What's on this week: 24 September

Everyone knows that Brussels’ Zavel district is brimming with antique dealers and art galleries. This is thanks in part to Brussels Art Square, an association of local businesses that has been boosting the neighbourhood for almost a decade. Now the Square introduces a new concept. Belgian dealers host visiting counterparts from a different European country every year. The inaugural edition spotlights our near neighbours in the UK. Fifteen internationally renowned British dealers will be on hand at the Brussels Art Square open house weekender to trade their wares: contemporary and ethnic art as well as antiques of all varieties. The National Trust is guest of honour.
26-27 September at Zavel, Brussels
www.brusselsartsquare.com

It’s not for nothing that Sint-Truiden boasts the second largest market in Flanders. Situated in the middle of the fertile, fruit-producing Haspengouw region, this Limburg town is the place to be when apples and pears start coming off the branches. Local producers bring them in by the bushel. Visitors can buy the fruits fresh or sample a range of artisanal products, including cider and jam. This is one of the main events on Sint-Truiden’s annual calendar, so the whole town mobilises. Local cultural institutions use the buzz to announce the coming season’s programme, and children present arts and crafts made with—what else?—Haspengouw fruits.
28 September, 13.00 at Grote Markt, Sint-Truiden
www.toerisme-sint-truiden.be

British nurse Edith Cavell was executed in Brussels in 1915 for assisting Allied soldiers to escape occupied Belgium. The resistance heroine is the subject of this First World War commemoration, as historians Marijke Van Campenhout and Emmanuel Debruyne join Cavell biographer Diana Souhami to discuss her role in both local nursing and the war. Souhami’s account of the life of Edith Cavell (pictured) is a detailed portrait of a selfless woman who played a pioneering role in founding the nursing profession in Belgium. Cavell came to Brussels to supervise a new school for nursing. When war broke out, her deep sense of responsibility ultimately led to her death. Sarah Crew
30 September, 19.30 at British School of Brussels, Tervuren
www.britishschool.be

Huis@KVS: This grotesque tableau vivant by director Josse De Pauw, composer Jan Kuijken and music theatre company LOD is an adaptation of two stories – one situated in Brussels, another in Jerusalem – by the Belgian author Michel de Ghelderode (1898-1962) and brings together two handfuls of top local actors.
26-28 September, KVS, Arduinkaai 9, Brussels
www.kvs.be

Muntpunt Book Sale: The Brussels library and information centre recently announced that it will expand its collection of English- and German-language books. That’s not the only good news: They are about to sell 9,000 used books from all genres, from cooking to classics.
3-5 October, Muntpunt, Munt 6, Brussels
www.muntpunt.be

noAarchitecten: Like the buildings of this Brussels-based architecture bureau are complex spatial experiences, this exhibition invites you to walk, see, feel, think and experience their spaces for yourself. Be amazed how a Hasselt prison became a university law faculty.
26 September to 4 January 2015, deSingel, Desguinlei 25, Antwerp
www.desingel.be

Cassette Store Day: The first edition of this festive day reviving all things K7 was conceived last year by a few UK indie record labels and saw the release of 50+ special cassette editions. This year 300 are planned. In Ghent, for example, you can enjoy a cassette market, live shows and tape deck DJing.
27 September, multiple venues, across Flanders
www.cassettestoreday.com

Richard Dawkins: The Ghent-based free thinkers from Denkgelag invite the renowned British evolutionary biologist and philosopher for an evening of discussion and debate.
26 January 2015, Ghent
www.denkgelag.be