[Dutch in America.com] Newsletter March & April 2010

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Dutch in America.com newsletter, March & April 2010

This is our bi-monthly newsletter with news for the Dutch-American community. In this issue:

- A selection of our articles
- Events for March and April 2010
- Colofon/contact information

A selection of our articles

We carried a great interview with a Dutch immigrant last week: "Dutch street organ in New Jersey. Many Dutch immigrants to the United States bring with them memories and items from home. Few will bring a 2,600 pound, car-sized street organ, as Johanna Vander Heijden did." Read her story.

Two new historical exhibitions in New York: "Excavated Dutch artifacts on display" and "Ships, Explorers and the World Trade Center".

Book reviews: "Tecumseh TenSee", a Dutch-American children's book, and "Observations of a Celebration NL & NY 2009", a review of the NY400 celebrations last year.

Dutch food: Danku in New York closed it doors in January. We visited the thriving The Dutch Epicure Shop and Bakery in Connecticut

Our correspondent in the Netherlands visited Geert Snoeijer's photo exhibition on New York's Holland Society.

Legal news: the Dutch consulate in California moved to San Francisco and the Dutch citizenship law is being reformed. In the United States, the Census 2010 is starting soon.

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Events for March and April 2010

Here are the upcoming events of interest to the Dutch-American community. More details on
http://www.dutchinamerica.com/events

- Lectures by Boris Dittrich (03/14/2010, Berkeley, CA)
- Annual General Meeting Netherlands Club (03/16/2010 - 6:30pm, New York, NY)
- Historical Society of Red Hook: Janny Venema on Hudson Valley Records Before 1664 (03/17/2010 - 7:30pm, Red Hook, NY)
- Rijsttafel Holland-America Club (03/19/2010 - 7:00pm, Dallas, TX)
- Netherlands American Society annual meeting (03/20/2010, Paramount, CA)
- Museum tour: 'The Old Waterfront in New Amsterdam' (03/20/2010 - 10:00am - 1:00pm, New York, NY)
- Opening Day Lecture: Hendrik Avercamp: The Little Ice Age (03/21/2010 - 2:00pm, Washington, DC)
- Unveiling new 17th century paintings in the Dutch Galleries (03/27/2010 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm, Holland, MI)
- Rijsttafel DCDutch at Dutch Embassy (03/27/2010 - 6:00pm, Washington, DC)
- NAADV Annual Meeting (03/28/2010, Treddyffrin, PA)
- Dutch Masters of Music program (04/07/2010 - 8:00pm, New York, NY)
- Pannekoeken in het Park (04/11/2010 - 10:00am - 1:00pm, Scottsdale, AZ)
- The NAF Awards Dinner (04/16/2010, Arlington, VA)
- Dutch American Friendship Day 2010 (04/19/2010, , )
- 25th Annual Tulip Fest (03/24/2010 - 04/24/2010, Woodburn, OR)
- NAADV Koninginnedag (04/25/2010 - 2:00pm, Swarthmore, PA)
- Woodland Tulip Festival 2010 (04/03/2010 - 04/30/2010, Woodland, WA)
- The Netherlands featured in Elizabethtown Public Library (04/01/2010 - 04/30/2010, Elizabethtown, PA)
- Queen's Day Reception Dutch Embassy (04/30/2010 - 7:30pm, Washington, DC)
- Queen's Day Van Wickle House (05/01/2010 - 11:00am - 4:00pm, Somerset, NJ)
- Netherlands-American Association of Minnesota at Festival of Nations (04/29/2010 - 05/02/2010, Saint Paul, MN)

Colofon

We provide English language news for the Dutch-American community. Topics that we cover include Dutch-American cultural events and current affairs. We provide an unique Dutch-American perspective to the news articles we carry. We always welcome your contributions. If you have tips or scoops please let us know!

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