General meeting March 7, 2017 Not to scare you or anything but we felt it a good idea to invite the local Police to talk to us about a serious issue: burglary prevention. No place is safer than... Read More
Brasserie HOBS ( House of Beers) Antwerp Our talented artist member of the ABIW , Shirley Fletcher has some of her paintings on exhibition in Brasserie HOBS in the centre of Antwerp. We have arranged to visit the... Read More
General meeting April 4, 2017 The title of this month’s talk is ‘The Art of Blanket Forts’. Isn’t that intriguing? Our speaker, who is a young Belgian artist (°1988), tried to translate the Dutch word ‘geborgenheid’ through images... Read More
Remember our speaker from February? We are going to take a Hatha yoga class with him. Who: everybody is welcome to join, no previous experience required Date: Thursday 20 April 2017 Place: we meet in front of Theater... Read More
Cookery Demonstration by Carol Ribbens at Diana Coetzee's home. Topic will be the preparation of the savoury wheel which we tasted at the New Year's reception. (More information in the April Grapevine)
General Meeting May 2, 2017 Our speaker is Lecturer of British and Postcolonial Literature at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. She will talk about ‘Brussels in Literature’ and shed some light on the relation between the Belgian capital and... Read More
We will be having a Saturday outing to Gent in May, giving the opportunity for husbands and partners to join us. We have arranged a coach from Antwerp to leave at 9.30 am from the Crowne Plaza Hotel.... Read More
Venue: Captain’s Lounge, VV-W Yacht Club, Beatrijslaan 27, 2050 Linkeroever. Getting there: take Tram 3, 5, 9 or 15 in the direction of Linkeroever, and get off at F. Van Eeden (one stop after Groensplaats). Bus 36 from... Read More
It’s that time of the year again. Our Tea-in-the-garden event always conjures up polite conversations, cucumber sandwiches (without the crusts), Victoria sandwich cake, porcelain teacups and saucers and hopefully warm sunny weather. Our hostess this year is Elizabeth... Read More
To be held in Brasserie HOBS (House of Beers), 9/10 Groenplaats, 2000 Antwerp. Please note change of venue is for one month only. No need to register – just turn up. Non-members are also welcome. Meet inside at... Read More