Kick-off GO to the 2023 International Short Film Festival By nellie | January 27, 2023 On your marks! The 45th edition of the Clermont festival starts this evening Friday January 27 and runs until February 4. It is here in Auvergne that the most important international festival devoted exclusively to short films takes place. Each year, it attracts 3,600 professionals to the court market and welcomes more than 170,000 spectators… Read More
Two Michelin Foundation prizes for scientific research By nellie | December 9, 2022 The Academy of sciences paid tribute on Tuesday, November 22 under the dome of the Institut de France to the work of several researchers. Two winners received Michelin Foundation Prizes. – The 2022 Michelin Foundation – Academy of Sciences Grand Prize was awarded to an experienced scientist: Jean-Louis BARRAT – The 2022 Michelin Foundation –… Read More
Véro Béné receives the 2022 Michelin Foundation Grand Prix By nellie | November 24, 2022 Long – awaited , the RENDEZ-VOUS DU CARNET DE VOYAGE welcomed last weekend more than 100 French and foreign notebook artists who came to present their work and meet the public in Clermont-Ferrand. The time of a weekend is an opportunity to discover the profession of notebook makers, the personal and unique work of each… Read More
Long Thibaud finals at Châtelet! By nellie | November 16, 2022 The 2022 International Piano Competition Long Thibaud gave appointment last week to classical music lovers who came in large numbers to discover the 33 international candidates qualified for the competition. From November 7 to 13, the jury selected young virtuosos with the most outstanding artistic personality, beyond any technical and instrumental performance. The final last… Read More
Great start for the mobile kitchen! By nellie | October 17, 2022 At the beginning of September, the association “Les Enfants cuisinent” founded by Olivier Chaput, chef, inaugurated the tour of a new mobile device, with the support of the Michelin Foundation. Why a mobile kitchen? In September 2020, the new Ipsos/Secours Populaire barometer established that the health crisis had suddenly plunged millions of people into precariousness.… Read More
Therapeutic coordination apartments for palliative purposes By nellie | October 14, 2022 HELEBOR inaugurated on September 22 the end of the restoration work of an innovative reception structure for people in a precarious social situation with a long-term condition. People suffering from a serious illness and social insecurity experience a double penalty: the serious illness prevents them from working, the insecurity prevents them from getting treatment. Based… Read More
Discovery days at the Musée de l’Armée – Hôtel National des Invalides By nellie | October 13, 2022 For several years, the Musée de l’Armée has been developing a public policy aimed at young people, whether they are at school or with their families. Unfortunately interrupted by the health crisis in 2020, the Museum wished to resume this initiative aimed at schoolchildren as soon as possible in a desire to transmit our common… Read More
On horseback against cancer! By nellie | September 28, 2022 In Auvergne, the Cavaltitude association celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2022 and launches the 5th promotion of its Amazones program, entirely devoted to horse riding adapted for women affected by breast cancer. President of the Cavaltitude association, Nathalie Salles-Tourreix, shares her love of horses and her own fight against disease. “Cavaltitude was born from this… Read More
Houses for Science available to teachers By nellie | September 6, 2022 A laboratory of innovative ideas and practices for almost 30 years, La main à la pâte Foundation has been working with teachers to improve the quality of science teaching in primary and secondary schools, in particular by coordinating the Houses for science. This year, the network celebrates its 10th anniversary. Thanks to the Houses for… Read More
Do you know Café Joyeux ? By nellie | September 5, 2022 Café Joyeux is the first French café-restaurant family that employs and trains people with mental and cognitive disabilities in the heart of our cities (Paris, Rennes, Bordeaux, Tours, etc.) in France, and even further away in Lisboa. In France, 700,000 people are diagnosed as having autism spectrum disorders and 65,000 have Trisomy 21. They are… Read More