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Guides
The Weekender: Rock 'n' roll bagpipes and dancing in the streets
Friday, 11 May, 2012Get out your dancing shoes this weekend because a rock ’n’ roll bagpipe band, The Red Hot Chili Pipers, will rock your socks off. Plus, there’s dancing in the streets with Fête de la Danse. WRS’s Dave Goodman and Celeste Neill have the rundown on this weekend and beyond:
Friday, 11 May, 2012Get out your dancing shoes this weekend because a rock ’n’ roll bagpipe band, The Red Hot Chili Pipers, will rock your socks off. Plus, there’s dancing in the streets with Fête de la Danse. WRS’s Dave Goodman and Celeste Neill have the rundown on this weekend and beyond:
Celebrating nature this weekend in French-speaking Switzerland
Thursday, 10 May, 2012For its second edition, the Fête de la Nature is organising over 200 events across Western Switzerland, from stargazing to water tasting to learning how to imitate bird calls. WRS’s Pete Forster finds out more from Mathieu Bondallaz, a naturalist biologist with Association La Libellule:
Thursday, 10 May, 2012For its second edition, the Fête de la Nature is organising over 200 events across Western Switzerland, from stargazing to water tasting to learning how to imitate bird calls. WRS’s Pete Forster finds out more from Mathieu Bondallaz, a naturalist biologist with Association La Libellule:
The Weekender: Circus Knie and Lausanne Carnival
Friday, 4 May, 2012From spinning acrobats at the Circus Knie in Zurich, to brass band music at the Lausanne Carnival this weekend, WRS’s Pete Forster and Helena Humphrey bring you all you need to know for your calendar. And plan ahead with their look at upcoming events like rollerskating nights and an antique fair in Locarno:
Friday, 4 May, 2012From spinning acrobats at the Circus Knie in Zurich, to brass band music at the Lausanne Carnival this weekend, WRS’s Pete Forster and Helena Humphrey bring you all you need to know for your calendar. And plan ahead with their look at upcoming events like rollerskating nights and an antique fair in Locarno:
The Weekender: By land with book, on lake by boat
Friday, 27 April, 2012If you’re a book lover, check out the popular International Fair for Books and Press at Geneva’s Palexpo this weekend. And after weeks of rain, sunny skies are forecast over land and lakes—where you can go half-price on a boat this Sunday. WRS’s Dave Goodman and Celeste Neill have the details:
Friday, 27 April, 2012If you’re a book lover, check out the popular International Fair for Books and Press at Geneva’s Palexpo this weekend. And after weeks of rain, sunny skies are forecast over land and lakes—where you can go half-price on a boat this Sunday. WRS’s Dave Goodman and Celeste Neill have the details:
The lights are on at Geneva exhibition
Friday, 20 April, 2012The exhibition At nightfall: Art and history of lighting will make you appreciate something that many of us take for granted: lights. Alex Helmick talks to Laurent Chrzanovski, curator of the exhibit at Geneva’s Museum of Art and History.
Friday, 20 April, 2012The exhibition At nightfall: Art and history of lighting will make you appreciate something that many of us take for granted: lights. Alex Helmick talks to Laurent Chrzanovski, curator of the exhibit at Geneva’s Museum of Art and History.
The Weekender: Schwingen and life-size dinosaurs
Friday, 20 April, 2012There’s lots going on this weekend, including life-size dinosaurs in the mountains and schwingen—wrestling the Swiss way. So there’s no excuse not to get outside. But for indoors enthusiasts there’s always the Exhibition of Inventions Geneva where you can check out some of the world’s wackiest gadgets. WRS’s Dave Goodman and Celeste Neill have it all:
Friday, 20 April, 2012There’s lots going on this weekend, including life-size dinosaurs in the mountains and schwingen—wrestling the Swiss way. So there’s no excuse not to get outside. But for indoors enthusiasts there’s always the Exhibition of Inventions Geneva where you can check out some of the world’s wackiest gadgets. WRS’s Dave Goodman and Celeste Neill have it all:
Seen at inventions fair: Green box digesting food waste
Friday, 20 April, 2012Ever wanted a revolutionary toothpaste dispenser or a brand new laser beam barrier system? The Exhibition of Inventions Geneva has both those things and plenty more. Inventors from 46 countries around the world are attending the 40th annual convention at the city’s Palexpo. It’s billed as the world’s largest clearinghouse where inventors can find financial and commercial partners. WRS’s Jordan Davis went to see some of the inventors who are hoping their bright idea could hit the big-time:
Friday, 20 April, 2012Ever wanted a revolutionary toothpaste dispenser or a brand new laser beam barrier system? The Exhibition of Inventions Geneva has both those things and plenty more. Inventors from 46 countries around the world are attending the 40th annual convention at the city’s Palexpo. It’s billed as the world’s largest clearinghouse where inventors can find financial and commercial partners. WRS’s Jordan Davis went to see some of the inventors who are hoping their bright idea could hit the big-time:
Wikipedia founder to open Geneva conference
Wednesday, 18 April, 2012The Global INET conference will feature Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and Mozilla honcho Mitchell Baker among its keynote speakers and guests. The event, which is open to the public, starts April 22. WRS’s Alex Helmick talks to Walda Roseman, COO of the Internet Society, the group organizing the conference about the big theme of “Imagining the future of the Internet”:
Wednesday, 18 April, 2012The Global INET conference will feature Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and Mozilla honcho Mitchell Baker among its keynote speakers and guests. The event, which is open to the public, starts April 22. WRS’s Alex Helmick talks to Walda Roseman, COO of the Internet Society, the group organizing the conference about the big theme of “Imagining the future of the Internet”:
Paléo lineup includes The Cure, Sting and Guetta
Tuesday, 17 April, 2012The Paléo festival in Nyon doesn’t begin until mid-July, but Switzerland’s biggest music festival has already announced its lineup. Some of the headliners include Lenny Kravitz, The Cure, Sting and David Guetta. WRS’s Alex Helmick talks to Paléo programmer Dany Hassenstein:
Tuesday, 17 April, 2012The Paléo festival in Nyon doesn’t begin until mid-July, but Switzerland’s biggest music festival has already announced its lineup. Some of the headliners include Lenny Kravitz, The Cure, Sting and David Guetta. WRS’s Alex Helmick talks to Paléo programmer Dany Hassenstein:
Arts CH: Il Divo back in Switzerland this weekend
Tuesday, 17 April, 2012Simon Cowell’s brainchild super-group, the classical music quartet Il Divo performs in Geneva this Sunday, then Zurich on Monday. WRS’s Alex Helmick speaks with the group’s Swiss tenor Urs Buhler ahead of the shows:
Tuesday, 17 April, 2012Simon Cowell’s brainchild super-group, the classical music quartet Il Divo performs in Geneva this Sunday, then Zurich on Monday. WRS’s Alex Helmick speaks with the group’s Swiss tenor Urs Buhler ahead of the shows:
