Paris Update
L’Ecailler du Bistrot
Everything on the heaping seafood platter is fresh from the brine. If you have a craving for fresh seafood, L’Ecailler du Bistrot is a sure bet. Everything they serve comes straight from the French coast. Gwenaelle Cadoret, who runs the … Read More
Journées Internationales du Film sur l’Art
ARTY FILM FESTIVAL Max Bill, Swiss architect, from Erich Schmid’s film “Max Bill: The Master’s Vision.” The Journées Internationales du Film sur l’Art (Jan. 20-24) festival at the Auditorium du Louvre (Carrousel du Louvre; reservations: 01 40 20 55 00) … Read More
Art Buchwald Scholarship Fund,
PROMOTING FREEDOM OF THE PRESS The Center for the Study of International Communications is seeking donations to the Art Buchwald Scholarship Fund, which encourages freedom of the press throughout the world by enabling students from developing countries to study journalism … Read More
Reservoir
YOUNG FRENCH TALENTS Hangar, a young French rock group on the way up. The five finalists for the Festival Génération Réservoir music contest (sponsored by the Paris club Le Réservoir) performed on Mon. night at the Olympia. The winner, chosen … Read More
Scene cour carree 300
{youtube width=”300″ height=”220″}7gYtk2oRdGk{/youtube} One couple takes a self-portrait and another shares a kiss while the music plays in the Louvre’s beautifully lit Cour Carrée on a winter evening. Favorite
Traversée de Paris
ON THE ROAD IN A TIME WARP If you happen to spot a rare Citroën DS (a.k.a “la déesse,” or “goddess”) floating regally down a Paris street on Sunday morning, followed by what looks like a glorified four-wheeled motorcycle (a … Read More
James Ellroy
PARIS CONFIDENTIAL American novelist James Ellroy will read from Underworld USA at the Théâtre du Rond-Point (2 bis, ave. Franklin D. Roosevelt 75008 Paris) on Mon., Jan. 11 at 7:30pm. The reading is in English with French surtitles and will … Read More
Soldes
SOLDES! Time to take your credit card out for some post-holiday exercise: the biannual government-mandated five-week retail sales period begins in Paris today and lasts through Feb. 9. Discounts will deepen as time goes on, but you may have trouble … Read More
Prix Lumieres
Best French-Language Film? To vote for the Prix Lumières’ winning French-language film of 2009 (through Jan. 8), go to this URL. The six nominees are 1 Journée, directed by Jacob Berger; Après l’Océan, Eliane de Latour; Élève Libre, Joachim Lafosse; … Read More
Musée de Montmartre
SAVE THE MUSEE DE MONTMARTRE The Musée de Montmartre (12, rue Cortot, 75018 Paris; tel.: 01 49 25 89 37), located in a house once inhabited by artist Suzanne Valladon and her son Maurice Utrillo (and visited by many other … Read More