Poortgebouw looking for
new members

There will be 2 rooms available in the Poortgebouw around the beginning of MARCH 2012, to be used as studio and/or living space.

To enjoy living/working amongst 30 people of over 10 different nationalities - artists, musicians, students - you need to be positive, social, and equipped with a sense of humor. But this must be combined with maturity and responsibility: we are looking for a (mental) age of over 25.

Apart from living together, we're also running an organization with
many diverse cultural activities like concerts, workshops and the
weekly eetcafe. We just won a lengthy court case with the owner of our building, and we are now in the process of professionalizing the
cultural breeding place part, which will involve organizational changes, thorough construction work to the building, and most likely a new owner.

At this moment we are actively looking for people that have time,
energy and skills to contribute to the breeding place aspect and the
professionalization process. Some board (bestuur) experience and Dutch language skills would be a bonus. Handyman skills are also
welcome, as there is always something to fix in a big old house like
ours. We prefer long term commitment (>1 year) over short stays.

Contributing is a requirement, living here is optional.

This may look more like an advert for a job than for a living group / cultural breeding ground, nevertheless we are looking forward to
responses! Please email us a short motivation for wanting to work/live
with us and how you envision to contribute (in English, as not everyone here is fluent in Dutch).

Email: newpeople DOT poortgebouw AT gmail DOT com 

Monthly rent: 275 euro incl. internet, electricity, heating.

Poortgebouw 31st birthday!

1st oct: Roomfest/Tours/Gigs/DJ!

2nd oct: Eetcafe + Textuur

check the agenda or

facebook events!st 2nd

Eetcafe has now reopened! Visit us every Sunday from 19:00

Friday 1st July 2011

Poortgebouw Art Space

Opening !

Watch PG concerts of 2010
youtube playlist music

And a good 2011!

Friday 1 - Sunday 3 October:
30 years Poortgebouw festival!

Eatcafe is open every sunday evening at 1900h

Summer break

There is no Sunday eetcafe during the month of August. We are using this time for some renovations.

Wednesdays

We are currently working on a program for live music and movies for the mid-week, but until we have finalized this we are closed on Wednesdays.

Sundays = eetcafe

Stay tuned!

Artist-in-Residence
in Poortgebouw
Chris Dupuis current artist-in-residence

Queensday Images:
with performances by: Scissor Salad, The Loo, Frans Huxie, The Better Offs, Skelet, Lenny Can't Remember, Nitrium and De Dikke Vandalen!

During the free market on queensday 2008 Vereniging Poortgebouw presented the BIG POORTGEBOUW QUIZ to the visitors. There were 10 questions about the past, present and future of the building. 40 persons, most of them neighbours, participated! Look here for the quiz and the interesting and partly amusing results!
(sorry, only in Dutch)

READ ALGEMEEN DAGBLAD ARTICLE HERE

Het Poortgebouw opent alle deuren

Gerechtshof Den Haag erkent bestaansrecht Vereniging
-> ENGLISH VERSION

UNESCO endorses Vereniging Poortgebouw Renovation Plan
VIEW SUPPORT LETTER

Vereniging Poortgebouw @
EU Parliament Nov. 5-6

The European Parliament will be the venue for the first European States general for the right to housing hosted by the European United left on upcoming November 5-6. The Vereniging Poortgebouw has been invited to participate.

The States general result from various meetings and encounters between players for the right to housing started at the Athens European social forum which brought together officials from associations, unions, scholars, more specifically in Bobigny, near Paris, last February, who share the appeal “Forward towards European States general for the right to housing”. They will be the very first step of a movement which will bring together over a hundred participants from a dozen countries, beyond the borders of the European Union. This unprecedented event will be an opportunity to know more about the situation of housing and habitat in each country, to exchange on struggles and proposals of the various social, political and citizens movements on that issue and to consider how the right to housing could be acknowledged throughout Europe.

MORE INFO: http://www.habitants.org/article/

Vereniging Poortgebouw gastgezin in het kader van de Grote Oversteek!

Op vrijdag 12 en zaterdag 13 oktober 2007 vindt op Rotterdam-Zuid de Grote Oversteek plaats. Noord ontmoet Zuid en Zuid ontvangt Noord. Rotterdam Zuid is bij veel Rotterdammers van de noordkant onbekend terrein. Een select gezelschap van Noordelingen krijgt de kans om iin nacht te logeren bij Rotterdammers op Zuid. Zij zullen het zuidelijk deel van de stad heel intens en op de huid beleven. Gastheren en -vrouwen trekken met hen Zuid in en laten hen hun woonomgeving en favoriete plekken beleven.Wat houdt de Grote Oversteek in?
De logees en gastgezinnen worden vrijdag aan het eind van de middag ontvangen op het gezellige Deliplein in Katendrecht, met een hapje, een drankje, muziek en gezelligheid. Vanaf 19.00 uur gaan logeerder en gastgezin op ontdekkingstocht langs "lekkere" plekken op Zuid. Op tenminste drie verschillende eetplekken staat een gerecht klaar. Daarna nemen de gastheren en -vrouwen hun logee mee naar huis om te verhalen, te slapen en de volgende dag samen te ontbijten. Zaterdag bestaat de mogelijkheid tot deelname aan vijf speciale toers (wandelen of fietsen). Deze vertrekken vanaf het Afrikaanderplein waar een feestelijk programma wordt gehouden.
MEER: www.pactopzuid.info

China Europa Forum

Leden van de vereniging presenteren de 'case study' van het Poortgebouw, Rotterdam in het kader van het '2nd China-Europa Forum', 4 t/m 7 october. We participeren in de workshop 'Inhabitants' in Rome en daarna in de plenary session van alle 46 workshops in Brussel. Klik HIER voor meer informatie.

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