Dam Daily | 20 Jan

Dance or powerwalk your way out of Blue Monday. Sara and Pawel bring you local news, what’s on and music picks.

Listen back on the mixcloud player above to this edition of our Dam Daily show. 🔗 Scroll for links and notes.

🎶 Music included LCD Soundsystem, Daft Punk, St. Vincent and more (scroll for the Spotify playlist).

Show notes

• Blue Monday: this year – it is today 20th Jan. So if you are feeling in the funk of it – fear not – we are hear to give you reasons to look to the light, get out, join in and feel better!
• the recently opened Meteorite Museum Amsterdam. With the slogan ‘Challenge Your Imagination’, the maker invites everyone to visit the Museum, which is in public space and opened 24 hours. The location is on the Frederiksplein in Amsterdam.
• Power walking in Amsterdam, https://powerwalkingclub.com/locatie/amsterdam-rembrandtpark
• Theatre: DEAR FRAIL MALE, https://www.frascatitheater.nl/en/agenda/2632/just-van-bommel-frascati-producties/dear-frail-male
  Premiere: Friday 25 January 20:30
• Jazz concert: Multi-instrumentalist and composer Sam Greenfield, thursday january 30, at Tolhuistuin – Club
• Normality No More| 28 – 29 January | International Theatre Amsterdam
• OT301: EnergyEvents present: Techno & Trance
• Summer Dance Forever Weekender 2025
• According to a recent article in Het Parool, cinema attendance in the Netherlands has dropped by 7% over the past year, especially among 16 to 23-year-olds.

• Lab111: LUST FOR BLOOD: THE IMMORTAL CINEMA OF BLOODSUCKERS & NIGHTSTALKERS: “The program will run throughout the winter of 2025, with specific screening dates for each film to be announced on LAB111’s official website. Wanderwelle, the co-curators of the program, are an Amsterdam-based collective known for their exploration of dark and mysterious themes, aligning perfectly with the timeless allure of vampires—beings suspended between life and death.”

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