Music
First off: Parisist needs the deets on last night's concerts. Those of you lucky enough to have seen Arcade Fire, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, or Damien Rice - please hand in your reports before you leave the classroom.

Second: Have you seen the music calendar for next week? In a five-day span, Paris will host I'm From Barcelona, LCD Soundsystem, Hey Gravity!, Andrew Bird, the Long Blondes, Air and Bright Eyes. This week, however, brings only the blues.

The Banlieues Bleues festival is going strong with concerts this week including Laurent Bardainne & Dean Bowman, Jason Moran & the Bandwagon, and the Manuel Mengis Gruppe 6. The full program is here.

Theater
Parisist just can't say enough good things about Cymbeline. And we're not alone, there. Rave reviews have meant sold out shows in Sceaux, so get your tickets for next week now. More adoration is available here.

On a very different note, the Ichikawa family is ready to get Kabuki on your ass at the Palais Garnier. Three plays, including "Kanjincho" (The Donors' List), "Kojo" (ritual ceremony to celebrate the arrival of spring) and "Momijigari" (Contemplating Maples), will demonstrate an art form that originated among women and then later banned them. Kabuki runs March 23-30 with a schedule of performances here.

Literature
On Thursday night, Hélène Cixous is gonna be acting all like she knew Jacques Derrida. Oh wait, she kinda did. She'll be reading from her own book, The Day I Wasn't There, talking about Derrida's recently published Geneses, Genealogies, Genres and Genius:The Secrets of the Archive, and drawing from her Portrait of Jacques Derrida as a Young Jewish Saint. Pasty philosophy boys guaranteed at this one. And something tells us that Parisist's (decidedly hotter) resident lit critic will be there too. 7pm at the Village Voice Bookshop.

On a final note, here's a bit of Advance Warning for all the concerts Parisist is looking forward to:

26/03: I'm From Barcelona at la Cigale
27/03: LCD Soundsystem at le Bataclan
29/03: Andrew Bird at La Maroquinerie (SOLD OUT)
29/03: The Long Blondes at la Trabendo
29/03: Air at la Cigale (SOLD OUT)
30/03: Bright Eyes at Café de la Danse (SOLD OUT)
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01/04: Hot Club de Paris at le Triptyque
02/04: The Shins at la Maroquinerie
04/04: Gotan Project at Le Grand Rex
10/04: Herman Dune at Bataclan
16/04: Joanna Newsom at la Cigale
16/04: Peter, Björn & John at le Trabendo
18/04: Deerhoof at Point Éphémère
18/04: CSS at l'Elysée Montmartre
21/04: The Rakes at l'Elysée Montmartre
23/04: The Scissor Sisters at l'Olympia (SOLD OUT)
25/04: Nouvelle Vague at le Grand Rex
27/04: Bloc Party at l'Olympia (SOLD OUT)
27/04: Electrelane at la Cigale