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

Nothing happened last year on 6-6-6.

Well, nothing that a couple of perfunctory Google searches revealed, anyway... And, while it’s no Number of the Beast, 7-7-7 can still lead to revelations, as it’s the date that the long-awaited new OBA opens on Oosterdokseiland. So support your local literacy centre, and go along and stock up on some summer reading. Or summer listening. Or summer DVDs...

Sure, it’s kind of ironic that it’s located alongside the equally new Herman Broodplein—a 6-6-6 type of guy if there ever was one—but that just adds to the poetic charm. Sadly, the latest news is that, while the library will still be officially opened on Saturday, not quite the whole building will be complete. The restaurant and downstairs toilets still need some major finishing touches. But perhaps in the construction confusion, more people will be inspired to be the first one to steal a book. It wouldn’t be a library otherwise. But then again, that would be so last year: so 6-6-6.

On the cover BUILDING FOR BOOKS Photos by Su Tomesen www.sutomesen.nl

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ANJE JAGER

The sinners’ saint A send-off worthy of the city’s ‘liefste vrouw’.

By Remco Andersen Amsterdam has lost an icon. LieutenantColonel ‘Major’ Alida Margaretha Bosshardt is no more. The woman who, 60 years ago, armed with just a flag and 100 guilders, set up a Salvation Army outpost among the notoriety of the Red Light District, was ‘summoned to higher service’ on 25 June. She was 94.

The Major, as she was affectionately known, came to Amsterdam in 1934 to work in the orphanage De Zonnehoek on Rozengracht, from which she brought over 70 children—many Jewish—to safe houses during World War II. After the war, Bosshardt focused her efforts on De Wallen, where she spent the next 60 years distributing copies of the Salvation Army magazine, De Strijdkreet, and doing the Lord’s work. She helped the poor, the homeless, the sick,

the addicted, the mentally unstable, the vulnerable and those who had nobody else. She did it selflessly, effortlessly and, even after her official retirement in 1978, she remained an active figurehead for the organisation she devoted her life to.

Chief Commissioner of Police Bernhard Welten met Bosshardt several times over the years. ‘She was a very important figure for Amsterdam. With care and dedication she tried to provide balance and cohesion for the district, and for such a long period of time that she became a living legend.’ Welten recalls his last meeting with the Major, in June 2006. ‘She was still full of energy, not only listening but making herself heard as well. She will certainly be missed.’

Her funeral (‘promotion to Glory’ in Salvation Army jargon) was held last Saturday and took the better part of the afternoon. At 11.15am, a white hearse carrying the coffin made a single round through the Red Light District, followed by a string of equally white Mercedes limousines with Salvation Army members inside. The funeral procession then toured past many of the Major’s previous residences and offices.

On arrival at the Koningskerk in Oost, where the funeral service took place, the hearse passed a crowd of spectators and, as it rolled by, Adri van Delden, a 73-year-old Salvation Army

private, pointed her index finger upwards, saluting the major in the Army’s fashion. Van Delden attended the ceremony with her son. ‘I joined the Army ten years ago. The Major taught me to use my index finger not to point at people disapprovingly, but to beckon them,’ she says, demonstrating the ‘come hither’ motion. ‘The Major has been an example to us all: deeply religious, but socially minded and never condemning.’

As the funeral service wasn’t open to the public, most people left after the doors closed. A small crowd of local residents and uninvited admirers of the major patiently waited outside. Herman Bouwman, a retired department store manager who lives in the neighbourhood says: ‘I respect the major because of what she did for the gay community in Amsterdam. In the 1970s the Salvation Army wasn’t exactly open to homosexuals. She put an end to that, regularly visiting gay bars on the Amstel and making clear to her colleagues that gay people are human beings just like everybody else and should be treated without prejudice. She rejected religious dogmas and, in doing so, helped many gay people feel free and accepted in Amsterdam.’

Standing near the gates of De Nieuwe Ooster cemetery, wearing a baseball cap with the Army’s logo, Tonnie van den Herik watched the funeral procession enter. A frail, wrinkled woman looking older than her 62 years, she describes a childhood marked by orphanages and abusive foster parents, followed by an adulthood filled with drug- and alcohol abuse. She’s clean now, and for the past 17 years has worked to help homeless people in Arnhem. ‘I first met the Major two years ago. It had long been my dream to meet her in real life and when she heard about me through a mutual acquaintance, she invited me over to her house in Amsterdam. While there, standing in her kitchen making tea, it hit me: this is what it must be like to have a mother. I never told her, but I went into the bathroom and shed a few tears.’ Van den Herik kept in touch with Bosshardt, visiting her regularly. ‘A week before she died, we were making plans to meet and she said: “I don’t know if I’m still around next week, I feel I will be with the Lord soon.” And then she died last Wednesday, on my birthday.’

The ceremony was attended by scores of people from all sectors of society; although some were consumed by grief, the general ambiance surrounding the Major’s last earthly journey wasn’t one of sadness. Bosshardt lived long and died a happy woman. And, according to ceremony master commander Reindert Schurink, she’s moved on to continue her work, hopefully as archangel: ‘not because of the rank, but just so she could help out angels that are having a hard time.’

Livaneli’s world Renaissance man talks Turkey.

By Laura Groeneveld

ANJE JAGER

Majoor Bosshardt: ‘Ga jij maar lekker slapen.’

It’s slightly intimidating interviewing Omer Zülfü Livaneli. Not only has the former exile written novels that have been translated into numerous languages, he’s also a famous musician, film-maker, member of the Turkish parliament plus the Turkish delegation to the Council of Europe, and a Goodwill Ambassador for UNESCO. Not to mention his work as a peace activist and the significant contributions he’s made to Greek-Turkish and Kurdish-Turkish relations. How does one get to be Homo universalis and excel in so many different fields?

Livanelli shrugs. ‘Journalists have called me a Renaissance man, but I don’t think of myself like that,’ he says. ‘It’s true that I don’t believe in specialising in one narrow subject. The composer Hans Eisler once said: “If a person only understands music, then he doesn’t really understand music.” There are definitely relationships, not just between the different art disciplines, but between arts and science as well.’

Nevertheless, even multitalents sometimes get fed up with multitasking. Livaneli recently decided to focus on writing fulltime. He’ll no longer serve as an MP after the next elections—something he doesn’t seem bothered by (‘I was bored with daily politics.’) and he has already stopped composing. The choice of writing over music could hit him hard, but Livaneli disagrees.

‘Music allows you to express your feelings, but at the same time it’s a very abstract form of art,’ he says. ‘Music doesn’t allow you to create a character, to analyse a situation or to explore your thoughts.

‘The written word is much more international,’ he elaborates. ‘It’s much easier to read and enjoy books from all over the world. You may be a huge fan of Chinese novels, but can you actually say you’re fond of Chinese music? Unless it concerns certain categories like Western classical music, a type of music that the majority has come into contact with, music is actually very local.’

Still, some people claim they can see the music in Livaneli’s books. ‘I understand

what they mean,’ he says. ‘It’s the concept of rhythm in my books—the rhythm that’s present in my subconscious and transported into my novels.’

Our talk takes place as Liveneli is touring the Netherlands to promote the Dutch translation of Bliss, now titled Bevrijding, a novel that was published a few years ago in Turkey, and which was made into a film this year.

In the book, Livaneli creates a picture of contemporary Turkey and the political issues it faces. Through the eyes of three main characters—a young girl, a soldier and a university professor—he explores a country that’s clearly torn between tradition and modernity.

It seems that, however tired Livaneli is of being a politician, it’s impossible for him to let go of politics. Considering that he was held under military detention during the 1971 coup and lived in exile in Stockholm, Paris and Athens for eight years, maybe that’s not so strange. ‘An artist doesn’t have the luxury of not being politically active,’ he says, firmly.

The book also tackles controversial topics like the Armenian genocide. He says he didn’t write the book as export material: ‘I wrote Bevrijding for readers in my own country. And the book has been well [received]. Even though it touches upon real Turkish problems, it does so in a literary context and therefore people can accept it.’ He pauses, and then continues: ‘I think you can criticise your own country to get acceptance in the West. But you can also criticise your own country to make it a more peaceful and civilised place. That’s the approach I went for.’

Nevertheless, Livaneli is happy to paint a more nuanced picture of his country and its inhabitants for foreign readers. ‘Turkey is full of contrasts. Many people in Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands feel they know Turkey because of the presence of immigrants in their countries. But these people came from the mountains, from small villages, and have never seen city life.

Even in Turkey itself there are different Turkeys.’

In that sense, he’s pleased that images of recent mass demonstrations in Turkish cities Istanbul and Izmir became world news. In May, millions of people staged mass protests to defend their secular lifestyle. It was a clear illustration of the growing distance between secular and Islamic interests in this mainly Muslim, but still secular, country. ‘It has shown people a different side of Turkey,’ Livaneli says.

While the author is clearly devoted to his country and could talk about it for hours, he also struggles with it. ‘In Bevrijding, I identified most with the character of Meryem,’ he explains. ‘That’s quite strange, since she’s a seventeen-year-old girl from a small rural village who becomes the victim of an honour crime. But like her, I feel opposition continuously. I’ve been sent to prison. I’ve been misjudged and misinterpreted. I sometimes feel victim of this system in my country. I know that’s a very contradictory thing to say because, at the same time, my country has brought me fame and a following.’

Bevrijding is published by Prometheus.

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To be or not to be a library Readers continue to fight closure of the Pinto Library.

By Linawati Sidarto The Pintohuis Library has only been open for about 15 minutes, yet dozens of people are already milling around the building’s two floors. ‘It’s always like this: lots of familiar faces. The majority are regulars from the neighbourhood,’ says Erik Blei, a Pinto employee. That this homely atmosphere is at the heart of Nieuwmarkt is exactly the reason why local residents want to keep this safe haven.

The library is just about ‘the only noncommercial meeting place in a neighbourhood dominated by eateries, tourism and drugs. The closing of the library would be a heavy blow for the inner-city’s quality of life,’ says the website of action group De Pintohuis moet blijven.

And yet that heavy blow may very well become reality, though not immediately.

Closure was decided back in 1994, when the city council declared that the Pintohuis must close once the new central library [see article p.6] and a smaller one on Czar Peterstraat are completed.

‘There is no need yet for people to get

worried. The Czar Peter Library is only estimated to be completed by 2012,’ said Amsterdam-Centrum alderwoman Wil Codrington. But the action group figured that it would be best to get agitated early.

Last year, they campaigned locally and got around 1,000 signatures.

The beautiful 17th-century mansion bears the name of the rich Jewish-Portuguese family who owned the house for around 200 years from the mid-1600s.

Experts agreed that it was highly unusual for a house of this stature to be on a street instead of along the canals.

After the Second World War, however, the Pintohuis was but a shadow of its former glory. The City bought it in 1968, with the goal of levelling it to make way for a new road and metro line. Local residents showed their teeth and fought hard to prevent their neighbourhood from being turned into concrete. After a long battle, including large demonstrations, the city council finally agreed that the Pintohuis shouldn’t be demolished, resulting in a halt to further construction of the road and the metro line. The house was restored and converted to a library in 1975.

Codrington points out that, unlike in the 1960s, the building is in no danger of disappearing. ‘The question is: does the City have the three hundred and fifty thousand euros a year to keep the Pinto Library open after the other two new libraries are in operation?’ she asks.

‘There’s still time to consider what function it could fulfil in the future. It could become a sort of reading room, or a meeting place.’

De Pintohuis moet blijven’s Mieke Lokkerbol, however, is not impressed. ‘I

A non-commercial gathering space with the work of Jacob de Wit at near-nose height.

know that many parties have their eye on the Pintohuis and want to turn it into something else. But the point is that it now serves those who need it the most: the elderly, children and those who aren’t mobile.’

Indeed, many of those sitting around the two tables in the library’s reading room were older people. The piano standing in front of the room’s fireplace looked like it belonged there, together with the decorated ceilings—from the hands of Jacob de Wit—and the gilded mirror.

‘Yes, it would be a real shame if this place were to close down,’ said Peter Verhaar, who’s been a regular library user for 15 years. He and his son Marin, 6, were in the children’s section, negotiating which DVD to borrow.

Not everyone, however, is enthusiastic. One Amsterdam librarian, who declined to be named, pointed out that the Pintohuiss ‘is too cramped’ for a library.

‘It’s impractical and the rooms are too small. There is no lift, so people who are less mobile cannot check out the shelves upstairs,’ the librarian says, adding: ‘As libraries go, bigger is indeed sometimes better.’

Residents will have a better idea of the library’s future in a couple of months’ time, explains Codrington, as the gemeente has added the Pintohuis to September’s debate agenda.

Het Pintohuis, St Antoniebreestraat 69, 624 3184 (Mon, Wed 19.00-20.00; Fri 14.00-17.00; Sat 11.00-16.00).

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ON A BEAUTIFULLY SYMMETRICAL SUMMER DATE,THE NEW LIBRARY ON OOSTERDOKSEILAND OPENS UP. THE NINE-STOREY BUILDING BY JO COENEN IS ANYTHING BUT A DUSTY AFFAIR. BUT NOT EVERYBODY IS HAPPY WITH IT.

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It’s a bit difficult to hear what the director is saying. Although Hans van Velzen is sitting directly opposite, at the small table of the rondvaartboot, the jamming jazz cats in the centre of the boat are doing their best to drown him out. The Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam—OBA, or public library—has drummed up celebrities like Cees Slinger, Benjamin Herman and Deborah J Carter in its publicity offensive for the new central library on Oosterdokseiland, near Centraal Station, which will open on 07-07-07. The boat takes the musicians to the almost empty old library at Prinsengracht, where they pick up their own CDs and take them, by boat, to the new building. At both locations, Van Velzen routinely gathers the musicians around him for a Kodak moment.

Van Velzen, whose Rijnmond accent still shines through after all these years, says that he came to the OBA back in 1988.

‘Before, I had been the director of the Spijkenisse Library for ten years. There, the automatisation process was already pretty well advanced, whereas in Amsterdam everything was done by hand. My mission was clear: automatisation, a new financing structure through the stadsdelen, modernisation of an inward-looking organisation to an outward looking one and, finally, the search for a new location.’

Everyone who has visited the old library at Prinsengracht knows that the building was worn threadbare. Moreover, there wasn’t enough room for the collection of books, CDs, DVDs and sheet music anymore, which doesn’t come in handy if you’re a library. Van Velzen adds: ‘There was also no room for exhibitions, for performances and so on.’ But who needs performances in a library? Van Velzen: ‘The expectations of our users have changed over the years. Information transfer can take many forms. Think of digital forms, but also through music or writers who do a lecture. Today, we are dealing with new target groups who have a background where storytelling is more important than books. Yes, by that I mean people from the Mediterranean area. But elderly people also appreciate readings, or songs from the past.’

Libraries gave us power The new OBA at Oosterdokseiland will cater for these developments, with many more free-to-use internet PCs than Prinsengracht had, a theatre, an exhibition room, a leescafe (reading cafe, like in the old building) and a restaurant. The whole thing seems to have little to do with the old, dusty stacks where parchmenty librarians would give you a look of reproof if you had the impertinence to sneeze. Is there still place for books in the ultra-modern library? ‘Certainly,’ says Van Velzen. ‘But we position the book in a context of information transfer. If we stage a musical performance, we show the public, at the same time, that we have a collection of sheet music and CDs. And we still stimulate people to read, absolutely. We want to strip reading of its sacred and special atmosphere, and make it accessible instead.’

Van Velzen continues his promotional campaign by saying that ‘the OBA is an outstanding example of integration. We are one of the few institutions that succeed in attracting all the sections of the Amsterdam population. Allochtone girls visit the library en masse and borrow ten books, no exception. They gain freedom through

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knowledge. The library plays a very important role in that process.’

As to the new building, Van Velzen states he is ‘very satisfied. We wanted Jo Coenen for the architect, not only because he is experienced in building libraries, but also because he knows how to keep such a big building manageable. What’s more, he has the ability to create imposing public buildings.’ The director doesn’t hide his pride when he mentions that he played a role in designing the stairs to the seventh floor. ‘I personally measured up some of the stairs that I like in Amsterdam. Coenen applied those measurements.’

That sounds like truly harmonious cooperation, now doesn’t it? However, last Saturday’s Het Parool adjusts that idea just a tiny bit. In it, Coenen not only states that Van Velzen is only interested in mooie verhalen (‘positive publicity’), he also reveals that he (Coenen) was expelled from the building site. After the final approval of his design, the architect was not allowed to have his say in important decisions any longer, which resulted in him not being completely happy with the end result.

The bieb in his heart Coenen is not the only one who isn’t completely happy. The introduction of uniforms at the Oosterdokseiland has led to complaints among part of the personnel.

Van Velzen answers: ‘I do understand that.

But we hired a top designer [Aziz], and involved the personnel in the process. Our people need to be recognisable. It’s a big building. Yes, some of the staff have left the central library for other branches because they don’t like the uniform, or find the new building too big. But then again: personnel from the branches have come to the new building in return, because they like it.’

One of the librarians who certainly won’t follow that last example is Arie Moonen. Moonen is not his real name. He has his reasons. ‘I’m afraid the OBA management won’t be pleased that I’ve talked to the press. I don’t expect I’d get fired if I gave this interview under my own name, but you never know what kind of trouble I would get into.’ Moonen says he’s been working at the central library as well as at branches for a number of years. He insists that he hopes the new building will be a success. ‘It means more space and more visitors. I find it important that the library is accessible for as many Amsterdammers as possible. We are here to serve the general public.’

Still, Moonen isn’t happy with the way Van Velzen is running the organisation.

Moonen says: ‘Van Velzen is very ambitious, to the point that he shows megalomaniacal features. He acts as if he is the OBA. “Hans cooperates on his own” are words winged about among the personnel. This has caused a huge confidence crisis, to the effect that people are losing

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Although there had been lending libraries in Amsterdam since the 1850s, it took until 1919 for the government-backed Openbare Bibliotheek to be established, at Keizersgracht. It had a study and newspaper room and specialised departments covering business and economics, technology and applied art. The music and braille library was one of the best in the country. These days, the Dutch library for the blind and its braille collection is a

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their commitment. They leave, or, if they stay, show their unhappiness.

Which isn’t good for the working atmosphere.’

Moonen is clearly emotional talking about the whole situation.

‘Yes, it hits me where it hurts,’ he says. ‘I carry

Indirect illumination Criticisms aside, Moonen likes the new building—like everybody else seems to— designed by the internationally acclaimed architect who had received lots of attention for his urban development plans on KNSM-eiland and in the Céramique area of

Maastricht. Will Stokkermans, Coenen’s project leader for the OBA, explains that the library had to fit in with Erick van Egeraat’s urban development plan for Oosterdokseiland. Sitting in his office on the sixth floor of Post CS, just two buildings away from the new bieb, Stokkermans shows an artist’s impression of the area. He says: ‘Coenen had to work with three “holy lines”: the two on the front and the back of the island, and the rising line that has its peak in the Post CS building. The building shouldn’t stick out of any of these lines.

Still, Coenen and Van Velzen managed to have the one pillar of the porch protrude just a little bit, so that the library is visible from Centraal Station. Furthermore, the measures of the area have to mirror those of the area on the other side of the Oosterdok, with high buildings and narrow alleys.

Coenen regrets that the library is narrowly enclosed by other buildings.’

That circumstance, says Stokkermans, hindered the architect in applying one of his main principles: the interaction between a building and its environment.

‘But Coenen neutralised that disadvantage by making the interior very light-filled and spatial. Once you enter the building— which has deliberately been provided with

separate organisation, but the OBA has a collection of audio books. (The new building is completely accessible for disabled people. In addition, the library runs a book delivery service for people who aren’t able to visit the bieb.)

Expansion followed quickly. In 1920, the OBA opened its first branch on Rozenstraat. In the 1930s, the social-democratic movement regarded public libraries as one of the most important instruments to uplift the working classes. World War II didn’t pass unnoticed: the library had to

lock up books that displeased the occupiers, titles like Edgar Mowrer’s Germany Puts the Clock Back and Stephen H Roberts’ The House that Hitler Built. But the real drama was that Jews were not allowed to use the library, and Jewish employees were murdered.

In the 1960s, the library joined in with the spirit of the times and opened a record department that gained massive popularity. The golden era was during the 1970s, when the central library moved to a new building on Prinsen-

the bieb deep in my heart. And I’m certainly not the only one who feels the way I do.

Still, I know Van Velzen doesn’t mean any harm. He has done a tremendous job raising all the funds. But he shouldn’t think he can run this place on his own.’

In reply, Van Velzen’s spokesman Björn Stenvers says: ‘We don’t recognise ourselves in everything Moonen says. There is no confidence crisis. Besides, I don’t know of any other person with such a big commitment to the library than Hans [van Velzen]. And I know him as a socially-minded director. However, I can imagine that some people have difficulties with the large scale of the new library, and the changes in the organisation it brings about.

But we try to involve the personnel as much as we can in the process of change.

And those who don’t want to work in the new central library, we give the opportunity to move to one of the branches.’

a low portal— you can immediately look thirty-two metres up. And there are two other spots where you also have a complete view through the building.’

Standing in front of the new library, Stokkermans points at the ninestoreys-high porch made of natural stone. ‘See those wooden frames inside the porch? They indicate the floors that contain the book collection.’ It has to be said: the building looks monumental. You wouldn’t guess, however, that the opening is imminent. Dozens of construction workers come and go, building materials lie about everywhere and every 15 minutes a truck full of books arrives from Prinsengracht.

Inside it’s pretty much the same situation, although some floors look ready to use. The books are illuminated indirectly, by LEDs in fittings that are mounted to the shelves themselves. The shelves are white, as are the walls and the ceilings, while the floors are walnut. Stokkermans: ‘The books and the people will colour the building.’

On the seventh floor, the view over the Oosterdok and the city behind is magnificent. Big, square couches have been placed in front of the storey-high windows. Here, the restaurant and the Jo Coenen Terras will also be accessible while the library is closed. Time will tell, but it sure looks like the city has gained a first-rate cultural hot spot and a beautiful, multifunctional building at the same time.

Centrale Bibliotheek, Oosterdokskade 143, 523 0900, opens Sat, 10.00-22.00 daily, www.oba.nl.

gracht, and grew into an organisation with 28 branches all over town. In 1988, the fifth and present director Hans van Velzen started the modernisation process that culminated this year with the establishment of a new flagship on Oosterdokseiland.

As Martin van Amerongen, the late editor-in-chief of De Groene Amsterdammer, once put it: ‘In the OBA you can find anything that you’re looking for, provided that it hasn’t been lent out, or stolen.’

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ON BEATS AND SONIC VIOLENCE ‘I’ve always been fascinated by the physical effect that music has on you,’ says dubstep artist and occasional philosopher Kode9. ‘I watch how certain frequencies and tempos can physically and emotionally change a dance floor. I used to go raving in the 1990s and you often couldn’t tell whether the crowd were rioting or raving, whether they were angry or having a good time. And that got me thinking about sound.’

Kode9’s fascination with sound has led to two distinct but intertwined paths. The first is as one of the leading lights in the South London dubstep scene, releasing remarkable bass-heavy records on his Hyperdub label. These include last year’s groundbreaking debut album by Burial, as well as his own debut, Memories of the Future, a dark piece of ‘sonic fiction’ narrated by Kode9’s Jamaican-accented cohort The SpaceApe. Sound’s effect But Kode9 has also written extensively about the physical and emotional effect that music can have on people, and is writing a book called Sonic Violence, due out next year. It’s about the ways in which sound has been used as a weapon—both in the colloquial sense (soundsystem DJ clashes, rap rhyming battles, duelling guitars) and in more serious military terms.

‘There are historical examples,’ he says, ‘like the biblical story of the horns bringing down the walls of Jericho, right up to modern-day Jericho in the West Bank, where the Israeli military have used sonic weaponry to disperse crowds. Then there are the Maroons, guerrilla fighters in Jamaica, who used drums as a means of organisation and terror during their fight against the British in the 18th century. Then there are the Futurists and Dadaists who were thrilled by the sound of warfare.

‘And then there are examples of the US military from the Second World War all the way to Iraq. For example, there was the 23rd Division of the American army in World War II, a deception unit that had visual artists, sound engineers, radio engineers and so on. The artists made inflatable

Dubstep pioneer Kode9 will make the dance floor throb during 5 Days Off. But he also knows how to write—and talk—about the physical and emotional effects of music ‘It’s all about sensory politcs.’

BY JOHN LEWIS tanks, while the sound engineers would record the sound of tanks, the sound of bridge-building, vehicles moving, gunfire, explosions and so on. They’d record a soundtrack and then go out into the field and play these recordings, very loudly, to create the impression of threat. So you would pre-emptively provoke your enemy to make a move. And that’s something that echoes with how modern-day authorities— and also rioters—have used recordings of police whistles, gunfire, screaming and so on, and played it on speakers during demonstrations to provoke riots.

‘There’s also a lot about alarms. Why does a tiger’s roar stun its prey into being immobile? Why do people run away when they hear a car alarm? I write a lot about infrasound, those really low frequencies

The book isn’t likely to be a light, popcultural pamphlet. Glasgow-born and London-based, Kode9—known to his mother as Steve Goodman—studied philosophy at Warwick University, where he was involved with the Cybernetic Culture Research Unit (CCRU), a collective of writers, researchers and producers.

The theory is...

‘The CCRU did stuff on philosophy and cinema and computers and technology and music and so on. I was very influenced by one of my colleagues, Kodwo Eshun, who wrote about Afrofuturism and sonic fiction in a really inspiring and conceptual way. I suppose that’s where I started bringing music and theory together.

‘A lot of academic theory, when it

‘There’s this alarm called The Mosquito which emits a very high frequency that only people under a certain age can hear. It’s increasingly being used to stop teenagers hanging around—now it’s being subverted by kids and used as a ringtone that adults can’t hear.’ that can induce nausea and sickness, as well as really high ultrasound frequencies.

There’s this alarm called The Mosquito—it emits a very high frequency that only people under a certain age can hear. It’s increasingly being used by shopkeepers and shopping centres to stop teenagers hanging around in the evenings—now it’s being subverted by kids and used as a ringtone that adults can’t hear!’

focuses on the politics of music, concentrates on political lyrics, stuff I find very preachy and dull. On the other hand, there have been some quite interesting theories of electronic music and rave culture by the likes of Simon Reynolds, which concentrate on hedonism, pleasure, ecstasy and so on. But I’m looking at the politics of music in a very different sense. It’s about sensory politics. Every different musical scene has

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an attraction to both a different frequency and a different tempo. Rave, drum ’n’ bass, dub, dubstep and so on have an affinity for low frequencies, others, like rock, have an attraction for loud, distorted, mid-range frequencies. And now, increasingly, with a lot of grime and R&B, you’re getting very high frequencies being used, lots of high-pitched bleepy sounds from computer games and ringtones.’

Anyone going to Kode9’s show at this week’s 5 Days Off festival can expect to hear hypnotic music that’s dominated by that big, creamy, liquid sub-bass sound. It’s the kind of bass that, were it a fraction lower, would probably induce fear and nausea, but in his hands it seems to massage every molecule in your body, lulling you into a thrilling sonic voyage that hints at dub, drum ’n’ bass, ambient electronica and even jazz. His 90-minute set will feature a halfhour slice of ‘bass poetry’, where baritone-voiced The SpaceApe will narrate dark, paranoid, syrup-thick nightmares over Kode9’s twitchy sub-bass accompaniment, with only the most minimal beats, melody loops and effects units. ‘For most of the set there will be no drums,’ says Kode9.

‘But, if the sound system is good enough, the bassline will be propulsive enough to get everyone dancing.’

Kode9 has tried to keep the theory and the music separate, but finds they intersect more and more. ‘There are obvious overlaps,’ he says. ‘Ultimately I hate the way that people are expected to be stupid and street on the one hand, or intellectual and stuck in their ivory towers on the other. I was reading and writing about philosophy at the same time that I was DJing on the pirate station Rinse FM, just before the Roll Deep Crew. I don’t see that as a contradiction. Ultimately, I’m excited by the way the music and the theory have started to zigzag and intersect and energise each other. Dubstep is my laboratory.’

5 Days Off, until 8 July, various locations, times and prices. Kode9 and The SpaceApe, 5 July, Melkweg, 20.30, €22 + membership

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Josephine Baker, Friday, Cinedans

Festival: Over het IJ

THURSDAY 5 JULY Photography: Joyeux de Vie It would be a pity if those already impressed by the photographs of Jacques-Henri Lartigue (1894-1986) on display at Foam were to miss the smaller—but still exceptional—show running simultaneously at Gallery Vassie in the Jordaan. Joyeux de Vie is a nostalgic kaleidoscope of JHL’s lifetime; unrestricted by any specific decade, it reflects the maker’s continuing love of life, of humour, and of beautiful women. And the stories behind the pictures can sometimes be as intriguing as the pictures themselves. For example, one would never suspect that a rusty bed frame cast away at the seaside (and chanced upon during location shooting for the 1933 film Les Aventures de Roi Pausole) soon served the stills photographer as a personal corner to ‘relax’ with young actresses during coffee breaks. Yes, he enjoyed life as much and as often as possible. The young boy posing in a bathtub is the photographer himself. And the Tarzan-like creature wandering amongst jungle fronds is his son. Notables like Picasso and the actress Danielle Darrieux are also en présence. But it is really the unfamiliar faces and places from other times that spring out to really celebrate the lost world of Lartigue. (John Hartnett) Gallery Vassie, Until 1 September.

Dance: Third Catalogue Not many dancers have worked with both Steve Reich and Kylie Minogue. But Akram Khan has a habit—some say a passion—for incorporating all manner of disparate things. After Polaroid Feet and Ronin, Akram Khan is back in Amsterdam to perform Third Catalogue, the last part of the trilogy in which he tells stories from Hindu mythology via Kathak, the ancient North Indian form that, while supremely elegant, can seem as codified as modern movement is open. Khan has been dancing Kathak since he was seven years old, as well as ballet and contemporary dance. His first show incorporated Shiva and Parvati and the balance of male-female energy. The second concerned Arjun, unwilling to go into battle with his family and friends, and Krishna’s explanation to him of his duty to do so. This last show—part of Julidans—is about Abhimanya, Arjun’s son, and his fight against the Kauravas. If you missed the first two performances, don’t fret, because this third instalment also includes the main solos from the first two, and adds a new work, choreographed by Kumudini Lakhia, a leading contemporary Kathak exponent. Assisted by four musicians and one vocalist, the show also includes a text by none other than Hanif Kureishi. The joy of experiencing Khan’s work lies in his ability to develop his own style from the different disciplines, which make his shows and collaborations innovative—and mesmerising to watch.

(Shyama Daryanani) Stadsschouwburg (Thur, Fri 20.30), €15-€25.

For the first time this year, theatre festival Over het IJ presents a programme of contemporary art, called ‘Simmels Gelijk’. Named after the German philosopher Georg Simmel—who analysed the magical world between fiction and reality—the programme explores the similarities and differences between theatre and visual art. For ‘Simmels Gelijk’, Fernando Sánchez Castillo stages a choreography for riot-control water cannons, and Erik Olofson presents an installation built from satellite parts. This year’s theatre shows are being staged at unusual locations in Amsterdam-Noord, such as the Noorderbegraafplaats cemetery and the Vliegenbos. The shows at the festival suitable for non-Dutch speaking audiences include Conversations with Ice, a show about bling by director Sahr Ngaujah, as well as Ins Blaue Hinein II, which is staged in an old aircraft, and dance shows like the elaborate production L by Diane Elshout or the duet Que Pasa?, which is based on the Czech animation series Pat & Mat. See article p.11. (Marinus de Ruiter) NDSM-werf and various locations in Noord, various times and prices.

FRIDAY 6 JULY Singer-songwriter: Grote Prijs Showcase Grolsch beer sponsors of this Netherlands-wide search for the next top band, hiphop act, dance-producers and singer-songwriter. Each category is made up of several rounds, where one act from each section will eventually win the Big Prize, which includes a pile of money, distribution of a single and A&R help. Finding the next big thing is not a summer task for Grolsch—you’ll have to hang on a bit for that—and instead, the organisers have set up a series of showcases to help bands expand their draw and to allow the judges to see the bands in their natural element. The elimination rounds happen in the autumn, so these shows are a test-case for contestants, staged to set the tone and mood of their show and tweak it for the future competition. On 6 July, there’s another try-out round for the singer-songwriter section, followed by another at Vondelpark on 8 July.

Most of the Amsterdam competitions happen at the Winston, but sometimes the hiphop showcases are at Studio 80, so check www.grolschgroteprijs.nl for more information and up-to-date competitor listings. (Shain Shapiro) Winston Kingdom, 21.00, €5.

Festival: Cinedans Unlike the real live dance deal—which, by its very nature is fleeting and ephemeral—the advantage of dance on film is that you can rewind, replay, pause or zap forward. To recapture those memorable moments of movement, celluloid rules. This year—the fifth anniversary—International Dansfilmfestival Cinedans 2007 premieres 39 submissions

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during its six days, with pieces ranging from pop favourites to souvenirs from the recent past, and lengths range from an abrupt 54 seconds to over an hour. The emotional centre of the festival is at the Rialto cinema, where servings of poetic or disturbing documentaries, shimmering animation and adrenalin-pumping fiction will be dished up.

Unmissable movies include Annette von Wangenheim’s unflinching portrait of the flamboyant Josephine Baker, Black Diva in a White Man’s World. There’s a camera-adaptation of an old work by visionary choreographer Wim Vandekeybus, plus an intimate peek at the grand dame of modern dance, the enigmatic Pina Bausch. This year’s film selection also has a hint of abandon where lesser well-known subjects are showcased in abrupt, short-circuit films. During a discussion platform between some titans of the dance and film industries, they’ll dissect how dance is archived, registered and how programming a dance film festival blossoms into shape. Finally, a panel of jury members has the unenviable task of awarding one winner the coveted Cinedans Award, handed out on Saturday night. (Monique Gruter) Various locations and times, €6 per film.

SUNDAY 8 JULY Pop: Björk Björk’s quirky voice has become a sonic icon. The best way to appreciate the Icelandic singer is live, as she has proven herself to be an amazing band leader, conducting the musicians with her whole body. Since her last Amsterdam appearance in 2001, the Nordic child stopped playing live, got married, raised her daughter and released an overload of compilation records, box sets, DVDs and experimental recordings: an allvocal album, an album with remixes of only one song and an almost unlistenable soundtrack to an art film by her husband, performance artist Matthew Barney.

Although they served her loyal fan base, one could easily accuse the ice princess of overindulgence. According to the latest reports, Björk luckily gives room to her best songs on her latest tour—set lists have revealed show stopping tunes like ‘All is Full of Love’, ‘Army of Me’ and ‘Hyperballad’. Tonight’s gig is supported by singer and electronic musician Jamie Lidell. (Marinus de Ruiter) Westerpark, 18.00, €39.

Jazz: Defunkt For some musicians, genre is a playground. For others, it’s a fence to be hopped. For nearly 30 years, Defunkt have been expanding music’s territorial possibilities by overstepping barriers between punk, funk, free jazz, rap, big-band homages, Hendrix references, dance music, Muddy Waters reverence and more, earning the delight of critics and hardcore listeners, but not nearly as much coin as it should. Purists of impurity, this intrepid sextet—featuring Joseph Bowie on trombone and vocals, John Mulkerin on trumpet and Ronny Drayton on guitar—is now melding past and present, with a show dedicated to revisiting some of the musical synergies happening in New York’s downtown in the ’80s. And remember: that was when real musicians could afford to live there. (Steve Schneider) Bimhuis, 21.00, €14.

MONDAY 9 JULY Rock: Mika Miko All-female punk: is there anything better? Probably not. And though Mika Miko are all female, they are much more than just a punk band. The LA quintet, signed to venerable indie imprint Kill Rock Stars, are certainly brash, loud and sexy, but they also weave clever pop hooks alongside their crazed, spiky DIY ethos. But don’t go to this show expecting poppified punk. The band are angry, bitchy and urgent with their distorted hooks, screaming about the dissonance that fuels their spirit, from dealing with suburban wastelands to people simply being assholes. In preparation for a July album release in America, the fantastic five are touring the world with seminal band No Age, hitting the only venue in town that can probably handle them: OCCII. Tonight’s line-up at Le Club Suburbia—which also features Mexican Holiday—will be anxious, urgent, sweaty, sensual and guttural, and will keep you moshing well into the night. (Shain Shapiro) OCCII, 20.00, €5.

WEDNESDAY11JULY Event: Burenwinkel Forming a relationship with one’s neighbours is the first step in forming a society—a healthy society that does not rely on the machinations of self-serving politicians. Not only is this an idea we can all chew on, it’s also the basis of the Burenwinkel project, an initiative of 17 neighbours who have banded together to raise ‘neighbour awareness’. Phase one of this project is to find old and new ‘neighbour products and ideas’ that can help people approach each other and/or heal rifts: ‘from shag-rug slippers to doorstep parties, from “ja-ja” stickers to I’m-so-sorry-let’s-make-up presents.’ And this afternoon, participating designers will be presenting their proposals, which will then be evaluated by a jury to see if they are worthy of going into production. From 15 September, a Burenwinkel bus will then take these products to the masses. Start creating that community by logging onto www.burenwinkel.nl. (Steve Korver) Paradiso, Kleine Zaal, 13.30, free.

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Theatre director Dries Verhoeven mirrors the audience’s collective spirit in a voyeuristic Valhallah.

LIE DOWN, RELAX AND HAVE A LOOK STAGE U bevindt zich hier, Over het IJ, Docklandshal 1, 5-8 July, 16.00, 18.30 and 21.00; 10-15 July, 18.00, 19.30 and 21.00, €14- €15. In Dutch.

By Marinus de Ruiter

The set of the play U bevindt zich hier is divided into 40 rooms. Audience members are invited to enter a room and lie on a bed alone, as if they were in a hotel. In the mirrored ceiling above, the visitor can see him- or herself, but at a certain moment the ceiling rises. Suddenly, everyone is visible in the mirror, which turns out to be enormous. For nine evenings this theatrical experience, conceived by Dries Verhoeven, runs at the Over het IJ festival (see Short List).

U bevindt zich hier—you are here— is a peculiar mixture of intimacy and grandiosity. The most immediately spectacular feature is, of course, the electrically powered ceiling, which measures 18 by 18 metres in total. The platform, carrying mirror panels, weighs around six tons, safely supported and lifted by a gigantic crane.

While enjoying the somewhat perverse voyeuristic pleasure of looking at themselves and each other, the audience members spread throughout the ‘hotel’ are frequently visited by ‘staff’, as Verhoeven likes to refer to the group of ten performers involved. ‘They’re not playing roles like actors on a stage mostly do,’ he says. ‘With each performance, it’s not certain what is going to happen.’

Before the show, visitors are asked to fill out a questionnaire. During the show, the personnel gather even more information about the people in the hotel.

On-the-spot texts and stories are constructed, which are read out by one of the staff members. ‘The audience basically provides us with the content,’ says Verhoeven. ‘The final story is the result of the collective state of being of all the people who are there at that moment.’

The idea for the play was born when the 31-year-old director was browsing through satellite views on the internet with Google Earth. Verhoeven imagined what they would look like if all the roofs were removed and you could look inside the houses.

‘Normally, you can’t see or hear your neighbours, but they might be only about eighty centimetres away from you,’ he says. ‘This theatre piece is about being conscious of the people around you, even though you’re not literally in touch with them. It’s about the comforting idea that somebody’s there.’

Although U bevindt zich hier is an elaborate production, Verhoeven intended to maintain the intimate spirit of his previous theatrical works, for example Uw koninkrijk kome, which was staged in a small shed and intended to be experienced by one person at a time. This was also the case for Sporenonderzoek, where the visitor was guided through a large hall by means of a mobile phone.

‘I do not necessarily intend to make spectacular and impressive theatre,’ says

Google Earth, with a stronger zoom lens.

Verhoeven about U bevindt zich hier. ‘On the other hand there is a shortcoming to the small-scale, personal shows I did, and that is that you can only attend to a handful of people. In recent years, I’ve realised that I found this quite elitist, actually.

‘On the one hand, art should not be judged by its reach, but as a theatre-maker I found it unfortunate and even disturbing that I often had to disappoint the group of people that couldn’t get tickets. I was wondering how I could enhance the size and format, while still keeping the intimacy. I’ve found a solution with U bevindt zich hier and I’d like to continue in this direction, even though it doesn’t necessarily have to be this massive and expensive.’

Originally trained as a scenographer, Verhoeven has always conceived staging that veered beyond traditional theatrical conventions. ‘What I like about theatre is that a group of people are together in the same space for a certain amount of time,’ he says. ‘I want to remove the usual separation that the stage is forming between the performers and the audience and to focus on what is happening here and now.’

Verhoeven prefers to avoid illusion in his shows. ‘I’d like to pretend as little as possible,’ he says. ‘I prefer to communicate through experience.’ Especially in U bevindt zich hier, experiences are shared, but the privacy of the audience is respected. ‘You might recognise some of your own personal information, but nobody in the audience will know, except maybe your partner or the friend you are with.

‘People have also given us information about each other,’ Verhoeven continues. ‘At one point we received the text: “I’d like to have children with Roos,” and it was read out by the staff during the show. After the show a woman named Roos told us that her partner actually had delivered that sentence. That was a revelation.’

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Thursday 5 July Opera: Don Chisciotte in Sierra Morena Opera heads to the waterfront as part of the Opera aan het IJ festival. Inspired by the characters of Cervantes’ famed novel, this comic opera by Francesco Conti focuses, in an almost Shakespearian fashion, on four young people as they struggle with love. Scheepvaartmuseum, 19.30, €45/€60 5 Days Off: Day Two The M-NUS special, featuring sets from Richie Hawtin, Troy Pierce, Bart Skils, Amsterdam 661 and Sander Baan. Paradiso, 20.00, €24 + membership Classical: Radio Filharmonisch Orkest Playing it safe with both Beethoven’s and Mahler’s Fifth Symphonies—conducted by Jaap van Zweden.

Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €19.50 Classical: Vondelpark Openluchttheater Performances by Trio Scarbo and Trio Suleika. Vondelpark Openluchttheater, 20.30, free 5 Days Off: Day Two It’s big name electro and breakbeat action tonight. In The Max, it’s the DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist special, so watch out for some of the finest turntablism in the world. Then there’s guests like Dizzee Rascal and Lethal Bizzle. As for the Oude Zaal, Sonic Warfare 3 sees international dubstep and drum & bass stars like Kode9 and The Space Ape return to Amsterdam. Melkweg, 21.00, €22 + membership Jazz: Trio Nuevo Jazz meets tango at the hands of Rotterdam saxophonist and composer Dick de Graaf, who seems to channel the spirit of Argentine tango innovator Astor Piazolla at times. Joined by violinist Michael Gustorff, accordionist Hans Sparla and guest vocalist Sandra Coelers, you can expect a dramatic South American-style performance, but also one offering plenty of subtle jazz virtuosity. Bimhuis, 21.00, €14

Soulsavers, see Tuesday

Jazz: Jazz op het Dak Jazz virtuosity takes to the NEMO roof terrace. Sets from Manu Katché Neighbourhood and Trio Bennink, Borstlap, Glerum, with an afterparty following in Bimhuis. NEMO, 20.15, €17.50, €30 two-day pass Festival: Mardi Grass A diverse summer party featuring sets from The Souldiers and Juicebox, plus DJs spinning anything from minimal and electro to soul and funk. Blijburg, 20.30, €5 Singer-songwriter: Grote Prijs Showcase Summer Showcase of the battle of the bands. See Short List.

Winston Kingdom, 21.00, €5 Blues: Cuby and the Blizzards Dutch blues legends.

P60, Amstelveen, 21.30, €18 Rock: Al & The Black Cats American rockabilly. Maloe Melo, 22.00, €5 Hiphop: O-Twenty Beats and rhymes down at the local campsite. Camping Zeeburg, 22.00, free

Jazz: Wouter Hamel & Band Jazzy pop from this rising star. Badcuyp, Noordpool, 21.00, €8

Folk: Simply Green More traditional Irish music. Mulligans, 22.00, free

Singer-songwriter: Amarins Folky acoustic numbers with occasional Balkan influences. Skek, 21.30, free

Rock: Undercover Session The Nomad is back with selected friends in order to take a whack at the repertoire of The Rolling Stones. Café Pakhuis Wilhelmina, 22.00, €7.50

Folk: The Elastic Band Traditional Irish music. Mulligans, 21.30, free

Friday 6 July Experimental: Zapp String Quartet Classical meets jazz meets rock. Concertgebouw, Koorzaal, 19.00, 21.00, €12.50

Jazz: Sinas Heavy on the percussion and Latin rhythms, Sinas are an eight-piece jazz act intending to connect with their audience through dance-friendly moves. Also featuring DJ mps PILOT. Badcuyp, Noordpool, 22.30, €8 Electronica: Loonaloop This Australian quintet don’t make it round this way that often, but when they do, it’s certainly a memorable experience. Specialising in global dance sounds, they always deliver a kaleidoscope of organic electronica, complete with violin and didgeridoo. Amsterdam’s own Lies Beijerinck will even be the guest didge player tonight. Sugar Factory, 23.00, €10 Jazz: Jazz op het Dak Afterparty With a solo set from Italian pianist Stefano Bollani and jazzy groovefriendly tunes from the decks of DJ Phillipona.

Bimhuis, 23.59, €5

Bonde do Role 5 Days Off: Day Three London Calling goes 5 Days Off with diverse electronic performances from Goose, Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, The Whip, Late of the Pier, The Teenagers, Junior Boys and Does it Offend You, Yeah? The night programme—which isn’t quite so Brit-friendly—features Big Booty Express, MC Lyrical Tie, Minx Pilot, Bonde do Role, DJ Diplo and Mr Wix. Paradiso, 19.30, €12.50 + membership Opera: Don Chisciotte in Sierra Morena (See Thursday) Scheepvaartmuseum, 19.30, €45/€60 5 Days Off: Day Three Techno, house and electro from big name DJs/producers like Ricardo Villalobos, Luciano, Matthew Dear and more. Melkweg, 20.00, €20 + membership Pop: Keane English piano-rock outfit. Westerpark, 20.00, €36 Classical: Bläserensemble Sabine Meyer A woodwindy performance of two Mozart Serenades, led by German clarinettist Sabine Meyer. Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €19.50

Saturday 7 July Pop/Rock: Live Earth A late addition to the calendar of the Live at Westerpark series, there aren’t as many big-name internationals showing up in Amsterdam as there are in other cities around the world. In fact, in the rush not to be left out of the global ecological movement inspiring so many huge concerts today, this event is mainly about chilling in the park and watching those faraway shows on large TV screens.

But if that’s not enough to tease you away from the comfort of your living room, there will be some Dutch acts performing live, such as Fedde le Grand, Ali B, Beau van Erven Dorens, Giel Beelen, Dolf Jansen, Sophie Hilbrand and Froukje Jansen. Westerpark, 12.00, free Rock: The Stutters Where would rock ’n’ roll be without hype and gimmicks? Well, moving away from the norm—and the internet retail trends—local band The Stutters are opening a record store to sell their new CD Viva la Stutters. The catch is, it’ll only remain open for two weeks and it’ll only sell that one product. Even so, it should be a fun launch party with special guests and the Club Rascal DJs. Vijzelstraat 67, 17.00, free

Opera: Don Chisciotte in Sierra Morena (See Thursday) Scheepvaartmuseum, 19.30, €45/€60 5 Days Off: Day Four In The Max there are DJ sets from Pendulum and MC Jakes, Andy C, Pamb & Harsh and Dreazz. In the Oude Zaal it’s Kubus & BangBang, DJ MK (Roots Manuva) & MC Smasher, Deformer and (mad) ed. Melkweg, 20,30, €17 + membership Pop: De Dijk Classic Nederpop from Huub van der Lubbe and the boys. Heineken Music Hall, 20.15, sold out Classical: Het Brabants Orkest Performing Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem with vocal help from the Brabant Koor, soprano Olga Pasichnyk and bass-baritone David Wilson-Johnson. Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €21.25/€25 Jazz: Jazz op het Dak Sets from Eric Vloeimans’ Gatecrash and the Vijay Iyer Quartet, with an afterparty following in Bimhuis. NEMO, 20.15, €17.50, €30 two-day pass 5 Days Off: Day Four What’s this? Real and proper (theatrical) dance performances as part of 5 Days Off? That’s the Julidans effect for you. Still, it’s the Electronation 5 Year Anniversary party which is sure to set most pulses racing tonight—or at least synching with the electro beats. With Terry Toner, Dr Lektroluv (BE), Bangkok Impact (Finland), Solvent (Canada), Dax vs Clockwork, Groove Addicts and Lupe. Paradiso, 21.00, €15 + membership Rock: Elvis Disco # 10 Blue Hawaii is the theme for this old-style rock ’n’ roll disco, so be sure to dress appropriately. Beyond the Elvis vinyl love-fest, Hullabaloo (UK) and The Reno Brothers will be playing live.

Cruise Inn, 21.00, €15 Pop/Rock: Going Underground! Three upcoming bands from The UK: The Dealers, Chinafight and The Van Bastens. Winston Kingdom, 21.00, €5 Rock: Subbacultcha! A mighty bill of underground Dutch guitar rock. Rotterdam’s Feverdream and Amsterdam’s Soda P have been making rockin’ noise for years, and it shows in their confident and exciting performances. Rock ’n’ rollers The Stutters are a bit fresher to the scene but are making sure everyone gets to know their faces—as can be seen with their record store launch earlier in the day. Bitterzoet, 21.00, €6 Salsa: Cuarto Ocho Latin party headed by the Amsterdam salsa specialists. Muiderpoorttheater, 21.30, €10 Soul: The Souldiers Young eight-piece formation playing classic soul, New Orleans funk, folk and R&B. Maloe Melo, 22.00, €5 Pop/Rock: The Tunes Melodic guitar pop. Skek, 22.00, free Jazz: Jazz op het Dak Afterparty Featuring a set from the Vera Westera Trio and late night tunes from DJ Jairzinho. Bimhuis, 23.59, €5

Sunday 8 July Reggae: Two Sevens Splash Big-name reggae stars head to Zuidoost. From noon till night, taking the stage at this one-day celebration of Jamaican music will be Tanya Stephens, Beenie Man, Steel Pulse, Sizzla, Fantan Mojah & Perfect, Turbulence

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Amsterdam Weekly and Collie Buddz. And while weather is pretty irrelevant to the indoor performances—they’re predicted to sizzle no matter what—there’s also the bonus of an open air market offering all kinds of reggae and Jamaican paraphernalia. Heineken Music Hall, 12.00, €47.50 Pop/Rock: Grolsch Grote Prijs van Nederland Special Kicking off with a Grote Prijs singer-songwriter showcase, followed by live sets from Sabrina Starke, Signe Tollefsen and Frédérique Spigt. Vondelpark Openluchttheater, 14.00, free Classical: Ivo Janssen A solo recital focused on Bach’s Das Wohltemperirte Clavier. Concertgebouw, Kleine Zaal, 14.15, €19.50 Pop: Björk Electronic world pop from the Icelandic pop pixie. See Short List. Westerpark, 18.00, €39 Classical: Orkest van het Oosten Works by Tchaikovsky, E Lalo and Rimsky-Korsakov. Conducted

by Vasily Petrenko, with special guest, cellist Quirine Viersen. Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €19.50 Jazz: Defunkt Punk-funk-jazz pioneers, the group originates from 1978, when they first blazed a new trail by combining avant-garde aesthetics with punk-rock and funk. They may now be approaching their 30th anniversary, but frontman Joseph Bowie and the band still manage to sound as exciting as their early crossover experiments. See Short List. Bimhuis, 21.00, €14

5-11 July 2007 Classical: The Academy of Ancient Music Delivering authentic renditions of works by Bach, JC Smith and Händel. Special guest for the night is singer Emma Kirkby, an English baroque specialist. Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €29.27/€35 Rock: Soulsavers Ever wondered what would have happened had old grungers Screaming Trees gone gospel? Well now you can find out, with gravelvoiced singer Mark Lanegan lending his throat to this soulful project by English production and remix team Soulsavers. Together they’ve collaborated on the album It’s Not How Far You Fall, It’s the Way You Land, while the rather memorable lead track ‘Revival’ has been picking up plenty of radio and TV coverage. Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 20.30, €14 + membership Hiphop: The Game One of the biggest names in the West Coast rap scene. Still touring his acclaimed Doctor’s Advocate album from last year, he may not be touring the arenas like Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre but he’s undoubtedly one of the biggest stars of contemporary US hiphop. Melkweg, The Max, 21.00, €32.50 + membershi

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Experimental: Muziek Kapot Moet! Party rave noise chaos. Or something. Featuring sets from American electronic experimenters Extreme Animals and Viki.

Further support comes from local speaker destroyer Margriet Kicks-Ass. OCCII, 21.00, €5

Soul: Joss Stone This 20-year-old Brit soul starlet has shifted millions of albums to date, although despite her success, the fickle British press have shown signs of turning on the singer this year—and that always gets messy. But there’s no such problems for her in Amsterdam. After a popular showcase at North Sea Jazz 2005, tickets for this show flew out the door with ease. Heineken Music Hall, 20.00, sold out

5 Days Off: Day Five Featuring Miss Kittin, Warren Fellow and Michael Mayer. Melkweg, 22.00, €18 + membership (entry also to Paradiso)

Classical: Vlaams Radio Orkest Works by Ravel, Saint-Saëns and Franck. Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €19.50

5 Days Off: Day Five The final night, with huge sets expected from Trentemøller (live), Amê (Kristian DJ Set) and Melon. Paradiso, 22.00, €18 + membership (entry also to Paradiso)

Singer-songwriter: Bright Eyes The songs by former indie wunderkind Conor Oberst AKA Bright Eyes, vary from ballads balancing on the thin line between emotion and pathos to mocking political songs like ‘When The President Talks To God’. Already his seventh album, his most recent release Cassadaga mixes orchestral sounds with heavy country rock. Melkweg, The Max, 20.30, €20 + membership

Hiphop: Papoose Ultra-hip hiphopper from Brooklyn.

In fact, if you believe the hype, Papoose may well be the not-too-distant future of East Coast rap. Debut album The Nacirema Dream isn’t released till later in the summer, though it’s said to feature guest appearances by Jim Jones, Busta Rhymes, Snoop Dogg and Talib Kweli. So if all goes to plan, this intimate club show may well enter in Bitterzoet hall of fame. Bitterzoet, 22.00, €15

World: The Cockroach with the Golden Hair The best of the Amsterdam world music underground.

Winston Kingdom, 21.00, €5 World: Media Banda Chilean pop funk world jazz.

Badcuyp, Noordpool, 21.30, €8

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CLUBS Thursday 5 July Flex YourSpace With Kid Goesting and friends. Flex Bar, 22.00-04.00, €5 Electrorated Electro, minimal and techno from Arter, Sven, Tron and Fokko Versloot & Koen Lebens. Winston Kingdom, 23.00-03.00, €5 Mika Miko Rock: Le Club Suburbia Punk, spirit, angst and a wee bit of surf rock, too. Up tonight are No Age (US), Mika Miko (US) and Mexican Holiday. See Short List. OCCII, 20.00, €5 Classical: Magdalena KoÏená The Czech classical singing sensation, mezzo-soprano KoÏená, is backed tonight by pianist Yefim Bronfman for performances of works by R Schumann, Ravel, Bartók and Rachmaninov. Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, 20.15, €21.25/€25 Pop/Rock: Buffalo Tom ’90s alternative rock. It’s been nine years since their last album of original material, but they’re finally back with a new record, titled Three Easy Pieces. It’s a long time since they were young and hip, but the new material does prove they still have plenty to offer, with its fuzzy guitars and rich harmonies a plenty. And if Dinosaur Jr are allowed back onto the scene after all this time, why not this talented Boston trio? Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 20.30, €15 + membership

Vreemd is aan Weird as usual, just a little hotter: the Vreemd summer special. Featuring Darko Esser, Steffi, Carlos Valdes and performance from 5dancersoff.

Sugar Factory, 23.00-5.00, €8

Friday 6 July Fck Minimal… Go Maximal! A new dance night from DJ’s Timstr and Stroke69, who’ll be spinning electro-house, electro and house, and other rocking stuff that possibly revolves around electro and house.

Just don’t mention the word ‘understatement’ near them. Sugar Factory, 01.00-5.00, €10 Sonar Kollektiv Jazzy electro love, with sets from Jazzanova (Alex), Roland Appel and Edo Salgado. 11, 22.30-04.00, €12 90’s Now No no, no no no no, no no no no, no no there’s no limits to Eurotrash tonight. Hotel Arena, 23.00-04.00, €12

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4tothefloor An old-school vibe but with new school house tunes. With Didier Stijn, Edo Salgado and Melon. And for those not willing to stop partying, or still desperately trying to pull, ‘I Should Be in Bed’ follows on with Eva Maria and Martine, running between 05.00 and 10.00. Akhnaton, 23.00-05.00, €8

Country: Nanci Griffith Lush country folk from the renowned Texan performer. Support from honky tonk lovers Moot Davis & Band (featuring Peter Anderson).

Paradiso, Grote Zaal, 19.30, €27.50 + membership

Stereo Sushi A Hed Kandi special dealing in soulful house tunes. Featuring Steven Quarré, Frederik Abas, Artistique and others. Sinners, 23.00-05.00, €12

Pop/Rock: Bitterzoet Live! Sets from Electric Riders, Stukadelics and Absinthe. Bitterzoet, 21.00, €6

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Culture Clash 3000 An international dance meet featuring Shablo (Buenos Aires), Kid Sublime, E the Hot (Bologna), Pirate Robot Midget (Paris) and hosted

by The Reverend (Philadelphia). Flex Bar, 23.00-late, €8

Saturday 7 July Pirates of Amsterdam Hard dance noise from the likes of Real el Canario, Victor Coral, Station-Air, Billy the Klit, Estaw, Wiebthroat, Tony Cha Cha, Hitmeister D, Terry Toner, Praia del Sol and The Flexican. But they’re taking this pirate thing seriously enough that you won’t get in unless you have a parrot or a peg leg. Blijburg, 12.00-00.00, €25 Bed Urban sounds for the bedroom. Hotel Arena, 22.00-04.00, €15 Betty and Billie’s Beat Boutique Nostalgic, but too loud to be sentimental. Watch out for the rock ’n’ roll and soul, plus live acts Starla, Shizzling Showgirls and Miss Yogy. Club 8, 22.00-04.00, €5, free before 23.00 10 Pints of Bitter Simply isn’t healthy if you drink it all in one night. But would the DJs from Sirkus Recordings listen? Nope. Flex Bar, 22.00-05.00, €5 Planet Delsin Techno and electro from Rolando (Detroit) and Tim Nieburg. 11, 22.30-04.00, €12 Jungstar, Manandmachine Evolving from the Zeitgeist night, this aims to be a new space for the world’s greatest dance talents to blossom. So look out for sets from Hystereo (DJ and live), Rogerseventytwo & The Walk, Edu la Leau and the RGB-Chicks VJ Team. Sugar Factory, 23.00-05.00, €10 Ritmo With Gregor Salto, Sidney Samson, Benny Rodrigues, Rishi Romero, La Nina and MadSkillz. The Powerzone, 23.00-05.00, €15 M.U.L.T.I.S.E.X.I. With RFH Delfos, Cleo & Jan and My Little Soundsystem, plus a bundle of stunning visuals to dazzle your poor eyes. Studio 80, 23.00-late, €8.50

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taining the tunes till noon. Club Latido, 06.00-12.00, €15 Dude on, Dude in and Dude out A memorial gathering in the remembrance of Dude (Rob Doody), who died unexpectedly on Easter Sunday. Beyond the initial sharing of stories and celebrating his life, there’s live music from midnight, then psychedelic trance from 01.00. Melkweg, Oude Zaal, 22.00-late, €5 WickedJazzSounds Jazz, hiphop, broken beats, nujazz, funk and Afro sounds, as classic vinyl collides with live musicians. Sugar Factory, 23.00-05.00, €8.50

Monday 9 July Cheeky Monday A jungle and drum & bass night featuring players from the local and international scenes.

Winston Kingdom, 22.00-03.00, €6

Wednesday 11July Bass Culture Reggae and dancehall night by Black Star Foundation, also with live sets from Osagyefo (Ghana) and Poor Man Friend band. Bitterzoet, 21.3003.00, €7.50

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Friday 6 July Vrouwenavond Sappho goes all Twisted Disco with DJs Nina, Alex and Showbizliz. Open to all women and their friends of any gender. Café Sappho, 21.00-03.00, free Club: Twisted Tunes With DJs Hans and Cees mixing it all up. PRIK, 22.00-03.00, free Club: Twisted Crispy Tunes Tonight, DJ Raf gets crispy, bitter and twisted. PRIK, 22.00-03.00, free Club: Fresh A summer slice of the shirts-off club for muscle Marys and their friends and admirers. Funky house from DJ Doug Gray spills out of the speakers.

Escape deLux, 23.00-05.00, €15

Saturday 7 July Club: Garbo for Women Early shift Saturday session for women only, with DJs and food. Strand West, 17.00-24.00, €5

Sunday 8 July Club: On the Brink Nicky Nicole’s night for fashion victims. Tonight features ‘barrio mens-dom-uri-duri part 2’, apparently, Ms Nicole herself, MC Destynee and DJ Bloom. Odeon, 21.00 -01.00, €10 (drag queens free before midnight)

Tuesday 10 July Film: Movie Night This evening’s film is Simon, Eddy Terstall’s chronicle of the unlikely friendship between a drug dealer and a gay dentist. PRIK, 19.00, free

Wednesday 11July Thursday 5 July Happy hour: After Shopping Cocktail Sale Cocktails €5: everything must go! PRIK, 19.00-22.00

Club: F*cking POP Queers Manga, Kmart, Claudette and De Draaivriendinnen work the dancefloor. ArtLaunch cafe in the little room. Studio 80, 22.00-05.00, free before 00.00, €5 after

Club Stereo presents Stereo Phonic The newest gay-minded bar in town, with DJs and state-of-the-art sound and light systems. Club Stereo, 20.00-03.00, free

Club: Bückstück - brutale Musik The pop tourists take one more duck into Pandora’s music box before breaking up for summer. PRIK, 21.00-00.00, free

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Performing a Dream/Kalpana Raghuraman

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STAGE Opening Festival: Over het IJ The NDSM-werf is the rusty backdrop for this annual theatre festival that combines big names with lesser-known companies, often making use of the characteristics of the dock area. Until 15 July. See Short List. NDSM-werf, (Daily), various prices Julidans: Beautiful Part one of Gregory Vuyani Maqoma’s trilogy of the same name, this duet with Shanell Winlock explores the beauty of the human body and contrasts it with the beauty of the things surrounding us. Melkweg, (Thur, Fri 19.00), €10 Julidans: Third Catalogue Throughout his career, British dancer Akram Khan has been preoccupied with trying to connect the traditional Indian kathak dance with modern elements. In this performance of a new choreography by Kumudini Lakhia, Khan will be accompanied by five musicians playing traditional instruments. See Short List. Stadsschouwburg, (Thur, Fri 20.30), €15- €25

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Comedy: Comedytrain International Summer Festival Two comedians presenting a solo performance of 45 minutes each. This week: Dave Fulton and Steve Hughes. The next run begins on Wednesday, with sets from Brendon Burns and Matt Kirshen. In English.

Toomler, (Thur-Sat, Wed 20.30), €13.50 Julidans: Performing a Dream/Kalpana Raghuraman Sun-A Lee has won the Yokohama Dance Collection 2007. Raghuraman combines traditional Indian dance with contemporary elements. Vondelpark Openluchttheater, (Fri 20.30, Sat 14.00), free Julidans: Sharira—Fire/Desire The Chandralekha Group performs a piece by the legendary and controversial Indian choreographer they are named after.

Her pieces caused an uproar and are now regarded as a milestone for India’s contemporary dance scene.

They are an ode to the female body and often have a strong erotic charge. Theater Bellevue, (Sat 19.30, Sun 16.00), €17.50 Julidans: I Like To Watch Too An evening filled with several short shows in the fields of dance, theatre, visual arts and new media, each popping up at surprising locations all over the club. As the night progresses, the audience is encouraged to participate, but don’t stress, you can also just sit back and watch. Paradiso, (Sat 21.00), €15

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Dance: Péplum (Pop-Life 2) French choreographer Nasser Martin-Gousset merges the stories of Cleopatra, Julius Caesar and Marc Anthony, and Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Accompanied by film and photographic material, as well as original film scores, the performance tackles the mechanisms of power, glamour and love. Stadsschouwburg, (Sun 20.30), €10-€20 Julidans: Mon Coeur Balance About the feelings experienced by a woman trapped between two cultures. The ‘here’ that is not and will never really be home, and the ‘there’ that she no longer recognises.

What happens when places of transition suddenly become home? Melkweg, (Mon, Tues 19.00), €10 Julidans: A Benguer A piece by actor, choreographer and dancer Serge-Aimé Coulibaly from Burkina Faso.

Dealing with one of the most important West African themes, it tackles the temptations of Europe—the ‘other side’. Theater Bellevue, (Mon, Tues 21.00), €17.50 Julidans: Un peu de tendresse bordel de merde In this piece by Canadian choreographer Dave St Pierre, 16 naked dancers are subjected to excessive outbursts of energy. They follow their impulses in the instinctive movements of man as a sexual animal, forever in search of new gratification, which is never satisfied for longer than a few days. It is the tragedy of modern man, who consumes relationships like fast food. Stadsschouwburg, (Tues, Wed 20.30), €10€20 Julidans: Chimurenga Three solos by New Yorkbased Zimbabwean choreographer and dancer Nora Chipaumire, who researches female African identity in her multimedia performances. Melkweg, (Wed 19.00), €10

Ongoing Julidans: Lone Epic, Lula and the Sailor, “I” is Memory Louise Lecavalier, ex-La La La Human Steps, presents two solos and a duet. ‘Lone Epic’ tells an intimate story to the soundtrack of Citizen Kane; in ‘Lula and the Sailor’ two dancers express their thoughts in movement; and in the solo ‘“I” is Memory’ there aren’t any thoughts left anymore. Theater Bellevue, (Thur 21.00), €17.50 Performance: WOOF! Live music, theatre, poetry, comedy... Anything goes at Woof! Performers at this last bash before Rozentheater’s summer break include Bart Chabot, DJ Rubywax of Girls Love DJs and Durk Attaturk. Rozentheater, (Fri 21.00), €10 Music/Theatre: Let’s Do It! Set to the music and lyrics of Cole Porter, Let’s Do It! is all about different aspects of one of mankind’s favourite topics: love. In English. Odeon, (Sat, Sun 19.30), €30

Romy Schneider Part of Filmmuseum’s season celebrating the acclaimed film star, this exhibition pulls together costumes, posters, audio fragments and portrait photos from artists such as Dennis Stock, Robert Lebeck and Werner Bokelberg. See article, p.22. Filmmuseum (Daily 13.00-22.00), opens Thursday, until 29 August Tekens van Beeld&Taal Works by second- and thirdyear students from the Beeld&Taal department of the Rietveld Academie. De Veemvloer (Thur from 19.00, Fri, Sat 13.00-18.00, Sun 14.00-17.00), opens Thursday, closing Sunday Versneden en Verbeeld: Anatomie in Geneeskunde en Kunst It’s no secret that SMART Project Space was formerly the Pathologisch Anatomisch Labaratorium (PAL). And in this exhibition, it once again revisits its past, dealing in the history of the practice of anatomy, the history of PAL, and also the relationship between art and anatomy. So you’ll get to see old scientific paintings by the likes of Jozef Israëls, Gerard de Lairesse and Andreas Vesalius, plus work by contemporary artists like Lisette Verkerk and Karen Arink.

Elements will also be on display at the Tentoonstellingszaal Universiteitsbibliotheek, UvA. SMART Project Space (SMART: Tues-Sat 12.00-17.00; UvA: Wed-Fri 11.00-17.00), opens Friday, until 7 September Katharina Mouratidi: The Other Globalisation Photo portraits of international participants from the ‘Global Justice Movement’. Melkweg Galerie (Wed-Sun 13.0020.00), opens Wednesday, until 2 September

Museums Van Gogh’s Friends This print room exhibition features drawings by artists from Van Gogh’s circle of friends. These include painters who later acquired fame, including Paul Gauguin and Henri ToulouseLautrec, but also others who unjustly remained lesser known, such as Hans Olaf Heyerdahl and Meijer de Haan. Van Gogh Museum (Mon-Thur, Sat, Sun 10.0018.00, Fri 10.00-22.00), closing Sunday Pantelis Makkas: Daywatch / Nightwatch Two recent video installations: Blinds and Man About Crowd. Recently a resident at De Ateliers, the artist makes use of multiple screens and digital manipulations to disorient the viewer. Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam (Tues-Sun 11.00-17.00), closing Sunday Lise Sarfati: La Vie Nouvelle In 2003, photographer Sarfati journeyed through the United States, capturing young adults in the context of their solitary lives in towns such as Austin, Oakland, Los Angeles, Portland and New Orleans, finding connections with her subjects in their everyday spaces and situations—bedrooms, backyards, kitchens and grocery stores. Featuring a selection of colour photographs from recent work, there’s also a slide show of 70 images accompanied by ‘Candie McKenzie’ from British electronic duo Death in Vegas. Foam (Sat-Wed 10.00-18.00, Thur, Fri 10.0021.00), closing Sunday Summer in the Church While the winter programmes offer magnificent glances into distant cultures and insights into world religions, the Nieuwe Kerk offers up a summery alternative: a programme paying tribute to the church as a special monument in its own right, with many local treasures to admire. Nieuwe Kerk (Daily 10.00-17.00), until 16 July

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

Over the period, he captured the masks, costumes and rituals of the people on film. Tropenmuseum (Daily 10.00-17.00), until 23 July Mario Garcia Torres: A Brief History of Jimmie Johnson’s Legacy A Docking Station video installation by young mexican artist Torres. In this video essay he looks at the codes of conduct and conventions of behaviour in the museum environment, and the role and significance of museums in general. Stedelijk Museum CS (Daily 10.00-18.00), until 29 July Rob van der Nol Attracted to the process of change and transition in lives, this young Dutch artist photographs adolescents. Foam (Sat-Wed 10.00-18.00, Thur, Fri 10.00-21.00), until 15 August Jonathan Meese: Jonathan Rockford (Don’t Call Back Please) One of German art’s rising stars, Meese will install a contemporary wunderkammer on the first floor of De Appel, featuring paintings, murals, drawings, assemblages, objects, collages, photos, pictures from magazines, posters and painted texts on the walls. De Appel (Tues-Sun 11.00-18.00), until 19 August Fashion Palaces 1880-1960 The emergence of the first chic fashion houses in Amsterdam at the end of the 19th century is the focal point of the exhibition.

Grandeur and temptation typify the atmosphere of these magnificent, luxurious Amsterdam fashion houses and department stores. From that time the Dutch elite could buy fashionable French clothes not only in Paris and Brussels, but also in Amsterdam— from huge, impressive shops with illuminated windows. Amsterdams Historisch Museum (Mon-Fri 10.00-17.00, Sat, Sun 11.00-17.00), until 26 August The Strength of Hair Two installations by contemporary visual artists looking at the important symbolic function of hair. Artists include Monica Blok, Hadas Itzkovitch and Martie van der Loo. Bijbels Museum (Mon-Sat 10.00-17.00, Sun 11.00-17.00), until 26 August Facing Death Drawings by Antwerp artist Eugeen van Mieghem (1875-1930) of his great love and muse Augustine Pautre. Even though she’d taken ill with tuberculosis in 1904, Van Mieghem continued to draw her, capturing her physical decline, much in the same way that Rembrandt had poignantly drawn his dying wife Saskia van Uylenburgh. Rembrandthuis (Daily 10.00-17.00), until 26 August Ligplaats Amsterdam An exhibition about architecture on water, including concepts for floating theatres, motorways, churches and more, as well as exploration of future possibilities of maritime architecture. There’s even an outdoor part of the exhibition, where one can admire yet-to-be-realised projects, too. ARCAM (TuesFri 10.00-17.00, Sat, Sun 13.00-17.00), until 26 August Jacques Henri Lartigue A retrospective of work French photographer Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986) made in the first half of the 20th century. Although rarely exhibited as such, most of his famous early photos were originally made as stereo images, but in this collection offering a unique impression of the photography pioneer’s life and work, the range of vintage prints, remarkable stereo pictures and personal documents will be displayed as originally intended. Foam (Sat-Wed 10.00-18.00, Thur, Fri 10.00-21.00), until 26 August Architectuur in Amsterdam A look back at the 30 most important building projects to spring up in Amsterdam over the past year. Zuiderkerk (Mon 11.00-16.00, Tues-Fri 09.00-16.00, Sat 12.00-16.00), until 1 September

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LEKKER BEZIG Lowlands, combining In the spring of 2005, SOFIE CERUTTI 160s with a series of Sofie Cerutti invented Poet One Minute Movies. something. Although People can text their she had never written 160s to a number, and a poem before, she crethey’ll be directly inteated a new poetry grated into a film. I’m form. It’s called 160, really curious to see and it’s a format that’s how that will work out. an everyday pheAnd furthermore, nomenon in our there are plans to go modern times: that of a international. ‘We’re text message, which currently planning a allows 160 characters collaboration with only.

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Le Corbusier He’s by far the most famous and according to many the most important architect and urban designer of the 20th century, but he was also a painter, sculptor, photographer and textile designer. In this first major retrospective since 1987, more than 450 original drawings, models, paintings, tapestries, films, photographs, sculptures, items of furniture and interiors will be exhibited together to demonstrate the strength and influence of Le Corbusier. Nederlands Architectuurinstituut (Tues-Sat 10.00-17.00, Sun 11.0017.00), Rotterdam, until 2 September 3rd International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam Who and what will define the future of our cities and what role can architects play in this? The IABR brings together architects, urban designers, theorists, stu-

dents, developers, policy makers and politicians from home and abroad to tear apart preconceived notions of architecture and to look to the future. Among the many special events, three exhibitions are central to the festival: Visionary Power (Kunsthal), New Dutch City (Kunsthal) and A Better World—Another Power (NAi). See www.iabr.nl. Various locations in Rotterdam various times, Rotterdam, until 2 September JR: Face to Face Diverse works by the French photographer and street artist who displays his works on walls all over cities. In his first Dutch exhibition, JR will be showing intriguing portraits in very large formats, inside and outside Foam, as well as in the streets around you. Foam (Sat-Wed 10.00-18.00, Thur, Fri 10.00-21.00), until 2 September

Beeld voor Beeld Drawings that Dutch 16th- and 17th-century artists made of classical statues seen in the Vatican on their Grand Tour. The exhibition shows the drawings alongside moulds of the original statues.

Allard Pierson Museum (Tues-Fri 10.00-17.00, Sat, Sun 13.00-17.00), until 9 September Aan de Amsterdamse Grachten Marking the opening of the Museum of Bags and Purses in its new idyllic location, an overview of exhibitions from the past ten years is featured alongside the permanent collections of bags and purses. Tassenmuseum Hendrikje (Daily 10.00-17.00), until 9 September Den Haag Sculptuur Enjoy sculpture in Den Haag.

Celebrating ten years, the theme is ‘De Overkant / Down Under’, promoting artists from Australia and the Netherlands. See www.denhaagsculptuur.nl. Various locations, Den Haag various times, Den Haag, until 9 September Amsterdam in de wereld—De wereld in Amsterdam A collection of immensely rare treasures owned by the Universiteit van Amsterdam, including handwritten scriptures, printed books, pictures and objects.

UvA: Special Collections Library (Mon-Fri 09.30-17.00), until 16 September The Present—The Monique Zajfen Collection New contemporary artworks that have been added to The Monique Zajfen Collection since 2006. Focusing on the human figure and spanning a range of disciplines, the works in this exhibition explore various aspects of the human condition. Artists include Marlene Dumas, Thomas Schütte, Neo Rauch, Wilhelm Sasnal, Mike Kelley, Pawel Althamer, Paul Graham, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Lisa Yuskavage and George Condo. Stedelijk Museum CS (Daily 10.00-18.00), until 16 September Charlotte Salomon: Work in Progress Rarely and never seen works by Salomon, including reverse sides as well as individual sketches which she made for her series of over 800 gouaches, Life? or Theatre? Joods Historisch Museum (Daily 11.00-17.00), until 16 September De kunst van het verleiden You can’t run and you can’t hide—ads are everywhere, and they will have an influence on you, like it or not. This exhibition about advertising takes place in several rooms and devotes each room to another method, emotion or medium.

CoBrA Museum (Tues-Sun 11.00-17.00), until 16 September Drawing Typologies—Proposal for Municipal Art Acquisitions Drawings A presentation of works by 30 contemporary artists who live and work in the Netherlands and employ drawing as a medium. Using five typologies to suggest the wide variety of ways in which artists use drawing as an artistic strategy, it not only presents 30 radical positions within the local field of drawing, but also reveals what makes drawing such an extraordinary and attractive discipline. Stedelijk CS (Daily 10.00-18.00), until 16 September Mitch Epstein: American Work One of the world’s most renowned contemporary photographers, in American Power Epstein focuses on the complex relationship between American energy supply, the status of America as a world power and the American landscape. Additionally, there’s a selection of shots from his series Family Business, the story of his father’s furniture company going bust. Foam (Sat-Wed 10.00-18.00, Thur, Fri 10.00-21.00), until 19 September Oud Zeer Drawings and animations by Joep Bertrams, best known for his political commentaries in Het Parool. Persmuseum (Tues-Fri 10.00-17.00, Sun 12.00-17.00), until 23 September To See or Not to See Hortus celebrates the 300th birthday of Carl Linnaeus, the most famous botanist

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Verzetsmuseum (Tues-Fri 10.00-17.00, Sat-Mon 12.0017.00), until 30 September Corneille: Some of These Days Celebrating the 85th birthday of Corneille, one of the most sparkling artists of the CoBrA movement—and one of the longest surviving members of the ‘CoBrA Three’. Alongside his paintings, photographs and film portraits of the artists can be seen during the exhibition. CoBrA Museum (Tues-Sun 11.00-17.00), until 30 September Yoshitomo Nara The first ever solo show to be held in any European museum by Yoshitomo Nara, one of today’s leading Japanese artists. As a representative of the Japanese pop art of the ’90s, he gained worldwide fame with seductive figurative paintings, drawings and sculptures, all executed in a deliberately elementary style. The emphasis in this collection will be on recent work, most of it produced especially for the occasion.

GEM (Tues-Sun 12.00 -18.00), Den Haag, until 7 October Proefjes! Magische Getting mystical with an exploration of magic and natural sciences from the 18th and 19th century. Teylers Museum (Tues-Sat 10.00 -17.00, Sun 12.00 -17.00), Haarlem, until 21 October Scenes and Traces A lengthy exhibition focussing on three parts of the Stedelijk Museum collection: design, video and photography. Stedelijk Museum CS (Daily 10.00-18.00), until 25 November Grande Sertao A blend of photography Brazilian culture, literature and poetry, after Mark Nozeman and Marcelo Greco made a photographic journey through the Sertão—the provinces of Minas Gerais and Bahia in Brazil. Tropenmuseum (Daily 10.00-17.00), until 27 January 2008

Galleries Hot and New Featuring works by Maartje Korstanje (sculptures), Yvonne Lacet (photography), Haukur Oskarsson (photography), Lotte Geeven (drawings), Jeroen Glas (sculptures) and Danielle van Vree (video installations). Mart House (Thur-Sat 13.00-18.00), closing Saturday Carmilla Enter the realm of the vampire and feast on the mythology, superstitions, lifestyle...blood. Featuring contemporary paintings, photography and other presentations by Erica Stanga, Emilio Cejalvo, Miss Magmin, Ketra, Hyde, Sonia Arata, Christian Zanotto and Damian Boyall. Red Stamp Art Gallery (Tues-Sat 13.00-18.00), closing Saturday En Passant Getting photographic with some fantastic Dutch talents, including Paul Bogaers, Peter Cleutjens, Hans Eijkelboom, Erik Fens, Gerard Fieret, Arnoud Holleman, Theo Niekus, Paulien Oltheten and Martine Stig & Vanessa van Dam. CBK Dordrecht (Wed-Sat 12.00 -17.00), Dordrecht, closing Sunday Nieuwe Leden 2006 Featuring works by Arjan Brentjes, Barbara Broekman, Atte Jongstra, Peter Mazereeuw, Ronald van der Meijs, Baukje Spaltro and Jacomijn Stekelenburg. Arti et Amicitiae (Tues-Sun 13.00-18.00), closing Sunday Set Scenes & Decor Post-St Joost Fine Arts presents set scenes from 2nd year students and decor projects from 1st years. W139/Basement (Daily 12.00-17.00), closing Sunday Abner Preis Selected artworks by Preis, AKA Eat Shit.

Wolf & Pack (Sun, Mon 13.00-19.00, Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat 12.00-19.00, Thur 12.00-21.00), until 13 July (In)visible Sounds In collaboration with the 5 Days Off music festival, this exhibition invites you to explore the world of invisible technologies: electronic fields, radio waves, frequencies and air pollution that surround us constantly. International artists contributing works include Erich Berger, David Haines & Joyce Hinterding, Theodore Watson, and Usman Haque & Rob Davis. Additions will include seminars and live performances. Montevideo/Time Based Arts (Tues-Sat 13.00-18.00), until 14 July Thomas Elshuis, Alex Jacobs New works by both artists. Gist (Wed-Sat 13.00-17.30), until 14 July act Group exhibition focussing on the ‘process of doing’ with visual artist Célio Braga (Brazil), fashion designer Maaike Gottschal, jewellery maker Jeannette Jansen, and film-maker/visual artists Claudia Lisboa and Remco Veenbrink. Huis Rechts (opens May 13 17.00-19.00), until 14 July

5-11 July 2007 Rah Crawford: A Sassy Nation ‘Hip folk’ is the theme which inspires this latest batch of paintings from the American artist. Studio Apart (Wed 10.00-18.00, Thur 10.00-21.00, Fri 10.00-18.00, Sat 12.00-17.00), until 15 July Air Polluter An interactive smell exhibition which allows the visitor to decide how much they wish to pollute the air around them—both with nice smells and nasty. De Brakke Grond (Mon 13.00-18.00, Tues-Fri 10.00-20.30, Sat 13.00-20.30, Sun 13.00-17.00), until 15 July Jana van Meerveld, Jonas Ohlsson & Ad de Jong Installations from the three artists. Horse Move Project Space (Fri-Sun 14.00-20.00), until 15 July Het Licht van Tunesië Multimedia installation by Maarten Rens and Anita Mizrahi. De Levante (WedSun 13.00-17.30), until 22 July The Colour of the Maghreb: Morocco Old culture meets contemporary art in this group exhibition celebrating artists of Morocco. Contributors include Youssouf Elalamy, Abbtoy, Dounia El Yassem and Shishunk. De Levante (Wed-Sun 13.00-17.30), until 22 July Spirit of the Wild Following on from the successful Earth From Above outdoor exhibitions by Yann ArthusBertrand, huge prints by South African photographer Steve Bloom are going public in Amsterdam, showing dazzling shots of the planet’s wildlife. Westermarkt (Daily), until 24 July Ubuntu Not actually a celebration of the Linux operating system, this collection, curated by Carinna Claassens and Els Klaassen, will showcase the work of a number of contemporary South African artists— some now resident in the Netherlands. Throughout its run look out for workshops, performances, discussions and readings which celebrate South African culture. ABC Treehouse (Tues-Sat 12.30-18.30), until 31 July Strongman is Here! Contemporary Maori artworks from New Zealander Kerry Strongman. Despite the modern nature of his works, his techniques are steeped in Maori history, plus you’ll often find him working with ancient wood. Rembrandtplein (Mon-Fri 11.00-20.00), until 31 July Zomerexpositie In for the summer, 14 artists present their newest artworks. GO Gallery (Wed-Sat 12.0018.00, Sun 13.00-17.00), until 5 August Zomer Expositie 2007 Works by 14 artists, including Yvonne Zomerdijk, Margret Mijsbergh and Stefaan Eyckmans. GO Gallery (Wed-Sat 12.00-18.00, Sun 13.00-17.00), until 5 August Aernout Overbeeke Often dark photographs of the natural landscapes, still lifes and indigenous people Overbeeke encountered while in Masaï, Afrika. Galerie Rademakers Tue-Sun 11.00-17.30, until 19 August Cristóbal Hara: An Imaginary Spaniard An exploration of the perceived cultural identity of Spain, by native photographer Hara. Huis Marseille (Tues-Sun 11.00-18.00), until 26 August Averecht Contemporary fashion and accessories by three talented young designers: Merel Boers (Miss Blackbirdy), Claire Fons and Elke Lutgerink. Galerie 37 (Thur-Sun 12.00-17.00), Haarlem, until 26 August Offline #4 Diverse artworks by Charlotte Mouwens, Margot Lamers, Katrin Maurer and Roos & Chris. ArtOlive (Mon-Fri 11.00-17.00, Sun 12.00-17.00), until 26 August Dream Amsterdam Using the city of Amsterdam as his point of departure, Spencer Tunick created a series of impressive installations built from naked bodies.

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

Various locations (Daily), until 31 August The Portrait Gallery Presenting an overview of portraits from 1950-today by ten veteran photographers, including Sanne Sannes, Ata Kando, Willem Diepraam, Machiel Botman and Barry Kornbluh.

Hup Gallery (Tue, Thur, Fri 10.00 -17.00), until 31 August Alex Fischer Video works from the Hamburg-born but Amsterdam-based artist. Galerie Paul Andriesse (TuesFri 11.00-18.00, Sat 14.00-18.00), until 31 August Joyeux de vie An exhibition of Jacques-Henri Lartigue, that makes an excellent accompaniment to Foam’s retrospective. See Short List. Gallery Vassie (Wed-Sat 12.00-18.00), until 1 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

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ADDRESSES 11 Oosterdokskade 3-5, 625 5999 ABC Treehouse Voetboogstraat 11, 423 0967 Akhnaton Nieuwezijds Kolk 25, 624 3396 Allard Pierson Museum Oude Turfmarkt 127, 525 2556 Almere-Strand Muiderzandweg 1, Almere Amsterdams Historisch Museum Kalverstraat 92, 523 1822

EVENTS

Lexion Avenue Overtoom 65, Westzaan, 0900-BelLexion Maloe Melo Lijnbaansgracht 163, 420 4592 Mart House Prinsengracht 529, 627 5187 Melkweg Lijnbaansgracht 234A, 531 8181 Melkweg Galerie Marnixstraat 409, 531 8181 Montevideo/Time Based Arts Keizersgracht 264, 623 7101 Muiderpoorttheater 2e van Swindenstraat 26, 692 5421

De Appel Nieuwe Spiegelstraat 10, 625 5651

Mulligans Amstel 100, 622 1330

ARCAM Prins Hendrikkade 600, 620 4878

NDSM-werf TT Neveritaweg 15, 330 5480

Arti et Amicitiae Rokin 112, 624 5134

Nederlands Architectuurinstituut Museumpark 25, Rotterdam, 010 440 1200

ArtOlive Polonceaukade 17, 675 8504

Summer School Going NOWHERE, see Thursday

De Levante Hobbemastraat 28, 671 5485

Badcuyp 1e Sweelinckstraat 10, 675 9669

NEMO Oosterdok 2

Bijbels Museum Herengracht 366-368, 624 2436

Nieuwe Kerk entrance on the Dam, 638 6909

& DJ Mickster, Rivelino and U.N.O.M. OneFourOne, 21.30, €7

Bimhuis Piet Heinkade 3, 788 2150

OCCII Amstelveenseweg 134, 671 7778

Bitterzoet Spuistraat 2, 521 3001

Odeon Singel 460, 624 9711

Festival: Cinedans Choreography and performance makes its annual return to the big screen. See Short List. Various locations and times, €6 per film

Blijburg Bert Haanstrakade 2004, 416 0330

OneFourOne Overtoom 141, 670 3313

De Brakke Grond Nes 45, 626 6866

P60 Stadsplein 100A, Amstelveen, 023 345 3445

Cafe Oranje-Nassau Nassaukade 151, 020 618 3497

Paradiso Weteringschans 6-8, 626 4521

Saturday 7 July

Café Pakhuis Wilhelmina Veemkade 576, 419 3368

Persmuseum Zeeburgerkade 10, 692 8810

Café Sappho Vijzelstraat 103, 423 1509

The Powerzone Spaklerweg, 681 8866

Workshop: Summer School Going NOWHERE Throughout July, NOWHERE is hosting a series of summer workshops that’ll keep you busy no matter your hobbies and interests. This week’s series includes: making tracks with the beat creator behind the sound of Brainpower, Partysquad and The Opposites; breakdance; art classes; yoga; Capoeira Angola; and cooking Suriname style. See www.nowhere.nl. Cultuurpand Nowhere, 15.00-18.00, €15 per workshop

Dance: Dansen op het Leidseplein Hiphop and breakdance from Spin Off. Leidseplein, 20.00, free

Camping Zeeburg Zuider IJdijk 20, 694 4430

PRIK Spuistraat 109, 06 4544 2321

CBK Dordrecht Voorstraat 180, Dordrecht, 078 631 4689

Public Space with a Roof Overtoom 301, 06 1117 4239

Club 8 Admiraal de Ruyterweg 56B, 685 1703

Red Stamp Art Gallery Rusland 22, 420 8684

Club Latido Buikslotermeerplein 7, 632 0096

Rembrandthuis Jodenbreestraat 4, 520 0400

Club Stereo Jonge Roelensteeg 4

Rozentheater Rozengracht 117, 620 7953

CoBrA Museum Sandbergplein 1-3, Amstelveen, 547 5050

Scheepvaartmuseum Kattenburgerplein 1, 523 2222

Dance: Dansen op het Leidseplein Tango Argentino, with 5 Days Off taking over the late night segment. Leidseplein, 20.00, free

Festival: Cinedans See Friday. Various locations and times, €6 per film

Concertgebouw Concertgebouwplein 2-6, 671 8345

Sinners Wagenstraat 3-7, 620 1375

Consortium Veemkade 570, 06 2611 8950

Skek Zeedijk 4-8, 427 0551

Cruise Inn Zuiderzeeweg 29, 692 7188

SMART Project Space Arie Biemondstraat 107-113, 427 5953

Thursday 5 July

Friday 6 July Workshop: Summer School Going NOWHERE (See Thursday) Cultuurpand Nowhere, 15.00-18.00, €15 per workshop Book presentation: Beauty Unrealized Launch party for a publication which follows on from the recent Beauty Unrealized exhibition series. It attempts to recreate the experience of the project and events that took place at PSWAR in recent months, and examines the possibility of translating the multi-dimensional time and space of the gallery into the one-dimensional pages of a book. While intended as testimony to the collaborative artistic ventures which took place, it also symbolises the closure of an important phase within the history of PSWAR. Public Space with a Roof, 20.00, free Book launch: Pete Jordan—Dishwasher Pete Jordan, author of Dishwasher: One Man’s Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States, will read selections from his book, talk about eating restaurant leftovers, discuss and show the practical joke he and a friend played on David Letterman, and screen an unauthorised Dishwasher Pete film. In English. ABC Treehouse, 20.00, free Multidisciplinary: FreakQuency A new place for new talents. Musical focus falls on jazzy hiphop, soul and R&B, sharing a deep love for poetry and the spoken word. But street art also plays a big part in this programme. Guests in this edition include Leslie Nielsen, GMB, Uniqehorn and upcoming artists such as BlackGod, Esperanza, Froots, Vieira, Zanillya, Sol

Festival: Kwakoe Festival The biggest multicultural festival in the country—with the focus mainly on Suriname—featuring music, movies, sports, food, dancing, information and lectures. Every Saturday and Sunday until 5 August. See www.kwakoe.nl. Bijlmerpark, various times, free

Sunday 8 July

Cultuurpand Nowhere Madurastraat 90, 462 3510

Festival: Kwakoe Festival (See Saturday) Bijlmerpark, various times, free

Escape deLux Amstel 70 (entry via Café de Kroon), 030 231 1577

Festival: Cinedans See Friday. Various locations and times, €6 per film

Filmmuseum Vondelpark 3, 589 1400

Stedelijk Museum CS Oosterdokskade 5, 573 2911

Flex Bar Pazzanistraat 1, 486 2123

Strand West Stavangerweg, 682 6310

Foam Keizersgracht 609, 551 6546

Studio 80 Rembrandtplein 70, 521 8333

Galerie 37 Groot Heiligland 37, Haarlem, 023 551 8432

Studio Apart Prinsengracht 715, 422 2748

Galerie Paul Andriesse Withoedenveem 8, 623 6237

Sugar Factory Lijnbaansgracht 238, 627 0008

Galerie Rademakers Prinsengracht 570-572, 6225496

Tassenmuseum Hendrikje Herengracht 573, 524 6452

Monday 9 July Festival: Cinedans See Friday. Various locations and times, €6 per film

Tuesday 10 July Workshop: Summer School Going NOWHERE Running Tues-Fri, this batch of summer workshops includes: freestyle MC lessons from Negativ; Bollywood dance; graffiti; Capoeira Angola; yoga; Indian cooking; and spoken word with Babs Gons. See www.nowhere.nl. Cultuurpand Nowhere, 15.00-18.00, €15 per workshop Festival: Cinedans See Friday. Various locations and times, €6 per film

Wednesday 11July Workshop: Summer School Going NOWHERE (See Tuesday) Cultuurpand Nowhere, 15.00-18.00, €15 per workshop Festival: Cinedans See Friday. Various locations and times, €6 per film

DanceStreet 1e Rozendwarsstraat 10, 489 7676

Stadsschouwburg Leidseplein 26, 624 2311 Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam Rozenstraat 59, 422 0471

Gallery Vassie 1e Tuindwarsstraat 16, 489 4042

Teylers Museum Spaarne 16, Haarlem, 023 516 0960

GEM Stadhouderslaan 43, Den Haag, 070 338 1133

Theater Bellevue Leidsekade 90, 530 5301

Gemeentemuseum Stadhouderslaan 41, Den Haag, 070 338 1111

Theater het Amsterdamse Bos Amsterdamse Bos 1, 640 9253

Gist Veemkade 364

Toomler Breitnerstraat 2, 670 7400

GO Gallery Prinsengracht 64, 422 9580

Tropenmuseum Linnaeusstraat 2, 568 8200

Heineken Music Hall ArenA Boulevard 590, 0900 300 1250

Under the Grand Chapiteau Next to ArenA, 621 1288

Hermitage Amsterdam Nieuwe Herengracht 14, 530 8751

UvA: Special Collections Library Oude Turfmarkt 129, 525 2141

Horse Move Project Space Oosterdokskade 5 Post CS

Van Gogh Museum Paulus Potterstraat 7, 570 5200

Hortus Botanicus Plantage Middenlaan 2A, 625 9021

De Veemvloer Van Diemenstraat 410, 638 6894

Hotel Arena ’s-Gravesandestraat 51, 850 2400

Verzetsmuseum Plantage Kerklaan 61, 620 2535

Huis Marseille Keizersgracht 401, 531 8989

Vondelpark Openluchttheater, 673 1499

Huis Rechts Vinkenstraat 154

W139/Basement Oosterdokskade 5, 06 2427 6657

Hup Gallery Tesselschadestraat 15, 515 8589

Winston Kingdom Warmoesstraat 129, 623 1380

Imagine IC Bijlmerplein 1006-1008, 489 4866

Wolf & Pack 232 Spuistraat, 427 0786

Joods Historisch Museum Jonas Daniel Meijerplein 2-4,

Zuiderkerk Zuiderkerkhof 72, 552 7987

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View from the bridge Cafe ter Brugge Overtoom 578, 612 983 Open Sun-Thur 10.00-1.00, Fri, Sat 10.00-02.00 Cash, PIN This friendly joint located just before the bridge over the Overtoomse Sluis boasts an enormous terrace, and is an amazing suntrap, at least on those days when it shows its golden face. (Oh, Sun, where art thou?)

As it opens daily at ten, you can quite comfortably park your bum, cough your lungs out on your first morning ciggy (perhaps after a workout at the gym palace across the bustling road), drink hot, steaming coffee and peruse the daily newspapers. Maybe a stray thought of a languid siesta might sail across your mind, then it’s time for dinner and post-prandial drinkies.

The traffic across the bridge is endless. The booms go up; the booms go down. Red lights flash; everything halts as the barges pass. The traffic lights dictate the ebb and flow at pulse rate. Lubdub, lubdub beats the city’s heart.

Cyclists woosh past doing their daily Tour de France. Lorries roar and belch out carbon monoxide. It’s all entertainment.

Facing the cafe is a brave herring kraam, reminiscent of David muscling up to Goliath.

They both do well, however. The location (for each of them) is excellent, with lots of room and different wares to offer the customers. Cafe ter Brugge’s terrace is packed with people from around the neighbourhood who come to unwind.

It’s a bit of a student magnet, and rather Dutch in character. The staff are friendly and efficient, and do their best to bring the booze to

THE UNDERCOVER GLUTTON One had an enormous saté skewer accompanied by a mountain of fries and salad, her companion a vegetarian wrap. The pair attacked their dinners with gusto. the tables and serve the grub. It doesn’t pretend to be gourmet mecca; what they serve is large portions of borrelhapjes to line drinkers’ stomachs and dishes for people who don’t feel like

cooking at home .

That was exactly my mood when I dropped in. The daily special on that occasion was pasta with stoofpot: a hearty-sounding dish at a snip

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of a price (€8); both of these things appealed to me.

I went in and grabbed myself a table facing the kitchen staff, who were eating an early supper. A couple of them were eating the special, which made me adamant that I should eat it too.

It’s always a good sign when the staff of an eetcafé are eating in situ—and not sending out for pizza deliveries. The background music was good, the laughter from the happy throng around me was encouraging.

My plate arrived. The meat was soft and stewy, but some gruesome lumps of gristle and fat lurked within, which needed to be pushed aside. I also needed to adjust the seasoning, as my tongue found the flavour too bland. (Are some Dutch cooks still afraid of herbs?) I requested some grated parmesan cheese to add an Italian touch, which made my food fine and filling.

The pudding I chose was cinnamon ice cream, a dish which adequately satisfied my sugar addiction. As I ate my just dessert, I perused the menu, which also looked good for lunch, with great sarnies.

After wolfing down my meal, I looked around to see what other people were guzzling.

Next to me were two women, one with an enormous saté skewer covered in peanut sauce, accompanied by a mountain of fries and salad.

The huge plate seemed better suited to a burly dockworker than a sweet blonde poppetje. Her companion had a vegetarian wrap that oozed feta cheese. This was also a big construction. The pair of them attacked their dinners with gusto, the ultimate accolade a diner can pay any chef.

When I asked for the bill, my waitress informed me that on weekends they are so busy that they have to remove the tables and chairs to accommodate the quantity of people who barge in for booze. Good. The Glutton loves success stories.

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21 Romy, all grown up.

From Austrian ingenue to European grande dame, Romy Schneider’s life was short and tragic, but left an inimitable legacy.

A LIFE LIVED OUT ON THE SILVER SCREEN FILM Romy Schneider Retrospective Opens 5 July - 29 August Filmmuseum

By Massimo Benvegnu

Going from teen star to bona fide movie actress has always been a tough task. No matter the period, the shelf life of success ful brats is short, and their future career choices are extremely narrow. But for Romy Schneider (1938-1982), it was just one of the many challenges she overcame in a life that went straight from

cradle to stage.

Born into a showbiz family in Austria, Schneider became a superstar at 17 when she played the lead in Ernst Marischka’s Austrian blockbuster Sissi (1955). The inevitable sequels of this tragic royal tale (1956 and 1957) forever linked her image to that of the sad Austro-Hungarian princess.

European cinema, crowded with bombshells and femmes fatales like Loren and Bardot, could definitely use her nomake-up, girl-next-door charm. Schneider was an echt European, wholesome-bred

answer to Audrey Hepburn (also European by birth, though Hollywood-driven). Suddenly her face graced magazine covers worldwide and paparazzi followed her everywhere. But starring in deliciously pop films like Monpti (1957) alongside German hunk Horst Buchholz wouldn’t further her career much, and Schneider knew it. So Sissi escaped her golden cage and boarded a one-way flight to Paris.

Waiting at the gate (literally—was it love or a media stunt?) was Alain Delon, whom she met on the set of Christine (1958), her first French-language film. They began a turbulent on- and off-screen relationship that would last for years. Also waiting in Paris were Luchino Visconti, who raised her credibility as an actress by giving her a theatre-role, and Coco Chanel, who gave Schneider the ultimate iconic look.

The metamorphosis was complete: grown out of her elfin face into a feline beauty, the actress started picking more complex, challenging projects for herself, such as Orson Welles’ adaptation of Kafka’s The Trial (1962), or Il lavoro, Visconti’s episode in the

Five-Word Movie Review

FILM Edited by Julie Phillips.This week’s films reviewed by Massimo Benvegnù (MB),Fred Camper (FC),Shyama Daryanani (SD),Angela Dress (AD),René Glas (RG),Andrea Gronvall (AG),Luuk van Huët (LvH),JR Jones (JJ),Dave Kehr (DK),Marie-Claire Melzer (MM),Gusta Reijnders (GR),Jonathan Rosenbaum (JR),Marinus de Ruiter (MdR) and Bregtje Schudel (BS).All films are screened in English with Dutch subtitles unless otherwise noted. Amsterdam Weekly recommends.

Festivals

Italian anthology film Boccaccio’70 (1962).

Hollywood paid a call: she waltzed through The Cardinal (1963) and What’s New, Pussycat? (1965). But Schneider belonged in Europe. It was a time when an actor with a good command of languages and a valid passport could find work in any country with a healthy film industry. Jacques Deray’s 1968 French thriller La Piscine was a massive box-office hit that put Schneider back on top of every producer’s wish list.

Her artistic partnership with director Claude Sautet was the most prolific (five titles in eight years) of Schneider’s career; most famous is the love triangle of César et Rosalie (1972), where she’s torn between Yves Montand and Sami Frey. For Une histoire simple (1978), she received a Best Actress César.

But the most challenging role in her late career came with Bertrand Tavernier’s 1980 Deathwatch, where she plays a terminally ill woman who gets an offer to be filmed on her deathbed by an evil TV corporation.

It’s very interesting, in our culture of reality television, to look at Tavernier’s embryonic take on the subject. But what comes as no surprise is Schneider’s interest in the topic, since she went through life as the object of unrelenting media attention. In 1981, the accidental death of her 14-year-old son, who bled to death after impaling his leg on a fence, put her back in the tabloids in tragic terms.

She kept working, but never fully recovered from the loss. Alcohol and pills became her refuge: less than a year after her son’s fatal accident, Schneider was found dead in her apartment in Paris. Sissi had managed to live her life outside the golden cage, enjoyed her newly found freedom and independence, leaving a legacy of work unimaginable from her beginnings—but tragedy struck anyway.

And we couldn’t help but watch.

MARS BARS TO HAND SHANDIES

Irina Palm Cinecenter, Het Ketelhuis, Pathé Tuschinski

Transformers

Romy Schneider summer programme A two-month series of films starring the great, tragic Austrian actress of the 1960s. See article above. Filmmuseum

Karlheinz Stockhausen, and à Mains Nues (2006, 30 mins.) Knauff worked with dancer and choreographer Michèle Noiret, to generate dynamic combinations of movement, images and music. Filmmuseum

New this week

Transformers The biggest puzzle in Michael Bay’s allover-the-place extravaganza is who’s supposed to watch it. It’s a film based on a toy, with PG-13 rated action, that alternates jokes about robots peeing (sorry, ‘lubricating’) on humans with gags concerning masturbation. Which basically leaves you with a target audience of boys between 12 and 15 and the male 30+ fan base from the original series. Rising star Shia LaBeouf successfully carries the film and, to be honest, Transformers is never boring. But those looking for a more balanced form of summer entertainment are better off with Die Hard 4.0.

(BS) 132 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt, Pathé Tuschinski

Amsterdam Zwart Wit The Movies screens five classic Dutch black-and-white films, all shot on location in Amsterdam. Rondom het Oudekerksplein, a 1968 docudrama about the red-light-district, was described by its director, Roeland Kerbosch, as an ‘amusing socio-documentary happening’. Too scandalous for the VPRO television network, it was released theatrically instead. Rififi in Amsterdam (1962) is a caper film with an all-star cast including Willy Alberti and Sylvia de Leur (in her film debut). Het wonderlijke leven van Willem Parel (1955) is a vehicle for the great Dutch cabaretier Wim Sonneveld. And De Jantjes and Bleeke Bet (both 1934) are musicals, wildly popular in their day, about the colourful characters of the Amsterdam slums. The Movies

Drama/Mex Three explosive characters cross paths in an entertaining art house flick set in Acapulco. They are a teenage boy aggressively trying to reclaim his ex-girlfriend, a young beach hooker out to scam her customers, and a middle-aged man who hides in a beach hut with plans to kill himself. Director Gerardo Naranjo shot his second feature with a low budget and a cast of mostly friends, but still manages to lift his fast-paced film far beyond amateur level. Produced by actor Gael García Bernal (Babel, Amores Perros), this unpretentious piece of cinema is a lively contribution to the hot Mexican new wave. In Spanish with Dutch subtitles. (MdR) 92 min. Het Ketelhuis

Cinedans Festival 2007 This lively festival features 39 films, most of them premieres, and runs July 6-1.

See Short List, p. 9. Filmmuseum, Paradiso, Grote Zaal, Rialto

Solo/à Mains Nues These two black-and-white ‘film poems’ were intended by Belgian director Thierry Knauff to be a ‘symbiosis of dance and cinematography’. In both Solo (2004, 30 mins.), with music by

Still playing Adam’s Apples Directed by Anders Thomas Jensen, who might be the hottest thing from Denmark since

certain cartoons, this black comedy stars Mads Mikkelsen, ‘the Danish Johnny Depp’, as Ivan, an insanely optimistic preacher with severe problems who rehabilitates ex-cons in his rural church. Adam (Ulrich Thomsen), a recently released neo-Nazi, arrives to test his fate repeatedly, leading to a clash of conflicting ideologies. Whether the film is moralistic or nihilistic is anyone’s guess, but it didn’t garner a Silver Scream Award at the AFFF for nothing, and the very Scandinavian undercurrent of dark humour keeps the film enjoyable and fresh during most of the running time. In Danish with Dutch and French subtitles. (LvH) 94 min. Het Ketelhuis Azuloscurocasinegro A bittersweet coming-of-age drama set in contemporary Madrid, where Jorge (Quim Gutiérrez) lives with his invalid father (Héctor Colomé). Despite his university degree, he works as a concierge. His brother Antonio (Antonio de la Torre) is in prison and his mother is dead, leaving him to take care of his father. When he meets Paula (Marta Etura), he realises that there may be more to life than slaving for others, and that he must take that responsibility. Yet his future stil looks His future looks ‘azuloscurocasinegro’: ‘dark blue, almost black’.

Directed by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo. In Spanish with Dutch subtitles. (MM) 105 min. Cinecenter

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Bes Vakit In a rural Turkish village, three children on the brink of puberty form a secret pact against their parents; one of them is even prepared to kill his father.

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

In Turkish with Dutch subtitles. (MdR) 110 min. Rialto Cashback There should be a movie law against using American Beauty-like music over supposedly ‘deep’ moments, especially if they are followed by fart jokes just a few scenes later. In this full-length remake of his own short film about an art student who turns into an insomniac after being dumped, director Sean Ellis seems incapable of delivering a consistent stylistic whole. Instead he keeps shifting from romantic drama to juvenile high jinks and back. Some of the cinematographic experiments linked to the manipulation and distortion of time—the film’s theme—are genuinely well made, but most of them are just used to get women undressed. Cashback feels like a pretentious take on the teen sex comedy, more often baffling than funny. (RG) 90 min. Kriterion, Pathé Tuschinski César et Rosalie This 1972 film is being re-released in connection with the Filmmuseum’s upcoming Romy Schneider minifest. (See article p. 22.) César (Yves Montand) is a middle-aged Parisian entrepreneur, Rosalie (Schneider) his lovely and supporting wife.

Marriage is good, until arrival of cartoonist David (Sami Frey), a lover from Rosalie’s past, turns their familiar affair into a—but of course!—ménage à trois. Claude Sautet’s bourgeois take on Jules et Jim material remains appealing to look at, if only for, as Roger Ebert put it, ‘the way Romy Schneider can make a half-shy smile into the suggestion of unimaginable carnal possibilites’ (although none of them are graphically shown here). And if you add Montand’s acute portrayal of a square man who, in the end, proves to be more openminded than his ‘artistic’ love rival, the film has enough good stuff to get away with its disappointingly abrupt, no-answers conclusion. In French with Dutch subtitles. (MB) 110 min. Filmmuseum

Copying Beethoven Copying Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven never had a woman copyist, much less the gifted and attractive 23-year-old student and aspiring composer played by Diane Kruger, which might tempt one to scoff at this

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romantic biopic as eyewash. But Agnieszka Holland (Europa Europa, The Secret Garden) directs with obvious feeling rather than cynicism, and I was swept away by it despite the story’s anachronisms. Ed Harris, offering another mad-genius portrait after playing Jackson Pollock, goes to town with his hokey part, and one gets to hear a sizable chunk of the Ninth Symphony at its 1824 premiere. Writer-producers Stephen J. Rivele and Christopher Wilkinson won’t win over any purists, but if they introduce a few people to the excitements of Beethoven, they can hardly be accused of wasting their time. (JR) 104 min. Pathé Tuschinski Curse of the Golden Flower After wowing the international community of chop-socky lovers with Hero and House of Flying Daggers, Yimou Zhang is poised to bedazzle once again with Curse of the Golden Flower.

Aficionados of the work of gaijin like Segal’s or Van Damme’s will scratch their noggins, but the true connoisseur will appreciate the lavish lushness of the production design, the Machiavellian scheming within the decadent Imperial Court and the expertly choreographed fights, which are mesmerising to behold.

Tricked out with the richest colours, most opulent costume design and most Shakespearean plot of the year, the decline of an empire never looked better. In Mandarin with Dutch subtitles. (LvH) 114 min. Filmmuseum

Death Proof Death Proof It’s unclear whether the Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez exploitation-flick double bill Grindhouse will ever reach our cinemas in its original form, but luckily this extended version of Tarantino’s half stands on its own. Kurt Russell plays Stuntman Mike, a shady has-been who stalks and attacks two groups of women with his death-proofed stunt car.

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

While two thirds of the film are pure chick-flick, Tarantino excels in the carnage and chases even more than the dialogue. The cinematography and soundtrack are both exemplary. (LvH) 127 min. Kriterion, The Movies, Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt Die Hard 4.0 If you’ve been holding your breath for the last 13 years, waiting for another outing of that lovable badass we call John McClane, you can exhale with ease. When a team of disgruntled former employees for the military/industrial complex use their high-tech savvy to lock down the entire United States, they find a reluctant, grizzled cop on their path. Bruce Willis still manages to blurt out one-liners like the best of them, and the stuntwork is as enjoyable as it is

barely plausible. As long as you take your popcorn action with a generous helping of salt, you’ll have fun.

(LvH) 127 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt Fracture An engineer (Anthony Hopkins) goes on trial in Los Angeles for trying to murder his wife (Embeth Davidtz), and the prosecutor (Ryan Gosling) attempts to push through what appears to be an open-and-shut case but isn’t. With its lavish architecture and Spielbergian lighting, this absorbing thriller has a high-toned look, but director Gregory Hoblit and writers Daniel Pyne and Glenn Gers got much of their training in TV cop shows, which shows in the adroit way they semaphorically abbreviate certain characters and plot developments to slide us past various incongruities. The main interest here is the juxtaposing of Gosling’s Method acting with Hopkins’s more classical style, a spectacle even more mesmerising than the settings. With David Strathairn and Rosamund Pike. (JR) 112 min. Pathé De Munt The Hoax As Orson Welles demonstrated in F for Fake (1974), the true story of novelist Clifford Irving, who sold a fraudulent autobiography of the millionaire Howard Hughes to a New York publisher for a fortune, is a classic tale of consummate con artistry. So it’s pretty perverse for William Wheeler, who scripted this feature, to get most of the facts wrong, inflating details that don’t need any spin. (As Irving himself remarked, ‘You could call it a hoax about a hoax.’) Director Lasse Hallstrom does an OK job with this dubious property; Richard Gere is less charismatic than Irving and Alfred Molina turns Irving’s assistant into a buffoon, but the secondary cast (Hope Davis, Marcia Gay Harden, Stanley Tucci, Julie Delpy, Eli Wallach) is fun to watch.

(JR) 115 min. The Movies

The Hoax Irina Palm Marianne Faithfull carries the show here, in the title role of the latest film from Belgium-based director Sam Garbarski (The Rashevski Tango). ‘Irina Palm’ is the working name of Maggie, an English widow who needs money to pay for her grandson’s medical treatment. Lacking marketable skills, this suburban housewife ends up in Soho, accepting a job as a glory hole ‘hand-relief provider’ in a club managed by a Slavic mobster (Miki Manojlovic). Predictably, she not only tries to keep her employment a secret from her family and the town’s tea ladies (among them a nosy Jenny Agutter), but actually becomes really good at it, much to everybody’s disbelief but ours. Garbarski doesn’t spare the audience any stereotype in this comedy/drama, but his genius casting of the famously

liberated Faithfull as the oppressed but freedombound Maggie manages to keep the tone, if not interesting, at least ironic. (MB) 103 min. Cinecenter, Het Ketelhuis, Pathé Tuschinski Jesus Camp Profoundly disturbing documentary, directed by Heidi Ewing, about evangelical Christian summer camps for children in the US. The film includes footage shot at the ‘Kids on Fire’ camp at, appropriately, Devil’s Lake in North Dakota, where camp pastor Becky Fischer ‘preaches’ children to the point of hysteria, then calls their distress evidence of communion with God. There is no voice-over or any other form of editorial comment—the footage speaks for itself, revealing a vile, ideologically incoherent mess of religious fundamentalism and right-wing politics. Also appearing in this film about how children are blatantly targeted by the religious right is Ted Haggard, a prominent evangelica leader until in 2006 (after this film was made), a scandal involving a male prostitute and methamphetamines suggested he’d found other ways of getting closer to God. (AD) 84 min. The Movies

Jesus Camp Das Leben der Anderen This Oscar winner by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck mostly deserves all the praise and admiration it has received. A study in the dehumanising effects of state surveillance, it focuses on two men living in East Germany in 1984: a playwright (Sebastian Koch) who attracts the interest of the state and a Stasi officer (Ulrich Mühe) whose loyalty to the socialist cause is starting to erode. Predictable and slightly distant, but also disturbing and effective. In German with Dutch subtitles. (LvH) 137 min. Cinecenter, Het Ketelhuis, Pathé Tuschinski, Rialto The Messengers This stylish ghost story from rising Hong Kong codirectors Danny and Oxide Pang (the ‘Eye’ trilogy) and producer Sam Raimi earns points for its set and sound design, eerily desaturated palette, able cast and one really good special effect. Sadly, the movie just doesn’t deliver chills. Kristen Stewart (Panic Room) plays a troubled teen who reluctantly moves to a run-down North Dakota farm with her anxious parents (Dylan McDermott and Penelope Ann Miller) and mute toddler brother. Soon the tot is communing with the vengeful spirits of the previous inhabitants, who target the girl. The Pangs’ editing style of juxtaposing similar images shot from different angles and distances—a technique that worked in Bangkok Dangerous—here only dilutes what little suspense screenwriter Mark Wheaton could muster. (AG) 90 min. Pathé De Munt

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Even better than part II

In this summer of threequels, we wonder: does a successful film doom its maker to eternal repetition? Is that a bad thing?

SUMMER FILMS: ATTACK OF THE THREEQUEL

By Luuk van Huët

There’s a well-known rule in Tinseltown concerning the third part of a movie franchise, and that rule is: it will suck donkey nuts. Not counting The Return of the King (which was intended as a trilogy, so it sneaks through a loophole), we can safely point to Superman 3, in which Richard Pryor skied off a skyscraper, and to the disappointing third Godfather film. With a barrage of threequels—and some even

higher roman numerals—crowding the multiplexes this summer, let’s take a look at the three basic rules to making a good follow-up film.

1. Don’t bite off more than you can chew Spider-Man 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End are both buttnumbingly long, clocking in at two-and-ahalf hours plus, but still they feel rushed and overburdened with material. Spidey could’ve stuck to battling two foes instead of three; besides, Peter’s dark

side turns him into an emo wanker instead of a brooding menace, while the soap-opera shenanigans become tedious distractions from the frenetic action sequences.

PotC 3 boasted more double-crossers and backstabbers than a knitting match in an asylum for the criminally insane, which made it hard to keep track of things. It’s supposed to be inspired by a theme-park ride, not strive to be one. The real class act belonged once again to Clooney and the gang in Ocean’s Thirteen, who stopped globetrotting to return to Las Vegas and shake down Al Pacino in breezy style.

2. Keep it real Even though there’s nothing wrong with a little CGI now and then—and it certainly would be impossible to do Shrek without all the ones and zeros—in this age of flying, fluttering pixilation nothing beats a real explosion. The fourth instalment in the Die Hard saga returns Bruce Willis to the big screen in his iconic role and slow-

widow. Inexplicably, Linda is living the days of her life out of order. At first the film’s non-linear structure rouses your curiosity. But the follow-up lacks cohesion and depth, making Premonition as boring as a housewife’s routine. A good idea but a missed opportunity. (GR) 110 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt

Ninotchka Ernst Lubitsch’s sparkling, witty political fairy tale from 1939, about a cold but beautiful lady commissar (Greta Garbo) who melts to the bourgeois charms of Paris and Melvyn Douglas, jeopardising both honour and career. Garbo fully complements Lubitsch’s casual sophistication and stylistic grace, cleverly playing off her dour public image. The satire may be mostly a matter of easy contrasts, but the lovers inhabit a world of elegance and poise that is uniquely and movingly Lubitsch’s. Billy Wilder, who would later uncurdle into the last exemplar of the Lubitsch tradition, collaborated on the script. (DK) 109 min. Filmmuseum

The Reaping A professor (Hilary Swank) known for debunking religious phenomena arrives in a southern backwater that’s being afflicted by the 10 plagues of Egypt. Produced by Hollywood crapmeister Joel Silver, this high-decibel shocker is an insult to intelligence and faith alike. Stephen Hopkins (Lost in Space) directed; with David Morrissey, Idris Elba, AnnaSophia Robb and Stephen Rea. (JJ) 99 min. Pathé De Munt Ocean’s Thirteen

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Ocean’s Thirteen Directed by Steven Soderbergh,

Ocean’s Thirteen brings Danny Ocean (George Clooney) and his pack of thieves back to that glamorous playground for adults, Las Vegas. But this time, it’s personal. One of their own, Reuben Tishkoff (Elliott Gould), winds up in the hospital after being swindled by Willy Bank (Al Pacino). So Danny and the gang are out for revenge: clean out Bank’s finances and hit him where it hurts the most by ruining his chances of getting a Five Diamond Award for his latest hotel on the Strip. Not just another sequel, this is one of the most entertaining movies of the franchise so far: suave, sleek and snappy. Includes eye candy.

(SD) 122 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt, Pathé Tuschinski

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 vari-

ly builds up the level and complexity of the stunts, relying on old-fashioned physical daring and the visceral impact of squibs and bangers. By incorporating the French urban art of parkour (overcoming physical obstacles using ingenuity and dexterity, as popularised in Casino Royale), the film is further grounded in reality, providing a balance for the later scenes which go completely, and enjoyably, off the rails.

3. Bring in more of the same, but with a fresh angle The good thing about Shrek 3 is that, with a running time of 92 minutes, it’s positively svelte in comparison with the other blockbuster behemoths. Too bad the formula is becoming stale, with the pop-cultural references lazily piled on without even trying to be inherently funny. The delicate equilibrium between smart, adult jokes and infantile fart and poop humour that characterised the franchise seems to have been lost.

Two other characters who may yet liven up a slightly dreary cinematic summer are everyone’s favourite boy wizard, and superspy Jason Bourne. The first four Potter films have managed to evade most sequelitis problems by living up to the quality of their source material, having a solid cast and a good eye for directorial talent. Whether the new, relatively inexperienced David Yates is up to the task of number five will be seen on 11 July. Meanwhile, Paul Greengrass has shown in the first two Bourne films, as well as in Bloody Sunday and United 93, that he’s a master of action and suspense, and with an incredible supporting cast. The Bourne Ultimatum, due out in September, may well rescue this threequel summer after all.

ety. 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, Pathé Tuschinski Pirates of the Caribbean 3 An improvement on the lacklustre middle section of this particular franchise—oops, I mean trilogy—but still not as good as the first part. Pirates 3 does give us Johnny’n’Keef attempting to out-camp each other (after two rounds of being imitated by Johnny Depp, Keith Richards actually accepted a role) amidst all the precariously staged swordfights and general—yes—swashbuckling about. But that’s pretty much the only difference.

Keira Knightley limply does the will-she/won’t-she number between naughty rascal Jack and, er, the other one. The skinny bloke with the funny eyeball is back. There are lots of groovy special effects. The bloke with the tentacles hanging off his head is back.

Jack still has gold teeth. There is much dashing and prancing. Everyone basically reprises everything

they’ve done before only more so, especially Geoffrey Rush, whose gurning Oirish loon pirate captain must surely rate as one of the hammiest performances ever to bless the silver screen. Ah well—ker-ching and shiver me timbers. (AD) 168 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt

Premonition Premonition The premise of this time-shifting thriller, from German-Turkish director Mennan Yapo and screenwriter Bill Kelly, is an intriguing one. Each day, housewife Linda Hanson (Sandra Bullock) receives the news that her husband Jim (Julian McMahon) has died in a car accident, only to wake up the next morning and find him very much alive. Was it a nightmare, or a foretelling of tragedy yet to come? If so, does she have the power to prevent it? Then it happens again: some days Linda finds Jim alive, while on others she awakens a

Reprise Norwegian students Erik and Phillip aspire to become influential cult authors. At the start we see them posting their manuscripts. Later on Phillip achieves mild success but suffers a nervous breakdown, while Erik confronts his lack of talent. In between, comic interactions between them and their bohemian mates and pretty girlfriends alternate with tragic episodes. Directed by Joachim Trier, Reprise displays fresh cinematic talent and is enjoyable for its pop culture references—combining, for example, French nouvelle vague cinema with British new wave music.

Reprise doesn’t lack coolness, either. But it does lose its narrative focus towards the end, and ultimately fails to penetrate the surface. In Norwegian with Dutch subtitles. (MdR) 105 min. Rialto Shrek the Third The big green babysitter is back, but the charm has evaporated. Cinephiles will enjoy some of the in-jokes (watching an awful play, one character cracks, ‘This is worse than Love Letters’). But then, if you’re a cinephile, why would you bother with this?

Chris Miller and Raman Hui directed; with the voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz and Antonio Banderas. (JJ) 93 min. Het Ketelhuis, Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt, Pathé Tuschinski Spider-Man 3 When a super-hero franchise reaches the third instalment, the result is usually a let-down featuring rubber nipples or Richard Pryor on skis.

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Special screenings The Brown Bunny Vincent Gallo’s highly self-regarding, handcrafted road movie from 2003 (98 mins.) is more interesting than not. The film’s flaws are the exclusive property of Gallo, its producer, director, writer, cinematographer, editor and star, and if some elements are irritating, at least they’re not borrowed goods. Gallo’s—a semi-autistic motorcycle racer driving across the US, picking up ravenous stray women and trying to deal with a traumatically concluded relationship—isn’t very interesting, but what Gallo does with sound, image, chutzpah, Ted Curson’sTears for Dolphy and the windscreen of his own van has its moments. Also showing: Death in the Port Jackson Hotel(1972; 36 mins.), photographer Ed van der Elsken’s film about the flamboyant Australian artist Vali Meyers. (JR)De Nieuwe Anita

The Merchant of Venice Director Michael Radford begins his 2004 adaptation of Shakespeare’s play with a precise date and a brief documentary about antiSemitism in 16th-century Venice; this doesn’t have much to do with the playwright or his audience, but it provides a social context for what follows. Al Pacino avoids his usual bombast, giving his Shylock some shading, and Jeremy Irons is fine as Shylock’s legal opponent, Antonio. Overall this is an intelligent and thoughtful reading of the play, marred only by the implausibility of Portia (Lynn Collins) fooling everyone at the trial with her gender disguise— which, of course, is transparent. With Joseph Fiennes.

(JR) 127 min. Pathé Tuschinski

Daft Punk’s Electroma For their directorial debut, the members of French electro duo Daft Punk have not used any of their own music. Instead, the soundtrack to Electroma (2006) consists of 1970s synthesizer pop tunes (Curtis Mayfield, Brian Eno, etc.) plus a great deal of silence. The brooding narrative leaves much to the imagination; in my view it is about two extravagant, race-car-driving robots that aren’t able to fit into a suburban robot community. Electroma seems deliberately slow and uncompromising.

Unfortunately, because it relies so much on the ideas of the avant-garde filmmakers (Antonioni, Matthew Barney) that it draws on for inspiration, it fails to break any new ground of its own. No dialogue. (MdR) 74 min. Melkweg Cinema

Moog Smart and fast-paced, this 2004 American video documentary directed by Hans Fjellestad (and produced by Gary Hustwit of Helvetica fame) profiles Bob Moog, known to keyboard players across the globe for helping to invent the analog synthesizer. Moog recalls the introduction and rapid commercialisation of the instrument, which was initially denounced for ‘destroying human culture’ and has indeed revolutionised the way people think about music and musicianship. Fjellestad rounds up some prominent and insightful players to commiserate with Moog, ranging from Rick Wakeman and Bernie Worrell to DJ Spooky and Money Mark. A thoughtful and agreeable man, Moog remarks that the most important aspect of music is human interaction, though he seems to realise he’s done more than anyone since Thomas Edison to stifle it. Experimental shorts from the Austrian film label Sixpack follow. (JJ) Melkweg Cinema

Daft Punk: Interstella 5555 After the release of their album Discovery, Daft Punk (Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo) asked Japanese filmmakers Kazuhisa Takenouchi and Leiji Matsumoto to make a short anime for each song on the album. This 2003 film is a compilation of the results. Party, obviously, follows. 68 min. Kriterion GoodFellas Martin Scorsese collaborated with Nicholas Pileggi on this 1990 adaptation of Wiseguy, Pileggi’s nonfiction book about gangsters in Brooklyn, and in terms of narrative fluidity it may well be the most accomplished thing Scorsese’s ever done. Set between the mid-’50s and the mid-’80s, the semifictionalised story centers on a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Mafia recruit (Ray Liotta)—who narrates along with the Jewish woman (Lorraine Bracco) he eventually marries—and the other gangsters in his immediate circle (Joe Pesci, Robert De Niro and Paul Sorvino). Paradoxically, the violent, amoral world the film depicts may be the darkest Scorsese has ever shown, but the surface mood is lighter than any Scorsese film since Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. Stylistically, it’s a remarkable effort, but the sociological insights never go very far beyond the obvious.

(JR) 146 min. Het Ketelhuis Grey Gardens This 1975 documentary by cinéma vérité pioneers Albert and David Maysles, directed by Albert Maysles and Ellen Hovde, portrays a society mother, Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter ‘Little Edie’, who live in cat-ridden squalor in a crumbling Long Island mansion.100 min. iLLUSEUM Knife,The: Silent Shout Film of the Swedish brotherand-sister band’s 2006 concert in Gothenburg, showing as part of 5 Days Off. Melkweg Cinema

FILM TIMES Thursday 5 July until Wednesday 11 July.

Times are provided by cinemas and are subject to last-minute changes. Film times also at www.amsterdamweekly.nl.

Cinecenter Lijnbaansgracht 236, 623 6615 Azuloscurocasinegro daily 16.15, 19.15, 21.45, Sun also 11.00, 13.30 Irina Palm daily 16.30, 19.15, 21.45, Sun also 11.00, 13.30 Das Leben der Anderen daily 15.45, 18.45, Thur-Sun, Tues, Wed also 21.45 Les Témoins Mon 21.45 Venus daily 16.15, 19.30, 22.00, Sun also 11.00, 14.00.

Filmmuseum Vondelpark 3, 589 1400 César et Rosalie daily 19.30, 21.45, Thur, Mon-Wed also 17.15 Cinedans Festival 2007 Sun Curse of the Golden Flower daily 21.30 Josephine Baker: Black Diva in a White Man's World Sun 17.00 Ninotchka Sat 17.15 Romy Schneider summer programme Thur-Tues Sissi Thur, Sat, Mon-Wed 17.00 Sissi marathon Sun 12.00 Solo/à Mains Nues Sun 15.30 The Trial Thur-Tues 19.15 Wenn der weiße Flieder wieder blüht Wed 19.15. iLLUSEUM Witte de Withstraat 120, 770 5581 Grey Gardens Sat 21.00.

Het Ketelhuis Haarlemmerweg 8-10, 684 0090 Adam's Apples daily 17.45, 19.45, 22.00, Sat-Tues also 13.45,

Sissi This 1955 romance was a big hit in its time, the first part of a trilogy that made the gorgeous Romy Schneider a star. She plays a 19th-century Bavarian princess whose older sister is slated to marry Kaiser Franz Joseph of Austria. The young emperor meets Sissi by chance—her hook snags his jacket while she’s fishing—and falls for her without knowing who she is; embarrassments ensue when he insists on making her his bride. Ernst Marischka’s direction, with its awkwardly edited, postcard-pretty compositions, is as stilted as the elaborate Austrian court rituals against which Sissi—following the example of her rough-mannered but endearing father—rebels. On Sunday the whole trilogy is showing in a marathon screening.

In German with English and Dutch subtitles. (FC) 102 min. Filmmuseum The Trial Orson Welles’s nightmarish, labyrinthine comedy of 1962—shot mainly in Paris’s abandoned Gare d’Orsay and various locations in Zagreb and Rome— remains his most disturbing work; it’s also a lot more influential than people usually admit. Anthony Perkins gives an adolescent temper to Joseph K, a bureaucrat mysteriously brought to court for an unspecified crime; among the predatory females who pursue him are Jeanne Moreau and Romy Schneider. Welles himself plays the hero’s tyrannical lawyer, and Akim Tamiroff is one of his oldest clients. Welles adroitly captures the experience of an unsettling and slightly hysterical dream throughout. (JR) 116 min. Filmmuseum

15.45, Sun also 11.45 De Avonturen van het Molletje Sat-Wed 12.45 Drama/Mex daily 17.30, 21.30 GoodFellas Sun 19.30 Harry Potter en de Orde van de Fenix Wed 12.30, 15.00 Irina Palm Thur-Sat, Mon-Wed 19.00, Sat-Wed 14.00 Das Leben der Anderen daily 16.15, Thur-Sat, Mon-Wed also 21.15 Shrek the Third daily 19.30, Sat-Wed also 13.30, 15.30.

Kriterion Roetersstraat 170, 623 1708 Cashback daily 20.00, Thur-Sat also 18.00, Fri also 0.15, Sat, Sun also 15.30 Daft Punk: Interstella 5555 Sat 22.00 Death Proof Thur, Fri, Sun, Mon, Wed 22.00, Sun-Wed 17.45, Sat 0.15 Sneak Preview Tues 22.00.

Melkweg Cinema Lijnbaansgracht 234A, 624 1777 Daft Punk's Electroma Fri 22.00 Knife,The: Silent Shout Thur 21.00 Moog Sun 22.00.

The Movies Haarlemmerdijk 159-165, 638 6016 Amsterdam Zwart Wit Thur-Tues Bleeke Bet Mon 15.00, 19.30 Death Proof Thur 22.15, Fri-Tues 21.00, Fri, Sat also 23.15, Wed 21.45 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Tues 0.01, Wed 14.00, 16.45, 19.30, 22.00 The Hoax daily 17.15, Fri, Sat also 23.30, Sat-Tues also 14.45 De Jantjes Sun 15.00, 19.30 Jesus Camp daily 19.45, Thur-Tues also 21.45, Sun also 12.45 Ocean's 11 Fri, Sat 23.45 Pan's Labyrinth daily 22.00, Fri-Tues also 17.00, Fri, Sat also 0.15, Sun also 12.15, Wed also 22.15 Rififi in Amsterdam Tues 15.00, 19.30 Rondom het Oudekerksplein Thur 19.45, Sat 15.00, 19.30 Shrek de Derde daily 17.00, 19.00, Sat-Tues also 15.00, Sun also 13.00, Wed also 14.15 Venus daily 17.15, 19.45, 21.45, Sat-Wed also 15.15, Sun also 13.15 Het Wonderlijke leven van Willem Parel Fri 15.00, 19.30.

De Nieuwe Anita Frederik Hendrikstraat 111, 06 4150 3512, The Brown Bunny Mon 20.30 Death at the Port Jackson Hotel Mon 20.30.

Reprise

While Spidey’s third outing doesn’t reach those alltime lows, it still is a step backwards from the first two magnificent films. The problem boils down to an overabundance of villains, love interests and plot lines that entangle the cast, sometimes slowing the proceedings to a sticky stop in between the flabbergasting action sequences. Besides, in keeping with blockbuster season, there’s an awful lot of action.

Two-and-a-half angstful hours might be more bang for your buck than you bargained for. Directed by Sam Raimi, with Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst. (LvH) 156 min. Pathé De Munt

Still Life Still Life Most of what we read about China nowadays is about their incredible economic rise. Rest assured that behind the veil of success, misery is to be found.

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

In Mandarin with Dutch subtitles. (RG) 108 min. Rialto Transylvania Director Tony Gatlif likes to make gypsy road movies—his most famous one being Gadjo Dilo—and his latest film is no exception. This time we follow female protagonist Zingarina (Asia Argento) to the Romanian region of Transylvania to be reunited with her boyfriend. When he rejects her and their unborn baby, Zingarina is inconsolable. Yet love lurks in unlikely places. It’s uncommon for Gatlif to feature

OT301 Overtoom 301, 779 4913 Video Shorts Sun 20.30.

Paradiso, Grote Zaal Weteringschans 6-8, 626 4521 Cinedans Festival 2007 Wed 21.00.

Pathé ArenA ArenA Boulevard 600, 0900 1458 Assepoester en de Keukenprins daily 11.50 Death Proof daily 19.15, 21.50 Die Hard 4.0 daily 12.40, 15.20, 18.10, 21.10, Thur-Tues also 11.55, 14.45, 17.30, Thur-Mon also 20.30, Sat, Sun also 10.00, Wed also 19.30 Haaibaai daily 12.50, 15.10, 17.10, Sat, Sun also 11.00 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Wed 11.30, 14.30, 17.30, 20.30 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (IMAX) Tues 0.05, Wed 12.15, 15.15, 18.20, 21.25 Harry Potter en de Orde van de Fenix Wed 13.30, 16.40 Mr Bean's Holiday daily 12.05, 14.10, 16.20, Sat, Sun also 10.05 Ocean's Thirteen daily 12.15, 14.55, 17.40, 20.20, Thur-Tues also 13.20, 16.15, 19.00, 21.45, Sat, Sun also 10.40 Pirates of the Caribbean 3 daily 13.40, 14.00, 17.15, 17.20, 20.10, 21.00, Sat, Sun also 10.15 Premonition daily 18.50, 21.35 Shrek de Derde daily 11.40, 13.00, 13.55, 15.40, 16.10, 18.00, Sat, Sun also 10.50 Shrek the Third daily 12.10, 13.30, 14.20, 15.40, 16.30, 17.50, 18.40, 20.00, 20.50, 22.10, Sat, Sun also 10.00, 11.25 Sneak Preview Tues 21.00 Spider-Man 3 (IMAX) Thur-Tues 18.20, 21.20 Transformers daily 12.00, 14.50, 17.45, 20.40, 21.30, Thur-Tues also 12.30, 15.30, 18.30 Zodiac daily 20.45.

Pathé De Munt Vijzelstraat 15, 0900 1458 Death Proof daily 21.20, Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed also 13.50, Sat also 15.00 Die Hard 4.0 Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 17.15, 20.15, Wed also 18.45, 21.40, Thur, Fri, Sun-Tues also 10.50, 12.30, 14.00, 15.30, 18.30, 21.30, Sat 12.15, 13.00, 15.15, 16.00, 18.15, 19.00, 21.15, 22.00 Fracture Thur, Fri, Sun, Mon, Wed 21.10, Sat 21.50 Haaibaai Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 11.10, 13.15, 15.20, Sat 10.40, 12.40, 14.45 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Tues 0.05, Wed 11.15, 12.00, 14.30, 15.15, 17.45, 18.30, 21.00 Harry Potter en de Orde van de Fenix Wed 12.15, 15.30 The Messengers Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 19.00, Sat 10.45, 19.30

a female lead, yet actress Biro Ünel (the anti-hero of Gegen die Wand) steals every scene. What Transylvania lacks in narrative, it amply makes up for in vibrant music and raw emotion. In French/Romanian/English with Dutch subtitles. (BS) 103 min. Rialto Venus Some great films have been made about the love between an older man and a young woman: Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita (1962) and Billy Wilder’s Love in the Afternoon (1957), to name but a few. Unfortunately, Venus is not such a great film. There is nothing wrong with the story, by Hanif Kureishi; it’s just that the supposed chemistry between Maurice (Peter O’Toole) and Jessie (Jodie Whittaker) doesn’t come across. Kureishi clearly modeled Jessie on Matt Lucas’s Vicky Pollard (from the hilarious TV series Little Britain) and Catherine Tate’s equally mouthy Lauren (‘am I bovvered?’) from The Catherine Tate Show. Yet portraying a troubled teenage girl takes a little more than putting on a pink sweater and eating crisps. Whittaker’s Jessie simply isn’t as convincing as her comic counterparts on television.

The scenes with O’Toole and his ex-wife (Vanessa Redgrave) however, are very moving. If only there had been more of those. (MM) 95 min. Cinecenter, The Movies

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Zodiac David Fincher has come a long way in the five years since his last skilful but empty exercise in style, Panic Room. In Zodiac, about four men obsessed with their search for the infamous Zodiac Killer, Fincher finally emerges as a real storyteller. He meticulously follows the book by cartoonist Robert Graysmith without ever allowing it to get boring or lose tension. Fincher has matured, but Robert Downey Jr can claim the most amazing comeback. After some very rocky years battling drug addiction and poor film choices, Downey, as the everintoxicated reporter Paul Avery, now dazzles us with a cynical, funny and genuinely moving performance.(BS) 158 min. Pathé ArenA, Pathé De Munt Ocean's Thirteen Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 10.40, 13.30, 16.45, 20.00, 21.40, Thur, Fri, Sun-Tues also 12.45, 15.45, 18.45, Sat 11.15, 12.30, 14.15, 15.30, 17.15, 18.20, 20.15, 21.30, 23.15 Pirates of the Caribbean 3Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 17.50, 19.45, 20.50, Thur, Fri, Sun-Tues also 12.15, 16.00, Sat 13.20, 17.00, 17.30, 20.45, 22.30 Premonition Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 11.15, 16.30, 19.10, 21.50, Sat 12.20, 18.00, 20.30 The Reaping Sat 23.10 Shrek de Derde Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 12.00, 14.40, Thur, Fri, SunTues also 10.15, 12.40, 15.00, 17.00, 19.30, Wed also 10.30, 13.00, 15.15, 17.35, Sat 11.00, 11.30, 13.30, 13.50, 15.50, 16.15, 18.30 Shrek theThird daily 10.30, Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed also 11.30, 13.00, 13.45, 15.15, 16.15, 18.15, 18.40, 20.30, Thur, Fri, Sun-Tues also 22.00, Sat also 12.00, 12.45, 14.30, 15.10, 16.50, 17.40, 19.15, 20.00, 21.00, 21.45, 23.30 Sneak Preview Tues 21.30 Spider-Man 3 Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 12.20, 15.40, Sat 12.50, 16.20 Transformers Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 11.00, 14.20, 17.30, 20.45, Wed also 12.10, 15.10, 18.20, 21.30, Sat 10.15, 13.15, 16.30, 19.45, 23.00 Zodiac Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 13.30, 16.50, 20.20, Sun also 10.20, Sat 10.50, 14.15, 17.50, 21.30.

Pathé Tuschinski Reguliersbreestraat 34, 0900 1458 Cashback daily 19.00 Copying Beethoven daily 13.00, 16.00, 18.45, 21.50 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Tues 0.05, Wed 12.00, 15.00, 18.10, 21.20 Irina Palm Thur-Mon, Wed 14.00, 19.15, Tues 12.30 Das Leben der Anderen daily 21.15 The Merchant of Venice Thur 13.30 Ocean's Thirteen daily 12.10, 15.00, 18.00, 21.00 Pan's Labyrinth daily 21.45, Thur-Mon, Wed also 16.30 Shrek de Derde daily 12.45, 15.30 Shrek the Third daily 17.00, 19.30, 22.00, Fri-Wed also 12.15, 14.30 Transformers Thur-Tues 12.00, Tues also 15.00, 18.00, 21.00, Thur-Mon also 15.10, 18.20, 21.30.

Rialto Ceintuurbaan 338, 676 8700 Bes Vakit daily 21.45, Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed also 17.40 Cinedans Festival 2007 Fri, Sat Khadak daily 19.45, Sun also 15.15 Das Leben der Anderen Thur, Sun-Wed 22.00 Reprise daily 19.00, 21.00, Sun also 16.15 Still Life Thur, Fri, Sun-Wed 17.15, Thur, Sun-Wed also 19.30, Fri also 22.00, Sun also 15.30 Transylvania Sat 13.00.

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LOOKING FOR ROOM 23 y.o. Swedish girl coming to HOUSING REQUIRED A’dam to study art at the Room or small apt needed

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Contact wewanttolivetogether@gmx.de. Thank you!

HOUSING NEEDED Young professional female looking for housing in A’dam/A’veen areas. Employed f/t in field of marketing, Will be staying in NL for at least 1 year. I am looking for a place of my own (studio/etc)andmypreferredprice range is +/- €500-€700/mth.

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HOUSING TO SHARE

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Excellent English, good Dutch & other languages a plus. CV to Andrew: cso@macbike.nl.

speaking) with experience (f/t & p/t). Come by to fill in application form @ Cafe Max, Max Euweplein 12, near chessboard. Tel 320 3272.

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Administrator speaking Anything Considered! Thanx.

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FEMALE BARKEEPER SPACE FOR RENT wanted between 25–35 y.o.

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