Life & Culture

A celebration of Irish cinema, in Grenoble

December 15th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Comment, Features, Life & Culture

Camille Bromley reports back from the Celtic Connection’s third annual Irish film event and tells us a bit more about activities planned by the association over the year.

Upstage 2011 – Arthur Miller’s The Crucible

December 14th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Features, Interviews, Life & Culture

We talk to David Simpson, producer of Upstage – an English Theatre Group comprising students at Cité Internationale Europole – ahead of their 2011 production of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible.

Why you should clear your car as soon as it stops snowing …

December 8th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Comment, Features, Info & Advice, Life & Culture

… “or, don’t let the heavy stuff freeze.” Vickie Allen of Destination Oisans shares some timely tips on unburying your car from the snow.

ways2winter: showing the reality of life in the ski resorts

December 2nd, 2010  |  by  |  published in Features, Life & Culture

Check out this teaser for the documentary ways2winter about life and snowsports in the local resort of Les 2 Alpes made by British filmmakers.

Robin Hood – a pantomime in Grenoble

November 30th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Features, Interviews, Life & Culture

As the Junior High students at Cité Scolaire Internationale start rehearsals for the annual pantomime, Grenoble Life catches up with some of the cast.

From Admission to Graduation: study and slacklining

November 17th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Comment, Features, Life & Culture

In the second post of his blog ‘From Admission to Graduation’ MBA student Joseph Schott shares his experiences studying in Grenoble and tells us about slacklining.

“Strangers lost in the crowd” – Grenoble Life meets Remi Oudinot

September 25th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Features, Life & Culture

Grenoble Life talked to photographer Remi Oudinot ahead of his exhibition Mes Semblables, which runs at Librairie Arthaud throughout October.

Ode to Grenoble … a city in crisis?

September 10th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Comment, Features, Life & Culture

Mary Zaccai, international press officer at Grenoble Ecole de Management, hits back at the negative and sensationalist media coverage of recent events in Grenoble.

Introducing … Stephen William Rowe

September 8th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Features, Life & Culture

Stephen William Rowe is a Grenoble-based scientist and songwriter. He tells us about his musical influences, rhyming in French and looking for singers to perform his songs – a few of which we are streaming here.

A walk on the wild side: randonnée glaciaire around the Meije

September 7th, 2010  |  by  |  published in Comment, Features, Life & Culture

Rebecca Skillman narrates the highs and lows of a walk on the wild side: a 3-day glacier hike roped to a mercurial mountain guide at an altitude of over 3000m.