November 30, 2022 | By Heidi Ellison | Exhibitions
An exhibition called “From Garamont to Garamond(s): A Typographic Adventure” may inspire deep yawns in most people, but I was excited to discover that there was such a show at Paris’s beautiful Bibliothèque Mazarine. One of my “déformations professionelles,” as … Read More
November 30, 2022 | By Heidi Ellison | Restaurants
Continuing in the genre of workers’ restaurants – see our recent review of Bouillon Chartier Gare de l’Est – we ate the other night at a “routier” (truck stop) called Les Marches. Popular with both Parisians and tourists, this restaurant … Read More
November 30, 2022 | By Heidi Ellison | Exhibitions
Every year, Le Fresnoy–Studio National des Arts Contemporains, an art school and production center for multimedia and digital arts in Tourcoing (near Lille), invites an outside curator to put together a new edition of the exhibition “Panorama,” this year titled … Read More
November 30, 2022 | By Heidi Ellison | Week events
December 2 French movies with English subtitles Lost in Frenchlation presents Trois Nuits par Semaine, directed by Florent Gouëlou. L’Entrepot, Paris December 3 Rosa & Bill Natacha Henry will discuss her historical novel The French Painter and the American Showman: The … Read More
November 23, 2022 | By Heidi Ellison | Exhibitions
Like many people, I first discovered Christian Marclay through his spellbinding 24-hour video installation “The Clock” (2010), consisting of film clips showing the actual time, which was being shown at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. After having seen a section … Read More
November 23, 2022 | By Heidi Ellison | Restaurants
My friend Carmela’s daughter Kailani, a young foodie who loves to cook and knows exactly what she likes, wanted to celebrate her 18th birthday by dining in a good Thai restaurant. The hunt was on. We all know a few … Read More
November 23, 2022 | By Claudia Barbieri | Theater & Dance
Now 59 years old and well into the fifth decade of a stellar dance career, Marie-Claude Pietragalla remains the personification of grace, high-energy athleticism and artistic perfection. Her latest work, La Femme Qui Danse, is a mesmerizing, virtuoso nonstop 75-minute … Read More
November 22, 2022 | By Heidi Ellison | Week events
November 25 French movies with English subtitles Lost in Frenchlation presents L’Origine du Mal, directed by Sébastien Marnier. L’Arlequin, Paris November 25-26 Wine fair The Grand Tasting features both big-name wineries and up-and-coming ones, along with master classes and food-and-wine pairing workshops. Carrousel … Read More
November 16, 2022 | By Heidi Ellison | Exhibitions
Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942), the subject of a retrospective at Paris’s Petit Palais, “Walter Sickert: Peindre et Transgresser,” was described by Delphine Lévy, the late French Sickert expert, as “provocative and enigmatic,” haughty and defensive even with long-time friends like … Read More
November 16, 2022 | By Heidi Ellison | Restaurants
A restaurant with the unlikely name of God Bless Broccoli could not help but attract my attention. It turned out to be a hole-in-the-wall pizzeria in the Belleville neighborhood. In spite of the mention of the green vegetable of the … Read More