Take Two will provide different viewpoints on the art of today; it includes works by Thomas Hirschhorn, Dieter Roth’s Solo Scenes, an installation of 131 video monitors, and Fischli & Weiss’ famous and fascinating video.

As part of exploring how contemporary artists think about sculpture -- its history, conventions, and legacies -- SculptureCenter, in collaboration with the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School, presents a series of artist-led lectures. Mid-career artists discuss specific works, bodies of work, texts, or even personal anecdotes -- taken from inside and outside sculpture, and inside and outside "art" -- to outline their version of sculpture's history. These subjective, incomplete, partial, misremembered, or otherwise eclectic stories together examine sculpture's evolving strategies, behaviors, dreams, and mistakes over the course of human civilization.

Eric Steel’s The Bridge, is a documentary exploration of the mythic beauty of the Golden Gate Bridge, the most popular suicide destination in the world, and the unfortunate souls drawn by its siren call. Steel and his crew spend from dusk until dawn filming the bridge everyday for a year, capturing nearly two dozen suicides that occurred in 2004. Intercut with these frightening leaps are interviews with the family and friends of the deceased. Sabine Krayenbuehl edited this documentary.

The Silicon Valley Association (SVA), along with its academic sponsors University of Lausanne, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ) and the Webster University Geneva, has been organizing academic and technical study tours to Silicon Valley since 1992. Director of the Silicon Valley Association, Henri Slettenhaar, formerly at CERN and Stanford University, and returning study tour participants from Switzerland will make a stop at swissnex to celebrate their 15th year of operation. Join Swiss and American colleagues from academia, government and industry to toast the Swiss SVA's continued success at promoting academic and technical exchanges in the information technology field through study tours while expanding your international network. The Silicon Valley Association (SVA), along with its academic sponsors University of Lausanne, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETHZ) and the Webster University Geneva, has been organizing academic and technical study tours to Silicon Valley since 1992.

Eric Steel’s The Bridge, is a documentary exploration of the mythic beauty of the Golden Gate Bridge, the most popular suicide destination in the world, and the unfortunate souls drawn by its siren call. Steel and his crew spend from dusk until dawn filming the bridge everyday for a year, capturing nearly two dozen suicides that occurred in 2004. Intercut with these frightening leaps are interviews with the family and friends of the deceased. Sabine Krayenbuehl edited this documentary.

The Tour will include 5 great examples of green building around Santa Monica and Venice selected by the City of Santa Monica. One of the five homes, the Stokman Residence, is designed by Swiss Architect Roger Kurath, Design 21, LLC. Designed so the owner could build it himself, this steel and concrete tilt-up panels home has great natural daylighting, environmentally friendly building materials, and radiant floor heating. www.goDesign21.com

Eric Steel’s The Bridge, is a documentary exploration of the mythic beauty of the Golden Gate Bridge, the most popular suicide destination in the world, and the unfortunate souls drawn by its siren call. Steel and his crew spend from dusk until dawn filming the bridge everyday for a year, capturing nearly two dozen suicides that occurred in 2004. Intercut with these frightening leaps are interviews with the family and friends of the deceased. Sabine Krayenbuehl edited this documentary.

Clarina Bezzola, is a versatile and talented artist performing in different fields; In her search to translate the emotional undercurrents of human nature into the artistic language, Clarina dedicates much of her time studying the art of opera. Now, she is thrilled to have her operatic debut in a major role as Gilda in Verdi's Rigoletto with Espresso Opera of New York. There is so much to discover, please logon to: www.clarinabezzola.com

Swiss harpist, Andreas Vollenweider, is back. His music, featuring buoyant funk beats, exotic pan-cultural influences and colorful electro-acoustic harp improvisations, swept around the globe in the 1980s. Winner of Grammy Awards and collaborator with artists ranging from Bobby McFerrin to Bryan Adams to Luciano Pavarotti..

Intellectual Property (IP) is essential to the success of any life biotech company and a primary concern to investors, just as technology, marketing and management are. The level of complexity of the issues, the costs, and the challenges faced among Offices of Technology Transfers (OTT) make IP a major headache for the whole industry. Adding to the complexity of the current regulations, the United States Patent Office (USPTO) is about to reform their procedures in a fashion that seems likely to engender controversy. Our speakers will share their experience on the issues and advice that will help us better understand how IP affects the industry. This event is part of the ongoing series "Life Science Breakfasts" organized in collaboration with the French American Chamber of Commerce.

Details : http://www.swissnex.org/our-actions/events/facc-ipbio
Registration : http://www.faccsf.com/Events/LifeScienceBr_may2006.htm
Location & parking : http://www.swissnex.org/swissnex/contact

During this monthly Business Stammtisch of the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, Chip Doyle will explain how the traditional marketing we are exposed to on a daily basis works wonderfully for Fortune 500 companies but very poorly for smaller professional firms and new technology ventures. Chip will share a simple model to evaluate whether improvements should be made in your marketing or sales efforts and specific strategies for attendees to deploy right away. Following the presentation, there will be an update on the Club Entrepreneur's recent activities. The Swiss Business Stammtisch is an informal gathering place for American and Swiss-American business people. There are many presentations from interesting companies who maintain a link with the Swiss-American community either in the United States or in Switzerland. Please join the Business Stammtisch for relaxed mingling and exchange of ideas, every 2nd Thursday of the month from 5:30 - 7:30 pm at swissnex.

Details : http://www.swissnex.org/our-actions/events/SACCMay06
Registration : [email protected]
Location & parking : http://www.swissnex.org/swissnex/contact

THALATTA! Theatre International presents the American premiere of acclaimed Swiss playwright, Igor Bauersima's norway.today at the Chopin Theatre in Chicago. The play is a romantic comedy about suicide. Based on a true story, it tells the tale of two teenagers who meet on the internet and agree to jump off Pulpit Rock, a 2000 ft. cliff in Norway, together. Tickets: $18 ($15 - Students & Seniors) $15 - May 12,13,26,27 ($12 - Students & Seniors) $12 - Industry Nights (May 24 & 31) Dates/Times: May 12 - June 3 Wed-Sat @ 8pm Sun May 21 & 28 @ 3pm Run Time: 90 minutes Reservations/Info: 773-384-0115 or [email protected]

The doors open at 5:30. Authentic Swiss food, sold à la carte from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. (and for ½ hour after concert.) Concert starts at 7:30 p.m. Dancing from 9:00 to Midnight. Tickets are $7:00 in advance, $8.00 at the door. Call Elaine at 419-206-0975 for reservations.

The NYC Swiss Soccer Club will be one of the 32 soccer teams from the tri-state area that will participate in an amateur world cup tournament organized by the Red Bulls, formerly the Metrostars and the Cosmos. The games will take place at the Giant Stadium on May 13 from 11-5pm. Eight groups with four teams each will play, with the two top teams of each group advancing to the next round until a winner has been determined. The countries playing in the actual world cup in Germany in June are represented by local teams, with the New York Swiss Soccer Club representing Switzerland. The Swiss Soccer Club, in existence since 1962, has an active and passive membership of over 50 individuals. As part of our entry fee, sponsored by the membership, we received a series of tickets that we are offering free to the Swiss community. Vrenie and Bobby Keller will also host a tailgate party in the Giant Stadium, so please join us for a delicious Bratwurst or Cervelat, a glass of wine or beer on May 13, 2006. Hopp Schwiiz.

Igor Bauersima’s existential romantic comedy about two lost souls searching for the meaning of life in death is “a moral play about two likeable young people…” Dorothee Hammerstein, Mühlheim Theater.

Event will be held on Saturday, May 20, 2006 at 11:00 am to 11:00 PM The event is open to the public. Admission is $10.00. Free parking. Food and drinks are available all day. Swiss music to be played by Kapelle Saelta Nuechter after Schwingen and dancing to the Ed Inderbitzin Orchestra in the evening in the Hall. Daytime event is outdoors in our park.The dance is held in the hall.

Sponsored by New Glarus Vision Youth Committee; all proceeds benefit area youth. We celebrate Memorial Day weekend with a traditional, family-fun gathering. There will be live bands and food concessions all weekend long. All are invited to participate in athletic tournaments, fun-run/walk, euchre tournaments, and the local talent show.

A unique exhibition about Carnaval, prominently featuring the extraordinary “Basler Fasnacht,” among other special “Carnavals” in Laza, Spain, Venice, Italy, Tlaxcala, Mexico, Recife/Olinda, Brazil, Oruro, Bolivia, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, and New Orleans, USA.

Ruth Bachofner Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of work by Swiss-born photographer Catherine Gfeller who lives and works in Paris. Catherine incorporates people, buildings, bridges, windows, cars and every other fixture of urban life into her photography. She walks through cities with her camera in hand, snapping pictures of architecture and pedestrians in their surroundings. There is a sense of immediacy to the images - a capturing of the photographer's own sudden intrigue with certain, perhaps momentary, scenes, leaving little time for careful composition and positioning. Gfeller's work truly emerges back in her studio where she chooses a single or numerous images which she duplicates, layers and arranges into linear, geometric compositions. The montaged photographs in their final state have an ethereal, painterly quality. A Reception for the artist will be on Saturday, May 27, 5 - 7pm