The Dutch ship Bark Europa will visit Chicago as part of the Tall Ships Chicago event.

Rembrandt van Rijn is universally known as one of the greatest painters of the 17th century’s Dutch Golden Age. This exhibition will feature eight paintings created by Rembrandt and his students that feature the presumed visage of Jesus. Also included are more than 50 related paintings, prints and drawings that will examine the religious, historic and artistic significance of the core eight works. This exhibition is organized by the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Musée du Louvre, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This is a ticketed exhibition.

For Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669), the greatest painter, draftsman and printmaker of the Dutch Golden Age, the portrayal of biblical themes was a central preoccupation and one through which the artist introduced challenging innovations. The boldest of these came in mid-career, when Rembrandt introduced a radical shift in the traditional image of Jesus that was based on conventions that reached back to antiquity.

This exhibition brings together a group of lively moralizing prints created between 1550 and 1600 in Antwerp and Haarlem, the two major print-publishing centers in the Low Countries. Both sobering and satirical, prints of this type were popular best-sellers, offering both moral instruction and visual delight to a newly expanded audience of educated Dutch and Flemish consumers. Familiar stories from the Bible, tales from Greek and Roman mythology, depictions of contemporary events, and scenes of everyday life all found favor with collectors.

Koolhaas HouseLife examines the daily life of one of the masterpieces of contemporary architecture of recent years: The House in Bordeaux, designed in 1998 by Rem Koolhaas / OMA. Unlike most movies about architecture, this feature focuses less on explaining the building and its virtuosity than on letting the viewer experience the daily intimacy of an architectural icon. (France, 2008, 58 min. French with English subtitles. Dirs: Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine).

Peter Rose will be the after-dinner speaker for the Annual (Fundraising) dinner of the Rhinebeck Historical Society; Rhinecliff Hotel, Rhinecliff, NY

The Forgotten Holidays; the lecture explains the practices brought here by the Dutch settlers in the 17th century that had a lasting impact on American life. (Sponsored by the NY Council for the Humanities.)

The Influence of the Dutch on the American Kitchen; the talk explores the food ways brought to America by the Dutch more than 300 years ago and the way these foods (and customs) were adapted to the new circumstances.

Based on the enormous success of the program in 2005, it is time to look at additional details and research conducted since then. Again, we take a close look at "Dutch" or lowland houses and outbuildings in New Jersey and New York State. We also examine the Dutch culture and spend time explaining how people lived and worked within these amazing structures.

Dutch comedian Dirk Denoyelle will visit Washington DC