You are invited for a vernissage on May 18th, 2007 (see below)!

Tulipfestival weather forecast:

Friday     Sunny. High 18
Saturday   Sunny. High 23 
Sunday     Cloudy High 18 with 70 percent chance of showers. Low 9.
Monday     Sunny. High 16

Prinses Margriet Café volunteers should bring warm clothes and gloves (I am
not kidding you) for the evenings. Food concessions close early, so for
kroketten and poffertjes go during the day.

A touch of Dutch maand:

1 Dutch Weekend at the Canadian War Museum
2 Dutch Courage: Dutch Canadian artists show off their creativity
3 The Play In Which (We Hope) Nothing Will Happen
4 NOS: Portret van een Prins, Willem-Alexander 40 

NOTE: All readers of the Postbode™ are invited for the vernissage of Dutch
Courage: Images of Lineage on May 18th, 2007 from 7 to 10 pm. (that is this
Friday) Tunes by CKSU’s Christopher Jabbour. (see for details item 2).


1 Dutch Weekend at the Canadian War Museum

In honour of the long-standing friendship between Canada and The
Netherlands, the War Museum will host one more Dutch weekend: Meet veterans
who served in Europe during WWII and listen to their compelling personal
experiences. Handle the equipment Canadian soldiers used, listen – with your
children – to the reading of “A Bloom of Friendship” and send a message of
friendship to The Netherlands. Coffee, tea and Dutch friendship cookies will
be served. May May 19/20, Le Breton Gallery and Gallery 3

2 Dutch Courage
Explore the duality of culture: come and see how first and second generation
local Dutch artists have tapped into their creative brain and produced
innovative, modern art, in a variety of media and temperament. The works are
varied, and consist of modern sculptures, tiles, drawings and paintings.
Celebrate their creativeness and connection with the land of their
forebears. May 18-  May 22, La Petite Mort Gallery, 306 Cumberland Street
(Market) . www.lapetitemortgallery.com


3 The Play In Which (We Hope) Nothing Will Happen
Theater Group Max, the well-known children’s Theatre group from The
Netherlands will put on a number of performances at the Canadian War Museum
to perform their latest play “The Play In Which (We Hope) Nothing Will
Happen”. It is a comical play, as the title suggests, in which the creators
disorder the conventions of theatre and of watching it. This play is for
children from 8–11 years of age. For more information, please contact the
CWM (613 241 0999) or look at: www.ottawachildrensfestival.ca May 30-31,
June 1-2-3, Canadian War Museum Theatre

4 NOS: Portret van een Prins, Willem-Alexander 40 
Those who are interested in the future king of The Netherlands should not
miss the one and a half hour broadcast on WA. A camera crew follows him
pretty much everywhere, from Mongolia and New Zealand to meetings in Den
Haag and his backyard with the two kids and and his wife Maxima. 

Portret. De Prins als watermanager, de Prins als kroonprins, de Prins als
vader. Het zijn enkele van de facetten van het leven en werk van Prins
Willem-Alexander die uitgebreid te zien zijn. Aanleiding is de veertigste
verjaardag van de kroonprins op 27 april 2007. Voor het portret volgde
NOS-programmamaker Mélinde Kassens de Prins gedurende een jaar met de
camera, wat unieke beelden opleverde. We zien de Prins actief op het Wereld
Water Forum in Mexico, waar hij vooral oproept om plannen concreet te maken.
De Prins voert gesprekken met Uruzgan-gangers over de voorbereiding op hun
missie naar Afghanistan. Tijdens zijn reis naar Kenia brengt hij een
werkbezoek aan de sloppenwijken van Nairobi. Als beschermheer van het
Oranjefonds praat de Prins op een basisschool met ouders over hun
betrokkenheid bij de school. In Londen laat hij zich op de hoogte brengen
van de voorbereidingen op de Olympische Spelen van 2012. En we zien hem als
vader die samen met Prinses Máxima speelt met hun dochtertjes Amalia en
Alexia in de tuin van De Eikenhorst. 
Klik hier voor het programma (men dient hier broadband (high speed internet)
voor te hebben: 
http://player.omroep.nl/?aflID=4429487&md5=b614c3fb6ad9143355114a4f910a9eba

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