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Downtime What s On Aquitaine-What's On WHAT'S ON DORDOGNE - November
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| Monday, 06 October 2008 | |
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Saturday November 8 at 7 pm OPERA AT THE REX CINEMA IN SARLAT Showing a series of opera live via High Definition satellite link with the Metropolitan opera of New York. Doctor Atomic An innovative opera by John Adams about one of the most interesting moments in contemporary history: the creation of the Atom Bomb. Baritone Gerard Finley takes the role of Roberty Oppenheimer, and the Metropolitan Orchestra is under the baton of Penny Woolcock. Eight more operas are to follow including The Damnation of Faust Thais Orpheus and Euridice Lucia de Lammermoor Madame Butterfly Admission:18 Euros - with a possibility of buying tickets for all ten operas, where the price per ticket drops to 15 Euros. More information at the Rex Cinema Box Office 08 92 68 69 24 Saturday and Sunday November 29-30 FOURTH BERGERAC ORGANIC FAIR  Saturday 10am-10.30pm and Sunday 10am - 6pm Organic farming and Eco-habitat 70 stands, organic producers, associations, businesses, artisans… --- Saturday 9pm: Concert by the group IGOR --- Organic food and and speciality soups on sale at exhibitors' stands and from from the Périgord's best restaurants: - Le Vieux Logis (Trémolat) - Restaurant Etincelles (Sainte-Sabine Born) - Epicurius (Bergerac) - La Tour des Vents (Monbazillac) - Auberge de l’Eclade (Monpton Ménestérol) --- Horse-drawn shuttle service between the Old Bridge and the salle Anatole France, 10am-noon and 2-5pm both days. Contact 06 14 28 86 98. --- Conferences Saturday 3pm "Organic gardening - it's easy" led by Brigitte and Serge Lapouge-Dejean of the Jardins d’Albarède at St Cybranet. Sunday 3pm "La construction passive" (The Passive House movement) led by Jocelyne Ortolan of the association "La Maison Passive France" www.ecobusinesslinks.com/passive-houses.htm www.lamaisonpassive.fr --- Information: 05 53 35 88 18 - www.agrobioperigord.fr Saturday November 29 to Monday December 1 WINE AUCTION 3000 lots - around 200,000 bottles of wine Lamonzie-Saint-Martin (24) Saturday November 29 to Monday December 1 11.30am-12.30pm and 2.30-6.30pm At Lamonzie's Zone Industrielle, 5 minutes from Bergerac on the Bordeaux road. Advance information: 05 61 48 53 92 or 06 27 55 08 16 The saleroom (after 2pm on Friday November 28): 05 53 61 77 95 or 06 27 55 08 16 Auction directed by Maître Stanislas MACHOÏR, Commissaire Priseur www.stanislasmachoir.com Bergerac, Pécharmant, Monbazillac, Bordeaux, Saint-Emilion, Pomerol, Saint-Estèphe and Sauterne wines sold in lots of 12 to 600 bottles. Bordeaux Grands Crus Classés sold singly or in lots of 12. (La Couspade, Beau-séjour Bécot, Pavie, Corbin, Monbousquet, Canon, Ferrand, la Conseillante, Moulinet Lasserre, Vray Croix de Gay, Linches Bages, Pichon Baron, Pontet Canet, Pape Clément, Carbonnieux, La Tour Carnet, La Lagune, Cantermerle, Doisy Daëne, De Malle, Rabaud Promies, Raymond Lafon, Palmer, Yquem). |
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