February 14
Valentine’s Ball
Look ahead to Valentine’s Day: don’t miss tickets for the Paramour Le Bal, a charity ball raising funds for AIDS research in Paris’s beautiful Hôtel de Ville.
Hôtel de Ville, Paris
January 31-February 2
Behind closed doors
Book now for Paris Face Cachée to visit places that are normally closed to the public.
Various venues, Paris and suburbs
Through February 4
Winter sales
Official four-week retail sales period.
All over France
January 30
Help the homeless
The people of Paris come together for Nuit de la Solidarité, an annual mass operation to help those sleeping on the city’s streets. Sign-ups are available in all arrondissements.
Various locations, Paris
Through February 1
Drinkathon
Paris Cocktail Week offers master classes, special restaurant menus with cocktail/food pairings and other festivities.
Various venues, Paris
Through March 1
Godard retrospective
Iconic New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard is celebrated through film screenings, discussion groups and lectures.
Cinémathèque Française, Paris
Through February 24
Encounters of art old and new
For Construire comme Perriand, three young architects created “modules for living” in response to the work of designer Charlotte Perriand. An evening event will take place on February 7. Above: “Symbiote,” a mobile, foldout living unit designed to be set up around a tree.
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris
Through February 16
Free subtitled French films
My French Film Festival offers frees streaming of French movies.
Online
Through Feb 7
World music
The Festival Au Fil des Voix presents concerts by musicians from Africa, the Middle East and Europe.
Alhambra & Studio de l’Hermitage, Paris
Through February 8
Winter dancing
The Faits d’Hiver festival presents new dance performances.
Various venues, Paris and suburbs
Through February 9
Contemporary art exhibit
Festival Hors Piste returns for its fifteenth year, this edition focusing on the constant stream of images with which we are constantly bombarded in the technological age.
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Through March 1
Installation art
Irish artist Sam Keogh shares Knotworld, a unique exhibition about the underbelly of the city.
Centre Culturel Irlandais
Through February 2
Paul Schrader retrospective
The work of another great director, this time hailing from the New Hollywood generation, is brought to light in Dans la Tête de Paul Schrader.
Forum des Images, Paris
Through March 8
World’s Fair architecture
An exhibition at the Musée Roybet Fould, Architectures Éphémères, looks at temporary buildings created for 19th-century World’s Fairs in France.
Courbevoie, Île-de-France
Through February 9
Art of tomorrow, today
Performances and installations using new technology are on show at the Biennale Némo.
Various locations, Île-de-France
January 31
French film with English subtitles
Lost In Frenchlation screens Le Lac aux Oies Sauvages (Nan Fang Che Zhan De Ju Hu / The Wild Goose Lake) directed by Diao Yinan.