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Medal shower for Summa Eindhoven

Anitha Sevugan
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Medal shower for Summa Eindhoven

A medal shower for Summa College in Eindhoven: eleven students from the mbo school won prizes at the NK Beroepen in Amsterdam.

Competition

‘Skills Heroes’, as the competition is known, saw MBO students compete for a coveted spot on the podium on Thursday and Friday. Each student had to perform exercises that corresponded to his or her training.

Maud van Dijk won the gold plaque in the Patissier category. While Anouk van Zwam and Hadi Garbi Qassem took the title in the entrance services category. Noud Meesen, who competed in the CAD draftsman category, took home gold for the second year in a row.

Silver

The success story did not end there. Physician’s assistant trainee Lynn Vaassen took the silver medal. So did Anouk Brekers and Max van Nieuwaal in the Pharmacy Assistant and Boulanger categories.

Floortje Verspaandonk did not go home empty-handed either. She came third in the Interior Consultant category. Jony Schepers, Luna Matthijsse and Quinty Heyzer also made the podium. Schepers and Matthijsse took bronze in the Travel, Leisure and Hospitality category. Heyzer proved to be cut out for the hairdressing profession, taking bronze in the category.

Challenge

Chair Annemarie Moons of Summa’s Executive Board looks back on the competition with a good feeling. “It shows how students, teachers and employees advance together by challenging, guiding and inspiring each other. Proud of everyone who made this special journey and of course extra proud of our fantastic winners!”

Source: Studio040.nl

Translated by: Anitha Sevugan

Eindhoven Zoo getting a special animal species

Lila Mehrez
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Eindhoven Zoo getting a special animal species

Eindhoven Zoo will soon have two new residents: two golden takins. The camels in the zoo have to move to make room for two young takins.

The new residents will be housed in a specially designed enclosure. The zoo will be the only one in the Netherlands where these special ungulates can be seen.

The animals’ natural habitat is the Himalayas. Golden takins are known for their sturdy build, climbing skills and striking golden coat. They are part of a European program to preserve endangered species.

400 kilo

An adult male takin weighs around four hundred kilos. And in size they are comparable to an adult female bison. They are mainly browsers, but they also eat grass and bamboo shoots.

“It is an honour and a challenge to welcome these special animals to our zoo,” says Stephan Rijnen, head of animal care. “Takins are a valuable addition to our collection and a fascinating species for visitors and caretakers. Especially because they cannot be seen anywhere else in the Netherlands. We look forward to their arrival.”

New stay

The animals will have plenty of space in their new 2,100-square-metre enclosure. The area will be completely renovated to resemble their natural habitat in the high mountains of the Himalayas. Designer Rick Merx explains: “Takins are true mountain dwellers and excellent climbers. That’s why we’re making their enclosure steep and rocky, with more than four hundred tons of rocks in many different sizes.”

In addition to the takin enclosure, there will also be a new enclosure for the red pandas, who have been living in the zoo for a long time. Although these animals also live in the Himalayas, they will have their own space within the park.

Construction of the enclosure will begin after Easter and is expected to be completed by mid-June. If everything goes according to plan, visitors will be able to admire the golden takins in Mierlo this summer.

Source: Studio040
For Eindhoven News: Lila Mehrez

DJs and theatre at night at Van Abbe

Bob
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DJs and theatre at night at Van Abbe

DJs and a full dance floor. Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven looked like a club for a moment last weekend. Art, music and theatre were brought together overnight during a kind of museum night, for and by young people.

Van Abbe was taken over for a night by collective Bacchanalia, an organisation that organises parties in creative ways, where there is room for exhibitions and experimentation. Jong Cultuur (young culture) was also involved: with events spread throughout the city, young people are more involved in film, visual arts and performing arts, among other things, for six weekends.

Sold out

Throughout the night, visitors could enjoy music, art, a dance workshop and drinks at the museum. The event attracted about 500 visitors, selling out. The party at the museum was a first for several visitors. “I’ve never had a party at a museum before”, one visitor said. “I’m looking forward to dancing here and being surrounded by art”, another responded.

For more information on an upcoming museum night event in Van Abbemuseum : Museumnacht.

Source: Studio040

Translated by: Bob

Hexathlon in Geldrop saved

Bob
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Hexathlon in Geldrop saved

Sterrenslag event in Zesgehuchten district of Geldrop will go ahead after all. Early last month the organisation announced that the hexathlon sports event was cancelled for financial reasons. But the municipality has now come up with money after all.

With the extra budget, the biennial event in September can now go ahead after all. A conversation between the organisation and the City Council helped. The money that the organisation gets comes from a specific pot for youth events. This arrangement was created a year ago by the Municipality of Geldrop-Mierlo.

Confusion

According to the municipality, the fact that the hexathlon event was first called off and is now going ahead after all is due to a lack of clarity about the subsidy application. After a rained-out event in 2022, the organisation did not have enough money to continue on its own. Last year, the municipality reportedly indicated its willingness to grant a subsidy. Still, there was a long silence from City Hall, whereupon Sterrenslag organisation pulled the plug. Eventually, the City Council was willing to discuss a return of the event.

Saved

The board of Sterrenslag is relieved that the community event has been saved. “Although the previous uncertainty brought challenges, we are now mainly looking forward. It is great to see how involved everyone is and how much energy is put into organising this beloved event. The task now is to get all the volunteers back together”.

Sport

Sterrenslag is held every two years in the hamlet Zesgehuchten. It is a sports event in the form of a hexathlon in which youth and adult teams compete against each other on air cushions, swimming pools and even a mud pit, among other things. The evenings end with partying in the tent. At the previous edition, nearly seventy teams with at least seven members each participated. This year, Sterrenslag is scheduled for 19, 20 en 21 September 2025.

For more information: Welkom bij Sterrenslag Zesgehuchten

Source: Studio040

Translated by: Bob

Musky organises benefit concert for cancer fight

Bob
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Musky organises benefit concert for cancer fight

A benefit concert to raise as much money as possible for KWF cancer charity. This is an initiative of Eindhoven-based Henny Muskens, or country singer ‘Musky’. The concert is on Sunday in Evoluon. “I’m organising it for my daughter and those many other families who have to deal with it”, Musky said.

Henny Muskens is organising the concert on his own. “At the age of 80, I still have a good life. So I want to dedicate myself to those who have had less”.

‘Tough’

Muskens got the idea through his daughter. She also has the disease herself. “I do organise it for her as well. And for those many other families who have to deal with it”. He doesn’t want to say much more about his sick daughter. “It’s intense enough as it is”.

Country

Three hundred tickets have now been sold for the country afternoon. This has raised €4,500 for KWF (Koningin Wilhelmina Fonds, Queen Wilhelmina Fund). One hundred tickets are still for sale. Performers at the concert include Audrey Smits, Rosanne de With, Aron Michaels, Southern Star and Musky. The artists come to perform voluntarily. “I don’t need money, compliments or anything else. I just want money to be raised for the people who need it”, Henny Muskens said.

For more information: Country Show Evoluon

Source: Studio040

Translated by: Bob

It must be spring: Feel Good Market returns

Bob
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It must be spring: Feel Good Market returns

Spring is just around the corner. Reason for Feel Good Market on Strijp-S to restart, after a winter break. Starting next Sunday, workshops, food stalls and stalls with all kinds of products can be found on Ketelhuisplein every month again.

The Feel Good Market can be visited every afternoon on the third Sunday of the month until October. The products for sale at the market are often sustainably made and produced according to the principle of fair trade.

Eccentric

”The market gives designers the opportunity to show their uncommon creations to the public. In addition, the market is an accessible and fun way for visitors to get to know other products and the makers themselves”, the organisation of Feel Good Market says.

For more information : Agenda – FeelGood Market

Source: Studio040

Translated by: Bob

 

Hans Soons new boss of Weeffabriek in Geldrop

Bob
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Hans Soons new boss of Weeffabriek in Geldrop

Starting next month, Hans Soons is the new chairman of the board of De Weeffabriek, Geldrop’s weaving factory museum and cultural meeting centre.

Soons lives in Geldrop and worked for thirty years as a clinical chemist at Anna Care Group and Kempenhaeghe in Heeze. He also taught at Fontys Hogescholen and was a supervisor at Strabrecht College in Geldrop.

Successor

Soons succeeds Niek Gorris, who will now temporarily assume the role of general manager at De Weeffabriek. That position has become vacant because Hannie Derks will start working at Eindhoven arthouse cinema Natlab in May. Weeffabriek will be looking for a new manager in the near future.

Problems

For years De Weeffabriek was struggling with financial difficulties. The deficit was caused by high rents and high maintenance costs. At the end of 2023, the municipality had to step in to help the village’s cultural meeting centre out of the doldrums. Six tons were allocated for this purpose. Meanwhile, Weeffabriek is out of trouble. Among other things, concerts and lectures are held there, films are shown, and associations organise all kinds of activities here.

Every week more than 3,000 inhabitants visit Weeffabriek, according to the organisation.

For more information : Weeffabriek, Geldrop

Source: Studio040

Translated by: Bob

 

 

 

Concert in Muziekgebouw as tribute to MTV Unplugged

Bob
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Concert in Muziekgebouw as tribute to MTV Unplugged

An ode to the famous TV show MTV Unplugged will be paid at Muziekgebouw Frits Philips Eindhoven on Friday. During the concert, a tribute band will perform classics by Nirvana, Alanis Morisette, Eric Clapton, Pearl Jam and others.

The Unplugged Experience is the band that pays musical tribute to the illustrious program of the American music channel MTV. The songs are played by the band, consisting of 20 musicians, in varying combinations. All in unplugged style, or semi-acoustic. The Unplugged Experience is performing in the theatre for the first time this season.

TV show

MTV Unplugged was a music programme that first appeared on television in 1989. In the programme, the most famous singers and vocalists of the time sang a performance in an acoustic setting, with minimal use of electrically amplified instruments. Many great artists such as Alicia Keys, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Mariah Carey and Bruce Springsteen participated in the programme.

Source: Studio040

Translated by: Bob, who added this info:

Eric Clapton’s edition even made it to the nomination of “most successful watched live concert of all time”. It was ex Beatle Sir Paul McCartney who came up with the idea, as he drove home, listening to a cassette tape in his car, that he had been on the first ever MTV Uplugged programme. Afterwards they named it MTV Unplugged.

For more information : The Unplugged Experience – MgE – Muziekgebouw Eindhoven

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anger at cancellation youth evening Kasteelfestival

Bob
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Anger at cancellation youth evening Kasteelfestival

The special youth evening in Geldrop during the annual KommuS Kasteelfestival (castle festival) in July will not take place. The reason is that the organisation no longer receives money from the municipality. “They do say that young people are important, but in practice they do nothing with it and little comes of it”.

The plan was to organise an evening for young people, with bands, just like last year. Last year, the organisation received €20,000 to organise this evening, but this year the municipality has decided not to do so anymore.

Financing

The Municipality of Geldrop-Mierlo is withdrawing its financing. According to a spokesperson, it was a one-off incentive subsidy. The subsidy, which mainly comes from tourist tax, was already reduced from €20,000 to €10,000, and the municipality does not want to give the money to the same organisation anymore.

According to the municipality, it would be up to KommuS itself to organise it on its own after the first year. This year, the subsidy will go to Spruwejagers, who are organising a Carnival afternoon for young people in Mierlo. Sterrenslag event in Zesgehuchten will also receive a budget.

During the last edition of the youth evening, 3,000 teenagers and twenty-somethings attended the event. According to KommuS, there is clearly a need. ‘’There is already so little to do for young people. The municipality claims that young people are important, but in practice they do nothing with them and little comes of it. No places to go out, no cool events, and cultural youth work? Forget it’’, the organisation states. The municipality itself does not agree with this and points to the incentive subsidies that have been created.

Disappointment and anger

The organisation of KommuS Kasteel Festival is furious about the decision of the municipality. ‘’The municipality backs out, broke promises, changed the rules last minute, in short, no party. If we had known this earlier? Then we could have looked for sponsors or funds in time’’.

They are also outspoken about the fact that they have not been informed about the bad news. “We find it scandalous, extremely disrespectful and unprofessional that we had to learn from the newspaper that all our efforts had been in vain”, Jeroen Janssen and Sander Waterschoot told a local paper on behalf of Kasteelfestival organisation.

Source: Studio040

Translated by: Bob

 

Studio040 official broadcaster for Geldrop-Mierlo

Lila Mehrez
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Studio040 official broadcaster for Geldrop-Mierlo

Studio040 will remain the public broadcaster for Geldrop-Mierlo. The Commissariat for the Media has officially designated Studio040 as the local broadcaster for the municipality until the end of 2028. The appointment is now as good as final.

Last November, the Media Authority unofficially chose Studio040, despite the fact that the municipal council of Geldrop-Mierlo had expressed a preference for media company Studio24 by a small majority. Studio24 was still able to respond to the preliminary ruling, but the ruling was not changed on that basis. Now the designation is as good as final.

Studio24 also wanted to be designated as the official broadcaster of the municipalities of Cranendonck, Heeze-Leende and Valkenswaard. The Commissariat designated RTV Horizon for this. Studio24 can still appeal.

In recent years, Studio040 has been the local broadcaster for Geldrop-Mierlo. This will remain the case in the coming years.

 

Source: Studio040

For Eindhoven News: Lila Mehrez

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