve Van den Bosch. Ellen de Bruijne Projects/Dolores (Tues-Fri 11.00-18.00, Sat 13.00-18.00), until 13 October Hearts & Bones English artist Jodie Carey presents an installation of memorial slabs made of lard, adorned with flowers created from newspapers stained with coffee, tea and blood. There’s also a batch of raw and honest oil paintings by Brit Paul Haworth. Galerie Gabriel Rolt (Wed-Sat 12.00-18.00), until 14 October Laser 3.14: A Room at the Overlook Hotel The words (and more) of local street artist Laser 3.14 find themselves locked up indoors for once. Wolf & Pack (Sun, Mon 13.00-19.00, Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat 12.00-19.00, Thur 12.00-21.00), until 19 October Summercamp Installation, video and photographs by Yael Bartana. Annet Gelink Gallery (Tues-Fri 11.0018.00, Sat 13.00-18.00), until 20 October Christien Jaspars: DO Emotional, poetic and beautiful photographs. Hup Gallery (Tues, Thur, Fri 10.00-17.00), until 31 October Kutlug; Ataman: Küba/Paradise A solo exhibition by Turkish artist Kutlug; Ataman, comprising two major video installations. Each work examines a community striving to construct an ideal place in their own way, although from radically different political, social, cultural, and economic points of departure. bak (Wed-Sat 12.00-17.00, Sun 13.00-17.00), Utrecht, until 16 December

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LEKKER BEZIG earn their kroketten ‘It all started out JACKIE SIMONS the hard way: with when I was still at Playwright and Energy Saver the help of exercise theatre school,’ says machines they first Jackie Simons. ‘I had had to generate the always been writing energy that was drama, and when I needed to keep the wanted to test what I fryers going. That’s had written, I put on not only healthier, performances where but also environI invited the audiment-friendly. ence to read out my ‘Becoming a texts. Seeing other mother made me people performing become more aware the texts was a way of environmental to see if what I had issues. I began to feel conceived at home on more responsible, my desk would really and started thinking work if it was spoken about ways to save out aloud.

‘Because of lack ‘Those performances took energy. And really, it of money, those perplace at the most bizarre is strange if you think about it: ever formances took place locations.’ since we are born, we at the most bizarre create energy—by locations. One play I

By Sarah Gehrke screaming first, then staged in a caravan by walking... I think by the motorway. it is good to approach the issue that Another one, in IKEA. It was good fun. way, rather than the other way round.’

Sometimes I just made people read out The Fitness-Snackbar was realised long love declarations to me.’ in collaboration with Philips, and at From making her audiences perthe moment Simons is in talks with form her plays themselves, Simons got Rabobank and Stichting DOEN to plan the idea for the CATShuis. It is a madea permanent location. to-measure film set at which Simons’ In the meantime, Simons is planorganisation Mevrouw CAT offers the ning performances of short historical possibility for everyone to make their plays in her own house, an 18th-centuown film. Out of a ‘menu’, customers ry building. She also continues can pick a script written by Simons. writing plays. The next chance to see Then a writer, a cameraman, a sound (and play) some of these will be in technician, a director and a make-up October, during the NDSM Kunststad artist stand at their disposal for creatopening. ‘There’ll be different little ing their own movie. surprise pieces performed in the lift of But theatre and film aren’t the only the NDSM Kunststad,’ she says. ‘And things Simons is keeping herself busy I’m also thinking of a dramatic love with. ‘I try to make at least one instalstory. On a boat. That would be nice, lation per year,’ she says. The last one wouldn’t it?’ of these got her quite a bit of publicity: It was the ‘Fitness-Snackbar’. At this www.mevrouwcat.com mobile snack bar, customers had to

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EVENTS Discussion: Dizkuzz Everything you need to know about the music industry that you’ll wish you didn’t once you know it. Tonight’s focus is on internet promotion, the evils of MySpace and the like. Paradiso, (Fri 19.00), free, reserve at info@dizkuss.nl Discussion: Saul Friedländer With the Israeli historian and author of The Years of Extermination. In English. Aula UvA, (Thur 15.00), free Festival: Robodock Machinistic entertainments of industrial proportions. See www.robodock.org and article on page 6. NDSM-werf, (Thur 19.00-02.00, Fri 17.00-03.00, Sat 15.00-06.00), €20-€27.50 Debate: Reflections on cultural change in Mexico and its cinema Academics, film-makers and critics discuss some of the changes Mexico has undergone. In English. See article p. 19. De Balie, (Thur 19.30), €7 Architecture: Skyscraper Weekend The first ever skyscraper built in Europe was in Rotterdam and today it is almost the only European city centre where you can live in one. The programme includes the ‘Most Beautiful Skyscraper in Rotterdam’ contest, the Skyscraper Open Day, performances, excursions, talks and a book launch. Various locations, Rotterdam (Thur-Sat, various times), various prices Art/Music/Performance: CC Show & Talk The best of creative Amsterdam, promising glimpses into theatre, dance, design, art, music, architecture and beyond. Pakhuis de Zwijger, (Fri 20.00), free Big Brother Awards 2007 Naming and shaming ceremony of nosy parkers. See Short List. De Balie (Thu 20.00), free Art: A Way to Cross-Over An open ateliers with a difference: the studios are closed. See Short List. De Bonte Zwaan, (Sat 12.00-Sun 12.00), free Event: Pogo Record Pogo your way into the Guinness Book of Records. The bounce starts at the

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MUSIC Send listing suggestions at least two weeks in advance to agenda@amsterdamweekly.nl

Thursday 20 September Classical: Rose de France A harmonium performance by Nico Declerck. Orgelpark, 20.15, €12.50 Pop/Rock: Amsterdamse Popprijs Sets from Captain Krisp & The Pirates, Power Plant, Roodkapje & Het Blauwe Gevaar, Liquid, The Drive By Vendettas and Stella Reeves. OT301, 21.00, €6 Pop/Rock: Bloemetjes Buiten Winston Kingdom, 21.00, €5 Experimental: Nista Nije Nista Four international women, voices, computers, saxophone and sewing machines. Seriously. Stubnitz, 21.00, €6 Jazz: Susanne Alt Quartet The sax player launches her new album Delight tonight. Yet again full of original works, expect an evening of soul and funk fusion with a touch of Latin. Bimhuis, 21.00, €14 Rock: The Ex & Getatchew Mekuria These anarchistic art punks love Ethiopia, and with the Ethiopian millennium rolling around, what better time for them to take to the road with their good Ethiopian friend, saxophonist Getatchew Mekuria. Presenting the CD Moa Anbessa.

Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 21.00, €15 + membership Heavy: The Real Amsterdam Underground Sets from Horrör (Spain), Siberia (Spain) and Montgomery Burns. OCCII, 21.00, €5 Bluegrass: Hackensaw Boys A modern bluegrass ensemble with banjo plucking fun and swaying acoustic strums. Paradiso, Kleine Zaal, 21.30, €11 + membership

The Decemberists, see Saturday

Singer-songwriter: Rob Klerkx Acoustic pop. Blijburg, 21.00, €5 Heavy: Muziek Kapot Moet! Sets from Cutting Pink With Knives (UK), Antitainment (Germany) and GTUK (Germany). OCCII, 21.30, €5 Rock: A Band Named Ca$h Tribute to the Man in Black. Maloe Melo, 22.00, €5 Folk: Tim O’Shea & Gerald Culhane (See Thursday) Mulligans, 22.00, free

Folk: Tim O’Shea & Gerald Culhane Irish duo. Mulligans, 21.30, free

Saturday 22 September

World: Shantel & Bucovina Orkestar A Noodlanding! special with the Balkan party sensation. Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 23.00, €12.50

Rock: ZXZW The Dutch version of US rock festival South by Southwest. See Short List. Various locations and times, Tilburg, €10 festival pass

Friday 21 September

Classical: Opening Noorderkerk Concerten Cello octet Conjunto Ibérico, led by Elias Arizcuren. See Short List. Noorderkerk, 14.00, €12

Contemporary: Nederlands Kamerkoor Teaming up with the French choir Musicatreize for works by Ohana, Poulenc and others. See Short List. Muziekgebouw, 19.30, €15 Pop: Feist This Canadian songstress has blossomed this year following the release of The Reminder, mixing mild electronic grooves, indie rock and folk guitar.

See Short List. Melkweg, The Max, 20.00, sold out

Pop/Rock: The Decemberists Frontman Colin Meloy gets all the kudos for his ‘literary’ folk indie rock, turning songs into mini-novels bustling with murder, misery, love, despair and a hearty dash of humour.

Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 19.30, €17 + membership World: Nuru Kane & Bayefall Gnawa A hot mix of Senegalese melodies and North African rhythms. See Short List. KIT Tropentheater, 20.30, €18

Pop: The Pinker Tones Spanish duo with danceable electronic music, easy tune, soul and pop. Van Gogh Museum, 20.00, museum entry cost

Pop/Rock: Amsterdamse Popprijs Sets from Dog Called Phenix, T.IF.T, Dr Vonk, Red over Black, Usquaire and Labcane. De Valk, 21.00, €6

Classical: Johannette Zomer & Fred Jacobs Soprano and organist performing works by Boësset, De Viseé, Charpentier, Johnson, Lawes, Humphrey and Purcell. English Reformed Church, 20.15, €12.50

World: Angelique Kidjo Contemporary Afrobeat grooves, incorporating jazz, soul and pop influences.

Her latest album, Djin Djin, was released, featuring guest spots from the likes of Carlos Santana, Alicia Keys, Peter Gabriel and Amadou & Mariam. Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 21.00, €25 + membership

Experimental: Jerome Noetinger & Lionel Marchetti, Kapotte Muziek Electronic music has a history dating back over 50 years. Improvised music as a movement independent of jazz has a history at least as long. Tonight’s concert tackles both, but the two performances are entirely analogue. STEIM, 20.30, €5

Electronica: Stateless (B-OOST) Breakbeats, rock and soulful vocals from this new Brit sensation. Cafe Pakhuis Wilhelmina, 21.00, €6 Pop: Ming’s Pretty Heroes Soft pop act from Rotterdam. Skek, 22.00, free Rock: Monotonix Noisy riff-rockers from Israel.

OT301, 22.00, €6 Blues: The Shufflekings Maloe Melo, 22.00, €5 Folk: Tim O’Shea & Gerald Culhane (See Thursday) Mulligans, 22.00, free

Sunday 23 September Ghost Trucker Pop/Rock: Ghost Trucker (B-OOST) The band, fronted by Roald van Oosten, reconstructs works by Italian maestro Ennio Morricone. See Short List. Cafe Pakhuis Wilhelmina, 21.00, €7.50 Jazz: Morricone Moods (B-OOST) A multimedia project in which improvised electro acoustic space jazz, alternative pop-scapes and live edited images of Morricone films are combined. See Short List. Bimhuis, 21.00, €16 Pop/Rock: My Vanity Project, John Carrie & Moor Green Fantasio (Nationaal Pop Instituut), 21.00, €7

Classical: Mike del Ferro (B-OOST) More Morricone, performed this time by the pianist. See Short List. Lloyd Hotel, 14.00, free Contemporary: Aurelia Saxofoon Kwartet Official Dutch presentation for their CD Spiritual Overdrive.

Muziekgebouw, 15.00, €15

by Vince Mendoza. Guests include cellist Ernst Reijseger, rapper Raymzter and world-champion whistler Geert Chatrou. See Short List. Muziekgebouw, 20.30, €20 Heavy: Metal Sunday Sets from Bloodsessions, Pound and CeLiCe. Winston Kingdom, 21.00, €5 Jazz: Willem Breuker Kollektief Diverse jazz from the playful collective, led by saxophonist and clarinetist Breuker. Bimhuis, 21.00, €16 Reggae: Zion Train British acid dub outfit, presenting a mix of old and new electro reggae and dub tracks.

Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 21.30, €12 + membership

Monday 24 September Pop/Rock: The Cliks Mainstream guitar pop from Toronto. Paradiso, Kleine Zaal, 20.00, €7.50 + membership World: Swinging Addis Combines Ethiopian music, Asiatic sounding pentatonics and a bouncy, irregular rhythm with American soul, jazz and funk. Tonight offers diverse sets from Alèmu Aga, and Alèmayèhu Eshèté & Bandume’s Band with Getatchew Mekuria.

Bimhuis, 21.00, €16 Experimental: DNK-Amsterdam Weekly concert series for new live electronic and acoustic music. Tonight’s guests are Yoke + Yohs and Moha! OT301, 21.30, €4 Latin/Jazz: Rumbatá Led by percussionist Jaime Rodríguez, who skillfully intertwines rhythms from cultures such as his native Colombia. Sugar Factory, 22.00, €8.50

Tuesday 25 September Pop/Rock: The Tragically Hip After 20 years of recording, this somewhat predictable bunch are still going strong. Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 20.30, €25 + membership Singer-songwriter: Faith and the Muse Gothic folk, with the duo marking the 10th anniversary of their Vera Causa tour. Stubnitz, 21.00, €10

Wednesday 26 September Contemporary: Calefax Reed Quintet Works by Steve Reich, Wouter Snoei, Luca Francesconi (premiere), Maarten Altena and Jacob ter Veldhuis.

Muziekgebouw, 20.30, €17.50 Pop/Rock: The Tragically Hip (See Tuesday) Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 20.30, €25 + membership Jazz: Ferenc Kovács’ Beli Buba Hungarian jazz dialogues, featuring violinist and trumpeter Kovács, sax player Mihaly Dresch, cymbalist Kálmán Balogh and bassist Matyas Szandai. Bimhuis, 21.00, €14 Punk: Gehakdag Punk and hardcore live sets. Maloe Melo, 21.00, €5

Pop/Rock: Animal Liberation Orchestra Californian surf pop outfit, currently signed to Jack Johnson’s Brushfire Records. Paradiso, Kleine Zaal, 20.30, €12.50 + membership

Rock: Now Hear This! Melodic yet dissonant tunes from Boutros Bubba; Scottish/German/Dutch/Indonesian hybrid outfit Ponypack; and trashy Haagse rock ’n’ roll duo Tiger String Ensemble. OT301, 21.00, €5

Contemporary: Metropole Orkest (B-OOST) Performing eclectic arrangements of classic Morricone compositions and a new interpretation of The Mission

Rock: State Radio Reggae meets guitar rock, but no, it’s not The Police. Paradiso, Kleine Zaal, 22.15, €7.50 + membership

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16 Stedelijk, and ends at the Tropenmuseum. Stedelijk Museum CS, (Sun 10.00), free Discussion: Liefde in de Stad Everything you need to know to lead a loving Amsterdam existence. See article p. 4. Paradiso, (Sun 20.00), €7.50 Quiz: Broeinest The second year that teams fight for the Maretje Arens Cup. Plantage Doklaan 8-12, (Mon 20.00), free Multimedia: PICNIC ’07 Cross-media convergence, including the Red Bull Soundclash, with C-mon & Kypski vs Lefties Soul Connection. See Short List and www.picnicnetwork.org. Westergasfabriek, (Mon-Wed various times), various prices Design/Shopping: Woonbeurs Everything you need to know about contemporary home interior design. Bewoners selling their home to the devil can apply to www.woonbeurs.nl. RAI, (Tues, Wed 10.0022.00), €15 Multimedia: Beamlab Live Multimedia madness.

See Short List. Pakhuis de Zwijger, 20.00-00.00, free

ADDRESSES 11 Oosterdokskade 3-5, 625 5999 ABC Treehouse Voetboogstraat 11, 423 0967 Amsterdams Centrum voor Fotografie Bethaniënstraat 9, 622 4899 Annet Gelink Gallery Laurierstraat 187-189, 330 2066 De Appel Nieuwe Spiegelstraat 10, 625 5651 ARCAM Prins Hendrikkade 600, 620 4878 Arti et Amicitiae Rokin 112, 624 5134 artKitchen Joris van den Berghweg 101, 622 3422 Artspace Witzenhausen Hazenstraat 60, 644 9898 Aula UvA Singel 411, 525 4791 AYAC'S Keizersgracht 166, 638 5240 Badcuyp 1e Sweelinckstraat 10, 675 9669 bak Lange Nieuwstraat 4, Utrecht, 030 231 6125 De Balie Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10, 553 5151 Bimhuis Piet Heinkade 3, 788 2150 Bitterzoet Spuistraat 2, 521 3001 Blijburg Bert Haanstrakade 2004, 416 0330

De Bonte Zwaan Houthavens (by Pont 13) De Brakke Grond Nes 45, 626 6866 Cafe Pakhuis Wilhelmina Veemkade 576, 419 3368 Cafe Sappho Vijzelstraat 103, 423 1509 De Cantine Rietlandpark 373, 419 4433 Carré Amstel 115-125, 524 9452 Chiellerie Raamgracht 58, 320 9448 Club 8 Admiraal de Ruyterweg 56B, 685 1703 CoBrA Museum Sandbergplein 1-3, Amstelveen, 547 5050 COC Rozenstraat 14, 623 4079 Comedy Cafe Max Euweplein 43-45, 638 3971 Consortium Veemkade 570, 06 2611 8950 DanceStreet 1e Rozendwarsstraat 10, 489 7676 Desmet Studios Plantage Middenlaan 4A, 521 7100 Ellen de Bruijne Projects/Dolores Rozengracht 207A, 530 4994 English Reformed Church Begijnhof 48, 624 9665 Escape Studio Amstel 70, 030 231 1577 Fantasio (Nationaal Pop Instituut) Prins Hendrikkade 142, 428 4288 Felix Meritis Keizersgracht 324, 626 2321

20-26 September 2007 Flex Bar Pazzanistraat 1, 486 2123 Foam Keizersgracht 609, 551 6546 Frascati Nes 63, 626 6866 Galerie Bart Bloemgracht 2, 320 6208 Galerie Gabriel Rolt Elandsgracht 34, 785 5146 Galerie Roger Katwijk Lange Leidsedwarsstraat 198-200, 627 3808 De Hallen Grote Markt 16, Haarlem, 023 511 5775 Horse Move Project Space Oosterdokskade 5 Post CS Hortus Botanicus Plantage Middenlaan 2A, 625 9021 Hotel Arena ’s-Gravesandestraat 51, 850 2400 Huis Marseille Keizersgracht 401, 531 8989 Huis Rechts Vinkenstraat 154 Hup Gallery Tesselschadestraat 15, 515 8589 IHLIA-Homodok Oosterdokskade 143, 5230 900 Kattenbak Oost Celebesstraat 1 Het Ketelhuis Westergasfabriek, Haarlemmerweg 8-10, 684 0090 KIT Tropentheater Mauritskade 63, 568 8711 De Levante Hobbemastraat 28, 671 5485 Lloyd Hotel Oostelijke Handelskade 34, 419 1840 Maison Descartes Vijzelgracht 2A, 531 9500 Maloe Melo Lijnbaansgracht 163, 420 4592 Mediamatic Post CS, Oosterdokskade 5, 638 9901 Meervaart Meer en Vaart 300, 410 7777 Melkweg Lijnbaansgracht 234A, 531 8181 Melkweg Galerie Marnixstraat 409, 531 8181 METIS_NL Lijnbaansgracht 316, 638 9863 Montevideo/Time Based Arts Keizersgracht 264, 623 7101 Mulligans Amstel 100, 622 1330 Museum van Loon Keizersgracht 672, 624 5255 Muziekgebouw Piet Heinkade 1, 788 2010 Het Muziektheater Amstel 3, 625 5455 NDSM-werf TT Neveritaweg 15, 330 5480 Nieuwe Kerk entrance on the Dam, 638 6909 Noorderkerk Noordermarkt 44, 626 6436 OCCII Amstelveenseweg 134, 671 7778 Odeon Singel 460, 624 9711 Orgelpark Orgelpark, 51 58111 OT301 Overtoom 301, 779 4913 Oude Kerk Oudekerksplein 23, 625 8284 P/////AKT Zeeburgerpad 53, 06 5427 0879 Pacific Parc Polonceaukade 23, 488 7778 Pakhuis de Zwijger Piet Heinkade 179-181, 788 4444 Paradiso Weteringschans 6-8, 626 4521 Pathé De Munt Vijzelstraat 15, 0900 1458 Persmuseum Zeeburgerkade 10, 692 8810 Plantage Doklaan 8-12 Plantage Doklaan Platform 21 Prinses Irenestraat 19, 344 9449 The Powerzone Spaklerweg, 681 8866 De Praktijk Lauriergracht 96, 422 1727 PRIK Spuistraat 109, 06 4544 2321 RAI Europaplein 22, 549 1212 Rembrandthuis Jodenbreestraat 4, 520 0400 Ronmandos Prinsengracht 282, 320 7036 Skek Zeedijk 4-8, 427 0551 SMART Project Space Arie Biemondstraat 107-113, 427 5953 Stadsschouwburg Leidseplein 26, 624 2311 Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam Rozenstraat 59, 422 0471 Stedelijk Museum CS Oosterdokskade 5, 573 2911 STEIM Utrechtsedwarsstraat 134, 622 8690 Stopera Waterlooplein 22, 551 8117 Strand West Stavangerweg, 682 6310 Stubnitz Odinakade, NDSM-werf Studio 80 Rembrandtplein 70, 521 8333 Studio K Timorplein 62, 692 0422 Sugar Factory Lijnbaansgracht 238, 627 0008 Suzanne Biederberg Gallery 1e Egelantiersdwarsstraat 1, 624 5455 The Vault Prins Hendrikkade 194 Theater Bellevue Leidsekade 90, 530 5301 Theater Instituut Nederland Herengracht 168, 551 3300 Theater Lantaren/Venster Gouvernestraat 133, Rotterdam Toomler Breitnerstraat 2, 670 7400 Under the Grand Chapiteau Next to ArenA, 621 1288 De Valk IJplein 3, 637 2155 Van Gogh Museum Paulus Potterstraat 7, 570 5200 Verzetsmuseum Plantage Kerklaan 61, 620 2535 Volta Houtmankade 334-336, 628 6429 Voormalig Volkskrantgebouw Wibautstraat 150 W139 Warmoesstraat 139, 622 9434 Westergasfabriek Haarlemmerweg 8-10, 586 0710 Westerkerk Prinsengracht 281, 624 7766 Westerliefd Klönneplein 4-6 Winston Kingdom Warmoesstraat 129, 623 1380 Wolf & Pack 232 Spuistraat, 427 0786 Zuiderkerk Zuiderkerkhof 72, 552 7987 ’t Blijvertje Derde Oosterparkstraat 64h

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Open office, open mouths De Balie Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10, 553 5130 Open: Sun-Thurs 10.00-01.00, Fri, Sat10.00-02.00 Cash, PIN Thanks to wireless internet, De Balie is an excellent spot for creative souls to park and gaze off into cyberspace, while collectively enjoying the isolated company of other laptoppers. An office for those who don’t have one. Great for meeting potential clients, refreshment or just sitting, peacefully reading newspapers.

My De Balie memories—besides watching good theatre—include a gustatory time-flip, when the celebrated Johannes van Dam created a Moroccan Christmas Dinner combined with storytelling in Arabic, as the auditorium transformed into a restaurant with tables and chairs. The menu that day was couscous, instead of roast turkey and traditional jolly ho-ho fare, and the starter was one of the best wild mushroom soups I have ever eaten: it was a thick puree, blended with cream and herbs. The flavour still haunts me to this day.

And now on this day, many years later, I sit again in De Balie, looking at and pleasurably sniffing my soup of the day (forest mushroom again, €4.50), anticipating the tasting. These were big chunky cut ’shrooms, sautéed in butter and herbs.

The broth was light, creamy and well-seasoned. I bit into the chewy fungi, relishing them. They were succulent and lovely. I pulled my soft toast to pieces, before dunking it in. Delicious.

My belly nudged me: ‘Is that all?’ it quavered.

‘More!’ I looked at the menu again.

THE UNDERCOVER GLUTTON These were big chunky cut ’shrooms, sautéed in butter and herbs. The broth was light, creamy and well-seasoned. I bit in to the chewy fungi, relishing each one.

Lunch included a spicy garlic-prawn sandwich. I dribbled as I quibbled. What about one with hummus, beetroot and coriander? I pondered these weighty matters.

I finally settled for a Turkish bread tosti with gooey melted cheese, tomato and spicy Turkish sausage (€3.75). That should silence my grumbling tum.

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Some nights before, at the Amsterdam Fringe Festival, my greedy eyes were watching other customers wolfing down brimming plates, and so I had to order the same.

I ate spaghetti with mint pesto (€12.50), accompanied by a salad that included grilled summer veggies, fresh leaves and mozzarella. It was light and satisfying. The textures were interesting: a roast cherry tomato with extra tomato slices, grilled green asparagus, mixed salad, and a lovely dressing dribbled all over. Some basil leaves clinched the deal.

The dinner menu changes every two months.

The chefs, Roel and Alvin, are inspired by Mediterranean food, mainly French and Italian.

How does curried lamb shank with lemon pilaf rice and carrot salad appeal to your taste buds?

Steamed fish in a Noilly Prat-butter sauce, with little fried potatoes and green snow-pea pods should set you on course for a delightful dinner experience.

Dessert? Well, the sharp and rather refreshing-sounding lemon cheesecake with fresh strawberries and yoghurt ice cream caught my eye. But instead, I opted for a new take on an old-fashioned classic: meringue-topped lemon cheesecake (€3), which was as light as a dream, and a subtle, rich and marvellous eating experience. A fresh mint tea counterbalanced the sweetness.

But what piqued my curiosity most from the dinner menu was the dark chocolate mousse with Campari syrup. I’ll save that one for next time.

And then maybe I’ll have two.

Because De Balie is one of Amsterdam’s main cultural centres, it attracts visitors from all over and the kitchen is inspired by all the different appetites of its global clientele.

It’s a great place to feast on culture and on food: why stick to the bland and boring? Let fusion in food and style raise the flag!

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20-26 September 2007 Dreaming of a new Mexico.

Mexican cinema is the hottest thing since the microwave burrito. Cinemaztlán festival show why.

LOOKING FOR THE LIFE THEY WANT FILM Cinemaztlán Mexican Film Festival Until Sunday at De Balie, Melkweg and Studio K. All films in Spanish with English subtitles.

By Marinus de Ruiter

Ver llover (‘Watching It Rain’), the 14minute slice of realism that opens the festival Cinemaztlán, portrays a youthful

romance that casually touches the issues Mexico is facing today—and at the same time shows how hot Mexican cinema has become. Its director, Elisa Miller, recently saw her debut win the Golden Palm for best short at Cannes.

The opening scene shows two adolescents crossing a road through heavy traffic.

The girl, Sofia, leads. From the other side, she calls to Jonas, who is obviously scared.

In the course of the film we see Sofia fearlessly conquering new challenges while Jonas hesitates. Like many young people in Mexico, Sofia dreams of a life away from her poor hometown.

Mexican cinema is undergoing a revival. Carried along by the success of directors such as Alejandro González Iñárritu (Amores Perros, 21 Grams, Babel), many young film-makers have started coming up with exciting films. ‘It’s as if we are trying to eradicate stereotypes of poor Mexicans,’ says Miller.

Ver llover was recorded in a typical dead-end village near where Miller grew up. The director explains her affinity with Sofia’s choices. ‘She goes on a quest for the life she wants to lead, even if that seems insecure,’ says Miller. ‘I have done the same, searching and finding the life I wanted, even if that meant taking a risk.’

In rural Mexico, it is often men who leave home in search of better prospects.

In Miller’s film, both protagonists’ fathers are gone. In contrast, Jonas’ watchful but loving mother, Teresa, keeps him close to home. In a way, the boy represents Mexico as a new democracy, caught between heritage and the future.

The country has a long cinematic history but, right now, Miller believes, it’s the duty of film-makers to occupy themselves with pressing social issues, like the neglect of education and culture in the current right-wing environment. ‘We definitely have a responsibility towards our country,’ she says. ‘Now we at least have the opportunity to say what we think.’

Part of Cinemaztlán is a series of debates, with participants including the prominent Mexican film critic Carlos Bonfil. Miller herself will take part in a discussion on the influence of cultural change on Mexican cinema. It’s clearly not just her own film: others in the festival deal with similar themes.

Hamac Casiim: Fuego sagrado portrays the cultural schism in the most direct way. The blazing documentary follows a rock band trying to keep traditional songs alive by playing them punk style. On a darker note, En el cielo como en la tierra (‘On Earth As It Is in Heaven’), an intense short by Natalia Lopez, sees two street kids on the verge of crime and violence. Although not all films in the festival are as hopeful as Ver llover, the immense talent displayed by the young actors and film-makers involved makes this a festival of considerable promise. See website for the full programme. www.cinemaztlan.net

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FILM Edited by Julie Phillips.This week’s films reviewed by Lisa Alspector (LA),Massimo Benvegnù (MB), René Glas (RG),Luuk van Huët (LvH),JR Jones (JJ),Dave Kehr (DK),MarieClaire Melzer (MM),Mike Peek (MP),Gusta Reijnders (GR),Jonathan Rosenbaum (JR) and Bregtje Schudel (BS).All films are screened in English with Dutch subtitles unless otherwise noted. Amsterdam Weekly recommends.

Festivals Cinemaztlán A festival of new films from Mexico, one of the hotter current cinema scenes. All films with English subtitles. See article above. De Balie, Studio K Iranian Film Festival The second Iranian Film Festival comes to Utrecht from 21-23 September, with a programme including animated films, video clips, live music and more from a thriving creative culture.

The feature lineup includes realistic accounts of drug addiction and other social problems, but also the fantastic film Do You Have Another Apple? and the poetic love story Nocturnal. Documentaries include Red Card, about the notorious murder of a football star’s wife, and Iran, My Lonely Land, a Dutch doc about the hopes of the young graduates of Iran’s many film schools. Films are in Farsi or Arabic with English subtitles. Louis Hartlooper Complex MadMex The Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1950s and ’60s also had its own B-movie parallel world. Films like The Aztec Mummy vs the Human Robot (1957) and Planet of the Female Invaders (1965) were low-budget sensations that drew audiences with robots, aliens, scantily clad women and celebrities. Among the five recently restored highlights

WATCH OUT FOR THOSE WALLS! Repulsion Filmmuseum

Half Nelson

screening at the MadMex minifest (part of Cinemaztlán) is Santo vs the Martian Invasion (1966), featuring the legendary Mexican wrestler Santo, who never appeared in public without his silver mask. On Sunday at 20.45, film researcher Vania Rojas will discuss (in English) this nearly forgotten side of Mexico’s cinematic history. All films in Spanish with English subtitles. (MdR) Melkweg Cinema

New this week Half Nelson This is not your run-of-the-mill flick about a dedicated, idealistic young teacher who pushes a class full of prospectless youngsters to unexpected heights.

Sure, the description fits teacher Dan, played by Oscarnominated Ryan Gosling, but the thing is, he turns out to be the worst-possible role model. He is a secret drug addict, secret until one of his students (Shakeera Epps) finds out. Half Nelson is a harsh but heartfelt experience, with impressive acting by all involved. Gosling is especially striking as a self-destructive, misguided shell of a man who tries but ultimately fails in everything he does. Directed by Ryan Fleck. (RG) 106 min. Kriterion Iklimler Bahar, a young television director, and Isa, a middle-aged teacher, are breaking up during a summer holiday in Kas, on Turkey’s Aegean coast. Isa

blames the age difference, but in fact the problem is his affair with another woman. In rainy Istanbul the sequence of poetic images is disrupted by a long shot of rough sex. Isa decides to follow Bahar to Agri, where she is shooting a movie. Breathtaking shots of falling snowflakes follow, but will Isa be able to win back broken-hearted Bahar? Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, with himself and his wife Ebru Ceylan in the starring roles, Iklimler (‘Climates’) uses the director’s familiar technique of long steady shots and natural sounds to tell a sad love story in which the weather and beautiful landscapes reflect two people’s sorrowful separation.

In Turkish with Dutch subtitles. (MH) 97 min. Rialto A Mighty Heart Mariane Pearl’s 2003 memoir about the terrorist kidnapping and murder of her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, is ideal material for a suspense film, and this docudrama manages to be gripping even though the outcome is no mystery. Closely adapted by John Orloff, the movie functions as a police procedural, with the journalist’s pregnant wife (Angelina Jolie) and a team of US and Pakistani officials struggling to navigate the Islamic underground of Karachi as they search for Pearl. But Orloff also captures the book’s human drama, as Mariane tries to remain hopeful in a steadily darkening situation, and its international sweep, as the rescuers are frustrated by tensions between Pakistan, India and the West. Director Michael Winterbottom

is known for his war-zone dramas (Welcome to Sarajevo, In This World), and his crisp documentary style enhances the emotionally charged story. (JJ) 108 min. Cinecenter, The Movies, Pathé De Munt, Pathé Tuschinski Once A scruffy Dublin busker (Glen Hansard, in real life the frontman of indie rock band The Frames) finds his personal groupie in a young Czech flower seller, who becomes his songwriting partner and muse. Together, they form a band and decide to record a demo tape to send to the London record executives. This tiny little film has its charms: the spontaneity of its performers, the Irish settings, and lots of great folk-rock songs that help you through its 90 minutes and its thin plot, which seems borrowed from one of those early MGM ‘Let’s-put-on-a-show’ musicals. But if you’re looking for more substance, Once might not be enough for you. (MB) Cinecenter Transe A devastating film about trafficking in women by Portuguese film-maker Teresa Villaverde. Sónia, a young Russian, is forced into prostitution in Western Europe in a theme that recalls Lucas Moodysson’s Lilja 4-ever. But in style Villaverde is closer to David Lynch, and at times the film’s tone approaches pure horror. In Portuguese with English subtitles. 126 min. Filmmuseum

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Special screenings Akira Set in the metropolis of Neo-Tokyo 30 years after an atomic bomb has been dropped on Tokyo Bay, this superviolent epic (1988) borrows liberally (if unimaginatively) from Blade Runner, The Road Warrior, Japanese disaster movies, Brian De Palma’s telekinesis movies and SF writer Alfred Bester to create the equivalent of the dullest of all possible computer games. Based on the graphic novel by Katsuhiro Otomo, who scripted and directed this adaptation. In Japanese with Dutch subtitles. (JR) 124 min. Cavia Babel In a North African desert, two bored boys herding goats decide to try out their gun. The shot causes a chain reaction that changes the lives of an American couple (Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett), a rebellious, deaf teenage girl in Japan and a Mexican au pair caring for two American children. According to director Alejandro González Iñárritu, this is the third film in a trilogy that began with 21 Grams and Amores Perros.

It’s all about relationships, love in the midst of adversity and communication. In many languages with Dutch subtitles. 142 min. Pathé Tuschinski Bells Are Ringing One of Vincente Minnelli’s minor musicals (1960), drawing the great body of its charm from its lead performer, Judy Holliday. (DK) 114 min. Filmmuseum Open Air Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) Acclaimed director Tim Burton’s remake of Roald Dahl’s classic story about a poor boy who finds a ticket to tour Willie Wonka’s magnificent chocolate factory. Johnny Depp plays the eccentric Willie Wonka, who leads a tour through a maze of delights and horrors. 106 min. Cavia Chernobyl Reclaimed: An Animal Takeover Peter Hayden’s new documentary shows animals taking over a town abandoned by humans, in a nature park marked off by a nuclear disaster. As wildlife adapts to houses and streets, cats and dogs must learn to live in the wild. 50 min. Het Ketelhuis Cowards Bend the Knee The title of this 64-minute, 2003 video by Guy Maddin (The Saddest Music in the World) refers to its having been commissioned as a gallery installation for the Rotterdam film festival, to be watched through a succession of arcade-style peep-show machines. Screening here as a self-contained work, it seems Maddin’s most personal project yet: the hero is a hockey player named Guy Maddin; his mother, like Maddin’s, runs a beauty salon; and Maddin even casts some of his own family members.

But the overall feel is phantasmagoric—pitched, like most of Maddin’s work, in the style of a half-remembered late silent feature or early talkie. (JR) 64 min. iLLUSEUM Ed Wood Tim Burton’s charming black-and-white fantasy biopic about the late Edward D Wood Jr (Johnny Depp), a writer/director/actor at the lowest reaches of no-budget film-making who won posthumous cult status by virtue of his eccentric personality (as a straight transvestite) and his very personal form of ineptitude. Wood’s singularly miserable and abject career, which ended in alcoholism and indigence, is magically transformed into the feel-good movie of 1994, radiating tenderness (at least for the guys; nearly all the women are regarded as betrayers and spoilsports). (JR) 127 min. Cavia Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix The fifth part of the Potter film series is out, and the audience will be even further divided. Fans of the treeware version will no doubt love the audiovisual Order of the Phoenix, with its plot twist and turns and spectacular finale. But this episode, directed by newcomer to the series David Yates, offers more exposition aimed at the final two episodes of the Potter saga than an actual narrative with closure of its own. Those without any knowledge of the background stories will be left utterly bewildered or, worse, entirely uninvolved with Harry and Co.’s adventures. Either way, for the most epic experience, head for the Pathé ArenA cinema where they show the IMAX version, featuring the action-packed finale in full 3D. Whether you’re a Potter aficionado or not, seeing the film like this really is magical. (RG) 138 min. Cinema Amstelveen, Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt

Jacob’s Ladder A powerful psychological horror film (1990) about a recently returned Vietnam vet (Tim Robbins) plagued by nightmarish visions he doesn’t understand. Thanks to a remarkable script by Bruce Joel Rubin and the directorial skills of Adrian Lyne (whose infernal vision of New York City is even more effective here than in Fatal Attraction), this works as both a stream-of-consciousness puzzle thriller, offering the viewer not one but many ‘solutions’, and an emotionally persuasive statement about the plight of many Americans who fought in Vietnam. Robbins fully meets the unusual demands of his part, and Elizabeth Peña and Danny Aiello are

equally impressive. Chosen and introduced by novelist Hafid Bouazza. (JR) 115 min. Rialto The Man with the Movie Camera Dziga Vertov’s 1928 Russian film amounts to a catalogue of all the tricks movies can perform. As a newsreel cameraman travels through a city, Vertov transforms the images captured by his camera through a kaleidoscope of slow motion, superimposition, animation and wild montage effects. The film’s real influence did not emerge for another 40 years, when it was taken up by American structuralist film-makers on one side of the Atlantic and by French neo-leftists on the other. (DK) 69 min. Filmhuis Griffioen Marock Rita and Youri, two privileged high school students in Casablanca, fall in love. The only trouble is, she’s Muslim, he’s Jewish. Laïla Marrakchi’s modern romance caused controversy when it came out in Morocco last year, but it was also a huge hit. In French with Dutch subtitles. 100 min. Studio K Moonstruck Good, corny fun develops when ItalianAmerican widow Loretta Castorini (Cher) falls in love with her fiance’s brother, Ronny Cammareri (Nicolas Cage). Director Norman Jewison and screenwriter John Patrick Shanley milk the New York settings, accents and folkways for all they’re worth (1987). (JR) 102 min. Rialto

My Dinner with Andre In Louis Malle’s celebrated two-character drama (1981), actor and playwright Wallace Shawn and theatre director Andre Gregory discuss their lives over a leisurely meal. 111 min. De Nieuwe Anita Once Upon a Time in the West Sergio Leone, famous for his spaghetti westerns shot in Spain, dared to invade John Ford’s own Monument Valley for this 1969 epic. He brought back a masterpiece, a film that expands his baroque, cartoonish style into genuine grandeur, weaving dozens of thematic variations and narrative arabesques around a classical western foundation myth. With Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson and Claudia Cardinale. (DK) 165 min. OBA Orpheus Jean Cocteau’s surrealistic transposition of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to post-occupation Paris, where Death emerges from memories of the Nazis. As Orpheus, Jean Marais is a projection of Cocteau himself, an established poet who feels the resentment of the younger generation of artists; by courting Death, he hopes to revitalise his work. This 1949 French feature is densely allusive and often imponderable in its use of cryptic, highly personal images, yet the dream atmosphere is so powerfully realised that the obscurities, rather than offending, contribute to the emotional effect. In French with Dutch subtitles. (DK) 95 min. Filmmuseum Repulsion Roman Polanski’s first film in English (1965) is still his scariest and most disturbing.

Catherine Deneuve gives an impressive performance as a quiet and quietly mad beautician living with her older sister in London and terrified of men. When the sister and her boyfriend take off on a holiday, her fears and her isolation in the apartment are allowed to fester along with the uncooked food, with increasingly violent and macabre results. As narrative this works only part of the time, and as case study it may occasionally seem too pat, but as subjective nightmare it’s a stunning piece of film-making. (JR) 106 min. Filmmuseum The Robber Symphony A young Italian musician discovers stolen money in his piano and goes on the lam, pursued by both the police and the musical thieves, in this odd 1936 British surrealist film in which music (played by the London Symphony Orchestra) rather than dialogue is used to convey the action. A tremendous cult hit in the Netherlands, The Robber Symphony played at the Uitkijk well into the 1960s.

136 min. Pathé Tuschinski The Tango Lesson Writer-director Sally Potter plays herself in this wistful 1997 pipe dream, set in Paris, London and Buenos Aires, about learning the tango from a master (Pablo Verón). She’s always dreamed of being a dancer, he’s always dreamed of being in a film, and the main problem between them in this joint enterprise is who gets to lead—a metaphorical premise that’s milked for everything it’s worth, and then some. But when Potter and Verón are dancing— which is at least half the time—the movie becomes rapturous and joyful, so who cares if she’s being presumptuous? Robby Müller’s luscious cinematography, Verón’s remarkable dancing and Potter’s film-making, for all its ups and downs, wind up carrying the day.

Screening as part of the Hans van Manen festival, selected (along with Repulsion, Cocteau’s Orpheus and Visconti’s The Damned) by Van Manen himself.

(JR) 100 min. Filmmuseum

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20 ers, irreverent remakes and torture porn. No disposable hottie-of-the-month in the lead here; instead we get the always likeable John Cusack. He plays troubled Mike Enslin, writer of corny haunted house books (wink, wink), whose new subject is a bland-looking but supposedly haunted hotel room. While he doesn’t believe in the supernatural, the hotel manager, played by Samuel L Jackson, warns him that no less than 56 people have died there—all within an hour of entering.

Once Mike is inside, all spooky hell does indeed break loose and poor Mike must face the room’s evil (including such personal demons as his deceased young daughter). While the ending might be a bit ambiguous or vague for some, rest assured that Room 1408 will terrify you as much as it does Mike. Directed by Mikael Håfström. (RG) 94 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt Belle toujours Even after a second viewing, Belle Toujours remains a bit of a puzzle. The biggest mystery isn’t its subject matter—it’s a remarkably straightforward follow-up to Luis Buñuel’s seductive Catherine Deneuve classic Belle de Jour (1967)—but the fact that it was made at all. Ninety-eight-year-old film-maker Manoel de Oliveira’s tribute counteracts all the things that made the original great. In Belle de Jour, Séverine’s acts of self-abasement defied explanation; in Belle Toujours all the character’s motives are analyzed. Do we really want to know why Séverine (now played by Bulle Ogier) did what she did? Wouldn’t that defeat the purpose? In French with Dutch subtitles.

(BS) 68 min. Filmmuseum

The Bourne Ultimatum The Bourne Ultimatum The third and probably best entry in Paul Greengrass’s Bourne series sees the return of Matt Damon as Jason Bourne, who’s hiding from his former principals at the CIA. A meeting with reporter Simon Ross makes him realise they’re still looking for him and activates memories from his dark past: Bourne must stay alive long enough to find out who he really is.

In effect, this is an excuse for a really long, intercontinental chase sequence, as the film criss-crosses the

FILM TIMES Thursday 20 September until Wednesday 26 September. Times are provided by cinemas and are subject to last-minute changes.

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De Balie Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10, 553 5151 Cinemaztlán Thur-Sun Cinemaztlan Short Films: Dystopia Fri 21.30 Cinemaztlan Short Films: Mexican Family Sat 22.00 Cinemaztlan Short Films: On the Move Thur 21.30 Familia Tortuga Sat 19.30 Trópico de cancer Sun 19.30 El Violín Fri 19.30.

Cavia Van Hallstraat 52-I, 681 1419 Akira Thur 20.30 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) Wed 14.00 Ed Wood Wed 20.30 ShortCircuit: Animated Shorts Fri 20.30.

Cinecenter Lijnbaansgracht 236, 623 6615 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly daily 16.15, 19.00, 21.45, Sun also 11.00, 13.30 Das Leben der Anderen daily 15.45 A Mighty Heart daily 16.30, 19.30, 21.45, Sun also 11.00, 14.00 Once daily 16.30, 19.45, 22.00, Sun also 11.15, 14.00 La Sconosciuta daily 19.00, 21.45, Sun also 11.15.

Cinema Amstelveen Plein 1960 2, Amstelveen, 547 5175 Angel Thur 15.00 Azuloscurocasinegro Tues, Wed 20.30 Fantastic Four:Rise of the Silver Surfer Sat, Wed 15.45, Sun 14.15 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Sun 16.00 Ratatouille (NL) Sat, Wed 13.30, Sun 12.00 Zodiac Thur-Sat 20.30.

Filmhuis Griffioen Uilenstede 106, Amstelveen, 444 5100 The Man with the Movie Camera Fri 19.30 Zodiac Thur, Tues 19.30.

Filmmuseum Vondelpark 3, 589 1400 Una Ballata Bianca Sun 17.45, Mon 17.30, 22.00, Tues, Wed also 19.45 Belle de jour Thur-Sun, Tues, Wed 19.30, Sun also 15.45, Mon 17.15 Belle toujours daily 21.45, Tues, Wed also 17.45 César et Rosalie Thur-Sat 17.15 The Damned Sun 18.30 Master of Movement Sun 15.30

world at an incredible pace. The definite highlight is a long pursuit on foot over the roofs of Algiers, ending in a really, really tough fight scene. It’s all a bit over the top, and The Bourne Ultimatum doesn’t have the same realistic feel that the first two movies had. You get amazing action in return though, with a little surprise at the end to top things off. With Joan Allen, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn and Albert Finney. (MP) 111 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt, Pathé Tuschinski

Crank If there’s a film that will consign to an unmarked grave the tired critic’s cliché about how flashy flicks feel ‘just like a video game’, it’s the hilarious and delirious Crank. Jason Statham is at his most hooliganesque as the assassin Chev Chelios, who is injected with a Chinese designer poison that will kill him unless he keeps his adrenaline levels unnaturally high. The mayhem that ensues seems to be inspired by a marathon session of Grand Theft Auto on acid, condensed into 90 minutes of pure, unadulterated, drug-saturated ultraviolent fun for the politically incorrect action junkie. (LvH) Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt The Diving Bell and the Butterfly The latest from painter-turned-director Julian Schnabel (Basquiat) is a poetic, moving filmed version of the memoir by Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who at age 43 suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body except his left eyelid. With Mathieu Amalric and Emanuelle Seigner. In French/English with Dutch subtitles. 112 min. Cinecenter, The Movies, Pathé Tuschinski Goodbye Bafana Director Bille August tells the story of Nelson Mandela as seen through the eyes of his prison guard. In 1968, James Gregory (Joseph Fiennes), a white South African policeman fluent in Xhosa, is transferred to Robben Island, the notorious prison where Mandela (Dennis Haysbert of 24) is being kept under tight control. Obviously, their relationship will be distrustful at first, and border dangerously on friendship by the end of the movie (and the consequent end of apartheid in South Africa). In its didactic pace, Goodbye Bafana plays more like a history lesson on the life and times of the African leader than the powerful, must-see political drama it could have been. (MB) 118 min. Pathé Tuschinski La Marea In this debut feature by Argentinean filmmaker Diego Martinez Vignatti (director of photography for Batalla en el cielo), a young woman’s life is brutally transformed after she loses her husband and son in a

Orpheus Sat 19.45 Repulsion Thur 19.45 Sven en zijn Rat Sun, Wed 14.00 The Tango Lesson Fri 19.45 Transe Thur-Sun, Tues, Wed 21.30, Thur-Sat also 17.00, Wed also 17.15, Mon 19.15 Willie en het wilde konijn Sun, Wed 13.45.

Filmmuseum Open Air Vondelpark, , Bells Are Ringing Fri 21.00. iLLUSEUM Witte de Withstraat 120, 770 5581 Cowards Bend the Knee Sat 20.30.

Het Ketelhuis Haarlemmerweg 8-10, 684 0090 Adam's Apples daily 19.30 De Avonturen van het Molletje Sat, Sun 13.00 Chernobyl Reclaimed:An Animal Takeover Sun 15.00 Harry Potter en de Orde van de Fenix Sat, Sun 14.15 Italianetz daily 17.15 Das Leben der Anderen daily 21.15, Thur-Mon also 16.45 Een manier om thuis te komen: Umoja Live daily 22.00, ThurSun, Tues, Wed also 19.45, Thur, Sat-Wed also 17.00, Sat, Sun also 12.45, 15.00 Sextet daily 19.30, 21.30 Willie en het wilde konijn Sat, Sun 13.45, Sat also 15.30.

Kriterion Roetersstraat 170, 623 1708 ”La Sconosciuta daily 20.00, Sat also 15.30, Sun also 13.15 Sextet daily 18.00, Fri also 0.15 Sneak Preview Tues 22.15.

Louis Hartlooper Complex Tolsteegbrug 1, Utrecht, Iranian Film Festival Fri-Sun. Melkweg Cinema Lijnbaansgracht 234A, 624 1777 MadMex Thur-Sun La momia azteca contra el robot humano Fri 22.00 La nave de los monstruos Sun 22.00 El planeta de las mujeres invasoras Fri, Sat 24.00 Santo contra la invasion de los marcianos Sat 22.00.

The Movies Haarlemmerdijk 159-165, 638 6016 Death Proof Fri, Sat 0.00 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly daily 17.00, 19.30, 21.45, Sat, Sun, Wed also 14.45, Sun also 12.30 The Lookout Fri, Sat 23.45 A Mighty Heart daily 16.45, 19.15, 21.30, Sat, Sun, Wed also 14.15, Sun also 12.15 Pan's Labyrinth daily 17.15, Fri, Sat also 0.15 Ratatouille (NL) Sat, Sun, Wed 14.00, Sun also 11.30 Rescue Dawn daily 16.15, 18.45, 21.15, Fri, Sat also 23.30 De Simpsons Film Sat, Sun, Wed 15.00 Talk to Me daily 22.00 Wolfsbergen daily 19.45, Sun also 12.45.

De Nieuwe Anita Frederik Hendrikstraat 111, 06 4150 3512, My Dinner with André Mon 20.30.

OBA Oosterdokskade 143, 0900-2425468, Once Upon a Time in the West Fri 19.30.

OT301 Overtoom 301, 779 4913 Until the End of the World Sun 20.30.

car accident of which she is the sole survivor. We’re taken through her raw grieving process as she withdraws to a small hut on a deserted beach and struggles to imagine a way forward. In Spanish with Dutch subtitles.

83 min. Rialto Mr Brooks Finally, Kevin Costner seems to have seen the light. After innumerable performances as a tragicromantic-heroic lone ranger, Costner has once again—as he did in Clint Eastwood’s A Perfect World (1993)—started acting against type. In Mr Brooks, where he plays a respectable man who is also a notorious serial killer, the interaction between Costner and his bloodthirsty alter ego William Hurt is pure gold. Unfortunately, the story itself is rather clumsy and top-heavy with a lot of unnecessary subplots. Writer/director Bruce A. Evans should have had faith in his intriguing lead character instead of burying him in an implausible storyline. (BS) 120 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt

Pan’s Labyrinth By mixing the narrative setting he

already visited in The Devil’s Backbone with the Grand Guignol sensibilities he’s shown in his Hollywood films, Guillermo del Toro has managed to create a perfect, poignant fairy tale of the Grimm variety. Young Ofelia must undergo a perilous quest that takes her through the depths of the underworld and pits her against her nefarious new father. Bittersweet and darkly disturbing at the same time, this movie’s guaranteed to keep your inner child up at night with delicious fright. Just refrain from accepting candy from Fascists and fauns and you’ll be fine. In Spanish with Dutch subtitles. (LvH) 112 min. The Movies

La Sconosciuta A mysterious woman (Kseniya Rappoport) from an Eastern European country moves to a quiet, provincial town in Italy. Her goal is to get a job as a nanny for a wealthy family of local jewellers, taking care of their little daughter. Only through a series of hints and flashbacks do we come to know her past and, ultimately, her plans for the future. This gritty, noir-ish thriller from Giuseppe Tornatore (Cinema Paradiso) won all the major Italian awards last year. A wonderfully gripping score by Il Maestro Ennio Morricone contributes strongly to its Hitchcock-like settings. In Italian with Dutch subtitles. (MB) 118 min.

Cinecenter, Kriterion Sextet Dutch director Eddy Terstall shares with Woody Allen a fascination for people and interpersonal relationships and a talent for depicting them in a natural

Pathé ArenA ArenA Boulevard 600, 0900 1458 1408 daily 12.10, 17.15, 19.50, 22.10, Thur, Sat-Wed also 14.40, 17.25 Bordertown daily 20.30 The Bourne Ultimatum daily 11.50, 13.00, 14.20, 15.30, 16.50, 18.10, 19.15, Thur-Mon, Wed also 20.40, 21.40, Tues also 21.10, 21.45 The Brave One Sat 21.40 Crank Thur, Fri, Sun, Mon, Wed 22.15 Disturbia daily 12.00, 14.30, 17.10, 19.35, 22.00 Evan Almighty Thur-Mon, Wed 12.50, 15.20, 17.50, Sat, Sun, Wed also 10.40, Tues 16.15, 18.25 Georgia Rule daily 15.55, 18.25, 21.10, Thur-Mon, Wed also 13.15 Hairspray daily 13.10, 15.40, 18.30, 21.00, Sat, Sun also 10.45 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix daily 11.40, 14.30, 17.25, 21.00 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (IMAX) daily 12.15, 15.15, 18.20 Das Leben der Anderen Tues 13.30 Een manier om thuis te komen: Umoja Live daily 12.30, 15.10, 17.40, 20.10 Mr Brooks daily 18.50, 21.30, Thur, Fri, Mon-Wed also 13.35, Thur, Sat-Wed also 16.10 No Reservations daily 13.20, 15.50, 18.15, 20.50, Sat, Sun also 11.05 Ratatouille daily 11.45, 14.10, 16.30, 19.00 Ratatouille (NL) Fri 16.10, Sat, Sun 10.50, 13.30, Wed 11.10 Rescue Dawn daily 21.20 De Simpsons Film Fri 14.40, 17.25, Sat, Sun 10.10, Wed 11.00 The Simpsons Movie daily 21.40 Sneak Preview Tues 21.15 Talk to Me daily 20.45 Wedding Daze daily 12.40, 14.50, 17.00, 19.10, Sat, Sun also 10.30 Zoop in Zuid-Amerika Sat, Sun 10.20.

Pathé De Munt Vijzelstraat 15, 0900 1458 1408 Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 12.00, 14.30, 19.30, 22.00, Thur, Fri, Sun, Mon, Wed also 17.00, Sat 10.30, 13.15, 16.00, 18.30, 21.00, 23.30 Bordertown Thur, Fri, Sun, Mon, Wed 18.40, Sat 18.20 The Bourne Ultimatum Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 15.45, 18.45, 21.45, Thur, Fri, Mon-Wed also 13.00, Sun also 10.30, 13.15, Sat 11.00, 14.00, 17.00, 20.00, 23.00 Bratz: De Film Sat 11.15, 13.45, Sun, Wed 13.15, Sun also 10.40 The Brave One Sat 22.45 Crank daily 18.10 Disturbia Thur-Mon, Wed 21.20, Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 13.45, 16.15, Sat also 10.20, Sun also 11.15, Tues also 18.40 Dunya en Desie Tues 17.00 Evan Almighty Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 16.15, Thur, Fri, Mon, Wed 13.30, Sat 15.25, 17.50 Georgia Rule Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 17.15, 20.00, Thur, Mon, Tues also 13.30, Fri also 12.20, Sat 18.50, 21.40 Hairspray Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 12.15, 15.20, 18.15, 21.00, Sat also 12.00, 14.45, 17.30, 20.15 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 12.05, 15.10, 20.15, Sat 11.10, 14.15, 21.30 Knocked Up Sat 22.30, Sun 0.00 Een manier om thuis te komen: Umoja Live Thur, Fri, SunWed 17.45, 20.30, Thur, Fri, Mon, Tues also 12.20, Thur, Mon, Tues also 15.00, Sat 18.00, 20.45, 23.20 A Mighty Heart Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 12.45, 15.30, 18.30, 21.15, Sun also 10.15, Sat 12.15, 15.00, 17.45, 20.30, 23.15

20-26 September 2007 and humorous way. As far back as the romantic comedy Hufters & Hofdames (1997), Terstall has shown himself to be an excellent actor’s director, and Sextet is no different. But while the performances in the six short ‘sex films’ that make up this omnibus picture are consistently good, the style, tone and quality vary widely, and the films often seem like vehicles for Terstall’s views on religion, sex, freedom of speech and so on.

Opinions are fine, but a good film also needs a gripping story and/or some style. (MM) 100 min. Het Ketelhuis, Kriterion, Studio K

Talk to Me Talk to Me Don Cheadle stars as Ralph ‘Petey’ Greene, who followed a prison term for armed robbery in the early ‘60s with a long career as a media personality and social activist in Washington, DC. After playing such upright guys in Hotel Rwanda and Reign Over Me (unreleased here), Cheadle must have reached naturally for the part of the raunchy, rebellious Greene, but he would have been better cast as Dewey Hughes, the AM radio programmer who gave Greene his first shot (well played instead by Chiwetel Ejiofor). The early scenes of Greene misbehaving on the air are pretty funny, thanks mainly to Martin Sheen as the apoplectic station manager. But I was bummed out by the movie’s trite cartoon of the black power era—especially coming from Kasi Lemmons, who made her directing debut with the hauntingly ambiguous Eve’s Bayou. (JJ) 118 min. The Movies, Pathé ArenA, Studio K

Wolfsbergen With her third feature, a kaleidoscop-

ic portrait of a family that first falls apart and then tries to reconnect, Dutch director Nanouk Leopold shows us that her previous film, the visually arresting Guernsey, wasn’t a fluke. Where most Dutch movies are heavy with cumbersome dialogue and low on visual finesse, Leopold dares to be different. She lets the images speak for themselves. Not everyone will ‘warm’ to Leopold’s detached and rigid visual style and distant protagonists, but for the rest, Wolfsbergen will prove to be a rare cinematic treat. (BS) 93 min. The Movies

Mr Brooks Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 16.00, 18.50, 21.40, Thur, Fri, Mon, Tues also 13.15, Sat 16.15, 19.00, 21.45 No Reservations Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 12.30, 15.15, 18.00, Thur, Fri, Sun, Mon, Wed also 20.45, Sun also 10.15, Tues also 21.10, Sat 10.40, 13.30, 16.30, 19.15, 22.00 Ocean's Thirteen Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 21.30, Sat 19.45 Planet Terror Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 21.55, Sat 19.45 Ratatouille Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 14.00, 16.30, 19.00, 21.50, Sun also 11.00, Sat 13.00, 15.45, 18.45, 21.15 Ratatouille (NL) Fri, Sun, Wed 15.00, Sun, Wed also 12.20, Sat 10.15, 12.45, 15.15 De Simpsons Film Fri, Sun, Wed 14.50, Sun, Wed also 12.40, Sun also 10.20, Sat 10.50, 13.10, 15.30 The Simpsons Movie Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 12.10, 14.40, 16.50, 19.15, Sat 10.20, 12.30, 14.50, 17.15 Sneak Preview Tues 21.30 Wedding Daze Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 14.15, 17.30, 19.45, Thur, Fri, Mon-Wed also 12.00, Sat 14.30, 16.45, 19.30.

Pathé Tuschinski Reguliersbreestraat 34, 0900 1458 Babel Thur 13.00, Tues 13.30 Becoming Jane Thur-Mon 14.00 The Bourne Ultimatum Thur-Sat, Mon-Wed 12.30, 18.00, 21.00, Thur-Sat, Mon, Wed also 15.15, Sun also 13.15, 16.00, 18.30, 21.15 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly daily 15.45, 21.30, Thur-Mon also 18.15, Thur, Fri, Mon, Tues also 13.00 Goodbye Bafana Thur-Mon 18.30 Hairspray daily 19.00, Thur-Mon also 21.45, Thur also 16.40, FriMon also 13.30, 16.15, Wed also 12.20, 15.00 A Mighty Heart daily 12.15, Thur-Tues also 15.00, Thur-Sun, Tues, Wed also 17.45, 20.45, Mon also 21.30, Wed also 14.45 No Reservations Thur-Mon 16.45, 19.15, 22.00 Ratatouille Thur-Mon 16.00, Wed 15.00 Ratatouille (NL) Sat, Sun, Wed 13.00 The Robber Symphony Sun 10.30.

Rialto Ceintuurbaan 338, 676 8700 Gypsy Caravan: When the Road Bends daily 19.30, Sat, Sun also 13.10 Iklimler daily 20.00, 22.00, Sun also 15.30 Jacob's Ladder Sat 16.00 Das Leben der Anderen Fri-Wed 17.30, Sat, Sun also 13.00 La Marea daily 17.45, Sun also 11.15 Moonstruck Sun 11.00 Opera Jawa daily 19.00, Sat, Sun also 14.00 Summer Palace Thur 21.35, Fri-Wed 21.15, Sat, Sun, Wed also 16.15, Sun also 11.30 A Sunday in Kigali daily 21.50, Fri-Sun, Wed also 15.15.

Studio K Timorplein 62, 692 0422, Adan y Eva Todavia Sun 16.00 Cinemaztlán Thur-Sun Hairspray Thur-Mon, Wed 16.45, 19.15 Infamous daily 19.30, Thur-Sat, Mon-Wed also 17.00 The Lookout Thur-Mon, Wed 22.00 Marock Thur-Sat, Mon-Wed 17.30 El ojo fantastico Sun 18.00 Sextet daily 22.00, Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed also 20.00, Sat also 18.45 Talk to Me daily 22.00.

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20-26 September 2007

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ROOM/APT NEEDED I am an Australian male who works for Oracle in Utrecht.

Need apt/room for at least up to 6 months. I don’t smoke, have just 2 bags with me. Easy-going & friendly person. Room/apt anywhere in A’dam (close to train stations) or even in Utrecht preferred. Contact 06 2651

HOUSING TO SHARE ROOM/APT SHAREWanted: room or apt share by working UK male, 40’s, easy-going. Been here 18 mths in A’dam. Call Tony on 06 1146 3039 or email tnmbrown@hotmail.co.uk.

GRAD STUDENT ROOM Mature, honest, respectful American male grad student looking for room to rent from now until end of Dec. Private person will respect your privacy too. Budget up to €500 for right place. Email Jeff please: bagerman_@excite.com.

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WORK WANTED WEB/GRAPHIC DESIGNER A web/graphics designer seeks for p/t or hourly basis work. Contact Gulzar at mahida.m@kpnplanet.nl or 06 2467 9312.

EVENT/ORGANIZATION Student experienced at working in concerts, festivals and parties is looking for event work. Call 06 4274 5814.

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Spanish, Japanese, Polish, Russian, and Dutch! Professionals with multicultural and multilingual backgrounds to serve the expat community in NL. www.expatriatecounseling.com and choose your professional, or call 06 2824 4088.

TEACHER: Make yoga the way of life. Discover how simple ancient yoga practices can help you to live a healthy & happy life. Learn age-old science of living in harmony with yourself and the world around you. Come for FREE TRIAL SESSION! Register in ENGLISH MAN WITH VAN advance: www.YogAmsterCan help with removals, big dam.nl or call 06 4390 2470. or small, in or outside of the country. Reasonable rates, LOVPIL (MAN + WOMAN) quick service. Contact Lee Stress & low energy can affect on 06 2388 2184 or white- your sexual drive, energy and van@whitevanman.nl or see enjoyment. Most internal energy comes from the sexual syswww.whitevanman.nl. tem. Improve your overall BEST MOVING SERVICEIN quality of life as well as your TOWNDriver with van (10m3) love life with Lovpil, a natuor truck (40m3) available. ral formula proven to help Plus extra moving men, hoistthose areas connected with ing rope and elevator. Any sexual function. www.Xtracombinations possible. Call Nutrition.com.

Taco on 06 4486 4390, email info@vrachttaxi.com or check THERAPY/COACHINGI am a European-licenced psyout www.vrachttaxi.com. chotherapist. I make use of difXPAT PAGES Looking for ferent interventions that are English-speaking plumber, synthesized from diverse therdentist, lawyer, etc? www.xpatapies such as: client-centered, pages.com. cognitive, behaviorist, transHEALTH & WELLNESS actional, psycho-analytical, and transpersonal. Info: TIRED OF BEING STUCK www.corakoorn-praktijk.nl.

Heighten your quality of life.

Improve your relationships, TAI CHI CLASSES www. with the help of native taiyang.nl. Starting Sept, new English-speaking therapist. beginners classes Tai Chi, My 20 yrs of professional expe- Qigong, Meditation and more. rience and understanding Nieuwmarkt and Concertgecan help you better cope with bouw areas. For more inforfeelings and sort through mation see website, tel 623 stressful thoughts. Call Sagar 0835 or email info@taiyang.nl to sign up for an introduction on 06 4626 5412. class.

INDIAN HEALERhelps with specific muscle pains. For LIFE AND CHALLENGES info call 06 2712 7053 or email Life is forever changing. Let me help you let go of what was, healingfood@hotmail.com. accept what is and create what ASSERTIVENESS COACH can be. Carol White, registered Want to improve your deci- therapist. Member of BACP sion making, tired of being a and ABvC. 06 3856 7510, email doormat? To be assertive is carolwhite@planet.nl. not to be aggressive! How to ACUPUNCTUREAmericancreate win-win situations. certified acupuncturist treats More info www.thespeaker.eu both men and women for a or 06 4638 8622. Speak with wide range of ailments at two confidence! Decide with conlocations in A’dam. Coverage fidence! offered by many health insur-

BASS LESSONS OFFERED Electric bass or double bass lessons offered by graduated student from the Amsterdam Conservatory of music. Learn to play the music you like, jazz, punk and rock or Latin music. Lessons for all levels.

First lesson half price. €20/hr.

Relaxed and fun atmosphere.

Email Sbotero@gmail.com.

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cializing in sexual and sexuality-related problems and the enhancement of one’s sexual well-being. Private individual sessions for men and women. For more information: www.erostrance.com or contact Shanti on 06 4277 3290.

KORU AMSTERDAMMind Body Soul: here at KORU, we integrate all 3 aspects through massage, hypnotherapy, counselling, nutritional guidance. For Sept/Oct see our gifted massage therapist w/ her own brand of shiatsu & deep tissue. Our hours/days fit into your schedule, call for a chat & appt. koruamsterdam@gmail.com.

MASSAGE TANTRA MASSAGE Would you like to feel energized with renewed passion and creativity? Relaxed and revitalised? Deepening connection with your body, sexuality and spirituality? Yes. Eros Trance, private sessions in A’dam created to meet individual needs, men/women.

Info: www.erostrance.com.

Shanti: 06 4277 3290.

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HOUTEN VLOERDELENNu bij Klaas Bierman: eiken en jatoba vloerdelen, multiplank. ance companies. Call 06 2739 Tevens leggen en verduurza9789, email info@acupunc- men. Bel voor info of advies tuurnoordholland.nl or visit 0229 542 179 of 06 5533 4838. www.acupunctuurnoordhol- RENO-BOUW-RAJCZYK land.nl.

House renovations. Do you

SOUL CONNECTION Experienced soul coach empowers you with your soul connection, Move thru blockages with ease! www.thesoul.eu. Discover-Connect- THERAPEUTIC TANTRA need cost-effective and highExpress.

Holistic, therapeutic tantra quality full house renovation?

YOGA WITH AN INDIAN and sensuality training. Spe- Professional, experienced and

with excellent references.

Online links to past projects.

Call now and ask for appointment: 06 4451 7410 or 331 6550, www.reno-bouw.nl, karol-rajczyk@hotmail.com.

UPHOLSTERER For reupholstering of all kinds of furniture, modern and antique, boat and caravan cushions recovered or made to measure, also curtains made to measure, all styles catered for, wide selection of fabrics to choose from in all price classes. Contact Sophie Filangi 06 4154 7557/www.alabonnechaise.nl.

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card yoga strippenkaart €9/class. Individual therapeutic classes arranged by appt at €20/hr. cristina@thewheel-of-yoga.com/773 5307.

UPHOLSTERY WORKSHOP IN WESTERPARK! Recover and/or repair your own furniture with the professional advice of Sophie Filangi.

Every Tues and Thurs 19.0022.00 (by appt only). Including use of tools, excluding materials. €30 per session.

Call for information on 06 4154 7557.

SINGING LESSONSOn Prinsengracht, beautiful atmosphere. Classical voice training, breathing techniques, vocalization, scales, etc. For beg & professionals. From classic to jazz pop or rock, and all styles of singing. Good prices + free intro lesson. For more PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE info call Michael on 320 2095 Learn how to take better picor mail ajara77@yahoo.com. tures and improve your skills.

YOGACAFE.ORGNext preg- This 12-hr (6 x 2 hrs) worknancy yoga course is starting shop will cover the basics of on 1 Oct. For more informa- photography. Lessons take tion about the course and oth- place every 15 days on Thurs er weekly classes, please vis- evenings (19.30-21.30) at the it www.yogacafe.org or send ABC Treehouse Gallery in an email to info@yogacafe.org. A’dam. For more information STUDENT ICE SKATINGat write to patricia@patriciathe students sports centre ribas.com.

PC HOUSE DOCTOR Specialised in virus/spyware removal, h/w, s/w repair, data recovery, wireless, cable/ADSL installation and computer lessons from friendly and experienced Microsoft professional USC. UvA/HvA students get for reasonable price. Contact 75% discount on DuoSport course fees. UvA/HvA staff Mario 06 1644 8230.

25%. Starting 7 Oct. Check NEED HELP WITH YOUR www.usc.uva.nl.

MAC? MAC-lover helps you with basic setups, minor trou- BEGINNERS HATHA YOGA bleshooting, install, net- 8-week course in A’dam (ABC working, basic MAC lessons, Treehouse). Always wanted setting up programs, MS Word, to experience yoga and didQuarkXpress, etc. Help with n’t know where to start? Join purchasing the right MAC. this course starting Mon 1 Oct from 18.00-19.30. €100 Contact Sagar at 779 1926. incl textbook. Contact Susan COURSES at The Yoga Community: 06 IYENGAR YOGA CLASSES 5176 4621 or theyogacomwith certified Iyengar yoga munity@yoga108.org visit teacher Cristina Libanori. www.amsterdam.yoga108.org.

Tues 19.30-21.00 at Training Centrum, Europaplein 127 near RAI. Tram 4 (stop Dintelstraat). €10/class; with 10-

Contact joneiselin@hetnet.nl/www.joneiselin.com.

AUTUMN WORKSHOPS Drawing and painting workshops by professional artist, various techniques, all styles.

LEARNNOW!Castilian(Spanish), Italian, Dutch, English & more, with native teachers.

From Sept 2007 to June 2008 in A’dam . Stichting Unlimited Europe Amsterdam offers courses and conversation, groups of up to 6 people. More info email unlimitedeurope@ gmail.com or see www. unlimitedeurope.org.

DUTCH LESSONS A'DAM 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.

GOING TO CHINA?No problem! Special courses (2x 3 hrs) start 22 Sept. www.chineseschoolnederland.nl.

DUTCH LESSONS New evening courses starting in Sept in the centre of A’dam.

IL CIELO OPEN DAY Il cielo €200-250 for 20 hrs. Visit Open Day on 23 Sept, 16.00- www.mercuurtaal.nl or call 18.00 at Mirror Centre about 693 4250. massage courses where you IMPROVE YOUR DUTCH! canlearnholisticmassage,foot Conversation, study groups, reflexology, craniosacral and private classes, intensive coursenergy work also combined. es, city language walks, NT2.

Weekly lesson of 4 or 6 hours Starting every week at Link each. For more info 06 3004 Taal Studio. Info: 06 4133 9323 9738 or check www.ilcielo.org. or linktaalstudio@gmail.com.

INTRO TO TANTRA You’re invited to join us for an experience that will change your relationship to sex & spirit forever. In this workshop for singles & couples you will learn Tantric techniques which may be used to open your body to the natural flow of sexual energy. You will discover what it means to be fully alive

INTENSIVEDUTCHCOURSE atJoostWeetHet!Smallgroups, fun classes and inexpensive!

Excellent and fast learning method. Energetic, accessible and uncomplicated teachers.

Classes 4x4 hrs/wk, 2/3/4 wks courses. Start 6 Aug and 1 Oct. Visithttp://www.joostweethet.nl or email info@joostweethet.nl call 420 8146.

PERSONALS WAITING TO MEET YOUHi, warm sensitive guy looking to share his warmth similiar lady. Let’s meet safely online and see where it goes... zinco7@gmail.com.

MENTOR & COACH? Russian independent lady, university educated, seeks successful businessman/w, professional as mentor/coach for her son/pianist,19 y.o.

Reply: instituut.einstein@ tiscali.nl.

ANNOUNCEMENTS WANTED: Can anyone tell me where I can do a web design course taught in English?

Email roesy@ireland.com.

GLOBAL PRIMARY Join Democrats Abroad and vote in the world’s 1st global primary. We’re the official Democratic Party organization for millions of Americans living overseas. With monthly DemsFun Drinks, discussions, voter registration, and other activities. Go to www.democratsabroad.nl and make a difference!

PLAY AUSSIE RULES The Flying Dutchmen is the Dutch Australian Rules Football team. We are going to Hamburg in Sept for the EU Cup and there are still places available on the team. No previous experience is necessary. So go to www.devliegendehollanders.nl or email Jase on jasonvdven@devliegendehollanders.nl.

HELP WRITING THESIS Looking for an experienced person to assist me in writing my final thesis at postgraduate level in English.

Please contact majita7@hotmail.com.

EARLY LEARNING GROUP School from 9 months. 5 y.o program: English, NL, German, Russian, French, learning writing, reading, counting, piano & violin lessons.

Also 24-hr childcare. Please enroll: www.bijles-huiswerk. nl or instituut.einstein@tiscali.nl.