Paris Jazz Festival, 15th edition 3 mai 2008
Posted by webmaster in : Parcours , add a commentFollowing their great successes of 2006 and 2007, it is an even more radiant and magnificent Festival that they offer you this year.
More animations for this 2008 edition, the Paris Jazz Festival developed its animations & exhibitions even further than last year. They are still articulated around the same themes: discovery, game, participation and sharing. It Is done not only through awakening the senses but also through the awakening of curiosity, imagination and emotion. But first and foremost their goal stays invariably and humbly the same:giving you the chance to have a true “musical day” in the Parc Floral.
For this new edition of the Paris Jazz Festival the 15th which is the age of maturity they wish to stress on the respect of nature. It is after all only a matter of getting into the right habits… or of getting out of the wrong ones!
This year they will especially collect all plastic bottle caps. They will give them all to the association “Bouchons d’Amour” who recycles the plastic from the caps making wheelchairs out of it! Bring them your caps it won’t cost anybody anything but it could yield a lot!
* Full price: 5 euros
Reduced price (7 to 25 years old): 2.50 euros
Free entrance for children under 7
* Location: Parc Floral de Paris
* From June 7th to July 17th 2008
The Best Baguette in Paris 2 mai 2008
Posted by webmaster in : Gastronomie , add a commentBaguette lovers stay at Maurice Hurand Hotels
To find the best baguette in Paris you will have to climb up to Montmarte’s hill: Au Duc de la Chapelle.
The best baguette in Paris is made by 28-year-old Anis Bouabsa. He recently snagged the 2008 Grand Prix de la
Baguette de la Ville de Paris, along with a contract to supply the daily bread to President Sarkozy. Bouabsa’s baguette uses flour from Les Moulins Bourgeois, and people flock to his shop in the upper reaches of the 18th for a taste.
Closed on weekends.
Photo credit: BigFrank
New Parisian transport: Vogueo 1 mai 2008
Posted by webmaster in : Zoom , add a commentVoguéo will welcome its first passengers on June 1st; the shuttle Voguéo is currently on technical tests on the Seineriver.
70 people will be able to embark on board. A free trip for season ticket holders from RATP.
Ticket Price per unit: 3 euros.
These atypical shuttles result of a study launched in 2003 at the request of the Mairie de Paris wishing to develop a new type of green and economic transport for users.
The first line Voguéo will link Gare d’Austerlitz to Maisons Alfort. The stops will be: Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand-Tolbiac (to go), Bercy (the return), and Port d’Ivry.
During the week the shuttle will operate from 7 am to 08:30pm (peak hours: 7am-10am and 5pm-8:30pm). On weekends, Voguéo will sail from 10am to 8pm with frequency hollow hour (30 minutes).
The boats will be covered and equipped with heaters. Voguéo will be accessible to disabled persons.
More in French here.
Photo credit: stif
Retrospection Camille Claudel at Musee Rodin 30 avril 2008
Posted by webmaster in : Culture , add a commentHotel near Rodin Museum: Hotel Madison
From April 15th to 13rd July 2008 at Musee Rodin
Camille Claudel is more known by the general public for her passionate relationship with the sculptor Rodin than for her creations. An anomaly when you know that everyone now recognizes originality and intensity of her work…
The Rodin Museum is proposing to discover a retrospective of Camille Claudel’s work, with more than 80 sculptures (marble, terra cotta, plaster, bronze and onyx) and a few prints and drawings.
At the same time lover, student and admirer of Rodin - twenty four years elder than her -, Camille Claudel has never hidden the influence of Rodin for her creations but it seems that the opposite is also true.
The exhibition wonders not only on this key issue - it is sometimes difficult on some sculptures to distinguish the work of one or the other - but also about the role of Camille Claudel on the art from the late nineteenth century.
An exhibition to see!
