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Events Calendar
Looking for things to do in Switzerland? Try these great ideas for events, exhibitions and places to see around the country—or check out the community events in our classifieds:
The Weekender: Jazz and Sechseläuten
Friday, 13 April, 2012If you want to hear jazz this weekend, head to Cully in the canton of Vaud. And if you’re tired of the coolish weather, get ready to welcome spring at Zurich’s Sechseläuten, with events starting on Monday. WRS’s Dave Goodman and Celeste Neill have more tips for this weekend and beyond:
Friday, 13 April, 2012If you want to hear jazz this weekend, head to Cully in the canton of Vaud. And if you’re tired of the coolish weather, get ready to welcome spring at Zurich’s Sechseläuten, with events starting on Monday. WRS’s Dave Goodman and Celeste Neill have more tips for this weekend and beyond:
The Connectors: Expats on stage in Switzerland
Thursday, 12 April, 2012The Connectors invite John McKillop, president of the Village Players, an English speaking theatre group in Lausanne, and Chris Hemmens, who is directing the group’s next production The Complete Abridged works of William Shakespeare to find out how the entire works of Shakespeare can be crammed into 97 minutes—and how many costume changes they need—as well as more about the club’s expat members and the social events it organises through the year. Plus information about the Cine Club Persan, the Geneva English Drama Society and Geneva Operatic Society:
Thursday, 12 April, 2012The Connectors invite John McKillop, president of the Village Players, an English speaking theatre group in Lausanne, and Chris Hemmens, who is directing the group’s next production The Complete Abridged works of William Shakespeare to find out how the entire works of Shakespeare can be crammed into 97 minutes—and how many costume changes they need—as well as more about the club’s expat members and the social events it organises through the year. Plus information about the Cine Club Persan, the Geneva English Drama Society and Geneva Operatic Society:
Arts CH: Heroes out of Africa come to Zurich
Tuesday, 10 April, 2012Aoife Rosenmeyer takes us to a new exhibition which has come from the Metropolitan Museum in New York to Zurich’s Rietberg Museum. Heroes: A New Perspective on the Art of Africa features approximately 100 pieces originating in Central and West Africa on loan from museums and collections world-wide:
Tuesday, 10 April, 2012Aoife Rosenmeyer takes us to a new exhibition which has come from the Metropolitan Museum in New York to Zurich’s Rietberg Museum. Heroes: A New Perspective on the Art of Africa features approximately 100 pieces originating in Central and West Africa on loan from museums and collections world-wide:
Exhibition asks, what if Jesus had been gay?
Thursday, 5 April, 2012The title of the new exposition at Galerie C in Neuchâtel is “Would the Christ have been gay?” Which got our reporter Lucas Chambers wondering, is this bonafide art or mere provocation? So we sent him to find out:
Thursday, 5 April, 2012The title of the new exposition at Galerie C in Neuchâtel is “Would the Christ have been gay?” Which got our reporter Lucas Chambers wondering, is this bonafide art or mere provocation? So we sent him to find out:
Arts CH: Cully Jazz Festival around the corner
Tuesday, 3 April, 2012Each spring the small village of Cully in the heart of Lavaux comes alive with the sound of jazz. For nine days, musicians from all over the world converge on the shores of Lake Geneva to take part in the Cully Jazz Festival. Arts correspondent Michèle Laird met with festival programmer Carine Zuber, who shares some of the must-see concerts this year:
Tuesday, 3 April, 2012Each spring the small village of Cully in the heart of Lavaux comes alive with the sound of jazz. For nine days, musicians from all over the world converge on the shores of Lake Geneva to take part in the Cully Jazz Festival. Arts correspondent Michèle Laird met with festival programmer Carine Zuber, who shares some of the must-see concerts this year:
The Weekender: Chocolate in Zurich, Tango in Basel
Friday, 30 March, 2012The Electron Festival in Geneva aims to get the whole city dancing to a techno beat this weekend. Plus there’s tango in Basel and chocolate in Zurich. WRS’s Dave Goodman and Celeste Neill have more tips for this weekend and beyond:
Friday, 30 March, 2012The Electron Festival in Geneva aims to get the whole city dancing to a techno beat this weekend. Plus there’s tango in Basel and chocolate in Zurich. WRS’s Dave Goodman and Celeste Neill have more tips for this weekend and beyond:
AMR Jazz Festival kicks off in Geneva
Monday, 19 March, 2012The AMR Jazz Festival kicks off tomorrow and runs until March 25 in Geneva. Host Alex Helmick chats with John Aram, from the John Aram Quintet, who bring his trombone into the studio:
Monday, 19 March, 2012The AMR Jazz Festival kicks off tomorrow and runs until March 25 in Geneva. Host Alex Helmick chats with John Aram, from the John Aram Quintet, who bring his trombone into the studio:
The Weekender: New York disco, cow fighting and cartoons
Friday, 16 March, 2012Tonight in Zurich, one of the original disco pioneers of New York will be DJing at the Hiltl, Studio 54-style. Plus legendary Swiss political cartoonist Patrick Chappatte tells you where you can see his best work on display in Morges. And check out the annual cow fighting championships at the Flaschen cable car terminal in the canton of Valais. WRS’s Dave Goodman and Celeste Neill have a list of things to do this weekend and beyond:
Friday, 16 March, 2012Tonight in Zurich, one of the original disco pioneers of New York will be DJing at the Hiltl, Studio 54-style. Plus legendary Swiss political cartoonist Patrick Chappatte tells you where you can see his best work on display in Morges. And check out the annual cow fighting championships at the Flaschen cable car terminal in the canton of Valais. WRS’s Dave Goodman and Celeste Neill have a list of things to do this weekend and beyond:
The Weekender: Auto show, watch fair, full moon skiing and more
Friday, 9 March, 2012From the rare and ultra-expensive to the next generation of cars you can actually afford to concept cars that may never see the light of day, it’s all on display at the annual Geneva Motor Show, which opened to the public yesterday. If cars aren’t your thing, some of Switzerland’s finest watches are gathered together at Baselworld. Local bands are inviting you to their jam spaces in Zurich. Morges is still celebrating Audrey Hepburn. Or you can ski by the full moonlight in Villars. And coming next Thursday, it’s time again for Geneva’s tri-annual Nuits des Bains, a social event not to be missed:
Friday, 9 March, 2012From the rare and ultra-expensive to the next generation of cars you can actually afford to concept cars that may never see the light of day, it’s all on display at the annual Geneva Motor Show, which opened to the public yesterday. If cars aren’t your thing, some of Switzerland’s finest watches are gathered together at Baselworld. Local bands are inviting you to their jam spaces in Zurich. Morges is still celebrating Audrey Hepburn. Or you can ski by the full moonlight in Villars. And coming next Thursday, it’s time again for Geneva’s tri-annual Nuits des Bains, a social event not to be missed:
Last chance to see Swiss premiere run of Martinu's Juliette this weekend
Friday, 2 March, 2012Richard Cole reviews Bohuslav Martinu’s opera Juliette, ou La Clé des Songes, which had its Swiss première last Friday at the Grand Théâtre of Geneva. Rarely given since its first performance in Prague in 1938, this work blends reality and fiction, romance and comedy in an outstanding production inspired by the surrealist artists of the 1930s, and stars the world-class Australian tenor Steve Davislim in his Geneva debut.
Friday, 2 March, 2012Richard Cole reviews Bohuslav Martinu’s opera Juliette, ou La Clé des Songes, which had its Swiss première last Friday at the Grand Théâtre of Geneva. Rarely given since its first performance in Prague in 1938, this work blends reality and fiction, romance and comedy in an outstanding production inspired by the surrealist artists of the 1930s, and stars the world-class Australian tenor Steve Davislim in his Geneva debut.
The Weekender: Film festival, snow biking and a design show
Friday, 2 March, 2012If you’re not out enjoying spring skiing in the mountains, there’s lots to do elsewhere in Switzerland this weekend. That includes a film festival focusing on human rights in Geneva, a design show in Zurich and a snow day for mountain bikes in Verbier. WRS’s Pete Forster and Celeste Neill have a complete rundown for the weekend and ahead:
Friday, 2 March, 2012If you’re not out enjoying spring skiing in the mountains, there’s lots to do elsewhere in Switzerland this weekend. That includes a film festival focusing on human rights in Geneva, a design show in Zurich and a snow day for mountain bikes in Verbier. WRS’s Pete Forster and Celeste Neill have a complete rundown for the weekend and ahead:
Arts CH: Famous photo booth art throughout the century
Tuesday, 28 February, 2012The Lausanne photography museum, Musée d’Elysée, has compiled a collection of works executed by the ever forgotten photo booth. Surprisingly a significant number of artists, including American icons Andy Warhol and Cindy Sherman, have used these commonplace machines to express themselves for more than 90 years. Arts contributor Michele Laird visits the exhibition in Lausanne:
Tuesday, 28 February, 2012The Lausanne photography museum, Musée d’Elysée, has compiled a collection of works executed by the ever forgotten photo booth. Surprisingly a significant number of artists, including American icons Andy Warhol and Cindy Sherman, have used these commonplace machines to express themselves for more than 90 years. Arts contributor Michele Laird visits the exhibition in Lausanne:
Drumming to the beat of Basel Fasnacht
Monday, 27 February, 2012The city of Basel is buzzing and alive this morning with the sounds of its celebrated Fasnacht. The carnival lasts for three days and nights: it started at 4 a.m., and won’t be wrapping up until 4 a.m. on Thursday morning. It’s 72 hours which throw the city into colourful chaos—and it’s 72 hours of drumming. As the carnival gets underway, Anna Wirz talks to drummers from Basel and from the UK to gather a kaleidoscope of impressions:
Monday, 27 February, 2012The city of Basel is buzzing and alive this morning with the sounds of its celebrated Fasnacht. The carnival lasts for three days and nights: it started at 4 a.m., and won’t be wrapping up until 4 a.m. on Thursday morning. It’s 72 hours which throw the city into colourful chaos—and it’s 72 hours of drumming. As the carnival gets underway, Anna Wirz talks to drummers from Basel and from the UK to gather a kaleidoscope of impressions:
Photos show hardships of asylum seekers in limbo
Friday, 24 February, 2012You flee your homeland because of war, poverty or searching for a better life and then come to Europe looking for asylum. And you become stuck—not sent home, not allowed in—and in some cases for two or three years, waiting on a decision. In a powerful new exhibition at the Focale Gallery in Nyon, photographer Malika Gaudin Delrieu shows life for those stuck in refugee centers in Europe. She joins WRS’s Alex Helmick:
Friday, 24 February, 2012You flee your homeland because of war, poverty or searching for a better life and then come to Europe looking for asylum. And you become stuck—not sent home, not allowed in—and in some cases for two or three years, waiting on a decision. In a powerful new exhibition at the Focale Gallery in Nyon, photographer Malika Gaudin Delrieu shows life for those stuck in refugee centers in Europe. She joins WRS’s Alex Helmick:
Weekender: Carnival celebrations carry on
Friday, 24 February, 2012Carnival celebrations in Zurich and Bern, Europe’s only open snowboarding event and an unusual multimedia experience from Geneva’s Fanfareduloup Orchestra—Dave Goodman and Celeste Neill bring us up-to-speed on the weekend’s top events:
Friday, 24 February, 2012Carnival celebrations in Zurich and Bern, Europe’s only open snowboarding event and an unusual multimedia experience from Geneva’s Fanfareduloup Orchestra—Dave Goodman and Celeste Neill bring us up-to-speed on the weekend’s top events:
