French Language Week…
… and the French-speaking world, from March 14 to 22, 2020. It is a celebration of the French language in all its diversity.
Culture
Nancy: free visit of the Villa Majorelle on the 1st Sunday of each month.
The Ecole de Nancy has left us an exceptional legacy, including the Villa Majorelle, now owned by the City of Nancy.
“Everything can change”, everything must change
Presented at the Deauville Festival and produced by actress Geena Davis, Tom Donahue’s documentary is devoted to parity in cinema.
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The great epidemics of history
The Chinese coronavirus in Wuhan province reminds us that contagious diseases have always decimated populations. A quick reminder of the main epidemics.
75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi camp of Auschwitz: an exhibition in Nancy
The International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust was established to commemorate the liberation of the Nazi camp of Auschwitz.
Nancy-Metz Academy celebrates Franco-German Day
January 22nd is the historic day of Franco-German friendship, the date of the signing of the Elysée Treaty and the Treaty of Aachen in 2019.
“Swallow”, please don’t swallow.
Special Prize of the Deauville Festival, the film by Carlo Mirabella-Davis is as disturbing as it is aesthetic.
The Pencils of Justice are exhibited in Haute-Vienne
Exhibition open from 9 January to 17 April 2020 from Monday to Friday from 9am to 12pm and from 2pm to 5.30pm. Saint- Just Le Martel (87590 ) Admission 3 €.
Free access to the collections of the museums of the City of Paris
As of today, Paris Musées offers more than 100,000 digital reproductions of works from the collections of the museums of the City of Paris in Open Content (free and unrestricted access) in high definition.
Great East: Alsace dreams of freedom
According to an Ifop poll unveiled on 7 January 2020 by DNA, 68% of Alsatians want the European Community of Alsace (CEA) to become “a real region, outside the Great East”.
Will we still speak French in 50 years?
Not so sure! English is becoming more and more popular via our screens. Molière bows to Shakespeare.
The Macronists and the Goncourt 2018… A gag?
Point-of-view. The former Secretary of State for the Budget was astonished that men and women close to Macron would admire a book that, nevertheless, brocaded their president and his reforms.