Entertainment tips

to wed. 19:00 and 22:00 (except sun 22:00); An all-star ensemble cast of Hollywood movie stars in a slick remake of a 1960s Rat Pack (Sinatra, Martin, et al) film set in a casino. All good-looking shining surfaces with no substance, like the movies’ stars themselves.

Apollo

Tel. (015) 2123251

The Lord of the Rings, thurs. 20:00, fri, mon to wed. 22:00, fri also at 18:00, mon to wed. also at 14:00, sat 14:00, 18:00 and 22:00, sun 21:45; The long-awaited, much-anticipated, hugely hyped film of Tolkien’s fantasy classic. Fantasy lovers across the world rejoice. But can the director deliver the goods to the book%s demanding fans?

A Beautiful Mind, thurs to wed. 21:30, Russel Crowe stars as a brilliant scientist who overcomes schizophrenia to win the Nobel Prize.

The Discovery of Heaven, sun. 14.00; Based on the novel by Dutch writer Harry Mulisch, quintessential Englishman Stephen Fry stars as a Dutch guy caught in a bizarre love triangle involving a little boy, his best friend and a comatose woman. Oh, and all those difficult questions’ like, say, what’s the meaning life and the universe, are apparently answered

Music

Speakers

Tel. (015) 2124446

Beatsclub, Nineties Party, fri. 23:00; Experience Speakers, sat. 23:00; Salsa Sunday, sun. 20:00; Studium Generale: Kosmologie by G. Schilling, mon. 20:15; Videolab: Shreck, tues. 21:00.

Koornbeurs

Tel. (015) 2124742

Triangle, dance, fri. 23:00; Underground, alternative disco, sat. 22:00.

Paard Op Hol

Tel. (070) 3601838

Crime Jazz: Words, poetry and beyond, tues. 20:00; Live: Millionaire, fri. 21:30, euro 8,-; Live: It takes 2, fri. 24:00; Live: Ex-Girl, sat. 21:30, euro 7,-; STPS & TRCKS, sat. 24:00, euro 5,-.

Rotown

Tel. (010) 4362642

Live: Djoloff, fri., euro 5,-; Live: Carribean Late Night Session, sun.; Comedy Night, tues. 21:00.

Cultureel Centrum Mekelweg 10

Tel. (015) 2783988

Krashna Musica: ‘Old Music’, Bach, Händel, Vivaldi and Chopin, sun. 15:00.

Exhibitions

Techniek Museum .

Ezelsveldlaan 61 % Tel. (015) 2138311

De Stem, interactive exhibition for children and other curious people, until 31 March; Dynamic force and workshop machines, permanent; Van Telraam to Chip, permanent; Holography, permanent; NMi Museum Department of Weights and Measures: the development of fixedmeasurements, permanent.

Legermuseum . .

Korte Geer 1 % Tel. (015) 2150500

Music, War and Peace, 28 sept. to april 1 2002;Military history of the Netherlands and the Royal House of Orange, permanent collection of weapons, clothes, harnesses, paintings.

Volkenkundig Museum Nusantara

St Agathaplein 4 % Tel. (015) 2602358

Permanent collection detailing the Netherlands Indies and Indonesia.

Het Prinsenhof .

St Agathaplein 1 % Tel. (015) 2602358

Panorama of Delft, paintings and drawings by Aart Houtman.

Paintings and tools in the city history, artistic expression and art, permanent.

Haags Gemeentemuseum .

Stadhouderslaan 41, The Hague % Tel. (070) 3381111

Auke de Vries: Costume design for the Friesian army, until November 12. Delfts under the magnifying glass, pottery from the period 1600-1850 and contemporary art from Hella Jongerius, 22 sept. to 7th April 2002.

Museon

Tel. (070) 3381338

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2001, until February 3.

Nai

Rotterdam – Tel. (010) 4401200

Clip City: space, architecture and the city in music video’s, from 26 jan.

Terra Keramiek

Tel. (015) 2147072

La Porcelaine Biomorphique by Pauline Wiertz, until March 16

Culture agenda

Film

Delfia

Binnenwatersloot 1 – Tel (015)2123855

Ocean’s Eleven, thurs. to wed. 19:00 and 22:00 (except sun 22:00); An all-star ensemble cast of Hollywood movie stars in a slick remake of a 1960s Rat Pack (Sinatra, Martin, et al) film set in a casino. All good-looking shining surfaces with no substance, like the movies’ stars themselves.