Here’s a list of things that should last 35 days- a summer vacation, a bad haircut, your last tinder fling, but probably not a government shutdown. That’s right, the United States Government has just completed its longest shutdown in history and the shadow of another one looms over the horizon due to President Donald Trump and Congress’ stalemate over national security. After reopening the Government on the 25th of January,…
Around 500 people attended the Generation 2019 exhibition last Thursday held by MOAM at LAB111. The events displayed the work of 19 female-only young artists who graduated from The Netherlands. The event was sponsored by FEBO, Warsteiner and Absolutions Vodka.
In a recent interview, Timothee Chalamet discussed his anxieties as a young actor, trying to get his break in off-broadway shows and independent films, around the longevity and relevance of film in today’s world, saying that “I don’t want to feel like I’m getting into opera or ballet or an art form that is slowly becoming less viable.” It’s a comment he’s repeated in multiple interviews, yet, as the success…
According to Collins English Dictionary, ‘hygge’ came second only to ‘Brexit’ as the UK’s word of the year in 2016. It has since blown up as a marketing ploy in the Western world to promote comfortable socks, knitted sweaters, and oversized mugs. The first oversight is the reduction of what hygge actually means. It is not just performative ‘cosiness’; let the record know that hygge’s Wikipedia page does not come…
Across Europe one can imagine people asking themselves simply what the hell is going on with British politics at the moment. And they would be right to do so: Theresa May’s Brexit negotiation deal failed cataclysmically, defeated by 230 votes, the biggest loss in modern history. Yet the next day she survived an attempt to remove her government from power, winning a no-confidence vote. So, what happens now? If we…
On Sunday, January 27, the annual Holocaust Commemoration organized by the Dutch Auschwitz Committee took place in Wertheimpark. Despite steady rainfall, hundreds of participants gathered at Amsterdam’s City Hall to walk together in silence towards the ceremony, which is held annually on the last Sunday of January. The Commemoration takes place next to the Auschwitz Monument, a memorial made up of broken mirrors dedicated to all of those who lost…
