Nuit du Feu at Palais de Tokyo Saterday 29th
  • 26
  • Jan
  • 2011

Nuit_du_Feu_Paris_Palais_de_Tokyo12I read this at Vingtparis and wish I would be in Paris next Saterday, I’ll  tell my friends.

Text: Jennifer Choi
Images: Olivier Robert

In Paris, whether you want to be fed, watered, culturally educated, entertained, or even simply sound asleep, there is almost always a trade off.

Great shows are pricey, decent yet affordable hotels are 20 minutes walk from the metro and just outside the Périphérique, restaurants where you can eat well without a second mortgage are booked up ’til next year and closed during weekends, and anything convenient is a tourist trap. It’s a common rant, and if it’s getting a little tiresome, it’s because it’s very often true.

But not always. This Saturday, there is an open invite to a night of fire breathing at the basin of Le Palais de Tokyo. It’s the 7th anniversary of the first Saturday gathering organised by the Burn Crew Concept, back in 2004. Performers will ribbon dance, juggle flames and create fireworks amongst other pyrotechnic hijinks from 21h. Magical? You bet. And amazingly – the cost? Gratuit.
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What’s more, for this somewhat underground hobby that is mixing up and playing with heady chemicals, the organisers are very straight-laced when it comes to being good neighbours. Volunteers are recruited to clean up after every event and courtesy notices, dotted around forums and featuring alongside the event announcements, are never an after-thought. It might not be rock and roll, but it’s what makes the Nights of Fire possible, Saturday after Saturday, year after year. Vive le feu!

Happy 2011
  • 09
  • Jan
  • 2011

Enjoy the last days of the Christmas and New Year atmosphere in Paris with the romantic little lights at the Champs-Elysées and everywhere in the city. If you didn’t see the decorations of ” Le Printemps ” and ” Les Galaries Lafayette “, have a glimpse and maybe you can afford that little dress now at -50%.

For the children among you, there is ice-skating in front of the Hôtel de Ville and on the first floor of the Eiffeltower. Imagine …

Have a healthy 2011 and try to enjoy the things you do !

Blanche Neige / Snow White
  • 07
  • Dec
  • 2010

Inspired by the brothers Grimm La Comédie de Paris presents Blanche Neige , a musical for kids 4 year and up …Stéphanie Pierron, Aurélie Normandon and Gaël Albespy are the main artists, Alexandre Vaz is the director. A nice play for young and old.

Blanche Neige
Until 30 December 2010
Comédie de Paris, 42, Rue Pierre Fontaine, 75009 Paris, M° Blanche / Pigalle

Renovation of “Les grandes serres”
  • 12
  • Oct
  • 2010

After some years of restauration, “Les grandes serres” are open again to the public. They got back their splendour and were made more up to date. Everybody can make 4 different voyages and discover the biodiversity of our planet :

- The conservatory of the tropical rain forest ( old winter garden )

- The conservatory of the deserts

- The conservatory of New-Caledonia

- The conservatory of the history of the plants

Jardin des Plantes, 57, Rue Cuvier, 2 Rue Buffon, 36 Rue Geoffroy-St-Hilaire, place Valhubert, 75005 Paris

Bus : Lignes 24, 57, 61, 63, 67, 89 et 91

Batobus : arrêt Jardin des Plantes.

Metro, RER : ligne 5 Austerlitz – ligne 7 Censier Daubenton – ligne 10 Jussieu ou Austerlitz – RER C.

Summertime : 10 am – 18 pm (Sunday until 18.30 pm) Wintertime : 10 am – 17 pm ( take 45 min before closing time)