Paris Update
The Friar of Carcassonne
How can people think of the Middle Ages as dusty and dull? To anyone who leans in that direction, en garde! A copy of Stephen O’Shea’s new book, The Friar of Carcassonne: Revolt against the Inquisition in the Last Days … Read More
One-Minute Paris: La Fête de la Danse
{youtube width=”300″ height=”220″}r-SCNidTwM4{/youtube} One-Minute Paris: A new event, the Fête de la Danse, offered dance classes to the masses in Paris’s Grand Palais last weekend. Click here to view on larger screen. Favorite
One-Minute Paris: ‘In_Perceptions’ at Centquatre
{youtube width=”300″ height=”220″}jBhe6gs1S78{/youtube} The exhibition “In_Perceptions” at Centquatre (5, rue Curial, 75019 Paris, through Dec. 9) consists of five mind-bending monumental installations by artists Leandro Erlich, Ann Veronica Janssens and Lawrence Malstaf that play with our perceptions. The work in … Read More
PHOTO OF THE WEEK Darren Palmer
The 76 bus. Photo © Darren Palmer of Paris by Photo. Favorite
Paris Fashion Week
Paris Prêt-à-Porter Wondering why you’ve seen so many giraffe-like young women in tall boots and short-shorts wandering through the streets of Paris or roaming the corridors of the Métro? It’s Fashion Week, of course. The ready-to-wear shows began yesterday. To … Read More
Démons Quotidiens & Between Soul and Stone
EVERYDAY DEMONS “L’Homme et la Mère” by Ralph Petty, from “Démons Quotidiens.” Nancy Huston, a Canadian writer with a big fan base in France, and Ralph Petty, a Paris-based American artist, have published an unusual collaborative book together, with … Read More
PHOTO OF THE WEEK Pierre Tran
Rainbow over Paris’s Grand Palais. Photo © Pierre Tran Favorite
PHOTO OF THE WEEK David Jaggard
A courtyard well in Paris’s Saint Germain quarter.Photo © David Jaggard Favorite
PHOTO OF THE WEEK Jack Foley
Life goes on at Père Lachaise Cemetery.Photo © Jack Foley Favorite
One-Minute Paris: Through a Lock on the Canal Saint-Martin
Paris Update Scene on the Street {elioyoutube}V7H_K5Bt45s{/elioyoutube} One-Minute Paris: One-Minute Paris: A pleasure boat passes through a lock on Paris’s Canal Saint-Martin on a summer Sunday. Click here to view on larger screen. Favorite