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“There’s No Place Like” – West End Theatre Comes to Paris
"There's No Place Like" is a one-hour play (in English) at Café du Theatre Wednesday, January 20 (7:30 pm) and Thursday, January 21 (7:30 pm and 9:30 pm). Reserve your tickets (seven euros): altheatheatre@gmail.com. The play, a hit at the May 2015 Brighton Fringe Festival comes to Paris from London's West End and The Arts Theatre. Lilac Yosiphon's English play is about longing, belonging and immigration. Story: "Hannah was a teacher before she moved to the UK
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Write to Santa (Père Noël) and Play Games
Sixty secretaries at the French post office, La Poste, are waiting for your letters to Santa. The Secrétariat du Père Noël office opens thousands of letters a year. The secretaries in Libourne (in the Gironde) respond to the writers with a special holiday edition La Poste-designed card. In 1962, its first year, the office received 5,000 cards. By 2014, they received over 1.2 million letters to Père Noël (Santa Claus). Père Noël's team can also be found on Facebook....
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Un Picasso – Play at Theatre de Nesle
Paris is a small world. On an art tour in the morning and someone hands me a flyer about the play, "Un Picasso (A Picasso)". That evening, attending a vernissage, I am now speaking with one of the directors of the play. Performances are at the Theatre de Nesle from October 22 to November 15 in French or in English, depending on the night of the show.....
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Eiffel Tower Adds New Floor
March is a busy month for the Eiffel Tower: a new floor, a winter menu deal and vertical racing. From the Eiffel Tower’s new first floor, look down 57 meters through the new transparent glass floor. The 58 Tour Eiffel Restaurant located on the first floor has a pre-April 1 picnic basket menu. The price doubles April 1, includes your lift ticket. The first edition of La Vertical de la Tour Eiffel is being held in the evening of March 20. This race is 279 meters race from the ground floor to the top of the Eiffel Tower....
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Concert Festival Marin Marais 2014 Has Begun
Every year the Festival Marin Marais, first held in 2006, celebrates the birthday of the musician and composer, Marin Marais. Marais played in the court of Louis XIV , the Sun King, for forty years. This year eighteen Baroque concerts are performed in October and November at three different venues for one price: ten euros. The musicians work for donations....
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Lydie Solomon: From Chopin to Cuba Concert
For music recitals in Paris, I am enjoying following Lydie Solomon. She is a pianist, composer and actress and puts together musical programs with a theme. She is passionate about her research. Her latest research includes the works of Frédéric Chopin and those he influenced. The program also includes one of Lydie's original composition. She will perform her newest concert program "De Chopin à Cuba" (From Chopin to Cuba) on Friday, January 24 at 12:45 at the Auditorium de l'Espace Georges Bernanos.
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Arts Forains Another Marvelous Festival for Christmas 2013
Travel with the Le Musée des Arts Forains toward a new spectacle once again. In 2013 the theme is "Le Festival du Merveilleux". Between December 26, 2013 and January 5, 2014, at the Pavillons de Bercy, between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., mimes, magicians, acrobats and storytellers will guide you on a voyage into a marvelous dream world festival. The Arts Forains museum will present a different show every thirty minutes.
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Updated Ideas for December Activities
Paris Christmas Activities 2013-2014 All Christmas events on l’Officiel des spectacles Paris tourist office for Christmas ideas Arts Forains Another Marvelous Festival for Christmas 2013 – December 26, 2013 and January 5, 2014, at the Pavillons de Bercy, between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Creches/Nativity scenes – information online at l’Officiel des spectacles (use Google translate for the page) Notre-Dame de Paris – November 30 to February 2, 2014 Christmas Church Services – Protestant and Catholic December 24 and 25 (Messes de Noël à Paris) Christmas and other concerts Free merry-go-rounds/carrousels (Manèges) in Paris (Manèges gratuits) December 21 to January 5, 2014 Jours de fêtes au Grand Palais : December 21 to January 5, 2014 Stay current…
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Paris Christmas Activities for 2013-2014
Galeries Lafayette, Printemps, Bon Marché and BHV/Marais are open Sundays December 8, 15 and 22. If you want to give a Lego architecture gift, I found this on Bon Marché Lego Architecture: Eiffel Tower, Tower of Pisa, United Nations, Tower Bridge, Villa Savoye à Poissy (Le Corbusier) or the Imperial Hotel (Tokyo, Frank Lloyd-Wright).
