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Step into the Artist’s World: “Imagine Van Gogh” at La Villette...

Jun 26, 2017

“I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people." --Vincent Van Gogh In a very original presentation, the Grand Hall of...

Buzz on the Boulevard: La Croisette Fêtes the 70th Cannes Film...

Anne McCarthy -

May 24, 2017

Bonjour Paris correspondent Anne McCarthy is on location in Cannes to cover the famous film festival. For more of her dispatches and reviews, click here. La Croisette...

Dispatch from the Cannes Film Festival: Elton John Releases 3 Music...

Anne McCarthy -

May 24, 2017

Bonjour Paris correspondent Anne McCarthy is on location in Cannes to cover the famous film festival. For more of her dispatches and reviews, click here. Who...

New on an Island outside Paris: La Seine Musicale

Bonjour Paris Editors -

May 23, 2017

The talk of the town in Paris this spring is the opening of an exciting new music venue on the L'île Seguin, an island...

Paris Region Celebrates the Launch of the 2017 Cultural Season

Mary Nicklin -

Mar 22, 2017

You’d be hard-pressed to find a more glorious setting than the Opéra de Paris for the launch of the 2017 Parisian cultural season. With...

The xx at the Zénith & 2017 Concerts in Paris

Anne McCarthy -

Feb 23, 2017

The xx. Or, to spell the band’s name properly, sans the impediment of grammar rules, they are: the xx. You might never have heard of...

Vive Le Cirque! The Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain

Meredith Mullins -

Jan 31, 2017

The circus arts can rock the house. And that’s exactly what happened this past weekend at the 38th Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain. A...

Serge Gainsbourg: The Legend Lives On

Marilyn Brouwer -

Dec 14, 2016

Born in Paris on the second of April 1928, the son of Jewish Ukrainian migrants who had fled to France after the 1917 Russian...

La Première Fois: A Paris Memory by Sue Laramore

Bonjour Paris Editors -

Nov 24, 2016

The Bonjour Paris editorial team recently requested reader submissions with memories from first trips to Paris. We were overwhelmed with wonderful responses, which we...