Paris’ Shakespeare & Co. appeals for help
Iconic bookshop hit hard by COVID-19, long shutdowns
DATE: Nov 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books
THOMAS ADAMSON
French media: Raspy-voiced singer Juliette Greco dead at 93
PARIS – Juliette Greco, a French singer, actress, cultural icon and muse to existentialist philosophers of the country’s post-War period, has died, French media said Wednesday. She was 93. ...
DATE: Sep 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Music
Chanel’s new designer, Viard, unveils couture debut in Paris
PARIS – Chanel’s new chief Virginie Viard merged the worlds of two of its most famous couturiers, those of Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld, for a cerebral couture show in Paris se...
DATE: Jul 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Visual Arts
Action demanded after 1,100 dead dolphins wash up in France
PARIS – The dolphins’ bodies were horribly mutilated, the fins cut off.
But what shocked French marine researchers wasn’t just the brutality of the deaths of these highly intellig...
DATE: Apr 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food
Designer Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel’s global icon, dies in Paris
PARIS – Karl Lagerfeld, the iconic couturier whose designs at Chanel and Fendi had an unprecedented impact on the entire fashion industry, died Tuesday in Paris, prompting an outpouring of l...
DATE: Feb 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment
$75 million pledged to protect heritage sites in war zones
PARIS – World donors pledged more than $75 million Monday to an historic UNESCO-backed alliance to protect cultural heritage sites threatened by war and the wave of ideological-driven destru...
DATE: Mar 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel
Pueblo shield withdrawn from Paris artifacts auction
Protesters celebrate ‘a small step’
DATE: May 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News
French president François Hollande, rocker honor 2015 attack victims
PARIS – French President François Hollande and other dignitaries held a special ceremony Sunday to honor all those killed in Islamic extremist violence around Paris in 2015 – a year when the...
DATE: Jan 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Unfinished Orson Welles film to play at last
Negatives found inside warehouse outside Paris
DATE: May 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming
Tourist numbers in Paris thinned
Terror attack, cold season likely suspects
DATE: Jan 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Navajos buy back artifacts at disputed auction
PARIS – The largest Native American tribe in the American Southwest won its bid Monday to buy back seven sacred masks at a contested auction of tribal artifacts in Paris that netted over a m...
DATE: Dec 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Rare Shakespeare Folio discovered in French town
PARIS – The accidental discovery in a small library in northern France of an original first folio of Shakespeare’s plays has sent a jolt of excitement around the world of Shakespeare scholar...
DATE: Nov 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Performing Arts
