Henri Danglard, proprietor of the fashionable (but bankrupt) cafe 'Le Paravent Chinois' featuring his mistress, belly dancer Lola, goes slumming in Montmarte (circa 1890) where the then-old-fashioned ...

A Chicago dance group is bringing can-can to the 21-st century while keeping its old-fashioned charm alive. The French Can-Can isn’t just about high kicks and splits! “I Can-Can Dance ...

TCM announced the "Musical Matinees series" on Thursday. The Saturday series hosted by Dave Karger begins Nov. 5 with "An American in Paris" and features "I'll See You In My Dreams," "Annie" and ...

Do you know the French cancan? Mayor Connie Boesen does now. "Moulin Rouge" has a tour stop at the Des Moines Civic Center this summer and ensemble member Stefanie Renee Salyers taught Mayor ...

The jail term was ordered despite a joint recommendation by the defence and Crown that Caron do 150 hours of community service and no jail time. In her sentencing, Sivret said, in French ...

On a recent trip to France, my mission was to eat like a French woman - or at least to find out just how they stay so slim. This is a country where on one corner, you find a boulangerie with mouth ...

Caron goes by the name ‘mémère,’ which is French for grandmother. “I was 19 when I came to Lewiston. Very young,” Caron said. When she left her hometown of Grand Isle in northern Maine ...

purple In French, nouns belong to either a masculine or feminine group. So an adjective needs to be either masculine or feminine, like the noun it is describing. This means that the spelling of ...

French parenting isn't perfect, but there's a lot we can learn from this kind but no-nonsense style of parenting. “Me do it!” is a favorite toddler phrase and for good reason—the early years ...

From ice skating and Christmas markets to fabulous hotels, there are many reasons to visit Paris in the winter. Here's a ...

To describe the weather in English, we use the same type of phrases, such as 'it's hot', 'it's sunny' or 'it's cold'. In French, there are different types of phrases to describe the weather.

Ray Caron, who has been a town councilor for nearly 15 years, resigned from the council and dropped his reelection bid via an email on Tuesday. WINSLOW — The longest tenured sitting town ...