FOOD | LITERATURE | ART | MUSIC | SPECTACLE
Discover VIBE 81: Cordes’ Cultural And Culinary Journey Begins
Premiere Edition 001
This newsletter was originally released and published in June, in French, on a newsletter hosted by Mailchimp. The newsletter is moving to Medium so this is being re-released for the archives.
Welcome to the very first edition of VIBE 81 where we will give you the best places to eat and the cultural news of Cordes-sur-Ciel. We hope you enjoy this trip and discover new facts about this ancient city.
FOOD
Cordes’ Digital Food Truck
Discover the best places to eat around town.
Welcome to the tasty part of VIBE 81!
VIBEs current partner restaurants include: Aster, Au Jardin de Saveurs, La Passeggiata, and La Maison (Les Cabannes) Umami World Street Food, La Planche de Bacchus, & S. Callipyge (Cordes).
Your food-truck will also showcase the best traders of the Saturday farmers market, and the best shops to buy wonderful food.
If the Comptoir du Cacao de Cordes is organising an event, you will find out about it here on VIBE, and if you are looking for excellent “Bio” choices, make sure to visit Le Panier Naturel, in lower Cordes.
What’s new in June?
- The superb S. Callipyge returns with its Italian cuisine on June 7.
Reservation recommended. - Season your life with the good modern gastronomy of Aster. They start lunches on Sunday, June 16.
Reservation recommended. - Umami World Street Food opens its second food truck (Thai) at Brasserie Auros Brewery during the TIF-TAF festival from June 21 to 22, which will complement its current food truck offering burgers and salads.
- La Maison is the newest place in town, in the old restaurant Le Petit Café/ Chez Babar, they are open for a fixed price lunch from Monday to Friday, serving family and traditional food. Call for reservations.
- La Passeggiata a delicious ne pizzeria offers a special pizza each week, call to inquire.
VIBE’s first recommendation for the Saturday Farmer’s Market:
- Find good pâtés and artisanal preserves at Christian Léonard’s table CASTELLÉONARD.
If you like what you find, please tell them VIBE sent you.
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LITERATURE
VIBE 81’s Literary Journey Begins with Georgina Maynard
A writer, painter, and antiques expert, living in an ancient and rural part of SW France.
By Georgina Maynard
I am Georgina Maynard and I am a writer and painter living near
Cordes-sur-Ciel.
Every month, I will share with you literary events from around Cordes; Book releases and lectures, as well as all readings or gatherings that occur in our various communities. The region has a multitude of talents and I intend to interview another local author each month. It is surprising how often our region is the setting for many good reads.
I hope you, our subscribers, will share your recommendations, ideas or suggestions with me so that the reviews here will be spirited.
Books to read while enjoying the hot summer days in the garden or by the pool and maybe a reading club would be a great way to keep our minds busy on fire-day during the winter months.
To begin this literary journey, I would like to suggest my own recently published English novel, a thriller called “I Will Keep Her”.
A fast-paced story taking the reader from the English countryside to the sands of Saudi Arabia. Excitement guaranteed until the end.
VIBE RECOMMENDS
Available on Amazon, Kindle and audio version on Audible.
(The Amazon image is a non-affiliate link which takes you out of Medium).
ART
Landscapes of Light: Veronique Azam’s Turneresque Art
Inspired by Georgia O’Keefe and the ancient city she calls home.
By JENNIFER REYNOLDS
Véronique Azam owns and runs a beautiful gallery in the heights of Cordes-sur-Ciel, where she presents her incredibly atmospheric paintings.
Her admirers often describe her work as “Turneresque” for its elusive use of light.
While living in New York in her twenties, Véronique decided to become a painter after falling in love with the paintings of Georgia O’Keefe. Invited to the studio of a New York artist (who was also Spike Lee’s set designer) who encouraged her to start painting by giving her a brush, paint pots and canvas; Véronique chose her object, a simple shell, and was told “Go”!
Throughout the development of her passion at Art Student’s League in New York, she never looked back.
Since she lives in Cordes, Azam’s painting has reached new levels. Her ethereal landscapes with a light crossing the clouds are inspired by moments and views surrounding this beautiful town of ancient houses. Her admirers often describe her work as “Turneresque” for its elusive use of light.
The pattern of the path to light creates an emotional connection with those who see her work
Artist of The Month: June
MUSIC
Calling All Music Lovers
The summers ultimate sound adventures
Call for all music lovers! Get ready for the ultimate sound adventure at the Tif-Taf music festival. With a program that will blow your mind and an atmosphere that will make your heart sing.
The picture above says it all. Several musical events are planned this month, but the big news of June is the two-day music festival at Brasserie Aüros, with 7 bands and several food trucks. Click on the image at the top of the page to access the website of Brasserie Aüros and get more information.
Local music venue S. Callipyge will welcome the band Magidson Duo on June 1st at 8:00 pm in their location in the old town. If you miss that show, you can attend their upcoming musical evening TBD in July.
Another festival, “Les Rendez-Vous d’HeRVé,” will take place in the city from June 14 to 16. This festival will take place in Cordes-sur-Ciel and Les Cabannes and will feature many groups, exhibitions, workshops, tales, cinema and games. Don’t miss this event.
In our first issue, we’ve included just a few of the events that will take place this month, but as we grow, we’ll give you more and more musical news going on around Cordes!
SPECTACLE / PERFORMANCES
(Spectacle is a French Expression Covering a variety of different performances).
“Dreams Of Green Frogs & A Dreamlike Universe”
And Other Questions in French Drama
“Who has never dreamed of being a green frog”?
Even if you don’t dream of frogs, but you like spectacular theatre, go see these two shows at our local theatre Le Colombier which equals that of Paris in terms of quality.
The first production…
CONSÉQUENCES by Duo Les Paraconteurs
Who has never dreamed of being a green frog? These are some of the major questions that Duo Les Paraconteurs answer without any words but with humor and a dose of impertinence and some jokes!
How do Eric Druel and Mathieu van Berchem describe themselves?
“Two clowns, without a red nose, but with finesse infiltrated into modern society; A fun way to break the social codes and conventions, the so-called serious subjects and the too morose spirit”! (Source: Le Colombier bulletin).
Saturday, June 1st, at 8:30 pm
Actors: Eric Druel and Mathieu Berthout van Berchem
Director: Alexandre Pavlata
Duration: 1h
Age: From 7 years
Price: 15€/ Reduced: 12€/ Teens: 5€
The second production of the month?
HISTOIRE DE LAINE by Rauxa
“An ingenious creation that transports us into a dreamlike universe…”
HISTOIRE DE LAINE by Compagnie RAÜXA/
l’ETE DE VAOUR/ THÉÂTRE D’OBJETS
This sensitive, poetic and ingenious show transports us into a dreamlike universe; telling the story of a thread, or is it the thread that tells the story?
Equipped with a ball of wool, a fan and some metal rods, you will see before your eyes a small acrobat of about fifteen centimeters high, vibrant life.
Xavi Sánchez is wonderfully supported behind the scenes by his partner Analía Serenelli, creating a sketch that will make you cry or smile!
(Source: Le Colombier bulletin).
Friday 7 June 2024 at 8:30pm
Authors: Xavi Sánchez and Analia Serenelli
Interpreter: Xavi Sánchez
Musical performance: Jennifer Aiach
Duration: 50mn
Age: From 4 years
Price: 15€/ Reduced: 12€/ Teens: 5€
This month, Le Colombier is another place for music lovers! They are organizing two musical events. Don’t miss them, check out their website linked here.
EDITORIAL
Last Words: Editor’s Reflections on This Newsletter Journey
Dear Readers,
Wow, you made it to the end of our very first newsletter! 🎉 We’re beyond grateful that you decided to spend a few minutes of your day with us. We hope we brought you a few good vibes, sparked your mind, and maybe even made you a little hungry. (If not, we’ll just blame it on this being the first edition). After all as the expression goes…
“Rome was not built in a day”!
Thank you for being part of our journey from day one. We promise to keep things informative, insightful and just a little bit tasty in the issues to come. Stay tuned, stay awesome, and remember — without you, we’re just a bunch of words on a screen!
“By the way we’re on a mission to be your go-to source for all things cultural and culinary in Cordes, so keep those comments and suggestions coming — we’re hungry for them!”
Catch you in the next one!
Cheers,
Francis B.
Editor and Publisher
francis@vibe81.fr
(This Editorial is new copy)
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