Tag: Culture
“Coming soon”, artists seek the future
When artists imagine the future and open the gaps for new horizons… From Afrofuturism through “rock balancing” to “Realitarians” practicing reality “shifting”, the Lafayette Anticipations contemporary art center in Paris…
a show project angers the descendants of the Kieffer commando
For four years, a historical spectacle project must have seen the light of day in Normandy which reproduces the battles of the summer of 1944. For the moment, no stone…
CK Expo celebrates decade of offering fun pop culture experience locally
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News From humble beginnings in a legion hall to the first time as a two-day event, CK Expo has been providing a fun and entertaining…
Why doesn’t the French Academy have a linguist in its ranks? – The Express
Depending on one’s mood, one can find the situation baroque, absurd, sympathetic or scandalous. Still, the facts are the facts: there are no linguists at the French Academy! And it…
French cinema giant Gérard Depardieu in police custody
New important step in the investigations into sexual assault targeting Gérard Depardieu: the actor, already indicted for rape and sexual assault in another case, was placed in police custody on…
we read the latest novel by Edouard Louis – L’Express
In The origins, sociologist Gérald Bronner (columnist at L’Express) criticized Edouard Louis for propagating a “doloristic” vision of class defectors. But, surprise, Monique escapes stands out for its optimism. “For…
Edgard Morin, Francis Ford Coppola, Hughes Aufray… Retirement, what retirement? – The Express
And one, and two, and three. Three books signed by Edgar Morin with three different publishers are published between April 24 and mid-June. An astonishing productivity from a sociologist and…
The Most Beautiful Blue: ‘It’s about standing for who you are’
How do you find the courage to be different and express that with pride? And do you dare to stand for what you believe in? This is what the children’s…
Youth center De Kajuit in IJsselstein is back for a while: ‘You ended up in a warm nest, you belonged there’
They got their own base, the Kajuit, in an old primary school. With a bar where beer was only served in bottles, because then young people were less likely to…
the first remarkable novel by a storyteller – L’Express
We talked about it recently in these pages: in two generations, sales of history books have collapsed. Has a certain postmodern amnesia won out? As André Castelot turns in his…