On Saturday, 4 October at 5.30pm, the Lions de Genève basketball club will host their opening match at the Salle de Pommier in Grand Sacconnex.
As Geneva’s Sports Team of the Year for 2013 and current Swiss Vice Champions, the Lions de Genève have become one of the most successful basketball clubs in Switzerland since they were first established in 2010.
Meet the authors at Payot Chantepoulet this Saturday, 27 September!
Lisa Cirieco-Ohlman invites you to attend the official launch of the 9th edition Know-it-all passport 2015/2016 (KIAP) and the 2nd Edition of Education Guide Switzerland (EGS2), produced in collaboration with Denise Nickerson.
The launch will take place at a special vernissage, including drinks and nibbles, being held on Saturday, 27 September from 16h-18h at Payot Chantepoulet bookstore in Geneva, near the Cornavin Train Station. Having recently merged with the popular English bookstore, OffTheShelf, Payot Chantepoulet has undoubtedly one of the best selections of English-language books in the region. You can read about this merger in a recent article at this link. The recently renovated Cornavin train station boasts a new Payot branch exclusively offering French-language books –and open 7/7– leaving the nearby Chantepoulet location room to expand their international books in English, German, Italian, Spanish, and Russian.
On Saturday, an offer of 10% off both books will be available at this location! This is your opportunity to get these books at a great price.
Know-it-all passport 2015/2016
Now in its 9th edition, Know-it-all passport® is THE English-language reference book for anything you want to know in Geneva, Vaud and neighboring France: it includes recommendations on everything from shopping, housing and education to birthday party venues, places to eat, night life, and even chocolate! The chapter on OUTINGS AND TRIPS (56 pages) is a book within a book. You won't need anything else!
Last chance to buy tickets for Gingins Cricket Club’s charity event on Thursday, 25 September
The Gingins Cricket Club (GCC) is holding a fundraising gala dinner on Thursday 25 September, at which the special guest speaker will be ex-England Cricket captain, Nasser Hussain.
Money raised by the event will go towards improving the facilities of the club as well as supporting “Chance to Dream”, a kids charity created by the club’s young cricketers to provide sporting equipment to underprivileged children in more remote areas of India so that they have the chance to play the sport as well.
Founded in 2008, Gingins Cricket Club currently has over 80 junior members from La Côte region, representing many nationalities and age groups from U7 to U17. Summer training takes places at the Gingins Centre Sportif and winter training sessions are organized at sports halls in nearby schools.
© Michel Barraud
The annual literary festival, Le livre sur les quais, will take place this year during the weekend of 5th-7th September. During the festival, over 300 writers (including 25 British, Irish and American writers) will visit the picturesque town of Morges on the shore of lake Geneva. Now in its fifth year, the festival has become a mature international literary gathering, with a great program of English-language events running throughout the 3 days. The full program can be viewed online: http://lelivresurlesquais.ch/programme-2014
This year’s English program is particularly strong. It covers literary fiction, non-fiction, crime and thrillers, appealing to all tastes. The main program will run from 11:00 until 18:00 on both Saturday and Sunday and there will be simultaneous events in English to choose from. There is also an opening event in English on Friday afternoon at 17:30 with Nathan Filer, Sadie Jones and Jami Attenberg.
Sign up for one of Lisa's vintage plate jewelry workshops - or buy one of her hand-made bracelets here
Whilst everyone was moaning about the weather this summer, Lisa was laying the foundations for her latest creative venture - transforming broken plates into stunning, beautifully hand-crafted jewelry. With a few sample bracelets under her belt, she is now ready to launch her new vintage jewelry business, and invites you to share her love of jewelry-making by signing-up for one of her vintage plate jewelry workshops.
"Not only do antique plates look great with a beautiful slice of cake adorning them, but they look even better once broken and chipped", Lisa chirps as she speaks of her passion. "I started doing stained glass in 2007 and fell in love with it. The color and light that glass releases is so cheerful and fun. You can really let your imagination go wild." Many of her stained glass projects have other everyday objects incorporated to add another dimension, such as aluminum objects, watches, wood and shells, and of course antique plates. However, once the plates have been used, the remainder is usually trashed. Lisa is not one to throw out anything that could potentially serve a purpose, and one day decided to incorporate plate remnants into her jewelry.
Trial and error was overcome. She worked out how to cut the plates and sand them down to a smooth finish, how to adhere the plate pieces to metal, and how to make them all into a beautiful, meaningful object. The initial project was for herself - Lisa's first bracelet and matching necklace were born in February 2013 (photo above).
