tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39453595310169775302011-04-21T21:39:33.507+02:00EVENTS, EXHIBITIONS AND ENTERTAINMENT IN THE PYRÉNÉES ATLANTIQUESINTRODUCTIONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00724415564677867313noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945359531016977530.post-30519183637761869272008-09-29T23:39:00.000+02:002008-09-29T23:40:06.151+02:00The association " Couleurs Locales " publishes in English a cultural datebook since 2005 in order to make easier the integration of anglophone people in the regional artistic scene .<br /> LIFE64 is distributed free of charge in the whole <span style="font-style: italic;">département</span> for the benefit of towns , shops and others cultural associations . The voluntary members of the association strive to find sponsors so as to pay for printing fees and to perpepuate the publication .<br /> When , for the third time , the association meets with one more refusal concerning a request for subvention in Pau town council , I solicit an encounter from Mss Ligniéres-Cassou , the mayor of Pau . I finally obtain an appointment with one of her councillors . Not only he was late , but he didn't even know why I was there . So , I remind him that our approach is based on the need for integration of these english people , who arrive for the first time in France . Because he adviced me to adress one more time my request next year , I precised him that he was doing nothing but repeating the same discourse that his predecessors had told me . I announce him that , because of a lock of money , the publication could come to an end . He glances through Life64 , and quickly affirms that : " Anyway , that's a very good idea , it's pretty well done , so if you go bankrupt , then we will take back the concept " On those words , he asked us to leave .<br /> The person who had accompanied me was stupefied , she told me while we were walking out the place :<br />" He treats us like stupid people or he is naive ? " I affirm , he is maybe naive to admit it to us , but anyway he's treating us like idiots .<br />If in certain countries we buy your ideas , in other ones we announce that we are going to steal them . Maybe , in the future , we will see the publication of an english magazine , dedicated to regional culture and intended to english native speakers , and very similar to Life64 .<br /> When people talk about setting up new initiatives , is it in order to help them or to plunder them ? What a respectuous attitude facing people who extended and broadcast culture ...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3945359531016977530-3051918363776186927?l=wwwhatsgoingon.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>INTRODUCTIONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00724415564677867313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945359531016977530.post-76604217015295973052008-03-08T10:49:00.002+01:002008-03-08T11:03:59.102+01:00My name is Benjamin , and with the agreement of both the publisher and the editor , I will help them adding some information on this website .<br />So , take your calendar and reserve your holidays from tho 10th to the 13th April 2008 !<br />The Bearn Toastmasters Club organizes its Annual Chartering Party , an event you shall not miss !<br />Visit their official website : <a href="http://toastmasterspau.ifrance.com/">http://toastmasterspau.ifrance.com/</a> , clik on " Our Annual Chartering Party 10th-13th April 2008 " , and then you would have access to the program , and to the registration form !<br /><br />Have a nice week !<br /><br />Ben .<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3945359531016977530-7660421701529597305?l=wwwhatsgoingon.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>INTRODUCTIONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00724415564677867313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3945359531016977530.post-36476967176201126552007-08-09T16:03:00.002+02:002008-05-14T15:21:11.786+02:00Along with the printed agenda that we produce, we have this website (in the form of a blog) because it is much easier for you, the English, here in deep France, to contact us and get involved. Make your own posts!<br />All suggestions or submissions are welcome. Happy Days here in beautiful 64. Tony P<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3945359531016977530-3647696717620112655?l=wwwhatsgoingon.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>INTRODUCTIONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00724415564677867313noreply@blogger.com