Paris, Avignon, and now Manhattan! At the age of 41, Cyril Dewavrin has already taken over or set up three bookstores in France. For his fourth, he decided to cross the Atlantic. Last December, he ...

It is a well-known fact that French is the “language of Molière,” just as English is the language of Shakespeare, and German and Spanish are the languages of Goethe and Cervantes. Yet if a French ...

Eugene Bullard in his French aviator uniform, Paris, July 4, 1917. © Agence Rol/Bibliothèque nationale de France At the French War Veterans’ section of Flushing ...

The foghorn on the Magellan sounded in New York Bay. When the cargo ship finally emerged from the mist, 25,000 spectators exploded in cheers. Gathered in Battery Park despite the cold, they offered ...

On January 25, 1924, bright sunlight flooded the village of Chamonix and the Mont Blanc massif. One international delegation after the next took to the stand for the opening ceremony of the first ...

From left: François Martin, Benoît Martin, and Julie Chapon. © Alice Prenat/Portrait Madame Spending a year in New York City to conquer America was the challenge ...

Nous Foundation co-founder and president Rudy Bazenet in New Orleans. Courtesy of Nous Foundation In October 1781, General Rochambeau refused to accept Britain’s surrender at Yorktown, pointing ...

France-Amérique: The Alliance Française was founded in Paris in 1883 by a group of diplomats and intellectuals, including Jules Verne and Louis Pasteur. Its original objective was the “propagation of ...

French players Victor Wembanyama (left) and Bilal Coulibaly on the day they were drafted into the NBA, June 22, 2023. © Brian Babineau/NBAE/Getty Images The lunch ...

It’s an understatement to say that wine is deeply ingrained in French culture. For centuries, its virtues have been lauded by everyone from kings and politicians to writers and humorists. Even the ...

Edith Piaf’s life was a blend of joy and disaster, and her time in New York City was no different. It was in this city that she married the singer Jacques Pills on July 29, 1952. She regularly ...

Il y a quelques mois, après 27 dates aux Etats-Unis, au Canada, en France et en Belgique, Stromae mettait subitement fin à sa tournée internationale. En cause : une « dégradation de [son] état de ...