Press releases
March 01, 2010
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We look back over this incredible year of celebration and commemoration of our great history and those great events that took place. In New York City, the 400th was celebrated with the opening of the Dutch Pavilion in Battery Park, Harbor Day with festivals in all of the
waterfront parks, historic vessel parades including the Onrust and the Half Moon, and the Macy’s
Quadricentennial Fourth of July spectacle along the Hudson.
December 08, 2009
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In Dutch, “droog” means dry, so it’s always seemed a proper name for the wittily conceptual design brand that opened an outlet in SoHo last winter. But you might recall that “droog” was also teenage slang for “friend” in 1971’s “A Clockwork Orange,” which makes the name doubly appropriate for the store’s next chapter. Starting tomorrow, Droog New York will expand its offerings to include fashion items by six Dutch fashion designers who are friends of the brand and were hand-selected by the Droog founder Renny Ramakers for the same mix of humor and ingenuity that defines the 16-year-old company. “I noticed that in New York I didn’t see any Dutch fashion besides Viktor & Rolf,” Ramakers explains. “But we’re also not a fashion store, and we don’t want to be one.”
November 23, 2009
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Amsterdam-based design label Droog has collaborated with Japanese designers Bow Wow for a townhouse in the Dutch capital. A replica will go on show at Design Miami next month.
November 23, 2009
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We’ve seen tons of new bicycle designs and concepts this past year to the point that it’s the similarities we notice more than the distinctiveness of each. It was looking like a sign that new ideas were running out with trick folding mechanisms, asymmetrical forks, or swoopy frame designs.
November 19, 2009
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Tomorrow, Dutch design superstar Marcel Wanders receives the 2009 Design Excellence Award from Collab, the Art Museum's modern-design boosters. Here are works by Wanders and other icons Collab has recognized over the years.
October 29, 2009
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Contemporary arts from the Netherlands in the Dutch tradition and beyond a tribute to the historical connection between New York (New Amsterdam) and the Netherlands. November 6 to November 30, 2009 at artbreack gallery.
October 25, 2009
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On November 2, New York First Lady Michelle Paige Paterson will present a proclamation from Governor David A. Paterson to honor the native people of New York during the opening ceremony of Lenape: Ellis Island's First Inhabitants at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum. The opening, hosted by acclaimed Lenape scholar David M. Oestreicher, curator of the exhibition, includes six galleries.
October 12, 2009
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New York, 13 October 2009. US based organisation Live Earth, founded by Kevin Wall and Al Gore, has launched a global ‘Dow - Run for Water’ campaign, to inspire the world’s citizens to come together and help solve the water crisis. On 18 April 2010 hundreds of 6k runs and unique live broadcast events will be held across the world. Beginning with a first run at daybreak in Fiji, events will circle the globe in 24 hours, ending with a sunset race in Hawaii.
October 03, 2009
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Thousands of people gathered high above the Hudson River Saturday to
celebrate the opening of the Walkway Over the Hudson, a 111-year-old
former railroad bridge that was remodeled to become the world's longest
pedestrian span.
September 22, 2009
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New Island Festival, the international arts festival that inhabited Governors Islands this month, concluded its engagement on Sunday. Highlights included visits by Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, who spoke at the closing ceremony, HRH Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Maxima, who attended the first week, and a performance by Armin van Buuren, the internationally acclaimed Dutch DJ.
September 19, 2009
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Brooklyn welcomes Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende and Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs Maxime Verhagen, visit Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum, Flatbush Reformed Dutch Church and Brooklyn Museum as part of NY400, celebrating 400 years of friendship between the Netherlands and Brooklyn.
September 11, 2009
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SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Thank you so very much. Oh, what
an evening and what inspiration I certainly have derived from the
stories and the words of our four honorees. I am deeply grateful for
that very kind introduction, Dick. I thank everyone associated with the
Institute, particularly Anne Roosevelt, who has been a friend for a
number of years. I am also pleased that my successor and friend,
Senator Gillibrand is here somewhere in the ballroom, along with
another wonderful friend and colleague, Representative Jerry Nadler.
And it is only fitting that we would be graced by the presence not only
of their Royal Highnesses, but also of my colleague, the foreign
minister, and so many friends and supporters of the Institute and the
work that it has done during this special week where we celebrate 400
years of our relationship with the Netherlands.
September 08, 2009
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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Orange and Princess Máxima of The Netherlands, Dutch Cabinet Minister Frans Timmermans and Under Secretary of State Judith A. McHale today unveiled the New Amsterdam Pavilion at Peter Minuit Plaza at The Battery. The $2.3 million New Amsterdam Plein & Pavilion is a gift from the Dutch Government to New York City to mark NY400 week and honor the Dutch-American pioneers of New Amsterdam.
September 08, 2009
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In a major highlight of NY400, the Dutch-American 2009 celebration of the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s arrival in New York Harbor, The Prince of Orange and Princess Máxima of The Netherlands will join New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, US Under Secretary of State Judith A. McHale, Dutch Minister for European Affairs & International Foreign Policy Frans Timmermans, New York City
Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe, and New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Jeanette Sadik- Khan on September 9th to unveil and dedicate the New Amsterdam Plein & Pavilion at the Southern tip of Manhattan.
Read the full pressrelease here.
September 08, 2009
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(Washington, D.C.) — The US House of Representatives and the US Senate have introduced a concurrent resolution to honor, commemorate and celebrate the historic ties of the United States and the Netherlands. Four hundred years ago, in 1609, Henry Hudson set sail on the Dutch ship “Halve Maen” under the auspices of the Dutch East India Company to find better trade routes. His discovery of a river, now called Hudson, led to the Dutch settlement of New Netherland.
September 07, 2009
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'It is an honour to be welcomed here by the Secretary of State and the
Mayor of this great city.Thank you for extending such a warm welcome to Princess Máxima and
myself. Arriving in New York is always a great pleasure and the pleasure
increases with every visit, because the better you know the Big Apple, the
more you love this wonderful city.
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September 07, 2009
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Six Days of Festivals and Events from September 8-13 Culminating With First-Ever Harbor Day Will Honor 400th Anniversary of Henry Hudson’s Arrival and Celebrate City’s Revitalized Waterfront and Continued Friendship with the Dutch.
September 07, 2009
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Before we came out, the Mayor and the Prince of Orange and Princess
Maxima and Minister (inaudible) and I were all talking, and the mayor
made one of his astute observations that if the Dutch paid $24 for New
York, that $24 invested 400 years ago could be more valuable than all
the real estate in New York. Now I’m glad that they did invest. I’m
glad that they took that risk, and I’m very honored to be here to be
part of this ceremony.
September 05, 2009
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World famous DJ Armin van Buuren provides the beats
for this Saturday afternoon dance party at Governors Island Water Taxi
Beach. 1pm - 5pm.
As
part of the New Island Festival's celebration of art and culture, this
Dutch DJ will be bringing the dance floor to New York Harbor for a FREE party!
A Water Taxi departing from Pier 11 at the base of Wall St. (just a few blocks south of the South Street Seaport) will bring you to the beach.
Entry is free but you must purchase a $10 round trip Water Taxi ticket to get in. Get your tickets here!
Water Taxis will be leaving Manhattan every 15 minutes starting at 11am.
After
the show, stay and enjoy all the other events happening at the New
Island Festival. Governors Island will be open until midnight!
Co-presented by ING.
September 03, 2009
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NEW YORK (Sept. 04, 2009)—This coming Labor Day, 10 Dutch professionals will kick off a week of swapping jobs with their New York counterparts as part of the NY400 week celebrations—a salute to the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s historic journey to the New World and the founding of New Amsterdam. The New Yorkers will repay the compliment the following week in Amsterdam.
September 03, 2009
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Secretary
of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will join New York Mayor Michael R.
Bloomberg to officially launch NY400 Week, a citywide celebration to
mark the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s arrival in New York Harbor
in September 1609. The event will take place on September 8 at
9:00 a.m. on the flight deck of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space
Museum in New York City.
September 02, 2009
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During the official opening ceremony, the Netherlands Ambassador to the U.S., Renée Jones-Bos, and NYC Parks and Recreation Commissioner, Adrian Benepe, symbolically “cut the Gouda”—a limited edition 22 lb-aged cheese with the New York City and Amsterdam skylines imprinted on its label—and invite New Yorkers and visitors to experience what the Netherlands and Dutch agribusiness have to offer.
September 02, 2009
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New York City (September 3, 2009) — Ambassador of the Netherlands Renée Jones-Bos and NYC & Company CEO George Fertitta were today joined by partners of the City’s tourism industry to preview NY400 Week, a weeklong calendar of festivals and events taking place Sept. 8-13 in New York City. The week will be highlighted by a unique six-day visit of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Orange and Princess Máxima of the Netherlands.
September 01, 2009
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Ambassador of the Netherlands Renée Jones-Bos and NYC & Company CEO George Fertitta will join members of the City’s tourism industry to preview NY400 Week, a weeklong calendar of festivals and events Sept. 8-13, culminating in the first-ever Harbor Day on the 13th. Officials will also unveil the new official NY400 Holland on the Hudson visitors guide and debut a new taxicab ad to promote the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Henry Hudson and his Dutch ship, the Halve Maen (Half Moon). News conference takes place on
Thursday, September 3, 2009, at 1pm, at the Official NYC Information Center, 810 Seventh Avenue between 52nd and 53rd Streets, in midtown Manhattan.
September 01, 2009
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NEW YORK - September 2 - The Dutch organization Miles4Justice will sail a yacht in honor of Human Rights Watch into New York Bay on September 8, 2009, concluding a 1,000-mile journey as part of the NY400 - Holland on the Hudson celebration.
The voyage down the Atlantic coast replicates the northern leg of Henry Hudson's original voyage, and Miles4Justice will dock in New York 400 years to the day after Hudson first arrived in 1609. The week's events celebrate the openness, tolerance, and free spirit of the Dutch pioneers who settled New Amsterdam, and mark 400 years of Dutch-American friendship.
August 31, 2009
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Kick start the creative side of your brain this September by witnessing the first Amsterdam Right Brainers Convention (ARBC) which is a remarkable display of Amsterdam’s contemporary culture. The exhibition takes place September 10th – 17th at the Chelsea Market in Soho and coincides with the NY400 week, which celebrates the historical relationship between Amsterdam and New York.
August 27, 2009
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On September 10th 2009 the Dutch Investors’ Association (VEB) will organize the VEB Financial Breakfast. This conference offers you an ideal opportunity to gain insight in the Dutch financial markets and its principal actors, as well as to get acquainted with VEB’s activities. The VEB has been an important shareholders advocate in the Fortis’ nationalization and defender of shareholders’ rights in class actions like Ahold and Shell.
August 27, 2009
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(New York – August 28, 2009) - The Netherlands is a world leader in greenhouse innovations and the Dutch have made great strides in energy saving technologies within the agricultural industry. These sustainable technologies, products and services are presented in the demonstration model greenhouse at the New Amsterdam Village at Bowling Green Park, September 4 through 14.
August 26, 2009
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The Schaghen letter, the letter considered to be the ‘birth certificate’ of New York, is the most important document in the exhibition New Amsterdam. The Island at the Center of the World. The Exhibition. The exhibition will be opened by the National Archives of the Netherlands on September 12 in the presence of Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Maxima of the Netherlands in the South Street Seaport Museum.
August 20, 2009
On September 4th, 400 years to the month from when Henry Hudson and some 20 seamen sailed their ship, the Halve Maen (Half Moon) in to New York Harbor, City Lore and NY 400 will open Birth of a City: Nieuw Amsterdam and Old New York celebrating York’s colonial Dutch heritage with illustrated signs throughout lower Manhattan.
August 17, 2009
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20 historic boats left the Dutch port of Harlingen to cross the Atlantic aboard a Dutch freighter. Early on September 1st, this fleet of distinctive Dutch flat bottom boats will sail into New York Harbor to honor Captain Hudson. The historical vessels – low-slung skutsjes, fishing boats, barges – are direct descendants of the sailing ships that plied Dutch coastlines in the 17th century, immortalized by the country's painters, and are closely related to the first ships built in New York.
August 12, 2009
www.NewIslandFestival.com
The program and shows have been announced for the New Island Festival, an international arts festival coming to New York’s Governors Island from September 10–13 and again from September 17–20. The festival will kick off the fall with provocative theatre, stunning site specific performance, dazzling visual arts and exhilarating DJ sets, performed by world class Dutch performers. More than 150 artists will perform during the festival.
August 12, 2009
Dutch Design, Fashion, Theatre, Music, Art, and Architecture; it all comes together on Governors Island from September 10-20, to celebrate 400 years of Dutch-American friendship. Pioneers of Change will showcase a modern interpretation on Dutch Arts and Design, while the New Island Festival will feature provocative theatre, stunning site specific performances, dazzling performing arts and exhilarating DJ-sets, all performed by the Dutch.
August 12, 2009
On the occasion of the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s historic voyage from the Netherlands to New York, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is sending The Milkmaid, perhaps the most admired painting by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer (1632—1675), to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. To celebrate this extraordinary loan, the Metropolitan Museum will present Vermeer’s Masterpiece
The Milkmaid, a special exhibition beginning on September 10.
August 11, 2009
Dutch design, fashion and architecture on New York Island to celebrate a 400 year Dutch-American friendship. Conceived and curated by Renny Ramakers, co-founder and director of Droog, as part of the NY400 week celebrations, commemorating the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the Dutch to New York.
August 10, 2009
Over 100 top government, business and environmental leaders and decision makers are now confirmed to speak at the transatlantic H209 Forum at Liberty Science Center in Jersey City on September 9-10. Dutch and American government, business, and environmental leaders will share expertise and focus on innovative solutions to the water challenges facing the New York/New Jersey region and The Netherlands, but the outcomes will benefit cities globally. H209 is one of the highlights of the NY400 week, which celebrates the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's voyage from Amsterdam to New York Harbor.
August 02, 2009
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Summer Streets Continues for three Saturdays, joined by dozens of pedestrian events citywide Prototypes of the LVMH Bike in Style Competition unveiled
July 29, 2009
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Amsterdam, The Netherlands (30 July, 2009)—NY400 Ambassador Eric Niehe, NYC & Company CEO and New York City NY400 Chair George Fertitta and Deputy Mayor of the City of Amsterdam Carolien Gehrels today announced details of a global celebration, “NY400 Week.” They invited residents of the Netherlands and the United States to visit each other during the celebrations commemorating the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s arrival to New York City.
July 13, 2009
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The White House Office of the Press Secretary
July 14, 2009
REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AND PRIME MINISTER BALKENENDE OF THE NETHERLANDS AFTER MEETING - Oval Office
July 13, 2009
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WASHINGTON, July 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Congressman Van Hollen, and Congressman Pete Hoekstra held a brief press availability this afternoon with Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende of the Netherlands before their meeting in the Capitol. Below are their remarks.
July 09, 2009
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(Washington, D.C.) - Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende together with Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Verhagen will visit Washington, D.C. Tuesday July 14th. They will be received by President Obama at the White House. Topics to be discussed include the implementation of the strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, coordination to address the global economic recovery, and developments in Iran, Middle East peace efforts, climate change and energy.
July 07, 2009
New York City (July 8, 2009) Against the backdrop of the recently reopened Statue of Liberty crown, NYC & Company CEO George Fertitta and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn today rallied to celebrate summer 2009. On the heels of a hugely successful July 4th weekend complete with a historic fireworks celebration held along the Hudson to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Dutch exploration of the river New York City continued to invite visitors from around the world to take advantage of events and attractions across the five boroughs. As the NY400 bikes are part of the City’s Summer Events, the NY400 project team was present, dressed in orange, each on a NY400 bicycle.
June 28, 2009
Macy’s 4th July Fireworks To Celebrate America’s Birthday and 400th Anniversary of Henry Hudson’s Voyage. Macy’s To Visit NYSE To Commemorate Independence Day With Return of 4th July Fireworks To The Hudson River. Martine Reardon, Executive Vice President, Macy's, Inc. To Ring NYSE Closing Bell, Joined by Consul-General of the Netherlands in New York , Gajus Scheltema.
June 28, 2009
Four hundred years after 17th century explorer Henry Hudson dropped anchor in New York Harbor, a transatlantic water forum will explore the challenges of the 21st century. Dutch and American business, government, and policy decision makers will come together to share expertise at the H209 Forum, to be held at Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, NJ on September 9 and 10.
June 24, 2009
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Orange and Princess Máxima of the Netherlands will participate in the celebrations of NY400 in New York from September 9 till September 13th. These celebrations are marking four hundred years of friendship between the Netherlands and the United States of America.
June 23, 2009
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The City of Amsterdam is sending Deputy Mayor Carolien Gehrels to New York as part of its NY400 initiative to issue a statement in support of equality and tolerance for the LGBT community. In keeping with the 40th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, the start of the gay rights movement, the City of Amsterdam supports the New York legislation granting equality to LGBT citizens. The cities of Amsterdam and New York share a rich heritage of tolerance and creativity.
June 22, 2009
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President Obama will welcome Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende of The Netherlands to the White House on Tuesday, July 14th. The Netherlands and the United States enjoy strong bilateral relations and partner together around the world to promote peace, prosperity, and democratic freedoms.
June 17, 2009
Friesland (one of the northern provinces of the Netherlands) is inviting Frisian emigrants, descendants of immigrants and other Americans with Frisian roots for the Special Friesland Day on September 12th at the New isLand Festival in New York. By logging on to
www.fryslan.nl/madeinfriesland interested parties can visit the festival at a discount.
June 16, 2009
“I Do.” Those two tiny words reverberated worldwide when Mayor Job Cohen officiated Amsterdam, or rather Europe’s, first ever same-sex marriage on 1 April 2001. Continuing its commitment to openness and tolerance, the City of Amsterdam is now gearing up to marry five New York-based gay couples – one of whom must be a US citizen and the other Dutch – in an open-air summer party on its famed canals.
June 11, 2009
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Dutchman Jankees Lampe sailed into Newport, Rhode Island on June 12th, and was
officially announced the Winner of OSTAR 2009 in just 17 days, 17 hours
and 40 mins. He broke the previous record for a 40’ boat set by Simon
Van Hagen in “Seatalk” in 1992 of 19 days, 11 hours and 19 minutes. He is the first ever Dutchman to win the race and joins a list of very famous yachtsmen such as Sir Francis Chichester, Eric Tabarly and Francoise Joyon.
Click here for further information.
June 11, 2009
Celebrate the Hudson River Quadricentennial at the West Harlem Piers Park Fishing Festival on Saturday, June 13, 2009 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.* The festival is part of NYC400, a year of special events, exhibits, and outdoor activities and performances to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Henry Hudson aboard the Dutch vessel “Halve Maen” to New York City.
June 11, 2009
From now on, you can follow
the Schaghenletter on Twitter!
June 09, 2009
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Direct from Holland, the New Island Festival will set up stakes on New York City's Governors Island from September 10–13 and again from September 17–20. The festival will kick off the fall with concerts, exhilarating DJ sets, provocative theatre, stunning site specific performance and dazzling visual arts, performed by world class Dutch performers. More than 100 artists will perform during the festival.
June 08, 2009
Dutch trumpet player
Eric Vloeimans (1963) is regarded as one of Europe's best performers with an extraordinary talent for playing original music with outstanding quality. The talent and the expressive power of Eric Vloeimans' music have been honoured by his winning the Dutch Edison Award four times, the Elly Ameling Prize of the City of Rotterdam, the Boy Edgar Award and the prestigious Bird Award at the North Sea Jazz Festival. On June 9th, Vloeimans performs together with Florian Weber at
The Stone in New York.
June 08, 2009
On June 9th, the Battery Conservancy Gala will honor the Kingdom of the Ntherlands with the
Battery Medal for Cultural Heritage. The First Deputy Mayor Patricia E. Harris will present the Medal to Frans Timmermans, Minister of European Affairs of the Netherlands.
June 07, 2009
Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks® pyrotechnic splendor returns to the Hudson River for the first time since 2000, to celebrate America’s birthday with the nation’s largest 4th of July fireworks display. On Saturday, July 4, at 9:00 PM, Macy’s will create a showstopper like no other to honor the country’s independence and to kick off the 400th anniversary of the exploration of the Hudson River by Henry Hudson.
June 04, 2009
New York's 400th - River Day 2009 the Hudson River Day Flotilla. Governor Paterson to kick-off River Day Celebrations this Friday
night; holds blessing of the historic vessels and other boats that will travel the Hudson River, June 6 - 13.
June 04, 2009
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The documentary,
Uncovering America's Forgotten Colony: The New Netherland Project, on the work of Charly Gehring and his colleagues in transcribing, translating, and publishing the official archives of New Netherland, will be shown at 7:30PM on WNYT, Channel 13, the NBC affiliate in Albany on Saturday June 6. Part of the New Netherland Institute's 2009 Project, the half hour program was produced by Mogul One Productions, Paul Rutherford, principal.
June 01, 2009
Celebrate Bicycling and Green Initiatives with Special Performance by Grammy Award Winning Artist Rahzel! Dutch to be Thanked For Their Contribution to New York City's Biking Landscape as part of NY400 Anniversary Celebrations
May 31, 2009
Stunning and highly original images of New York and New Yorkers created by 12 prominent Dutch photographers—some internationally renowned (Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Hendrik Kerstens, and Rineke Dijkstra, among others), some young and emerging—will be on view in
Dutch Seen: New York Rediscovered, one of three exhibitions at the Museum of the City of New York organized in conjunction with the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s epic 1609 voyage into New York Harbor, and the original Dutch colonies in New York.
May 28, 2009
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United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today concluded her
Congressional Delegation trip to the Netherlands where she studied the
Dutch integrated water management system with federal government
officials, including Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and representatives from the Army Corps
of Engineers. The Dutch's ability to manage water is world-renowned,
and the Netherlands shares many of Louisiana's challenges with
protecting populations and economic infrastructure below sea level.
May 27, 2009
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United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator (EPA) Lisa P. Jackson today continued their Congressional Delegation trip to the Netherlands with visits to Rotterdam and Delft.
May 26, 2009
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United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson today continued their study of the Dutch integrated water management system at The Hague and the Dutch Parliament. Today's discussions at The Hague included briefings on national water management policy and practices, adapting to the river and building with nature.
May 25, 2009
United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson today began a Congressional Delegation to the Netherlands to study the Dutch integrated water management system. Louisiana and administration officials, including the Army Corps of Engineers, are studying the world-class water management and flood protection system in the Netherlands, a country which shares many of Louisiana's challenges in protecting populations and economic infrastructure below sea level.
May 25, 2009
Candy Dulfer and her band will be playing at Blue Note New York on Tuesday May 26th and Wednesday May 27th. Candy will grace the stage of this legendary venue with two gigs each night (8 PM and 10.30 PM). These dates were added recently to Candy’s current tour, following the release of her new album
Funked Up & Chilled Out. (US release May 12th).
May 24, 2009
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United States Senator Mary Landrieu (D-La) and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson will lead a second Congressional delegation to visit the Netherlands to study the Dutch integrated approach to water management. Louisiana and administration officials will join Senator Landrieu on this visit.
May 14, 2009
Speakers from all around the world participate in this two-day event celebrating the contribution of American art collectors to the appreciation of Dutch art.
May 14, 2009
The Museum of Arts and Design and Design Onscreen present 'Hella Jongerius: Contemporary Archetypes, a documentary film on the Dutch designer in conjunction with the MAD exhibition
Object Factory: The Art of Industrial Design.
May 11, 2009
Dutch photographer Geert van Kesteren has been awarded the 2009 Infinity Award for Photojournalism for his book
Baghdad Calling by the International Center of Photography.
May 10, 2009
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WASHINGTON – United States Senator Mary Landrieu, D-La., will this month lead the second Congressional Delegation to the Netherlands to study the Dutch integrated water management system. Louisiana and administration officials, including EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, will join Sen. Landrieu to study the world-class water management and flood protection system in the Netherlands, which shares many of Louisiana’s challenges in protecting populations and economic infrastructure below sea level.
May 10, 2009
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New York, May 11, 2009 - New York City is all about design this week as the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) and related design exhibitions take place. During the ICFF satellite events will be held throughout the city focusing on design, featuring many Dutch designers. This coming week,
www.NY400.org will keep you up-to-date on all Dutch design events in the city.
May 05, 2009
The Battery Conservancy's Annual Plant Sale offers perennials propagated from the gardens in the Battery, the park at the tip of Manhattan.
May 03, 2009
Students from schools in New York State delved deeper into the Dutch roots of New York by entering the Legacy of New Netherland: A New York State Quadricentennial Essay Contest. Keenan Kossman of East Moriches Elementary School (East Moriches, NY), Callie Kanim of Good Counsel Academy (White Plains, NY), and Eva Fu-Yun Fan of Townsend High School (New York City, NY) were announced as the winners at this year’s New York State History Day ceremony.
May 02, 2009
Tonight, May 3rd, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performs at Carnegie Hall, New York, with Dutch principal conductor Bernard Haitink and Dutch mezze-soprano Christianne Stotijn.
April 29, 2009
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New York City, April 30th 2009 - Dutch Consul General Gajus Scheltema today presented the City of New York with a fleet of 200 Dutch-made NY400 bicycles for use throughout the city this year in an effort to promote bicycling. Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Robert C. Lieber and NYC & Company CEO George Fertitta were on hand to receive the 200 orange bicycles at Hudson River Park’s Pier 84 and to highlight the many biking opportunities throughout New York City this summer.
April 22, 2009
Dutch violinist André Rieu, the most successful classical artist in the world, will perform in New York tonight at the Hammerstein Ballroom.
April 22, 2009
On Monday, April 27 in Carnegie Hall, The New York Pops honors Feinstein’s at Loews Regency on its tenth anniversary and congratulates Michael Feinstein and Jonathan Tisch for leading this great New York institution. The Gala concert will also include a salute to New Amsterdam Rediscovered, a joint Dutch-American initiative celebrating the 400th anniversary of the exploration of New York Harbor and the Hudson River.
April 21, 2009
The Tribeca Film Festival, which starts today, features two Dutch movies:
Cyrus Frisch' Dazzle with renowned actors Rutger Hauer and Georgina Verbaan, and the short documentary Influenza/Composition II (chrome square) directed by Jeroen Jongeleen. For more information, visit the Festival's website.
April 21, 2009
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On Thursday, April 23 Dutch Minister of Justice Ernst Hirsch Ballin together with his American counterpart from the Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano (or her replacement) will launch a new way of travel between the United States and the Netherlands.
April 20, 2009
The Fund for Park Avenue joins the celebration of NYC’s Dutch heritage with a spectacular spring display of 60,000 orange Dutch tulips.
April 09, 2009
400 wheels, 200 orange NY400 Batavus bicycles, have left the Netherlands and are on their way to New York as a special gift, celebrating 400 years of friendship.
April 06, 2009
On the occasion of a visit to New York as part of the NY400 celebration by Frans Timmermans, the Minister for European Affairs of the Netherlands, the Carnegie Council in conjunction with the Consul-General of the Netherlands hosted a luncheon on Tuesday, April 7. The topic was ‘From Tolerance to integration: The Dutch Experience.’
The report can be found here. You can also listen to the
Podcast.
April 02, 2009
New York - New York, the first underground musical filmed in the Amsterdam subway.
New York Nights is taking place this week in Amsterdam, a week full of events - debate, culture and fun - all organized in the light of the NY400 celebrations: 400 years of friendship between New York and Amsterdam.
April 02, 2009
Celebrating 400 years of Dutch-American friendship, dating back to 1609 when the first Dutch ship landed on the island now known as Manhattan, as well as the 60th anniversary of the Fulbright Program in the Netherlands, a special scholarship has been created to commemorate the longstanding relationship between the Netherlands and the United States. The pressrelease is available here.
April 01, 2009
On December 19, 2008, The Kingdom of the Netherlands awarded the Battery Conservancy a grant to design and construct the New Amsterdam Plein & Pavilion as a permanent symbol of 400 years of Dutch/American friendship.
April 01, 2009
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Dutch Cabinet Minister Timmermans will be visiting the United States from April 5-10: he will visit Washington D.C., New York, Michigan and Chicago to highlight NY400, the Celebration of 400 years of Friendship between the US and the Netherlands.
April 01, 2009
In celebration of the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s arrival in what is today known as New York Harbor, The New York Botanical Garden’s annual spring flower show will be a lush, colorful showcase of Dutch flowering bulbs.
The Glory of Dutch Bulbs: A Legacy of 400 Years in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, May 1 through June 7, 2009.
View the pressrelease here.
March 31, 2009
Arcadis today announced that it has provided an idea of what a storm surge barrier aimed at protecting the New York and New Jersey Metropolitan Region from severe coastal flooding might look like. The barrier is situated in the Verrazano Narrows, connecting the Upper New York Bay with the Atlantic Ocean.
March 30, 2009
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's remarks with Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen, during her visit to the Netherlands on March 31 st.
March 30, 2009
The 13-piece Brass Ensemble of Amsterdam's Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO) will perform alongside the Brass and Percussion of the New York Philharmonic on Wednesday, April 29 2009, in commemoration of the Henry Hudson Quadricentennial and NY400.
March 29, 2009
Pressrelease of the
Amsterdam/New Amsterdam: The Worlds of Henry Hudson exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York, April 4 - September 27.
March 25, 2009
Pressrelease of the New isLand festival on Governor's Island in New York, September 10 - 20 .
March 24, 2009
On March 25th, singer Izaline Calister (the Netherlands/Curaçao) and choreographer Gabri Christa (the Netherlands/Curaçao) were among the performers at the 2009 Commemoration of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, a star-studded cultural evening and concert in the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations in New York.
March 24, 2009
The Dutch feature film
Can go through skin (Dutch title 'Kan door huid heen') is selected by the prestigious New Directors/New Film festival, a co-presentation of The Museum of Modern Art and The Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York.
March 19, 2009
Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade to visit the United States for international trade and Dutch water sector programs.
March 18, 2009
The Quadricentennial delegation to the Netherlands from New York attended the First Strike Ceremony of the fourth Half Moon Daalder commemorative coin at the Royal Dutch Mint in Utrecht on March 19th.
March 17, 2009
Today, Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands officially opened the 60th edition of the world famous Dutch flower exhibition Keukenhof. As part of the NY400 celebration this year’s theme is USA, New Amsterdam – New York, 400, designed to emphasize the enduring friendship between the Netherlands and the United States.
March 17, 2009
On Queen's Day, Thursday April 30th 2009, the event Carillon 2009 'Perfect Day' takes place simultaneously in New York and in the Netherlands. On that day the song 'Perfect Day' of the celebrated rockmusician Lou Reed is performed on all carillons in the Netherlands, as well as on the world's biggest carillon at the Riverside Church in New York, where Reed will be present.
March 16, 2009
View the announcement of the H2O9 Water Forum
here.
March 15, 2009
The Joyce Theater will welcome Nederlands Dans Theater II (NDT II) onto its stage for the very first time—for five performances only—from April 9 – 12.
March 05, 2009
This week, the Dutch art world comes to New York City. Several prominent Dutch art galleries take part in the New York Art Fairs, such as The Armory Show and PULSE New York.
March 05, 2009
The Center for Architecture in New York is premiering its Helfand Spotlight Series in the newly renovated storefront Margaret Helfand Gallery. The first project selected for this honor is Rem Koolhaas' Office for Metropolitan Architecture tower at 23 East 22nd Street.
March 02, 2009
The internationally renowned Nederlands Dans Theater II returns to New York City.
February 25, 2009
Droog opes its first U.S. store in SoHo, New York. The Amsterdam-based conceptual design company Droog opened the third Droog store worldwide at 76 Greene Street in SoHo New York, on February 26th 2009.
January 28, 2009
Download Dutch Cabinet Minister Frans Timmermans' Footprint speech, held on January 28th for decisionmakers from New York City and New York State.
January 28, 2009
Download Dutch Minister Frans Timmermans' speech, held at the NY400 Press Conference on January 28th in New York City.
January 27, 2009
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Amsterdam Mayor Job Cohen, Dutch Cabinet Minister Frans
Timmermans and NYC & Company CEO George Fertitta today announced a year of special
events, exhibits, outdoor activities and performances to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the
arrival of Henry Hudson aboard the Dutch vessel ‘Halve Maen’ to New York City.
January 27, 2009
The New Amsterdam Plein & Pavilion is part of the year-long
celebrations commemorating 400 years of American-Dutch relations. What
makes this pavilion special and contemporary is its public, dynamic
character; this will not be a static monument, but a vibrant,
people-orientated and open structure, that will be accessible 24-hours
a day for spontaneous and scheduled activities, public markets, seating
and shade, and for food and information.
January 27, 2009
NYC&CO also celebrate the City's Dutch roots on
nycgo.com
January 27, 2009
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Throughout this year MoMA will celebrate NY400 with four exhibitions throughout 2009, beginning with „Van Gogh and the Colours of the Night‟, followed byshows of „Marlene Dumas‟, „Aernout Mik‟ and an exhibition dedicated to „In & Out of Amsterdam: 1960-1976‟.
January 27, 2009
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At a press conference with Dutch officials held to announce plans for the joint Dutch-American 2009 celebration of the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's arrival in New York Harbor, New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg confirmed that Peter Minuit Plaza at The Battery will become the site of a major new public destination: New Amsterdam Plein & Pavilion.
