Parisians Attack Sun King with Scurrilous Songs The awful events in Paris this month have been keenly felt in other countries, not least in Britain, where the huge swell of empathy and support has been genuine and deeply felt. A … Read More
The People’s Cinema This could only happen in a suburb of Paris with a Communist mayor (former mayor Jean-Pierre Brard): In need of more cinema screens for local residents, the city of Montreuil effectively shut out two large film distributors … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris TOTAL IMMERSION THEATER Cinémorphe, the most inventive theater company in Paris, is staging a new production this month called 4¼. These specialists in immersive theater like to surprise their audience, so all they will … Read More
Paris Update Art Notes HOMAGE TO ANOTHER MCCARTNEY “Martha My Dear, London, 1968.” © 1968 Paul McCartney/Photographer: Linda McCartney Linda McCartney may be best known for forming the post-Beatles band Wings with her husband, Paul McCartney, but before she hitched … Read More
Paris Update Art Notes MONET SLEPT HERE Monet’s bedroom before and after the restoration. Even in their wildest dreams, most art lovers can’t imagine sleeping surrounded by the works of Cézanne, Manet, Signac, Caillebotte, Morisot, Jongkind, Boudin, Delacroix and other … Read More
Paris Update Art Notes BEAUTIFULLY PIECED TOGETHER “Queen Kapi’olani’s Fan Quilt.” Early 20th century, Hawaii. © American Museum in Britain “Quilt Art: L’Art du Patchwork” at the Mona Bismarck American Center for Art & Culture in Paris features 25 patchwork quilts … Read More
Mystery Soirée Morphs into Surrealism Some strange events occurred during “La Soirée Exceptionnelle.” Photo: Pierre Grosbois 2013A mysterious invitation to “La Soirée Exceptionnelle, 1972” recently turned up in my inbox. It came from a new group called Cinémorphe and promised … Read More
City of light and licentiousness While visiting “Paris Vu par Hollywood,” the new exhibition at Paris’s Hôtel de Ville, I realized that the dreamily romantic vision Americans have of Paris probably owes as much, if not more, to the eight … Read More
“I’m in there,” said the lady in black with the bright red lipstick sitting next to me on the bench in the Square du Temple in Paris’s third arrondissement. She was pointing at the computer on my lap. The lady was Micheline Capuano Blasco, better known by her stage name, Micheline Day. Over the course of many afternoons on the bench near the pond in the little park, she revealed random morsels of her life story to me.
Exactly 30 years after the U.S. government recommended the use of “Ms.” in official documents so that women would no longer be identified by their marital status, the powers that be in France have finally decided to relegate “Mademoiselle” to … Read More
