The Brazilian carnival, a forgotten black tennis player, a crazy clown... five ideas for free outings for this weekend of May 24 and 25 in Gironde

Bordeaux. After seven editions, the Organo "Body & Visual Arts" biennial has become nano Organo "Art Capsule." Meet at the Hôtel de Ragueneau, where illustrator and graphic designer Paula Cruz is taking over the space with creations inspired by the Bate-Bolas: colorful characters in flamboyant, extravagant, and sometimes disturbing costumes who wander through the working-class neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro during Carnival, hitting large plastic balls. Opening night Friday, May 23 at 7:30 p.m.

From May 20 to 31, Hôtel de Ragueneau, 71, rue du Loup, Bordeaux. totocheprod.fr

2 A festival of printmaking techniques, with Marie-Atina Goldet

Bègles. Marie-Atina Goldet, born in 1979 and based in Bègles, co-founder of Joyeuse Coquille with Iris Dickson nearly ten years ago, unveils "Mère gigogne." A solo exhibition where her works navigate between two of her favorite techniques: intaglio engraving, where the artist meticulously incises a copper or zinc plate so that the ink, nestled in the hollows, is revealed on the pressed paper, and risography, a technique similar to screen printing, which relies on a cold and stencil printing process.

Opening reception Friday, May 23, from 6 p.m. Free admission Wednesday to Saturday, 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. carbet.fr

3 Meeting with the composer Kryštof Mařatka as part of Vibre!

Bordeaux. As part of the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition and Festival , the Machine à lire is offering a meeting on Saturday, May 24 at 11 a.m. with Kryštof Mařatka, a Czech composer from whom the Vibre! festival commissioned an original work. It will be performed by the three selected groups, with free admission on Saturday, May 24 at the Opera auditorium.

La Machine à lire 8, place du Parlement, and Vibre! semi-final this Friday, May 23 and final Saturday, May 24 at the Auditorium de Bordeaux, 8-13, cours Georges-Clemenceau.

Bordeaux. Julien Frey and Sylvain Dorange will be in Mollat ​​signing copies of their comic book "White Only," published by Vents d'ouest. In "White Only," comic book author Julien Frey tells the forgotten story of Althea Gibson, the first Black female tennis player. Born in Harlem (a New York City neighborhood) in 1927, the young woman managed to win the biggest tennis tournaments. Unthinkable at first, at a time when American competitions organized by whites were forbidden to Black people.

Saturday, May 24, at 3 p.m., Mollat, rue Vital-Carles.

5 Nature Festival: a clown comes out of her jar

Floirac. After "A Shoe in the Jar," created in June 2022, based on "The Little Mermaid" and "The Red Shoes" by Hans Christian Andersen, "Le Bocal" by the Entre les gouttes company offers an even more immersive version, where the character in metamorphosis tells his story through these two tales.