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(English below) Zondag 17 Mei van 17:00 tot 19:00 is het woonspreekuur en BPW Utrecht vergadering bij de Voorkamer, Kanaalstraat 225! Heb je problemen met je verhuurder? Wil je meer weten over de woonstrijd? Is je huur te duur? Organiseer jezelf samen met andere huurders en Bond Precaire Woonvormen Utrecht ✊ Ben je ook woedend over de huurverhoging? Ook voor vragen rondom de actiecampagne Wij Weigeren de Huurverhoging kun je hier terecht. Tot snel! English: Sunday 17 may at 17:00 until 19:00 is the housing advice hour and BPW Utrecht meeting at de Voorkamer, Kanaalstraat 225! Do you have problems with your landlord? Do you want to know more about housing struggles? Is your rent too expensive? Organise yourself together with your other tenants and Bond Precaire Woonvormen Utrecht ✊ Also angry about the rent increases? You can also join for questions about the action campaign "Wij Weigeren de Huurverhoging" See you soon!

(English below) ✨ Yallah Sabaya - Dansavond ✨ Kom langs voor een gezellige avond vol beweging, muziek en verbinding 💃 Yallah Sabaya is een dansfeest speciaal voor vrouwen en vrouw-identificerende personen. Inschrijving is niet nodig. Goede vibes; een open en veilige plek voor vrouwen Tot op de dansvloer! 🔥 📅 Vrijdag 29 mei 🕑 19:30 - 21:00 📍BAK Basecamp Pauwstraat 13A, 3512 TG Utrecht ✨ Yallah Sabaya – Dance Night ✨ Join us for a fun evening of movement, music, and connection 💃 Yallah Sabaya is a dance party created especially for women-identifying individuals. No sign up is required. Good vibes; Open, welcoming space for women See you on the dance floor!🔥 📅 Friday 29 May 🕑 19:30 - 21:00 📍BAK Basecamp Pauwstraat 13A, 3512 TG Utrecht

(English Below) 🌿Hallo allemaal! 🌿 Volgende week hebben we bij De Voorkamer een leuke mix van activiteiten: tekenen en koffie, taaluitwisseling en een speciale linoworkshop bij SOUK! 💫 Meld je aan voor de linoworkshop bij SOUK op 23 mei. Aanmelden kan via de link in onze bio. ✨ We kijken ernaar uit jullie te ontmoeten! ✨ ____ 🌿Hello everyone! 🌿 Next week at De Voorkamer, we have a fun mix of activities: drawing and coffee, language exchange and a special lino edition at SOUK ! 💫 Sign up for the activity - Lino Workshop at SOUK on the May 23rd Sign up via the link in bio ✨ We look forward to connecting together! ✨

Come join us on Sunday, 30 May, from 14:00 to 17:00, for a creative mapping session with queer migrant communities. In this workshop, participants will be invited to map their experiences of visibility and safety, reflecting on how different spaces across the city and beyond shape the way they feel, move and express their bodies. Think of the last time you walked into a room and immediately felt tension in your body. What was it in that space that made you feel this way: was it the way someone looked at you, the atmosphere, the energy in the room, the sounds around you? How safe did you feel there, and how visible did you allow your queerness to be? And what about spaces that feel like home, places that seem to hold and comfort us? What makes them feel so caring and safe? How do our bodies and expressions change in those environments, and what kind of space allows us to be vulnerable? Together, we will create a collective map of our everyday experiences of space. We will look at how we move through different environments, and notice the often unseen emotional work of reading and scanning spaces for safety that queer people do on a daily basis. In doing so, we will reflect on how gender and sexuality are not fixed identities, but can shift in form and expression depending on where we are and how we feel in our bodies. 🗓 Date: Saturday, 30 May 2026 ⏰ Time: 14:00 – 17:00 📍 Location: De Voorkamer, Kanaalstraat 225, 3531 CJ Utrecht 🗣️ Language: English (translation support may be available if needed) 🔗 Spots are limited, so registration is required. To join, please sign up via the link in bio. ___ Bodies in Space is part of Queer Cartographies – a series of mapping workshops for queer migrants exploring the inner and outer spaces of vulnerability, solidarity, and belonging. The series is an initiative by artist and researcher Ilya Genov and is co-hosted by De Voorkamer, Casco Art Institute, and BAK Basecamp. Poster design: @turboghadab

(English below) Op woensdag 20 mei van 14:00 tot 15:30 (tijdens onze Community Open Uren) verkennen we samen de multiculturele samenleving in de tekenworkshop 'De Rol van Betekenis' bij De Voorkamer. Wat betekent het om samen te leven in een diverse stad? Tijdens deze workshop gaan we hierover in gesprek — niet alleen met woorden, maar ook met beelden. Samen tekenen, luisteren en ontdekken we. Je hoeft niet goed te kunnen tekenen om mee te doen. Deze workshop wordt begeleid door @hethuisvanbetekenis . 📅 Woensdag 20 mei 2026 🕑 14:00 – 15:30 📍 De Voorkamer, Kanaalstraat 225, Utrecht - On Wednesday, 20 May from 14:00 to 15:30 (during our Community Open Hours), we will explore multicultural society together through drawing and conversation during the workshop 'De Rol van Betekenis' at De Voorkamer. What does it mean to live together in a diverse city? In this workshop, we will reflect on this question not only through words, but also through images. Together, we will draw, listen, and discover. You do not need any drawing experience to participate. This workshop is hosted by @hethuisvanbetekenis . 📅 Wednesday, 20 May 2026 🕑 14:00 – 15:30 📍 De Voorkamer, Kanaalstraat 225, Utrecht

This Saturday the 16th, @hoogland.eva & @k.iel will be performing their collab work for the first time at @devoorkamerproject 🦉 Learn more and get your tickets at the link in bio.

(English below) ✨ Ontdek de kunst van de linosnede bij SOUK ✨ Doe mee aan onze speciale, kindvriendelijke linosnede-workshop. Maak je eigen ansichtkaarten met voorgesneden linosnede-ontwerpen met symbolen en afbeeldingen geïnspireerd op de sfeer van een souk, een traditionele Arabische openluchtmarkt. Je drukt met linoplaten die speciaal zijn ontworpen door @ler__oy van De Voorkamer's Lino Group. Deze workshop vindt plaats tijdens @souk_utrecht , een cultureel festival dat de rijkdom van de WANA-regio viert met een ambachtsmarkt, kunst, culinaire ervaringen, een podiumprogramma, workshops, een kinderprogramma en optredens. Met verschillende kleuren en inkten kunnen kinderen experimenteren en de magie van de linosnede ontdekken. Geen eerdere ervaring vereist 🎨🌿 🗓️ Datum: zaterdag 23 mei 🕓 Tijd: 16:00 - 17:00 📍 Locatie: RAUM Utrecht - Berlijnplein 530 💌 Ticketprijs: €6 (om materiaal- en begeleidingskosten te helpen dekken), bestel je ticket via de link in bio ___ ✨ Discover the art of linocut printing at SOUK ✨ Join us for a special child-friendly lino workshop edition. Create your own postcards using pre-carved linocut designs with symbols and images inspired by the atmosphere of a souk, a traditional Arabic outdoor market. You’ll print with lino plates specially designed by @ler__oy from De Voorkamer’s Lino Group. This workshop will take place during @souk_utrecht , a culture festival celebrating the riches of the WANA region with an artisan market, art, culinary experiences, stage program, workshops, kids program, and performances. Using different colours and inks, children can experiment and discover the magic of linocut printmaking. No previous experience needed 🎨🌿 🗓️ Date: Saturday 23 May 🕓 Time: 16:00 - 17:00 📍 Location: RAUM Utrecht - Berlijnplein 530 💌 Participation fee: €6 (to help cover material and facilitation costs), get your ticket via the link in bio

(Deze lezing wordt in het Engels gegeven. Daarom is de onderstaande tekst in het Engels.) Join us for Reading Feminism: on the 17th of May there will be the second of the three lectures on feminist reproductive politics! We will read the chapter New Feminist Biopolitics in Ultra-low-fertility East Asia, by Huang & Wu, from the book Making Kin Not Population. The lecture series by Reading Feminism experiments with reclaiming academic forms of learning with reference to their historical origins. We propose lectures and seminar as forms of community cultivation inside a cultural community center. We also aim to give credence to feminist scholars' work and the value of their writings for feminist lives and feminist literacy outside universities confines. This specific series' theme advances three different texts that inspire alternatives to (colonial) government monopolies on how humans can and should have intimate relationships and reproduce. This time we will go to East Asia! Free walk in. Reading in advance is not required and stupid questions are encouraged. If you any questions, message Nima +31 6 42847075. 🗓 Date: Sunday, 17 May 2026 ⏲ Time: 18:00 - 21:00 📍Location: De Voorkamer, Kanaalstraat 225, Utrecht

(Dit evenement wordt in het Engels georganiseerd, daarom is de onderstaande tekst in het Engels) This Sunday, 10 May, from 11:00 to 16:00 (incl. lunch), De Voorkamer is hosting a special training: Embodying Conflict – Theatre, Movement and Play! 🤼💬🎭 At De Voorkamer, we aim to create a safe(r) space where we can learn together how to navigate misunderstandings and conflicts as they arise. In this training, we’ll come together to experiment with improvisation and Theatre of the Oppressed exercises, explore our own patterns and vulnerabilities in moments of conflict, and play with scenarios around boundaries and cultural differences — all within a supportive and playful environment. The session will be facilitated by two members of De Voorkamer community, Fiona and Amaia, who bring experience in conflict transformation, Nonviolent Communication (NVC), and creative facilitation. 📅 Date: Sunday, 10 May 2026 🕑 Time: 11:00–16:00 (incl. lunch) 📍Location: De Voorkamer, Kanaalstraat 225, Utrecht 🔗 Sign up is required, please register via the link in bio! Looking forward to seeing you there 💚

(English Below) 🌸 Hallo allemaal! 🌸 Volgende week hebben we bij De Voorkamer een leuke mix van activiteiten: Straffe Koffie, origami-workshop, cultuurschok en meer! Meld je aan voor de activiteit Cultuurschok op de 16e 🎵 Aanmelden kan via de link in bio ☀️ We kijken ernaar uit jullie te ontmoeten! ☀️ ____ 🌸 Hello everyone! 🌸 Next week at De Voorkamer, we have a fun mix of activities: Straffe Koffie , origami workshop, culture shock and more ! Sign up for the activity - Culture Shock on the 16th 🎵 Sign up via the link in bio ☀️ We look forward to connecting together! ☀️

May 9 fundraiser in solidarity with Iran & Lebanon Colored Qollective × De Voorkamer × BAK Basecamp art, film, food, performance, music, and mutual aid 🫂doors 13:00 · welcome words 13.30 💚afternoon {14:00–16:00} Sazmanab with @museumofsohrab , and weaving with @aisha_line_ {14:00–16:00} Queer showcase with Safe(r) Space {16:00–18:00} Zine station with @oldfriendinc 💛film screenings {all afternoon} We Are All for the Fatherland, A Girl Gazing Fragment #5 by Fatima Joumaa, End of empire Ep.7, Iran: The land of religions + discussion by Emily {18:00-19:00} dinner by @hetrodekeukentje 🤍evening {19:00-22:00} Resurrection by @niloofar.fouladi13 (⚠ nudity) Storytelling with @almahabba_huis {20:00–22:00} Dj sets by @sign.uh ,Ash and Soh ❤️‍🔥 Free entry · sign up & donate in CQ's linktree 📍 BAK Basecamp, Utrecht 📎 Graphic design by @roxettecapriles 🖤 Come through

📣 Attention community! A very special announcement! This Sunday, 10 May, from 14:00 to 18:00, you have a unique chance to tune in to @strandedfm and listen to five special radio shows created by the soon-to-be graduates of De Voorkamer Radio course. Over the past few weeks, participants of the course, co-organised by De Voorkamer and Stranded FM, have been following a beginner-level training in radio-making. They’ve been learning how to create their own radio broadcasts, from scriptwriting and interview techniques to hands-on experience with studio equipment, music selection, and teamwork. Check out the schedule in the carousel and tune in to Stranded FM this Sunday to support our community members on air! 🎧 📻