Day: 26 June 2019

For the second consecutive year, participating restaurants in Monaco will be collecting 1€ from every plate of food sold to donate to the Monegasque association Les Enfants de Frankie.

The campaign will be taking place throughout July and August. Restaurants with the sign ‘Fourchette Solidaire’ will be adding 1€ to the price of their meals, giving customers an easy opportunity to donate to the charity.

The initiative was created by Les Enfants de Frankie and is supported by this year’s ambassador Christophe Cussac, Executive Chef of the Hotel Métropole Monte-Carlo. Money raised from the campaign will go towards supporting sick and disadvantaged children of the Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur region.

For partner restaurants visit www.frankiemonaco.org and their Facebook page ‘Frankie Monaco’.

Who doesn’t love a cold drink on a cool beach with some hot jazz? With 25 artists performing over a span of three months, the Monaco Jazz Festival is a must-see event for music lovers.

Since 2011, the event has been increasingly popular for jazz, soul and funk enthusiasts who love the music, but hate the massive crowds of the bigger festivals that dot the Riviera coast in summer. 

The brainchild of the Monaco Jazz Festival is La Note Bleue’s owner Alain Tanzi, whose father was a musician and avid jazz devotee himself.

 With live acts playing four nights a week, every Wednesday through Saturday from June until the end of August, it’s possible to enjoy music all summer long, and as the venue is conveniently located on Larvotto, patrons can avoid the hassle of driving, parking and crowds, while getting all the benefits of a fantastic night out.

Programme 

JUNE

27: Manu Carré ‘As Cores do Brasil’

28-29: Mey feat JCAT

JULY

3-4: Pierre Bertrand ‘Colours’

5: Scott Allen

6: Rossi/Taschini Project

10-11: LNB Connexion feat Bastien, Picot & Guillaume

12-13: Stéphane Huchard ‘Cultisongs trio’ feat Noé Huchard

17-18: 30 / 70

19-20: Charlier / Sourisse / Winsberg ‘Tales from Michael’

24-25: Frédéric Viale trio

26: Scott Allen

27: Dona Flor

31: KS2 Agulhon / Hanriot feat Benjamin Petit

AUGUST

1: KS2 Agulhon / Hanriot feat Benjamin Petit

2-3: Federico Malaman ‘Malaman band’

7-8: Ceccarelli / Pieranunzi / Fonnesbaek ‘Eurostars’

9-10: Nicolas Filmer ‘So Miles’

14 : Alain Tanzi ‘Best Of’

15-17: Mike Stern feat Hadrien Féraud, Nicolas Viccaro & Stéphane Guillaume

21-22: André Ceccarelli / Sylvain / Luc / Thomas Bramerie

23-24: Nicolas Viccaro ‘Invitation’

28: Yana ‘Dime On’

29-31: Etienne Mbappé & the Prophets

The International Committee of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation has held its 9^th annual meeting in Poland at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau Memorial.

The meeting, which normally takes place in Warsaw every autumn, was changed this year to coincide with the grand opening of a newly renovated brick barrack on the site on 18th June.

The barrack is a painstaking restoration of the original structure, the first in a massive preservation project dedicated to ensuring future generations will be able to visit this former Nazi death camp.

The camp, which technically is two separate camps located three kilometres apart, was built in 1940 and saw the extermination of nearly 1.1 million people, mainly Jews. The Auschwitz camp was purpose built as a concentration camp, while the older Birkenau camp formerly served as military barracks.

 Monaco, who has been part of the Foundation since 2012, has contributed annually to the funding that went toward preserving the building, as well as assisting in other projects to maintain the camp.

Monaco will also send a delegation to mark the impending 75^th anniversary of the camp’s liberation in January 2020.

Françoise Gamerdinger has been named as the Principality’s new Director of Cultural Affairs. As the first woman to hold this position in Monaco, the appointment also marks a historic occasion.

Ms Gamerdinger has an impressive resume including a prestigious DEA (Diplôme d’études approfondies), a postgraduate degree that prepares candidates for advanced doctoral studies, a CAPES de Lettres, which certifies her to be a secondary school language professor, and a Latin training license.

She entered the department of cultural affairs in 2002 and made her mark, rising to deputy director in 2008. During those years, she was responsible for literary awards, files pertaining to heritage, and conferences for the Prince Pierre Foundation, as well as various managerial and administrative duties. Additionally, she is Monaco’s cultural expert representative to the Council of Europe. In 2012, she expanded her duties and took on the job as director of programming at the Princess Grace Theatre.

“A cultural policy is in essence a collective work,” Ms Gamerdinger said. “It is also working on a daily basis so that each generation can benefit from a cultural offer corresponding best to its expectations.”