Culture How “Coffee Culture” Came to Paris & Where to Find It Paris has never paid much attention to its coffee, as long as it's cheap, bitter, and served in an espresso cup. These tastemakers are setting out to change that.
Culture Le Weekend, 3/11/22: Protest Songs, Magical Thinking & Jules Verne ?? Sign up for Le Weekend: “I am not on this earth, to kill these poor people,” the song goes.
Books Madeleines: Discovering Jules Verne as a Boy in England I sailed across the Atlantic three times navigating with the techniques of Captains Nemo, Cook, and the mariners of yore.
Books Riad Sattouf and The Arab of the Future If you want a heartwarming, funny, sometimes shocking glimpse into some very different societies, there’s nothing like The Arab of the Future.
Art MoMA Is Exhibiting Their First Ivorian Artist — See His Works at agnès b.’s Soho Gallery First agnès b. is looking forward to exhibiting her “father,” Ivorian artist Frédéric Bruly Bouabré.
Politics France Introduces 5 New Regulations this March France's new regulations touch upon the health of French citizens and the planet as well as unemployment benefits for young people.
Culture Le Weekend, 3/4/22: A World on Edge & A Rue du Soleil ?? When I can’t sleep, I am reminded of the Prayer of St. Francis, which I learned as a small child in its original French.
Film & TV The Best of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema For New York Francophile Cinephiles , the most wonderful time of the year starts today, March 3, with the 27th Rendez-Vous with French Cinema.
Film & TV Annette and Lost Illusions Win Big at the 2022 César Awards Xavier Giannoli’s big-screen adaptation of Honoré de Balzac’s novel, Lost Illusions, won the top prize.
Politics Coping With War & Reconnecting With My Ukrainian Roots The last time I was in Ukraine, I flew to Budapest from Paris. I then drove to the Carpathian Mountains...
Politics Letter From Normandy: Remembrance of Wars Past and Present Today, France has been jolted back to a very dark time in its past, when a bloody war of expansion was raged by a land-grabbing despot.
Culture 9 French Women From History You Need To Know About You may know Coco Chanel and Joan of Arc, but you need to know these 9 history-making French women.
