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This Week's Good Reads about Paris and France

July 13, 2022 | By Heidi Ellison | What's New Potpourri

GREENING NOTRE DAME The new landscape design, by Bas Smets, for the environs of Notre Dame calls for more greenery, a cooling system for the parvis and an underground archaeological museum in a former parking lot. (The Guardian) THE SPIRIT … Read More

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This Week's Good Reads about Paris and France

June 29, 2022 | By Heidi Ellison | What's New Potpourri

WALKING AROUND PARIS A 320-mile hiking trail around Greater Paris takes visitors to an astounding number of architectural and natural wonders. (National Geographic) RIGHT TO ABORTION “For all women, for human rights, we must engrave this acquired right in stone,” … Read More

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This Week's Good Reads about Paris and France

December 8, 2021 | By Heidi Ellison | What's New Potpourri

Outcry over Notre Dame restoration The scary word “Disneyfication” has been used to describe the proposal for the renovation of the interior of Notre Dame Cathedral, which calls for sound and light installations and multilingual explanations of Christianity. (Artnet News) … Read More

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This Week's Good Reads about Paris and France

October 6, 2021 | By Heidi Ellison | What's New Potpourri

Arc de Triomphe sheds its wrapping Sunday, October 3, was the last day of the art installation “Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped,” created by the late Christo and Jeanne-Claude, which delighted more than 800,000 visitors over a period of three weeks. … Read More

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July 28, 2021 | By Heidi Ellison | What's New Potpourri

French vegetarians? Multistarred chef Alain Ducasse predicts a gradual shift in French eating habits toward a plant-based diet. (BBC) Ethical foie gras Lab-grown foie gras comes without the ethical concerns of the real thing, but now a French association says … Read More

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July 21, 2021 | By Heidi Ellison | What's New Potpourri

Eiffel Tower reopens The tourists are back and their favorite monument is now ready for them. (Euronews) Jean Paul Gaultier’s new adventures “I am amused all the time,” says the ebullient erstwhile “enfant terrible” of French fashion in an interview … Read More

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This Week's Good Reads about Paris and France

July 14, 2021 | By Heidi Ellison | What's New Potpourri

Robotic pizza What is a pizzeria without a pizzaiola in a white T-shirt and apron sweating in front of a brick oven? A robotic pizzeria named Pazzi, now operating in Paris. News18 Le junk food in France Speaking of pizza, … Read More

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This Week's Good Reads about Paris and France

June 2, 2021 | By Heidi Ellison | What's New Potpourri

Adopt a gargoyle Anyone can contribute any amount to the restoration of Notre Dame’s treasures after the great fire by donating to the Friends of Notre Dame’s fundraising campaign. (Hyperallergic) Call My Agent star reveals all Liliane Rovère, who played … Read More

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This Week's Good Reads about Paris and France

May 26, 2021 | By Heidi Ellison | What's New Potpourri

Louvre lovers speak out The first visitors to the Louvre when it reopened last week explain why they just had to be there. (Artnet News). And the museum now has its first woman director. (The Art Newspaper) New rules for … Read More

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This Week's Good Reads about Paris and France

May 19, 2021 | By Heidi Ellison | What's New Potpourri

Hockney in France David Hockney seems to be blossoming in his later years, and so is the Royal Academy of Arts, brightened by paintings of springtime made around the artist’s “seven dwarves house” in Normandy. (The Guardian) Air crash accountability … Read More

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