What's On in Amsterdam on Sunday 8 November
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the next 60 days, as the galleries announce themSunday 8 November
The Californian band led by Jonathan Davis, who pioneered nu-metal in the 1990s with heavy downtuned riffs and songs like 'Freak on a Leash'.
An 11-day festival of fantasy, horror, science fiction and thriller films, with talks, workshops, masterclasses, exhibitions and immersive art.
An immersive exhibition about the boy pharaoh, whose tomb Howard Carter found in 1922, taking in pyramids, ancient Egypt and its treasures.
Chantal Janzen plays Sally Bowles in Daria Bukvić's new staging of Kander and Ebb's musical, set in the Kit Kat Club in Weimar-era Berlin.
The veteran Dutch singer, songwriter and clown, also known as the creator of Alfred J. Kwak, performs his show 'Vandaag' ('Today').
Amsterdam's long-running festival of fantastic cinema, with eleven days of horror, fantasy, sci-fi and thrillers plus talks, workshops, masterclasses and immersive art.
Eline Arbo, ITA's artistic director, stages Michael Cunningham's novel The Hours, which links three women's lives to Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway.
The Ukrainian pianist, known for a much-watched recording of Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto, gives a benefit recital for the charity Protect Ukraine.
A dark fairy tale starring Olivia Colman as a lonely fisherwoman who has a husband woven out of wicker, played by Alexander Skarsgård.
The Amsterdam anarcho-punk band, around since 1979, joins forces with Brass Unbound, a horn section of free-jazz and improvising players.
A design fair where dealers sell vintage furniture and interior pieces from the 1930s to the 1980s.
Hands-on art workshops for children aged 6 to 12, held on Saturdays at the museum.
The New Jersey singer-songwriter, best known as frontman of The Gaslight Anthem, plays the main hall with his Springsteen-influenced backing band.
A children's programme at PAN, the yearly art, antiques and design fair at the RAI, introducing young visitors to the art on show.
A group outing to the Cello Biennale, a festival held every two years in Amsterdam that is devoted entirely to the cello, from baroque to new music.
An interactive show in which the audience serves as the jury in a staged court case, this one about a death involving artificial intelligence.
The Ex, the Amsterdam band that grew out of 1979 punk into experimental rock, play with Brass Unbound, a free-jazz horn section, from 20:30.
A dynamic vinyasa flow yoga session looking out over the IJ.
A family concert for ages six and up in which music brings a parade of strange and wonderful animals to life.
A guided bus tour of buildings in the Amsterdam School style, the expressive brick architecture of the 1910s–30s that Het Schip itself represents.
Children make lanterns just in time for Sint Maarten on 11 November, when kids go door to door singing with lanterns for sweets.
The new film from Martin McDonagh, the writer-director of In Bruges, Three Billboards and The Banshees of Inisherin.
Youth theatre company De Toneelmakerij and Utrecht's DOX, a home for young makers mixing dance, music and theatre, stage Lewis Carroll's story for ages eight and up.
A show about Grace O'Malley, the 16th-century Irish chieftain and sea captain who ruled the west coast and famously met Elizabeth I.
The Netherlands' professional radio choir sings Rossini's setting of the medieval hymn about Mary at the cross, written in an operatic style.
An electronic music line-up at the open-air club, with Job de Jong back-to-back with Kepler alongside Locklead, A For Alpha, Ranger Trucco, SDK and Stefan Meser.
A workshop by Ecodam for children aged six and up, showing them how to turn old clothes and fabric into something new.
Boom Chicago's weekly Sunday comedy show, a mix of sketches and improv on current events, performed in English.
A family stage version of Lewis Carroll's story for ages eight and up, in which Alice meets the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat and the Mad Hatter.
A musical show for children aged four and up that travels back through time, with the instruments themselves as the centre of the celebration.
Pedro Almodóvar's latest film, whose Spanish title means Bitter Christmas, from the director of All About My Mother and Pain and Glory.
A chance to watch professional dancers perform and work at close range, rather than from a distant theatre seat.
A craft session using Shrinky Dinks, plastic sheets you draw on that shrink and harden in the oven, to make keychains, pins, badges and shoe charms.
A performance that takes its title from Strange Fruit, the protest song about lynching made famous by Billie Holiday, staged at the maritime museum.
A hands-on course combining foraging, which is gathering wild food plants, with whittling, which is carving wood by hand with a knife.
A long-running Sunday afternoon tradition of live jazz sessions in a classic literary café on the canal.
A tattoo convention for queer and trans tattoo artists and clients, with artists tattooing on site.
A guided outing to learn which wild plants in the Amsterdamse Bos are edible and how to pick them without harming the plants or the woods.
A hands-on cooking class led by a Japanese host, making ramen from scratch, and solo guests are welcome.
Hands-on creative activities themed around Sint-Maarten, the November festival when Dutch children carry lanterns door to door and sing for sweets.
A hands-on session working with clay, trying out shaping and modelling techniques at the NDSM creative space.
A hands-on craft session making cute resin keychains with loose glitter or small charms sealed inside, so they move when shaken.
The British blues-rock band, known for its Rolling Stones and Black Crowes-style swagger, returns on its 'Let It All Out' tour with new music.
Lukas Dhont's First World War drama about young soldiers, shown here with English subtitles, from the Belgian director of Girl and Close.
A protest march from Museumplein, backed by groups including Amnesty International, calling on the Dutch government to take a tougher line on Israel.
Cinemini is Eye's film programme for toddlers; this one shows the animated adaptation of Julia Donaldson's picture book about a mouse and a monster.
A Dutch family film about Sinterklaas and his helpers, the kind of seasonal children's film released each year before 5 December.
An introduction to foraging, gathering edible wild plants, with attention to picking responsibly so plants and habitats are not damaged.
A ceramics class where you choose glazes and apply them to plates, cups or bowls, which are then fired in a kiln.
A climate-themed making activity for children at Jeugdland, the adventure playground in Watergraafsmeer where kids build and play outdoors.
A walk through the artists' village combining foraging for wild plants with poetry.
A theatre production whose title takes aim at Lolita, presumably Nabokov's novel and the way it shapes how young girls are seen.
Going by the title, a story drawing on Shetland folklore and the islands' history of witch trials in the 16th and 17th centuries.
The duo bring their theatrical, cinematic pop to the former church on the Weteringschans.
A weekly Sunday karaoke night at the Utrechtsestraat queer bar, where anyone can put their name down and sing, with entry free as the title says.
A running event that starts and finishes at the 1928 Olympic Stadium.
A warehouse sale in the Western port district offering houseplants, pots, and greenery at steep discounts.
Professional and advanced amateur musicians rehearse Haydn's early Symphony No. 12 together under Benoit DeBrock in the morning, then play it at noon for anyone who wants to listen.
Club night Frenzy celebrates seven years with a line-up of DJs, including British DJ Bailey Ibbs, at the club beside Sloterdijk station.
A Dutch all-female a cappella vocal ensemble known for inventive arrangements and theatrical concerts, here with their programme Metropolis.
A Chinese calligraphy session, writing characters with brush and ink, in the neighbourhood that is home to Amsterdam's Chinatown.
A workshop about experiencing the world through senses other than sight, usually by trying activities without using your eyes.
Pra Gira Girar Brazil plays the music of Os Tincoãs, the 1960s–70s Bahian group whose songs drew heavily on Afro-Brazilian religious and folk traditions.
A hands-on workshop in making pizza and baking it in a wood-fired oven, held on the green space beside the Machinegebouw in Westerpark.
A hands-on session modelling and sculpting objects from clay, open to beginners.
Complimentary guided walks through the ethnographic galleries, introducing cultural collections from around the globe.
A pianist plays minimalist and meditative piano music by three popular contemporary composers.
A daily happy hour at the hotel's Prins & Aap bar that introduces jenever, the Dutch juniper spirit that came before gin.
Ryusuke Hamaguchi's French-language drama starring Virginie Efira, shown with English subtitles and followed by drinks and networking.
Musicians gather for an informal afternoon of traditional Irish folk tunes at the waterfront pub.
A performance by actor Maarten Heijmans and musician Xander Vrienten.
An evening of Lindy Hop, the energetic partner swing dance that began in 1920s and 1930s Harlem.
The JOC All Stars big band shows children aged four and up how trumpets, saxophones and trombones combine into a big band sound.
A free, open-to-all community flamenco choir rehearsal in Buitenveldert.
A guided walk with Oene Dijk past the Art Nouveau facades and details of Amsterdam Zuid's buildings.
A guided architecture tour exploring the landmark Amsterdam School building now operating as the Grand Hotel Amrâth.
A beginners' class on preserving vegetables and other food by pickling and fermenting, covering the basic methods for doing it at home.
A guided bike ride along the Wibautstraat corridor, looking at its raw-concrete post-war buildings, including the former newspaper offices now turned hotels and housing.
An informal, drop-in evening of casual chess matches inside the subterranean cultural centre.
A hands-on crafting session using vintage beads to design and make custom jewellery.
A relaxed Sunday afternoon of acoustic swing and French chanson inside the canal-side brown café.
A hands-on workshop in batik, the centuries-old Javanese method of decorating fabric by applying wax to resist the dye.
A Dutch-dubbed outing for Aardman's stop-motion sheep, in which Shaun and the flock face a mysterious creature on the farm.
A concert for children at Splendor, the musicians' collective based in a former bathhouse.
An event about the future of artificial intelligence, with a title that plays on the R.E.M. song.
A craft class on upcycling, which means turning old or discarded materials into new and useful objects.
Singer David Vos performs the songs of Jacques Brel, the Belgian chansonnier behind Ne me quitte pas and Amsterdam.
A screening of machinima, films made inside video game engines, using game graphics and characters as actors and sets.
A craft workshop in which participants stitch embroidery directly onto printed photographs to add colour and texture.
A sober morning of free-form dancing to a DJ set, followed by a potluck meal where everyone brings a dish to share.
A group visit to Foam, Amsterdam's photography museum on the Keizersgracht, which shows changing exhibitions by established and emerging photographers.
A French-language drama from Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi, the director of Drive My Car and Evil Does Not Exist.
An afternoon line-up of several stand-up comedians, offered as a free outing for informal carers on the national Day of the Carer.
A look at the people connected to the Snoge, the nickname for Amsterdam's seventeenth-century Portuguese Synagogue, and its Sephardic community.
The youth theatre takes its show 'Daar buiten loopt een schaap' (Out There Walks a Sheep) to the De Rietwijker neighbourhood culture house in Noord.
A market where local makers sell handmade goods directly to visitors.
Paint your own ceramics with Sofia James Pottery in Lila's canal house, with brunch or aperitivo included.
A social salsa evening where people come to dance with partners and anyone else in the room.
A hands-on class in mosaic, the craft of making images and patterns by setting small pieces of tile or glass into a surface.
Decoden is a Japanese craft of covering phone cases and other objects with fake whipped-cream glue and cute charms, and this workshop teaches you how.
A Basque drama about an older gay man living freely in Gran Canaria who has to return to San Sebastián after a stroke and faces going back into the closet.
Yuzo Kawashima's 1961 Japanese drama stars Ayako Wakao as a Tokyo geisha going through a string of relationships, shown with English subtitles.
Free workshops in De Hallen on sustainable living and making things yourself, alongside a market about greener homes.
A creative session about turning voice and sound into drawing, connecting what we hear with marks on paper.
Shrinky Dinks are plastic sheets you draw on and then heat, which makes them shrink and harden; here you turn them into keychains, badges and jewellery, with materials provided.
An orchestral concert by Symfonieorkest Bellitoni, with Jeannette van Schaik as guest.
The Metamorfosen string orchestra and conductor Gijs Kramers give a concert themed around the UK rejoining the EU, in the 17th-century Zuiderkerk.
The Los Angeles duo plays what they call chaotic synthpop for theatre kids, with Cabbage also on the bill.
A Sunday evening dinner accompanied by a live swing and jazz band.
A weekly Sunday-afternoon family workshop at the national film museum, where children aged six and up learn the tricks behind film.
Aardman's stop-motion sheep returns in a family film screened in the run-up to Halloween.
A drawing session with a live model, usually without an instructor, at the artist-run gallery in the OT301 building on the Overtoom; places must be booked.
An open-stage improvisational theater jam where participants take part in unscripted scenes and comedic games.
A live drawing session, where participants draw from a live model, usually without formal instruction.
A puppet show for children aged two and up, by puppeteer Mariska Simon.
A church service linked to the Rode Lijn movement, whose mass protests in red have pressed the Dutch government to act on Gaza.
A jazz trio concert at Amsterdam's main jazz and improvised music stage on the IJ.
A stage show at DeLaMar, the large commercial theatre on Marnixstraat known for musicals, comedy and big Dutch productions.
A talk on how Amsterdam is trying to make room for nature in its planning, so that plants and wildlife are built into the growing city.
As the playful name suggests, a band of wind instruments and percussion, playing at the small theatre in the Vrijburcht complex on IJburg.
An unusual pairing of violin and marimba in a 17th-century merchant's house on Sint Antoniesbreestraat.
An evening event for Climate Week, the annual series of talks, meetups and activities about climate and sustainability.
A theatre show for children aged four and up about the trumpet and the sounds it makes, at the theatre on the Uilenstede student campus.
A jazz big band, with a full brass and reed section, plays a set of big band repertoire.
The film collective Ventilator Cinema shows Inn a State of Siege for the first time in Amsterdam, with a Q&A after the screening.
The neighbourhood workshops, community spaces where residents can use tools and learn crafts, open their doors with a market of handmade goods.
A workshop followed by a karaoke café, where anyone can sing along to backing tracks.
Part of Best of Imagine, which brings back selected films from Amsterdam's festival of fantastic, horror and science-fiction cinema.
A film screening on climate themes, put on jointly by the restaurant and Sprouts.
A selection of short films from Amsterdam's festival of fantasy, horror and science fiction cinema.
The long-running stand-up comedy club brings a lively mixed bill to Southeast Amsterdam.
An interactive storytelling session designed to introduce children to books and creative tales.
The Dutch saxophonist is the guest at the café's long-running Sunday afternoon jazz sessions.
A club-night series marks its second anniversary at Garage Noord, the Amsterdam-Noord venue known for underground dance parties.
The first half of a French two-part film about Charles de Gaulle, covering his wartime years leading the Free French resistance from London.
A repeat screening of a film from the programme of Amsterdam's festival of fantasy, horror and science fiction cinema.
A session about mending and patching clothes and textiles, repairing worn items rather than throwing them away.
The Dutch stand-up comedian plays an extra show added to his run.
A Best of Imagine screening, bringing back a pick from Amsterdam's annual festival of horror, fantasy and other genre film.
A Climate Week workshop for children aged four and up.
Workshops where you make glowing lanterns or light sculptures for St Maarten, the 11 November tradition of children singing door to door with lanterns.
A free coffee and concert for unpaid carers, people who look after a sick or disabled loved one, on the national day that thanks them.
A hands-on craft class in which you string beads into your own jewellery or decorative pieces.
A screening from the Best of Imagine selection, which brings back highlights from Amsterdam's festival of fantasy, horror and science-fiction film.
A Sunday session of DJs playing records exclusively on vinyl, now in its twenty-second edition.
An open jam session at the storytelling and cultural house, where musicians can bring an instrument and join in.
A show whose title means 'There he is again!', at the historic Amstel theatre known for Dutch cabaret and comedy.
An interactive puppet performance designed for young children and families.
A crafts session at the library for children aged six and over, making their own calendar to take home.
A jazz concert at the Laren art museum with young musicians backed by the Keep an Eye Foundation, which supports talented conservatory students.
Another title from the Best of Imagine selection, a return of highlights from Amsterdam's annual festival of fantasy, horror and genre cinema.
A Dutch family film in which the Pieten have to save Pakjesavond, the Sinterklaas present night, after a huge snowstorm brings the country to a halt.
To mark Carers' Day, unpaid carers looking after relatives or friends get a free boat trip as a break from caring.
A 90-minute hands-on workshop in which you learn to fold three origami models, with an introduction to mindfulness.
A neighbourhood market with stalls selling art and vintage goods, held at the local community centre.
A workshop where participants make a vision board, a collage of images and words representing their goals, held at a Jordaan wine bar.
A concert by Ensemble Hermes in the English Reformed Church, the old chapel in the middle of the Begijnhof.
Ensemble Hermes sings secular madrigals and sacred motets, from Monteverdi's early Baroque Italy through to Bach's Germany.
A performance by Isabel van Gelder at Concerto, the long-running Utrechtsestraat record shop that hosts small live sets among its racks.
A shared bill of two live acts at the small neighbourhood stage in the former Tolstraat library building.
A brunch gathering for women at Zoku, the hotel and co-working space near Weesperplein.
A day when several choirs take turns singing in the chapel of the OLVG Oost hospital.
Learners of Dutch practise the words and tune of a Dutch song before a group sing-along.
A satirical stage piece whose title plays on 'GOAT', slang for 'greatest of all time'.
Loveth Besamoh presents I Love You Honey Bunny at Cinetol, a small De Pijp venue for concerts and performances.
A hand-sewing and sewing-machine workshop led by artist afra eisma, which treats mending clothes as a way of repairing emotionally too.
A concert in a schuilkerk, one of the hidden churches where non-Calvinist congregations once worshipped out of public view.
A reading group dedicated to literature from and about Suriname.
An informal get-together for Brazilians and anyone who likes Brazilian culture.
A spoken-word and poetry programme in the artists' village, a former squat in the western port area.
A small-scale contemporary dance evening in which Ariel Gelbart and Thalia Crymble each perform a solo in their own movement style.
A live set from singer-songwriter brukle, performing their own songs at this Spaarndammerbuurt café and venue.
A casual pickup football game in the Amsterdamse Bos for people who enjoy playing but are not especially good at it.
An open studio session where people work on their own art or craft projects side by side in a shared space.
A Red Noise night with sets from Simone Don, Maya Mae and Tuyk van Dam.
An orchestral concert conducted by Stijn Berkouwer in De Duif, a former Catholic church on the Prinsengracht.
A night of live jazz at the venue.
Singer IsaSofia performs live with her band, The Coalition of the Willing.
Going by its Italian title, meaning 'Secrets of Naples', an evening about the southern Italian city at De Kring, the members' club for artists.
An English-language stand-up comedy show.
A programme about passing on stories and memories, held at the Jewish Cultural Quarter, the cluster of museums and synagogues in the old Jewish district.
A monthly walk in the Amsterdamse Bos area where internationals with dogs, or who just like them, meet and socialise outdoors.
A concert by the wind band De Adelaar, which seems to be modelled on the year-in-review idea of Spotify Wrapped.
An improv comedy workshop held in Italian and open to all levels, built around games and making things up on the spot.
A percussion duo gives a recital at the musician-run concert venue in a former bathhouse.
A crafts event at the volunteer-run social centre, named as a play on the anti-police slogan ACAB.
A session where musicians make music together without a score, making up pieces on the spot.
Live music from Sputnik Weazel while you eat at the restaurant.
A live performance by the act UNNV at the Amsterdam music venue; the listing notes that this show is sold out.
Trainers lead a group fitness session combining cardio and bodyweight exercises in Oosterpark.
A networking and co-working meet-up for purpose-driven freelancers, founders, and creative entrepreneurs.
Note this one is in The Hague: a workshop in kokedama, the Japanese technique of growing a plant in a moss-wrapped ball of soil instead of a pot.
A walking tour of the historic cemetery along the Amstel, known for its notable Dutch burials and garden architecture.
The autumn concert of the Diemen wind band, a harmonie being an amateur ensemble of woodwind, brass and percussion.
A weekly Sunday afternoon gathering for Arabic speakers and anyone interested in Arabic culture to socialise over drinks and snacks.
A film screening and discussion about what a good life means if the climate crisis forces us to live differently.
The title is Spanish for 'naked'; this is a performance at the small Nes theatre known for cabaret, music and new theatre makers.
A children's show about a girl called Bibi and a horse that has lost its way.
An artist residency in Nieuw-West, run by the museum devoted to Cornelis van Eesteren and the post-war Western Garden Cities he planned.
Adelphos, ancient Greek for 'brother', at the Bos en Lommer stage known for music, theatre and storytelling from many cultures.
An event at the gallery of Droog, the Dutch conceptual design label, under a title borrowed from Walt Whitman's poem 'I Sing the Body Electric'.
The Canadian poet reads from her collection Rush of Wingspan, answers questions and signs copies afterwards.
A studio offering hands-on creative workshops built around making things without screens.
Pianist Sandra Cebrian gives a recital in the Young Virtuosi series for young talent, held in the restored seventeenth-century Oosterkerk.
An open discussion in the style of Socrates, where people suggest questions and the group picks one to explore together.
A long-form interview with Hans Spekman, the former chair of the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA).
A talk on the theme of divine or sacred vision, held at the multicultural arts venue in Bos en Lommer.
An acoustic, stripped-back set from Waste at the Leidseplein-area live music bar known for rock and blues bands.
A participant-led philosophical discussion of basic human questions, where the organisers guide the conversation rather than lecture.
A sustainability market run by local group Stichting Natuurlijk IJburg and the Oost district as part of climate week, 2 to 8 November.
A workshop at CREA, the University of Amsterdam's cultural centre, whose title suggests a focus on storytelling and fairy tales.
A party night at Pllek, the industrial-chic hangout on the NDSM waterfront in Noord.
The monthly gathering of an afternoon tea group for gay men over 40, a relaxed social meeting over tea.
A book club meeting run by the people behind Amsterdam's Dyke March, the yearly lesbian and queer march.
A monthly English-language contemplative service with music, scripture and prayer, followed by a shared lunch where everyone is welcome and you bring a dish if you can.
An orchestra named after the Amsterdam composer Alphons Diepenbrock plays in the Dominicuskerk on the Spuistraat.
A Polish-language stand-up night with comedian Damian Skóra and his show Pan Komentarz, plus a live edition of Polska Komentująca.
An open stage in IJburg where performers try out new material, with Albert Meijer among those announced for cabaret and songs.
Eleonore Schönmaier presents her poetry collection Rush of Wingspan at the English-language bookshop on Spui.
A film screening at the arthouse cinema in Westerpark.
A club night under the NIJI name, featuring EDA. Niji is Japanese for rainbow.
A concert showcasing young up-and-coming classical musicians in a 17th-century canal-district merchant's house.
A film screening at the arthouse cinema in Westergas; the Dutch title means 'Just Get Used To It'.
Drop-in ultimate frisbee, a non-contact team sport where you score by catching the disc in the end zone, open to whoever turns up.
An English-language session on coping with major life changes and finding steadiness while they happen, held in a restaurant-bar setting.
A culture talk featuring Vir'sharna at the Ramses Shaffy Huis, a home for older artists named after the Dutch singer.
A weekly meetup with no set plan where people travelling alone can chat and get to know other visitors.
A free guided meditation at the Kadampa Buddhist centre, built around prayers for world peace.
Local group Stichting Natuurlijk IJburg and the Oost district hold a market about sustainable living as part of the city's climate week.
A gathering where people share warm, personal stories as a way of connecting with each other.
A live jazz matinee running through classic standards and swing charts.
A concert by a quartet of recorder players, an instrument family that runs from tiny sopranino to large bass, at the Buitenveldert community centre.
A film screening at the arthouse cinema in Westerpark.
A Dutch class for highly educated newcomers that combines the Duolingo app with Nederlands in Gang, a well-known Dutch textbook for fast learners.
A group walk of five to ten kilometres looping through and around the city's best-known park.
A discussion event that, as the title suggests, is built around talking openly about difficult subjects.
A club night in the Tolhuistuin's club room in Amsterdam Noord.
A volleyball session in De Pijp run by a meetup group of Amsterdam volleyball players.
The hostel bar hosts a casual evening movie screening.
The adventurous TryTone musicians' collective hosts an evening of contemporary composed and improvised music.
A mobile advice desk at the Sustainable Home Market in De Hallen, offering help with making your home more sustainable.
The title is Spanish for 'autumn gallery'; the venue is the old village church of Buiksloot in Amsterdam-Noord.
An event built around the idea of what is visible and what is hidden, at the multicultural arts venue in Bos en Lommer.
The Dutch title means 'the odd bird', the expression for someone who doesn't quite fit in.
The name suggests a morning event that ends before noon; the listing gives no other details.
The title means the theatre is 'drawing a red line', a Dutch phrase for setting a firm limit; the listing does not say what the evening involves.
A weekly drop-in evening for expats in De Pijp, for a drink and a chat with whoever is there.
A performance by Brukle in the theatre café, an informal setting for small concerts.
A free nostalgic lunch for unpaid carers, people who look after a sick or disabled loved one, on the national day that thanks them.
A feature film screening in the cinema's regular programme of arthouse and independent releases.
A theatre performance; the Dutch title means 'Verdict'.
This appears to be a joint event between DETOX and EDTN; the listing gives no further details.
The second volume of the print journal NOTICE is launched at an afternoon event in the Nine Streets.
A live gig in Paradiso's smaller upstairs hall.
An event at the University of Amsterdam's museum of archaeology, rare books and heritage collections.
An evening social gathering tailored specifically for senior women.
A club night; the listing gives no line-up or other details.
A Sunday morning worship gathering with the local church community.
The annual members' meeting of the association behind the museum devoted to Multatuli, the 19th-century author of Max Havelaar.
The literary society devoted to Multatuli, the 19th-century author of Max Havelaar, holds its autumn members' meeting at the museum in his birthplace.
A Sunday gathering of the Dominicus community, an independent ecumenical congregation known for its progressive, participatory services.
A pickup basketball game run by Amsterdam Football and Basketball; the listing says it is full and players must already know the 4-out offence.
The landmark survey brings together the Japanese artist's signature polka dots, Infinity Mirror Rooms, and monumental soft sculptures.
The city's yearly night when dozens of museums stay open late with special programmes, music and activities, all on one ticket.
An exhibition placing the two great Dutch Golden Age portrait painters side by side: Frans Hals with his loose brushwork and Rembrandt with his dramatic light.
Eindhoven's annual light art festival, a walking route of light installations and projections laid out through the city centre.
A walk-through exhibition that uses large projections and recreated artefacts to bring you into the world of the boy pharaoh, the pyramids and ancient Egyptian treasures.
Drawings and sketches by the Rotterdam-born Abstract Expressionist painter, shown alongside his famous Woman I, with lectures, an audio tour and drawing workshops.
An exhibition on Amsterdam's LGBTQ+ history, held in the former church on Dam Square as part of WorldPride Amsterdam.
The science museum's hands-on floor lets visitors experiment with everyday engineering, household technology, and clean energy.
The annual touring exhibition of the World Press Photo contest's winning images, covering photojournalism and documentary photography from the past year.
Around 80 works lent by the Centre Pompidou in Paris, centred on Matisse's La Blouse roumaine, with paintings by Rothko, Picasso and Barnett Newman.
Over 150 monumental street art murals, painted on-site by international artists, fill a former shipyard warehouse.
Citywide arts festival staging performances, tours, and special events across various participating Amsterdam museums.
An exhibition showing the commercial textile patterns, garments, and decorative fabrics designed by the pop artist in the 1950s and 1960s.
An exhibition on Henri Matisse, the French painter known for his bold colour, his Fauvist work and his late paper cut-outs.
Hands-on workshops, games, and maritime activities designed for children and families.
A family-friendly Sunday programme of creative workshops and cultural activities for all ages.
A digital projection show rendering the Dutch master's fantastically detailed depictions of heaven, hell and sin into large-scale animations.
Utrecht's annual festival of adventurous music, booking experimental, global, jazz and underground acts across venues around TivoliVredenburg.
A guided visit through the world's oldest functioning Jewish library, housed beside the Portuguese Synagogue.
An animated digital installation bringing Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's classic novella and its philosophical meditations on life to light.
Dance event pioneers ID&T present a sensory labyrinth of light, sound, and interactive technology in the Elementenstraat warehouse.
An exhibition showcasing the pop artist's commercial textile designs from the 1950s and 1960s before his rise to fame.
An exhibition about disco, the dance music and club culture that came out of Black, Latino and queer scenes in 1970s New York.
The veteran Dutch singer, songwriter and clown, also known as the creator of Alfred J. Kwak, performs his show 'Vandaag' ('Today').
For Amsterdam's Museum Night, museums stay open late with special programmes; the Waag is a 15th-century weigh house now home to a technology and society institute.
Museum Night opens the Artis museum of microbes after dark, with a programme built around the theme of time.
Photographs by the American Henry Chalfant, who documented New York subway graffiti and co-created the book Subway Art and the film Style Wars.
A look at the pigments and painting techniques Rembrandt used to get his famous light and texture, presented during Museumnacht.
A hands-on studio where visitors of all ages can make their own art, inspired by Van Gogh's techniques and work.
Local independent makers, designers, and craftspeople sell handmade wares inside the former tram depot.
Direct conversations and oral histories shared with survivors of the Holocaust.
The festival organisers stage a walkthrough experience using lasers, lights, and electronic soundscapes across several rooms.
An exhibition of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, the last great master of Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints, known for his series One Hundred Aspects of the Moon.
A show by the New York-based American artist known for layered black-and-white paintings, silkscreens and text works built around his idea of 'Black Dada'.
An outdoor ice rink in front of the Rijksmuseum, with open skating sessions and skating lessons.
Museum Night at NEMO, the hands-on science museum in the green ship-shaped building by Renzo Piano, with a programme built around technology and connection.
Original stencils, screen prints, and authenticated indoor works by the elusive Bristol street artist are on permanent display.
The national museum displays textiles, costumes, and everyday garments highlighting traces of wear and historical repairs.
A photography exhibition about graffiti culture, including life-size images of subway cars more than three metres high.
The painter's former home displays etching and drawing techniques to show how Rembrandt pushed the boundaries of his craft.
A multimedia showcase combining digital projections and photography to explore the life and art of the Mexican painter.
The photographer presents vivid, stylised portraits celebrating the fashion and contemporary identity of people from Xinjiang.
Amsterdam's long-running festival of fantasy, horror, science fiction and other genre cinema, with new international films alongside cult favourites.
The contemporary Spanish-Dutch painter presents new works in dialogue with Francisco de Goya's iconic etchings, Los Disparates.
An exhibition of large, detailed Playmobil scenes built by diorama maker Oliver Schaffer, set up for both looking and hands-on play.
An exhibition on James McNeill Whistler, the American-born painter in London known for his Nocturnes and the portrait of his mother.
Work by Patricia Kaersenhout, the Dutch-Surinamese artist whose work deals with Black feminism, colonial history and the legacy of slavery.
A practical class at the museum where you try painting for yourself, with brushes and paint.
STRAAT explores the fundamental visual elements of graffiti culture, from lettering and tags to rhythm and line work.
Morning yoga session held surrounded by Vincent van Gogh's masterworks.
A family exhibition exploring magic, illusions and ritual in Jewish culture and folklore.
Part of Museumnacht, the yearly night when Amsterdam's museums stay open late with special programmes.
An immersive digital experience that recreates the streets and canals of seventeenth-century Amsterdam.
Amsterdam's annual late-night museum event comes to the National Maritime Museum, housed in the former naval storehouse on the Oosterdok, with special evening programming.
For Museum Night, the new-media art museum in Noord shows work from its Night Academy programme, with museums across the city open late.
Elia Kazan's 1954 dockside drama, with Marlon Brando as the boxer turned longshoreman Terry Malloy, shown in a new 4K restoration; it won eight Oscars.
Children and adults experiment with unusual custom-built instruments and create soundscapes together in this hands-on musical session.
A free 2.1 km walk through the centre past 34 sculptures by 64 artists, all carved from felled Amsterdam city trees, with a public vote for a favourite.
STRAAT, the street art museum at NDSM, teams up with Museum MORE, which collects modern realist art, for a show about claiming public space.
A yearly fair where dealers sell fine art, antiques and design, from old masters to contemporary work.
A hands-on workshop making light sculptures for Sint Maarten, when children go door to door with lanterns and sing for sweets on 11 November.
Vincent van Gogh's paintings are projected large across the walls and floors, so visitors walk through moving versions of his work.
A sightseeing boat trip along Amsterdam's canals on Blue Boat Company's City Canal Cruise.
An evening celebrating Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, put together by Tara, Nikita and Lea.
Arti et Amicitiae, the artists' society on the Rokin founded in 1839, opens its galleries late for Amsterdam's citywide Museum Night.
A family-friendly interactive exhibition exploring mythology, nature, and the symbolic wisdom of ravens across different world cultures.
A behind-the-scenes guided tour through the costume departments, stages, and rehearsal halls of the opera house.
The Belgian photographer known for stark black-and-white portraits shows his photographs of the sea and the people who live by it.
Crate-digging market inside the covered passage of De Hallen, featuring independent record vendors selling vinyl across multiple genres.
A seasonal winter ice rink in the seaside resort of Scheveningen in The Hague, open to the public for skating.
A drop-in art studio where children can make their own work, at the art museum in Laren known for its Dutch modernist collection.
The yearly fair for art, antiques and design, where dealers show everything from old masters and jewellery to contemporary work.
The private museum showcases street works, prints, and stencils by the elusive British artist.
Learn the fundamentals of silkscreening and print your own custom design onto t-shirts in this hands-on studio session.
A broad survey of modern and contemporary art, design, and photography from the museum's permanent holdings.
Interactive light and digital installations invite visitors into responsive, mirror-filled rooms.
The presentation examines clothing from 1640 to 1930 that bears physical signs of wear, tailoring, mending, and daily life.
An outdoor and community exhibition presented in collaboration with Middle East Archive, a digital platform documenting everyday life and visual culture across the region.
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the concert hall's architecture and acoustics before attending the free midday performance.
Museum Night at Micropia, the ARTIS zoo's museum of microbes, the tiny life forms invisible to the naked eye.
Drawing in the Royal Palace on Dam Square as part of October drawing month, inside Jacob van Campen's 17th-century former city hall.
A big art, antiques and design fair with more than 110 dealers, focused on work from the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.
An exhibition celebrating early trailblazers and foundational works in digital and video installation art.
An exhibition tracing decades of LGBTQIA+ community life, activism, pride celebrations, and resilience across Amsterdam.
A Sunday guided tour of the Scheepvaarthuis, a national monument and showpiece of the expressive Amsterdam School style that now houses the hotel.
Explore the Amsterdam School architecture and maritime history of the monumental building, which now operates as a luxury hotel.
The exhibition examines the global supply chains of cocoa, sugar, and palm oil behind the beloved Dutch breakfast staple.
A dedicated open session giving young children safe access to the urban sports hall's trampolines.
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