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Paris Churches and Organ Concerts: A Personal Discovery
An interesting fact about Paris church organs: I read recently that out of the 150 churches and 50 convents in Paris in 1789, 130...
Nuit Blanche 2018: Explore the Constellation “La Villette”
Arts et Sciences: It’s the theme for Paris’s 17th edition of Nuit Blanche! On the first Saturday in October, in all parts of the city, artists...
Charles Aznavour: We say an emotional adieu to Le Grand Charles
Albert Corre’s Paris restaurant is unique; Le Petit Pergolèse is a chic canteen, art gallery and club; there’s no rules for membership, just book...
A Rollicking Night of the Pulitzers Caps the Festival America
It’s hard to believe that the Festival America in Vincennes can pack so much into three days. The festival is dedicated to writing in...
“Pas Pipi Dans Paris”: The Music Video that is Shaking Up...
Paris, like many large cities, has long had a problem with public urination. In cities that rarely sleep, many are out into the wee...
Singing in Paris
‘Qui a tué Grand Maman?’ Who killed Grandmaman?, I sang happily. It was Thursday evening choir at the community center near Ménilmontant in the 20th...
Paris Celebrates a Monumental Weekend: Pomp, Pride, Partying, and Freedom
Paris is alive this weekend with patriotic pride—from the Fête Nationale flyover that thunders overhead with fearless precision; to the Champs Elysées parade with...
Beyoncé and Jay-Z Light up the Louvre at Night in New...
If there is anyone who could upstage Mona Lisa – it is, without a doubt, Beyoncé.
When Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s new album, This is Love,...
Cannes Film Festival 2018: Selfie Bans, #MeToo, Netflix, and Rare Female...
La Croisette is abuzz. It’s that time of the year again: Cannes Film Festival.
The festival opened Tuesday night, following the official “opening proclamation” by...
Miles Davis and Two Love Affairs, Paris and Juliette Greco
In 1989, the then mayor of Paris, and future president of France, Jacques Chirac, awarded Miles Davis the Grande Medaille de Vermeille. If Davis...
What’s on in Paris: Fabulous April Events at the City’s Hotels
Ritz Paris
In addition to the historic auction taking place from the 17th to the 21st of April, Ritz Paris will also be allowing...
The Ultimate in Paris Circus Arts: 39th Festival Mondial du Cirque...
Acrobats, jugglers, rope climbers, balancers, aerialists, divers, flyers, urban dancers, diaboloists, cyr and aerial hoop whirlers—all moving their bodies in mind-bending ways and making...
