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SUMMARY:Afrobeats
DESCRIPTION:Afrobeats – ADE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAfrobeats brings many of us together\, but there’s so much more to it than just the music. This ADE\, we’re bringing the sounds\, the people\, the conversations\, and the culture together for one special evening.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us at A Beautiful Mess on Friday\, October 23\, for a night of music\, connection\, and culture. One evening\, all in one room.
URL:https://abeautifulmess.nl/en/event/afrobeats-2/
LOCATION:A Beautiful Mess Oosterdok\, Oosterdokskade 227\, Amsterdam\, 1011 DL\, Netherlands
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SUMMARY:Sunday Social Hub: Creative Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Creative Writing Workshop | by Julia-Beth Harris\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVOICE IS NOT A STYLE. IT’S A DISCIPLINE \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYour voice is yours. Let’s make it stronger.  \n\n\n\nAt a time when machines can generate language faster than we can think—or even feel—your human voice matters more than ever. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin Julia Beth for a creative writing workshop where we’ll explore imagination as a craft and develop the skills to make your ideas resonate in a distinctly human way. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis workshop is for people who work with language\, shape culture\, create\, communicate\, and want to develop a voice that truly feels like their own. \n\n\n\nCome practice using your voice and protect your ability to express your world. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou want to learn:\n\n\n\n\nCreative Writing Methods\n\n\n\nVoice Development\n\n\n\nFinding Your Voice\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInfo:\n\n\n\n\nDates: Sundays · October 4\, 11\, and 25\n\n\n\nAZC residents: FREE — 8 spots\n\n\n\nLocals: 35 euros per session — 6 spots\n\n\n\n90 euros for 3 sessions + one ticket of your choice to the Floating Stage with Rederij Lampedusa\n\n\n\nMore information: Niloofar@refugeecompany.com\n\n\n\nEach workshop is a standalone session that explores a different theme\, so you can attend one\, two\, or all of them!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Artist:\n\n\n\n\n\nJulia-Beth Harris is an author\, poet\, and performer from South Africa who is now based in Amsterdam. With a background in design and creative writing\, she brings a distinctly visual and multi-layered quality to her writing. Her work spans continents\, reflecting her position between the global North and South. She views writing as an act of unification\, building bridges between cultures and communities.    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet Your Tickets\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                \n                        CompanyThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.Ticket(s) for\n			\n					\n					Asylum Seekers’ Center Residents\n			\n			\n					\n					Locals\n			Number of people joining12345678910Which date(s) would you like to attend?(Required)90 euros for 3 sessions + one ticket of your choice to the Floating Stage with Rederij Lampedusa\n								\n								October 4\n							\n								\n								October 11\n							\n								\n								October 25\n							Tickets\n					\n					\n						Price:\n						0\,00 €\n					\n					\n					\n				NameEmail address(Required)\n                            \n                        Total\n							\n						\n         Register
URL:https://abeautifulmess.nl/en/event/sunday-social-hub-creative-writing-workshop-2/
LOCATION:A Beautiful Mess Oosterdok\, Oosterdokskade 227\, Amsterdam\, 1011 DL\, Netherlands
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SUMMARY:Sunday Social Hub: Storytelling Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Storytelling Workshop | by Irena\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEVERYONE HAS A STORY TO SHARE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a creative and inspiring storytelling workshop where you’ll learn practical skills to discover\, shape\, and share your own story. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nExplore where your stories come from\n\n\n\nLearn simple storytelling tools and techniques\n\n\n\nFind Your Unique Voice\n\n\n\nConnect with others through stories\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrice:  \n\n\n\n\nDates: Sundays: October 4\, 11\, 18\, and 25\n\n\n\nTime: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.\, including a lunch break\n\n\n\nAZC residents: FREE – 8 spots\n\n\n\nLocals: €120 – 6 spots (including one floating stage with Rederij Lempedusa)\n\n\n\nOver the course of the four sessions\, you’ll have the opportunity to develop your story and share it at Connection Café events.\n\n\n\nMore information: Niloofar@refugeecompany.com\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Artist:\n\n\n\nIrina Koriazova (1994) is an Amsterdam-based storyteller. She has a dry sense of humor and loves to turn things upside down: victims become protagonists\, and terrifying monsters turn into creatures worthy of love. Her work is sometimes described as raw and unfiltered\, like dirt under your fingernails—it clings and lingers. Irina regularly performs and hosts events at Mezrab\, as well as at other storytelling venues and festivals throughout the Netherlands. Last year she performed at the Amsterdam Fringe Festival with “Coo d’Etat: The Pigeon Uprising” (a show about one pigeon who’d had enough).     \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet Your Tickets\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                \n                        LinkedInThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.Ticket(s) for\n			\n					\n					Asylum Seekers’ Center Residents\n			\n			\n					\n					Locals\n			Number of people joining12345678910Which date(s) would you like to attend?(Required)Over the course of the four sessions\, you’ll have the opportunity to develop your story and share it at Connection Café events.\n								\n								October 4\n							\n								\n								October 11\n							\n								\n								October 18\n							\n								\n								October 25\n							Tickets\n					\n					\n						Price:\n						0\,00 €\n					\n					\n					\n				NameEmail address(Required)\n                            \n                        Total\n							\n						\n         Register
URL:https://abeautifulmess.nl/en/event/sunday-social-hub-storytelling-workshop-2/
LOCATION:A Beautiful Mess Oosterdok\, Oosterdokskade 227\, Amsterdam\, 1011 DL\, Netherlands
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SUMMARY:Sunday Social Hub: Community Dinner
DESCRIPTION:Community Dinner  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAround the world\, around one table.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a Community Dinner featuring vegetarian dishes and flavors from around the world.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCome hungry\, meet new people\, discover new recipes\, and share a table where different cultures\, stories\, and flavors come together. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBecause some of the best connections start with a shared meal.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  Vegetarian recipes from around the worldEveryone is welcome! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInfo:  \n\n\n\n\nDates: October 4\, 11\, 18\, and 25\n\n\n\nPrice:\n\n\n\nAZC residents: FREE – 30 spots\n\n\n\nLocals: €18.50 (Registration required)\n\n\n\nMore information: Niloofar@refugeecompany.com\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet Your Tickets\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                \n                        LinkedInThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.Ticket(s) for\n			\n					\n					Asylum Seekers’ Center Residents\n			\n			\n					\n					Locals\n			Number of people joining12345678910Which date(s) would you like to attend?(Required)Over the course of the four sessions\, you’ll have the opportunity to develop your story and share it at Connection Café events.\n								\n								October 4\n							\n								\n								October 11\n							\n								\n								October 18\n							\n								\n								October 25\n							Tickets\n					\n					\n						Price:\n						0\,00 €\n					\n					\n					\n				NameEmail address(Required)\n                            \n                        Total\n							\n						\n         Register
URL:https://abeautifulmess.nl/en/event/sunday-social-hub-community-dinner-3/
LOCATION:A Beautiful Mess Oosterdok\, Oosterdokskade 227\, Amsterdam\, 1011 DL\, Netherlands
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20261108T173000
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SUMMARY:Connection Cafe
DESCRIPTION:Connection Café is for people in Arnhem from different backgrounds who are curious to learn more about one another. During the monthly evenings at A Beautiful Mess on the ground floor of Rozet\, there’s room for storytelling\, live music\, shared food\, and conversations that don’t necessarily have to lead anywhere\, but can be the starting point for something new.  \n\nThe goal is to build connections between people from different countries and cultures who live in Arnhem. \n\n📅 Sunday\, November 8\, 2026🕠 5:30 PM – 9:30 PM📍 A Beautiful Mess Arnhem\, Oude Oeverstraat 98 \n\nYour ticket includes dinner\, so come hungry!   \n\nTickets will be available here soon. Keep an eye on this page for tickets and join us at the next Connection Café.
URL:https://abeautifulmess.nl/en/event/connection-cafe-4/
LOCATION:A Beautiful Mess Arnhem\, Rozet\, Kortestraat 16\, 6811 EP Arnhem\, Netherlands
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SUMMARY:Connection Cafe
DESCRIPTION:Connection Cafe x de Niemanders \n\n\n\nConnection Café and Café Habibi are teaming up for a special evening of stories\, spoken word\, live music\, food\, and connection\, bringing together people from many different backgrounds. Food from different countries\, prepared by our AZC community.  \n\n\n\n📅 Sunday\, November 14\, 2026🕠 5:30 PM – 9:30 PM📍 A Beautiful Mess Amsterdam\, Oosterdokskade 227 \n\n\n\nYour ticket includes dinner\, so come hungry!   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets\n\n                \n                        \n                             \n                        \n                        Name(Required)\n                            \n                            \n                                                    First\n                                                    \n                                                \n                            \n                            \n                                                            Last\n                                                            \n                                                        \n                            \n                        Email address(Required)\n                            \n                        Tickets Quantity(Required)\n					\n					\n						Price:\n						17\,50 €\n					\n					\n					 Quantity \n				Total\n							\n						\n         Submit
URL:https://abeautifulmess.nl/en/event/connection-cafe-3/
LOCATION:A Beautiful Mess Oosterdok\, Oosterdokskade 227\, Amsterdam\, 1011 DL\, Netherlands
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SUMMARY:A special dinner event with Chef Sami Tamimi
DESCRIPTION:Mouneh | In Stock: A Special Dinner with Chef Sami Tamimi\n\n\n\nPreserving Palestinian Flavors\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSAVE THE DATE!\n\n\n\nA Beautiful Mess is honored to host renowned chef Sami Tamimi. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInspired by the tradition of Mouneh (المونة) from the Shaam \n\n\n\nregion (historic Palestine\, Jordan\, Lebanon\, and Syria)—chef \n\n\n\nTamimi celebrates the art of cooking from the pantry\, also known as \n\n\n\nMouneh. We’ll experience and enjoy this  \n\n\n\nArt dating back thousands of years\, with Tamimi’s contemporary touch. \n\n\n\nThe Mouneh tradition is deeply rooted in the preservation of knowledge\, \n\n\n\nfamily recipes\, love\, and memories. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Dinner Experience\n\n\n\nChef Sami Tamimi has developed a special six-course vegetarian menu inspired by his cookbook *Boustany*\, creating individual recipes for each course.   \n\n\n\nTamimi will be hands-on in the kitchen in Amsterdam for every step\, herb\, and stir. He will guide us through a menu centered on Mouneh\, preservation techniques\, seasonality\, and specialty ingredients\, highlighting each course along with its background and stories.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGuests will discover: \n\n\n\n\nAuthentic flavors paired with fine wines and non-alcoholic beverages\n\n\n\nHistoric preservation techniques\n\n\n\nThe culinary relationship between food\, the seasons\, and the land\n\n\n\nStories of the Mouneh family\, traditions\, heritage\, and migration\n\n\n\nThe Revival of Pantry Cooking\n\n\n\nSimilarities between the Shaam region and Amsterdam’s diverse cultures\n\n\n\nThe Joy of Eating Together\n\n\n\nChef Tamimi’s Delicious Signature Cuisine\n\n\n\n\nThrough Sami’s perspective\, the evening builds a bridge between the culinary traditions of the Al Sham region and Amsterdam’s diverse audience\, demonstrating how food preservation connects cultures around the world. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Chef Sami Tamimi\n\n\n\nChef Sami Tamimi is a Palestinian chef\, restaurateur\, and cookbook author known for sharing the flavors and stories of Palestinian cuisine and the broader culinary traditions of the Shaam region with audiences around the world. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBorn in East Jerusalem\, Sami’s cooking is deeply rooted in the \n\n\n\ntraditions of his homeland\, combining authentic flavors with a \n\n\n\ncontemporary approach to hospitality. He is the co-author of the  \n\n\n\nthe internationally acclaimed cookbook *Jerusalem*\, which won the \n\n\n\nIACP Cookbook of the Year award in 2013 and received the James Beard Award for International Cookbook in 2013. He is also the co-author of *Falastin*\,  \n\n\n\nA celebrated cookbook that explores the richness\, history\, and diversity of Palestinian cuisine \n\n\n\nculture. Sami’s latest solo cookbook\, *Boustany*\, published in 2025\, was shortlisted for the  \n\n\n\nGuild of Food Writers Awards 2026 and named one of the best cookbooks of 2025 by The \n\n\n\nThe New York Times.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThrough his work\, Sami highlights the importance of food as a means of connection \n\n\n\nplace\, memory\, and community. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets & Add-ons\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n€135 | Six-course menu + non-alcoholic pairing\n\n\n\n\n\n€165 | Six-course menu + wine pairing\n\n\n\n\n\nAdd-on (€35) | Signed copy of *Boustany* by Chef Sami Tamimi\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                \n                        X/TwitterThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.Six-course menu + non-alcoholic pairing Quantity\n					\n					\n						Price:\n						135\,00 €\n					\n					\n					 Quantity \n				Six-course menu + wine pairing Quantity\n					\n					\n						Price:\n						165\,00 €\n					\n					\n					 Quantity \n				Signed copy of *Boustany* by Chef Sami Tamimi Quantity\n					\n					\n						Price:\n						35\,00 €\n					\n					\n					 Quantity \n				NameEmail address(Required)\n                            \n                        Total\n							\n						\n         Sign In \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n        \n                        \n                        \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore information about the menu\, wine pairings\, non-alcoholic drinks\, and the full itinerary for the evening will be available soon. For now\, save the date and reserve your seat!  We look forward to sharing this special evening with you.
URL:https://abeautifulmess.nl/en/event/a-special-dinner-event-with-chef-sami-tamimi/
LOCATION:A Beautiful Mess Oosterdok\, Oosterdokskade 227\, Amsterdam\, 1011 DL\, Netherlands
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SUMMARY:Connection Cafe
DESCRIPTION:Connection Café is for people in Arnhem from different backgrounds who are curious to learn more about each other. During the monthly evenings at A Beautiful Mess on the ground floor of Rozet\, there’s room for storytelling\, live music\, shared food\, and conversations that don’t necessarily have to lead anywhere\, but can be where something begins.  \n\nThe goal is to build connections among people from different countries and cultures who live in Arnhem. \n\n📅 Sunday\, December 6\, 2026🕠 5:30 PM – 9:30 PM📍 A Beautiful Mess Arnhem\, Oude Oeverstraat 98 \n\nYour ticket includes dinner\, so come hungry!   \n\nTickets will be available here soon. Check back on this page for tickets and join us at the next Connection Café.
URL:https://abeautifulmess.nl/en/event/connection-cafe-5/
LOCATION:A Beautiful Mess Arnhem\, Rozet\, Kortestraat 16\, 6811 EP Arnhem\, Netherlands
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