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Esperanza Spalding | New Morning 24 Nov 2009 Acoustic upright bass player and vocalist Esperanza Spalding performs at New Morning in Paris. Expect upbeat sets from a charismatic young performer. |
Franz Ferdinand | Zénith 26 Nov 2009 Arch funksters Franz Ferdinand head out on an extensive tour on the back of their latest album, Tonight. This date sees them bring their spiky guitars and dance beats to the Zénith in Paris. |
Debutante Ball | Le Crillon 28 Nov 2009 (annual) The annual Debutante Ball is held at the ultra-chic Le Crillon hotel, overlooking Paris' Place de la Concorde. Proceeds go to charity and admission is strictly by invitation only. Each of the débutantes represents a leading international fashion house. |
Salon Page Book Fair | Espace Charenton 27 - 29 Nov 2009 (annual) Editors, authors and novelists converge on Paris's Espace Charenton for the annual Salon Page (Book Fair). A programme of lectures and workshops acts as a backdrop to the three-day meet-and-greet between enthusiasts of the written word. |
165 Years of Iranian Photography | Musée du Quai Branly 22 Sep - 29 Nov 2009; not Mon Running in tandem with its outdoor Photoquai exhibition of images, Paris's Musée du Quai Branly presents 165 Years of Iranian Photography, curated by the photographers Bahman Jalali and Hasan Sarbakhshian. The absorbing display is shown in the East Mezzanine. |
Documentary Film Month | Paris 1 - 30 Nov 2009 (annual) Cinemas, arthouses, schools and libraries across the whole of France and the French-speaking world participate in November's Documentary Film Month (Le Mois du Film Documentaire). Some 120,000 visitors and hundreds of filmmakers take part each year. |
Tango in the Suburbs | Le Satellit Café 15 Oct - 30 Nov 2009 (annual) Paris goes tango mad in autumn for Tango in the Suburbs. Venues across the city, including Le Satellit Café, welcome the biggest names on the Latino dance scene as some 250 artists from 20 countries take to the stage. |
Portraits Croisés at the Musée du Quai Branly | Musée du Quai Branly 23 Sep - 30 Nov 2009; not Mon Paris's Musée du Quai Branly hosts Portraits Croisés (Comparitive Portraits). The exhibition draws on the museum's collection of images to build an engaging display of contrasting portraits, cross-referenced by theme, religion or time. |
Platée | Palais Garnier 2 Dec 2009 (various dates) Director Laurent Pelly and conductor Mark Minkowski team up again for this production of Rameau's 1745 "lyric comedy" Platée at Paris' Palais Garnier. Tenors Paul Agnew and Jean-Paul Fouchecourt alternate as the titular ugly marsh nymph. |
Pollutec Horizons | Parc des Expositions Paris-Nord Villepinte 1 - 4 Dec 2009 (annual) Pollutec Horizons attracts more than 40,000 management-level visitors from every industry sector who are looking for answers to their organisation's environmental issues. Energy usage, climate change and making the most of resources take centre stage at Paris' Parc des Expositions. |
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