Some news from France, CCXLVIII October 4, 2019
Between the exhibitions of the City of Science and Industry, the Géode, the large spaces for sports, concerts, the Cabaret Sauvage, it is a unique complex. There is also an equestrian center. The Cité des sciences et de l’industrie (City of Science and Industry) of La Villette.30, av. Corentin-Cariou 19éme. The parc de la Butte-du-Chapeau-Rouge is a very bucolic and unknown place. Another dandy in my eternal Paris. Spaces landscaped by good gardeners create a strong mineral presence. This is where Jean Jaurès made his speech on peace in 1914. It is a popular place, with lots of cultural events. The park is at 5, av. Debidour 19éme There is the Villa Danube , populated by artists, the Villa Kronstadt or Villa Amalia. It’s a little countryside in Paris … You can hear the birds singing in the morning. They are between the rue de Miguel-Hidalgo, rue de Mouzaïa,rue de Bellevue and rue David-d’Angers 19éme arrondissement
The Fréres Gruss brothers presents a new show, called Les Folies Gruss, which takes the codes of the cabaret year creating a before and an after-show. The new show, entitled Les Folies Gruss, from October 12th 2019. Les Folies Gruss Bois de Boulogne, carrefour des Cascades ,16éme The Moulin Rouge at 130, the beautiful age. That of the Eiffel Tower, too. Born both in 1889, the year of the World’s Fair. The year that pushes Paris into modernity, a century after the French revolution. Two symbols of the Belle Epoque that will make Paris, with the urban transformation led by Baron Haussmann, the most attractive capital of the world. The Moulin Rouge opens its doors on October 6, 1889, succeeded for the cabaret of the butte Montmartre, become a Mecca of the Parisian festival, immortalized by Toulouse-Lautrec (which will see a major retrospective, “Toulouse-Lautrec. From 9th October at the Grand Palais. The Moulin Rouge, 82, boulevard de Clichy 18éme. The Lido nestled at the top of the Champs-Elysees, the small entrance is shared with UGC Normandy cinema. It’s a bit odd, especially on a night when Tout-Paris is running for the premiere of Joker, but, after the first five meters, it’s time to go into another world with curiosity. The blue star-studded carpet pixelated golden walls, mirror on the ceiling and from the outset one of those huge chandeliers to make Louis II of Bavaria jealous. Without realizing it, the visitor has just crossed an airlock of two huge armored doors. The Blue Bell Girls, charming smile, minimum 1.75m, are as comfortable strings rhinestones in punches. The Lido, 116 bis, av. Champs-Elysees Paris 8éme The red doors of Madame Arthur (installed in the walls of the Divan of the World). The public, rather chic and trendy, between 35 and 50 years, is already in a good mood. Madame Arthur is one of the most fun places in Paris. When Madame Arthur reopened in late 2015, the troupe sang in front of four people. Today, thanks to word of mouth, the cabaret is packed. Of all their skills, this is the one that best reinvented the great tradition of Parisian cabaret, by rejuvenating the public. Madame Arthur, 75 bis, rue des Martyrs 18éme. Near the bar, Michou, 88 springs (yrs old), greets the spectators. The man is friendly, his impressive career and his biography, The Blue Prince of Montmartre, published by Éditions du Cherche Midi, is to be read. Here, in the corridor covered with photos, he poses with Alain Delon as with Jean-Luc Lahaye. In the intimate room, the walls covered with mirrors are lit by small flowery lamps highlighting two large portraits of the boss. For decades, his cabaret has been a must-see address for all-Paris. The gap with the delicacy of the show opposite, at Madame Arthur’s, with real singers and real musicians, is abysmal. Chez Michou, 80, rue des Martyrs. 18éme The Le Paradis Latin is a show as a hybrid show that mixes the codes of classic cabaret with French cancan and acrobatics, and a succession of contemporary dance paintings with a touch of circus. If the costumes are very studied and created by the team of On will have seen everything, the staging has also enjoyed large means, when it is not a Pegasus coming out of the ceiling, it is a cloud on which two singers move. In two parts, the show begins with a meal alternately animated by the singers. A foretaste in details led to enter the dance thanks to the main actors of the magazine: the waiters and their ballet of plates. Le Paradis Latin, 28, rue du Cardinal-Lemoine 5éme Always have a leg up. This is the motto of the Crazy Horse, since its inception in 1951. Seek the novelty, draw inspiration from the zeitgeist. Meanwhile, the sculptural dancers, whose origins are more and more diverse, continue to roll out the magazine Totally Crazy. Twenty paintings follow each other, including the classics as well as the best of each collaboration over time. A show always sparkling, interspersed with numbers of singers, jugglers, contortionists. Crazy Horse, 12, av. George-V 8éme.
Under the title «Jardins divers, jardin d’hiver» or various gardens, winter gardens, professionals and amateurs meet up at the Domaine de Villarceaux. On the program: market and plant exchange, conferences, barter of seeds, bookstore gardens and sale of honey … The 2019 edition is combined with Jardins ouverts or open gardens. At the Villarceaux estate castle in Chaussy , dept 95 Val d’Oise.
Some news from France, CCXLVIIII October 11, 2019
The Church Notre-Dame-du-Travail (Our Lady of Work) 14éme, contrasts with many religious buildings, and imposes itself as monumental, unusual, with all at the top, in majesty: a clock.,so that they can have the time. The neighborhood of Plaisance is then only the hidden district of Montparnasse the old church, located rue du Texel, becomes too narrow for all this world. Father Soulange-Bodin decided to build a larger building in 1898. To adorn the church with a veil of 135 tons of metal. Hence this intertwining of trellises, typical of railway stations. An iron frame with a pale light. The stained glass windows, in Art Nouveau or Geometric style, have warm and cool shades to soften the brightness. Basically, the Church Notre-Dame-du-Travail rightly sits, under which every second Sunday of October, the inhabitants come to deposit their tools. As you approach, you see at its feet the palette of a baker, a wheelbarrow and even a barrel. Church Notre-Dame-du-Travail, 59, rue Vercingetorix 14éme
The Le Parisien newspaper in partnership with Meilleursagents.com, gives you an appointment to discuss the state of the market of real estate. Paris 75: Champs Elysees 8éme 15980€, Saint Thomas d’Aquin 7éme 15929€, Saint Germain des Pres 6éme 15697€ ,Odeon 6éme 15438€, Notre Dame 4éme 15106€, Invalides 7éme 14520€, Monnaie 6éme 14319€,Place Vendome 1éme 14039€ , Yvelines 78 : Versailles 7491€, Saint-Germain-en-Laye 7161€, Le Vésinet 6109€, Croissy-sur-Seine 5931€, Maisons-Laffitte 5717€, Chatou 5486€, Hauts-de-Seine 92 : Neuilly-sur-Seine 10879€, Levallois-Perret 9175€, Boulogne-Billancourt 8432€, Issy-les-Moulineaux 7786€, Montrouge 7400€, Suresnes 7073€, Seine-et-Marne 77 : Serris 4498€ , Chessy 4395€ , Magny-le-Hongre 4294€, Montévrain 4078€ Bussy-Saint-Georges 3850€, Bailly-Romainvilliers 3825€, Fontainebleau 3805€ : Essonne 91 : Verrières-le-Buisson 4782€, Gif-sur-Yvette 4229€ Orsay 4181€, Palaiseau 3960€, Massy 3916€ ; Seine-Saint Denis 93 : Les Lilas 6127€ , Montreuil 5917€, Saint-Ouen 5668€, Le Pré-Saint-Gervais 5556€, Bagnolet 5489€ Val de Marne 94 : Saint-Mandé 9379€, Vincennes 8864€, Charenton-le-Pont 8342€, Nogent-sur-Marne 6205€, Saint-Maurice 5907€
Live the life of Hamlet at the Château de Vincennes The viewer are free to move in different spaces, living closer to the plot of “Helsingør – Castle Hamlet” mythical play of Shakespeare, played from this weekend. The castle of Vincennes is the scene of a show that brings the public into the heart of the subject, which makes it rub shoulders with the characters of Hamlet, the king of Denmark, Claudius or Ophelia. “Helsingør – Hamlet Castle” is a creation of A2R company – Antre de Rêves and co-produced by the Center des monuments nationaux. Château de Vincennes , 1, rue de Paris.
Today Friday, October 11, The Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris or Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris (MAMVP), located in the 16éme arrondissement, will reveal its new finery. More specifically: improve the reception conditions of the public in the hall, and allow a greater fluidity between the different spaces, especially those reserved for temporary exhibitions. The MAMVP unfolds in the eastern wing of the Palais de Tokyo, just in front of the art center of the same name. The two establishments had been programmed, one for the city, the other for the state. While it had been kept almost as it was until it was opened to the public on July 6, 1961, the MAMVP has gone through many work campaigns over a period spanning nearly sixty years.
The Vendages de Montmartre ! Shows, walks, exhibitions, concerts and tastings will punctuate the Butte until this coming Sunday October 13 to celebrate the 86th edition of the harvest. For the opening evening of the Cuvée des Couleurs, a large participative and colorful fashion show was organized last Wednesday at the city/town hall of the 18éme arrondissement. Great novelty this year, a night race will animate the Fête des Vendanges de Montmartre. This 5 km race will start from the Place Louise-Michel at 20h, it is free and open to all on registration.
It is a surge of joy that will seize fans of Lord of the Rings. More than 200 pieces on 1000 m2, manuscripts, illustrations, all the magic of the work of the great JRRT Tolkien gathered in one place. You dreamed of it? Direction the National Library of France! BnF In 1937, J.R.R.T. Tolkien, professor of medieval languages and literatures of Oxford, published The Hobbit and became one of the most important figures of the 20C. The BnF or National Library of France unveils both man and his work, with the largest exhibition on the subject, in collaboration with the Oxford Bodleian Library. Tolkien, Journey to Middle-Earth, From October 22, 2019 to February 16, 2020. BnF Quai François-Mauriac, 13éme.
Some news from France, CCLXXXIX October 24, 2019
Until December 1st, 2019 the Eldorado festival will honor Mexico in the public space of the Lille-Flandres train station by rue Faidherbe, and through several exhibitions at locations such as Saint-Sauveur station, Palais des Beaux-Arts, etc. This is the fifth thematic edition of Lille3000, a cultural event born in the wake of Lille 2004, European Capital of Culture. In 2020, Lille will be the first French city to receive the title of world capital of design, after Taipei and Mexico City. From December 6, 2019 to December 5, 2020, many exhibitions on design and its impact on our lifestyles are to be discovered in the main museums of the city. Picasso is in the spotlight at the Eugène Leroy Museum in Tourcoing until 13 January 2020 through the Picasso illustrator exhibition. At the Palais des Beaux-Arts, the exhibition The Dream of Being an Artist (until January 6, 2020), featuring works by Edouard Manet, Frida Kahlo and Jeff Koon, examines the birth of artist status.
Leonardo da Vinci , (Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci) a bastard legend. On the occasion of the exhibition dedicated to him in the Louvre from today Thursday for the 500 years of his death, portrait of the most famous artist in the world. The self-taught, who learned late Latin and poorly, between 12 years in the workshop of the great Florentine sculptor Andrea Del Verrochio. He has caught up well, artist, scientist, engineer, architect, courtier who organizes lavish parties in the Italian principalities -Florence, Milan, Venice, Rome- and ends his life at the court of François I in Amboise.
For its 30th anniversary, the Parc Astérix has set a new attendance record. Of course, it is our favorite park when small children. New things to see and do such as an exceptional opening during the Christmas holidays, a new hotel in 2020, a big eight in 2022. In rides like OzIris, Goudurix or Tonnerre de Zeus, that keeps the soul of children, or rather teenagers! A new hotel with 150 seats next year, Lutéce the old name of Paris, and the Seine will snake inside it Proposing an opening for a “Noël Gaulois”, from December 21st to January 5th. Apart from the water rides, all the others, 38 attractions, will be open to the public. What to prepare for a new season, during which the leaders of the 2nd largest amusement park in France hope to beat a new record.
You will love the retrospective in 70 paintings that the Grand Palais devotes to El Greco. The stormy skies of Christs in the Cross of Dhomínikos Theotokopoulos (El Greco) are the most beautiful ever painted. These gray blues meet those, azure, Saint Martin and the poor and those deep, dresses of his virgins It would be necessary to evoke all the other colors, those golden yellow and canary of the Dream of Felipe II or the Sharing of the tunic, these green or dark greens, these red sometimes ruby sometimes orange … But this pallet defies the understanding. Its wealth seems inexhaustible, especially since with it the painter produces a thousand dissonances. It finally subjugates for what it seems so far ahead of his time. Until March 31, 2020, you will be able to enjoy a terrace, very warm under the bubble of the 1st floor (2fl US) of the Eiffel Tower. An ephemeral terrace, protected by a glass dome, With a breathtaking view of Paris, come and have lunch or tea with pastries and sweets of Thierry Marx in this dream location is also a good opportunity to take a look at the exhibition on the 130th anniversary of the Eiffel Tower !
New team of chefs and pastry chefs, new sweet and savory range, opening of a Dalloyau Café in December rue Poncelet 17éme, a corner of 35m2 at Galeries Lafayette 8éme, a kiosk at the end of November in the middle of the Gare d’ Austerlitz 5éme train station, new packaging of shops, packaging and even flagship cakes … 300 years of history will not crumble like that, on the memory of the closures of shops and a competition too harsh to face it. The Dalloyau house, a living heritage company and member of the Colbert Committee for the Promotion of French Luxury, is taking part in the reconquest of Parisians and visitors alike. Their shops in Bastille 11éme, rue de la Convention 15éme and Edmond-Rostand 6éme, near the Luxembourg Gardens, will never reopen.
There is lead in Paris, be aware, and is not Notre Dame Cathedral. So says this report from a reputable association Robin of the woods, a strong defender of the environment since 1985. The Robin des Bois Association has just unveiled a document from the Ministry of Culture dated 2017. The streets of Paris were already polluted with lead well before the fire of the Notre Dame Cathedral! Yes!
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