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The 18th edition of the TAF (Work, Future, Training) fair in Montpellier will take place on March 26 and 27, 2025 at the Parc des Expositions from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. An event open to all organized by the Occitanie Region, in partnership with France Travail, the Montpellier Youth Local Mission, the Hérault Department and Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole. This event aims to allow each visitor to access all the information to: • Find help • Discover the training offers • Find a job by meeting directly with recruiting companies • Discover a profession and define a professional project • Reorient towards sectors that generate employment SEE YOU AT THE MEDVALLEE STAND! Do you offer training and/or job offers in Health, Food-Agronomy-Agriculture, Environment? The MedVallée pavilion is here to welcome you! You will have the opportunity to benefit from the image of excellence of this dynamic and maximize your chances of filling your offers. PRACTICAL INFORMATION Free entry. Access: tram line 3 Parc des expos station (towards Etang de l'Or) Phone: 08 00 00 70 70

Board games offered according to their availability and/or with free and independent access for everyone under the supervision of an adult. From 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday In'Games You can also borrow games on site by contacting the reception of the Maison pour tous (except Wednesday). Conditions: leave an identity document as a guarantee, storage and return of the game in good condition. All audiences Information: 04 48 18 62 16 FREE ENTRANCE

A la carte workshop for teenagers from 15 years old and adults. You are free to register for as many sessions as you wish. Come recycle your textile objects (bags, clothes, etc.) and give them a second life. Cut, transform, sew... Teenagers, adults Information: 04 48 18 62 16 Price: €9/session + Maisons pour tous card

The Maisons pour tous of the City of Montpellier are a place of development, meetings and exchanges. They contribute to the dynamism and conviviality of each neighborhood. Thus, the Artistic Meetings, organized by the Maisons pour tous Albert Camus, Boris Vian, Marie Curie, George Sand, Rosa-Lee Parks, Voltaire and Albert Dubout, in the form of cultural events accessible to all, are an invitation to open yourself to art, a universal language, an inexhaustible source of astonishment and avenues for reflection. Each month a theme is developed around local artistic news. Guided tours, conferences, collective creations, performances, internships and parent-child workshops are offered in order to explore and experiment with the topics covered. The animation teams of the Maisons pour tous, driven by the values of popular education, secularism and public service, in partnership with associations and artists, invite you to these meetings to exchange and create together. We wish you wonderful artistic discoveries!

The 5 senses awakened! A whole week dedicated to early childhood up to 6 years old with the theme of the senses as a backdrop. Introductory workshops, sensory games, a reading corner, shows, experimental spaces, a sensory motor skills course to awaken and deceive visual, tactile, olfactory, gustatory and auditory perceptions. Toddlers up to 6 years old accompanied by an adult Information: 04 48 18 62 16 Price: Maisons pour tous card, by reservation

Awareness and action for women's rights: “The power of expression “feminine” Organized by the Antoine de Saint Exupéry House for All. From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. On the occasion of International Women's Day, celebrated on March 8, the Maison Pour Tous actively participates in these celebrations by offering various events and initiatives in favor of women. On the program: creation of a wall of expression, sharing of experiences and experiences. Collection of memories and testimonies. Exhibition and participatory activities throughout the month of March. Free entry, all audiences For more information: 04 48 18 62 11 Antoine de Saint Exupéry House for All - 130 allée du Briol, 34070 Montpellier

Exhibition: “The Sublime Being (letters)” Organized by the Maison pour tous Albert Camus and the association Mouvement du Nid de Hérault (association engaged in the fight against sexual exploitation and support for persons in prostitution). On the program: Being (letters) Sublime.s is a collection of letters written by women accompanied by the Mouvement du Nid, to real or imaginary women, sublimated by portraits by photographer Amaury Welsch. Opening of the exhibition on Thursday March 13, 2025 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.: on this occasion, the team of Mouvement du Nid will be present for a meeting and discussion about its actions. Audience: adults and adolescents Free entry upon registration: 04 34 88 76 84 Albert Camus House for All - 118 allée Maurice Bonafos, 34070 Montpellier

Exhibition: “Gender equality, where are we?” Organized by the Albert Camus House for All. Surprising anecdotes and homemade “time lapse” (historical frieze game) on the theme. Post-its and an expression wall are installed at your disposal to share your point of view and your experience. On the program: Maison pour tous Albert Camus offers an overview of equality between women and men. A timeline of the evolution of women's rights, quotes from famous people, portraits of women who have made things happen. Free entry, all audiences For more information: 04 34 88 76 84 Albert Camus House for All - 118 allée Maurice Bonafos, 34070 Montpellier

Photographic exhibition: “Countershots, intimate views” by photographer Laurent Allory, produced with the women supported by the Mouvement du Nid 34. Organized by the Victor Hugo Media Library and the Nid de l'Hérault Movement. Opening on Thursday March 6 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Through a series of intimate and sometimes touching photographs, the exhibition seeks to reveal the invisible. It aims to recall the humanity as well as the normality of women in prostitution. It also attempts to give a voice to those who are so often silenced, while preserving their identity. These photographs, taken in their everyday environment, capture fragments of their reality; each image is a discreet but powerful testimony to their personality, their resilience and their inner strength. This third year of partnership between the Mouvement du Nid 34 and the Victor Hugo media library closes a cycle of artistic work in connection with women in prostitution, supported by the Mouvement du Nid 34. How can we make visible those who are neither seen nor looked at?

With the association Bien Vivre in Aiguelongue, Association APS34 Come and play the outdoor games offered by the house for all in partnership with the Association Bien Vivre à Aiguelongue and APS34. Information: 04 30 78 30 95 FREE ENTRANCE

This European, digital and feminist participatory project by the Queer Code collective reinvests the field of History to make visible the journeys of love and resistance of women who loved women during the Second World War. Despite the systems of structural invisibility concerning the history of lesbians, fragments are known thanks to the mobilization of German historians and German, French and European lesbian activists. The Queer Code collective has led a dynamic of cooperation between them and members of social families, members of families of the heart as well as researchers in order to be able to collectively produce these digital cartographies. Their work contributes to opening the doors of the closet of the History of Deportation. Discover 6 stories of German and French lesbians: Christiane Moreau, Elsa Conrad, Henny Schermann, Marguerite Chabiron, Suzanne Leclezio and Yvonne Ziegler, arrested and deported because they were resistance fighters, or openly lesbians, and/or Jews. On the program: - Opening on Thursday March 6 at 6:30 p.m. in the presence of the Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Marseille, Mr. Fried-Hansel Nielsen, and Mrs. Isabelle Sentis, coordinator of the exhibition. - Conference around the exhibition: Broken Constellations, Wednesday March 19, 2025. Free entry, all audiences For more information: 04 67 60 48 11

Au cœur de cette exposition, qui mettra en lumière des poèmes issus de la créativité de Cressois, notamment des écoliers et pensionnaires de l’Ehpad L’Ostal du Lac, celui de Max Rouquette Véni/Viens prendra une place particulière. Tiré de son recueil Les psaumes de la nuit, ce texte écrit en occitan et en français fera l'objet d'une captation sonore réalisée par Josiane Ubaud, ethnobotaniste et occitaniste cressoise. Une expérience immersive à partager ! Accès libre et gratuit

From Friday March 7 to Wednesday April 23, 2025 Exhibition: “Velvet of Art” Organized by the third place Isis & Philaé and the Montpellier artist Velvet of Art. As part of International Women's Day, our third place, true to its values, will highlight feminine art, with the abstract work of Velvet of Art, an emerging artist from Montpellier. Exhibition opening: Friday March 7 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Third place Isis & Philaé - 20 rue Roland Petit, 34000 Montpellier

Espace Saint-Ravy is pleased to host the Rayleigh exhibition by Guillaume Boilley from March 8 to 30, 2025. Through paintings, installations and videos produced for the exhibition, the artist invites visitors into the heart of a fire, as a way of raising awareness of the ecological disaster to come while playing on the aesthetics of the sublime. OPENING ON MARCH 7, 2025 6:30 PM In the presence of Guillaume Boilley In 2017, a forest fire in Grabels stained the sky of Montpellier red. Guillaume Boilley then discovered the phenomenon of Rayleigh scattering. He demonstrated that the color of the sky is linked to the meeting of sunlight and air molecules present in the Earth's atmosphere. Discovered by John William Strutt Rayligh at the end of the 19th century, this phenomenon affects the upper layers of the atmosphere, including the one that gives the sky its blue color or its orange color at sunset. Specifically, this phenomenon occurs when the size of the scattering molecules is smaller than the wavelength of the radiation. During forest fires, it is also this phenomenon that gives the sky red colors. The fine particles from the smoke then modify the wavelength of the light spectrum. Guillaume Boilley is struck by the contrast between the surreal beauty of this orange sky and the drama of the devastating fire. More than beauty, it is a feeling of the sublime, between admiration and dread, as Emmanuel Kant says. The artist places his work in this paradox by depicting a climate fiction where the world is crossed by fires because of climate disruption caused by human action. The song of a vanished bird punctuates the exhibition, whose climate is disrupted. BIOGRAPHY Born in Montpellier and graduated from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Montpellier in 2021, Guillaume Boilley practices painting, installation and video to explore the issues and consequences of global warming: forest fires, rising waters, droughts and other transformations of landscapes caused by humans. Through his approach as a committed artist, he collects, like an ecologist or a researcher, evidence attesting to the relationships between humans and their living and non-living environment. After several monographic and collective exhibitions, and residencies (Maison Daura, 2022), he is currently a laureate of the Season 6 program supported by MOCO. After a stay and a collective exhibition in Toronto, Canada, the laureates will present an exhibition in Liverpool, England this summer.

A poetic moment through the reading of extracts from the essential work of Max Rouquette Vert Paradis, in the program Traces de lumière hosted by the poet and author Christian Malaplate. Rebroadcast on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. and possibility of listening to the podcast on www.radiofmplus.org

LUN.ES is a circus and moving arts festival presented by Créature.s Créatrice.s in partnership with several cultural structures in the Montpellier metropolitan area such as the Théâtre Jean Vilar, the Halle Tropisme, the Domaine d'O, the Chai du Terral, the Friche Mimi, the Vista Chapelle, etc. Inspired by the strengths and weaknesses of our plural humanity, we have imagined a festival composed of hybrid, surrealist and committed performances. Highlighting total inclusivity where burlesque forms rub shoulders with more reflective shows, we present a great diversity of artistic teams. LUN.ES aims to bring together diverse audiences around creative circus and its deeply humanist values. LUN.ES is aimed at all generations and addresses the major societal and environmental issues of the 21st century.

In 2025, Le Printemps du Cinéma returns as an unmissable and major event of the cinematographic year! It allows all spectators to enjoy the movie theater experience with family, friends or alone, at a unique and exceptional price for 3 days.

Organized by the Parentalité 34 association, in partnership with the Ecole des Parents et des Éducateurs 34, the Espace Famille Adages, the City of Montpellier and the Ministry of National Education. From 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Forum theater to open dialogue on situations of harassment and on what can be done to stop this game of silence and suffering on others. Free event open to all For more information: 06 11 93 42 63 or contact@parentalite34.fr Adages Family Space - 191 rue Louis Aragon, 34070 Montpellier

Les élèves de terminale de Magali Fraisse, autrice d’une thèse sur Verd Paradis, transmettent l’œuvre de Max Rouquette en voix et en corps. Choisis dans Les psaumes de la nuit et Le tourment de la licorne, les poèmes seront proclamés et chorégraphiés sur scène par la chorégraphe Muriel Piqué. Entrée libre

From 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. every Friday in March (7, 14, 21 and 28) Using the 3D printers of the Espace Gisèle Halimi fablab, come and make and personalize your “anti-annoyance” whistle that will allow you to report a situation of street harassment. These workshops will also be an opportunity to talk about street harassment: avenues of action to protect yourself, whether at the time or afterwards (care or legal support). Free workshops by reservation by email to: emmanuelle.boyer@montpellier.fr or aurore.lafosse@montpellier.fr - 6 places per workshop