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Two-day festival for e-culture and creative economy in Heerlen

12-03-2010 om 14:11 by Maastricht Region Branding Foundation

Social Beta, centre for e-culture, is putting on a two-day festival for e-culture and creative economy. E-culture refers to the continually changing relationship between new information and communication technologies and the production and consumption of culture and the arts. The festival is made up of two events that will take place on 10 and 11 June in Heerlen. On Thursday 10 June TEDxEutropolis will take place and on Friday 11 June it will be the turn of i_beta, the second edition of the ‘Zachte G’ event.

Why a festival?
The Meuse-Rhine Euregion faces a large number of challenges in the decade ahead including the economic transition, the ageing of the population and the candidacy of Maastricht for European Capital of Cultural. New ideas for the economic, social and cultural aspects of... read more


TEFAF Tees Off

12-03-2010 om 10:54 by Maastricht Region Branding Foundation

MAASTRICHT, The Netherlands—The 23rd edition of TEFAF, also known as the European Fine Art Fair, staged its gala opening this afternoon amid a din of popping champagne corks and the flashing movements of oyster-shuckers, who strolled through the crowds of well-appointed Europeans previewing the wares of 263 galleries.
Suddenly, there was drama. All the lights went out in the massive hall. Gallerists pleaded for visitors marooned in their darkened stands to stay still as fairgoers opened their cell phones and PDAs for a bit of impromptu lighting, giving the enormous hall the atmosphere of a candle-lit vigil. Soon, though, the lights returned. “Now we have to find out what was stolen,” joked a woman sipping champagne.

The lighting failure, which put many in mind of the daring jewelry heist... read more


Arabic mass in Wittem

27-12-2009 om 12:44 by Maastricht Region Branding Foundation

Thursday afternoon a church service in Arab was held in the convent church of the fathers redemptorists in Wittem. The service was attended by thirty Arab speaking catholics from all over Limburg. The church plans to have an Arab mass monthly, so that Christians from the Arab world can follow mass in their own language. read more

 
 
 
 

Hierbij willen wij u uitnodigen deel te nemen aan een onderzoek over de regio Zuid-Limburg en de website van zuidlimburg.nl. Het onderzoek vertelt ons hoe u over Zuid-Limburg denkt en wat u van de site vindt. Het invullen van de vragenlijst duurt circa 5 minuten.

Het onderzoek wordt uitgevoerd door Flycatcher Internet Research. Uw antwoorden worden anoniem verwerkt, uitsluitend voor onderzoeksdoeleinden gebruikt en niet aan derden ter beschikking gesteld.

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