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A Monthly Guide to Discovering Basel JUNE 2014

>Navigating Art Basel

EVENTS TRADITIONS LIVING OUTINGS SPECIAL PROGRAM LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Dear Readers, Exercise Outdoors in Basel’s Aqua-Rhythm MAGAZINE The month of June is all about “art” in Basel—the art world will convene An effective fitness training of intense Parks this Summer water aerobics in waist-deep water to Latin- in town as it hosts Art Basel as well as many smaller, associated fairs. Even JUNE 2014 Volume 2 • Issue 9 American party music. Professional child- if you don’t have the pocket change (or space) to buy any of the artworks If exercising outdoors in the beautiful parks of the Basel care is available during the lesson time. TABLE OF CONTENTS on sale, it’s a great way to get an insight into today’s art scene! There is region with a large group of people sounds like a great also a plethora of new museum exhibits where you can explore every- way to get or stay in shape, this is for you. Gsünder Gymnastics thing from bubbles, chairs, and spiders to dysfunctional machines and Special Program: Exercise in Basel’s Parks 3 Basel (Healthier Basel), a non-profit organization ded- Aerobics classes with music provide a var- sculptures. icated to the promotion of good health for people in ied and fun workout for the whole body. June is also an engaging month for youths with the imagine festival, where the Basel area, has organized a variety of classes to Events in Basel: June 2014 4-6 teens can take a stand against racism; performaCITY, where students and keep you fit this summer. Thanks to support from the Move2Music young adults can work towards shaping tomorrow’s culture; the 3-day canton Basel Stadt and other generous sponsors, all This is a new movement program with Gundeli-Fescht filled with activities for kids and teens; and the European of these classes are free of charge. No registration music from around the world. Each week Fun Outings: Beyond Basel 7 Festival of Youth Choirs that will assemble talented teens from all over has a different theme. is necessary, simply show up and join in! There Europe for three unforgettable days of singing. are two programs: Spring und Gump, which is Pilates Special Event: Art Basel 8-9 With summer hopefully making an appearance, the region also offers ideal for the whole family, and Aktiv! Im Som- many activities to get you out of doors and on the move, including track- Strengthens the deep muscle groups that mer, ideally suited for adults. The table below lists and-field, inline skating, bicycle rides, water sports on the Rhein, a com- provide a healthy and proper posture by the available classes by weekday. There is a vari- pany fun run, and an array of exercise classes in the many beautiful parks means of strength exercises, stretching, and Markets and Fairs in Basel 10 conscious breathing. Mats will be available in and around Basel. And for those really warm days, we give you infor- ety of classes suitable for all levels—something for if you don’t have one. mation on the region’s outdoor pools and all that they have to offer. If every “body”! Workshops, Tours, and Education 11-13 you fancy going out of town, you can discover nature in canton Vaud www.gsuenderbasel.ch Spring und Gump with a series of guided mountain walks and excursions, visit a very special English rose garden in Germany, or take a day trip to the beautiful town of This is a playful and free movement pro- gram with jumping, playing, and juggling for Center Calendar: June 2014 14-15 Montreux and experience one of Switzerland’s most fascinating castles. kids and their parents; ideally suited for kids If you are looking to enjoy an evening out, you will be amazed at the ages 4 and up, although younger kids are welcome. Get Going!: Outdoor Swimming Pools 16-17 number of choices, from concerts, theater, circus, musicals, and dances to cocktails and wine tasting events. Tai Chi With the summer holidays just around the corner, now is also the time Sports and Recreation 18-19 to register your kids for summer camps. There is a wide variety of camps Relax the body and mind through a series of circular and harmonic movements. and swimming lessons available for your kids in the greater Basel area this summer. Spaces go quickly, so register now! Information Desk: Summer Camps for Kids! 20-23 Yoga Finally, be sure not to miss the Expat Expo, an annual Relaxation and breathing exercises, exten- fair that introduces expats to all of the products sive stretching and strengthening of the Entertainment: Night on the Town 24-26 and services available in the Basel area in English. whole body awaits you in this yoga class. The Basel Family Magazine team is looking Mats will be available if you don’t have one. forward to meeting you there! No previous experience is required. Get Your Tickets Now! 26 Christine Zumba Christine Pesold Combines dance fitness fun with Latin- Mark Your Calendar: July/August 2014 Back Page Editor-in-Chief American rhythms. No previous experience [email protected] necessary, party mood guaranteed.

Basel Family Magazine Contacts: COVER: With the Art Basel and its associated ACTIVITY WEEKDAY TIME DATES LOCATION Editor-in-Chief: exhibits in town this month, Basel will be the Christine Pesold center of the art world for one week. But even Zumba Monday 19:00-19:50 June 16 – August 11 St. Johanns-Park, Basel Advertising & Subscription during the rest of the year, Basel is a wonder- Spring und Gump Monday 19:00-19:50 June 16 – August 11 St. Johanns-Park, Basel Manager / Editor: ful place for art lovers with fabulous museums Susanne Hiller Gymnastics Tuesday 19:00-19:50 May 6 – August 26 Schützenmattpark, Basel and galleries. In fact, last year the London Art Director: Move2Music Wednesday 19:00-19:50 June 11 – August 13 Margarethenpark, Basel Jon Hoefer “Times” ranked Kunstmuseum Basel the fifth- best art museum in the world, surpassed only Spring und Gump Wednesday 19:00-19:50 June 11 – August 13 Margarethenpark, Basel For more information about by Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Prado Museum in subscribing or advertising – Yoga Wednesday 19:00-20:00 June 4 – August 13 Piazzetta-Wiese, Birsfelden please contact us: Madrid, Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, and Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New Gymnastics Wednesday 19:00-19:50 June 4 – August 6 Wegmatten, Allschwil [email protected] www.baselfamilymagazine.com York! So a visit to its collections and special Tai Chi Wednesday 19:00-20:00 June 11 – August 6 Domplatz, Arlesheim

cover art: “basel by numbers” © jon hoefer exhibits is definitely a must! tourismus © basel credit: photo Pilates Wednesday 19:00-20:00 June 4 – August 27 Wettsteinanlage, Riehen Basel Family Magazine © Copyright 2014. All rights reserved. It is our goal to provide valuable, timely information to our readers. The opinions Gymnastics Wednesday 19:00-19:50 June 11 – August 13 Jörinpark, Pratteln expressed in the articles in this magazine are those of the contributing authors and do not reflect those of other members of the editorial staff and of any organizations or agencies distributing this magazine. Though we make every attempt to provide accurate information, we cannot be held responsible if Tai Chi Thursday 19:00-20:00 June 5 – August 28 Wettsteinanlage, Riehen any event is cancelled, postponed, or modified. We encourage readers to contact the event organizers or their websites to obtain the most current event Aqua-Rhythm Sunday 16:00-16:50 June 15 – August 17 Schwimmbad, Pratteln information. Please note: No part of this periodical may be duplicated in any fashion, or redistributed in any written language, without permission from the executive staff at Basel Family Magazine. If you have any questions, contact Basel Family Magazine staff at: [email protected]. photo credits: © gseunder basel credits: photo

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performaCITY Zirkus Knie imagine 2014 June 6-15 June 13-25 June 6 & 7 How does today’s urban society shape tomorrow’s culture? Switzerland’s largest national circus (Zirkus Knie) will be present- imagine is a project to sensitize and bring aware- performaCITY is a festival addressing this issue that takes ing their newest show, “David Larible—der Clown der Clowns,” ness to young people about the subjects of racism, place at the Kaserne Basel and in the urban space of Basel. It at the Rosentalanlage, next to the Messeplatz, where they will exclusion, and discrimination. It culminates in an is based on three elements: artistic/performative interventions set up their tent and zoo. This circus promises a mix of acrobat- annual youth festival that through music, activi- in public space, communication in the form of performative ics, clowns, comedy, and animal acts, including horses, ponies, ties, workshops, and much more, attempts to teach walks, and socio-artistic activities; in addition, it includes an zebras, elephants, dogs, and more. Shows start at 20:00 each our youth to recognize their own conscious or un- academic conference. performaCITY is designed to bring in- night; Saturdays and Wednesdays have additional matinées at conscious prejudices and racist ways of thinking, ternational researchers, artists, art professionals, and students 15:00. Sunday shows are at 14:30 and 18:00. Tickets range from and most importantly to rethink and overcome together and connect them with a local theater audience. It CHF 20-75, and kids ages 3-12 are half price at the matinée pre- their prejudices. The festival has been planned by is understood both as an arbiter and as a generator of knowl- sentations. You can buy tickets directly from their ticket booth young people with a high degree of participation, edge, but also as a platform for building and fostering an or in advance at post offices, Manor, the SBB, Coop City, and organization, thought, and a determination to international and interdisciplinary network centered on the Ticket Corner locations in person or online. shape the development of future society through issue of “City and Art.” Visit their website to learn more about www.knie.ch openness, honesty, and dedication. Festival events performaCITY and all of its related activities. are free and most will happen on several stages set www.ticketcorner.ch up in Barfüsserplatz over the two days; check the http://performacity.net website for a list of times and activities. www.kaserne-basel.ch Charles Ray Exhibit www.imaginefestival.ch June 15 – September 28 World Oceans Day at Zoo Basel www.terredeshommes.ch festival © imagine credit: photo In collaboration with the Art Institute of Chicago, the Kunst- June 8 museum Basel and the Museum für Gegenwartskunst (Museum World Oceans Day is aimed at raising of Contemporary Art), will be holding a major exhibition of the Exhibit “Konstantin Grcic—Panorama” than 20,000 people will attend the over 30 concerts taking place awareness of the endangerment of the work of the American artist Charles Ray, who is regarded as one Until September 14 during these five days in various locations around Basel and Ba- world’s oceans. On this day, the Zoo of the preeminent sculptors working today. Ray charts a new selland. A particular highlight is a performance on six different Konstantin Grcic is one of today’s leading designers. Some of Basel offers an attractive special program language of sculptural figuration, as exemplified byBoy with Frog stages in the center of Basel. Be sure not to miss this very special his designs—such as “Chair One” (2004) or the “Mayday” lamp from 10:00-17:00 to the theme of “The great feast under water.” (2009), a steel sculpture painted white that many people would event! Visit their English/German website for a wonderful video (1999)—have already attained the status of design classics. With During a tour behind the scenes of the Vivarium and at various not even recognize as contemporary art. Rather than offering about this festival, as well as a compete list of locations and “Konstantin Grcic—Panorama,” the Vitra Design Museum in information booths you can learn all about food chains in the a full-blown retrospective, the show focuses on works Ray has times of concerts. Weil am Rhein shows Grcic’s largest solo exhibition to date. It oceans and how you can help protect the oceans. There will also created between 1997 and 2014. provides a comprehensive overview of his oeuvre and is at the www.ejcf.ch be a relay race with different stations and a competition for kids. www.kunstmuseumbasel.ch

same time a new design project in its own right. Especially for basel © zoo credit: photo www.zoobasel.ch this show, Grcic is developing spatial installations that bring to Children’s Theater—The Valiant Little Tailor life his personal visions for life in the world of tomorrow, both Expat Expo June 1, 4, 11, 14, and 15 Krištof Kintera. I AM NOT YOU pensively radical and powerfully profound. June 15 The classic tale by the Grimm Brothers, “Das tapfere June 11 – September 28 www.design-museum.de This sixth annual Expat Schneiderlein” (The Valiant Little Tailor), will be presented by The Tinguely Museum will be presenting the works of the young Expo in Basel is a forum the Basler Kinder Theater in Basel dialect every Wednesday, Sat- Czech artist Krištof Kintera. With irony and mischief, he turns art aimed at enhancing the Bubble Dreams urday, and Sunday. It is suitable for families with kids ages 4 and and life on their heads. He creates a new Golem out of hundreds of lives of the English-speak- Until July 20 up. Tickets are CHF 12 for kids, CHF 14 for adults; Familienpass light bulbs or wired-up potatoes, satirizes our safety mindset with ing residents of Basel. holders and GGG members receive discounts. an armored stroller, or tries to sell a sophisticatedly designed but The Spielzeug Museum (toy museum) in About 100 exhibitors will totally functionless device in an electrical store. With his dysfunc- Riehen is hosting an entertaining, excit- www.baslerkindertheater.ch provide information on tional machines with absurd add-ons, he has Tinguely’s aesthet- ing, and instructive exhibit on the fascinat- schools, daycare centers, ics down to a “T.” He also shares Tinguely’s extremely extroverted ing world of soap bubbles. When you play with language centers, children’s activities, expat organizations, Videocity.bs and critical artistic attitude that questions, pulls apart, or recon- soapy water, artful shapes can arise—floating, beautiful, and legal and financial services, religious organizations, foods, June 1 – July 28 figures everything. Entrance to the museum is CHF 15 for adults, colorfully-shimmering tiny or huge bubbles. Then “plop”—they specialty items, and much more. There will also be plenty of CHF 10 for students and seniors, kids under 16 are free when burst and disappear! Bubbles enchant us and make us wonder Basel plays an important role in Swiss video art and boasts a entertainment for everyone, including a humorous and in- accompanied by an adult. how and why they form. Soap formations offer a playful ap- dynamic, prolific, and globally present video art scene. Sixteen formative seminar about living in Switzerland from bestsell- proach to mathematical, physical, and chemical phenomena, stores in Basel’s city center have put their shop windows at the www.tinguely.ch ing author Diccon Bewes; lots of activities for the children, such as surface tension, minimal surfaces, spectra, and reflec- disposal of video artists. The works displayed will give unex- including a bouncy castle, face painting, and balloon sculpt- pected glimpses into the everyday lives and fantasies of the art- tions. Come and experiment, learn, and be fascinated. Festival in Margarethenpark ing; British cheese and whisky tastings; and raffles with many ists and present selected personalities from the history of video prizes, including gift certificates to Manor. The U.S. Embassy www.spielzeugmuseumriehen.ch June 13-15 art in Basel from the early 1970s until today. Window shoppers will also be on hand to provide information and answer ques- can expect many surprises along their way, so take “a video walk This annual favorite, referred to by locals as “Gundeli-Fescht,” tions about U.S. citizenship and U.S. visas. Come and meet European Festival of Youth Choirs Basel through Basel city center.” The installations can be seen from takes place in Margarethenpark in Basel, starting at 18:00 on the staff of Basel Family Magazine—we will be at Booth May 28 – June 1 the street from 9:00-22:00 daily. Visit the official website for a Friday and running until 19:00 on Sunday. It is filled with all 45—and get a chance to win a free subscription by signing Every other year in May, 18 of the best children and youth list of the 16 participating stores and to download the brochure sorts of fun activities for the family, including many presenta- up on the spot. Expat Expo will run from 11:00-17:00 at the choirs from all over Europe with more than 1,000 singers meet with a map to follow to view them all. Viodecity.bs is a coopera- tions of dance, music, food, drink, market, and raffle. Many Fas- Congress Center of the Basel Messe. Entrance is free and all up in Basel. They have been chosen by a jury of experts long tive project between Pro Innerstadt Basel and curator Andrea nacht cliques will also be on hand to play music and recruit new are welcome! For more info go to their website. Domesle. young members. in advance. Foreign music cultures, ancient chorales, groovy as www.expat-expo.info/basel.html

well as contemporary music—the diversity is fascinating. More http://videocitybs.ch http://gufe.gundeldingen.ch/index.php expo © expat credit: photo 4 www.baselfamilymagazine.com JUNE 2014 5 Events in Basel: June 2014 (continued) Fun Outings: Beyond Basel Beck Day at the Basel Zoo aspects of modern art and modern music in a relaxed atmosphere. June 24 Concert is free with admission to the museum. Montreux In honor of the Basel Zoo’s patron Johannes Beck, there will be www.tinguely.ch If you have yet to visit Montreux, why not do so this time along the lake, you will come to the beautiful Chateau musical entertainment in front of the zoo restaurant. This event of year? More than just the home of the world’s biggest de Chillon. This 1,000-year-old monument is an architec- and most famous jazz festival each summer, it is a feast for tural jewel that will take you back in time. Each hall or will be held from 16:00-22:00, entrance will be free from 16:00 Swiss International School (SIS) Summerfest onward. the senses, with high-quality restaurants, luxury accom- room unveils a part of the castle’s history, with its banquet June 28 modations, wellness centers, incredible views, one of the halls, bedrooms, courtyards, chapel, weapons room, dun- www.zoobasel.ch From 13:00-17:00 the Swiss Inter- prettiest and best restored castles in Switzerland (Chateau geons, watchtowers, and moat. A visit to the castle, which national School (SIS) Basel is hold- de Chillon), and a lake shore walking path that offers spec- is open in the summer from 9:00-19:00 (shorter hours in Spider Exhibition ing its annual summerfest. This fair tacular views and smells. Located at the east end of Lake the winter), is a must for the whole family! Entrance cost From June 24 offers plenty of fun and activities for Leman (the west end of which is called Lake Geneva after CHF 12.50 for adults, CHF 6 for children, or CHF 29 for the city that surrounds it), the beauty of the scenery, the the whole family. Note that the 4-km walk from the center In collaboration with the Naturhistorisch- the kids, delicious international food gentle climate, and the excellent quality of life has attract- of town to the castle will take approximately 45 minutes es Museum Basel, the Tierpark Lange Erlen has and drink, a used-book and toy sale ed many celebrities that stayed or even settled in the area, (or 6 minutes by car). developed an exhibit all about our eight-legged friends, so that where you can find many bargains, including Lord Byron, Victor Hugo, visitors can become acquainted with our native spiders. The ex- a raffle with a lot of wonderful priz- Gustave Eiffel, Charlie Chaplin, hibit will be open daily from 10:00-17:30 in the Erlebnishof. es, a variety of vendors presenting Gandhi, Bob Dylan, and Freddie Entrance is free. their wares and services, and a fun entertainment program. Takes place rain or shine. The SIS is located at Erlenstrasse 15, behind the Mercury (who is memorialized by a www.erlen-verein.ch Musical Theater (tram 14, stop called Musical Theater). statue right by the lakeshore). www.nmb.bs.ch www.swissinternationalschool.ch You can either take the train to Montreux or take your car for Jazz Concert at the Tinguely Museum the 2-hour drive and park in Jazz Brunch one of the several parking ga- June 27 June 28 rages in town. Enjoy a leisurely From 16:00-18:00 on the last Friday of every month, top jazz walk along the 7-km path by the performers are giving concerts in the space dedicated to the On the last Saturday of each month, the No. 2 Brasserie at Volks- haus Basel presents a rich breakfast from Marc Arnold’s kitchen, ac- idyllic lake that is adorned with current exhibition at the Tinguely Museum, providing a mu- exotic trees and flowers of all kinds, sical highlight and a point of focus. Roche ’n’ Jazz continues companied by live jazz from Eric Gilson and guests. Breakfast starts at 10:30 and reservations are recommended at 061-690-9310. with the backdrop of white-capped the company’s tradition of cultural commitment and aims to mountains. Like in a botanical gar- encourage people to discuss and explore the many and varied http://volkshaus-basel.ch den, signs will give you the name and information on the different species of plants, trees, and flow- ers that you will encounter on the path. You can picnic along the lake or eat at one of the lakeside restau-

rants. If you continue walking east varaklis © john credit: photo

Walking in Vaud Landhaus Ettenbühl Villars, Canton Vaud Bad Bellingen-Hertingen, Germany June 7-9 The Landhaus Ettenbühl, which is lo- The Villars tourist office in the Swiss Alps of the canton of cated about 30 minutes from Basel in Vaud, in association with the Swiss Association for Mountain the Black Forest of Germany, is styled Guides, will be hosting almost 100 different guided walks in like a traditional English garden. Its and around Villars for the Villars Rando Festival. Each walk main attraction is a 5-hectar rose gar- will have a different theme, such as orientation in the wild, den with an unimaginable variety of life in the Alps, observation of nature, plants, geology, stories roses. Its beautiful landscaping makes

and legends, cooking with plants, secrets of the forest, pho- a tour through the garden a must! A ettenbühl © landhaus credit: photo tography in nature, sports and panorama, golf in nature, ants, visit to the gardens costs €6 for adults (€7.50 in peak season) viticulture, raclette over a wood fire, safety and first aid, sport and €2 for kids (€4 in peak season) during the summer months. and nature, a two-day walk with an overnight, and much You can also buy from an incredible variety of roses and vis- more. The levels of difficulty vary; some walks are strictly for it their shop with many prototypically English, rose-themed adults while others are for families. Come and let the guides wares. A trip to the Landhaus Ettenbühl would not be complete share their passion with you! All walks cost a symbolic reg- without a stop at their restaurant, where you can enjoy season- istration fee of CHF 5; register quickly as spaces fill up fast. al specialties, Sunday Brunch, or the traditional English teatime You can check out their French-only website to learn more with scones and cucumber/watercress sandwiches. Visits to the about this event. At www.villarsrando.ch/randonnees/ shop, restaurant, and nursery are free of charge and open all index.php you can find a complete list of the various walks year round. The Landhaus Ettenbühl will be hosting their spe- and register for one that is right for your family. cial annual rose festival on Pentecost weekend, June 7-9. www.villarsrando.ch www.landhaus-ettenbuehl.com

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Associated Shows Art Basel June 19-22 During and around the Art Basel, many museums and cultural institutions in Basel and surrounding areas host a plethora of additional exhibitions and events, including some outdoor events (Art Parcour), creating an exciting, region-wide art week. The following are details of some of these side events.

14 Rooms to Saturday from 13:00-21:00, and on Sunday publications, bringing together national and from 13:00-18:00 at the old Warteck brewery at international, institutional and independent June 14-22 Burgweg 15 in Basel. Entrance costs CHF 20 publishers as well as book lovers. The fair is 14 Rooms is live art by celebrated international for adults (CHF 6 after 20:00); students are free. accompanied by a radio station for audio con- artists in a collaboration between Fondation During the fair, there will be several bars inviting tributions about traditional art media as well Beyeler, Art Basel, and Theater Basel. Curators you to relax. The best view of Basel can be en- as future practices in the arts. This fair is free Klaus Biesenbach and Hans Ulrich Obrist have joyed from the tower bar. The restaurant “Don and open to the public at the Volkshaus Basel invited international artists to each activate a Camillo,” with its well-known cuisine, will serve on Wednesday from 18:00-22:00, Thursday from room, exploring the relationship between space, you from 12:00-23:00. 16:00-midnight, and Friday and Saturday from time, and physicality with an artwork whose ‘ma- 16:00-22:00. terial’ is the human being. Visitors will encoun- www.liste.ch ter a new situation within each of the 14 rooms, www.ineverread.com engaging in a diverse series of immersive and Design Miami/Basel intimate experiences and gaining insight into June 17-22 The Solo Project a more performative and interactive practice. This fair is a global forum for design that brings June 18-22 Located in Hall 3 at the Messe Basel. Open daily together the best and most influential collec- The Solo Project is a forum for selected inter- from 10:00-19:00, except on Monday from 10:00- tors, gallerists, designers, curators, and critics national galleries to showcase works by leading 17:00. Tickets to 14 Rooms can be purchased at from around the world in celebration of design artists. The project aims to offer an opportunity the show venue or through www.14rooms.net. culture and commerce. Design Miami/Basel this to enhance the contemporary art experience www.artbasel.com/basel/14rooms year takes place at Halle 1 Süd of the Messe by presenting a more in-depth view of individ- Basel; opening hours are from 11:00-20:00 ual artists, featuring single-artist or two-person VOLTA10 Basel on Tuesday and Wednesday, and from 11:00- presentations. The exhibition will take place at 19:00 on Thursday to Sunday. Admission costs the St. Jakobshalle in Basel. Opening hours are June 16-21 CHF 25 (CHF 20 for students and seniors), or you 12:00-20:00 on Wednesday, 10:00-19:00 on Thurs- For the 10th year, VOLTA presents the vision of can purchase a combination tickets with Art day to Saturday, and 10:00-17:00 on Sunday. internationally acknowledged contemporary art Basel for CHF 60. galleries whose artists represent new and rel- www.the-solo-project.com evant positions for curators and collectors alike. http://basel2014.designmiami.com/ VOLTA showcases galleries—whether young or GZ Basel mature—that aim to work with the most exciting SCOPE 2014 June 18-22 emerging artists, staying connected to them and June 17-22 GZ Basel is an international fair of contemporary following them throughout their careers. Most of This contemporary art exhibit features 75 inter- art for artists of all nationalities and using any The Show Tickets the galleries selected for VOLTA10 show single- national exhibitors and 20 Breeder Program gal- media—painting, photography, prints, video, in- artist presentations or display the works of two Art Basel is a premier international art show for modern and Day tickets for adults are CHF 45 (CHF 25 after 17:00) and leries that are new to the market, thus providing stallations, and sculptures. This fair is located in artists that enter into a dialogue with each other. 2 contemporary works, bringing over 300 leading galleries from reduced-price tickets for students/seniors are CHF 35. Kids up a unique view of the contemporary art market. It a space of more than 400m at Holbeinstrasse This year, VOLTA returns to the airy rotunda sur- North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Africa to Ba- to age 16 are free when accompanied by a parent. Two-day is located in a 4000m² pavilion at Klybeckquai on 58 in Basel. Here, the works can be shown in a roundings of Basel’s Markthalle, for an experi- sel. Works by more than 4,000 artists—from the great masters tickets (CHF 75) and permanent tickets (CHF 100) are also the Rhein (Uferstrasse 40 in Basel), along with way that makes the quality of the works and the ence mutually beneficial to fair visitors and the of modern art to the latest generation of emerging stars—will available, as are combination tickets for Art Basel and Design several restaurants, bars, and clubs orchestrat- displays a priority. This allows visitors a really galleries alike. VOLTA10 will be open from 14:00- be presented in the show’s multiple sections. The exhibits Miami/Basel (CHF 55). Tickets can be purchased at the show ing “pop-ups” along the once-industrial river- surprising art experience and encounter with 18:00 on Monday for a public vernissage, and include the highest-quality paintings, sculptures, drawings, or online at http://messe-tickets.messe.ch/li/gg/dqg/ front. Scope Basel can easily be reached by a the best innovative and experimental art from 12:00-20:00 on Tuesday to Saturday; admission installations, performances, multiples, prints, photographs, lang/eng/. scenic walk along the Rhein, by trams 8 and 14, different continents. Open from 18:00-21:00 daily, is CHF 17, CHF 12 for students. videos, as well as works of an outsized scale, precisely curated and by complimentary shuttle service between with lectures and performances. projects, and site-specific artworks and interventions woven Guided Tours www.voltashow.com SCOPE and Art Basel, LISTE, and VOLTA. Open www.gz-basel.com throughout the historical districts of Basel. Each day offers from 11:00-20:00 from Wednesday to Sunday a full program of events, including symposiums, films, and Guided tours are available daily in German, French, English, LISTE (Tuesday is by invitation only); entrance costs artists talks. Artists, art collectors, and many VIPs from the and Italian; private tours can also be arranged in Spanish. For CHF 22, CHF 15 for students. June 17-22 worlds of art and culture are among the 70,000 that come reservation and information, contact Nicole Reber at info@ www.scope-art.com What began as an initiative by young gallerists together during these days in Basel. culture-consulting.ch or 061-701-2077. in 1996 has developed into one of the most im- Art Book Fair: I Never Read Childcare (Art Kids) portant fairs for contemporary young art in the Location and Time world. The intentionally low number of 78 galler- June 18-21 Art Basel takes place in Halls 1 and 2 of the Messe Basel. There Art Basel offers a free kindergarten and playroom for children ies and the high level of sophistication of those I Never Read, Art Book Fair are several preview shows on June 17 and 18, as well as the ages 4-12 who are introduced to art while their parents visit galleries are reasons for LISTE’s extraordinary Basel takes place dur- vernissage on June 18, that are by invitation only. The show the show. The children are supervised by professionals, and success, international reputation, and drawing ing the Art Basel week is open to the public from Thursday, June 19, to Sunday, food and drink are provided free of charge. power. It has become a key event for young art- and aims at offering a June 22, from 11:00-19:00 daily. www.artbasel.com ists and offers art lovers the opportunity to dis- platform for all kinds cover real innovations. LISTE is open Tuesday of art and artists’ photo credit: © courtesy of art basel of art © courtesy credit: photo

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Sunday Brunch & Market Family Sunday Jazz and Children’s Flohmarkt auf dem Dach June 1 Fleamarket (Fleamarket on the roof) Family Day at Gerhard Richter Every Sunday from 10:00-16:00, you can June 22 June 29 Exhibit June 1 enjoy a plentiful brunch at the SUD, The Restaurant This flea market and collectors’ fair is the Burgweg 7, in Basel. The all-you-can-eat Seegarten in Park largest in northwest Switzerland, with The Fondation Beyeler is invit- brunch buffet costs CHF 32 (kids pay im Grünen (for- about 200 stands and 10,000 visitors. It ing families for a special day of CHF 1 for each year of age); CHF 18 for merly Grün 80) is will be held on the roof of the Interio in tours, experimental games, and a single serving; and CHF 6 for a bowl inviting families Pratteln from 8:30-16:00. Here you can find workshops for kids, adolescents, of müesli, fruit, or salad. Reservations to a children’s flea-market where kids antiques, appliances, arts and crafts, stamps, adults, and families. Tours will are recommended at [email protected]. On the can sell their second-hand toys, books, camping, electronics, garden, household, be given in many different first Sunday of each month, the brunch clothes, etc. Parents will be entertained children’s clothes and games, agriculture, languages; adults pay regular is accompanied by a market where you by the Regio Six Jazzband while kids motorcycle clothing, musical instruments, museum entrance and kids up can buy clothing, home accessories, toys, jump in the bouncy castle. American- optical equipment, plants, collectibles, to age 25 are free. jewelry, and agricultural products. style hotdogs will be on the menu! jewelry, watches, games, sports, bicycles, www.fondationbeyeler.ch richter 1973, © 2014 gerhard (detail), 1024 farben www.sud.ch www.seegarten-gruen80.ch/park/ tools, and so much more. veranstaltungen.html www.flohmarktaufdemdach.ch Tour of the Jewish Museum 12 and up entitled “Kno- ers returned home to Basel and the muse- Flea Market in Pratteln June 3 chendetektiv im Mu- um with the world “in a suitcase.” Since June 7 Sommermarkt seum” (Bone detective then the world has changed and with it The Jüdisches Museum der Schweiz (Jew- June 27-29 in the museum). Man our way of dealing with foreign artifacts This flea market, small antiques market, ish Museum of Switzerland) is offering an or woman? Accident and knowledge. On this guided tour, the and children’s flea market takes place With summer just around the corner, the English-language evening tour through or crime? Children learn visitor will be taken on a special, sixth ex- at Schmittiplatz in Pratteln from 08:00- Alte Markthalle is inviting Baslers to a the museum, starting at 18:00. No reg- what secret stories the skel- pedition that traces the artist and curator 16:00. There are also baked goods, farm- summer market with many stands dedi- istration is necessary; tour is included in eton hides and how to Ania Soliman. Tabea Burri will be giving ers’ stands, and food stands. You can get cated to summer, offering such products the admission price. there by car (there is some parking avail- as ice cream, cherries, beer, berries, exotic find them. This behind- this English-language tour of the exhibit www.juedisches-museum.ch able) or take Tram 14 to the end of the fruit, BBQ, sun creams, sun glasses, and the-scenes tour is from from 11:00-12:00. Entrance is free. line (Pratteln Endstation) and walk in the more. The summer market runs from 14:00-15:30 and is for www.mkb.ch children with strong nerves. direction “Schloss;” you should already 18:00-23:00 on Friday, 10:00-23:00 on Evening Tours at the Botanical Garden see the market. Saturday, and 10:00-17:00 on Sunday. Places are limited; call to reserve your June 3, 10, 17, and 24 child’s space at 061-266-5500. Tinguely Tours www.flohmi-schmittiplatz-pratteln.ch www.altemarkthalle.ch auf dem dach © flohmarkt credits: photo Tuesday evenings from April to Septem- www.nmb.bs.ch June 10 ber, specialists of the Botanischer Garten You are invited to join a short, guided der Universität Basel (Botanical Garden tour in English of the permanent collec- of the University of Basel) will be giving Speaking Up in Public Places tion at the Tinguely Museum starting at one-hour tours in German on a variety Workshop 13:00. Admission to the museum costs of topics. Tours start at 17:00 and again June 6 CHF 15 for adults; free for kids 16 and at 18:30. Meeting place is at the fountain Raising your voice in public space is not under when accompanied by an adult, at the corner of the Institutsgebäude (in- physically difficult, yet it can seem like otherwise CHF 10. Cost of tour is includ- stitute building). Cost is free but dona- the social equivalent of throwing your- ed in the entrance fee. tions are accepted. The tour on June 3 is self from a plane. This workshop by Ant www.tinguely.ch entitled “Eine Biologie-Studentin erzählt Hampton and Edit Kaldor explores dif- vom Praktikum und spannenden Pflan- ferent modes and the many implications zenbegegnungen” (A biology student (ethical, emotional, political) of break- Bookworms Program—English/German talks about internship and exciting en- ing the various established silences that June 10 counters with plants); the topic on June surround us. This is a full-day English-lan- 10 is “Die Düsenjets und die Segelflieger guage workshop (10:00-18:00) for young Bibliothek Basel West is hosting a book unter den Insekten” (The jet aircrafts and professionals as part of performaCITY. group for babies and toddlers ages 9 the gliders among insects); the topic on It will take place at the Junges Theater months to 3 years and their caregivers June 17 is “Die verschlungenen Wege Basel; tickets are CHF 100, which includes with nursery rhymes, finger plays, action der Sexualität von Pflanzen”(The twisted free entrance to all performances of stories, singing, and picture books in paths of plant sexuality), and the topic performaCITY. There will be a maximum English and German. Participation is free on June 24 is “Glückspflanzen” (Lucky of 12 participants; register by contacting of charge and no registration is required. plants). [email protected]. From 10:00-10:30 at Allschwilerstrasse 90 in Basel. http://botgarten.unibas.ch/ www.kaserne-basel.ch 2014feierabend www.stadtbibliothekbasel.ch “The Sixth Expedition” Tour Bone Detective Workshop June 8 Talk—“Language as currency, currency as language” June 4 The exhibition “Semiwild—or unlimited The Naturhistorisches Museum Basel desire” is an artist’s reflection on the per- June 15 (Natural History Museum ) is hosting manent exhibition “Expeditions” at the In conjunction with the exhibition a German-language tour for kids ages Museum der Kulturen. The early explor- “Semiwild,” the Museum der Kulturen

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will be hosting a talk at 15:00 about the that he created between 1997 and 2014. manifestations, and treatment options. will be conducted in English every day at time of the tour for an additional CHF 5 Tinguely Tours—Krištof Kintera Exhibit relationship between currency and lan- The tour is from 11:00-12:00. Price is reg- http://cafe.unibas.ch/cafe/ 10:00 in conjunction with Art Basel. En- per child for the hour. June 24 guage. Based on a visual analysis of pre- ular admission plus CHF 5 for the tour. trance to the Vitra Design Museum costs programm/ www.schaulager.org You are invited to join a short, guided and post-independence banknotes from €10, combined tickets for the museum www.kunstmuseumbasel.ch tour in English at 13:00 of the exhibit Africa and beyond, this will be a wide- and guided architectural tour cost €18. by young Czech artist Krištof Kintera ranging discussion about language, ex- Kids Lab Tour of the Museum für Wohnkultur www.design-museum.de who, with irony and mischief, turns art change, appropriation, and poetry. The Science for Families (Home Décor) June 15, 18, and 25 and life on their heads. Admission to the talk will be given in English by Henri- June 15 June 22 The University of Basel organizes three museum costs CHF 15 for adults; free for Michel Yéré, historian of contemporary The University of Basel has a German- workshops per month (in German) How do I live and what does my home kids 16 and under when accompanied by Africa, and Ania Soliman, artist and cura- language program designed to stimulate where children ages 6-13 can explore a say about me as a person? The exhibition an adult, otherwise CHF 10. Cost of tour tor of the Semiwild exhibit. families’ interest in science. Café Scienti- topic related to the month’s Café Scien- “Sag mir, wie du wohnst…” (Tell me how is included in the entrance fee. www.mkb.ch fique takes place one Sunday per month you live…) is devoted to something that tifique. Children can attend the Kids Lab www.tinguely.ch from 15:00-17:00, with specialists in on Sunday, at the same time as the adult concerns us all: the home. The home is various fields of research giving talks in a Café Scientifique talk (15:00-17:00), or on where our most personal world unfolds, relaxed café atmosphere. There is no fee one the following two Wednesdays from which is why it is sometimes described Bookworms Program—English and no registration required. Simply show as a “mirror of the soul.” The Haus zum 14:00-16:00. This month’s topic is “Auf June 24 up at the Universität Basel, Totengässlein den Zahn gefühlt” (Probing the teeth). Kirschgarten bears the personal stamp photo credit: © design museum credit: photo Bibliothek Basel West is hosting a book 3 in Basel. This month’s topic is entitled Although your teeth are firmly anchored of the man who had it built as business group for babies and toddlers ages 9 “Volksleiden Rheuma—Eine Krankheit, in your jaw, they are more alive than you Talk: Konstantin Grcic meets Hans premises and private home rolled into months to 4 years and their caregivers. bei der die Medizin im Dunkeln tabbt” think. Find out how teeth develop, what Ulrich Obrist one: the Basel merchant and silk-ribbon Join a morning of nursery rhymes and (Rheumatism—a disease that still leaves is good for them, and what harms them. June 17 manufacturer Johann Rudolf Burckhardt doctors in the dark). Rheumatism has (1750-1813). Now used as a museum, stories that are all read, spoken, and sung In addition, try some tricky tasks from On the occasion of Art Basel, Konstan- plagued people for centuries. Until now, its period rooms furnished in 18th- and in English. Participation is free of charge the world of dentists. tin Grcic will talk about the relation- it was thought that the condition was an 19th-century style shed light on various and no registration is required. From http://cafe.unibas.ch/kidslab/ ship between design and art with Hans

“shoe tie” © 2012, charles ray tie” “shoe ailment of older people. However, this aspects of domestic culture in times past, 10:00-10:30 at Allschwilerstrasse 90 in insidious disease, for which there are programm/ Ulrich Obrist, one of the most influential Basel. Tour of the “Charles Ray Sculptures” at the same time pointing ahead to the few effective therapies, affects children, curators of our time. Admission is €10 Exhibit present. Tour is in English and starts at www.stadtbibliothekbasel.ch adolescents, and young adults as well. per person; register at events@design- Architectural Tour 11:15. June 15 Although not well known, rheumatic museum.de. www.hmb.ch There will be a one-hour English-lan- diseases have had a decisive influence June 16-20 www.design-museum.de Cocktails at the Museum guage tour of the Kunstmuseum Basel’s on the works of some artists. Learn more Architectural tours of the Vitra Design June 26 exhibit of the sculptures of Charles Ray about this mysterious disease, its causes, Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany, Tour of Gerhard Richter Exhibit Tour of “Paul Chan—Selected Works” The Antikenmuseum Basel is June 19 June 22 offering an evening of short Jukibu Intercultural Library Events There will be an English-language tour From 15:00-16:00 the Fondation Beyeler tours and cocktails from Jukibu is a multi-cultural library that houses books for children and adolescents in over 50 languages, of the exhibition “Paul Chan—Selected will be giving a public tour in English 18:00-22:00. The exhibition their largest collection being English-language books. Below is the June schedule of the foreign- Works” from 13:00-14:00 at the Schau- of the temporary exhibit featuring the “Roma Eterna” shows sculptures language events organized at the library. Please visit their website for a detailed list of activities or to lager in Münchenstein. Paul Chan is a works of German visual artist Gerhard developed in Rome from antiquity to the become a member at www.jukibu.ch. Hong Kong-born artist based in New York Richter, one of the most important artists early 19th century, with around 80 sculp- of our times. Admission to the museum is tures from two private collections on You can also check out their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/jukibu. who is considered one of the most in- ventive and multifaceted practitioners in CHF 25 for adults (CHF 50 for the whole display. A German tour begins at 19:00 Date Time Event Suitable for… contemporary art. Tour is included in the family with Familienpass), CHF 6 for kids and an English tour starts at 19:30; price of admission; regular-priced tickets ages 11-19, and free for kids under age entrance cost of CHF 5 includes the tour Every Friday 17:00-19:00 Bookbinding workshop for children Children ages 9-12 are CHF 18 for three visits (not transfer- 11. The tour costs an additional CHF 7. and admission to the cocktail bar. June 3 16:00-17:30 Tell me a story in Portuguese Parents with toddlers able). Childcare is available during the www.fondationbeyeler.ch www.antikenmuseumbasel.ch June 4 10:00-11:00 English storytelling (with BCT) Parents with toddlers

June 4 15:30-17:00 Tell me a story in German Parents with toddlers

June 6 15:00-17:00 Storytelling in St. Johannspark Parents with toddlers

June 13 15:00-17:00 Storytelling in St. Johannspark Parents with toddlers

June 14 10:00-11:30 Tell me a story in Turkish Parents with toddlers

June 14 10:30-11:30 Storytelling in French and German Parents with children

June 18 15:30-17:00 Tell me a story in German Parents with toddlers

June 20 15:00-17:00 Storytelling in St. Johannspark Parents with toddlers

June 20 16:00-17:00 English storytelling (with BCT) Parents with toddlers

June 27 15:00-17:00 Storytelling in St. Johannspark Parents with toddlers

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“Konstantin Grcic – Panorama” JUNE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 >> European Festival of Youth Choirs >> Monday Night Skate >> Family Play at Play4you >> The Valiant Little Tailor >> Tai Chi >> imagine 2014 >> imagine 2014 Exhibit >> The Valiant Little Tailor >> Robbie Williams >> Gymnastics >> Yoga >> Mamma Mia! >> Bookbinding Workshop for Children >> Walking in Vaud Vitra Design Museum, 27>> Sunday Brunch & Market >> Tour of Jewish Museum >> Gymnastics >> Rosenkavaliere >> Storytelling in St. Johannspark >> Rose Festival at Landhaus Ettenbühl >> Bebbi Sprint >> Tour at the Botanical Garden >> Pilates >> Theater ­– “Indian Queen” >> Speaking in Public Places Workshop >> Flea Market in Pratteln Weil am Rhein, Germany >> Family Day at “Gerhard Richter” >> Storytelling in Portuguese >> Bone Detective Workshop >> French Cocktails >> Mamma Mia! >> Mamma Mia! Until September 14 >> Mamma Mia! >> Mamma Mia! >> Storytelling in English >> Soulshake Dance Party – ü30 >> Miley Cyrus >> Robbie Williams >> Storytelling in German >> Dance Night >> Mamma Mia! >> Rosenkavaliere Bubble Dreams >> Theater ­– “Indian Queen” Spielzeug Museum, Riehen Until July 20 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 >> World Oceans Day at the Zoo >> Walking in Vaud >> Family Play at Play4you >> The Valiant Little Tailor >> Tai Chi >> Festival in Margarethenpark >> Festival in Margarethenpark >> Walking in Vaud >> Rose Festival at Landhaus Ettenbühl >> Gymnastics >> Yoga >> Tango Seminar >> Zirkus Knie >> The Valiant Little Tailor Videocity.bs >> Rose Festival at Landhaus Ettenbühl >> Tour at the Botanical Garden >> Gymnastics >> Tango Seminar >> Zirkus Knie Various Locations >> Family Bike Ride >> Tour – Tinguely Museum >> Pilates >> Bookbinding Workshop for Children >> 14 Rooms >> Tour of “The Sixth Expedition” >> Bookworms – English/German >> Move2Music >> Storytelling in St. Johannspark >> Tango Seminar June 1 – July 28 >> Mamma Mia! >> Tango Seminar >> Spring and Gump >> Stars of Sounds 2014 >> Storytelling in Turkish >> Earth, Wind, & Fire featuring Al McKay >> Tai Chi >> Calendar Girls >> Storytelling in French/German >> Tango Seminar >> Theater ­– “Indian Queen” performaCITY >> Stars of Sounds 2014 >> Calendar Girls Kaserne, Basel June 6 – 15 >> Zirkus Knie >> Yoga >> Architectural Tour >> Zirkus Knie >> Rock-the-Ring 15 16 17 18 >> Move2Music >> Tai Chi 19 >> Tour “Paul Chan: Selected Works” 20 >> Arch. Tour >> “Belle époque” 21 >> Zirkus Knie >> 14 Rooms >> 14 Rooms >> 14 Rooms >> 14 Rooms >> 14 Rooms >> 14 Rooms >> 14 Rooms Krištof Kintera. I AM NOT YOU >> Festival in Margarethenpark >> VOLTA10 Basel >> VOLTA10 Basel >> VOLTA10 Basel >> VOLTA10 Basel >> VOLTA10 Basel >> VOLTA10 Basel Tinguely Museum, Basel >> Zirkus Knie >> Zirkus Knie >> LISTE >> LISTE >> LISTE >> LISTE >> LISTE >> The Valiant Little Tailor >> Monday Night Skate >> Design Miami / Basel >> Design Miami / Basel >> Design Miami / Basel >> Design Miami / Basel >> Design Miami / Basel June 11 – September 28 >> Expat Expo >> Zumba >> SCOPE 2014 >> SCOPE 2014 >> SCOPE 2014 >> SCOPE 2014 >> SCOPE 2014 >> Stand-Up Paddling Trial Class >> Spring und Gump >> Zirkus Knie >> Art Book Fair: I Never Read >> Art Book Fair: I Never Read >> Art Book Fair: I Never Read >> Art Book Fair: I Never Read >> Aqua-Rhythm >> Architectural Tour >> Family Play at Play4you >> The Solo Project >> The Solo Project >> The Solo Project >> The Solo Project >> Talk – “Language as Currency” >> Art Party >> Gymnastics >> GZ Basel >> GZ Basel >> GZ Basel >> GZ Basel Charles Ray Exhibit >> Tour of “Charles Ray Sculptures” >> Tour at the Botanical Garden >> Spring und Gump >> Gymnastics >> Art Basel >> Art Basel >> Art Basel Kunstmuseum Basel >> Science for Families >> Architectural Tour >> Architectural Tour >> Pilates >> Tai Chi >> Bookbinding Wkshp >> Stories in English >> Calendar Girls >> Kids Lab >> Calendar Girls >> Talk – “Grcic Meets Obrist” >> Storytelling in German >> Kids Lab >> Storytelling in St. Johannspark >> Rock-the-Ring June 15 – September 28 >> Zirkus Knie 22 >>Calendar Girls >>Rock-the-Ring 23 24 25 26 27 28 Spider Exhibition >> 14 Rooms >> Zirkus Knie >> Zirkus Knie >> Zirkus Knie >> Tai Chi >> Jazz Concert at Tinguely >> Swiss Int’l School Summerfest >> LISTE >> Zumba >> Beck Day at Basel Zoo >> Move2Music >> Cocktails at the Museum >> Sommermarkt >> Jazz Brunch Tierpark Lange Erlen, Basel >> Design Miami / Basel >> Spring und Gump >> Family Play at Play4you >> Spring und Gump >> Five Pictures of the “Belle époque” >> Swiss Company Run >> Sommermarkt Starting June 24 >> SCOPE 2014 >> Gymnastics >> Yoga >> Bordeaux 2013 Tasting >> Bookbinding Workshop for Children >> Breakdance Workshop >> The Solo Project >> Tour at the Botanical Garden >> Gymnastics >> Storytelling in St. Johannspark >> Calendar Girls >> GZ Basel >> Tour – “Krištof Kintera” >> Tai Chi >> Theater ­– “Indian Queen” >> Sunrise Avenue >> Art Basel >> Bookworms – English >> Pilates >> Dance Night Musical – “Dirty Dancing” >> Family Jazz and Kids’ Fleamarket >> Kids Lab >> Calendar Girls Theater 11, Zürich >> Watersports Day >> Aqua-Rhythm >> Theater ­– “Indian Queen” >> The Beach Boys >> Tour – Museum für Wohnkultur Each night until June 29 >> Tour – “Gerhard Richter” (except Mondays) 29 30 JULY 1 2 3 4 5 COLOR KEY >> Sommermarkt >> Monday Night Skate >> Flohmarkt auf dem Dach >> Zumba >>Basel Events >> Aqua-Rhythm >> Spring und Gump IMPORTANT NUMBERS >>Beyond Basel Events >> Wine Sunday >> The Eagles SOS: 112 Poison Center: 145 >>Markets and Fairs Afterhours Pharmacy Kinderspital Emergency Dentist / Doctor >>Sports and Recreation Police: 117 A Hand in Need: 143 Petersgraben 3, Basel Spitalstrasse 33, Basel 24 hour / 365 days service >>Workshops, Tours, and Education Fire Department: 118 Child/Teen Helpline: 147 061 263 7575 061 704 1212 061 261 1515 >>Entertainment: Night on the Town Ambulance: 144 >>Special Event: Art Basel >>Special Program: Exercise in Basel’s Parks Sports and Recreation: Get Going!

Outdoor Swimming Pools in and Around Basel Pool Location (website) Prices Description Outdoor pools are a wonderful way to spend a lazy warm afternoon cool- Adults: CHF 5.00 ing off with the family. Basel and its surrounding area are overflowing Gartenbad Aesch-Pfeffingen They offer a swimming pool, playing pool with Note: In the table, the following terms are Kids (6-16): CHF 2.00 Dornacherstr. 85, Aesch a beach-like edge, 62.5 meters of water slides, with great pools, many of which also have restaurants and playgrounds used to describe the different types of pools: Students: CHF 3.50 to keep everyone happy for the day. The table lists the outdoor pools in Swimming pools usually have marked 061-751-2800 jets, and neck showers. For dry fun, there is a 20-ticket passes and season memberships beach volleyball court and table tennis. the region and the facilities they offer, including those just over the bor- lanes and are for more serious lap www.aesch.bl.ch/de/tourismus/gartenbad/ available der in neighboring France and Germany. With the exception of Garten- swimmers; family pools or play pools are not quite as deep and bad St. Jakob that is open from mid-April until early October, the season are for playing and for those Gartenbad Weiden for most outdoor pools is from early May until mid-September. The daily who cannot swim laps; kid- Adults: CHF 2.50 Here you will find a swimming pool, table Schwimmbad am Birsweg opening hours of each pool vary depending on the day of the week, the die pools are shallow wading tennis, a grassy area for lounging and you can Birsweg 24, Dornach School-aged Kids: CHF 1.00 point in the season, and the weather, so be sure to check their websites pools for babies and toddlers. Reduced-price multiple-tickets and season rent lawn-chairs on the spot. There is also a for up-to-date information. 061-701-5367 memberships available kiosk and snack stand. www.badi-info.ch/a/dornach.html Pool Location (website) Prices Description The very large grounds have a large swimming Gartenbad Pratteln Adults: CHF 4.50 pool with 6 lanes, 2 teaching pools, a family Gartenbad St. Jakob Adults: CHF 6.00 This is a large park with a heated pool with Giebenacherstrasse 10, Pratteln Kids: CHF 2.50 pool with a canal with flowing water, 3 kiddie St. Jakobsstrasse 400, Basel Kids (6-16): CHF 2.50 swimming lanes, a teaching pool, a family Students (16-25): CHF 3.50 pools for younger kids, a playground, volleyball pool, a play pool with slides, a kiddie pool, a 061-821-7121 061-267-4144 Students (17-25): CHF 3.50 10-ticket packs and season memberships court, basketball hoop, soccer pitch, and ping- 10-Ticket packs and season memberships 10-m diving board, 2 beach volleyball fields, www.badi-info.ch/bs/pratteln.html available pong tables. There is also a restaurant, garden www.ed-bs.ch/jfs/sport/sportanlagen/ a playground, 2 kiosks, and a restaurant. gartenbaeder/st-jakob-GB available restaurant, and kiosk.

Gartenbad Eglisee This outdoor complex is located directly on the Adults: CHF 6.00 This park has a swimming pool, family pool, kid- Rhein and has just been extensively renovated. Egliseestrasse 85, Basel Kids (6-16): CHF 2.50 die pool, diving pool, beach volleyball field, play- Adults: CHF 5.50 They will offer a large swimming pool connected 061-267-4747 Students (17-25): CHF 3.50 ground, and restaurant. Note that this park also Strandbad KuBa Kids: CHF 2.50 to a play pool with slides, as well as a separate 10-Ticket packs and season memberships has a section just for women and children. Freizeitcenter KUBA, Rheinfelden www.ed-bs.ch/jfs/sport/sportanlagen/ Students: CHF 3.50 kiddie pool. There will also be a channel that gartenbaeder/eglisee-GB available Baslerstrasse 70, Rheinfelden flows into a whirlpool grotto, island with water Reduced-price multiple-tickets and season www.kuba-rheinfelden.ch memberships available fountains, water cannons, 1-m and 3-m diving This park has a swimming pool, teaching pool, boards, and a 5-m platform to jump into the Gartenbad Bachgraben Adults: CHF 6.00 play pool with a large slide, kiddie pool, beach Rhein. The park includes volleyball, table tennis, Belforterstrasse 135, Basel Kids (6-16): CHF 2.50 volleyball field, table tennis, kiosk, and restau- table football, mini-football, and a restaurant. Students (17-25): CHF 3.50 061-381-4333 rant. www.ed-bs.ch/jfs/sport/sport- 10-Ticket packs and season memberships This park offers a swimming pool, family pool, available anlagen/gartenbaeder/bachgraben-GB Sport- und Freizeitbad Gitterli Adults: CHF 8.00 kiddie pool with a little stream, 16-m slide, o Militärstrasse 14, Liestal Kids (4-16): CHF 4.00 “wellness oasis” with 34 C water, beach vol- Students (16-25): CHF 6.00 leyball, beach soccer, table tennis, boule, Sonnenbad St. Margarethen Adults: CHF 5.50 Located near Margarethenpark, it has a small 061-921-3324 swimming pool, family pool, and kiddie pool. 10-ticket packs and season memberships restaurant, and bistro. This venue also has an Friedhofstrasse 9, Binningen Kids (6-12): CHF 2.00 www.gitterlibad.ch available There is a large chess set and table tennis, and indoor swimming pool and family pool that are Students (13-18): CHF 4.00 061-271-9980 separate areas for men and women who want to accessible in the summer months as well. Season passes available www.sonnenbad.ch tan seamlessly! Laguna Badeland is an indoor waterpark that Laguna Freibad Prices for outdoor pool (Freibad) only: Gartenbad beim Schloss is open year round. There is also an outdoor Dr. Peter-Willmann-Allee 1, Weil am Rhein, Adults: €4.00 section (Laguna Freibad) that is only open in Adults: CHF 5.00 Burggartenstrasse 15, Bottmingen In this lovely park near the castle in Bottmin- Germany Kids (6-17): €2.50 the warmer months. This outdoor section has Kids to age 16: CHF 2.00 gen, there are 3 different pools, slides, a diving +49 0 7621 956 74 0 Reduced entry after 18:00 a swimming pool, play pool, kiddie pool, diving 061-421-3300 Students to age 25: CHF 3.50 tower, playground, and restaurant. Season and family passes also available pool with a 1-m, 2-m, and 3-m diving tower, www.bottmingen.ch/de/gemeinde/ Season memberships available www.laguna-badeland.de Gartenbad/Gartenbad.php and wide wavy slide.

Gartenbad Bettingen Parkschwimmbad Lörrach Adults: €4.00 They offer a swimming pool with 8 swimming Tumringer Strasse 271 Kids (6-17): 2.50 lanes, diving pool with a 5-m diving tower, wide Brohegasse 15, Bettingen Adults: CHF 5.00 They offer a swimming pool, family pool, and € Kids: CHF 2.00 small kiddie pool, as well as a restaurant and Lörrach, Germany Students (18-25): €2.50 slide, wave slide, channel with flowing water, 061-601-8266 Season memberships available kiosk. +49-76-211-0025 Reduced-price evening tickets kiddie pool with slide and stream, beach volley- www.badi-info.ch/bs/bettingen.html ball courts, soccer field, and playground. www.loerrach.de/baeder Memberships/season passes available

Gartenbad Reinach This park offers an Olympic-sized swimming This large outdoor swimming complex located Adults: CHF 4.00 Freibad Grenzach-Wyhlen Adults: €3.00 Mühlemattweg 24, Reinach pool, family pool with diving basin, diving boards, directly on the Rhein offers a swimming pool, Kids (under 16): CHF 1.30 Rheinallee 40 Kids & Teens: €1.50 kiddie pool, park, volleyball, beach volleyball, family pool, and kiddie pool with slides, foun- 061-711-2454 Students (16-25): CHF 2.60 Grenzach-Wyhlen, Germany Students (18-25): €2.50 soccer field, table tennis, playground, kiosk, and tains, and play equipment. There is also a beach www.reinach-bl.ch/de/sport-und-kultur/ Season memberships available restaurant. +49-76-24-5012 Reduced-price evening tickets and sportanlagen/gartenbad.php volleyball field, beach soccer field, playground, www.badi-info.ch/a/grenzach.html season memberships available restaurant, kiosk, and even a grill area. Freibad Arlesheim Adults: CHF 5.00 There is a swimming pool with lanes, play Piscine Pierre de Coubertin Adults: 3.40 Kids to age 16: CHF 2.00 pool, kiddie pool, diving pool with 1-m and 3-m € This park offers an Olympic-sized swimming Schwimmbadweg 10, Arlesheim Kids & Teens: 2.40 Students: CHF 4.00 diving boards, and water slide. They also have 4 rue Saint-Exupéry, Saint-Louis, France € pool, family pool, kiddie pool, water games, table 061-701-2040 Students (18-25): 2.50 20-ticket passes and season memberships a beach volleyball field, playground, kiosk, and www.guide-piscine.fr/haut-rhin/piscine- € tennis, safe trampolines, and snack restaurant. www.badi-info.ch/bs/arlesheim.html available restaurant. saint-louis-29_P Reduced-price evening tickets

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Bebbi Sprint Sunday Family Bike Ride Education website and pop in the search term “HeRheinspaziert June 1 June 8 2014” to learn about any last-minute changes. Bebbi Sprint is a sprint Gsünder Basel is offering an intermediate-level bike ride for the en- www.ed-bs.ch challenge for all children tire family with kids ages 8 and up. You will learn the most scenic up to age 14 in the Basel and safest ways to get around Basel. The ride is led by experienced Schweizer Firmenlauf (Swiss Company Run) region that has existed leaders, and if you don’t have a bicycle, they will lend you one. June 27 for over 40 years. For the The bike ride is from 11:00-14:00; meeting place is at the Verkehrs- This is a fun run for employees of all companies, where every par- past 6 years, Old Boys Ba- garten Erlenmatt in Basel; check their website for a related map. ticipant is a winner! There will be several categories of winners, sel has been hosting the There is a registration cost of CHF 5; register on their website or by including the fastest, sportiest, and most motivated runners; fast- event as a tri-national phone at 061-551-0120. est juniors; and most original runners (this is normally decided competition at the Sta- www.gsuenderbasel.ch/velotour by the teams’ running outfits!). The idea behind this run is to pro- dion Schützenmatte in mote good health, camaraderie between coworkers by building

Basel. Running distances bebbi sprint credit: photo team spirit, motivation of team members, and building company will be 50 m for kids up to age 9, 60 m for kids ages 10-13, and Tango Seminar image. Above all, whether running or Nordic walking, the goal is 80 m for kids age 14; boys and girls compete separately. The June 10-14 to have fun. The course is approximately 6 km and will start at competitions start at 12:00. Participation is free and registra- St. Jakob, cross through Münchensteinerpark, over the Birs river tion is accepted from 10:30 on the same day up to 60 minutes Gustavo Naveira and Giselle Anne are among the most renowned on a wooden bridge, through a forested and meadow area, back before the respective competition starts. A professional warm- Tango teachers worldwide. They revolutionized Tango with their to the finish line in St. Jakob. Each company team must have up is organized and there will be activities between races. The teaching system and are considered the great Tango innovators of a minimum of four participants and must be registered for ei- competitions will begin with an elimination round, where the today with their pioneering style. After touring Europe, America, ther package 1 (race plus prize package for CHF 35) or package eight fastest runners in each category will qualify for the finals. and Asia for many years, they have settled and worked in Buenos 2 (race, prize package, and meal following the race for CHF 50). All participating children will receive a gift and a snack, and the Aires. Their thematic Tango seminars are famous, in great demand, Registration can be made online until June 20, or between June day will end with the presentation of the awards at 16:30. The and always sold out. The Tangoschule Basel is pleased to welcome 20-26 for an additional late fee of three winners of each race will receive medals, and all finalists Gustavo and Giselle for a seminar called “El abrazo: distancia y CHF 5 per person. If this sounds will be given a diploma indicating their performance and rank. postura” (The Embrace: distance and posture). The seminar will like something you would like There will also be a group 40-m relay race for kids born 2000- take place at the Messe Basel, includes 20 hours of lessons, is open to do with your colleagues, why 2003 (10 balls) and kids born 2004 or younger (5 balls), with to couples only, and will be taught in English, with explanations not organize a team or contact each team consisting of 3 participants. Additional competitions in French, Spanish, and Italian if requested. For a complete time- your company HR about getting include a 20-m sprint, 60-m obstacle course, shot put competi- table and to register visit their website. a team together? tion, and long jump. www.tangobasel.ch www.firmenlauf.ch www.oldboysbasel.ch

Stand-Up Paddling Trial Class Breakdance Workshop Monday Night Skate June 15 June 28 June 2, 16, and 30 In this one-time trial lesson you can Austober is offering a workshop If you are a fairly good in-line skater (roller-blader) and would try out stand-up paddling (SUP) with- for kids ages 10 and up to learn like to participate in a long skate with a large group of people, out fear. You will learn to stay standing some cool breakdancing moves this might be for you! Every second Monday evening, you can on the board with good balance and from 14:00-17:00. Cost is CHF 50. come to Theodorskirchplatz and join hundreds of other skat- to move forward with control. Trial www.austober.ch ers on a predetermined guided route. The skate begins at 20:00 classes are from 14:00-17:00 and cost and ends around 21:45; warm-up starts at 19:00. Be sure to wear CHF 15 for youths (limited to 10 the proper safety equipment! These skates are not intended for participants), and CHF 50 for adults Summer Swim Classes beginners! In case of bad weather, the decision to cancel will be (maximum 14 participants). Meeting The Basel Sports Department offers swim classes for kids ages 5-13 made at 18:00; notification by SMS. For more info, visit their place is the parking lot at Schleuse Birs- in the outdoor and indoor pools around Basel during the summer website and be sure to click on Basel (this site is in German, felden; all SUP-related equipment (board, paddle, and life jacket) months. Classes run daily for 2 weeks (10 lessons), irrespective of French, and English). will be provided. You can register directly online. weather. The first session runs from July 7-18, and the registration www.nightskate.ch www.globepaddler.ch deadline for this series is June 6, so register quickly. The second session runs from August 4-15, and registration for theses classes is open until July 4. Go to their website to download the registra- Familien Spieltreff (Family Play-Meet) Watersports Day tion form, fill it out, and send it as quickly as possible to “Sport- June 3, 10, 17, and 24 June 22 amt Basel-Stadt, Grenzacherstrasse 405, 4058 Basel,” as spaces Every Tuesday evening from 17:00-19:00 (except during the The Sports Department Basel Stadt and Basel’s watersports clubs are limited (www.ed-bs.ch/jfs/sport/sportangebote/kind- public school holidays), kids, teens, and families can come to are teaming up to bring you this exceptional day of watersports er-und-jugendliche/sommer-schwimmkurse/anmeldung- play4you to enjoy a variety of activities, such as juggling, trick fun, “HeRheinspaziert.” You can join free trials of different wa- sommer-schwimmkurse-2014.pdf).You need to indicate your yo-yo, stacking, diabolo, kiwido, and more, as well as numerous ter sports, including stand-up paddling (SUP) and water-skiing, or preferred pool and time, although you are not guaranteed your classic and modern games. Most games are self-explanatory, but learn what teamwork is really all about in a “Grosskanadier” (team desired slot. Note that the classes at St. Jakob offer simultaneous there is always a friendly staff on hand to show, explain, and canoes). The event will take place along the Kleinbasel side of the aqua-jogging for adults! To register for aqua-jogging, contact the even play with you. Entrance costs CHF 8 for kids, CHF 12 for Rhein. There will be a varied program with lots to do, catering, and course organizer at 061-267-5768. You can also register online at adults, and CHF 25 for families; discounts with Familienpass. In fun for everyone. Please check with the organizers before heading www.sport.bs.ch. der Ziegelei, Atelier T25 in Oberwil, Hohestrasse 134. out as the event is subject to last-minute cancellation in case of bad www.ed-bs.ch/jfs/sport/sportangebote/kinder-und- www.play4you.ch/agenda weather or high water levels—go to the Basel Stadt Department of jugendliche/sommer-schwimmkurse

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Keeping your Kids Busy Over the Summer Break! WEEK 2: July 14 – 18

If you are in Basel over the summer and would like to PROVIDER WEBSITE CAMPS AGE keep your kids busy, you have many choices available. You can enroll the kids in a 2-week swim class, in one of Badminton-Halle www.badminton-halle.ch 1-Week badminton and multisport camp 6-13 the many week-long day camps in and around Basel, Bürgerliches Waisenhaus Basel www.waisenhaus-basel.ch A week around bicycles, traffic, balance, and parcours 6-11 or in a one- or two-week away-camp in Switzerland. e9 jugend & kultur www.e-9.ch Travel to foreign lands 6-11 Alternatively, you can buy a Basler Ferienpass that allows you to choose from the numerous daily Fantasia Basel www.fantasia-basel.ch Circus week: clowns, acrobats, magicians, and more 4-12 outings, workshops, and tours that they offer Freizeitzentrum Landauer www.landauer.ch A week on the farm with the animals and nature 6-12 throughout the summer. Read on to learn more Generationenhaus Neubad www.generationenhaus- Cycling camp: balance, braking, turning, and riding 6-12 about these options. neubad.ch Summer Camps: For your convenience, the various camps Globepaddler www.globepaddler.ch Canoe camp in Huningue, France 10-14 are organized by vacation week in the tables below. While Intersoccer www.intersoccer.ch 5-Day Junior & Academy camp 5-13 most are day camps held in the Basel area, some are Goal keeper camp 8-13 away-camps that take place in other areas of Switzerland. Half-day mini camps for 5 days 3-5 Spaces fill up quickly so be sure to register as soon as Kids Camp International www.kcinternational.ch All-star sports camp 3-14 possible! Kinder-Camps www.kinder-camps.ch Fun and action kids camp III 4-12 Kinderhuus Gampiross www.kinderhuus-gampiross.ch A week in the life of an Indian 4-9 WEEK 1: July 7 – 12 Kindertreffpunkt zum Burzelbaum www.burzelbaum.ch 1001 Nights; oriental week with Ali Baba, Sindbad, 4-10 PROVIDER WEBSITE CAMPS AGE and Aladdin Robi-Spiel-Aktionen www.robi-spiel-aktionen.ch The Red Zora and her gang of girls 5-12 Austober www.austober.ch 5-Day floor- and aerial- acrobatics Ahoy pirates! Fantasy week of pirate fun 5-12 Badminton-Halle www.badminton-halle.ch 1-Week badminton and multisport camp 6-13 Sport, play, and fun, inside and out 5-12 The great dragon hunt 5-12 Basel’s Department of Education www.ed-bs.ch/jfs/sport/ 2-Week intensive swim classes 5-13 sportangebote/kinder-und- (outdoor/indoor pools) Töpferschule Ruth Moll Basel www.toepferschule-moll.ch Morning pottery classes 6 and up jugendliche/sommer- Treffpunkt Breite www.quartiertreffpunktebasel.ch 1-Week camp about dogs, cats, and mice 5-11 schwimmkurse Van der Merwe Squash Club www.kinderbasel.com Multisport week including bowling, racquet sports, Basler Stiftung für Ferienkolonie www.bsff.ch 2-Week camp in Sörenberg, LU 8-14 self-defense, dance, soccer, slacklining, and more 7-13 6-Day horseback riding camp in Niederhüningen 10-15 Verein Transport Basel www.pumpwerk-bs.ch BMX, skateboarding, inline, scooter 9-13 Bürgerliches Waisenhaus Basel www.waisenhaus-basel.ch Sports, play, and creativity 6-11 Vitis Sportcenter www.vitis-allschwil.ch 1-Week multisport camp 7-16 e9 jugend & kultur www.e-9.ch Soccer camp 10-15 Fantasia Basel www.fantasia-basel.ch Forest play and crafts around the theme of Indians 4-12 Freizeitzentrum Landauer www.landauer.ch Soccer camp (playing, making jerseys, card trading) 4-8 WEEK 3: July 21 – 25 A week of fairytales and stories (crafts, play, outings) 6-12 PROVIDER WEBSITE CAMPS AGE Generationenhaus Neubad www.generationenhaus- Play and creativity in the world of knights and 6-12 neubad.ch damsels Badminton-Halle www.badminton-halle.ch 1-Week badminton and multisport camp 6-13 Globepaddler www.globepaddler.ch Canoe camp in Huningue, France 10-14 Bürgerliches Waisenhaus Basel www.waisenhaus-basel.ch Sports, play, and creativity 6-11 Intersoccer www.intersoccer.ch 5-Day girls camp, 5-day Junior & Academy 5-13 Fantasia Basel www.fantasia-basel.ch A week around the theme of water play 4-12 Half-day mini camps for 5 days 3-5 Globepaddler www.globepaddler.ch Canoe camp in Huningue, France 10-14 Kids Camp International www.kcinternational.ch All-star sports camp 3-14 Kids Camp International www.kcinternational.ch Soccer camp 3-14 Kinder-Camps www.kinder-camps.ch Soccer camp I 7-12 Fun and action kids camp II 4-12 Kinderhuus Gampiross www.kinderhuus-gampiross.ch 1-Week camp around the theme of Indians 4-9 Kinderhuus Gampiross www.kinderhuus-gampiross.ch 1-Week camp around the theme of Indians 4-9 Kindertreffpunkt zum Burzelbaum www.burzelbaum.ch Learn all about the carnivals around the world 4-10 Kindertreffpunkt zum Burzelbaum www.burzelbaum.ch Get to know five witches and their capabilities 4-10 Robi-Spiel-Aktionen www.robi-spiel-aktionen.ch Circus week with acrobatics, dance, and high-wire 5-12 Creative week of old crafts, including metal forging 5-12 Ooink Ooink Productions www.ooinkooink.ch 2-Week camp in Bonaduz, GR 7-12 Fantasy week of damsels and knights 5-12 Robi-Spiel-Aktionen www.robi-spiel-aktionen.ch Wild style—dive into the colorful world of graffiti 9-12 Forest flora and fauna, wilderness adventure 5-12 The Wild West lives! 5-12 Töpferschule Ruth Moll Basel www.toepferschule-moll.ch Morning pottery classes 6 and up Rhythm, sound, and percussion 8-12 A week of solving crazy puzzles 5-12 Van der Merwe Squash Club www.kinderbasel.com Multisport week including bowling, racquet sports, self-defense, dance, soccer, slacklining, and more 7-13 Töpferschule Ruth Moll Basel www.toepferschule-moll.ch Morning pottery classes 6 and up Verein Transport Basel www.pumpwerk-bs.ch BMX, skateboarding, inline, scooter 9-13 Van der Merwe Squash Club www.kinderbasel.com Multisport week including bowling, racquet sports, self-defense, dance, soccer, slacklining, and more 7-13 Vitis Sportcenter www.vitis-allschwil.ch 1-Week multisport camp 7-16 Verein Allwäg www.allwaeg.ch Enjoy Basel’s nature, play, cook, and eat over a fire 5-12 Waldentdeckungsraum www.waldentdeckungsraum.ch Pirate and sea-farer camp 4-9 Vitis Sportcenter www.vitis-allschwil.ch 1-Week multisport camp 7-16

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WEEK 4: July 28 – 31 (closed August 1) WEEK 6: August 11 – 15

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Badminton-Halle www.badminton-halle.ch 1-Week badminton and multisport camp 6-13 Acroballet www.turngarten.ch/de/ Morning acrobatics 4-6 aktuell/ferienkurse.html Morning floor-, partner-, and aerial- acrobatics 7-14 Globepaddler (includes Aug.1) www.globepaddler.ch Canoe camp in Huningue, France 10-14 All day floor-, partner-, and aerial- acrobatics 7 and up Wild-water camp in Huningue, France 12-16 Badminton-Halle www.badminton-halle.ch 1-Week badminton and multisport camp 6-13 Intersoccer www.intersoccer.ch 4-Day Junior & Academy 5-13 Half-day mini camps for 4 days 3-5 Dieter Kaltenbach-Stiftung www.kaltenbach-stiftung.de Half-day, full-day, or 5-day workshops in art, sewing 6-13 (Lörrach, Germany) woodcarving, painting, drumming, building, and more Kids Camp International www.kcinternational.ch Cooking camp 3-14 e9 jugend & kultur www.e-9.ch A week of American Indian adventure 5-9 Robi-Spiel-Aktionen www.robi-spiel-aktionen.ch In the footsteps of Asterix, Obelix, and Co. 5-12 Discover the secrets of wind, water, and solar energy 5-9 Freizeitzentrum Landauer www.landauer.ch A week about space (stars, moon, rockets) 4-8 Stars and starlets—makeup, tattoos, and jewelry 5-12 Multisport week of climbing and racquet sports 8-13 Non-stop sports, play, excitement, and fun 5-12 Generationenhaus Neubad www.generationenhaus- Polysport camp 6-12 Van der Merwe Squash Club www.kinderbasel.com Multisport week including bowling, racquet sports, neubad.ch self-defense, dance, soccer, slacklining, and more 7-13 Intersoccer www.intersoccer.ch 5-Day Junior & Academy 5-13 Verein Transport Basel www.pumpwerk-bs.ch BMX, skateboarding, inline, scooter 9-13 Half-day mini camps for 5 days 3-5 Vitis Sportcenter www.vitis-allschwil.ch 1-Week multisport camp 7-16 Kids Camp International www.kcinternational.ch Scout camp 3-14 Waldentdeckungsraum www.waldentdeckungsraum.ch Camp about the age of the dinosaur 4-9 Kinder-Camps www.kinder-camps.ch Fun and action kids camp IV 4-12 Soccer camp II 7-12 Kwerk Bildschule www.kwerk.ch 3-Day camp to experiment and create art in nature 7-12 WEEK 5: August 4 – 8 Robi-Spiel-Aktionen www.robi-spiel-aktionen.ch Play soccer and tour the St. Jakob stadium 9-12 Pipi Langstrumpf and her wiggly braids 5-12 PROVIDER WEBSITE CAMPS AGE Cook with plants and herbs from nature 5-12 Discover Basel on bicycles 8 and up Basel’s Department of Education www.ed-bs.ch/jfs/sport/ 2-Week intensive swim classes 5-13 Ruderclub Blauweiss Basel www.rcblauweiss.ch Rowing camp on the Rhein 12-20 sportangebote/kinder-und- (outdoor/indoor pools) jugendliche/sommer- Sport and Fun for Kids www.starwings.ch Basketball, unihockey, swimming, and more 7-14 schwimmkurse Töpferschule Ruth Moll Basel www.toepferschule-moll.ch Morning pottery classes 6 and up Basler Stiftung für Ferienkolonie www.bsff.ch 2-Week camp in Prêles 8-14 Van der Merwe Squash Club www.kinderbasel.com Multisport week (Van der Merwe Squash Club) Dieter Kaltenbach-Stiftung www.kaltenbach-stiftung.de Half-day, full-day, or 5-day workshops in music, 6-13 Climbing and multisport (Impulsiv Center, Weil am Rhein) 7-13 (Lörrach, Germany) pottery, soapstone carving, 3-D optic art, circus, Vitis Sportcenter www.vitis-allschwil.ch 1-Week multisport camp 7-16 Celts, comics, painting, and more Zirkus Schule Basel www.zirkusschulebasel.ch Circus camp (acrobatics, juggling, balancing) 6-12 e9 jugend & kultur www.e-9.ch Hip-Hop meets Salsa 8-12 Erziehungsdepartement des www.sport.bs.ch Multisport camp in Tenero, Tessin 13-16 Kantons BS Freizeitzentrum Landauer www.landauer.ch Underwater exploration week 6-13 Spend a week exploring the forest—rain or shine 6-13 Basler Ferienpass (Basel Holiday Pass) This wonderful pass for children ages 6-16 is filled with summer-time offers. It Intersoccer www.intersoccer.ch 5-Day Junior & Academy 5-13 Half-day mini camps for 5 days 3-5 is valid from July 5 – August 17 and costs CHF 30 (you get a 10% discount if you hold the Familienpass). It offers kids free or reduced prices on excursions and Kids Camp International www.kcinternational.ch The Original Kids Camp 3-14 numerous outings and tours, including the Basel Zoo, animal parks, children’s Robi-Spiel-Aktionen www.robi-spiel-aktionen.ch The four elements (earth, fire, water, and wind) 5-12 hospital, seeing-eye-dog training center, lama-trekking, TV studio, radio studio, Be settlers on an exciting voyage of discovery 7-12 Augusta Raurica, fishing, climbing, Solarbob (summer tobogganing), and much Magical experiences as witches and warlocks 5-9 more. You can also choose from dozens of creative workshops and classes where Travel to the middle ages as knights and damsels 5-12 kids can learn badminton, billiards, bowling, calligraphy, candy making, chem- Töpferschule Ruth Moll Basel www.toepferschule-moll.ch Morning pottery classes 6 and up istry, circus acts, comic drawing, diabolo, first aid, flower arrangement, Hip-Hop dance, self-defense, short-film making, table-football, Taekwondo, wood-oven Van der Merwe Squash Club www.kinderbasel.com Multisport week including bowling, racquet sports, self-defense, dance, soccer, slacklining, and more 7-13 bread baking, and yoga, just to name a few. You can register online for all tours, workshops, and outings. The card also entitles the holder to full use of the TNW Vitis Sportcenter www.vitis-allschwil.ch 1-Week multisport camp 7-16 network of public transport for only CHF 7 per week. So if you plan to be around Basel this summer and would like your children to stay busy with a variety of differ- ent activities, the Ferienpass is definitely worth a look. Passes can be purchased at several locations in Basel Stadt, including the BVB office in Barfüsserplatz, Dreiros- en Freizeithalle, and Gundelitor Apotheke. To find purchase locations in Baselland, click on “Verkaufsstellen” on their website to find a location close to you. Bring a small picture of your child with you for an on-the-spot membership card. www.basler-ferienpass.ch

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at the Querfeld-Halle (Halle 8), Dornach- toph Maé, Bryan Adams, and Caroline Rock-the-Ring erstrasse 192 in Basel and will feature Chevin on Saturday night. Tickets are June 20-22 Rosenkavaliere DJ Bruno. The event on June 27 will be CHF 107.05 for Friday night, CHF 117.75 Rock-the-Ring is a three-day music June 4 and 5 held at Kult Basel, Steinentorstrasse 35, for Saturday night, and CHF 193.90 for festival in Hinwil (about 75 minutes from Join the Sinfonieorchester Basel for and will feature DJ Ice. Friends, couples, both nights. Basel) that will host a total of 16 bands, their final concert of the 2013-14 and singles are welcome; admission www.starsofsounds.ch including the feature bands Unheilig season. The first half of the concert is CHF 15. on Friday (22:30-00:00), Bryan Adams will feature Mozart’s Concerto for www.tanznacht40.ch on Saturday (22:30-00:00), and ZZ Top Two Pianos in E-flat major K. 365 Calendar Girls on Sunday (20:35-22:00). Tickets start with guest soloists Katia and Marielle June 13, 14, 15, 21, 22, 27, and 28 at CHF 98 and are for all bands on one Labèque; the second, Strauss’s Rosen- Semi-Circle, Basel’s English-language day. You can also buy a RailAway Kombi, kavalier Suite. The concert will also drama group, brings you their newest which includes train travel to the concert include Les mariés de la tour Eiffel by production entitled “Calendar Girls,” a grounds for a reduced price. Les Six—a group of six French com- theater play about a group of extraordi- posers formed by Jean Cocteau and nary women, members of a very ordinary www.rockthering.ch Eric Satie in 1918—as well as the pre- Yorkshire Women’s Institute, who spark miere of Swiss composer Jost Meier’s a global phenomenon by persuading one newest work, Œuvre suisse #5: Fiktive another to pose nude for a charity cal- Bordeaux 2013 Tasting Szenen für Orchester. Both concerts endar. Based on an inspiring true story, June 26 will be held at Stadt-Casino Basel Calendar Girls is quirky, poignant and Mövenpick Weinkeller in Basel (Halting- at 19:30 with a pre-concert talk (in hilarious. Performances will take place erstrasse 101) is hosting a wine tasting German) at 18:30. Tickets range from at Theater Rampe at Byfangweg 6 in Ba- entitled “Fassprobe Bordeaux 2013.” Un- CHF 30-90 and can be purchased in sel, doors open one hour before perfor- til 20:00 on this day, you are invited to advance at Bider & Tanner. mances, when drinks and snacks will be taste the 2013 Bordeaux wines, as well as

www.sinfonieorchesterbasel.ch basel © sinfonie orchester credit: photo available. Tickets cost CHF 30 for adults, the wines featured in their current flyer. CHF 25 for students, and are available So if you prefer to taste before you buy, at the SBB, Manor, Coop City, Bider & simply come by, pick up a glass, and sam- Mamma Mia! Indian Queen—Masque in Five Acts Soulshake Dance Party—Ü30 Tanner, Stadt-Casino, post offices, or ple what you fancy during their opening photo credit: © standard.co.uk credit: photo through Starticket. hours; the event is free and no registra- June 1-8 June 4, 5, 14, 25, and 27 June 6 tion is required. For any wine advice, Earth, Wind, & Fire featuring Al www.semi-circle.ch Mamma Mia! is an unconventional mu- The exoticism of the Baroque era, devel- This is a dance party of soul, funk, and their staff is always ready to assist you in McKay www.starticket.ch sical comedy about love, family, friend- oping from Shakespeare’s prototypical hip music for those 30 and up who want English. ship, and fatherhood that features 22 play “The Tempest,” reaches its full col- to dance to rousing music from 22:00 June 8 www.moevenpick-wein.com classic ABBA hits. The Musical Theater orful opulence in Henry Purcell’s “The until late at the Querfeld Halle at Dor- The aptly named “Earth Wind & Fire Ex- Art Party Basel will be transformed into a scenic Indian Queen” (1664), which is set at nacherstrasse 192, Basel; doors open at perience feat. Al McKay” is built around June 16 Greek island for the staging of the origi- the feuding courts of Mexico and Peru. 21:00. Admission is CHF 15. Guaranteed the group’s legendary guitarist, Al McK- Artists Bob and Roberta Smith, members The Beach nal English theatrical version of this mu- It rests on the early idea of marrying mu- mainstream- and chart-free! ay, and an ensemble of top Los Angeles of the Royal Academy and founders of Boys sical. There are afternoon and evening sic and words, dance and mime, stage www.soulshake.ch studio and road musicians. Performing the “Art Party,” will bring the “Art Party” shows; tickets start at CHF 45 for adults design, lighting, and costumes to form a hit after hit of the super group’s material, June 27 movement to the Volkshaus Basel. Enjoy and CHF 36 for kids. If you have a COOP whole. “Indian Queen” will be performed in the original keys with the original feel, The Beach Boys Miley Cyrus drinks and a special program daily dur- Supercard, you can get a 30% discount in English, with German and English sur- this production offers a stunning dem- have been world- ing Art Basel at the “Biergarten No. 3” at on tickets for the Thursday evening and titles, on the Grosse Bühne of the Theater June 7 onstration of a living, vital performance, renowned icons of Volkshaus Basel. Bob and Roberta Smith Saturday afternoon performances, while Basel; tickets range from CHF 67-153. As the daughter of country musician Billy with every component of the band up- pop for more than will transform the entire venue with supplies last. Go to www.coop.ch/ www.theater-basel.ch Ray Cyrus, Miley was virtually born into holding the high standard of excellence half a century. This his works, including two specially mammamia for more information. show business. Starting with her break- that established the original Earth, Wind California band designed bars. www.ticketcorner.ch French Cocktails in Basel through role in 2006 as “Hannah Mon- & Fire sound. Don’t miss this live perfor- consisting of the tana,” Miley Cyrus was able to show off mance at the METRO Grand Casino Basel http://volkshaus-basel.ch Wilson brothers and June 5 Robbie Williams her acting skills as well as her singing tal- at 20:30; tickets are CHF 50 and CHF 86. their cousin Mike Love Bring your joie-de-vivre to Paul Ullrich for ent. She has since released several singles Note that entrance to the casino, its bars, have become synonymous with everlast- June 2 & 3 Five Pictures of the “Belle Époque” an evening of French cocktails and appe- that have received record numbers of hits restaurants, and events hall is only per- ing summer since 1961. With brilliant Go to the Hallenstadion in Zürich to en- tizers. You can taste from over 50 of the on YouTube in very short times. She will mitted to people 18 years and older. June 20 and 26 vocal harmonies, casual surf rock, and a joy a night of Robbie Williams. A second finest French spirits, liqueurs, and cham- be coming to the Hallenstadion in Zürich www.grandcasinobasel.com The English Seminar Choir, a nonprofit variety of gigantic hits like “Good Vibra- concert was added on June 3, and tick- pagnes, while four known bartenders for one night. Tickets start at CHF 89. group of Basel English-language singers, tion,” “Barbara Ann,” “I Get Around,” ets are selling fast. “Swing both Ways” will be mixing French cocktails. Entrance www.ticketcorner.ch will be presenting their new concert fea- and of course “Surfin USA” the band is the name of his new show, which he fee for this evening is CHF 25 per person Stars of Sounds 2014 turing the music of Elgar, Debussy, Wal- wrote music history and became the top- created because “First of all, I wanted to and includes a cocktail; a plate of appe- June 13 & 14 ton, Distler, and Janacek on June 20 at selling group in America with the most Dance Night do a swing album because I wanted to tizers from the buffet can be purchased at The first session of the Stars of Sound the Grosser Hörsaal at Nadelberg 6 and Billboard Top 40 hits. The Beach Boys do a swing album.” This lightness is also an additional CHF 15. The event will be June 7 and 27 music festival will be held in mid-June on June 26 at the Zunftsaal Schmiedehof will be on tour in the summer of 2014 found in the songs that the entertainer held at their Gundeli location at Laufen- “Tanznacht40” dance parties are for in Murten, about 75 minutes from Basel. at Rümelinsplatz 4. Both shows will start and will give an exclusive concert at the swings through with his usual slyness strasse 16 (in the courtyard, weather per- those who have at least 40 years under This two-day festival will feature the two at 20:00; tickets are CHF 30 for adults and Kongresshaus in Zürich. “Good vibra- and aplomb. Tickets start at CHF 185. mitting); no pre-registration necessary. their belts. Both parties run from 21:00- bands Gotthard and Scorpions on Friday CHF 20 for children. tions” are guaranteed! www.ticketcorner.ch www.ullrich.ch 3:00. The event on June 7 will be held night and three performances by Chris- www.esc-basel.ch www.ticketcorner.ch 24 www.baselfamilymagazine.com JUNE 2014 25 Entertainment: Night on the Town (continued)

Sunrise Avenue English and German. Tickets range from walk through the vineyards called “Natu- June 28 CHF 39-119. rarena Rebberg”; the marked wine route starts at the welcome sign of the Vita Par- This Finnish rock quartet has a dynam- www.ticketcorner.ch cours parking. You can find a map and ic style that ranges from rock songs like additional information on their website. “Hollywood Hills” and “Fairytale Gone Wine Sunday www.weinbau-aesch.ch Bad” to ballads like “Heal Me.” They will June 29 be coming for one night to the PostFi- In the community of Aesch in neigh- nance-Arena in Bern to present their Gold The Eagles boring Baselland, the sloping hills are Album “Unholy Ground.” Show starts at June 30 19:30, and tickets are CHF 69. adorned with vineyards. The use of this land as a wine-producing region dates The Eagles will be landing at the Hallen- www.ticketcorner.ch back to 3rd or 4th century A.D., and it stadion in Zürich on June 30 at 20:00 for is thought that these are the vineyards the legendary “History of the Eagles-Tour of the Roman settlers at Augusta Rauri- 2014.” Tickets range from CHF 80-195. Dirty Dancing—The Original Live on ca. Today’s vineyards span 22 hectares of Tour www.ticketcorner.ch land in Aesch and Pfeffingen and grow Until June 29 23 varieties of grapes, of which Blaubur- Dirty Dancing is one of the most exciting gunder (Pinot Noir), Riesling-Sylvaner, dance films of all time. The famous love Pinot Gris, and Gutedel (Chasselas) are story of the charismatic dancer Johnny the best known. The Weinbauverein Castle and the naïve teenager Frances Klus (wine making club Klus) is in- “Baby” Houseman comes to life on the viting the public for a “Räbesunntig” stage with many songs from the origi- (grape Sunday). About 10 wine-grow- nal film, including “Time Of My Life,” ing families will invite guests into “Hungry Eyes,” and “Do You Love Me.” their beautifully decorated taverns This successful stage show is now tour- in the area to sample the new vin- ing Europe, with a 5-week stint at The- tage and winemakers’ culinary ater 11 in Zürich. Musical will be in specialties. You are also welcome

German, but songs will be sung in both at anytime of the year to take a tour © eagles credit: photo

Ticket Office: Get your tickets now! These are some of the great concerts and shows that will be happening around Switzerland in the upcoming months.

Who Where When Tickets

One Direction Stade de Suisse, Bern July 4 www.ticketcorner.ch Metallica St. Jakob-Park, Basel July 4 www.ticketcorner.ch Cyclope (Tinguely meets acrobatics) Klybeckquai, Basel July 10 – Aug 23 www.cyclope2014.ch Pharrell Williams Frauenfeld July 10 www.openair-frauenfeld.ch (Openair Frauenfeld) Basel Tattoo Kaserne, Basel July 18-26 http://baseltattoo.ch James Blunt KKL Luzern, Konzertsaal July 23 www.ticketcorner.ch Rothaus Arena, Freiburg (DE) October 18 www.deutschland-tickets.de Kansas Konzertfabrik, Pratteln August 3 www.z-7.ch A Tribute to Pink Floyd Live Augusta Raurica, Augst August 22 & 23 www.starticket.ch Scorpions Hallenstadion, Zürich September 19 www.ticketcorner.ch UB40 Kaufleuten, Zürich September 27 www.ticketcorner.ch Cirque du Soleil—QUIDAM Hallenstadion, Zürich October 16-19 www.ticketcorner.ch Foreigner KKL Luzern, Konzertsaal October 20 www.ticketcorner.ch Konzerthaus, Freiburg (DE) October 26 www.deutschland-tickets.de Lady Gaga Hallenstadion, Zürich November 6 www.ticketcorner.ch Kylie Minogue Hallenstadion, Zürich November 17 www.ticketcorner.ch

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