Venues
Café Congo
1A rue de la Petite Ile, 1070 BrusselsCafe Congo invites you to (re)consider the current Belgo-Congolese relations and to enter an artistic way of thinking that stays connected to the world.
CINEMATEK
Baron Hortastreet 9, 1000 BrusselsIn the heart of the Palais des Beaux-Arts designed by Victor Horta and in Studio Agnès Varda of FLAGEY, the projectors light up every day to show the films preserved by the Royal Belgian Film Archive. With 3000 screenings per year, film history can be discovered through retrospectives, festivals, meetings, previews, seminars, conferences …
The Crazy Circle
Rue du Prince Royal 11, 1050 BrusselsFormerly a rum bar, this place was taken over in 2019 by a couple of women with plans to turn it into a lesbian bar open to the entire LGBTQI+ Community and their allies.
La Bellone
Rue de Flandre 46 – 1000 BrusselsLa Bellone is a place of research and reflection, which is dedicated to the proces of creation, a tool for performing artists and all those interested in the making of scenic writings.
La Doyenne
Rue du Doyenné 35A, 1180 UccleLa Doyenne is a participatory bike workshop, 100% managed and held by women, in which you can find tools and advice for the maintenance and repair of your bikes
Muntpunt
Pl. de la Monnaie 6, 1000 BrusselsMuntpunt is a library, a house full of information, a meeting point and your window onto Brussels. It’s an initiative of the Flemish Community, Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie (VGC) and the Flemish government.
Passa Porta
Rue Antoine Dansaertstraat 46, 1000 BrusselsThe international house of literature Passa Porta is a unique, multilingual meeting place. It is where readers meet writers from Belgium and abroad. It is where authors and translators have access to a stage or a workspace. Every two years the Passa Porta Festival celebrates Brussels as a city of literature with the arrival of hundreds of writers and artists.
RainbowHouse
Rue du Marché au Charbon 42, 1000 BrusselsThe Brussels RainbowHouse shelters various French- and Dutch-speaking LGBTQI (lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgenders, queers, intersexuals) organizations of the Brussels region. The RainbowHouse is a safe haven where LGBTQI persons and their friends can get information, enjoy a hearty welcome or simply meet up. Organizations, whether LGBTQI or non- LGBTQI unite in the RainbowHouse and organize numerous socio-cultural activities.
rile*
62 Rue des Commerçants,1000 Brusselsrile* is a bookshop and project space for publication and performance. rile* is into poetry, theory, choreography, artist writing and various other text based experiments. rile* organizes performances, meetings, launches, readings…
Programming partners
Elles Tournent/Dames Draaien
Elles Tournent promotes and enhances the work of women in the arts and cultural world in general and particularly in the audiovisual and media sectors. To this end, the association develops activities such as the creation and animation of socio-cultural events, festivals, exhibitions, workshops, conferences and artistic performances.
Girls Heart Brussels
Girls Heart Brussels invites you to explore Brussels from a female, queer, trans, and non binary perspective, with a focus on its lesbian and feminist initiatives. We’re eclectic in taste and highlight both the mainstream and the underground. We love art, fashion, food, clubbing and Brussels culture in general.
Midis de la Poésie
Founded in 1949 by Sara Huysmans and the poet Roger Bodart, the Midis de la Poésie begin their 73rd season. A good thousand sessions, on Tuesday lunchtime, and as many speakers as recitants captivated listeners in love with poetry and literature, both French and foreign.
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