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What's On Now

Make a note of these activities in Belgium. They have been selected because they are suitable for English speakers or those not fluent in the local languages.

The following activities and events are not organised by ABIW. If you know about an event which may be of interest to our members, please let us know.

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There are a few local web sites, mostly in English that advertise their events. Check them out to find out what's on!

For a quick overview of concerts, also check out Ticket Antwerp or Net Events (Dutch or French.)

Dutch speakers can also check out the Province of Antwerp's calendar.

 

AMUZ - The deconsecrated church of St. Augustinus has been restored as a high-tech hall for the performance and recording of early music.

Arenberg Schouwburg - Most events here are in Dutch but there is the occasional production in English and also some music events. The web is in Dutch but if you click on the link to "Agenda and Tickets", it's pretty clear what's on.

Kinepolis Cinema Belgium - Web site of Kinepolis cinema group with link to the Metropolis in Antwerp. In English.

UGC Cinemas Belgium - Only in Dutch or French.

De Singel - varied arts.

deFilharmonie - Orchestral

Symfonie Orkest Vlaanderen - Orchestral

Vlaamse Opera - Also have lunchtime concerts.

Sterckshof Silver Museum - they have regular exhibitions.

Koningin Elisabethzaal - various events

Midday Concerts in the Kalveniershof.

Reunion

Ongoing

This exhibition "Reunion: From Quinten Metsijs to Peter Paul Rubens Masterpieces from the Royal Museum reunited in the Cathedral" has been extended until the completion of the renovation of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA).

Important renovation works are planned in the museum which will start beginning 2011 and will last two years. During the closing of the museum the works can be further exhibited in Antwerp and “in situ”, in the location they were ordered for by their buyers: guilds and crafts, city militias and brotherhoods.

When the renovation of the museum is completed these monumental, but delicate altarpieces will be set up in the rooms of the reopened museum.

The exhibition is open daily from 10 until 17 o’clock, with limitations for visit during the weekends due to religious services.

Exhibition at the Cathedral

Ongoing

As part of the Reunion exhibition above, there is an exhibition in the cathedral about how was the church was furnished and used in the 16th and 17th Centuries.

Last year Antwerp celebrated the anniversary, 450 years ago, when the church received the title 'cathedral' and became a bishopric.

The exhibition was set up to evoke that period when lots and lots of private (guild) altars stood against the columns and walls. Several altar paintings. normally in the museum of Fine Arts, have been temporarily returned to the church. They are set at the original height they were made for. So you see, finally they can be seen from the perspective they were made for! (On museum walls, the altar paintings are usually hung too low.)

Embracing the moon - Mirror of the Tang Dynasty

Until Sunday 14 March

In 618, Gaozu, the first Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, ascended the Throne of the Dragon and rang in China’s Golden Ages, a long period that lasted nearly three hundred years until 907, and which saw an unprecedented flowering of trade and commercial activity, arts, and sciences.

This fascinating exhibition has only 2 more weeks to run. Don't miss it.

Venue: Antwerp Province House, Koningin Elisabethlei 22, 2018 Antwerp

For more information visit their website.

Lunchtime Concerts in the Kolveniershof

Fridays at 12:00, 18th September until May

Venue: Kolveniersstraat 20, Antwerp.

See their web site for details: www.middagconcerten.be/

Antwerp Classic Car Show

5th-7th March

The 33rd edition of the Antwerp Classic Salon. This year’s theme is European Classic Stars.

Venue: Antwerp Expo.

For more information, visit their website.

Three Tall Women

9-13th March, 8 pm

Venue: The Warehouse Studio Theatre, rue Waelhem 69A, 1030 Brussels.

The English Comedy Club presents this dramatic and moving play by Edward Albee (author of "Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?").

More info: from www.ecc.theatreinbrussels.com.

ADFAS

Monday April 12th

Topic: The History of the Long Case Clock by Dr Colin Lattimore.

Venue: St Boniface Church Hall, Grétrystraat.

Time: 7 pm (drinks), 8 pm (lecture).

For more information see the ADFAS website.

Floralies of Ghent

Friday 17th to Sunday 25th April

The Floralies of Ghent comes around only once every five years. It is the world's largest indoor display of ornamental flowering and green plants and one of the world's most important floral events. Visitors are able to purchase many of the exhibited plants and flowers.

The 2010 Ghent Floralies will be one big green celebration, with a new focus on presentations and the garden experience as a whole.

Venue: Flanders Expo, Maaltekouter 1, 9051 Ghent [E-40 (direction Oostende), exit 14]

Open 8:00-18:30 (last entry 17:45).

Tickets: Admission €17 (April 15-20), €15 (April 21-24), under-12s free

Tel. 09.241.50.90; www.floralien.be

Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood

23rd May

Those of us of "a certain age" may have caught Clapton in his youth, the first time round. He's here in Antwerp at the Sportpaleis. See the website for more details.

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