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

Parisist regrets to inform that there will be no sunbathing for you this weekend.

This glorious spring weather is set to expire today. Saturday and Sunday will bring rain and high winds, but there is plenty in the way of passive (and indoor) enjoyment:

Théâtre

Written at the height of Shakespeare's powers, Cymbeline has been described variously as his most surprising, anarchic and moving play. Enthusiasts should run (or take the RER-B) to see it performed by the Cheek by Jowl theater company, named by Time Out as one of the "Ten Best" and by the Independent as "the most adventurous and successful theatre company in Britain."

Parisist was blown away by Declan Donnellan's staging and the dual performance from Tom Hiddleston. This outstanding production (in English with french subtitles) in Sceaux is only a 15-minute train ride away, so don't let the periphérique keep you away. Tickets are 26€ and available here.

Film

As Anna already mentioned, Le Printemps du Cinéma kicks off this Sunday with three days of reduced-fare films. A full list of the offerings is available here.

If the aforementioned is too Hollywood for your taste, head instead to the European Independent Film Festival. The Bibliothèque Nationale will screen a hundred of the best Euro-indie films before an audience of buffs and professionals. More info, including the program, is available here.

Music

Remember Throwing Muses? Well, Kirsten Hersh has been recording and playing music continuously since her post-punk band broke up 10 years ago. Her lyrics remain hallucinatory but her sounds are increasingly alt-country. Here's a clip from last week's concert in Birmingham.

Super-Scalper Monday will bring four sold-out concerts: Arcade Fire, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Damien Rice, and the Cowboy Junkies. Avoid missing out on future shows by checking our Google calendar regularly and our Advance Warning Listing below.

Advance Warning:

19/03: Damien Rice at le Grand Rex (SOLD OUT)
19/03: Cowboy Junkies at Café de la Danse
19/03: Bonnie "Prince" Billy at la Trianon (SOLD OUT)
19/03 & 20/03: Arcade Fire with Electelane at l'Olympia (SOLD OUT)
26/03: I'm From Barcelona at la Cigale
29/03: Andrew Bird at La Maroquinerie (SOLD OUT)
27/03: LCD Soundsystem at le Bataclan
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

Nothing to do tomorrow night? Tired of plowing through Against the Day? Head over to the Village Voice Bookshop to hear South African author Denis Hirson read from his latest work, White Scars: On Reading and Rites of Passage. The book examines what Hirson was reading at key moments in his life, including the arrest of his anti-apartheid activist father, his move to Paris in the 1970s, his father's death, and the end of the year-long period of kaddish, or mourning, for him.

Thursday, March 15th, 7 pm
The Village Voice Bookshop
6, rue Princesse
75006 Paris

More of a bard fan? Friday's your night. Get thee hence to the Red Wheelbarrow, for the launch of Richard Wilson's Shakespeare in French Theory (The event has been timed to coincide with the 2007 Congress of the "Société Française Shakespeare," to be held this week, 15 to 17 March. Institut National d'Histoire de l'art, Galerie Colbert, 2 rue Vivienne, 75002 Paris.) Wilson, a professor of English literature at Cardiff University and the author of Secret Shakespeare: Studies in Theatre, Religion and Resistance, has taken up the challenge of examining the influence of Shakespeare on such philosophers as Derrida, Foucault, Bourdieu, Cixous, and Deleuze, as well as the way their postmodern, post-strucutralist thought can be brought to bear on the greatest of English writers, "highlighting the importance of both for current debates about borders, terrorism, toleration and a multi-cultural Europe."

Friday, March 16th, 7 pm
The Red Wheelbarrow
22, rue Saint Paul
75004 Paris

Maybe you're sulking in your apartment, bitter because you still haven't had your French naturalization approved? Don't despair! All you have to do is write a novel in French and win the Prix Goncourt. Then they'll approve you, just like Jonathan Littell.

In need of something good to read? Celebrate the election of Dominique Fernandez to the Académie Française by picking up Porporino, ou les mystères de Naples, for which he won the Prix Medicis in 1974, or Dans la main de l'ange (Prix Goncourt 1982) or his most recent work, L'art de raconter.

Still not motivated to leave the house? Perhaps poetry is more your speed? Don't forget the Printemps des poètes is going on right now. Surely something there will tempt your refined palate?

If all of this doesn't float your boat, then you probably should just stay on the couch with Thomas Pynchon. At least you have Parisist to keep you in the loop.

Choreographer Régine Chopinot collaborated with designer Jean Paul Gaultier on more than 18 ballets between 1983-1994. These costumes will soon be on display at the Musée de la Mode et du Textile.

Parisist wonders how this will measure up against the boob cones he did for Madonna...

In any case, and in celebration of this expo, Chopinot's "Les Garagistes" will be performed tonight and tomorrow night at the Centre Pompidou. The lady herself will be rollling around on the floor with a single guitarist for accompaniment. Admission is 10€ and the show begins at 8:30pm.

To see more events happening this week, check out Le Pariscene.

Were you there Sunday night? Bouncing alongside Parisist for the YoungBlood Brass Band show at la Maroquinerie? If not, you missed a great one. The nine-piece outfit from Wisconsin/New Orleans/Brooklyn brought the house down with their beefed-up blend of New Orleans-style jazz and hip hop. There was so much stripped off clothing dangling from the railings that you would have thought you were in a club échangiste. See for yourself (the show, not the sex club) by clicking here.

Here's what's coming up in the week ahead:

Wednesday: Just Jack

The rising UK starlet/chip off the Mike Skinner block is playing tonight at le Trabendo. His break-through hit "Starz in Their Eyes" is an ode to the 15 minutes of fame culture, but Just Jack shouldn't be taken for a one-hit wonder. His show tonight begins at 7:30 pm and is sold out, so we hope you got your 24€ tickets last week.

Thursday: Régine Chopinot

Head over to the Pompidou to see choreographer Régine Chopinot rolling around on the floor with a guitarist (for accompaniment). Her solo performance is the opening event for the 'Jean-Paul Gaultier - Régine Chopinot, le défilé (catwalk)' exhibition that will run at the Musée de la Mode et du Textile from March 21 to August 31, 2007. Chopinot dances Wednesday through Friday at 8:30pm. Tickets are 10€.

Friday: Paco de Lucia

Legendary flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia will be playing at le Grand Rex as part of the International Flamenco Festival. The four-day celebration of all things flamenco/gypsy will also include performances by the Chispa Negra troupe, dancer Antonio el Pipa, the Qawwali Flamenco group, and acclaimed flamenco singer Duquende. Tickets are on the pricey side - ranging from 57 to 88€ for Paco and 41 to 57€ for the other events. Concerts begin at 9pm but the hall opens early to offer sangria and other Andalucian specialities.

Also on the festival slate are flamenco dance workshops on Saturday and Sunday, with three different levels ranging from beginner to advanced intermediate. Click here for more information.

Weekend: David Lynch (again)

The American director of 'Mulholland Drive' and 'Blue Velvet' has been a very busy boy. The past year has seen the release of 'Inland Empire' and a book on transcental meditation. And now, as if that wasn't enough, the multi-faceted maverick is having an art show. Through June, the Fondation Cartier will be showing "The Air is on Fire" - an assemblage of Lynch's work in painting, photography, sculpture and other media. Admission is 5€ .

Monday: Sold Out Killers and Klaxons

Didn't get tickets to either show? Kicking yourself and grumbling that you never learn about concerts until it's too late? You should check this space more often. Parisist will be giving you weekly updates with Le Pariscene, including advance warning (like below) for shows that are sure to sell out.

And you can always check (or link, if you have your own Google calendar) our Parisist Events Calender here.

Advance Warning:

13/03: The Sounds at la Boule Noire
15/03: Inrocks Indie Club featuring the Earlies at la Maroquinerie
16/06: Kristen Hersh at le Nouveau Casino
19/03: Damien Rice at le Grand Rex
19/03: Cowboy Junkies (sans Hope Sandoval) at Café de la Danse
19/03: Bonnie "Prince" Billy at la Trianon (SOLD OUT)
19/03 & 20/03: Arcade Fire with Electelane at l'Olympia (SOLD OUT)
26/03: I'm From Barcelona at la Cigale
29/03: Andrew Bird at La Maroquinerie (SOLD OUT)
27/03: LCD Soundsystem at le Bataclan
29/03: The Long Blondes at la Trabendo
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
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
21/04: The Rakes at l'Elysée Montmartre
23/04: The Scissor Sisters at l'Olympia (SOLD OUT)
27/04: Bloc Party at l'Olympia
27/04: Electrelane at la Cigale

Dear me, there's a lot going on this Monday night:

To begin with, Shakespeare & Co. is hosting a poetry smackdown to celebrate the launch of Ninth Arrondissement Press. Derek Adams and a bunch of other impressives will begin reading at 7pm.

A little later you could move north toward Bastille and continue the wordplay with the Improfessionals. The English-language improv troupe is performing their "Totally News" show at the Rula Rula bar at 21h.

Later still, Tahiti Boy and the Palmtree Family are playing for free at the Fleche D'Or. For a taste of Tahiti (and a reason to return to the fantastic Take Away Shows video series) click here.

...of course, if you're really cool, you're already booked up with the sold-out Clap Your Hands Say Yeah concert at La Cigale.

And if you're cool and generous, you're planning to invite Parisist along. Because Parisist, in return, would put out. Just like **THIS GUY**.

Compelling, we know...

Lots of translations going on in the Paris theatre this week; everyone seems set on turning one thing into another: languages, genres, lifestyles... Parisist is intrigued.

A translation of Home Truths, by the wonderfully witty and diverse David Lodge, opens tonight at the Théâtre Marigny. The premise: the peaceful, quiet Sussex life of a semi-retired author is shattered when his brash American friend barges in and demands help avenging a wrong he has been done by a member of the American media. If the play is anywhere as funny as Lodge's novels, and if translator Armand Eloi has managed to successfully render Lodge's dry British humor into French, this should be a thoroughly entertaining night at the theatre.

La Vérité Toute Nue
du 31 Janvier 2007 au 25 Mars 2007
Théâtre Marigny
Carré Marigny
75008 Paris
Order tickets online

L'Auberge
A loose adaptation of the Cédric Klapisch film, in which assorted European graduate students co-habitate in an apartment in Barcelona while on Erasmus exchange programs; hijinks and cultural generalizations ensue. The draw here, at least for Anglophones, is clearly Sylvia Whitman, she of the illustrious namesake and legendary bookstore.

Until February 27th.
L'Auberge
Théâtre des Blancs Manteaux
15, rue des Blancs Manteaux
75004 Paris
Order tickets online.

Si tu mourais
What remains behind someone when they die? How well do we really know our loved ones? These, and similar metaphysical questions, drive Si tu mourais, in which a woman (played by the unequalled Catherine Frot) looks back on her life with her recently deceased husband. We hear it's told with humor and poignancy and is not completely depressing...

Since we enjoyed Zeller's somewhat audacious 2004 novel, La Fascination du pire, we're very much looking forward to seeing how this successful novelist writes for the stage.

Si tu mourais
Comédie des Champs-Elysées
15, avenue Montaigne
75008 Paris
Order tickets online

If there's one thing to love about France, it's the food. And the booze. Okay that's two things. But we love them. And if you love food and booze, and, for that matter, lit'rit'shuh about food and booze, you've got somewhere to be tonight. Shakespeare and Co is holding a reading to celebrate the publication of Tin House Books' new anthology called, suitably, Food and Booze.

The reading features local Paris talent reading excerpts from the anthology, and, we're hoping, some food and booze afterward.*

Monday, January 29th, 7 pm
Shakespeare & Co
37, rue de la Bucherie
75005 Paris

*Is it wrong to expect them to serve some? If we went to a reading of an anthology about cars, or sex, we wouldn't expect to be taken for a spin or a roll in the hay afterward. But food is different. Food is more easily disseminated amongst a congenial crowd. So is booze. See you there?

Paris’s theatre scene is getting rather daring these days. Just last month, when Stéphane Lissner, the artistic director of La Scala, came to see the Theatre du Chatelet’s production of Leonard Bernstein’s Candide, he was so shocked by the production (which closed at the end of December) that he cancelled the Milan run, which had been scheduled for June.

Evidently, he was not forewarned that the production featured dancing Bushes and Blairs (oh my !). Of course, he blamed his decision on the fact that the chorus was dancing at all (“I don’t know how such a thing would be taken in Milan,” he told Le Figaro). Since then, he and the director, Robert Carsen, have reached an agreement on how to make the production more "appropriate" for an Italian audience, and it will fun as scheduled.

But the directors are on a roll, offending critics and audience members left and right. Christian Colin earned the ire of Pierre Assouline last week for his adaptation of Marivaux’s La double inconstance, [The Inconstant Lovers, in English] playing at the Theatre National du Chaillot until February 3rd.

Marivaux, the most important French playwright of the 18th century, wrote such elegant and refined prose that his name has become synonymous with light-hearted gallantries: see marivaudage. Nevertheless, director Christian Colin set himself the task of giving the play a contemporary mise-en-scène. And according to Assouline, the “deconstructed, postmodern” production virtually “assassinates” Marivaux, so much so that the audience "might think it is actually at The Battle of Armani by Victor Hugo Boss."

Still, we want to see for ourselves, if for no other reason than because we have a healthy appreciation for the director’s son, Grégoire, who is in the production. We bet Grégoire can marivauder like nobody’s business.

La double inconstance
Tickets, 12-27 €.
Théâtre National de Chaillot
1 place du Trocadéro 75116 Paris
Order tickets online

Next on our list is the French adaptation of the Broadway musical Cabaret—which is playing at the Folies Bergère through March 31st. It seems more or less the daring Sam Mendes production which opened a few years back at Studio 54 in NY—which was outstanding-- but how much cooler is the Folies Bergère than Studio in Parisist’s opinion ? Much. (Otherwise we would work at Gothamist). Particularly since the Folies Bergère is actually a cabaret and music hall, which has welcomed the likes of Edouard Manet, Charlie Chaplin, and Charles Trenet, rather than a New York disco which can boast Andy Warhol, Mick Jagger and What’s My Line?. (We leave you to draw your own comparison).

Now all that remains is to see how they translate “Wilkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome” for a French audience… will it be “Wilkommen, Welcome, Bienvenue?”

Les Folies Bergère
32, rue Richer - 75009 Paris
Tickets 25 € à 80 €
Order online

Some directors don't care about raising eyebrows, as long as their political consciences are at peace. So when the Austrian playwright Peter Handke made the misguided decision to attend Slobodan Milosovic’s funeral back in March 2006, the director of the Comédie Française, Marcel Bozonnet, cancelled the slated production of Handke’s play, Voyage au pays sonore ou l'Art de la question, which would have run at le Vieux Colombier right about now. Bozonnet needed a replacement, and being apparently a man with a sense of theatricality (admittedly useful in his profession) chose to replace it with a play called Orgie.

First produced in 1968, Pier Paolo Pasolini’s last play is referred to by Le Monde as “a spectacle of horror and repulsion.” “The orgy here,” Le Monde warns, to avoid disappointing theatergoers, “is that of ancient ceremonies, of excessive rites of initiation, of mysteries, of bloody sacrifices.” Just so we’re clear.

Orgie, de Pier Paolo Pasolini, traduction de Danièle Sallenave, mise en scène de Marcel Bozonnet, avec Cécile Brune, Lucile Arché, et Alain Fromager. Comédie-Française.
Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier, 21 rue du Vieux-Colombier, Paris 6e.
Tél. : 01-44-39-87-00-01.
Tickets 10 € à 28 €.
Until 24 février.

Si vous n’avez pas encore eu l’occasion de visiter la nef du Grand Palais après les travaux, cette semaine peut être l’occasion de le faire et de découvrir quatre salons d'art.

Il s'agit de l’Art en Capital qui regroupe 4 salons : Artistes Français, Comparaisons, Indépendants et Dessin et Peinture à l’eau.

Des nombreux artistes y exposent (ça tombe bien, Parisist et ses lecteurs aiment la variété). Des œuvres que l’on a envie d’emporter à la maison et d’autres que l’on ne comprend pas trop comment on a imaginé une chose pareille.
Ils sont tous là : des beaux objets, des moches, des grands, des petits, des monochromes, de polychromes, avec cadre, sans cadre, carrés, rectangulaires, ronds, figuratifs, abstraits, indéfinis.

Belles peintures, photos, sculptures et quelques spécimens difficiles de comprendre (et d’apprécier). Dans tous les cas, c’est à voir.

Courrez!
Vous n’avez que jusqu’au 19 novembre (dimanche prochain) pour tout voir (les salons finissent à cette date, mais la nef reste!).

Art en Capital au Grand Palais
Porte Principale, Avenue Winston Churchill
75008 Paris
9 au 19 novembre 2006
Tous les jours de 11h à 19h
Tarif : 10 €
Métro : Champs Elysées Clemenceau ( ligne 1, 13)

Photos : Jussara

Innovatrice?
Illusionniste?
Faussaire?
Vrai personnage ou légende du web?

La fille du Consul nous fait voir de toutes les couleurs, ou plutôt formes, parfois les unes plus gourmandes que les autres.

Vous ne voyez pas de qui ou quoi Parisist parle?
Alors c’est simple! Rencontrez cette jeune créatrice fausse fille de consul les 18 et 19 novembre chez Artemisia et son espace de Jolies choses.

Mais avant de pouvoir la rencontrer en chair et en os, vous pouvez faire un tour à l’espace créateurs et voir, essayer et pourquoi pas acquérir ses beaux bijoux originaux dès le 21 octobre prochain.

La fille du Consul
chez
Les jolies choses d’Artemisia
18, rue Duhesme
75018 Paris
M° Lamarck Caulaincourt
Ouvert du mardi au vendredi 12h à 19h, samedi de 11h à 18h
Entrée libre

Photo: Fabrice Niclair

"Ce Qu'il Fallait Démontrer" pour ceux d'entre nous qui se souviennent de leurs cours de math.
Démontrer quoi ?
Et bien que les gens, c'est comme la peinture, c'est mieux en couleurs !

Cette jolie phrase n'est pas de Parisist mais des organisateurs du Défistival qui aura lieu ce samedi 23 septembre.

Ce sera la quatrième édition de cette journée festive, qui vous accueillera sur le Champs de Mars, de 12 h jusqu'à 21h.
Un événement gratuit et grand public qui milite pour la mixité.
Militer pour une évidence, c'est presque dommage que ce soit à ce point nécessaire... Mixité entre les générations, les ethnies, les cultures, rencontres avec les personnes atteintes de handicaps... Le but est de témoigner que ce sont les différences qui font la richesse de notre société.

Un village sera implanté toute la journée Place Joffre, face à l'Ecole Militaire. Il s'agit d'un village d'échange associatif, économique et culturel qui servira d'espace d'accueil au Défistival.
La scène des talents (14h à 17h) verra se succéder des artistes d'horizons différents.
Le défilé de chars et d'artistes de rue, festif, musical et coloré, fera entendre ses rythmes "cafés" entre 17 et 19 heures.
Enfin, à partir de 19h, grand concert gratuit face à la Tour Eiffel !

En somme, aucune raison de passer à coté de cette fête, et un grand merci à l'association qui l'organise !
Et comment s'appelle cette belle association qu'il faut soutenir, et soutenir encore ?
CQFD pour "Ceux Qui Font le Défistival" !
La boucle est bouclée !
C'est beau les maths.
La fraternité aussi.

Defisitival
Le site web.
Evénement gratuit et grand public.
Samedi 23 septembre 2006 de 12h à 21h00.
Paris au Champ-de-Mars
7ème arrondissement, Métro Ecole Militaire - Ligne 8.

Il était une fois, sous la plage, il y a 5 milliards d’années l’humanité en noir et blanc se paradait dans le décor d'un jardin avec un plateau mobile de pommes et de fraises.

non Parisist n'est pas devenu fou mais peut juste dire qu'il y a beaucoup de mouvements sur Paris en ce moment.

Jean-Louis Aubert, Louise Attaque, dEUS, Olivia Ruiz, Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine, Keane, Kill The Young, Astonvilla, We are Scientists, Cali, Dionysos, Têtes Raides, Archive, The Dandy Warhols, Saïan Supa Crew, Thomas Fersen, Anaïs, Louis Bertignac, La Grande Sophie, Tryo, Raphaël, Bénabar, Les Motivés, Les Wampas, Diam's, Sergent Garcia, Maceo Parker, El Presidente, Hushpuppies, Katerine, Da Silva...
Ils seront tous au Festival Solidays, ce week-end à l'hippodrome de Longchamps. Ca débute vendredi vers 15h pour s'achever dimanche à 23h, après, on l'espère, la victoire des Bleus, qui sera retransmise (pas fous les organisateurs...).
Pour une journée ou avec un pass 2 ou 3 jours, vous profiterez également d'une information militante sur l'épidémie mondiale de SIDA : 40 millions de personnes atteintes dans le monde, peu de moyens pour les soigner, et vous, et vous, et vous... informez-vous sur la prévention et amusez-vous, les bénéfices vont aux associations de prévention et d'aide aux malades.Sur le site, les bénévoles pourront répondre à vos questions les plus loufoques sur la transmission et les moyens de se protéger.
Sous le soleil ou sous la pluie, ils étaient 40 000 en 2005 à passer par Solidays.

Toutes les infos sur www.solidarite-sida.org/solidays/

Parisist a eut l'occasion de faire un passage éclair à l'exposition organisée par la gallerie Desbois. Cette exposition présente une trentaine d'oeuvres d'Enki Bilal, relatives au troisième tome de la tétralogie le sommeil du monstre. Cet album s'appelle "Rendez-vous à Paris", et continue de délivrer le déroulement de trois destins croisés. Le dessin de Bilal est toujours aussi fort, et l'histoire qu'il nous raconte est autant empreinte de poésie brutale que de délires logiques. Il réussi encore une fois à coucher sous sa peinture et sa plume un oxymore cohérent qui embarque le lecteur à la fois loin et à l'intérieur de lui même.

Il n'est, cependant, pas nécessaire d'être féru de bande dessinée pour apprecier cette exposition, qui reste ouverte jusqu'au 8 juillet. Chacune de la trentaine d'oeuvres présentées raconte une histoire au spectateur, Bilal s'adresse directement à ce dernier pour lui conter ce récit d'un ailleurs. De plus, un petit salon en retrait permet de se poser tranquillement et d'écouter l'auteur commenter ses oeuvres sur un documentaire vidéo. N'oubliez pas de passer au sous-sol avant de partir, il se pourrait que vous trouviez un petit souvenir à emmener.

Les informations:

ENKI BILAL
à l’occasion de la parution du livre "Rendez-vous à Paris" aux éditions "Casterman".
Exposition de 30 œuvres originales (non vente)
Du 3 juin au 8 juillet 2006 et du mardi au samedi de 14h à 18h.
14 avenue de la Bourdonnais 75007 Paris (métro Ecole Militaire).
Entrée libre