Coming up Soon: Tell me a story, bring your sketchbook and rally your spouse

A round up of upcoming community events

Copenhagen Theatre Circle’s ‘Open Stage’ event welcomes performers of all genres – poets, storytellers, stand-up comedians, singers, dancers, clowns, musicians, magicians etc – to try out in front of an audience. If you wish to come along and watch, just turn up. (Café Cadeau, HC Ørsteds Vej 28, Frederiksberg; Fri Nov 21; 18:30-21:00; sign up at openstage@ctcircle.dk)


Are you an accompanying spouse in pursuit of a career and residing in Copenhagen? Then Copenhagen career program would like to invite you to an information meeting to help you out! (International House, Gyldenløvesgade 11, 2nd floor, Cph V; Fri Nov 21, 12:00-14:30; at cphcareerprogram@bif.kk.dk by Nov 19)


Copenhagen Theatre Circle is looking for storytellers to audition to be part of a new storytelling event provisionally entitled ’Tell Me a Story’, which will include scenic and multimedia elements to reinforce the theme of the stories (Café Cadeau, HC Ørsteds Vej 28, Frederiksberg; Sat Nov 22, 13:00-15:00)


’How to ace interviews Danish-style’ is a free networking event for internationals! Take part in the 11th Career Evening for internationals, hosted by the Copenhagen Language Center (Copenhagen Language Center, Flæsketorvet 60, Cph V; Wed Nov 26, 17:00-19:30)


 Henning Christophersen, a chairman of a European Commission working group, is the guest speaker at the New Large EU Infrastructure Programme (Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Hammerichsgade 1, Cph V; Fri Nov 21, 11:45)


Cafe Retro will play host to an art workshop and invite you to “drop by with your sketchbook, an open mind and a blossoming urge for creative expression!” (Cafe Retro, Knabrostræde 26, Cph K; Sun Nov 23, 12:00-16:00) 




  • Diplomatic tensions between US and Denmark after spying rumors

    Diplomatic tensions between US and Denmark after spying rumors

    A Wall Street Journal article describes that the US will now begin spying in Greenland. This worries the Danish foreign minister, who wants an explanation from the US’s leading diplomat. Greenlandic politicians think that Trump’s actions increase the sense of insecurity

  • Diplomacy meets Westeros: a dinner with the King, Queen – and Jaime Lannister

    Diplomacy meets Westeros: a dinner with the King, Queen – and Jaime Lannister

    What do King Frederik X, Queen Mary, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, and Jaime Lannister have in common? No, this isn’t the start of a very specific Shakespeare-meets-HBO fanfiction — it was just Wednesday night in Denmark

  • Huge boost to halt dropouts from vocational education

    Huge boost to halt dropouts from vocational education

    For many years, most young people in Denmark have preferred upper secondary school (Gymnasium). Approximately 20 percent of a year group chooses a vocational education. Four out of 10 young people drop out of a vocational education. A bunch of millions aims to change that

  • Beloved culture house saved from closure

    Beloved culture house saved from closure

    At the beginning of April, it was reported that Kapelvej 44, a popular community house situated in Nørrebro, was at risk of closing due to a loss of municipality funding

  • Mette Frederiksen: “If you harm the country that is hosting you, you shouldn’t be here at all”

    Mette Frederiksen: “If you harm the country that is hosting you, you shouldn’t be here at all”

    With reforms to tighten the rules for foreigners in Denmark without legal residency, and the approval of a reception package for internationals working in the care sector, internationals have been under the spotlight this week. Mette Frederiksen spoke about both reforms yesterday.

  • Tolerated, but barely: inside Denmark’s departure centers

    Tolerated, but barely: inside Denmark’s departure centers

    Currently, around 170 people live on “tolerated stay” in Denmark, a status for people who cannot be deported but are denied residency and basic rights. As SOS Racisme draws a concerning picture of their living conditions in departure centers, such as Kærshovedgård, they also suggest it might be time for Denmark to reinvent its policies on deportation

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