Thursday the 23rd of August marks the start of the ten-day Noorderzon Performing Arts Festival in the beautiful Noorderplantsoen park. Thanks to the University of Groningen (UG), young and old will leave this popular, international festival feeling a great deal smarter than when they arrived.
The UG and a number of partners are offering three children’s lectures, a Science LinX lab, a VR experience, three academic lectures and the healthiest day and spot at the entire Noorderzon Festival. The perfect opportunity to brush up on your knowledge free of charge or for a small fee.
ACTIE ←→ REACTION lab by Science LinX
Science LinX is celebrating ten years as the UG’s science centre. And it is doing so with an ACTION ←→ REACTION Lab in the Oberon Tent from 23 to 27 August that is packed to the brim with science. Newton’s third law says that for every ACTION there is an equivalent REACTION. Create unusual shapes with mad ferro fluids and magnets. Make non-Newtonian cornflour slime dance. Discover how cosmic particles collide. Build chain reactions and play with chemical reactions in the molecular cooking workshop; experiment and see for yourself what is cause and what is effect!
Come and get your fix of science at three quick-fire lectures and spring into ACTION in the workshops and First Aid Post for Research Questions. For times and fees see the Noorderzon website or come to the Oberon Tent on the playing field.
Virtual Reality in perspective in the Horatio Tent
The UG’s very own inter-Faculty VR and AR hub! Thanks to virtual reality, augmented reality & mixed reality, computers can enhance reality with practical, fascinating and sometimes even healing virtual images. André Rosendaal will tell you all about the latest developments in a lecture (€3 p.p.) on Tuesday 28 August featuring examples from education, research, health, society and art. The installations are free of charge in the afternoon (2-6 pm). Step into the VR world of classical music, for example.
Lectures for children
Every year, the UG holds its Children’s University at Noorderzon, with three fun lectures for kids. For just €3 p.p., 8 to 12-year-olds and their parents can take a seat in the Horatio Tent on Kerklaan from 2.30-3.15 pm.
29 augustus: Healthy ageing at Noorderzon
Use pedal power to make your own smoothie . Go Zen with the Noorderzon salutation. Discover what it’s like to be old. For one day only, the UG/UMCG in association with the municipality of Groningen, Hanze UAS, the Healthy Ageing Network and Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health will transform the Horatio Tent into the happiest, healthiest place at the entire Noorderzon Festival. Or visit Kees van Veen’s Stralend 100! exhibition. He took photos of ten people between 6 and 101 years of age, who are searching in their own way for health and happiness. At 8 pm, there will be two presentations about happy and healthy ageing.
Studium Generale
Can’t wait for lectures to begin in September? Studium Generale is offering three academic lectures at the Noorderzon Festival. Admission: €7.50 p.p.
- 30 Aug. Micha de Winter: Raising children in hope and optimism
- 31 Aug. Hans Aarsman: Dr Aarsman refines your analytical ability (sold out)
- 1 Sept. Ruben Terlou: China through the eyes of Ruben Terlou (sold out)
The 28th edition of the Noorderzon Festival is from Thursday 23 August to Sunday 2 September 2018. The full programme, including information about locations and times, can be found on www.noorderzon.nl.
Source: University of Groningen
