The Local Expat

On these occasions, hereby an interview with the Ambassador of Azerbaijan, Dr. FUAD ISGANDAROV.

The Hague - from march to may 2012 ProJazz organizes a series of 3 concerts at “Paardcafé” called Jazz Unlimited. Adventurous cross-over jazz with pop, heavy-rock and funk. The kick-off will be Wednesday march 28 with three legendary musicians performing cross-over music between jazz and pop/heavy-rock

From march to may 2012 ProJazz organizes a series of 3 duo-concerts in collaboration with cultural centre “Koorenhuis“ called Acoustic Jazz Nights. The music will be brought by some of the best professional musicians of the dutch jazz and improvised music scene. A beautiful combination of jazz with classical music, world music and singer-songwriter.

British military historian and bestselling author Antony Beevor will be the guest at BorderKitchen in The Hague on Tuesday, 29 May. He will present his magnum opus ‘The Second World War’, which will be published worldwide on 1 June.

The ‘I Love The Hague’ photo exhibition featuring work by foreign-born photographers can be seen in The Hague Public Library from 31 May to 25 June. You are cordially invited to attend the opening on Thursday, 31 May at 17.30 hrs. in the Central Library.

The American Women’s Club of The Hague is organising the AWC Hearts and Minds Gala 2012 at the Hilton Hotel’s Mesdag Ballroom on Saturday, 12 May. Under the theme of ‘Lighting the Way for Autism’, the gala hopes to raise substantive funds to benefit children with autism in the Netherlands.

Live Performance of Festival Classique in our shop Olivino on Thursday evening 24th May and live music in our shop on Saturday afternoon 19th May starting 15.00 hrs.

The Guest Card will organise its annual Guest Card event a ‘Night at the Museum’ at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag on Friday, 11 May. The evening begins at 18.30 hrs.

Visitors to the steaming PopHotSpot Festival at the Grote Markt will enjoy live outdoor pop concerts for three weeks long from 17 May to 3 June.

The Hague Dance company De Dutch Don’t Dance Division (DeDDDD) offers talented young choreographers / dancers / actors the opportunity to present a solo or monologue in a special program named Solo’s@theSea.

The American Protestant Church of The Hague will organise an afternoon tea concert with soloists and community singing on Saturday, 12 May.

Frank Groothof, a well known and much respected Dutch performer and theatre maker, has been invited to bring over his highly successful musical theatre production ‘VINCENT VAN GOGH, A LIFE IN PAINTINGS’ to the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.

The O’Neill Kite Board World Cup will greet the arrival of the world’s best freestyle and race kitesurfers from 15 to 20 May in Scheveningen.

On Sunday, 13 May the area around Palace Huis Ten Bosch in the Haagse Bos will set the stage for runners of all abilities and ages during the annual The Hague Royal Ten race.

Greg Shapiro – The American Nederlander – is born in Chicago but is living in the Netherlands for almost 20 years. Greg is nominated for the ‘Expat of the Year Awards 2012’ for the second time! Greg Shapiro is known from ‘Comedy Central News,’ Boom Chicago and BNR Nieuwsradio. Besides playing his own show ‘How to be Orange’ he introduces with ‘Greg Shapiro Presents’ international comedy talent like Ava Vidal to Holland.

The annual Delta Lloyd North Sea Regatta will take place from 15 to 28 May in and around Scheveningen Harbour.