Don’t forget the lovely Swedish celebration of Santa Lucia tonight, 13th Dec, at the Cathedral – Young Scandinavians process down the darkened aisle creating pools of flickering light with their candles. Unmissable! 18:00hrs. Afterwards, spiced wine is served at the Mairie.
Tomorrow sees nationally-renowned Aix pottery Atelier Buffile open a show of their work together with Poteries de Sejnane from Tunisia. This is a group of 100 potteries, mainly Berber women who have been making kitchen pots and decorative items for generations. Vincent Buffile went to work with them. Both his work, their work, and collaborative projects will be on show. The expo is at the beautiful medieval Cave aux Huiles, another reason to visit!Fri 14-18:00hrs, Sat and Sun 10-18:00hrs. It is featured in the current issue of Coté Sud – read here: cs-12-2018
And finally there’s the Bravade Calendale on Sunday 16th: This is a Provencal traditional offering ‘la pompe de Noel’ (festive bread) to the town authorities. Lots of traditional music, Provencal dancers and for some reason Italian flag-throwers. General Instagrammable melée. 11:00 in the cours Mirabeau;
14.30 at Mairie followed by procession through centre ville.
‘assiettes‘ for diners to combine and enjoy.
Miriam Hartmann has chosen to establish her gallery which is just celebrating its first birthday.
