Paris 9
Anne-Marie Oppici, conférencière nationale, diplômée de l’Ecole du Louvre En parallèle à l’exposition inédit ayant lieu au musée Jacquemart-André : " La confrontation de ces oeuvres permet de saisir les continuités et les ruptures qui ont marqué l’évolution de l’art espagnol au cours des quatre derniers siècles. "
Cité de la Musique
Paris 19
The Chamber Orchestra of Europe will be under the direction of Ivan Fischer and featuring the young prodigy Julia Fischer on violin in a program featuring Rossini’s “Ouverture de l'Italienne à Alger” and “Variations pour instruments obliges,” Mendelssohn’s Second Concerto for violin, and Franz Schubert’s Symphony N° 5 .
75019 Paris
Join us for a rendez-vous with Claude ROUANET, chief gardener at le Buttes Chaumont. We will discover what this highly creative job involves and reap some of his savoir-faire - at the height of the planting season with the park in full splendour. One hour visit in French. PAN has pre-purchased a limited number of tickets. 7 euros per person.
French Tennis Open
Paris 16
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This year the charity day at Roland Garros, the Saturday before the actual tournament begins, is being called “Les Enfants de Roland Garros”. It’s a welcome combination of charity and sport and a wonderful opportunity to witness some great exhibition matches, see some of the champions on the practice courts, and wander around the promotional stands and grounds. The doors open at 10 am. 19€ per person. |
Paris 9
Bruno Streiff, historien d’art, metteur en scène d’opéra, essayiste, romancier. " A coup sûr, un opéra révolutionnaire… L’Ancien régime, l’opéra traditionnel s’écroulent, tout comme la virginité de Barberine… "
La Comédie Française
Paris 1
Much influenced by Shakespeare and well-known for his love affair with novelist George Sand, Alfred de Musset wrote the first modern dramas in the French language. Fantasio, written in 1834, is a light and ambiguous play in which the cynical but clown-like hero searches for his one big, grand idea. PAN has pre-purchased a limited number of tickets at 23 € each.
Longchamp Racecourse,
Bois de Boulogne, Paris 16
Discover the excitement of thoroughbred racing in France with an insider's tour guided by Gina Rarick (www.gallopfrance.com), currently the only American professional racehorse trainer in France and the first American woman granted a license here. Starting with a BYO picnic lunch in the infield of this historic racecourse, Gina will explain how racing works in France. After lunch there will be a tour of the track, the weighing room where the jockeys prepare for the races, the stabling/saddling enclosures and, if possible, a trip down to the starting gates to watch the horses jump out for a race. Dress for changeable weather! 10 euros for PAN members, 12 euros for non-members. Please reserve your place early. This was a very popular event last year and we need to give Longchamp advance notice for picnic tables.
Paris 6
We’ll look at the special techniques (nosing, slurping and gurgling!) for tasting wine: how to capture different and subtle flavors and the same time feel multiple sensations in the mouth. And then we’ll try to describe them. The aim of this tasting is to enable us to experience what is, for example, softness and sharpness, to describe the sensations using professional terms and, finally to judge a wine objectively. We’ll be tasting 6 wines, all classics. Our wine specialist comes from Le Musée du Vin in Paris. In English. 26 euros per person.
Astier (11eme)
It's time to try out a gastronomic restaurant - one that keeps the price within reach, however:
Astier. Dishes like marinated herring with warm potato salad, sausage with lentils, and baba au rhum are classics here in this vintage 1950s wood-paneled dining room that attracts plenty of locals -
Menu
Come join other PAN members at this restaurant; table limited to 8.
Where? Astier, 44 Rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud, Paris 11eme
Map
Metro Parmentier or Bus 96
Cost per person is 40 € (4-course meal including a generous cheese trolley and some wine).
Medicinal plant shop
Place Clichy, Paris 8
Since 1880 this shop has been a sanctuary of aromatic and medicinal plants, run by a pharmacist, Mr. Raveneau, who manufactures his medicine from plants only. He will show us his lab where he dries and combines macerated plants from all over the world to make essences and extracts. One hour visit in English and French.
PAN has pre-purchased a limited number of tickets. 7€ per person.
Thomas Grille
Paris 5/6
Originally scheduled last November and drowned out by rain, this 2-hour walk, organised by PAN member Tom Grille, will crisscross 13 of the bridges in Paris, each with its own story. 10€ for PAN members, 12€ for non-members. Free for those of you who have already paid!
St. Cloud (92)
MĂ©tro line 10
From her beginnings as an American student visiting Europe to study for a Masters degree in comparative literature, Stacey Kent changed directions and has blossomed into one of the world's foremost jazz singers, with 7 best-selling albums and a contract with Blue Note. PAN has pre-purchased a limited number of tickets at 34€ each.
Meet us at the Porte Maillot metro station, sortie Avenue de la Grande Armée, coté impairs, at 10 am on Sunday May 2nd to explore the Bois de Boulogne, its gardens, woods, lakes, race tracks, polo grounds. We'll picnic on our way so bring along your lunch.
This hike is about 10 kms long and we should be finished by 2 pm, including lunch. Depending on the weather and how we feel, some of us can continue our hike across the river through the park up to the Fort du Mont Valérien.
Hope to see you then.
