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With Love from Europe:   Back by popular demand to Calvin's Worship Symposium this year, some of the Netherlands' best contemporary Christian artists have come together, in a unique blend of talents and styles, to create an uplifting musical experience of the psalms.  At once folksy, classical, and driven by gospel blues, The Psalm Project  is taking this new music from its European birthplace to a growing North American audience.  The Psalm Project will be performing a free worship concert in the Calvin College Chapel on Wednesday, January 25 at 7:30 pm.  A freewill offering will be taken.  For more information visit www.thepsalmproject.com or www.worshipanew.net.

Come visit the Holland Museum and view the wonderful Vintage St. Nicholas display, generously loaned by Holland Historical Trust supporter, Carol Myers. 

Delightful children's toys, puppets, games, and much more, featured in this exhibit focused on Saint Nicholas as the popular patron of children everywhere. Such are the ways children enjoy and learn about the good saint. Children's things from the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Czech Republic, Croatia, Germany, Canada, and the United States, are a part of the display.

Check out the link Sinterklaas at the Holland Museum.

This month's issue of our quarterly magazine includes a new Sinterklaas story by Janet Sheeres "The Sinterklaas Edict". You won't want to miss it - this is, we believe - her 11th Sinterklaas story for our magazine! Also in this issue a thought provoking article about the treatment of Dutch names in the USA, another Beter Nederlands by Dr. Martin Bakker, and "The Joy of Chocolate Letters". Prettige Kerstdagen!

http://sinterklaasjournaal.ntr.nl/#/home

Celebrating Dutch Arts & Culture Past & Present

5 Dutch Days is a cultural event that takes place in New York City every November. It celebrates the continuous influence of Dutch arts and culture in New York City and brings together arts and cultural organizations from across the city.  Programs include walking tours, lectures, concerts and contemporary art offerings.

http://www.5dutchdaysnyc.org/

Multiple activities will occur throughout West Michigan in October in celebration of Reverend Albertus C. Van Raalte’s two-hundredth birthday, with most activities falling between Friday, October 21 and Tuesday, October 25. http://holland.org/events/18181-van-raalte-bicentennial-celebration

(for details and last minute changes and updates go to http://www.calvin.edu/academic/dutch/events/)

Saturday, September 24, 9:00 a.m.  Outside the Van Noord Arena, Calvin College

Go Green, Go Dutch, Go Bike

Several years ago the Dutch Consulate in Toronto began a promotional initiative called Go Green, Go Dutch, Go Bike. It calls attention to thelongstanding importance of the bicycle in the Netherlands, that urbanbicycle transportation is good for the environment, and that othercountries can learn and benefit from Dutch bicycle culture.

Together with area bicycle organizations, Calvin College will hold a Go Green, Go Dutch, Go Bike Event on Saturday Sept. 25 (with Saturday, October 2, as an alternate date, in case of heavy rain) withsome pre-ride activities beginning at 9:00 outside the Van NoordArena and the ride from campus to downtown leaving at about 9:30.The ride will return to campus around noon. The return route will take riders past some outdoor Art Prize exhibits. t-shirt sale ($15 with $5going to the Motion Initiative: An Urban Cooperative Youth Bicycling Ministry). Everyone is invited to ride along. Wear orange!

C. Carl Pegels, a frequent contributor to the dis magazine, has published a new book about prominent Dutch American entrepreneurs. Dr. Pegels has done extensive research on prominent Dutch Americans in all walks of life, and has published many articles on the subject.

The book is available for purchase at http://www.infoagepub.com/products/Prominent-Dutch-American-Entrepreneurs

Celebrate the arrival of the first herring than by heading to The Hague for Vlaggetjesdag Scheveningen, part of three weeks of The Hague Festivals!

www.denhaag.nl

The annual Vlaggetjesdag festival will take place in and around the Scheveningen Harbour on Saturday, 11 June 2011. This festival is one of the biggest events of the year in The Hague and usually attracts some 200,000 visitors.