Peut-être étiez-vous présent / Perhaps you were there / Vielleicht waren Sie dabei
First Sunday of the Month
At the Market in La Carneille from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Sunday, May 3
Book launch and signing by Gwendelyn, a numerologist, and Davy Guihaire
“You’re a real number”
during market opening hours
You’re a real number – THE series that’s all about YOU is a collection of illustrated children’s books following nine heroes, each on a mission inspired by numerology. Through magical and formative adventures, they gradually discover who they really are. Each volume reveals a character’s unique story, highlighting their strengths, vulnerabilities and potential for transformation.
Sunday, May 17 (the 3rd Sunday of the month)
Dance with CAROLE NATIVELLE and her accompanists:
“FROM THE DESERT TO THE SEA” (lecture, testimony, and experience).
Gardens of CLOS ULYSSE (La Carneille). Entrance: 15h30, Dance: 16h
“Take a moment to sit back and let yourself be “touched” by the grace of the Beautiful Hebrew Letters.
More than just a dance, this will be a wonderful encounter, a moment of contemplation, an ode to Life.
I will speak to you about the origins of bodily movement, of dance, and of this ‘Sacred’ language of our soul.
Accompanied by some of the women from our ‘Compagnie Arpège Harmonie’, we will be delighted to share our various experiences with you, from the desert to the sea, and to present some highlights from our different shows.”
text + photo: Carol Nativelle
Infos in french here
5, 6 and 7 June 2026
LE PONT DES ARTS
Friday 5: 6.30 pm – Lire et Flaner at SEGRIE-FONTAINE:
‘VILAIN LISERON’ (musical reading and painting performance).
With NADINE LETONDEUR, JEAN-MICHEL THEBAULT and JP MANESSE-DUPONT. Chapeau
Saturday 6: 12.30 pm at CLOS ULYSSE
“DU PINCEAU À LA PLUME”, a portrait of GINE GUIBOUT.
Author: J-P MANESSE-DUPONT
Cocktails and book signings
Afternoon: Entertainment in the garden
Sunday 7th: Market day
10.00–13.00 Literary event at CLOS ULYSSE
Book signing by J-P MANESSE-DUPONT
“DU PINCEAU À LA PLUME”, a portrait of GINE GUIBOUT.
Afternoon: Entertainment in the garden of CLOS ULYSSE
CATHY AND CHRISTIAN: “HELOÏSE”
From 6pm: Annual dinner with the La Gourmandline food truck
From 10pm: Screening of two short films with the titles
1) Incertain portrait
2) Sub imperio summa libertas
on the theme of painting with FRANÇOIS EISENBARTH
July 4 and 5, 2026
Weekend dedicated to La Cavee des Artistes
visual arts festival in La Carneille.
August 2 (date to be confirmed)
Philosophical and literary getaway to Mortagne-au-Perche:
« SUR LES PAS d’ALAIN » (In the Footsteps of Alain)
pseudonym of the philosopher Émile Chartier. Museum and writing workshop.
6 September
The SOCIÉTÉ DES ÉCRIVAINS NORMANDS (Society of Norman Writers) will be present (at the market from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., then in the afternoon in the garden of CLOS ULYSSE) to present and sign a book entitled: NORMANDIE NOUVELLE FRANCE, a collective work to which 20 authors contributed.
This work is a testament to the authors’ deep attachment to CANADA, and more particularly to QUEBEC.
In this work, expressed through essays, stories, fiction and poetry, you will find dreams of freedom, love, mutual aid, wildlife, nature and forests…
September 26 and 27
Weekend dedicated to the Book Fair
(Writers in Swiss Normandy) in La Roche d’Oêtre.
October 4th
LYRIC RECITAL in the church of PONT D’OUILLY.
With SYLVIE-JANE COURAPIED and MARUSKA LE MOING.
November 7th and 8th
Exhibition, texts and short films with F. EISENBARTH:
From short story to short film: the adaptation
4 short films, each followed by a discussion and some interactive readings
– Les dessous de l’arcane (D.A.F. Sade) 10½ mins
– Les chevaux neufs (D.A.F. Sade and G.H. Mirabeau) 21 mins
– Sub imperio summa libertas (M. Porete, John XXII, Clement VI) 21½ mins
– Derniers feux (M. Alani) 19 mins
Exhibition of images and texts
an encounter and a comparison between literature and film (or even reading and image) and therefore a debate and interaction with the audience around the texts.
CLOS ULYSSE. Closed Porch.
December 6th
CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES at CLOS ULYSSE
(welcoming seniors, carols, stories, mulled wine and cookie bar).