Events
This Sunday, April 15, 40,000 runners take to the streets of Paris to run the Paris Marathon. The race offers a great visual course of the city, from the Champs Elysées, the Louvre, to Bastille, in the Bois de Vincennes, past Notre Dame,…
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The Hotel de Ville de Paris, the majestic city hall of Paris, is hosting a free photographic exhibition of Robert Doisneau through April 28. Doisneau, perhaps France’s most celebrated photographer, is best known for capturing street life of the streets…
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Through February 26, Musée du Luxembourg hosts a special exhibition of Cézanne paintings he did while visiting Paris. Known best for his pastoral paintings of Provence, Cézanne also made over twenty trips to Paris, where he learned a style of painting that he…
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Paris-based American artist Matthew Rose presents a new series of major works on paper at STORIE in the Montparnasse quartier of Paris, opening Thursday, September 1, 2011. The new works target and recast religious icons, patriotism, gods and nature in a medium…
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If you have wandered near the Louvre or Jardin des Tuileries lately, you will notice an exciting addition on the rue du Rivoli wing, and a rather large one at that! La Fête Foraine is the temporary summer carnival implanted…
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For its 108th year, Le Tour de France, the world’s premier biking race. began on July 3, and finishes in Paris on Sunday, July 24. The route stretches in 20 stages from La Berre-de-Monts, through the mountainous Pyrénées, to the grand finale on the Avenue des…
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For one night only, Paris is a true party town late until the morning with Fête de la Musique, which is a singular free music festival celebrating the beginning of summer. As a glitter of light from late dusk remains until…
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Through this Sunday only, May 29, a chic brocante will be on Rue de Courcelles, near the beautiful Parc Monceau in the 8th Arrondissement of Paris. Parc Monceau includes statues of famous French figures including Guy de Maupassant, Frédéric Chopin, Charles Gounod, Ambroise Thomas, Alfred de Musset, and Edouard Pailleron. The park has…
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Searching for silver, fine china, goblets of Baccarat, antique necklaces, old framed art pieces and other fine brocante pieces? The next fabulous antique and brocante show will be at Square des Batignolles in the 17th Arrondissement of Paris, this Saturday and Sunday only, on April 30th and…
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Pâques (Easter and Passover) in Paris is all about chocolate, easter eggs, and fun activities for children. Windows of chocolate shops are lined with ornate chocolate eggs, some the size of American footballs, for sale (and eating) during the holiday. Themes…
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