Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe

The Abbey of Ardenne.

• On 2 may 2024
• Abbaye d'Ardenne, Imec
• The opening of the exhibition will be followed by a special evening during which its curator, writer and art historian Jean-Yves Jouannais, will unveil a previously unpublished entry from his Encyclopedia. - The evening continues with a cocktail reception hosted by Le spot traiteur.

• On 21 may 2024
• Abbaye d'Ardenne, IMEC
• Lifting the body, dance is also a way of setting our imaginations in motion. Four authors - Thomas Clerc, Gabriel Gauthier, Dominique Gilliot and Aliona Gloukhova - accepted choreographer Loïc Touzé ? S invitation to write a dance piece and perform it in public. The words draw a dance, a text takes flight. - An evening in partnership with CDCN Chorège. - Opens the Danse dans tous les sens festival. - Free admission, but remember to reserve ! reservations@imec-archives.com - A bar and light refreshments are available before and after the encounters. - The Eureka Street bookshop is a partner of Imec ? S literary encounters. - Don't forget it ! Buses 20 and 21 stop at Ardenne. Twisto is a partner of Imec ? S cultural program : a free shuttle bus runs to downtown Caen at 10 pm on the evenings of the meetings

• On 23 may 2024
• Abbaye d'Ardenne, IMEC
• Guitarist and composer Serge Teyssot-Gay plays again twenty years after his album On croit qu'on en est sorti. An exceptional evening to rediscover Georges Hyvernaud's La peau et les os, an autobiographical account of his captivity in a Central European oflag from 1940 to 1945, dressed up by Serge Teyssot-Gay's dark, percussive, sometimes electric and luminous music. - In partnership with Époque, Caen's book fair and festival. - Georges Hyvernaud ? S archives are kept at Imec. - Admission free, but please reserve ! reservations@imec-archives.com - A bar and light refreshments are available before and after the meetings. - The Eureka Street bookshop is a partner of Imec ? S literary events. - Don't forget it ! Buses 20 and 21 stop at Ardenne. Twisto is a partner of Imec ? S cultural program : a free shuttle bus runs to downtown Caen at 10 pm on the evenings of the meetings

• On 13 june 2024
• Abbaye d'Ardenne, IMEC
• La Deuxième vie" is Philippe Sollers ? Final novel. The great linguist and psychoanalyst Julia Kristeva writes an intimate, discreet and loving afterword. A couple at the center of the intellectual game for over half a century, Kristeva and Sollers shared "this world lit by a black sun". A relationship elevated to the status of a work of art, a marriage as a critical gesture, two thoughts at the pinnacle of their times. - Hosted by Albert Dichy. - The Philippe Sollers archives were entrusted to the Imec in 2024. - Admission free, but please reserve by e-mail. - A bar and light refreshments are available before and after the meetings. - The Eureka street bookshop is a partner of the Imec ? S literary meetings. - Don't forget it ! Buses 20 and 21 stop at Ardenne. Twisto is a partner of Imec ? S cultural program, offering a free shuttle bus to Caen city center at 10 pm on meeting nights.

• On 20 june 2024
• Abbaye d'Ardenne, IMEC
• "We're here to transform. Writing is not evaporation, but rather a reworking, a physical construction that rises and holds in the balance of the air. We watch from below, at the top, someone beckons, we take photos. We've got a sports bag full of tools, precision nibs, ultra-smooth sanders, invisible glues, but also in the double-bottom, it has to be said, a few damn chainsaws." - Writers use images of their choice to talk about their work. - Admission free, but please reserve by e-mail. - A bar and light refreshments are available before and after the meetings. - The Eureka street bookshop is a partner of Imec ? S literary encounters. - Don't forget it ! Buses 20 and 21 stop at Ardenne. Twisto is a partner of Imec ? S cultural program : a free shuttle bus runs to downtown Caen at 10 pm on the evenings of the meetings.

• From 6 to 7 july 2024
• Espace Ardenna, Place du Clos Maulier
• To commemorate the Canadians' participation in the liberation of Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe, a commemoration will be held over the weekend of July 5-6-7,2024. - The program includes : - Friday, July 5 : - Set-up of a military camp by re-enactors near the Abbaye d ? Ardenne, arrival of the first vehicles - Saturday, July 6,2024 : - - Opening of the camp to the public - - Conference on the liberation, testimonies from the elders - - ARPADOR choir performs theme songs from the 1940s - - Commemoration at the Canadian memorial garden with a Peppers band - - Parade of military vehicles in neighboring communes - - Popular 1940s music ball in the urban park of Saint Germain la Blanche Herbe - Sunday, July 7,2024 : - - Opening of the camp to the public presentation of vehicles