The clocks have gone back and November has some highlights in store for night owls and early birds alike. Here they are.

Catch the spark in Leeuwarden
Leeuwarden has the Dutch premiere of Spark, Studio Roosegaarde’s organic, non-polluting fireworks show. Prepare to aahh and oohh. November 2,3,4. Website

Don’t go to bed on Museumnacht
Museumnacht is coming to Amsterdam and with it your chance to visit 70 museums and take part in lots of night time activities, all art-related of course. November 2. Website

Get a front row seat at the US elections
Boom Chicago in Amsterdam is organising yet another all-night US elections Night Party. Comedy veterans Pep Rosenfeld and Greg Shapiro will be on hand to provide a running commentary. May the best woman win! November 5. Website

Join the dirty old men
The Old Testament story of Susanna and the Elders, in which a young women is being blackmailed for sex by two old men is a favourite subject in art. The two get their comeuppance but the naked Susanna continues to be gawped at, as was no doubt the intention of the painters and their patrons.

The Gouda Museum provides the context for Susanna’s enduring (sex) appeal in Susanna – from the Middle Ages to Me Too which includes depictions of Susanna by Artemisia Gentileschi and Rembrandt. Until March 23. Website

Witness the destruction of Gaza
Palestinian photographer Bashar Taleb lived and studied in Gaza and has documented the destruction of his homeland following the attack by Hamas on Israeli targets in October last year. The exhibition at the Overloon War Museum, which does not have any info on its website at the time of writing, includes 24 photos by him. GAZA is on from November 12. Website 

Live it up with Christopher Barlow
My Nights with Noah, a gay reworking of Good Luck to You, Leo Grande and presented by Strike me Pink Productions in Amsterdam, tells the story of retired English teacher Christopher Barlow.  Played by Dutch theatre stalwart Barrie Stevens, Barlow decides to live it up a bit at last – ie explore his sexuality with young sex worker Noah. The consequences this has are not confined to the bedroom. November 28, 29, 30 and December 1. Website

Meet the queens
Dutch queen Beatrix was “the fairest of them all”, Andy Warhol said (but we bet he said that to all the queens) and perhaps because of this she was willing to open the exhibition Queens at her own former palace Het Loo.

The series includes the diamond dust covered screen prints of Beatrix, queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Elizabeth II of Great Britain and queen Ntombi Tfwala of Swaziland, the current kingdom of Eswatini. The diamond bits have been fading and falling off, an unintended comment perhaps on the fact that even queens must surrender their crowns. Until January 1. Website

See a classic
Happily Ever After presents A Chorus Line at the Zonnehuis cultural centre in Amsterdam, the joys and woes of a group of dancers wanting to make it to the stage. But only a few of them will succeed, depending on the wiles of the director who elicits from them their most personal stories. November 13-17. Website

Let the spirit move you
Holy moly, the people planning the festivities around Amsterdam’s 750th anniversary have come up with a cracker of an original idea. It’s called The Spirit of Amsterdam and involves the capital’s places of worship (so boozy parties are out) as venues for stories, art, music, rituals and music, including the wedding parties of six couples who would not have been able to tie the knot for lack of money, a home or papers. November 22, 23, 24. Website

Enjoy the colours of the Russian Rembrandt
She was called the Russian Rembrandt at age 20 and was part of the Blaue Reiter expressionist movement and yet somehow Marianne von Werefkin (1860-1838) failed to become as established as her male contemporaries.

De Fundatie in Zwolle has now dedicated an exhibition to her work. It’s colourful, full of life and totally gorgeous. Marianne von Werefkin-pioneer of Expressionism is on until March 16. Website

Listen to the talking textiles
Textiles tell a story and recently museums have been listening. The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam presents Unraveled, a collection of works by textile artists who use modern and ancient techniques to share their personal stories as well as their views on social problems. Until January 5. Website

Get your wellies on and come to Ruigoord
The Ruigoord artist colony in Amsterdam is 50 and is inviting everyone to the party. Nature, greenery, architecture, poetry and magic have found their way into 30 art projects. As they change with the seasons, boots are advised when you enter the Oase van Verwondering (Oasis of Wonderment) in November because it might get a bit muddy. Until the end December (and beyond, check website in the New Year). Website