Double Dutch

Hallo! Ankie van der Meer and Nanne Kalmas will be performing Dutch folk songs at the Waterfront Museum Barge on Aug. 13.

The pair have collaborated on projects like the Henry Hudson and the Half Moon project and primarily sing in Frisian and Dutch, Esperanto, and English. They will share their repertoire of historical poems and songs including Adriaen Block and the “Onrust,” Peter Stuyvesant, and other themes from New Netherlands and New Amsterdam.

Nanne & Ankie, Dutch folk singers, on Aug. 13 at 2 and 4 pm. Free.

Waterfront Museum Barge [290 Conover St. near Reed Street in Red Hook, (718) 624–4719; www.waterfrontmuseum.org].

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