Paris Update Events 25.05.2022

May 24, 2022 | By Emma Hussain | Week events

June 3-4 Josephine Baker celebrated As part of the Festival Quartier Livre, the iconic American performer will be celebrated on her 116th birthday with a giant street art piece at the Panthéon by Gwendoline Finaz de Villaine. It will be … Read More

Paris Update 18.05.2022

May 18, 2022 | By Emma Hussain | Week events

Through May 22 Go outdoors! Guided walks, exhibitions, open gardens and more will take place across the country for Fête de la Nature. Above: Events in the capital include a guided tour of Paris’s canals. Various locations, France May 22 … Read More

La Latteria

Mozzarella Madness

May 18, 2022 | By Heidi Ellison | Food Shops

It may sound cheesy, and it is, literally but not figuratively. I’m talking about making mozzarella in Paris. Why would one want to do such a thing? Because the best mozzarella is made in Italy and needs to be eaten … Read More

Elektra

Hard-Hitting Production of Dark Tale

May 18, 2022 | By Nick Hammond | Music

Richard Strauss’s one-act opera Elektra, the first of his many collaborations with librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal, is unrelentingly hard-hitting throughout its one hour and 45 minutes. No room or time is given for light relief as the heroine singlemindedly pursues … Read More

Paris Update 11.05.2022

May 11, 2022 | By Emma Hussain | Week events

May 14 Late-night art Museums stay open into the night for free and hold special events for the Nuit Européenne des Musées.  Various locations. Paris May 13-15 Urban art Over 200 street artists from France and overseas exhibit at Paris’s … Read More