April in Cannes & Around
Cannes Sustainable Development Show : Green gains ground
During the Week of Sustainable Development, the City of Cannes has organized its Sustainable Development Show on Les Allées de la Liberté, at the beginning of the Croisette. A rich program was proposed to the citizens...
April inaugurations : two Cannes institutions are changing face
The former «Bar -Tabac» Le Saint Antoine at the very foot of the Suquet old town has adjoined a restaurant in the style of a Paris brasserie, when the trendy Cannes nights temple, the Bâoli, has changed its interior decoration and invited Bob Sinclar for the inauguration...
Important changes in the hotel business on the Croisette
The Carlton-Intercontinental has come under new ownership. The american bank Morgan Stanley has sold the five stars hotel to a lebanese businessman Mr Toufic Aboukhater.
The youngest five stars hotel of Cannes, the Palais Stéphanie, build in the eighties on the site of the former Palais des Festivals, changed for the american hotel group «JW Marriott».
Miptv 2011 featuring Mipdoc : stars, red carpet and world TV premiere
The MIPTV aims to have television and platforms professionals to meet in order to buy and sell programs, set partnership and co-productions agreements, and collect insight informations on the future of the trade, especially in the digital field....
Cannes International Osteology Symposium takes a bite of Croisette
From April 14 to 16, 3,000 dentists specialists in implantology have attended the International Osteology Symposium organized by the Osteology Foundation, to learn and practice the latest regenerative therapies. Implants are well-spread and convenient but need solid bone foundation to last....
The idTGV "Talents Train" sets young talents on rails
On April 18, Cannes Palais des Festivals welcomed the 5th regional final of the second edition of the contest of the revelations organized by idTGV and Rire Ô Pluriel to be a springboard for young talents in the fields of humor, magic and visual numbers. Young talents have uploaded a video of their show on the site and have been elected by web surfers.
Righteous in a cruel world
From Monday April 18 to Sunday April 24, 2011 (morning), the exhibition "Disobey to save" honors French policemen and gendarmes who were named "Righteous among the Nations" for refusing orders from the Vichy government to arrest Jews.
Flore Passion : say it with flowers
Flore Passion took place on the week-end of 16-17 April at the Square Verdun in Cannes. Flore Passion showcased plants and flower producers, under the sign of the rose and sustainable development.
Rosella Hightower’s Cannes Dance High School reaches half century
The fiftieth anniversary of Rosella Hightower Ecole Supérieue de Dance de Cannes (EDSC) is marked by an exhibition, a book, a dance gala and a party at Palm Bech.
Pelbo Art Exhibition : Winter is better in Spring
Flore Passion took place on the week-end of 16-17 April at the Square Verdun in Cannes. Flore Passion showcased plants and flower producers, under the sign of the rose and sustainable development.
Cannes Shopping Festival : fashion on a red carpet background
The eighth edition of the Cannes Shopping Festival, scheduled over the Easter weekend, offered shopping and lifestyle festivities around fashion shows and prestigious evenings.
Escapades from Cannes
Sustainable Development and Employment forum in Mougins Eco Park
Mougins put its environmental qualities forward with its Eco Park where children and adults discover with the family exhibitions on sustainable development and green solutions for the planet. The Eco Park has hosted this wednesday April 13 the Forum of Sustainable Development & Employment. Workshops, conferences, contacts, information and learning were to go from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Anyone wishing to learn about organic farming, alternative transport, (especially since the surge in gasoline prices) and the social economy, as anyone looking for a job in the green business and the green jobs gathered in this unmissable and innovative place in the environmental field.
The forum was inaugurated by Mr Richard Galy, Mayor of Mougins, who presented various awards such as the Eco businesses with a check of 2,000 €. This forum also invited those wishing to develop their businesses related to sustainable development and promote green and ingenious ideas.
21st Mandelieu-la Napoule Second-Hand Boat Show
From April 21-25, 2011, Mandelieu-La Napoule, one of the major France destinations for yachting, has welcomed the 21st Boat Show displaying 400 second-hand boats. Since its creation in 1991 by brokers from Port La Napoule, the Festival of the second-hand boat in Mandelieu-La Napoule has become one European benchmark of spring second-hand boat shows.
Isabel Rey and Joäo Vilhena display their drawings at Mougins Sintitulo Gallery
From 23 April to 12 June, 2011, the Sintitulo Gallery in Mougins presents a joint exhibition between two artist from Nice, Isabelle Rey and Joäo Vilhena.
From their collaboration are born original drawings developing themselves as a visual ping-pong, made of creativity and collective inspiration.
The opening reception which took place on April 22 with the two artists, attracted a large number of art lovers, happy to be in a space of creativity and conviviality.