Join Swiss Society in celebrating Swiss National Day at the Tavern on the Green in Central Park on Saturday, July 30 from 5pm to 10pm. Enjoy live music by Alexia Gardner and Linus Wyrsch, Swiss wine and drinks from the open bar, and as much Raclette and Bratwurst as your heart desires! Get your tickets today. 
GIF: Nathalie Zwimpfer

Passion Fruit Dance Company, founded by Swiss-Haitian dancer Tatiana Desardouin, will partner with Art Move Concept for a free workshop and performances at SummerStage in Central Park on Wednesday, July 13, 6pm to 10pm. Passion Fruit Dance Company explores social issues through its dance and art practice, promoting street dance and clubbing styles, hip-hop, house cultures and their black heritage.

In case you can't make it on July 13, catch an excerpt of their piece Trapped on July 14 and 21 at 7pm at the New Victory Theater.
Image: © Passion Fruit Dance Company

SIMON KIENER
SEQUENTIAL SYNERGY: THE ART OF COMICS, JULY 7 - 29

Swiss comic artist Simon Kiener will exhibit one of his works in Sequential Synergy: The Art of Comics at 440 Gallery in Brooklyn. The show is a collection of contemporary comic book art celebrating the diverse ways in which comic artists and cartoonists utilize the real estate of the blank page. Opening reception on Saturday, July 9, 3pm to 6pm.
Image: © Simon Kiener, 2022

GOLD! OR HOW TO MAKE IT TO THE TOP IN AMERICA
STARRING LINDA GEISER, SUE MATHYS, GÉRALDINE DULEX & SARAH BOSCH

We recently hosted the world premiere of GOLD! Or how to make it to the top in America, a new adaption of Blaise Cendrars' Gold by Endre M. Holéczy, directed by Sarah Bellin with a design concept by Michaela Müller. This feminist (re-)examination revisits Cendrars' historical fiction depicting the rise and fall of General John Augustus Sutter and casts a critical eye on exploitative tactics and the impact its legacy leaves us with today. Watch a recap of the evening here.

NATHALIE ZWIMPFER RECOMMENDS
TOM SACHS' BIRDHOUSE AT THE BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN

Hello! I’m Nathalie and I work as a Project Manager at the Swiss Consulate’s Department of Culture and Education. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden serves as my backyard, since I live right across the street from it. On a recent stroll through the garden, I came across dozens of site-specific birdhouses, that are scattered around the grounds. Each birdhouse is designed by a different artist as part of a temporary exhibition. The one that particularly caught my eye is a birdhouse painted with the design of the Swiss flag by American artist Tom Sachs. Sachs reflects on the meaning of borders and national identity to both humans and the birds that fly above them. The birdhouse serves as a symbolic as well as a literal shelter. Sachs explains, “To find home or shelter in Switzerland is the dream.” My journey took me the other way around, I left Switzerland six years ago and now call Brooklyn my home. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden allows me to find peace and shelter in the middle of an otherwise often hectic city. Take some time this summer to discover Tom Sachs’ birdhouse and the beautiful Brooklyn Botanic Garden!
Image: Nathalie Zwimpfer