Launched at the beginning of May, the Rivières Sauvages label (wild rivers label) is a consequence of creation of the Europe-wide 2010 Wild Rivers Preservation Fund. Its aim is to value our territories and to preserve the natural heritage of water. With only around 5% of untouched rivers on its territory, France intends to protect […]
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The quai Branly devotes its new exhibition to the origins of tattoo and to its global and current revival. You discover that in Eastern, Afrincan and Oceanian societies, tattoo plays a social, mystique and even religious role, by accompanying tattooed people through rites of passage so they can be accepted by their community. On the contrary, […]
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The Jardin d'Acclimatation recreates Brazil in Paris and proposes samba and bossa nova lessons, various activities as well as concerts, a few months before the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Another opportunity to have some good time with your family in the famous Parisian park! Sensacional Brasil, from April 12th to May 11th 2014. Full rate: […]
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With its new exhibition, the Maison de Victor Hugo aims at understanding how a novel perpetuates itself in its reader's imagination, and takes the example of "L'homme qui rit" (The Man Who Laughs), a novel about love and rebellion written by Victor Hugo. The show comes back on the fascination generated by monsters in literature, […]
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Deinove is a French company, founded in 2009 and specialized in phytochemistry, that develops and commercializes industrial processes based on billion years old bacterias, the Deinococcus. Deinove is currently the world leader of this market, and produces large quantity of ethanol and bioethanol out of these bacterias, thanks to non-food biomass. These second-generation biofuels are […]
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In its new exhibition, the Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine (architecture and heritage museum) focuses on the architectural advances that were made during World War II. By analyzing the consequences of the conflict on the existing architecture, as well as the works of architects of the time, one understands how the war accelerated the […]
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The Espace Cultural Louis Vuitton (Louis Vuitton's Cultural Center) welcomes a free exhibition of contemporary art in which twelve international artists share their vision of the stars and new horizons. This retrospective is actually a way to explore unfathomable and unattainable worlds, like a journey towards conscience and the "Invisible". Exhibition: "Astralis", from February 7th […]
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- April 30, 2014
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The Cinémathèque française (French film library) is currently hosting an exhibition devoted to committed Israeli film director Amos Gitai, well known for his provocative war movies such as "Kippour, souvenirs de guerre" in 1997 (Kippur, war memories) and "Kippour" in 2000 (Kippur). Between reality and fantasy, the Israeli film-maker depicts war in an intimist and […]
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- April 29, 2014
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This year, the We Love Green Festival commits to the fight against food waste. Besides the concerts and headline acts that make the success of this festival every year, the We Love Green also welcomes conferences, meetings and responsible restaurants, and proposes various activities to the visitors. You will be able to discover visual artist […]
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- April 29, 2014
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The foundation "La Maison Rouge" presents an exhibition devoted to photography in a hospital environment. In 2010, historian Philippe Artières and photographer Mathieu Pernot discovered pictures from the 1930's until today, in the archives of Le Bon Sauveur psychiatric hospital, in the town of Picauville, in the Manche department (northwest of France). This retrospective is […]
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- April 28, 2014
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Deinove: leader in research on second-generation biofuel