Power. Anger. Sin. Passion. These are just some of the words that come to mind when looking at the color red. Les Arts Décoratifs plays homage to all things red with the exhibition "Aussi Rouge Que Possible..." (As Red As Can Be), which explores the...

Gentry de Paris is doing it again. Every Wednesday starting May 7th the originally American but now very much Parisian lingerie and ‘loungewear de luxe' designer is throwing a burlesque soirée. What's changed? The audience will not be standing...

Imagine a custom just-for-you shopping trip to Paris, following an elegant and chic woman dashing through the Paris streets, expertly guiding you and finding and navigating the most unusual, exclusive shops and greeting friends on every corner. You might imagine this...

Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca's visit to New York City during 1929-1930 is the inspiration for Blanca Li's latest choreography ‘Poeta en Nueva York'.  The piece featuring 21 dancers and 10 musicians, which originally performed to rave...

Whether you are looking to start a dazzling career as a high-flying Michelin-starred chef, want to learn the mysterious art of French cuisine or just want to discover the where and how to find the finest produce, this is the city to learn. Here is a selection of the...

Terrace weather is here and having a drink at a strategically placed people-watching café is one of the pleasures of living in Paris. Here are some tips on some of France's favorite after-six drinks.

Dubonnet
A bitter...

Amid raging debates over downloading music, releasing albums directly onto the internet and record companies' financial losses, one Canadian singer-songwriter has found a way to circumvent these problems and most importantly keep her musical integrity...

We all have our "favorites" as to where to play out our love stories, and a city like Paris has certainly scores of these. But remember that choosing the right time of day or night, the right season and the right weather can be as important as the...

Exhibitions in Paris this spring range from a rare look at the Chinese Xi'an Warriors to a retrospective of Camille Claudel's sensual sculptures to controversial Belgian choreographer and plastic artist Jan Fabre, who is invited by the Louvre to show his work...

Writers and aspiring writers have traveled to Paris for more than a century hoping that the city which inspired Edith Wharton, Ernest Hemingway and James Joyce will work the same magic on them. For twenty of those years, the Paris Writers' Workshop, France's...

"Museum crawl'  with the fourth edition of "La Nuit des Musées," which takes place on Saturday  May  17, 2008 in France and in various cities around Europe. Museum Night was created in 2005 by the French Ministry for Culture...

Man Ray once said "I photograph what I don't want to paint, and I paint what I can't photograph."  Now with the exhibition  "Man Ray's Studio, unconcerned but not indifferent" we get a better idea of what he meant. The show...

"Three chord rock merged with the power of the word" is how Patti Smith described her music on her celebrated 1975 debut album "Horses."   Called "punk rock's poet laureate" she integrated beat poetry performance style with...

E.M. Albano signs copies of his new book "The Widow's Web" at Le Fumoir (located just across from the Louvre) May 9, 3:30pm, 6, rue de l'Amiral de Coligny, 75001 Paris, Metro: Louvre-Rivoli. More info about the writer and...

Château of Ecouen
If you are interested in the French Renaissance, there is no need to travel as far as the Loire. A walk through the forest leads to the fairy tale setting of the château of Ecouen, with its collection of...

The Franco-Finish duo The Dø with their just released debut Album "A Mouthful" is a fresh face on the French rock scene.  The Dø's  song "The bridge is broken" has gotten good play this month on French radio stations...

Chicago meets Paris, that's what Urban Groove Unit has in mind with their "Rock The Boat Party" held on several prominent "peniches" or riverboats in Paris.

 "I grew up in the blues bars of Chicago," says James...

Q I have been married to a Frenchman for ten years.  From the get-go, I have had a huge problem with my mother-in-law who was disappointed that her son married a Yankee and has never tried to hide her disdain for me and for my country.  Whatever I do or...

Controversial Belgian choreographer and plastic artist Jan Fabre is invited by the Louvre to show his work within  the museum's galleries devoted to the Flemish, Dutch and German masters. Largely known in France for such shocking choreographies as...

Auvers-sur-Oise
Pay tribute to the artist Vincent van Gogh’s last days at Auvers-sur-Oise, a village just a short train ride from Paris. Here you can walk in van Gogh’s footsteps, from his attic room at the Auberge Ravoux to the...