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Maison Fromagerie Mons revisited in the Roannais

Monday, March 15th, 2010

The French are passionate about most things!
Never more so than with their cheeses, and if there is one extremely successful, family-run business that exemplifies this then it has to be Fromagerie Mons.

And how wonderfully fortunate are we, in the Roannais region of the Rhone-Alpes, to have this Affineur of fine cheeses right on our doorstep.
Many [...]

Purefrancenow News from the Roannais

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

More news from the Roannais in March 2010 !

www.purefrancenow.com is a website dedicated to the highlighting and promotion of French lifestyle, holidays, and property opportunities, including French products and services -  regional restaurants, food and wine, local events, medieval villages,  history, including art and design, in the Roannais, Rhône–Alpes region.
There are also particularly excellent opportunities [...]

Tourism Show at Scarabée in Roanne, Roannais

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

The annual ‘Salon du Tourisme’ in Roanne is back again this March in the heart of the beautiful Roannais.

Staged at the new, impressive Scarabee event centre, this special show is a great opportunity for different businesses from around the Roannais, and nearby regions, to present their products and services.
This 3-day show with over [...]

New Art Show at Ceysson Gallery, Saint Etienne, Rhône-Alpes

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

An excellent new art show, featuring the work of some of the best Artists in France is now in progress at the Bernard Ceysson Gallery in Saint Etienne, Rhône-Alpes.

Jean Villevieille – Multiples
December 09, 2009 – March 06, 2010
Artists :
Atelier Jean Villevieille
Claude Viallat,
Patrick Saytour, .
Ivan Messac,
Robert Janitz,
Daniel Dezeuze,
Franck Chalendard.
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Claude Viallat ©
Viallat Claude, born in Nîmes in [...]

More French Life News at www.purefrancenow.com

Monday, January 11th, 2010

This French Life in 2010 and all the exceedingly useful information this site has to offer, plus a brand new, professional French networking site called ‘Survive France Network’ – helping you live and work in France. Purefrancenow has now linked in!

www.purefrancenow.com

Fantastic Lyon in Lights!

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

This December Lyon’s Féte des Lumiéres is once again a stunning display of creativity, originality and history.
Developed over the years from the 19th century when on one particular night people commemorated the Virgin Mary by lighting candles in their windows.
The modern four-day event sees millions throng the streets to see marvellously illuminated buildings and an [...]

New Art from John Clough at the Pure Art Gallery

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

More unique and highly creative imagery from British artist, John Clough,  are now featured in the Pure Art Gallery.
A new series of graphic, digital canvassess from this Yorkshire born artist are now available for sale in different size and style formats.

John also translates his concepts into special, large-scale, original acrylic paintings which are also available [...]

Jean-Pierre Pyat now at the Pure Art Galley

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Jean-Pierre Pyat started painting in November 1964 and has hardly ever stopped since. He is a dedicated and prolific creator of superbly crafted images from everyday life, as well as landscape, and figurative.
At first concentrating on figurative realism, then, as the years went by, he discovered more of what really interested him, with influences of [...]

Bernard Ceysson Gallery, Saint Etienne, Rhône-Alpes

Monday, November 9th, 2009

The Exciting Bernard Ceysson Art Gallery in Saint Etienne, Rhône-Alpes.

For the Autumn of 2009, the 3  Bernard Ceysson galleries each have their own and original agenda with all new shows.
In Paris, although Franck Chalendard (09/09/05 – 09/10/17) and Assan Smati (09/10/23 – 09/12/12) had already showed their work recently in the
Saint-Étienne and Luxembourg galleries, the [...]

Brasserie Clemenceau celebrates 3 years success in Roanne!

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

October saw Brasserie Clemenceau in Roanne celebrate their 3 year anniversary with wine and song, and ten-pin bowling!
An exceptional evening of fun, excellent food, good friends, and entertainment. All laid on free and gratis by the owners Francis Kuchenbuch and Jean-Louis Clot. Over 400 guests were invited for this great evening of celebration – it [...]

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