ICE FESTIVAL
till 11 January 2008
Bruges holds its Snow & Ice Sculpture Festival with pieces sculpted from no less than 300,000 kilogrammes of crystal-clear ice and 400 tonnes of pure snow. The treasure-trove of icy masterpieces is a special thermal tent, where the temperature is kept at a constant -5 degrees C.

On the Station Square.
www.ijssculptuur.be

Cirque du Soleil: Quidam
till 21 December 2008

Quidam: a nameless passer-by, a solitary figure lingering on a street corner, a person rushing past. It could be anyone, anybody. Someone coming, going, living in our anonymous society. A member of the crowd, one of the silent majority. The one who cries out, sings and dreams within us all. This is the "quidam" that Cirque du Soleil is celebrating.

Under the Grand Chapiteau, at Brussels Kart Expo 

www.cirquedusoleil.com

Brussels Rhythm and Blues Club
13 December 2008

Brussels Rhythm and Blues Club will host, Men In Blue and The Witness, plus special guest Ferran Tarradellas Espuny. To get into the festive mood, come along to the Brussels Rhythm and Blues Club for an evening of non-stop live music with Men In Blue and The Witness.

www.brbc.be

That’s Opera
1 December 2008 - 30 March 2009

This exhibition leads visitors behind the scenes of 200 years of opera in Italy to experience opera as an emotional creative process, in which story, music, set design, costumes and performance converge to result in masterpiece. Tour & Taxis in Brussels to March 30.
Tour&Taxis
www.tourtaxis.be

Decolonizing Architecture
Ongoing till 4 January 2009

The Bethlehem/London based architectural collaboration of Sandi Hilal, Alessandro Petti and Eyal Weizman, uses a series of architectural proposals to open an arena of speculation about possible futures for Palestine. The exhibition deals with a fundamental question: how Israeli colonies and military bases the architecture of Israels domination could be reused, recycled or re-inhabited by Palestinians, at the moment it is unplugged from the military/political power that charges it.

A project by Sandi Hilal, Alessandro Petti, Eyal Weizman.

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Actually, I am someone
Ongoing till 4 January 2009
These portraits of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation were taken throughout the West Bank in July 2008. Offering up close and personal images of Palestinians, this series provides an intimate view of individuals that most people never have the chance to see or hear about. Not your news-breaking minority of fundamentalists, hijackers, hostage-taking, suicide bombing, aggressors. Instead, the majority of the Palestinian population, ordinary people who want to be able to live normal lives.

Nocturnes 2008
till 18 December 2008
Late-Evening Openings of the Brussels’ Museums
Brussels Museums are all located here, from the smallest to the biggest, from the most classical to the funniest, from the artistic to the scientific ... passing by technology, industry, history, exoticism and even gastronomy ! 

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(Expatica 2008)