It’s Friday evening. Although holidays are over, you can still enjoy the winter charm that is filling the air of the Principality. Here are our recommendations for you.
The Monegasque Chess Federation is organizing the Women’s European Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship, from January 10 to 12, 2025 at the Novotel Hotel. This event will bring together 119 competitors from 26 European countries, among the best players on the continent, and will be a key moment to highlight the growing role of women in the field of chess.
The competition will begin on January 10 with the Blitz Championship, followed by the Rapid Games Championship on January 11 and 12. Blitz games will be played at a time of 3 minutes plus 2 seconds per move, while Rapid Games will be played at 15 minutes plus 10 seconds per move.
The total prize pool of €46,500 is the highest ever offered for a women’s tournament of this type, with €15,200 for Blitz and €31,300 for Rapid Games. Furthermore, for the first time, the prize pool for a women’s Blitz and Rapid Games tournament will exceed that of the men’s open.
13 members of the Monte Carlo Chess Club will also be present.
The 8th Monaco International Cat Show, organised by the De Gati de Munegù association, will take place on Saturday 11th January and Sunday 12th January at the Espace Léo Ferré.
80 breeders and 165 cats of 23 breeds are expected to attend this meeting.
More than 80 breeders from all over Europe and even the United States and no fewer than 165 cats, registered with LOOF (Livre officiel des origines félines) or TICA (The International Cat Association), will be present this weekend. More than twenty breeds are expected at the exhibition.
Traditionally “Coup de Coeur” prizes will be awarded by the town hall, the National Council and the Fédération Féline de Monaco. This is in addition to the prizes awarded by the international judges to the cats they select.
Artus, One Man Show will be on stage of the Grimaldi Forum on Saturday 11 January 2025, at 8 pm.
“In this new show, Artus won’t be pushing the limits – because there aren’t any!” Artus became a household name thanks to his appearance on Laurent Ruquier’s show “On n’demande qu’à en rire” on France 2, between 2011 and 2014. Artus has also appeared in numerous television and radio shows. In 2016, he took part in the seventh season of TF1’s Danse avec les stars. Then in 2017, he joined the cast of the Canal+ series Le Bureau des légendes, where he played the role of Jonas Maury. In 2019, he hosted a show on Netflix called C’est du gâteau. And in 2022, he starred in the series Darknet-sur-Mer.
Odyssey, the musical conference is on stage of the Theatre des Muses on Wednesday 8 at 4:30 p.m., Thursday 9, Friday 10, Saturday 11 at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday January 12 at 4:30 p.m.
The famous story of the Odyssey told, sung and danced by two performers who play fifteen characters. A new, concentrated and explosive version! After the Trojan War, Ulysses decides to return home to Ithaca. But fate and the gods do not agree and the return journey will be strewn with pitfalls. Confronting monsters of all kinds, witches, cyclops and other sea creatures. Ulysses will not find Penelope again until ten years later…
Agate, 2023
Light projection
© Francisco Tropa
There are several interesting exhibitions going on in Monaco these days. For example, discover the new monographic exhibition by Portuguese artist Francisco Tropa, specially conceived for the Villa Paloma and featuring a previously unseen selection of sculptures, drawings, films and light projections.
The exhibition takes its names from pietre paesine (imaged stones), whose geological designs are evocative of painted landscapes, on the boundary of figuration and abstraction. This idea of an analogy between nature and technique is at the heart of Francisco Tropa’s work, which focuses on the conditions of appearance and perception of an image.
The Monaco Museum of Prehistoric Anthropology is delighted to invite you to discover its new temporary exhibition: The Butterfly Effect: The Pre-History of Animals, organised under the High Patronage of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco. Explore whole rooms themed to the animal kingdom and biodiversity, and take a fascinating journey through archaeology and our natural history! It is open until Monday 1 December 2025, from 9 am to 6 pm in Musée d’Anthropologie Préhistorique.
Of course there are other interesting events taking place in Monaco. If you want to learn more about them visit our Calendar.
So have fun and enjoy your weekend!
