Culture Give Thanks for French Culture in November Before the holiday season gets its stressy grip, enjoy our picks of the best of French art, film, and festivities...
Culture Le Weekend, 11/4/22: Art in Small Bites & Love is a Beautiful Ashtray ?? I take in art like a hummingbird sips at my scarlet runner bean flowers in August.
Books Drawn to Toxic Love: A Review of Sophie Lambda’s Debut Graphic Novel Logic doesn’t really matter, of course, when it comes to such men...
Film & TV You Resemble Me: The True, Misunderstood Story of a Life Turned Terribly Tragic I reported that Hasna was the first female suicide bomber. It was fake news.
Art 7 Small Art Museums in Paris Where You Can Get Personal The Louvre has a lot of art. But for a more personal experience, try one of these smaller gems.
Culture Liberty, Equality & “Childfree” in France? If a third of French women is not having kids, it’s a demographic earthquake.
Film & TV The Heart of France: Notre-Dame on Fire in 6 Episodes on Netflix “I believe the cathedral is universal. Whether you are a believer or not, it belongs to all of us. It is a part of our history.”
Culture Le Weekend: Edith Wharton’s French Ghosts, Nightmares and Pumpkin Muffins ?? Ethan Frome was begun by Wharton in French in Paris as a French language exercise.
Film & TV The New Film, Peaceful, Offers Unexpectedly Poignant Thoughts on Life and Death If we learned we had 6, 12, 32 months to live, what would we do differently?
Language École Bilingue de Berkeley Starts a New Accelerated Program, Tailored to 6- and 7-Year-Olds [Sponsored article] With the Accelerated French Program, the students join a French-English education as a first and second grader.
Culture Le Weekend, 10/21/22: Notre-Dame on Fire on Netflix and Mushroom Stew ?? At the start of the new French Netflix series, we see a young firefighter, played by Megan Northam, running through Paris streets....
Art The National Library of France Has Reopened, and You Won’t Believe What it Contains First edition Proust, Matisse engravings, and Voltaire's heart all on view....
