Created in the 80s in the US Yosemite National Park, the slackline is a hybrid sport, combination of gymnastics, balance, walking, and, in some cases, extreme sports. In full expansion, this activity, practiced on a strap stretched between two anchor points (trees, poles, peaks...), has succeeded to seduce and delight those in search for new experiences in […]
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- June 25, 2015
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Il était un vernis (Once upon a nail polish) is the result of Bérengère and Stéphanie's friendship, two French nail polish addicts and die-hard bloggers who met online, via their blogs. This vegan nail polish brand is 5-free certified , in other words free from any products that could endanger the health. Their common passion for glitter dusts and fashion is […]
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- June 24, 2015
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From June 6th to August 30th 2015, the Eiffel Tower's visitors will have the opportunity to enjoy a summer terrace on the first floor of the famous Parisian landmark, an addition, which falls within the Tower's ecological imprint reduction plan. Related to the theme of sustainable development, this temporary space is the occasion to relax in […]
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- June 23, 2015
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The Parisian Musée du quai Branly's new exhibition starts tomorrow and will revisit the various stages of the Inca Empire's conquest. In order to do so, it produces the portraits of conquistador Francisco Pizarro and Inca Atahualpa, to give us an overview of the way Inca and Hispanic worlds came together. Visitors are thus invited to discover items from both […]
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- June 22, 2015
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Until early July 2015, the Monnaie de Paris will dedicate an exhibition to Belgian artist Marcel Broodthaers. This great admirer of Magritte and Mallarmé's works has designed in 1968 a museum of modern art at his home in Düsseldorf. The artist then wished to question the legitimacy of the status of works of art, all the […]
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- June 19, 2015
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Each year, the Chopin Festival pays tribute to the famous Polish romantic composer Frédéric Chopin and several classical musicians, from Beethoven to Schumann, as well as Liszt, Liadov or Schubert. As part of its 32nd edition, called "Autour du prélude" (Around the prelude), this lyrical event returns to the Orangerie of the Parisian parc de Bagatelle and features […]
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- June 18, 2015
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From June 18th to June 21st 2015, the Parisian quai Branly hosts Petite Fleur Folies (Small Flower Extravagance), a vast ephemeral garden presenting over 100 species of different flowers. Put together by Gad Weil, to whom we also owe the Nature Capitale event (a giant agricultural plot settled on the Champs-Elysées in 2010), this project stretches on […]
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- June 17, 2015
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From June 16th to June 26th 2015, Cinema Paradiso, key event in cinema and nighttime entertainment, returns to the nave of the Parisian Grand Palais, remodeled for the occasion in a temple dedicated to cinema. The Coen Brothers' The Big Lebowski, James Cameron's Titanic, Sam Mendes' Amercian Beauty, Tony Scott's Top Gun, or even, Tobe Hooper's […]
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- June 16, 2015
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For the first time ever, the Parisian Petit Palais hosts the contemporary works of young Belgian artist Thomas Lerooy in its permanent collection rooms. Over twenty sculptures and drawings by the artist are thus showcased inside the museum and its inner courtyard garden. The genius of Thomas Lerooy lies his ability to twist the codes of classic art: he plays with […]
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- June 15, 2015
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To further extend the universe presented in the "From Nô to Mata Hari, 2000 years of Asian theatre" exhibition, the Guimet museum features "Japon, images d'acteurs, estampes du kabuki au 18e siècle" (Japan, pictures of actors, 18th century kabuki engravings), a second retrospective focusing on different side of Japanese theater: the kabuki. In contrast to Nô, this theatrical genre […]
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- June 12, 2015
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