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AGENDA NOVEMBER & DECEMBER 2021

Every Friday ZUIDAS TODAY TALK SHOW

@Online – recorded at CIRCL www.zuidastoday.com The Zuidas Today Talk Show is a weekly discussion platform for the local business and residential community. Host Ruth Jansen talks with interesting, inspiring and high-profile guests in the CIRCL studio in Zuidas. The show is a joint initiative of Zuidas Today and ABN AMRO & CIRCL.

Tuesday 2 November ESTHER GROENENBERG: BACK TO THE GARDEN BAND

Tuesday 2-Thursday 4 November BUILDING HOLLAND 2021

@RAI – www.rai.nl The leading innovation event for the building and real estate sector this year is spotlighting development and innovation trends directly aimed at making the Netherlands more sustainable. Bringing together cutting-edge partners, an extensive convention programme and side events, professionals interested in how we’ll achieve those climate targets can’t afford to miss this Building Holland!

Wednesday 3 November & Thursday 2 December SPEED DATING FOR AGES 25-38

@Atrium Zuidas – restaurant à Deauville – www.aboutlove.nl During these speed dates you’ll meet 15-20 other singles. Every four minutes, the bell sounds and half the singles move up a table, putting a different person across from you until you’ve met them all. After each date, tick on the form whether you want to get better acquainted: Yes or No?!

@Griffioen Cultural Centre – www.griffioen.vu.nl In Back to the Garden, Esther Groenenberg sings a repertoire uniting the greatest female singer-songwriters to début in the kaleidoscopic 70s at the flowering of the singer-songwriter scene, including Carly Simon (‘You’re So Vain’), Janis Ian, Carole King and Joni Mitchell.

Photo: Jennifer Tee & galerie Fons Welters

Wednesday 3 November - Saturday 29 January VU ART SCIENCE GALLERY OPENING EXHIBITION: 0 STARTING FROM ZERO

@VU Amsterdam A new gallery operating at the crossroads of art and science, the VU ART SCIENCE opens 0 Starting From Zero. The exhibition features artworks by Jennifer Tee, Jan Robert Leegte, Evelina Domnitch & Dmitry Gelfand and Nicky Assmann visualizing different dimensions of the number 0.

Every Thursday ZUIDAS WEEKLY MARKET

@Gershwinplein Every Thursday is market day in Zuidas. Up to 30 stalls come to Gershwinplein to sell their fresh wares, with a focus on food. Having a farmers’ market has been a long-held dream of Zuidas residents, and now, thanks to the Zuid District Executive Board, that dream is coming true.

Tuesdays 9 & 23 November WORKSHOP: CREATIVE WRITING FOR ACADEMICS

@Online – www.taalcentrum-vu.nl During this workshop, you’ll learn how to reach a wide audience, from ordinary people to business professionals to government organizations. You’ll work on tapping your creativity, viewing your research, discipline from multiple perspectives and how creative texts can convey social impact. You’ll write your own blog, press release or opinion piece.

Tuesdays 2, 16 & 30 November & 14 December FREE LUNCHTIME CONCERTS

@De Thomas – www.dethomas.nl Enjoy some music during your Tuesday lunch break at the Thomaskerk, Prinses Irenestraat 36. Just a 3-minute walk from the WTC. Doors open at noon and the concert starts at 12.30pm and lasts 30 minutes. All are welcome. No advance registration necessary.

Friday 5 & Saturday 6 November VU BACHELOR’S DAY

@VU Amsterdam – www.vu.nl Want to study at university level, and curious about Bachelor’s programmes at VU Amsterdam? On Friday 5 and Saturday 6 November you can learn more about your fields of interest during the VU Bachelor’s Days. The open days will be held online.

Photo: Marcel Steinbach

Wednesday 10 November LIVING IN ZUIDAS

@AFC Clubhouse, De Boelelaan 50 Hosted at the new AFC building, this afternoon zooms in on the new Ravel neighbourhood being developed between 2022 and 2035. The programme starts with a brief word about the new clubhouse’s construction and architecture. Next, urban planner Martijn de Wit will talk about living in Ravel and what the future holds for this neighbourhood. We’ll close with drinks in the new AFC Clubhouse, with an amazing view of the whole of Ravel.

Sunday 14-Sunday 21 November PAN AMSTERDAM 2021

@RAI Amsterdam – www.rai.nl Drawing more than 40,000 art enthusiasts and collectors annually, PAN Amsterdam gathers more than 100 established art and antiques dealers and gallerists to show and sell a varied selection of the highest-calibre work spanning some 5,000 years of art history. Objects are vetted for authenticity and quality by a team of 80 independent experts.

Tuesday 16 & Wednesday 17 November PIETER DERKS: UIT HET NIETS (TRY-OUT)

@Griffioen Cultural Centre www.griffioen.vu.nl Dutch cabaret artist Pieter Derks’ new show wrestles with more surprisingly simple questions. Our times are tricky enough: no need to overcomplicate things. With a mix of stories, jokes, music and happenstance, Pieter is raring to go.

Photo: PAN Amsterdam

Friday 19 November MEMBERS ONLY: END-OF-YEAR MEETING

@RAI (PAN Amsterdam) Hello Zuidas will be celebrating the close of another year with our members at PAN Amsterdam 2021 in the RAI. This meeting will also be a splendid prelude to our 10-year anniversary next year! After the meeting, members can visit PAN free of charge. See you there? Thursday 18-Monday 22 November MASTERS EXPO 2021

@RAI Amsterdam – www.rai.nl Trailblazing and unorthodox, this live marketing concept features a unique group of exhibitors and an adventurous and inspiring programme sure to challenge entrepreneurs, investors, owners, influencers, CEOs, thought leaders and politicians to consider the future of premium business. Showcasing global brands, premiers, charities, designers, new ventures and gastronomy.

Thursday 18 November SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & ECONOMICS EXECUTIVE EDUCATION OPEN DAY

@VU Amsterdam - www.vu.nl Do you want to broaden your knowledge and study at university level? Come to the Information Evening on 18 November. Register on the website. Tuesdays 30 November & 7 December BUSINESS ENGLISH WORKSHOP

@Amsterdam (Aristo Sloterdijk or BCN Bijlmer Arena) www.taalcentrum-vu.nl/zakelijk-engels Would you like to communicate more effectively with your English-speaking clients? Taalcentrum-VU’s language experts are here to help! Our Business English workshop will boost your fluency in no time. The workshop covers two full days.

Wednesday 1 December CIRCL GUIDED TOURS

@CIRCL – www.circl.nl Even in these times of social distancing, we’re still eager to share our experiences with circular construction, the stories behind the reused materials, and how we work in our restaurant. That’s why we’ve started offering virtual tours of Circl on the first Wednesday of every month. Tours for up to nine people are held in one of our meeting rooms.

Saturday 4 December SUSIES HAARLOK, DE VEENFABRIEK AND NATURALIS GROEI

@Griffioen Cultural Centre www.griffioen.vu.nl In a coproduction with Veenfabriek, the Susies Haarlok musical theatre collective presents a riveting audiovisual adventure in five chapters. Joined by actress Ruta van Hoof, the company’s four musicianperformers Harald Austbø, Tjalling Schrik, Wessel Schrik and Arthur Wagenaar let audiences see, hear and feel myriad aspects of growth.

Thursday 23 December CAMERETTEN FINALISTS TOUR

@Griffioen Cultural Centre www.griffioen.vu.nl Cameretten has become a cabaret institution in the cultural season of not only Rotterdam, but all Holland. With preliminary and final rounds in the old and new Luxor theatres, respectively, the four-day festival welcomes more than 4,200 people each year. Finalists also tour theatres throughout the rest of the country, bringing the cabaret festival to some 20,000 people.

Sunday 5 December GUIDED TOUR IN BEATRIXPARK: TREE TRAIL

@Boerenweteringpad park entrance (starting point) Every first Sunday of the month, Henk Wolters takes visitors on a tour of Beatrixpark. This time, two tour guides take you along the park’s tree trail. Beatrixpark is home to some 250 different tree species. Every season offers something special to discover. Thursday 23-Monday 27 December HOLIDAY ON ICE – SUPERNOVA

@RAI Amsterdam – www.rai.nl The famous international ice show is back in the Netherlands after five years, reinstating a magical and time-honoured tradition: Christmas and Holiday on Ice. This dazzling international show is a spectacle of sights and sounds. More than 300 costumes were made for the performance, which features a speciallydeveloped, jaw-dropping high-tech 3D set.

Tuesday 28 December A HOMAGE TO THE WALL IN CONCERT

@RAI Amsterdam – www.rai.nl Both a homage to one of the greatest rock operas ever, as composed by Roger Waters, and a celebration of the 40th anniversary of the legendary concert tour by Pink Floyd, this show includes musicians and singers from the original Pink Floyd and Roger Waters tours.