Paris Update This Week’s Events
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Banlieues Bleues
> Jazz festival in the Paris suburbs with international and French acts. Various locations, through April 11.
Berlin Magnétique
> Festival presenting 80 films from the past century featuring the legendary German city. Forum des Images, Paris, through April 20.
Chapelle Vidéo
> Artists’ videos shown in a Neoclassical chapel. Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, St Denis. Through April 28.
Festival de l’Imaginaire
> Performances by troupes from around the world, Maison des Cultures du Monde, Paris, through June 1.
Films de Femmes
> Festival of films by women, La Maison des Arts de Créteil & Cinéma La Lucarne, Créteil, through March 23.
Ici et Demain
> Students of all the arts get a chance to show their stuff, various locations, Paris, through March 27.
Open Your Art!
> Festival of contemporary art northeast of Paris, with exhibitions, open studios, performances, guided tours and more. Seine-Saint-Denis, March 21-April 6.
Salon du Livre
> Gigantic bookstore, signings by authors and other events. Guests of honor: Argentina and Shanghai. Porte de Versailles, Paris, March 21-24.
Sidération
> Art meets science: works by 30 artists inspired by the world of outer space. Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Paris, March 21-23.
Tsai Ming-liang
> Retrospective of the films of the Taiwanese director. Cinémathèque Française, Paris, through March 30.