April

Presented are 10 media-based workshops from the Peace Education Program (courtesy of the Prem Rawat Foundation). Workshops are designed to help participants explore the possibility of personal peace and discover inner resources of appreciation, inner-strength, self-awareness and clarity.  Free for members. CHF 10.- per session for non-members. Presenter: Richard Douglas M.A. Cert. Ed.

RSVP to:  2013bir{at}gmail.com or +33 389 70 15 05

The ‘Parenting by Connection’ listening tools help our children to offload feelings and reconnect with us. Through talking and releasing our feelings we learn how to connect to our children, with more joy and less stress. there will be a small amount of reading each week and short activities to try at home.  CHF 24.- for course reading materials.  Presenter: Kate Orson.  RSVP to: kate_orson{at}hotmail.com or 076 425 65 16.

Spring Exhibition - Vernissage ‘Under 21’ - a mixed media show of work by young Basel artists Lena Frei and Milo Schwager.

All are welcome. The exhibition runs until the end of July 2013.

Visit the art collection of the Treilles Foundation being held at the Fernet-Branca Foundation in St Louis. The exhibition includes works by the artists Giacometti, Picasso, Arp, Braque, Dubuffet, Ernst, Léger, and many more. After the visit we can have coffee and cake in St Louis and/or you can do some shopping.

Cost: 2.20 Euro return (or 1.30 Euro one way) for the bus; 7 Euro for the exhibition; no RSVP required.

Organised by Harriet Goepfert, harriet.goepfert{at}centrepoint.ch

This talk will introduce you to some of the fascinating ‘Pearls’ of TCM come along and learn about the healing power of acupuncture and other therapies such as Chinese herbal medicine, cupping therapy and Chinese pulse diagnosis. This informative evening will include practical demonstrations and health tips. Presenter Howard Austin is a local TCM practitioner (www.howardaustin.ch)

RSVP by April 16, to Howard Austin at: info{at}howardaustin.ch or Tel: 061 401 05 19

The Mirror’s Tale by Chris Hummel is a psychological tale, which deals with the way outside pressures and events alter the way we are. Many of the issues facing the protagonist in the story are especially relevant to people in the international community. It is a kind of ‘krimi’, but with a difference!

RSVP to   programmes{at}centrepoint.ch beforehand.  Free for members. CHF 10.- for non-members.

Chris Hummel is an art teacher and art psychotherapist who has been writing most of her life.

Gabrielle Grether, M Law, Swiss Tax and Legal Advisor from Grether MacGeorge GmbH in Basel will give you an overview of the Swiss tax system and show you how you can make sure your tax burden isn’t higher than it needs to be. A useful presentation for beginners in Switzerland and those who have been here for a long time and want to get up to date with the changes made in the tax system over the last few years.

Free for members. CHF 10.- for non-members;

RSVP to swisstax101{at}centrepoint.ch by Friday, April 19.

Centrepoint Booksale in the Conversation Room at Centrepoint!

Paperbacks 2 CHF, Hardbacks 3 CHF, DVDs from 5 CH.

library{at}centrepoint.ch