Heidi Ellison
Station F
Bringing Entrepreneurship Back Home to France
France’s reputation for being anti-entrepreneur and pro-big labor was never entirely deserved, but the times are definitely changing. The massive strikes that used to fill the streets and squares with demonstrators and knock out public transport and other services, sometimes … Read More
Paris Update Events 31.01.18
Through February 17 Winter dancing The Faits d’Hiver festival presents seven new dance performances. Above: Three dances by Yuval Pick will be performed. Various venues, Paris and suburbs Through February 14 World music The Festival Au Fil des Voix presents concerts by musicians … Read More
Bouillon Pigalle
What the People Want
Bravo to Pierre and Guillaume Moussié, the brothers behind the highly popular bar and bistro Chez Jeannette and the Hôtel Providence, for coming up with the brilliant idea of opening a modern-day bouillon, Bouillon Pigalle. What is a bouillon? you ask? It’s … Read More
Paris Update Events 24.01.18
January 29-February 14 World music The Festival Au Fil des Voix presents concerts by musicians from Africa, the Middle East and Europe. Above: The trance blues group Delgrès from Guadaloupe. Alhambra & Studio de l’Hermitage, Paris February 2-4 Behind closed … Read More
Un Ballo in Maschera
Grim Setting for High Drama
Giuseppe Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball), currently onstage at the Bastille Opera in Paris, has had a checkered history. The germ of the story is the assassination of King Gustav III of Sweden at a masked ball in … Read More
Melt
Get Thee to Paris (France, not Texas) for Great BBQ
After being invited to the pre-opening of the second branch of a Texas barbecue restaurant named Melt and loving every bite, I decided to lunch at the original to make sure we weren’t being served exceptionally good versions at the … Read More
Being Modern: MoMA in Paris
Condensed History of Modern Art
New York’s Museum of Modern Art has not been moved lock, stock and brushes to Paris, but it may seem that way when you visit the exhibition “Being Modern: MoMA in Paris,” at the Fondation Louis Vuitton through April 18. … Read More
Mr. T
The Temptations of Mr. T
The Mr. T at the trendy Paris restaurant of the same name is not a bulked-up wrestler with a warrior’s hairstyle and gold chains, but a rather petit Japanese chef, Tsuyoshi Miyazaki, who is scarcely visible above the countertop in … Read More
Paris Update Events 17.01.18
February 2-4 Behind closed doors Book now for Paris Face Cachée to visit places that are normally closed to the public, e.g., a building designed by Oscar Niemeyer and an evening visit to the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Online reservations open on … Read More
Paris Update Events 10.01.18
Through February 28 America in 80 films The festival Le Monde Est Stone presents a vision of the United States through movies by everyone from John Ford to Spike Lee and Michael Mann. Controversial director Oliver Stone will be on hand January … Read More