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However Herman Van Rompuy's European Council presidency turns out, November 19, 2009 will go down an important date in Belgian history — despite what the British press believes. Leave your thoughts and comments here.
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‘Equi Voci’: dancing at the Aral Sea
Classical music and art, part two. And unfortunately: a rather short part. I was rather disappointed by Equi Voci, a collaboration between filmmaker/composer Thierry De Mey and the Brussels Philharmo...
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Life is warming up slowly since I've joined back at work. My new assignment is exciting and challenging. Nevermind that I don't have a clue as to how I will proceed. I'm hoping that all will procee...
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read moreCarol Youngner, 59, is a ceramic artist and teaches pottery classes. She believes everyone has the ability to be creative
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Film: Schultze Gets the Blues
Canvas 21.00
Schultze is an overweight, middle-aged miner who has spent his entire life in the same tiny German village on the Saale River. Schultze’s life consists of work, the bar, folk music and fishing. That is until he and his buddies Manfred and Jürgen all lose their jobs. Then Schultze starts viewing the world in a whole different light. He no longer plays the same old boring polka songs on his accordion, but instead fierce, fiery Cajun grooves – only the local music club is not so impressed by this unexpected and drastic change.
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Avoid weeks of aimless backpacking, bad beer and scary bed bugs by relocating your self-discovery journey to Asian restaurants in Brussels, advises The Bulletin food critic Mike Blyer
Launched in 2007, the Brussels Accessible Art Fair has made it its mission to demolish the myth that art is only for those with money. Anouk Lepretre meets the woman who came up with the successful concept
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