Location: AMR-Sud des Alpes , 10 Rue des Alpes, 1201 Geneva www.amr-geneve.ch Price: CHF 20.00, Concessions: CHF 15.00 Date: 9 May, 21h30 Tuscan guitarist Giulio Stracciati’s new trio offers chamber jazz full of nuances interplay and swing. Combining original compositions and arrangements, with counterpoint and joint improvisations alternating with solos, this promises to […]
La science appelle les jeunes
Location: Rolex Learning Center, EPFL, 1015 Lausanne www.sjf.ch Free entry; prize giving is by invitation only Date: 2 – 3 May Friday 13h30 – 18h00 Saturday 08h30 – 14h00 “Science Rocks” is the slogan of this National Competition – an initiative to promote science among youth. This year, 101 young scientists from all […]
Journée des Plantes & Art du Jardin
Location: Château de Coppet 1296 Coppet http://jardinsenfete.ch/ Tickets: CHF 12; children under 16 free Date: 9-11 May, 10h00-18h00 Lovers of plants and gardening can rejoice: the most important event of its kind in French-speaking Switzerland is here! This year’s theme is “garden perfumes”, with Patrick Hérault, an independent parfumier from Bordeaux, leading a workshop […]
Record Pollen Levels
GENEVA Allergy sufferers in the Lake Geneva region can expect a significant aggravation of their predicament because of record pollen counts predicted for the weeks leading up to summer. An estimated 15–20% of residents suffer from hay fever and related ailments on a regular basis, but health specialists maintain that even normally resistant individuals may […]
Allaman. Portes ouvertes de l’Atelier de céramique
Location: Atelier de céramique, Petite Rue 5, 1165 Allaman, 021 897 35 28 Date: 3-4 May, 10-11 May, Saturdays 11h00-20h00, Sundays 11h00-18h00 Monique Duplain and four other artists are presenting their ceramic, furniture, leatherwork, recycled glass and woven garment creations in Monique Duplain’s studio in the heart of the village of Allaman.
Le News edition 23
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How an ogre ate my favourite song
I try not to be judgmental, I really do. Treasure can often be found in the most surprising places; truffles don’t immediately present themselves as edible, let alone delicious, and so on. But I must admit, I’m losing the battle – I’m complaining a lot and my family thinks I’m boring. For example, it causes […]
May Day celebration
Location: Begnins Date: 27 April The festival begins with children collecting gifts on Sunday morning as they go singing from door to door. The gifts include eggs, sugar and flour – the necessary ingredients to make traditional pastries. In the afternoon, flowers are gathered to weave a crown for the May Queen and King […]
Theatre. “Conversations”: John Betjeman and Philip Larkin at the Village Players
Location: Lausanne Date: 15-17 May, 20h00 Meet John Betjeman and Philip Larkin at the Village Players “Conversations” — in which JB and PL chat about what they wrote and why they wrote it. Their “inner spirits” come on stage to explain how they encouraged the poets to produce their works and add a few […]
Theatre. Henrik Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People” (English)
Location: Lausanne Date: 4 May: 18h30; 14-15 May: 20h00 The new startup incubator BioInnovate is ready for its first major success. The Emote, a novel brain-machine interface to treat mental illnesses, is just finishing clinical trials when the outspoken Dr. Elise Stockmann, a staff scientist, reveals what she thinks may be very serious behavioural […]
