Summer Festival of Consolation aims to make audiences laugh at current events: ‘The best joke hurts because it exposes something’

Darryl ‘Insayno’ was Haarlem’s city poet for two days until comments on slavery and the Holocaust surfaced: ‘My plans for Haarlem will remain in the vault forever’

Rapper Darryl Danchelo Osenga, known as Insayno, reflects on his brief two-day tenure as Haarlem's city poet in 2020, which ended due to controversy over past lyrics comparing slavery to the Holocaust. Following the incident, the city stopped appointing city poets, and Osenga is now moving forward with the release of a new double album.

'Wonder plant' back on display at the Hortus after 14 years: 'It is a living fossil'

Formula 1 flash auction at De Groene Ezel: Twenty collectibles to renovate front garden of Ons Huis Heemskerk Foundation: ‘You buy something nice and contribute to a good cause’

On Saturday, June 27, thrift store De Groene Ezel will hold a flash auction featuring twenty Formula 1 collectibles, such as signed posters and vintage t-shirts. All proceeds from the event will be donated to Stichting Ons Huis Heemskerk to fund the renovation of their front garden.

Music producer Clive Davis dies at 94, discoverer of Whitney Houston and Alicia Keys

American music producer Clive Davis dies at 94

Renowned American music producer and former record executive Clive Davis has passed away at the age of 94 in his New York home. His family confirmed his death to The New York Times following his hospitalization earlier this month for health issues.