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This week: events to go to alone

Sat17Oct
Free
LearningParis
13:00–15:00

Workshop: reading hiking maps (for Camino first-timers)

Bibliothèque du tourisme et des voyages - Germaine Tillion (BTV)

Planning your first Camino de Santiago? Learn to read hiking maps and find your way without GPS in a free workshop by the Compostelle 2000 association at Paris's travel and tourism library. Booking with the library recommended.

Sat17Oct
Free
SocialParis
13:00–21:00

Paris Repair Days: learn to fix shoes, bikes and clothes

Académie du climat

Bring a squeaky bike, worn shoes or a torn shirt: the Académie du climat hosts a free afternoon of repair workshops — wood, shoes, clothes, garden tools, small appliances and sports gear — during the national Repair Days.

Tue27Oct
Free
LearningParis
18:30–20:30

Talk: where our plastic waste really goes

Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme

What does the way we handle plastic waste say about our society? Researchers look behind the promise of recycling at the tensions between environment, industry and politics. Part of the 'Plastics: a systemic poison' series. Free.

Thu29Oct
Free
CultureParis
19:00–21:00

Meet the painter Andreas Eriksson at the Swedish Institute

Institut Suédois

Swedish artist Andreas Eriksson, whose layered paintings of rock, moss and bark fill the exhibition 'Soleil et Lune', talks with curator and institute director Sara Arrhenius in a Marais townhouse. Free.

Mon2Nov
Free
CultureParis
20:00–21:15

Ciné-club: 'Karbid und Sauerampfer', an East German road comedy

Maison Heinrich Heine

Frank Beyer's 1963 comedy follows a worker carrying seven barrels of carbide across the Soviet occupation zone just after the war. A free film club at the German house of the Cité universitaire.

Tue3Nov
Free
LearningParis
19:00–21:00

Talk: Claude Monet and Paris's 9th arrondissement

Bibliothèque Louise Walser-Gaillard

Heritage guide Michel Güet tells the story of the 9th arrondissement in the 19th century — a meeting place for artists — through the life of Claude Monet. A free talk at a neighbourhood library.

Wed4Nov
Free
SocialParis
18:00–20:00

Writing workshop with the poet Mahtab Ghorbani

Médiathèque Françoise Sagan

Iranian poet and novelist Mahtab Ghorbani, whose books are banned in Iran, leads a writing workshop about finding your own voice, linked to the exhibition 'Prisonnières'. Free; booking online.

Mon9Nov
Free
CultureParis
17:00–21:00

Photo Days: Great Lakes exhibition, late opening and guided visit

Centre culturel canadien à Paris

For the Photo Days festival, the Canadian Cultural Centre opens its exhibition on the Great Lakes until 21:00, free, with a guided visit by curator Catherine Bédard (booking needed for the tour).

Mon9Nov
Free
SocialParis
18:00–21:00

Make mobiles for a dance show's stage design

Atelier de Paris / CDCN

A free hands-on workshop with set designer Edmée Petit: make small hanging 'charms' that will become part of the stage design of the dance piece 'Variations on Tenderness', at the Atelier de Paris in the Bois de Vincennes.

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