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When comedy and music meet Whether in Paris at the foot of Notre Dame, or surrounded by dancing cats, or even on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, songs from musicals have been hummed into everyone’s ears. Whether we like it or not, this genre of musical theater is one of the most popular, and we can […]

The adventure of American comics began at the end of the 19th century, thanks to Rodolphe Töpffer, the first major author and theorist of the comic strip. At the time, they consisted of a few successive comic strips published in the press, usually on a daily basis. In principle, the story evolved over several issues […]

From classical music to French chanson, the Du signe au son series is now turning its attention to jazz. The art of interpretation concerns all genres of music! In the spotlight is the inventor of the jazz violin: Stéphane Grappelli, who passed away 25 years ago. Paris, the courtyards of Montmartre buildings, cinemas accompanying silent […]

The BCUL has long promoted a certain linguistic and cultural plurality with the aim of facilitating encounters and exchanges. At the Riponne site, in addition to the national languages of German and Italian and international English, we also have collections in languages of recent immigration, such as Spanish and Portuguese. For language learning – including […]

Martial Leiter is an artist renowned for the virtuosity of his brushstrokes, and since the 1970s he has been the author of a prolific and multi-faceted body of work. With a diploma in technical drawing, he taught himself artistic drawing from an early age. A connoisseur of art history and an uncompromising observer of society, […]

As 2022 draws to a close, the Riponne site is undergoing a metamorphosis. Our collections are moving. We have decided to create two more user-friendly spaces, and to regroup certain collections to create cohesion and harmony in these two “new” spaces: The Salle de la Fontaine has become a space dedicated to the imaginary. Here […]