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Victorien Bornéat presents his essay on how cultural institutions can feel elitist and exclude people, drawing on his own arrival in Lyon. The one-hour talk at Hôtel71 by the Saône is a good fit if you enjoy discussing ideas with strangers afterwards.
Several up-and-coming stand-up comedians share the stage in the first edition of this comedy club night, hosted by Ugo Strebel. Tickets start at 8.99 euros; comedy crowds are friendly and laughing together breaks the ice.
Musicians of any style — rock, pop, folk or soul — each play three songs of their choice; performers sign up by email in advance, while listeners can just come in. Entry is free. Open stages are a classic solo outing, with plenty of chatter between acts.
Professional, private and association dealers bring tens of thousands of singles, LPs, CDs and DVDs covering rock, soul, jazz, hip-hop, electro and more, for every budget. Entry is 3 € (free for under-16s, students and jobseekers). Flipping through crates next to other music lovers is a natural conversation starter.
Geographer Nicolas Jacob-Rousseau of Université Lumière Lyon 2 explains how photographs, including aerial images, serve research in geography, in the MOM's public lecture cycle marking the bicentenary of photography. Entry is free while seats last. A public lecture is a comfortable solo evening with a curious audience.
This is the first edition of a new jam session led by Lazzman, focused on modern jazz, improvisation and effects-heavy grooves. Musicians are invited to join the house players on stage, and listeners are just as welcome. Entry is free, and jams are friendly places to talk to the players between tunes.
Once a month this small venue on the Croix-Rousse slopes opens its stage to singers, rappers, guitarists, bassists, drummers and horn players for a free-form live jam. A drum kit and two guitar amps are provided and you sign up on the spot. Entry is free, and even without an instrument it is a friendly room for meeting people.
The very first edition of a new jam organised by Lazzman at Kraspek Myzik, the record shop and club on the Croix-Rousse slopes. The brief is modern jazz with lashings of effects in the spirit of J Dilla and Terrace Martin, open to musicians who want to sit in and to anyone who wants to listen. Entry is free. «LA JAMALAZZ | MER. 03.02» Start time as published; the end time is approximate. Source: OpenAgenda public agendas via Opendatasoft — Licence Ouverte / Open Licence (Etalab).
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