On the occasion of International Women’s Day, the feminist organization The Wave is organizing a protest in the Eindhoven city center this Sunday. ‘All women work, only some get paid’ – or: ‘All women work, only a few get paid’ is the motto of the protest.
The demonstration is all about women and work. “We will be discussing, among other things, the pay gap between men and women, maternity leave and harassment in the workplace,” says Juliana Bosch, founder of The Wave Eindhoven. About 100 protesters are expected to attend.
Conscience
With the protest, the organizers would like to create awareness and commemorate the origins of International Women’s Day. “We have collected various data on women and work. For example, 1 in 8 women report being sexually harassed in the workplace. We will also share this data during the protest.”
The demonstration is on the 18 Septemberplein. “We will bring posters and music,” said the organization.
75 Years ago, the Philipskoor (choir) of Eindhoven performed Bach’s Matthäus Passion (st. matthew passion) for the first time. Since then, the choir has sung the piece hundreds of times. The choir members can’t get enough of it. “As a little boy, I used to sing it”, the choir member said.
“When I hear the first sounds of the piece I immediately get back into it and want to start practicing again immediately”, Nanda van Desen, first soprano of the Philipskoor said. In 1948, the choir performed the Matthäus Passion for the first time. It has since grown into a tradition. Every year on Good Friday, the composition is performed again. “As a little boy, I already sang parts of the Matthäus Passion with the children’s choir”, Erik van Diepen, tenor of the choir, says.
Enthusiast
Even though the choir has performed the composition hundreds of times, the members are excited to perform the piece every year. “The piece touches you every time. And when you sing it yourself, it touches you even more”, Nanda says.
Long sit
The Matthäus Passion tells the story of the last days of Jesus’ life. It is one of the best known, but also one of the longest pieces by the German composer Bach. The piece lasts three hours. For many people, therefore, it is a long sit.
“Halfway through there is a toilet break for the people who really can’t hold it any longer”, Erik says with a laugh. “As a choir, it’s also doable. You don’t sing the whole time. There are solos in the piece and sometimes only the orchestra plays. Those are moments where the choir has a break”.
The Philipskoor’s performance of the Matthäus Passion can be seen 31 March, 1 April and 2 April, in Den Bosch, Best and Veghel.
Today (Wednesday), the first children’s afternoon of the year was held in the Vlindertuin (Butterfly Garden) in Waalre.
The garden cancelled the children’s afternoons in April, May, and June. That was because of the coronavirus outbreak. The afternoon included things like treasure hunts and arts and crafts. The Butterfly Garden is open every year in butterfly season
That’s from 1 April to 1 October. Volunteers do weekly maintenance during this season. They do so out of season too, weather-permitting.
Weekly inventory
The butterflies are also inventoried every week. The Garden does so for the Butterfly Foundation. You can download the results (in Dutch).
There are also regular special activities such as children’s afternoons, working days, and moth counting. The next kids’ afternoons are planned for 26 August and 16 September. Each time from 14:00 to 16:00.
Children can also take a digital treasure hunt with their smartphone. There is also an ornamental garden and various habitats. Groups of ten or more people must register via email in advance.
There are guided group tours available by appointment for €20.
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There is an upcoming course by GROOA called ‘Social skills for innovation crowdsourcing. It’ll provide training on developing these required skills for today’s leaders. It’ll be an online ‘live’ webinar, which will meet for seven times.
Prognya Ghosh of GROOA writes:
“The one positive thing this pandemic has given us is increased digital connectivity.”
“People can now collaborate and contribute to topics without thinking about any geographical boundaries. This digital openness has allowed a diversity of ideas and thoughts about innovation. Human leadership skills, which were mostly hierarchical in nature, were instrumental in making enormous industrial progress in the past.”
“But now, the way business is conducted is changing. More and more people are coming together to ‘crowdsource ideas,’ giving rise to a collective genius. The role of a leader isn’t only to manage and give orders but also to curate this collective ability.”
Challenges
“The challenge leaders face in such a set up is very different from traditional ones. How to differentiate between a good and a bad idea? How to courageously disagree and yet get a positive outcome?”
The online meetings by GROOA will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 19:00 to 20:00. They will be on 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, and 29 October. The course costs €700.
But if you’re an Eindhoven News subscriber, you can use the discount code: EN. This gives you 50% off the price. To register, click here.”
This is the main question during a exhibition of ‘Manifestations‘ in the Veemgebouw on Strijp S, during the Dutch Design Week from October 20-28. They combine art, design and technology in their fascinating and diverse program.
Eindhoven is the tech area of the Netherlands. It is the place where smart technologies are born. Technologies have more and more impact in our daily lives, our society and in our being-human. But at who’s service is this all happening? Is everyone still able to participate? Are these developments good or healthy for all of us? Which roles do we actually want technology to have in our lives?
Artists, like no others, are able to put technology and unstoppable developments in a different, unexpected perspective. They approach technology not as profit driven future solutions to increase convenience, but research, play, ask and show how it can add to a sweeter, more human world.
Manifestations focuses the spotlight on art and projects which investigate the ‘matches’ and ‘mismatches’ between people and technology. For example, become acquainted with clothing that takes care of you, AI that teases or protects you, fighting robots or robots that just help a hand. In short: art and technology with a human dimension: sometimes confronting and sometimes a perfect match, but always critical, playful, recognizable and grandiose.
Here just one question remains: Will the Future Design Us?
Innovation and technology are always in motion, that is the reason why every year Manifestations chooses the most state-of-the-art, singular, and genuine Art&Design&Tech works to be exhibited during the Dutch Design Week. Coming to the only place where the future is now, everybody is invited to find out the answer to our question by experience.
The Weverijmuseum (weaving museum) in Geldrop will celebrate its 40th anniversary at the end of next week. There will be free admission on these days. You can also participate in various activities and visitors can explore the renovated shop and the Museumcafé.
The Weverijmuseum was founded on 16 June, 1983 by volunteers to safeguard the textile industry’s inventory and keep the weaving craft alive. For seventeen years the organisation was able to use the NEKO hosiery factory in H. Geeststraat, but in 2000 it moved to the current location; the former Van den Heuvel textile factory on Molenstraat.
Activities
During the anniversary weekend, visitors can listen to the stories of the tour guides and weavers. Interim director Jolijn Brouwer: “You can discover the pattern makers, lace and label makers and the largest collection of historic looms in the Netherlands. Weave one of the largest tapestries in Geldrop-Mierlo and see how the tea towels are made on the various weaving machines”.
There is also live music and lectures. “And in the museum café, you get a free slice of weaver’s cake with a cup of coffee or tea”, Brouwer says. The children have also been thought of. “They can participate in a weaving workshop. In addition, a tombola takes place every half hour, with which you can win prizes”.
Anniversary tea towel
The museum is expanding its permanent collection of tea towels especially for the anniversary. The first designer to design the set of tea towels is Thera Berkhout. Museum volunteer and weaver. Her sets are available in five colours.
An anniversary tea towel has also been developed by ‘the queen of kitchen textiles’ Mariette Wolbert. The museum’s volunteers have made a very personal contribution to this. The new tea towels are for sale during the anniversary weekend.
On Friday, 1 June, the ‘Brainport Eindhoven Racing Day’ will be held. It will be hosted by University Racing Eindhoven (URE).
The URE hopes to attract old and young to 18 Septemberplein, in the city centre, on that day. They plan to reveal their latest electric racing car, the URE13 – a combination of speed, engineering, and racing – to the public at large. In this way, the Brainport region will showcase their prowess in the automotive field as well.
The URE13 is considered to be the younger brother of the Formula E race car. It was constructed by a team of Tu/e students in only one year. People are welcome to come and see this new race car and witness a demonstration, from between 18:30 and 19:00.
URE turns 15
URE is also 15 years old this year. To celebrate this anniversary, some of their previous cars can be seen in action again.
URE was founded in September 2003 by a group of six Tu/e students. The faculty of Mechanical Engineering wanted students to be better prepared for the industry. In answer, a team was founded to design a racecar to compete in the Formula Student/SAE competition. The team was established under the name Formula Student Racing Team Eindhoven (FSRTE). Their first car (pictured above) was named the FSRTE01.
The first car build under new URE name in 2007.
They were not able to complete the car in time for the event, but a racing team was born. Since then they have built 14 vehicles, including the lastest URE13.
Designs changes over the years
In 2007, when they changed their name to URE, the team had grown to 61 team members. The URE03 finished a German endurance race for the first time. It ended in 13th place.
The year 2010 heralded an important change for the URE car designs. The URE05 was converted into the URE’s first electric race car, the URE05e. This new era brought new challenges, but because of its sound design, the electric car had a great first season. It reached an overall third, second, and first place in the UK, Germany, and Austria respectively.
Since then, URE has adjusted their designs to enable their cars to achieve top performances. The URE08 was lighter than its predecessor by 45 kg. In 2015, the team developed their first four wheel-driven car, the URE10.
There’s already an exception to the earlier closing times for restaurants and nightclubs.
Cinemas may finish screenings that started before 22:00 at 01:00, at the latest. The Eindhoven cinema, LAB – 1, enthusiastically reports this exception. The cinema has already adapted its programming.
Initially, it seemed the last movie-goers were going to have to leave the cinema before 22:00. That doesn’t appear to be the case. However, refreshment sales must stop at 22:00.
The exception is hidden in a long explanation on the Dutch government’s website. Earlier, it was already known that takeaway restaurants may be open later. They can remain so until 02:00.
Ever since the first procession of artisans in 1958, the Brabantsedag parade has grown into a mobile Brabantian history lesson wrapped in a theatre production, which includes quality acting, make-up, dancing, singing, and costumes. The spectacle attracts forty thousand visitors, not bad for a town of ten thousand.
The main attraction is a massive, mobile theatre spectacle, which is the product of the hard work of (currently) sixteen amateur groups, creating social cohesion as it passes through the community of the Pearl of Brabant. The amateur acting groups manage to portray an entire story during the parade, particularly during each stop lasting a mere handful of minutes. Brabant Day has been added to the National Inventory of Non-Material Cultural Heritage, as set out in the international UNESCO treaty that supports and treasures living habits, traditions, skills and rituals and aids in the passing down of such from generation to generation.
To win free tickets to this gala, please answer the following questions by writing to eindhovennews@gmail.com before 20 August. For every correct submission, you win two free tickets.
Where does the Theatre Parade start?
In which year was the Brabantsedag recognised on the National Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory?
What else will take place on the Saturday night of the opening festivities?
Who gave the well-known exclamation (“I got it!”) or “Eureka”?
Which float-building group has participated in the Brabantsedag for the longest time?
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