... but G@tto goes South [Sanremo, Nice and Marseilles] !
2010 is World Biodiversity Year, a celebration of nature and life on Earth...
and thanks to Gad Weil and Laurence Médioni, Parisians will enjoy a 2-day
stroll on countryside along the Champs Elysées...
Check out NatureCapitale site and blog...
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A few bites of biodiversity seen from the TGV...
. . . and so on.
My fief as a barrio Latino, this week end from 3pm until 2am.
At each stage of the Salsa Caravan, a whole Paris' district becomes a Latin
village invested by thousand salseros, bachateros, zoukeros and other Latin
dance enthusiasts from all sources.
This time they are investing the Oberkampf area with world salsa, bachata,
zouk, lambazouk, kizomba and reggaeton in a dozen bars of the Oberkampf
and Saint-Maur streets, in Paris XI...
- Le Mecano : Bachata Salsa [6pm-2am]
99, rue Oberkampf
- La Locandiera : Salsa Mix with DJ L'Duro & DJ Manito
145, rue Oberkampf
- L'Antirouille : KIzomba Lambazouk et Salsa
5, rue Moret
- Le Styx : Salsa Latino Mix
126, rue Oberkampf
- Le Quartier Général : Salsa mix with DJ Jacky
103, rue Oberkampf
- Le Youm'bi : Dominican Republic, Latino Hot
112, rue Saint-Maur
- Le Carbet : Caribbean, Zouk and Kizomba
115, rue Saint-Maur
- other bars to confirm...
Several introductory dance courses will be offered to the public.
You just buy a 2-3€ wrist-pass that allows everyone access to all tracks
and dance classes - Check out the program ★★★
Last summer on the heights of Belleville...
[maisonorange]
The Salsa Caravan plans to perform in the main Paris districts.
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[Petit lexique de la musique cubaine]
Today, on the front page of Le Figaro...
"Pâques: 4.000 chrétiens à la Défense"
This year, as in 2007, the Sunday following the first full moon after
the beginning of spring falls on the same day in the Gregorian calendar
(the Protestant and Catholic) and Julian (the Orthodox).
Archbishop of Paris, Mgr André Vingt-Trois, made no reference to the
scandals currently rocking the Church.
According to comments reported by the official Vatican newspaper,
L'Osservatore Romano, Archbishop Vingt-Trois denounced at the Mass of Holy Thursday,
"an offensive aimed at destabilizing the Pope and the Church through him."
[AFP - 04/04/2010]
- my Feline and very subjective translation:
"Pâques: 4.000 malvoyants & malentendants à la Défense...
de l'Indéfendable*."
- from Feline to English translation:
"Easter: 4,000 visually & hearing Impaired in [at La] Défense...
of the indefensible*."
All the latest and breaking Vatican City news
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Nonetheless, Happy Easter 2010 to you all !
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SALON DE L'AGRICULTURE
Short summary, in pictures :
An evening strongly tinged with sadness that emanates from the eyes of animals
- except from the poultry, maybe, in an environment that is, after all, hostile for
them all : people watching them only in a steak-and-roastbeef perspective.
Traditionally, at the Salon de l'Agriculture, people use to linger to taste regional
specialties - wine included, we are in France, right ?
After a four-hour tour and some regional snaks here
and there, my dinner theme revolved around vegetables
only.
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Yes, on January 13, the "Emmaüs Challenge" opened
a new 200 sq m odds and ends market at the "104"
- rue d'Aubervilliers, Paris 19.
PPG readers already know about the
Centquatre, the contemporary creation
center but, if you're new here, you just
lend your ear to this boy's speech (en).
Emmaus is a an international movement with more than 300 projects in over
40 countries worldwide. (Click on Emmaüs logos to learn more).
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Now, why not to spend this Sunday strolling from a secondhand shop to
a flea market, from Emmaus/104 to a yard/garage sales, jumping between
the following G@tto's suggestions...
Paris V
- marché Maubert
Paris X
- Place Johann Strauss
Paris XI
- 8 passage Thiéré (La Mécanique Ondulatoire)
- 11 cour Debille
Paris XX
- Cours de Vincennes
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Welcome to my Fief !
Happy Christmas to you all with G@tto's favourite card*...
*click on it, put the sound on and push on deer noses !
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Below, the place of the French Comedy in Paris
this year decorated with 4 Christmas trees
made of very green plastic bottles...
(December 4 to January 15)
(XinhuaNet)
(Designpack Gallery)
(FabricePeltier)
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... spreading from Switzerland.
Well, let's have a look instead to the good side, the wonderful Paris Great
Mosque - minaret included - and, a few steps away, to the Arab World
Institute...
[Check this video podcast in 2 parts, forecasted by The Guardian].
(oclandestin)
The Grand Mosque of Paris is an old idea from the time of the colonial France.
Since 1533 - at the time of King Francois I and Caliph Suleiman the Magnificent,
they wanted to build a mosque in Paris for Muslim people.
It's a long story and you had to wait until 1917, when they created an association
in Algiers - at that time Algeria was part of the French territory.
They started to build it in 1922, and it was opened in 1926, so it's an old mosque,
more than 80 years old, and it's a bit of a symbol of French Islam (more).
(oclandestin)
The Institut du Monde Arabe is a centre for Arabic arts and culture.
The building was designed by French architect Jean Nouvel and intended to be
a dialogue between cultures. It reflects a modern interpretation of traditional
Islamic art and architecture (more).
*
The Oberkampf-Ménilmontant-Belleville crossroads' renovation project
has been effectively launched by the Mairie de Paris (the City Hall)
end of June...
... and is due to be accomplished around January 2010.
Check the Mairie de Paris (fr) site for details.
View from the rue Oberkampf...
... and from the rue de Ménilmontant.
Now click 'renovation works' tag & check the March 2010 update.
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