Going Green: Jardin Éphémère
Jardin Éphémère, located in the square in front of the Hôtel du Ville, has temporarily been transformed into an exposition that showcases ways to garden with a green thumb that are environmentally friendly (seems somewhat redundant). Eleven “jardinets” have been created, with information on how to create your own kitchen garden, what types of mulch to use and how to make your own compost.
Jardin Éphémère
Parvis de l’Hôtel de Ville
June 13 through July 14, 2009
Métro: Hôtel de Ville
8:00am-8:00pm
Chéri: A Miramax Film
It is turn of the century in Belle Epoque Paris and a scandalous romp is underfoot. The sensational tale begins as the ravishing Lea (Michelle Pfeiffer) contemplates retirement from her renowned stature as Paris’s most envied seductress to the rich and famous. Her plans are cut short when she is approached by a former courtesan and arch rival, the barb-throwing gossip Charlotte Peloux (Kathy Bates), who encourages Lea to teach her disaffected 19 year-old son — a bon vivant nicknamed “Chéri” (Rupert Friend) — a thing or two about women. The resulting escapades involve power struggles over sex, money, age and society – and unexpectedly, love itself — as a boy who refuses to grow up collides with a woman who realizes she cannot stay young forever. Director Stephen Frears (“The Queen”) and screenwriter Christopher Hampton (“Atonement”) reunite (“Dangerous Liaisons”) to playfully bring Colette’s unconventional romance, CHERI, to the screen.
