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-22 posts tagged "Paris"
Jose Sanchez Cordova | Friday, March 24, 2023
Money comes back. Those are the words a good friend said to me during our first week in Paris. Probably not great long-term financial advice, but he’s an econ major, so I’ve been living by those three words since. First, I realize this attitude comes from a place of privilege. I’m lucky to study at
Kathryn Muchnick | Wednesday, September 28, 2022
The French architects Philippe Villeneuve and Rémi Fromont, who are in charge of rebuilding the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de París following the fire that ravaged it in 2019, spoke about the reconstruction in the Walsh Family Hall of Architecture on Tuesday. Villeneuve, a licensed architect since 1989, has led the reconstruction since the 2019 fire. Fromont,
Willoughby Thom | Monday, April 4, 2022
Long time no see! The time has come to grace Viewpoint with a very Scene-esque Inside Column! In accordance with my last Viewpoint pieces — “Video didn’t kill the radio star” (2020) and “Public service announcement: revive the music scene” (2021) — music is at the forefront. Over the past few months, I have become an
Natalie Allton | Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Okay. Hear me out. “Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir” is a French children’s show about two superheroes, Ladybug and Chat Noir. Every episode, the villainous Hawk Moth “akumatizes” (read: makes a supervillain out of) a poor Parisian having a bad day, with the aim of stealing the Miraculous jewels that give Ladybug and
Bridget Curtis | Thursday, February 18, 2021
Drawing a whopping 70 million viewers on Netflix in its first month alone, French espionage thriller “Lupin” delivers an exciting and inspiring series based on the classic Arsène Lupin novels by Maurice Leblanc. Not relying on sex or violence, “Lupin” satiates consumers’ thirst for skillful acting in an original drama, and its ingenuity and twists
Sophia Michetti | Monday, October 12, 2020
After watching Netflix’s new show “Emily in Paris,” I feel like changing my entire career path, learning French and moving to Paris. Created by Darren Star, the same man who created “Sex and the City” 20 years ago, “Emily in Paris” is the story of Emily Cooper (Lily Collins), a high-spirited employee of a Chicago
Dessi Gomez | Monday, August 31, 2020
Zac Efron has taken on a new environmentalist angle in his executively produced Netflix special “Down to Earth with Zac Efron.” He and his health guru friend Darin Olien travel to eight different places in the eight episodes of season one. Within each episode and place, the pair focuses on different environmental issues, questions or
Colleen Fischer | Thursday, November 7, 2019
My love, It was midnight and the sky was still pink and I thought of you. In a way, I always think of you, when someone smiles crooked or laughs at their own stories, when you talk about something you love and I can’t help but smile and listen, having nothing to add. When it
Ryan Israel, Mike Donovan and Carlos De Loera | Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Volume IV: Spring 2019 by Scenecast, from The Observer In light of the tragic destruction to the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, Mike Donovan, Carlos DeLoera and Ryan Israel gather to share just about everything they know about France and French culture, including “Ratatouille,” “In Search of Lost Time” and Marie Antoinette.
Nora McGreevy | Wednesday, April 24, 2019
In the Middle Ages, a group of composers in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame invented a new kind of sound: polyphony. Compared to the monophonic Gregorian chants of years prior, this new music consisted of multiple overlapping voices moving in distinct yet interwoven melodies. The innovation resonated throughout Western music for centuries. Like those medieval artists,