Month: December 2017

There can be no better way to discover the hybrid of two Italian super-brands than over Champagne and waffles, as provided by interior designer Sabrina Monte-Carlo.

SMEG, founded in 1948 in Italy, and the fashion house Dolce&Gabbana have produced the “Sicily is my Love” collection, a selection of retro-chic small appliances that have been lovingly designed and hand painted.

Biting into my waffle, I see the stunning Marpessa Hennink, the original muse and star of Dolce&Gabbana’s first ever Fall/Winter collection, who’s also eyeing SMEG’s limited-edition designer fridge, price tag: €33,000.

Other items in the collection – toasters, juicers, kettles, blenders and mixers – flaunt golden lemons, citrus fruits, prickly pears, and bright red cherries framed in triangular motifs called Crocchi. All symbols of the “Sicily is my Love” are inextricably linked to Sicily, home to the soul of Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana.

There are, additionally, delicate floral motifs inspired by the coasts and landscapes of Southern Italy and images of Mt Etna, surrounded by ornamental friezes and a stylised pattern of acanthus leaves.

Article first published December 8, 2017.

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The 2017 edition of International Children’s Day, which was celebrated in the Principality with a concert by Kids United at the Grimaldi Forum on November 24, continues to raise awareness during the Monaco Christmas Market.

An initiative organised by the Department of Education, Youth and Sport, a dedicated stand for Children’s Rights can be found this year at the marché de Noël in Port Hercule.

Decorative objects made by local elementary school students, as well as Monegasque biscuits and fougasses baked by students of the Lycée Technique et Hôtelier de Monaco, will be on sale at the booth from December 6 to 19.

Proceeds from the sale, along with €8000 already raised at the Kids United concert, will go to the Princess Charlene Foundation “Learn to Swim” program, as well as 11 other Monegasque partner associations that intervene for the protection of children worldwide.

The stand is open daily from 11 am to 10 pm. Visitors will be welcomed by a team from the Prince Albert II Youth Centre and representatives from partner associations, school teachers and volunteers in Monaco.

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“No Time’s Land”, the first musical comedy involving 53 teachers and 65 students from the Principality of Monaco and the Nice Academy will be held on Friday, December 8, and Saturday, December 9 at the Grimaldi Forum.

The performances are part of “Choré-voix”, a training exercise in multidisciplinary artistic practice, organised by the Ballets de Monte-Carlo Educational Unit and its partners.

For 16 months, the 118 performers of the troupe have met every week and one weekend a month, at the Atelier des Ballets de Monte-Carlo or within their school, to live, together, a great human and artistic adventure: the creation of a musical.

Participants attended intensive multidisciplinary workshops led by professional artists and teachers including, amongst others, Bruno Roque (Dancer-Choreographer at the Ballets de Monte-Carlo), Sandra Monlouis (Choral conductor at CREA), Dominique Dreyfus, Dance Professor, Head of the Monte-Carlo Ballets Educational Unit and Bruno Habert, Choral conductor Rainier III Academy.

Also joining the troupe, Patrick Goujon, who intervened in schools for the writing of the booklet of the play, as well as Léa Jade Aumonier and Jovita Negro, young scenographers at ESAP-Pavillon Bosio for the creation of the decor.

This educational project is being led jointly by the Ballets de Monte-Carlo, Monaco’s National Education, Youth and Sports Department, the Nice Academy and the Academic Inspection service of the Alpes-Maritimes. It operates in partnership with the Bosio Pavilion, the School of Sculpture of the City of Monaco, the Monaco City Hall, the Rainier III Music Academy, the Monaco Theatre and the city of Beausoleil.

Tickets for both shows (Friday 8 pm and Saturday 4 pm) range from €12 to €25 and are available at the Grimaldi Forum box office.

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Monaco’s Junior Chamber of Commerce (JCI) has revealed details of its last Business Time of the year for 2017.

The quarterly event dedicated to Networking in Monaco, is a new concept, launched in 2016. Each evening, Business Time highlights an example of excellence in the Principality, with the exceptional participation of recognised speakers.

Earlier events in the year included Michel Bouquier, Head of Monaco Private Label and Senior Advisor at the Ministry of Finance and Economy, who presented the history of Monaco Private Label and Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, founder of the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation and Chairman of easyGroup, who talked about Entrepreneurship. In October, “Health Care in Monaco: the Strategy of Attractiveness of the Princess Grace Hospital” was the theme of the evening at the Monaco Yacht Club.

This time, Business Time will dedicate its evening to the theme: “Business and Communication in Sport: the Monaco Basketball Project”, with speakers Geneviève Berti (Director, Government Communications Department), Oleksiy Yefimov (General Manager of AS Monaco Basketball) and Dr Ilhani Aygun (President of the AS Monaco Basketball Partners Association).

The talk, in French and English, will be followed by a cocktail dinner. The evening starts at 6:30 pm on December 20 in the BMW showroom, 9 rue du Gabian. Space is limited and the cost for online registration for non-members is €25.

If you’re a manager in the Monaco market and want to develop your professional network and meet strategic players for an evening, Business Time is for you.

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The Institute of the Mineral World (Institut du monde minéral) will hold its first show event in the Principality on December 16 and 17, from 10 am to 6 pm, at which the public will be able to discover a large selection of raw stones (minerals and collectible crystals), stones cut to make to mount (gems), original and unique jewels in natural stones and precious metals, carved and polished stones (spheres, statuettes, various objects), fossils and meteorites.

Previously held in French cities such as Paris, Cannes and Montpellier, this year’s edition brings together 60 exhibitors from Pakistan, Morocco, Spain, Madagascar, Italy, Belgium, Germany and Mexico.

Monaco also will share their passion with the public and offer real wonders: fossils dating back 500 million years with coins (giant ammonites, dinosaur bones, reptiles etc ..), crystals from around the world, infinitely colourful minerals, shells, jewels, fascinating precious stones and rare gems.

An exceptional free lottery will allow visitors every hour to win many prizes, from dinosaur teeth to (and for the first time) a diamond. In addition, 3,000 free entry tickets will be distributed in various establishments in the Principality, valid for two days with a gift of a necklace with a real fossil shark tooth dating back 135 million years from the phosphate quarries of southern Morocco.

Entrance to the show at the Grimaldi Forum will be €6 and free for children under 7.

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Former Monaco resident Ringo Starr will be back in town on July 6, 2018, with his All Starr Band, composed of Colin Hay, Graham Gouldman, Steve Lukather, Gregg Rollie, Gregg Bissonette and Warren Ham.

His European Ringo tour will also visit capital cities Rome, Vienna, Berlin, Madrid and 17 other venues to promote his latest album, Give More Love, which saw the light of day in September.

Fittingly, the concert will be at the Salle des Étoiles. Concert publicists are saying that the All Starr Band has a few surprises in store for the Principality.

In the mid-Seventies, the nine-time Grammy winner and two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee moved to Le Roccabella in Monaco, and divided his time between LA, where he now lives full-time.

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