activities
Please find here an overview of activities and projects the Prince Claus Fund initiates and supports. For an overview of upcoming activities you can take a look at the Calendar.
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8.3.2012 Faustin Linyekula at Holland Festival
'La Création du Monde 1923-2012' from Congolese choreographer and 2007 Prince Claus Fund laureate Faustin Linyekula will be on show at the Holland Festival on 13 and 14 June.
7.3.2012 2011 Prince Claus Award presented to The Book Café
On Thursday 8 March the Dutch Ambassador to Zimbabwe, HE Ms. H.M.B. Joziasse, presented the 2011 Prince Claus Award to the Book Café. The ceremony took place in Harare, Zimbabwe, in the presence of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. The Prince Claus Fund was represented by director Christa Meindersma.
1.3.2012 Comorian Theatre: Un dhikri pour nos morts
In March, April and May 2012 the production Un Dhikri Pour Nos Morts plays in the Comoros. The Prince Claus Fund supported this production of Washko Ink's.
2.2.2012 Salvaging the collection of the Egyptian Scientific Institute
During a protest on Tahrir square in Cairo at 17 December 2011 a Molotov-cocktail missed its intended target and caused a great tragedy to the Egyptian Scientific Institute. The building with it is treasure trove of books, manuscripts and writings – most notably the handwritten 24-volume Description de l'Egypte – was set on fire.
23.1.2012 Stories from the Jewish kitchen
On Thursday 2 February, cookbook writer Claudia Roden was interviewed by Hanneke Groenteman at the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam. As part of the exhibition 'Judaism: A World of Stories', the Prince Claus Fund and the Nieuwe Kerk organized this evening with Claudia Roden shared stories of her quest for Jewish dishes around the world.
