This page contains many interesting things to do while on campus.
The Shakespeare and Company is a legendary library in Paris. You'll find many interesting stories on their website. Check them out ! https://shakespeareandcompany.com/
100 Musicians from the french philharmonic orchestra play, from their homes, together. Short and beautiful ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn27pQZnUnc
Alexandre Desplat, a Hollywood score composer and the French National Symphonic Orchestra organized a concert of some of the most famous movie scores. Watch it here: https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/080586-024-A/d-harry-potter-a-valerian-musique-de-films/
Infoconcert is keeping a list up to date of all French artists organizing concerts that will be streamed live during the crisis: https://www.infoconcert.com/news/index.html
Indochine a publié son dernier concert! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN-Ga592LSI
A Fantastic selection of concerts from Electro to Classical, Jazz to World Music, live, and on demand. https://www.arte.tv/en/arte-concert/
Berlin Clubs have united to stream every night from 19:00 to 00:00. They will bring you music from the different clubs of the city ! https://www.unitedwestream.berlin/
Many Opera and Concert halls have started publishing their recordings for free:
The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra have put all their concerts for free online: https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/home?a=bph_webseite&c=true
Classic Opera "Les Noces de Figaro" from Mozart can be found on Replay: https://mobile.france.tv/france-5/passage-des-arts/1121707-les-noces-de-figaro.html
The Metropolitan Opera makes one of their operas free every day. Just click the first "Watch Now" button when opening the page. Subtitles are included !https://www.metopera.org/
The Met Opera ist expanding its daily opera streams with interesting educational content. Before every opera you'll be able to read and see the background of the pieces and see videos from those who made the opera. Check it out ! https://www.metopera.org/discover/education/free-student-streams/home/
A travel agency decided to create this cool list of music of the world to listen to from home in the hopes of helping up travel through the sound: https://www.allibert-trekking.com/1573-voyage-decouverte-musique
The Shakespeare and Company is a legendary library in Paris. You'll find many interesting stories on their website. Check them out ! https://shakespeareandcompany.com/
The British Museum has a giant collection of pictures of its collections. There is always more to discover ! https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection
The Théatre des Champs Elysées offers replays of some of its best plays and operas. New ones every week ! https://www.theatrechampselysees.fr/
After Earth Day, discover 20 beautiful landscapes and, through them, great painters and movements ! https://www.connaissancedesarts.com/peinture-et-sculpture/turner-monet-van-gogh-20-paysages-iconiques-de-lhistoire-de-lart-11137687/
Mentalfloss has listed 12 amazing museums that are accessible from your home ! Why not discover the Smithsonian, the Guggenheim, The Dali Theatre Museum or even the Langley Launch Center of NASA ?
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/75809/12-world-class-museums-you-can-visit-online
Google Art and Culture is a fascinating way to discover the world, cities, artists and cultures. A must see !
https://artsandculture.google.com/
The French Website https://www.beauxarts.com/ has a huge list of culture to discover from home. Documentaries, Museums, Virtual Expos, ... Check it out !
The French Ministry of Culture has a list (in French) of great content to discover during the confinement https://www.culture.gouv.fr/Culturecheznous
The Museum of Jouy, dedicated to the textile manufacturing of the city has an app that allows you to discover the history of the city http://www.museedelatoiledejouy.fr/lapplication-numerique/
ARTS ON HEC PARIS CAMPUS
https://portal.hec.fr/campus/en/student-engagement/Pages/Arts%20In%20Campus.aspx
Podcasts may be a great way to accompany your day ! While you're having a walk on campus or making food, you can choose what to listen to ! Use an app like Overcast on iPhone or Podcast Addict on android to access thousands of free podcasts !
Popular Business Podcasts:
NPR's Planet Money
All big French Radio Stations put all of their content as free podcasts online. Just search in your podcast player to access all their content !
Audible offers a free audiobook when signing up ! Why not try it out?
The Gutenberg Project intends to bring free access to public domain books. Here you’ll find many classics, like the Mysterious Island by Jules Verne: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1268
Allibert Trekking made this list of a books that will transport you to different places. The description is in French but the books can be found in English https://www.allibert-trekking.com/1442-voyage-decouverte-livres
La cinémathèque francaise offers streaming of some very old and very rare movies. A treasure trove of old content !
https://www.cinematheque.fr/henri/
Two adventurers Cross France on a canoe. This documentary shows their voyage through 1500km of nature in 50 days ! https://vimeo.com/253816526
Open Culture provides over 1000 international movies for free online: http://www.openculture.com/freemoviesonline
Strange Stops is a (french) series of videos by Patrick Baud that travels around the world, finding strange places in well known cities. With the confinment, Patrick made new episodes where he traveled to strange places with google maps !
In french with english subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1sVDnyQwwo&list=PL61mLQTC4oQchGx8yZ300IJGGX_jD3r92&index=4
Smarter Every Day is a channel about Destin, the world, science and engineering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFzDaBzBlL0
Things you might not know is a series of short videos by Tom Scott with interesting trivia from around the world: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfSIC8jwbQs&list=PL96C35uN7xGI9HGKHsArwxiOejecVyNem&index=39
HEC offers free, regular, open-access webinars. Topics range from business implications of the current crisis to insights of the job market.
https://www.hec.edu/en/executive-education/webinar-series-hec-paris-insights
Coursera is a partner of HEC and many schools and businesses around the world to help you learn new skills in a few weeks ! They have courses on business, finance, but also art, technology and sciences. https://www.coursera.org/collections/free-online-courses-finish-in-a-day
Harvard Offers free courses online ! Check them out ! https://online-learning.harvard.edu/catalog/free
Plantnet is a free app that allows you to take a picture of any plant, and it will tell you what plant it is, even allowing you to read up on the plan. It works really well and is a great way to learn more about the different kinds of trees, flowers and plants we have on campus. Check it out ! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.plantnet https://apps.apple.com/us/app/plantnet/id600547573
This nice little website has audio recordings of the 100 most common birds in France. The website is in French, but even if you don't speak it, listen and try to recognize the different birds next time you walk through the Forest on campus ! http://www.web-ornitho.com/Chants.chant.cris.des.oiseaux.de.france.et.europe.htm
The Institure for Greater Good has created an extensive list of resources and documents destined to help you and those around you during the crisis. It focuses on personal well-being and has specific links for parents and educators. https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/greater_good_guide_to_well_being_during_coronavirus