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INSIDE: YOUTH CHOIR FEST • STREET FOOD FEST • TEDX • SINFONIEORCHESTER BASEL • CITY SKATE • 3LÄNDERLAUF Volume 4 Issue 8 CHF 5 5 A Monthly Guide to Living in Basel May 2016 Circus is in the Air At academia we •Educate the whole individual: academically,socially, physically and emotionally •Nurturestudents to reach their full potential and pursue A cAsuAl excellence in everything they do ApproAch •Foster alove of learning and creativity to luxury •Develop compassionate global ambassadors •Emphasize team work and problem solving Preschool / Primary / Pre-College (K-8) •Bilingual Education (German/English) •Integrated Cambridge International Curriculum and Basel Stadt Curriculum College (9-12) AsK For A pErsoNAl AppoINtMENt. •High Quality Exam Preparation phoNE +41 79 352 42 12 · FrEIE strAssE 34, •Entry into Swiss and International Universities 4001 BAsEl · www. jANEtBArgEzI.coM Phone+41 61 260 20 80 www.academia-international.ch 2 Basel Life Magazine / www.basellife.com LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Dear Readers, The Basel Life team would like to thank you for taking the time to share your fabulous feedback over the years. It has always been a welcome confir May 2016 Volume 4 Issue 8 mation that we have succeeded in our goal of sharing our passion and knowledge of Basel with you. From its humble beginnings almost four TABLE OF CONTENTS years ago, Basel Life Magazine has always endeavored to provide its read ers with timely information on events and activities in and around Basel, cultural and historical background information on important Swiss/Basel Events in Basel: May 2016 4–7 traditions and customs, practical tips for everyday life, as well as a wealth of other information, all at the cost of the printed material. However, the Fun Outings: Beyond Basel 8–9 magazine has grown tremendously over the years, both in content and size, with a commensurate increase in production costs. This necessitates a slight increase in the sale price of the individual copies of the magazine, Markets and Fairs 10–11 from CHF 5 to CHF 6, beginning with our September 2016 issue. However, there is good news for our subscribers: the price for the monthly subscrip Basel Life Magazine Sports and Recreation 12–15 tions of will remain unchanged. You can easily subscribe by going to the website (www.basellife.com), clicking on “Subscriptions,” and filling in your address and contact details. Calendar: May 2016 16–17 Looking at the month of May, Basel will be bursting with great festivals, including the fabulous Young Stage Circus Festival, the bien nial European Inside Basel: Sinfonieorchester Basel 18–19 Festival of Youth Choirs, a dance festival, street food festival, and the Bild rausch Filmfest. In addition, the month brings other terrific events, such as TEDx and Fantasy Basel, the game and comic convention. Feeling fit? Workshops, Tours, and Education 20–22 Take a family bicycle ride, join the City Skate, take the Aquathlon chal lenge, participate in the Dreiländerlauf (threecountry run), or give parkour a try. Further afield, learn how you can enjoy the great Swiss adventure of Information Desk: Dental Care in Switzerland 23 sleeping in the straw on a farm, visit the new FIFA World Football Museum—a must for all soccer fans—or experience a berry festival in Germany's Black Special Report: Augusta Raurica Summer Schedule 24–25 Forest. In this issue you will also learn about dental care in Switzerland; get a list of Augusta Raurica’s schedule of tours, workshops, and events for the Did you Know? 26 year; and take a closer look at the past, present, and future of Basel’s extra ordinary Sinfonieorchester. As always, don’t miss the great lineup of Entertainment: Night on the Town 27–31 musicals, theater, opera, ballet, dance theater, wine tastings, comedy, dinner spectacles, and concerts of all kinds that will be gracing our city this month. 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They first went on tour in Germanspeaking Switzerland in 2003, with just a few acts. Since then, the scope of the info basellife.com enterprise has continuously expanded, and they now travel with 3 tents simultaneously, www.facebook.com/basellifemagazine presenting a huge variety of acts in 23 locations throughout Switzerland, including the www.basellife.com fabulous Young Stage circus festival that only takes place in Basel. BASEL LIFE MAGAZINE / BASEL FAMILY GmbH © Copyright 2016. All rights reserved. It is our goal to provide valuable, timely information to our readers. The opinions 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 respon- sible if any event is cancelled, postponed, or modified. We encourage readers to contact the event organizers or their websites to obtain the most current event 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 GmbH. If you have any questions, contact Basel Family GmbH staff at: info basellife.com. photo credit: © pablo wünsch blanco (cover), © das zelt May 2016 3 Events in Basel: May 2016 European Festival of Youth Choirs Basel May 4–8 Every other year in May, 18 children’s and youth choirs from all over Europe meet up in Basel for the “Europäisches Jugendchor Festival.” More than 1,000 singers sing and live in the region for these 5 days. The festival is known as an established event in the region. Experts in choral music gather from all over the world to share their knowledge. The choirs, which are among the best children’s and youth choirs in Europe and have been chosen by a jury of experts long in advance, present their extraordinary skills to an international audience. The event is distinguished not only by the high level of perfor mances, but also by the chance to meet other likeaged singers. Foreign music cul tures, ancient chorales, groovy as well as contemporary music—the diversity is more than fascinating. The choirs mainly perform music from their own cultural area. Be sure not to miss this very special event. More than 20,000 people will attend the over 30 concerts that will take place in various locations around Basel and Baselland. A par ticular highlight of the festival is the street performance on Saturday, May 7, from 14:00–17:00 on five different stages set up at Barfüsserplatz, Münsterplatz, Rathaushof, Rümelinsplatz, and Theaterplatz. There will also be several “singalong” events, where the audience is encouraged to learn fun choral songs from all over the world and join in. Visit their English/German website for a wonderful video about this festival, as well as a complete list of the location and times of the concerts. You can download the flyer and program booklet by clicking on “Service” and then on “Downloads.” Also, Basel’s music schools are looking for host families who would like to get involved in this adven ture; contact them if you think that you would like to be a host. Tickets can be purchased through Kulturhaus Bider & Tanner or Ticketcorner. www.ejcf.ch Zirkus Rägeboge Jean Dubuffet’s “Coucou Bazar” Until May 1 May 1, 4, and 8 The young talents at Basel’s circus school, Zirkus Rägeboge, are cordially As part of the Fondation Beyeler’s special exhibit on the oeuvre of inviting all spectators to watch their latest program “Götterpfeile zum French artist Jean Dubuffet, visitors will be treated to the spectacular Glück” (God’s arrows for luck) at Querfeldhalle in the Gundeldinger stage piece “Coucou Bazar,” in which Dubuffet combined painting, feld, Dornacherstrasse 192 in Basel. The final two shows start at 11:00 sculpture, theatre, dance, and music into a unique multimedia work of and 15:00; tickets are CHF 15 for adults and CHF 9 for kids. art. In the original “animated painting,” various costumed figures inter www.zirkusschulebasel.ch/index.php/kalender acted continuously with each other and with the scenery, so that the presentation took on the form of a metamorphical figural landscape. Altogether, 60 of these costumes and set pieces are on display at the Open Day at Local Wine Cellars Fondation Beyeler—only rarely have the elements of “Coucou Bazar” April 30-May 1 been exhibited in public on this scale. The complete stage show was Vintners from the Germanspeaking region of Switzerland, from the produced just three times—in New York and Paris in 1973, as well as in Thunersee to the Austrian border, as well as from the threelake region Turin in 1978.