Heidi Ellison
Cold Water
Irish Huit Clos
What happens when a resented ex-lover turns up at a reunion of three old friends in a country house in Ireland and a kindly neighbor is unexpectedly thrown into the mix? In Christophe Garros’s new play, Cold Water, it turns … Read More
Sense Eat
Helping Mankind through Vegetarianism
Written in script on the menu of Sense Eat, an Italian vegetarian restaurant near Odéon, is a quote from Albert Einstein: “It is my view that the vegetarian manner of living, by its purely physical effect on the human temperament, … Read More
The Merovingian Age
Gleams of Light From the ‘Dark Ages’ The “Dark Ages” weren’t as dark as all that, judging by the all gleaming gold in the exhibition “The Merovingian Age” at the Musée de Cluny. It must be the gold, always a … Read More
Paris Update Events 01.02.17
For full details about an event, click on the title to visit the official Web site (in English when available). Winter dancing > The Faits d’Hiver festival presents seven new dance performances. Various venues, Paris and suburbs, through Feb. 9. … Read More
The Paris Metro 40th Anniversary Issue
Paris Lost, Paris Regained
It only lasted a couple of years, but the fortnightly newspaper The Paris Metro (1976-78) left its mark on Paris’s expatriate community and spawned many talented writers, editors, photographers and graphic artists who went on to leave their own mark … Read More
L’Étoile du Nord
The Star of the North: Train-Station Gastronomy
THIS RESTAURANT CLOSED ON NOVEMBER 8, 2019. Opening a quality restaurant in a train station is a fantastic idea. Three-star chef Éric Frechon has already done it with great elegance at Lazare in the Gare Saint Lazare, and now another … Read More
L’Esprit du Bauhaus
Artists and Artisans United in Modernity
Seeing the exhibition “The Spirit of the Bauhaus” at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs is the next best thing to going to the famous school itself, which would, of course, be impossible, since it was shut down in 1933 after Ludwig Mies van der Rohe refused to submit to Nazi conditions, which included the dismissal of one of its professors, Wassily Kandinsky, considered a “degenerate artist.”
Montée
New Bistro On the Rise
French Cuisine in 14th arrondissement. Japanese chef Takayuki Nameura, like many of his compatriots, is doing great things with French cuisine in Paris.
Studio des Grands Augustins
ALL-ROUND CARE & 24/7 MASSAGE
A group of independent Left Bank well-being professionals have banded together to create a kind of personalized mini-spa, the Studio des Grands Augustins, where physiotherapy or Pilates classes can be followed by a two-hour massage, for example, or a “barre … Read More
Icons of Modern Art: The Shchukin Collection
From Russia with Love – from Shchukin
With its wealth of paintings by Cézanne, Monet, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Matisse, Derain, Rousseau, Picasso, etc. – many of them stellar examples of the particular artist’s work – “Icons of Modern Art: The Shchukin Collection” at the Fondation Louis Vuitton is the blockbuster exhibition of the season.