July Eye Need to Do’s- Pierre et Gilles, Lauryn Hill & Sean Lennon at Solidays, Paris Plage & Paris Velib

Pierre et Gilles Paris Retrospective
Pierre et Gilles, the original bad boys of naughty “art” photography, are showing it off again at the very respectable Jeu du Paume in Paris.

Double je, 1976-2007 covers over 30 years of the duo’s collaboration with 130 works. Known for their tongue in cheek style, the exhibit documents their trademark themes of dreams, religion, pop culture, and mythology.

Pierre et Gilles- Double je 1976-2007
Jeu du Paume
1 place de la Concorde, 8e, Paris
Metro Concorde, tel: 01 47 03 12 50
Open 12pm to 7pm daily, Tue till 9pm, Sat and Sun 10am to 7pm, Closed Mon.
Admission 6 Euros
Till 9/23
http://www.jeudepaume.org

Solidays
Political awareness music festivals come to Paris. Solidays is a 3-day marathon rock festival about combating AIDS and making people aware that AIDS is still a major UNCURED disease that still kills. Over 40 concerts are scheduled and musicians include Sean Lennon, Lauryn Hill, Abd AL Malik, and Yannick Noah.

Solidays
July 6-8
Hippodrome de Longchamp
Bois de Boulogne 75116
Metro: Boulogne Jean Jaures- Line 10, Port Maillot- Line 1
Click here for tickets
www.solidays.org

Paris Plage
Work on that full body tan and feel the sand on your toes on the beach right here in Paris. The Paris Plage along the Seine started in 2001 and last year attracted more than 3 million visitors. There are lots of activities including a swimming pool, Frisbee, badminton, and volleyball. There are also pop concerts every Friday night at 9:30PM.

Paris Plage
July 20- August 19
Open daily from 7AM-12AM
Entrances run from Pont Sully to the Tuilleries on the right bank

Paris Velib’
Too hot traveling in the airless metro and the stuffy buses? See the sites of Paris by bicycle. Velib, a new service to reduce car traffic and pollution in Paris, offers bicycle rentals for only 1euro per hour. There are over 750 rental stations all across the city. If you live here, you can rent a bicycle for the whole year for only 29 euros. Start your own Tour de France today!

Starting July 15
www.velib.paris.fr

Paris Drive-In-Cinema en Plein air a La Villette
Enjoy a Parisian drive-in without the car. Parc Villette is having their annual outdoor film festival and this year it’s “Première classe et strapontin”– from first class to a folding chair. Films are shown on a
177 ft. screen and include “My Fair Lady”, “Pretty Woman”, “Million Dollar Baby”, “Marie Antoinette”, and “Volver”.

Cinema en Plein air a La Villette
July 17-August 26
Tuesday- Sunday
Free
www.villette.com/fr

I am pleased as punch to announce the launch of Eye Prefer Paris Tours, which are 3-hour walking tours I will personally be leading. The Eye Prefer Paris Tour
includes many of the places I have written about including small museums & galleries, restaurants, cafes & food markets, secret addresses, fashion & home boutiques, parks, and much more.

I look forward to meeting you on my tours and it will be my pleasure and delight to show you my insiders Paris.

Check it out at www.eyepreferparistours.com

 

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