Activities & Events
Outdoorsy Weekend Highlights for 12-21 May
MAY in the Swiss Romandy always lands with a spate of outdoorsy celebrations, events, and exhibitions hinting at the Summer warmth just around the corner.
Faces of the Fribourg Carnival 2023
ONE OF the first carnivals in the Swiss calendar to greet impending Spring, Fribourg’s festivities gathered large, familial crowds on the surprisingly warm and sunny third Sunday in February.
The Extraordinary Ordinary Life – Art Exhibition by Yvonne Morell
TALENTED Rolle-based artist and teacher Yvonne Morell brings everyday events and characters to life with wit, exuberance, and a keen eye for human expression and emotion. Her townscapes are filled with charm, portraits of women exude an insouciance and whimsy, everyday objects burst with seemingly incompatible pattern, and floral arrangements have…
Afrodyssée 2019 brings Africa’s newest wave of trendsetting designers to Geneva
IT’S Spring in Geneva and along with it the Afrodyssée African Style Market will be back in town for its fifth edition introducing the latest, exciting batch of trendsetting African fashion, beauty and design influencers to the European continent. Some 40 designers of men and women’s fashion, accessories, jewellery, cosmetics, decor and design will present…
‘Art in Geneva’s Old Town’ invites you to art openings and guided tours
THE 25th edition of the AVV – Art in Geneva Old Town – art openings and guided tours will take place this coming weekend, starting on Thursday evening, 2 May, from 18h00, when some 13 art galleries will hold a communal vernissage introducing their latest exhibitions to the art loving public, collectors, and…
Je Suis Invisible! A fresh take on A Midsummer Night’s Dream at La Cuisine
THE new production “Je Suis Invisible!” that opened on 26 March at the Théâtre de Carouge’s impressive temporary venue La Cuisine derives it’s comedic inspiration from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. But its winning, madcap charm owes greatly to the modernised, offbeat interpretation its given by British-born director Dan Jemmett based on…
Visit Master Artisans during Journées des Métiers d’Art Suisse 2019
SEEING master artisans at work in their own studios is to witness their love and natural affinity for their craft up close. That’s nowhere more true than when visiting with master marionnette sculptor Christophe Kiss at his Galerie Ornicar in Rolle. Surrounded by his creations in various stages of completion…
17th FIFDH Geneva: Films and Forums spotlight Human Rights Abuses
The International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) starts its 17th edition tomorrow, 8th March, which by design will have it running concurrently with the annual main session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Actor Geneva Holloman is Holly Golightly in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”
THE Geneva English Drama Society (GEDS) brings Truman Capote’s “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” to the Théâtre de Terre-Sainte in Coppet from 20-24th November. In the role of Holly Golightly actor Geneva Holloman brings the necessary training with a degree in theatre arts and success in an award-winning acting ensemble. But it may…
Creative Journeys: Q&A with singer-songwriter-musician Matt Mathews
GENEVA-based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Matt Mathews has played on stage and in clubs across Switzerland and Europe with the groups “Exphase” and “The Exciters”. His first solo album “Promised Land”, released in May 2016, received extensive air play on Radio Swiss Pop, Rete3, Radio Chablais, TVM3 and Leman Bleu. Matt’s…
Images Festival 2018 turns Vevey into an open-air photo museum
I KNOW it’s a little late in the game to be telling you about the outdoor photography exhibition called Festival Images Vevey that since the 8th of this month has taken over the parks, buildings, streets (and even a portion of Lac Leman) of this picturesque city, but with six…
“Zig Zag” in Rolle and “OpenArt18” in Saint-Prex
LET your feet set you on a path to artistic discovery this month at two ‘open workshop’ events, the first in Rolle on the 22-23rd September followed on the 29-30th by a second in Saint-Prex.
UNIcréa ed. 25: Enjoy a riot of creativity in art, fashion and design from 3-6 May
BY the time spring comes around again I know it’s time for the “riot” of creativity that is the UNIcréa Arts & Crafts Salon, which twice annually brings together more than 100 artisans ‘handpicked’ for their originality, passion and talent by UNIcréa founder and director Céline Dreveton.
Master craftsmanship at Journées des Métiers d’Art Swiss Romandy 2018
AGAIN this Spring the artisans of the Lake Geneva region are throwing open their workshops to welcome the public during the Journées des Métiers d’Art 2018 (JEMA). Here in the Swiss Romandy we go about our daily business often oblivious to the talented craftspeople who keep some of our favorite boutiques,…
“Cold Blood” at the Théâtre de Carouge
LAST summer I posted about how the Théâtre de Carouge reaches out to Geneva’s international, multilingual audience with innovative new techniques and imaginative special events. Now it’s taking that effort one step further with a special performance entirely in English of a mesmerizing new production that promises to be unlike…
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