Admittedly, a great many Parisians flee the capital during July and August, but this isn't because there is a lack of anything to do. As always, there are city-sponsored festivals, exhibitions and celebrations to help keep cool and savor the summer

Paris Visit Passes are valid for unlimited metro, bus, RER and SNCF train transport over one, two, three or five consecutive days in Paris and around the region. Available at metro stations, Paris' international airports, and the Office du...

This latest installment to James H. S. McGregor's "Ground Up" series paints a portrait of Paris in all of its monochrome nuances. The author illuminates the many faces of Paris-medievalist, modernist, expatriate, artist, romantic and ...

Just in time for Paris' celebration of  the 120th anniversary of the Eiffel Tower  is a new book by Jill Jonnes which tells the story of the world-famous monument and the extraordinary world's fair that introduced it.

Since it opened in...

What is the best way to get under the skin of a city such as Paris?  Heather Reyes, editor  of a new anthology of writing on the city, says it is through reading what people have had to say about it.

Paris is one of the most written about cities...

One of the worlds most important photojournalists known for  capturing the "decisive moments" of daily life is tributed with a major exhibition featuring 320 of his classic works at the Maison Européene de la Photographie (until August 30, 2009)....

Is it possible to be tired of Paris? Bored with it? Amazingly, it is, and at such times one may long for a brief escape, a short trip into the countryside. To the rescue comes Annabel, a Briton long resident in Paris who has obviously felt the same uneasy stirrings,...

Ever fantasize about being a cabaret performer in Paris? Well now's your chance. The Cabaret de Filles de Joie have opened a school for aspiring professionals, amateurs and confirmed performers seeking to broaden their skills.

The Cabaret de Filles de...

Paris' Georges Pompidou Center is hosting a major exhibition "elles@centrepompidou" entirely devoted to woman artists (running until May 2010). Although the exhibition has been reported to have taken over the museum's entire two levels relegating...

Unleash your inner Gaul with this book which is both hilarious and helpful. "Pardon My French" is an entertaining and useful guide to the words and phrases every Francophile, traveler, student, and word maven should know, with fascinating lore and tidbits...

"I wrote A Revolution in Taste: The Rise of French Cuisine," says author Susan Pinkard, "because I am fascinated by the intersection of the routines of everyday life with the world of ideas." This splendid book just out for the holidays looks at one...

Once you've considered possible locations for your dream home in France, you must decide on the type of property that will best suit your requirements, weigh up the purchase options and assess the fees associated with buying.

There's an...

Charles Glass new book unravels the untold story of Americans in Paris during the Nazi Occupation. Although volumes have been written about how Parisians behaved under German occupation, little has been said about the Americans who stayed in Paris during that time...

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...

God, I Love Paris... C'est Vrai, I walk around this city, in which I now live, and smile and think how lucky I am...  Chocolate makes me happy. So does dried pineapple. And cookies and nearly any kind of baked good. I know it's a universal...

Visions of Reality: Still lifes and beyond. Photographs by Karel Steiner. To Sept 8, 2009 at  Combes Gallery 6, rue du Colonel Combes at The American University, 75007 Paris Open:Monday – Friday: 9am – 7pm, Saturdays: 10am –...

As all habitués know, Paris is a world unto itself, an endless labyrinth that never seems to exhaust the curious. No surprise then to find that there is a publisher, Editions Parigramme, that survives by producing nothing but books on the city. They've been...

Despite the endless coverage of suicide bombings and Sunni-Shiite divides, how much do we actually know about Iraq? How many Iraqi voices have we heard since the fateful invasion began, more than six years ago? Reading Leilah Nadir's beautifully written memoir The...

Interview with Sharon Upp about her book, "House on the Bridge: Ten turbulent years with Diego Rivera"

Q: Sharon, what drew you to the life of Diego Rivera and in particular to Angeline?

S: When I was attending school at the...

Paris honors Gustave Eiffel and the 120th anniversary of the icon that has come to symbolize the city with a free exhibition at the Hotel de Ville. "Gustave Eiffel Le Magicien Du Fer"  pays homage to this remarkable French engineer with photos,...

Au féminin, Women Photographing Women, 1849-2009.  An eye-opening thematic photography exhibition with work by such heroines of the medium as Julia Margaret Cameron, Gertrude Kasebier and Margaret Bourke-White as well as lesser-known...

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...

If Parisians seem more sexually sophisticated than their anglo-Saxon counterparts, it's only because they've had a long time to perfect their naughty ways. Paris is a city where the quest for joie de vivre has long been taken to its debauched extremes, with a...

Christophe Barratier's new retro musical comedy "Paris 36" recently opened in the States with mixed reviews. The La Weekly's Melissa Anderson called  "Paris 36"  an" aggressively nostalgic, tinny homage to French musicals of...

The Paris buzz this week is all about Anne Fontaine's new film "Coco Avant Chanel" starring a perfect for the part Audrey Tautou. Based on a Chanel biography "l"Irreguliere" (The Nonconformist) by Edmonde Charles-Roux, the film (in French)...

A few streets, a few lives... this new book is half history and half a personal family autobiography, Author Gillian Tindall, a master of miniaturist history, tells ordinary stories of the ordinary lives of five generations of her family while revisiting Paris's...

Like so many others, David Lebovitz dreamed about living in Paris ever since he first visited the city in the 1980s. Finally, after a nearly two-decade career as a pastry chef and cookbook author, he moved to Paris to start a new life. Having crammed all his worldly...

There's no better way to start a new season in the fashion capital than with a whole new look. True, Paris can be pricy, but during the two yearly sales, prices are slashed to invite some healthy indulgence of retail therapy. The summer sales begin June ...

Andy Warhol's portraits deserve more than 15 minutes of fame. In the Grand Palais exhibition these bold, colorful works emerge as the most enduring of the noted Pop artist's oeuvre. Although based on the notion of the ephemeral, often fleeting quality of fame...

Customers of Brentano's, the American bookstore in Paris since 1895, were greeted this week with a notice pasted on the door  announcing the store's closing ( judiciairement liquidée). Just another sign of the times for the world of publishing and...