Heidi Ellison
Paris Update Events 17.05.17
English-language theater festival > Paris Fringe returns for its second year of English-language theater and comedy. Various venues, Paris, May 18-28. Pre-Edinburgh play > Sugar Baby, by Anne Penketh and starring Holly-Rose Clegg, will play in Paris before moving on to … Read More
PHOTO OF THE WEEK 17.05.17
Sunset over La Defense © Paris Update
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Paris Update Events 10.05.17
Food and music festival > Foodstock is back with an evening of food by leading chefs and live music. Grand Rivage, Paris, May 12. The delights of design > The Festival D’Days offers a variety of special design-related events and … Read More
Walker Evans
One Photographer's Catalogue of American Life
The Walker Evans (1903-75) retrospective that just opened at the Centre Pompidou came as something of a revelation to me. The American photographer’s Depression-era portraits of sharecroppers in Alabama are so famous that, at least for me, they eclipsed his … Read More
Paris Fringe
In English, on the Edge
Paris’s English-speaking community has always been infected with the theater bug. Today, companies like Cinémorphe, the International Players, The Improfessionals and Dear Conjunction regularly present new productions in their native language. Now they have been joined by a new festival, … Read More
Le Desnoyez
Eat Well, Pay Less
THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED. Dear readers, here is another great Paris restaurant find for you. Desnoyez reminds me of Etsi, reviewed here a month or so ago. Both are off-the-beaten-track small bistros with an attractive, uncomplicated decor. And both … Read More
PHOTO OF THE WEEK 10.05.17
France’s new president, Emmanuel Macron, aka “Le Kid.” © Paris Update
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PHOTO OF THE WEEK 03.05.17
Parc de la Villette in the evening. © Paris Update
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Paris Update Events 03.05.17
The delights of design > The Festival D’Days offers a variety of special design-related events and exhibitions, including an auction of design objects for the benefit of AIDES. Various locations, Paris, May 2-14. Plays from all over Europe > The … Read More
Orties
Sting-free Nettles
When a French weekly magazine recently gave Orties a rating of five stars out of five rather than its usual maximum of three and called it the revelation of the season, I knew I had to get there soon. The word had … Read More