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  1. Event The Construction Club #4 with voordekunst

    An afternoon creative gathering organized with voordekunst to talk projects, production, and practical funding steps.

    13 September 2026

  2. Event Saturday club sessions with six guest DJs at PIP

    Seven hours of electronic selections across the club rooms, featuring DJ_K7, Sunny Sjoerd, and Marieke McKenna.

    13 September 2026

  3. Event Halloween party night at PIP

    Late-night costumed clubbing fills the rooms of PIP for the first night of Halloween weekend.

    13 September 2026

  4. Event Evenhuis and Reijnders try out Familiegeheimen

    Two performers unravel domestic taboos in a new stage production directed by Malou Gorter, drink included.

    13 September 2026

  5. Event Tim Burton film scores by candlelight at Grote Kerk

    An acoustic ensemble plays an hour of Danny Elfman soundtrack themes surrounded by church candles.

    13 September 2026

  6. Event Moluccan migration and generational memory with Gerlov van Engelenhoven

    An interactive lecture exploring family identity, forced displacement, and healing seventy-five years after Moluccan soldiers arrived.

    13 September 2026

  7. Event Hands-on historical herbal remedies and cosmetics workshop

    Participants blend their own herbal salt, tea, and ointments using techniques drawn from medieval recipes.

    13 September 2026

  8. Event Tim Burton’s Universe by candlelight with Mystery Ensemble

    Danny Elfman film scores played live inside a candlelit church sanctuary by the Mystery Ensemble.

    13 September 2026

  9. Event Historic remedies and medieval salves at Bibliotheek Mariahoeve

    Attendees blend teas, herbal salts, and ancient cosmetic salves using techniques documented across classical antiquity and the Middle Ages.

    13 September 2026

  10. Event Moluccan migration and generational memory with Gerlov van Engelenhoven

    An interactive talk marking seventy-five years since Moluccan families arrived in the Netherlands examines forced migration, identity, and shared healing.

    13 September 2026

  11. Event Marlijn Weerdenburg tests songs from Geworteld

    Collaborations with Danny Vera and Tania Kross anchor a try-out concert about birthplaces, belonging, and the meaning of home.

    13 September 2026

  12. Event Thirty minutes of live music at Centrale Bibliotheek

    Students from the Royal Conservatoire play a compact midday set designed for anyone dropping by the central library on their break.

    13 September 2026

  13. Event Free midday recital by Royal Conservatoire students at Spui

    Conservatoire musicians take over the library floor for a half-hour midday performance introducing new works and classical repertoire.

    13 September 2026

  14. Event HIP lezing traces four centuries of The Hague pharmacists

    Archivist Raymund Schütz charts local apothecaries evolving from sixteenth-century trade guilds into professional medical dispensers, detailing early disputes with doctors.

    13 September 2026

  15. Event City maps through the centuries with curator Joos Fassaert

    Rare sixteenth-century town plans and municipal surveys show how residents, visitors, and civic authorities navigated the historic city over centuries.

    13 September 2026

  16. Event Centuries of Hague urban cartography with Joos Fassaert

    Rare hand-drawn maps, engravings and unbuilt architectural masterplans illustrate the city's transformation from a medieval settlement.

    13 September 2026

  17. Event Municipal archive historian traces early apothecaries in The Hague

    Raymund Schütz examines how sixteenth-century Hague medicine makers evolved from humble trade guilds into modern healthcare professionals.

    13 September 2026

  18. Event Animal storytelling and singalongs in De perfecte Voorstelling

    Tamara and Jessica lead children aged four to seven through an interactive book performance featuring singing and play.

    13 September 2026

  19. Event Five-week small studio sewing course with Dewi Bekker

    Groups of six bring personal projects and portable machines to work alongside designer Dewi Bekker over five evenings.

    13 September 2026

  20. Event Theater Belicht explores Chekhov and The Seagull

    Specialists from Het Nationale Theater examine Chekhov's play The Seagull ahead of director Nina Spijkers's upcoming local staging.

    13 September 2026