Programme: Open Afternoon

When? Friday 16 May, 12 - 6 p.m.

Where? UB City Centre (Broerstraat 4, 9712 CP Groningen)

On 16 May, the UB marked its lustrum with a festive Open Afternoon filled with activities throughout the building. Look back at the programme!

12.00-13.00, 13:00-14:00, 14:00-15:00, 15:00-16:00, 16.00-17.00 Guided tour: Closed stacks
Starting point: Ground floor

12:30-13:30, 13:30-14:30, 14:30-15:30, 15:30-16:30 Guided tour: UB City Centre (incl. Special Collections and the Documentation Centre for Dutch Political Parties)
Starting point: Ground floor

12:30-14:00 Workshop: Waste to art: Kosmotroniks with Harry Arling
Location: 2nd floor

12:30-15:00 Board game Streektaalstrijd: Conquer the Netherlands and Flanders with regional languages (in Dutch)
Location: 4th floor coffee corner

12:00-12:30, 13:30-14:00, 14:30-15:00, 16:00-16:30 Pop-up library: Lustrum edition
Location: Ground floor

13:00-13:20 & 14:00-14:20 Dance performance by Groningen Student Dance Association AtaXia
Location: 1st floor

13:20-13:40 & 14:10-14:30 Music performance: The Martini Quartet (students of the Prince Claus Conservatoire): Mendelssohn’s Op. 13 and Mozart’s Divertimento in D major.
Location: 2nd floor study room

14:45-15:15 Reading group presentations by Literary Student Association Flanor (in English)
Location: 1st floor coffee corner

14.30-15.15 Music: Saint Germain des Prés
Location: 3rd floor

@photo: Nienke Maat
15:15-15:30 & 16:00-16:15 & 16:45-17:00 'Drie dichters in het archief': poetry with city poet, UG poet-in-residence & former UG poet-in-residence (in Dutch)
Location: 1st floor study room

15:30-16:00 Tereus: Theatre play by Classical Studies students (in Dutch)
Location: 3rd floor Jitta Room

15:30-16:00 Opening of the photo exhibition: Extra/terrestial: Biodiversity (in collaboration with the Green Office of the UG)
Location: 4th floor Tammes Room

Exhibition: Occupied, Resisted, Liberated: 80 years of freedom
Location: Ground & 3rd floors

Have a cup of tea with UB director Marjolein Nieboer
Location: 1st floor
coffee room

Walk in: Behind the scenes at Special Collections
Location: 3rd floor

Walk in: Behind the scenes at Documentation Centre for Political Parties (DNPP).
Location: 4th floor

And more:

Free books giveaway and Lost & Found table
Colouring for all ages
Humanity Hits

Dutch version Download the programme

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