Our guest on the Breakfast Show this morning was Kendra Arbaiza-Sundal, Consular officer at the US Embassy in Luxembourg, who joined Tom on the show to remind US citizens living in Luxembourg about voting in the upcoming mid-term elections which take place in the USA on November 8th.
Alternative primary schools: A visit at Eis Schoul
Every child learns autonomously according to their own speed and capacities at the primary school Eis Schoul in Kirchberg. In our interview on Local Matters, teacher Saskia Goetschalckx explains how this works.
Interview With Femmes Development A.S.B.L
Femmes Development host their annual fundraising dinner at the Chapito of Mondorf Casino on the 20th of October. Magali Carol, joined Tom on the Breakfast Show this morning to talk about the work that Femmes Development do to help women and children in Rwanda and to let us know what is in store for the 16th edition of the event.
Delano Top OfThe Week: Mental Health Week in Luxembourg
Tracy Heindrichs was in the studio for Delano's Top of the Week today. On the agenda was a discussion about Luxembourg's National Mental Health week.
Interview Nika Schmitt
Tom was joined on the Breakfast Show this morning by Luxembourgish Rotterdam-based artist Nika Schmitt ahead of the opening of her exhibition "Sweet Zenith" this Friday in the Cube Space of Rotondes.
Inside Ara: Sandra on Graffiti
On Local Matters this week, we dive deep into the cosmos of Ara. For today's interview, we invited Sandra, responsible for the youth channel Graffiti.
Interview with Radek Lipka from Cineast Film Festival
Luxembourg's Eastern European film festival, Cineast begins tonight at the Abey Neumünster. Festival Director Radek Lipka joined Tom on the Breakfast Show this morning to discuss what this year's edition has in store.
Inside Ara: 30 years Radio Ara
For today’s Local Matters, I had two souls of Ara on the microphone. Claude Hastert is one of the “Oldies”. For 22 years, he has hosted music shows on Radio Ara. And Peter Balla just launched the newest show “Audiosyncrasies”.
Interview With Marion Dubois From Passerell
Marion Dubois from Passerell joined Tom on the Breakfast show this morning to talk about the organisation as they search for new volunteers to assist in their work supporting refugees and asylum seekers in Luxembourg.
Inside Ara: Our Community shows
On Local Matters this week, we have a look behind the scenes of the Ara cosmos, starting today with the community shows on Ara City Radio.
Interview with Jess Bauldry From Festrogen
Festrogen is returning to Luxembourg on 8-9 October for a quick 'n' dirty fix of giggles. Jess Bauldry joined Tom on the breakfast show to let listeners know what the 2nd edition of the festival has in store.
Festrogen festival spotlights female identifying comedians and provides training for aspiring comedians through workshops.
The festival kicks off with an advanced workshop on the 8 October hosted at the Cid Fraen an gender women's library. This will be followed by an open to-the-public open mic at Le Croque Bedaine. At 9pm the hosts of the festival will perform in a Comedy Gala.
The following day Festrogen does brunch and laughs as Funny Women finalist Anshita Koul performs her hilarious solo show A Little Too Much at Le Mirador, Monte de Clausen.
More information about the festival can be found at: www.facebook.com/festrogen/
Delano Top Of The Week
Duncan Roberts joined Tom on the Breakfast Show this morning to discuss the recent illegal annexation of Eastern Ukrainian territories by Russia.
Atlántico Festival: Interview with Pedro Alexandre Torres from Philharmonie
From the 1st till the 9th of Octobert, Philharmonie will present Atlántico Festival. Lisa spoke with Pedro Torres from the venue to talk about the programme.
Scams in housing: Interview with the ULC
On Local Matters, Navid Poushanchi, legal advisor for ULC, explains the rights of tenants and landlords in rental contracts.
Scams in housing: Lily's experiences
In our interview on Local Matters, Lily Zorich told us about the experiences she made with scammers during her search for a flat in Luxembourg.
Interview With The British Luxembourg Society
Jacqui Spence and Darren Robinson from the British Luxembourg Society joined Tom on the Breakfast Show to talk about the organization and their upcoming events.
Interview With Luxembourg Ballet
Victoria Tvardovskaya of Luxembourg Ballet joined Tom on the Breakfast Show today to talk about their new production of Don Juan which is showing this weekend as the opening performance of the new season at CAPE Ettelbruck.
Interview With The Chinese Film Festival Of Luxembourg
Geoff Thompson and Zhang Jing from the China Cultural Centre of Luxembourg were in the studio this morning to talk about the upcoming Chinese Film Festival which will be taking place between the 30th of September and 3rd October.
Delano Top of the week
Duncan Roberts from Delano came in to the studio this morning to talk with Simon about the ongoing troubles at Luxair and picked three events happening soon:
28 September: The Japanese embassy screening of "In this Corner of the World", an animation film about Hiroshima
29 September-1 October: BGT theatre puts on Di and Viv and Rose, a play about female friendship of the three characters from university days into their 40s
1 October: Euro Birdwatch Day in in Remerschen
.Finally, Duncan`s music pick for this week is Tim Burgess: Here Comes The Weekend from new album Typical Music
Interview with Astrid Scharpantgen from Europa Donna
Simon was joined on the Breakfast Show by Astrid Scharpantgen, cofounder of Europa Donna Luxembourg, the breast cancer coalition.
Astrid spoke about the invaluable work Europa Donna Luxembourg does to improve supportive care to help patients better manage the side effects of treatment.
Astrid also talked about the forthcoming Broschtkriibslaf, a 4km solidarity race taking place on Saturday, October 1st in the park of Hesperange.
Women, men and children, in teams, with family or friends run and walk to show their solidarity to those who are fighting or have fought against breast cancer.
The funds raised are used to improve supportive care to help patients better manage the side effects of treatment.
