New Realism
New Realism was one of the aspects of a much more comprehensive drive to transmute art and its language to address a booming industrial and consumer society, which stretched from the 1950 through to the mid-1960s.
The reassembled or existing series will be on show along a theme-based and chronological trail. This exhibition will focus on the "short decade" (1958 to 1965), which saw this group come together and act together.
Address:
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais
3 avenue du Général Eisenhower
75008 PARIS
By Bus : 28, 32, 42, 49, 72, 73, 80, 83, 93.
By Metro : Champs Elysées Clémenceau, Franklin-Roosevelt.
Shakespeare in the Bois de Boulogne : Few minutes walk from the flat (http:www.parisforvacation.com)
The Tower Theatre Company (celebrating its 75th anniversary) presents its successful London production of Measure for Measure in the beautiful open air theatre of the Jardin Shakespeare, Pre Catelan ,Bois de Boulogne.Performances :
When:
WHEN:At 12h00 noon on Tues.29th May and Thur.31st May
At 15h30 on Sat.2nd June and Sun.3rd June
At 19h00 on Thur.31st May,Fri.1st June and Sat.2nd June
PRICE:Tickets 15 euros (concessions 12 euro,under 14s 6 euro)
Web site: http://www.towertheatre.org.uk/paris.htm
Rollerblading in Paris: Fridays and Sundaysparis
Every week, you can don your blades for two rolling tours through the City of Light!
Friday evenings: Over 4,000 experienced skaters take a different 25 km circuit each week. Full
details the Thursday before athttp://www.pari-
roller.comSunday afternoons: Tour for beginners. A circuit of approx. 20 km over 3 hours. For more
information visit
http://www.rollers-coquillages.org
Lecture at the American Hospital of Paris: A New Hope for Lung Cancer
The American Hospital of Paris brings new hope in the fight against lung cancer. The next free community event on June 21 reveals new insights into the early detection of lung cancer with groundbreaking research.
Lung cancer remains a leading cause of cancer death worldwide, because it is usually found late. Only about 5 percent of the people who are diagnosed with lung cancer eventually are cured of it. With early detection of lung cancer, there is new hope. Research has shown dramatic results with an overall survival rate of 80 percent.
A cocktail reception will immediately follow the lecture. The lecture is free, but seating is limited and advance reservations are required.
June 21st, 2007 at 4:00 p.m.
The American Hospital of Paris
C.V. Starr Auditorium
Cost: Free
Litterature: Readings in Paris
All events start at 7 pm sharp
Thursday, May 24th:Three American authors:
Charles d'Ambrosio, Dead Fish Museum , Craig Davidson, Rust and Bone , David Treuer,Dr Apelles
Thursday, June 14thDouglas Kennedy
will present his new novel: Woman in the Fifth
Tuesday, July 10th Sena Jeter Naslund
The author of the critically acclaimed : Ahab's Wife will discuss her latest novel:
Abundance:A Novel of Marie-Antoinette
A place for the New York Music Scene to meet Paris and beyond
Live International Acts Featuring:
Charles Theodore (folk - USA) and Alix Roy
(electro - France) and Guests (jazz, soul, funk and more)
Free every Tuesday around 9 p.m. until 2 a.m.
Where: L'Etage Resto Bar MusicAddress: 77 rue du Faubourg du Temple, 75010 Paris Métro: Goncourthttp://www.letage.frTel: 01.44.84.07.86
A new one-woman musica in Paris!
Featuring Sarah Tullamore
By Sarah Tullamore and Frédéric Baptiste, Directed by Frédéric Baptiste
Every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m: ESTELLE BRIGHT
Where: Espace la Comedia, Salles des PavesAddress: 6 Impasse Lamier, 75011 Paris Reservations: 01.58.39.39.15
Music Program in Paris
Greg Proops
Monday 21 & Tuesday 22 May 8-30 pm
Tickets at the door 22 euros
Pre-paid tickets 20 euros..
from Canada
Stephen Fearing
in the Sound Gallery
monday 28th May 8-30 pm
tickets 17 euros.
from Texas
Alejandro Escovedo
La Java
Wednesday 6th June 8-30 pm
pre-paid tickets 25 euros
WHERE:
La Java
105 rue du faubourg du Temple Paris 10
Reservations 01 5319 9888
Want to go the Theater and see plays in English while in Paris?
From May 21 for 6 consecutive Mondays: American Blues with 3 short plays by Tennessee Williams: "Auto-da-Fé", "Why do you smoke so much Lily" and "Hello from Bertha". With original blues live.
Summer tour with showcase performances in Paris from October onwards, to include at least 1 performance of each production at 21h (requested by frustrated working theatregoers).
Professional theater in English in Paris to bring you the beauty of original texts by famous authors
English Rep at the Sudden every Monday at 7 pm from January to June, October to December.
website: Mondaysat7.com Reservations in English 01 46 06 66 10 or 01 73 75 79 13Where: Sudden Theatre14bis rue Sainte-Isaure, 75018 Paris. Reservations
CELEBRATES GOSPEL MUSIC In PARIS !
The 2nd Edition of the Paris Gospel Convention will be hosted in the exquisite venue of the Carrousel du Louvre on September 22nd & 23rd, 2007.
The Paris Gospel Convention is the one and only European Convention dedicated to Gospel Music.
but the Convention will also be open to exhibitors who matter in Gospel Music related industries such as weddings planning, events management, media and communications, fashion, make-up and healthcare...
Exhibitions, fashion shows, ''gospel weddings'', workshops, conferences, film screenings, showcases, concerts, quiz, awards ceremony ... Please make sure you attend for you too will be touched !
Web site: www.parisgospelconvention.com Where:Carrousel du Louvre99 rue Rivoli. 75001 Paris Métro: Station Palais Royal-Musée de LouvreOpening Hours :
Sat. Sept 22nd 2007 : 1.00 pm to 10.30 pm
Sun. .Sept 23rd 2007 : 10.30 am to 6h30 pm
Re: Piano Concert in Paris
The Chopin Foundation of the United States together with Animato will present the Second Prize winner of the last American National Chopin Competition, Rachel Kudo,
Where: Salle Cortot, 78 rue Cardinet
Time:8:30 PM Concert (Paris 17th, Metro: Malesherbes).
For further information call (011)-33- 1 45 55 93 92
Web Site:
www.Animato.org.
Miss Kudo will perform works of Bach, Chopin, and Liszt. Animato, associated with l'Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris-Alfred Cortot, presents internationally-acclaimed young pianists as part of its Les Mardi's D'Animato series.
Chateaux and Golfs in France
Many of France's châteaux and monuments offer this possibility. Sometimes, culture and sport are a perfect match for each other. Golf, for example, fits wonderfully with a certain refinement and art of living found at many châteaux and monuments in France.
In the Paris area, golfers visiting the Château de Versailles can take advantage of their stay to test their swing at the Golf des Yvelines course, set in a 90-hectare forest estate, or the Golf de Rueil-Malmaison course. Near the town of Meaux (Seine-et-Marne), with its episcopal buildings and cathedral, they can take a break at the Golf de Meaux-Boutigny international 18-hole course.
In Oise, not far from the historic towns of Senlis and Compiègne, the Château de Raray welcomes you to a 60-hectare estate that includes a golf course.
Pearls of the Renaissance
In the Loire valley, not far from the famous Château de Chambord, the international Les Bordes course (6,457 m, par 72 and slope 166) is counted among the best in Europe, and was elected number 2 in France by the Peugeot guide 2004/05. If you are visiting the Château de Cheverny (which inspired Hergé to create Marlinspike in the Tintin books) and its magnificent gardens, don't hesitate to make a detour to the golf course neighbouring the château. With its 18 holes laid out in 142 hectares of woods.
In Normandy, near the famous cliffs of Etretat and their internationally-renowned golf course, the Domaine Saint-Clair le Donjon estate consists of a small 19th-century château in Anglo-Norman style and a Belle Époque seaside villa.
In the Périgord (south-west France), the 16th-century Château des Vigiers is nicknamed the "little Versailles". Now a 4-star hotel, it invites visitors to relax and enjoy gourmet food while discovering the history of the place and the region. The architect Donald Steel has created a unique 18-hole course, between orchards and plum trees, vines and oaks.
Another land of vineyards, Burgundy houses the Hôtel-Golf du Château de Chailly. This mediaeval fortress, ennobled by the Renaissance, has become one of the region's most luxurious hotels. Laid out in 75 hectares, the Golf de Chailly offers enthusiasts a magnificent 18-hole course.
Paris at your fingertips!
Have fun finding where you are in Paris with the first interactive model of the city (3D and in color!)
Just as if you were flying over Paris, you'll be able to locate all the important monuments, perspectives, gardens, major sites, and the sequence of city walls.
Touch-screens provide access to photographs and a description of the 156 most important sites in Paris, including the ones featured in the Da Vinci Code!
180 touchable images will help you find each important site.
3D images of Paris on a flat screen without wearing special glasses!
A gallery of five plasma screens featuring short films made exclusively for Explore Paris! a unique look at the city focusing on five topics :
You will see 3D images of Paris on a flat screen without wearing special glasses!
And just so you won't miss out on anything from this fountain of information, you can use the Internet point, with all the necessary links, to quench your thirst for information about Paris and its treasures.
For the first time ever in 3D, you will see "Panorama while going to the top of the Eiffel Tower" filmed by the Lumière Brothers in 1898.
Exhibitions : New Realism
New Realism was one of the aspects of a much more comprehensive drive to transmute art and its language to address a booming industrial and consumer society, which stretched from the 1950 through to the mid-1960s. Neo-Dada, Pop Art, Fluxus and Groupe Zéro were on the same bandwidth. Klein, Hains, Villeglé, Tinguely, César, Arman, Spoerri, Raysse, Dufrêne, Rotella, Niki de Saint-Phalle, Deschamps and Christo are a few New Realists.
Exhibitions : Les Gobelins 1607-2007
This exhibition is divided into three sections and presents a selection of masterpieces representing its old collections and also a selection of contemporary creations from the last ten years. The first section evokes the origin of the three factories (Gobelins, Beavais and Savonnerie) through various royal orders based around the exceptional cycle of fifteen tapestries depicting Artemis. The second section is dedicated to modern creations from 1997-2007 and illustrates the creative vitality that the institution encourages in the fields of design, carpet weaving and tapestry.
Duty-Free in France; How and who can be payed back
Duty-Free.
First thing : It's not easy to get TVA (sales tax) refund in France !
Who can get TVA refund ?
The refund of TVA is reserved for non EU resident of more than 15 year old.
On what ?
There is no TVA refund on : food, tobacco, repairs, services and travels. You can only buy for personal purpose and all must go in your luggage.
How much?
French taxes are 19,6%, but the refund is often12% (to cover the time and efforts of the shop).
On what conditions ?
The purchase goods must worth at least 175 € at the same shop in the same day. The shop must offer "vente en detaxe" ("Duty-Free") service. Present your passport at the time of purchase and ask for "bordereau de vente a l'exportation" (export sales invoice). Most of the luxury shop and the Grand magasins (Galeries Lafayette, Printemps, Bon Marché...) have a special Duty-Free desk.
How ?
The "bordereau de vente à l'exportation" has four pages, one kept by the shop, a yellow one for customs services, a pink one you will have to post with the self-addressed envelope provided by the shop, and a green one, your receipt. As you leave France or any EU country, show your purchase goods and have the three pages stamped by a customs official at the departure airport. This can take some time, so count it in your arrival at the airport. The fund transfer can take few months !
Transportation in Paris: Bus/Metro/RER
Paris has an extremely efficient public transport system with 14 metro lines and numerous buses. RATP is the only company to run metros, buses and RER except for the C RER line, ran by SNCF as suburban service.
Three different maps are available for free at metro ticket windows : Le Grand Plan de Paris with the complete network and the streets, Le Petit Plan de Paris more practical and Paris Plan de Poche small map easy to have in the pocket.
Metro Metro runs between 6:00 am and 1:00 am.
After the 23rd of December 2006, it will stay open until 2:15am on Saturdays. And on Friday too during 2007.
It's quite simple to use. Each line has a number from 1 to 14 and two directions. The direction is the terminus of the line. On one platform all the trains go in the same direction except for lines 7 and 13, but the terminus of the next train is clearly indicated. Orange "correspondance" signs (connecting trains) show the way to reach other lines platforms. On every platforms, maps with metro, buses or RER lines can be found. And in almost all stations, on platforms or near exits, you can find maps of the neighborhood.
Remember that most of metro stations are close to each other and connecting corridors can be very long and stairs can be endless. So it's often quicker to walk if the journey is less than three stations long.
Buses As easy is the metro to use, as the buses network is complicated : even a map is impossible to display on Internet. The site of RATP have one, but it is very simplified and not very useful to plan a journey. The only reliable maps can be found on bus stops where you can follow lines numbers and colors. Most lines operate from 6:30 am to 8:30 pm on weekdays, some lines stopping around midnight. About half lines don't operate on Sundays and public holidays.
To enter in a bus (by front door) you have to wave at the driver. The fare is one ticket whatever long is the journey within Paris proper. The ticket is the same than the metro and can be found by 10 in metro stations or by 1 by the driver. There is no connecting possible with a ticket used in a bus. A map inside buses and bus stops shows every stop of the line. "Arrêt demandé" ( stop signal) is lit by pressing a red button for the next stop.
Two others services can be interesting :
• Balabus, Witch is a touristic bus, running from mid-April to mid-September, on Sundays and public holidays, from noon to 9pm. For the fare of a simple ticket, it transports tourists from La Défense to Gare de Lyon running through principal touristic places.
• Noctiliens, night bus service, has just been greatly improved. There can be now bus every ten minutes all night long during week end nights. A special fare occures. This buses can be overcrowded but are practical when metros are closed.
RER "Reseau Express Régional" (Suburban Express Service) can be used within city limits with the same ticket. For long distance journeys, it can be a quicker alternative to metro. For suburban destination, special tickets are required.
Remember that, unlike metro, RER ask for your ticket to go OUT. So if you go from metro to RER, you will have to validate the ticket to enter the metro, then to validate it again to enter the RER and at last to validate it again to go out of the RER ! So Keep your ticket until you leave the network. There is no way to pay an extra before leaving RER if you have no ticket or a wrong ticket (with an exception at Disneyland Resort Paris)!
RER lines are known by a letter and a name which indicate the train destination. Posters displayed on the platform show which train go where, for unlike metro, different directions can stop at the same platform. In most stations, electronic destination boards indicate the stops of the next train.
The system is no simple nor clear, even for Parisians. Don't hesitate to ask for assistance.
Tickets are sold by one( 1.4 €) or by 10 ( 10.5 €). They can be used for "section urbaine" (within city limits) that means all metro stops and some close suburban bus stops. To reach suburban zones in RER, special tickets are required. You can find ticket carnet in metro stations or in some tobacconists. Bus drivers only sell ticket by one. The ticket is good for a two hours travel with all the connecting you want except in buses.
Travel passes can be used for unlimited travel in metro, buses, RER, and even suburban trains if you want. But it is not always the cheapest solution. If you don't travel a lot in the transport network, ticket carnets can be cheaper !
PassesCarte Orange is the most popular pass. Made for Parisian, it can be really convenient for tourists. It allows unlimited travels in all Ile de France transportation network, in a predefined number of zones. The card with an id photo have a number which must be copied on the monthly or weekly coupon. There are two sorts of coupons :
• the Weekly coupon, valid from Monday to Sunday. It can be bought from Friday (for the next week) to Wednesday. 15.4 € for zones 1 & 2 (inside Paris).
• the Monthly coupon, valid fro the entire calendar month. It can be bought after the 20th of the previous month and until the 19th. 50.4 €
This card is valid on all Inside Paris transportation network for one day. No photo required. 5.3 €
"Paris Visite" is a unique pass to discover Paris and around. It allows :
• unlimited travels in all transportation network : metro, RER, bus, tram, Montmartre funiculary, Montmartrobus, Noctambus (night buses)in the zones you choose (1-3 to 1-8). With zones 1 to 8, it goes to Disneyland Paris, Versailles or airports..
• travels during 1, 2, 3, or 5 days .
• 50% reduction for 4 to 11 year old kids.
