Hello!
One of the most beautiful sunsets I have seen for a while. Is summer just around the corner?
Please don't hesitate to let me know if there are local activities that you want to share, or if you are holding an event that you want to have listed. If you send me text, pdf files or jpg files I will add them to the listings. (see the address below) No charge... and tell your friends about the Newsletter, share it with your B&B guests and gite visitors. It's a resource for all... let's make it work!
Whatever you do this week in the Gironde and Dordogne regions, have a great week.
Best wishes,
Helen
notjustfortheholidays@orange.fr
Week 11 2018
Monday 12 March
Tuesday 13 March
Wednesday 14 March
14 March 16h15 :
The Shape of Water is showing in VO at the
Grandecran in Libourne
At a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a
unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in
captivity.
Starring Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer and Michael Shannon
14 March 20h30 :
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is showing at La Breche in Ste Foy la Grande.
A mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's murder when they fail to catch the culprit.
Starring Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson and SAm Rockwell
Thursday 15 March
15 March 13h45 :
Hostiles is showing in VO at the
Grandecran in Libourne
In 1892, a legendary Army captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory. Starring Scott Shepherd, Rosamund Pike and Ava Cooper
15 March 14h :
I am not a Witch is playing at the
Grandecran in Libourne
Following a banal incident in her local village, 8-year old girl Shula
is accused of witchcraft. After a short trial she is found guilty, taken
into state custody and exiled to a witch camp in the middle of a
desert. At the camp she takes part in an initiation ceremony where she
is shown the rules surrounding her new life as a witch. Like the other
residents, Shula is tied to a ribbon which is attached to a coil that
perches in a large tree. She is told that should she ever cut the
ribbon, she'll be cursed and transformed into a goat. Starring Benfors 'Wee Do, Boyd Banda and Kalunda Banda
25 March 18h : Concert by the Consevatoire de musique in Libourne at the Salle des fetes de Libourne.
15 March 19h20 :
The Shape of Water is showing in VO at the
Grandecran in Libourne
Friday 16 March
16 March 16h15 :
The Shape of Water is showing in VO at the
Grandecran in Libourne
16 March 16h15 :
Sugarland/That Sugar Film is playing at the
Grandecran in Libourne.
One man's journey to discover the bitter truth about sugar. Damon Gameau
embarks on a unique experiment to document the effects of a high sugar
diet on a healthy body, consuming only foods that are commonly perceived
as 'healthy'. Through this entertaining and informative journey, Damon
highlights some of the issues that plague the sugar industry, and where
sugar lurks on supermarket shelves. Starring Damon Gameau and Hugh Jackman
16 March : Big Ed and the Red Balls is back in Castillon at the Beer Bar, Orge & Houblon. If you go, say 'Hi!' to Ed from me as I can't make it this time!
16 - 17 March 19h30 : MADs is performing
A Bunch of Amateurs in Villereal. Tickets €10 available from
mads.bookings@gmail.com
16 - 17 March : Beer, Rugby and St Patrick's Day. 2 days of events at the
V&B in Libourne
16 - 17 March : Printemps Photographie Pomerol. Weekend photographic conference in Pomerol. Find out the full agenda by clicking
here
16 - 17 March : Bat Kiff in Port Sainte Foy. 2 nights of live music and film plus a drumming exhibition.
16 - 17 March : Cote Salon at the Stade de Mezeres, Porte Ste Foy et Ponchapt.
Saturday 17 March
17 March : Jo Surridge is running Marbling Workshops in the run up to Easter (and beyond) with the focus on decorating your own eggs and cards. Contact Jo at
j.surridge@outlook.com for more details
17 March 14h30 : Pessac-sur-Dordogne in Carnival
17 March 17h30 : Saint Christophe de Double celebrates Ireland and St Patrick
17 March 19h30 : Repas Cochon de lait in Peneuilh
17 March 19h30 :St Patrick's Concert at the Manege des Casernes, Place Joffre, Libourne. Free entrance.
17 March : Repas Dansant in Blasimon
17 March : If you missed Big Ed and the Red Balls yesterday, catch him this evening at Le Petit Gurcon in St Martin de Gurson.
17 March 21h : Tous en Trenet presented by the Association Comme a la Maison in Massugas
17 March 21h45 :
The Shape of Water is showing in VO at the
Grandecran in Libourne
17 - 18 March : Celebrate in Lugaignac, poetry on Saturday and all things botanical on Sunday including a plant swap, locally produced items and much more...
Sunday 18 March
18 March : Salon de la Gastronomie et du Vin in the Maison de l'Isle in Saint Denis de Pile
18 March : Vide grenier in Saint Denis de Pile
18 March : Salon des Collectionneurs in Saint Germain du Puch
Sunday 18th March, the Mozaic Jazz Band will be playing between midday
and 1pm on the quay at Périgueux, in front of the moored barge. The
event is to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 'Périgueux Auto Retro'
club. For club members it will be during
their apéro, so that's not for the general public, but you are free to
come and look at the old cars on display and listen to Mozaic's first
outing of the year. So why not an outing near the Cathedral, looking
around at the old cars and listening to some
jazz ?
18 March 20h30 :
Hostiles is showing in VO at the
Grandecran in Libourne
18 - 19 - 20 March : Le Printemps du Cinema - all tickets €4
Coming up...
19 March 18h :
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is showing at La Breche in Ste Foy la Grande.
20 March 16h15 :
Hostiles is showing in VO at the
Grandecran in Libourne
20 March 20h30 :
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is showing at La Breche in Ste Foy la
Grande.
And finally...
The shop front is closer to completion, just need to finalise the display case.
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