Situated at the base of the Old Town, The Bibliothèque de la Cité is one of the city’s municipal libraries, featuring a substantial collection. Notably, it boasts a significant children’s section. The library is actively engaged in the community, regularly organizing a diverse range of events such as talks, exhibitions, performances, film screenings, and workshops.
Noetic, an association specialising in video game education and awareness, works on digital literacy and youth wellbeing related to gaming.
This interactive afternoon explores collaborative play, presents key digital issues such as cyberbullying, online anonymity and microtransactions, and examines how gaming shapes young people’s socialisation and learning. Participants engage in discovery-based sessions and guided discussions that investigate ethical, social and educational implications of play.
In French.
Edmond Dounias, ethnobiologist at the French National Research Institute (IRD), co‑founder of HG‑EDU and member of the FAO global indigenous food systems platform, joins film director Claude Barras for a public conversation.
They examine human-nature relationships in Borneo, discussing rainforest preservation, indigenous lifeways, and cultural knowledge relevant to conservation. The conversation explores anthropological insights and cinematic perspectives, and considers implications for environmental stewardship, biodiversity and food sovereignty.
In French.
Join creative holiday workshops where children explore music and singing through stories and hands-on activities. In one cycle, participants discover baroque sounds and the myth of Castor and Pollux while meeting early-music instruments; in the other, they begin singing with a lyric vocalist and prepare a short recital. Sessions blend listening, movement and simple musical games to spark imagination and teamwork, encouraging curiosity about sound, story and performance.
In French. Kids ages 4–12.
Led by a string quartet featuring violinists Cécile Carrière and Girolamo Bottiglieri, violist Frédéric Carrière and cellist David Poro, this lunchtime concert presents Beethoven’s String Quartet No.7 (Op.59 No.1) within an intimate series showcasing musicians from the Geneva Chamber Orchestra. The performance emphasizes clarity of texture and close ensemble dialogue, offering a relaxed, luminous listening experience where interplay and phrasing bring out the work’s dramatic contrasts and warm lyricism.
Expect a playful afternoon of discovery where a varied selection of video games invites curiosity. Try unusual titles and swap between cooperative challenges and head-to-head bouts, fingers dancing on controllers, laughter and strategy colliding. Whether you’re a seasoned player or touching a controller for the first time, the mood is casual, exploratory and slightly mischievous. Shared discoveries and unexpected mechanics spark conversation, making gaming feel like a collective experiment in delight and friendly rivalry.
In French.
Build your first 3D video game using Kodu. Start by shaping a colorful world, placing landscapes, obstacles and characters on the screen. Learn simple programming steps to make your hero move, jump and interact with sounds and effects. Test scenes, tweak behavior and watch your game come alive with motion, color and sound. Hands-on time lets you experiment, solve problems and see code turn into playful action.
In French. Kids ages 8–12.
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