Go retro Friday, August 18, free movie Jardin de la Folie Titon (28 Rue Chanzy, 75011) for the 10th annual film festival “La Chaise et l’Écran” – think drive in … French movie with English subtitles – outdoors. Below is more information from Lost in Frenchlation about « Le Dernier Métro » …
Last night I enjoyed the play, “There’s No Place Like” at Café du Theatre. Two shows tonight, January 21 (7:30 pm and 9:30 pm – Reservations through the café at 01 42 06 33 37). I heard many familiar memories from my own past. If you are or have been …
“There’s No Place Like” is a one-hour play (in English) at Café du Theatre Wednesday, January 20 (7:30 pm) and Thursday, January 21 (7:30 pm and 9:30 pm). Reserve your tickets (seven euros): altheatheatre@gmail.com. The play, a hit at the May 2015 Brighton Fringe Festival comes to Paris from London’s …
Sixty secretaries at the French post office, La Poste, are waiting for your letters to Santa. The Secrétariat du Père Noël office opens thousands of letters a year. The secretaries in Libourne (in the Gironde) respond to the writers with a special holiday edition La Poste-designed card. In 1962, its …
Paris is a small world. On an art tour in the morning and someone hands me a flyer about the play, “Un Picasso (A Picasso)”. That evening, attending a vernissage, I am now speaking with one of the directors of the play. Performances are at the Theatre de Nesle from …
March is a busy month for the Eiffel Tower: a new floor, a winter menu deal and vertical racing. From the Eiffel Tower’s new first floor, look down 57 meters through the new transparent glass floor. The 58 Tour Eiffel Restaurant located on the first floor has a pre-April 1 …
Every year the Festival Marin Marais, first held in 2006, celebrates the birthday of the musician and composer, Marin Marais. Marais played in the court of Louis XIV , the Sun King, for forty years. This year eighteen Baroque concerts are performed in October and November at three different venues …
For music recitals in Paris, I am enjoying following Lydie Solomon. She is a pianist, composer and actress and puts together musical programs with a theme. She is passionate about her research. Her latest research includes the works of Frédéric Chopin and those he influenced. The program also includes one …
Travel with the Le Musée des Arts Forains toward a new spectacle once again. In 2013 the theme is “Le Festival du Merveilleux”. Between December 26, 2013 and January 5, 2014, at the Pavillons de Bercy, between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., mimes, magicians, acrobats and storytellers will guide you …