2022 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival! By nellie | January 26, 2022 The kick-off of the 44th edition of the festival will be given on Friday January 28 at the Maison de la Culture in Clermont-Ferrand by the organizing association Sauve qui peut le Court Métrage, and will continue until February 5, exclusively in the halls throughout the week of the festival. As every year, the national,… Read More
Rehabilitating the local heritage in Thiers By nellie | January 10, 2022 Located in the Valley of the Factories in Thiers (63), the Mondière forges specializing in forging by stamping knife blades, have been at a standstill since 1984. For a few years however, under the impetus of the municipality and the region, this old cutlery is the subject of special attention, aiming to restore the former… Read More
HELEBOR offers new reception facilities for palliative care By nellie | December 27, 2021 As an extension of the actions realized by the Fonds pour les Soins Palliatifs since 2011, the general interest structure, named HELEBOR in 2021, continues its missions. With the constant objective of improving the quality of life of people in palliative care and their loved ones, the Michelin Foundation supports HELEBOR in its new role… Read More
BALI – Michelin Corporate Foundation 2021 Grand Prize By nellie | November 22, 2021 The Michelin Corporate Foundation Grand Prize was awarded last weekend for the 21st Rendez-vous du Carnet de Voyage de Clermont-Ferrand to Alessio Defendini (Defe) and Laura Roncallo for BALI at Editions Akinomé. BALI won over the Jury for the great originality of the illustrations, the line of the drawing, the brilliance of the colors, the… Read More
The 21st Rendez-Vous of travel diaries in Clermont-Ferrand By nellie | November 15, 2021 After a cancelled Rendez-Vous last year due to Covid-19, the public will be able this year to meet again French and foreign carnettists exhibiting their travel diaries at the Polydôme de Clermont-Ferrand from November 19 to 21, 2021. From watercolors to comics, from traditional notebooks to digital and sound notebooks, all styles are represented, making… Read More
West Encounters East: A Cultural Conversation between Chinese and European Ceramics By nellie | November 15, 2021 The exhibition “Un firmament de porcelaines” presented in 2019 at the National Museum of Asian Arts-Guimet (MNAAG) is currently at the Shanghai Museum until January 16, 2022, in an extended version entitled “West encounters East: A cultural conversation between Chinese and European ceramics”. This enlarged exhibition is the result of collaborative work between several countries… Read More
ASM celebrates its 110th anniversary By nellie | October 11, 2021 ASM has been a pioneering club in sport and health since its creation in 1911 “Promote a sports policy open to as many people as possible to initiate and educate young people (…) Encourage the widest and longest possible practice for all ages”, declared Marcel Michelin in 1911 when ASM was created. Today in 2021,… Read More
The natural rubber value chain in the Brazilian Amazon By nellie | October 7, 2021 Unprocessed natural rubber is an important part of the local economy for communities in the Amazon. Sustainable management of the forests and the natural rubber trees they contain adds value to the natural forest while also bringing work to communities in the Amazon. As a result, the natural rubber value chain has a major role… Read More
Kanako Abe, great guest conductor in Auvergne By nellie | October 7, 2021 After 18 months of health crisis without the possibility of meeting to rehearse, the Orchestre Symphonique des Dômes is resuming rehearsals with famous Japanese conductor Kanako Abe, one of the world’s great conductors. Invited in residence in Clermont-Ferrand by Gilles Raynal, composer and artistic director of the Orchestre Symphonique des Dômes, Kanako Abe has kindly… Read More
Les Jours de lumière : a small village for a big festival! By nellie | September 20, 2021 With the theme “Faces and landscapes”, the 2021 edition of Les Jours de Lumière festival, which brings together contemporary art and spirituality, returns to Saint-Saturnin (63) with a program rich in varied artistic discoveries! Created more than 20 years ago by the AMOS association, Les Jours de Lumière festival has grown considerably and today it… Read More
