TAGLIO-ISOLACCIO – Table at Parc Galea
This Sunday, May 17th at Parc Galea: 2:00 pm, “The alliance of Man and Chestnut Tree” by anthropologist and professor from the University Don-Mathieu Santini. At 3:00 pm: “Common sense in our plate: the truth about nutritional preconceptions” by nutritionist Anthony Berthou. Alongside, from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm, stone sculpture and basketry workshops for children. From midday, Belgian specialty food truck.
Info: www.parcgalea.com
ALERIA – Beach cleaning operation
The 15th edition of Initiatives océanes will take place in Aleria on May 17th from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, on the Mare di Stagnu beach, for a large waste collection. Meal provided.
BIGUGLIA – Elie Semoun promises “spicy”
Elie Semoun is at the Spaziu Culturale Carlu-Rocchi in Biguglia on May 15th with his new show “Cactus”, promising a more “spicy” and politically incorrect humor, from jihadists to disabled people, including racists, Dieudonné, and a whole sequence on religions. Goal: to laugh about everything.
Info: www.biguglia.fr/espace-culturel
L’ÎLE-ROUSSE – Printmaking Festival
From Monday, May 18th to Saturday, May 23rd, at the Spaziu Pasquale-Paoli, Printmaking Festival – Festa di incisione. The program includes exhibitions, conferences, and workshops like on Wednesday, May 20th, from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm and from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm with engraving, with Alex Corkish at Casa Salvini. All artists will welcome visitors to their studio during the festival or by appointment: Hervé Quilichini and Toni Casalonga in Pigna, Hélène Erika in L’Île-Rousse, and Oddies Attellu in Urtaca.
PIGNA – Performances at the auditorium
On Friday, May 15th, CNCM Voce hosts the Transatlantic Hot Club in residence: a jazz swing quartet inspired by the 1930s with harp, violin, accordion, and double bass. On Tuesday, May 19th, concert by the group Shangri-La. The shows start at 6:30 pm.
Info: www.voce.corsica
CORTE – Jean Paul Poletti and the Sartène Choir in concert
Jean Paul Poletti and the Sartène Choir will be in concert on Thursday, May 21st at 6:30 pm, at the Church of the Annunciation. Composed of six singers with a very wide vocal range, the Sartène Choir is one of the emblematic groups of Corsica. A must-see.
BASTIA – An evening with the slam pioneer from Chicago
Una Volta, in partnership with ReZo, the Lektos festival, and the cinema Le Régent, organizes an evening dedicated to Marc Kelly Smith, a slam pioneer from Chicago, at the initiative of the poet and slammer Youn, member of the collective around Babel in Corsica. At 6 pm, at the cinema Le Régent, screening of the documentary “Histoire de dires” by Matthieu Chevallier and Yann François, on poetic speech, speaking, and shared listening, presented by Youn, co-director, and Marc Kelly Smith. At 7 pm, cinema-concert “Democracity”, an electro-dub-poetry showcase with Youn (text and voice), R1 (composition, music, video editing), and special guest Marc Kelly Smith, created from a mash-up of avant-garde American films from the 1930s-40s, followed by a meeting with Marc Kelly Smith.
TALASANI- Bird watching
As part of the Biodiversity Atlas of the Costa Verde, the Permanent Center for Environmental Initiatives “A Rinascita”, in partnership with the association A Pichjarina, offers this Saturday, May 16th starting at 9 am, a bird watching outing in Talasani. The outing will start from the Talasani annex town hall. Open to all and free.
Information at [email protected] or at 07 88 17 77 98.
