Paris au printemps

The next issue of our French audiomagazine has just been printed. Issue 24-09 of Champs-Elysées is now shipping to subscribers.

Champs-Elysées 24-09 Issue Contents
The next issue of Champs-Elysées, 24-09, captures all the romance of Paris in spring. In our cover feature, Jean-Sébastien Petitdemange takes us up 400 feet to visit the new restaurant in the Eiffel Tower, the Jules Verne, created and owned by the famous French chef, Alain Ducasse. We then move to the Grand Palais where Philippe Goffin reviews an exhibition of the art and artifacts connected with Marie-Antoinette. This article links in nicely with our interview with Jean-Jacques Aillagon—the man responsible for Versailles's ongoing restoration and for all future projects. This former history teacher evokes the kings and queens who once lived there and also imparts some of the magic that the palace and its extensive grounds and outbuildings hold for him. While back in Paris, Gaëlle Alléhaux talks to the stage director of the Moulin Rouge about La Goulue, the painter Toulouse Lautrec, and the history of this world-renowned cabaret. Gaëlle also takes us backstage to talk to the stars of the latest show. Another highlight of issue 24-09 is Evelyne Pagès's interview with Roselyne Bachelot, who runs the government department responsible for health, youth, and sports in France. Lastly, don't miss our fun feature on the French national lottery and the current craze for scratch cards. Issue 24-09 of Champs-Elysées is shipping to subscribers.

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Champs-Elysées
In the next issue of Champs-Elysées, 24-10, Evelyne Pagès interviews the renowned couturier and académicien, Pierre Cardin and Jean-François Johann pays tribute to the famous French crooner, Henri Salvador, who died recently.

Acquerello italiano
The next issue of Acquerello italiano, 14-02, will have a report on the Teatro Sperimentale di Spoleto--an opera school where foreign, especially Asian students, outnumber Italians. Another highlight is a visit to two ancient Roman domus found under Palazzo Valentini, the headquarters of the Rome provincial government.

Puerta del Sol
In the next issue of Puerta del Sol, 14-06, we have a report on the port of Algeciras, Spain's "Gateway to the South," and a portrait of the new president of Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

Schau ins Land
In the next issue of Schau ins Land, 20-04, we interview well-known actor and producer, Michael "Bully" Herbig and we have an entertaining report from Bavaria on the history of the Lederhosen.

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Notable Notes

The history of French lotteries goes back to 1539 and King François 1, who set up the first state monopoly with the Edit de Châteaurenard. He said royal control was necessary "pour porter remède aux jeux dissolus et empescher nostables bourgeois, marchans et aultres de blasphemer Dieu, de consommer leur temps, labeur, vertues et necessaire en jeux de hasard." In a forerunner of today's laws, the same edict made it illegal for foreign lotteries to operate in France. In 1700, Louis XIV set up the Grande Loterie Royale, again to raise money for state coffers. The law under which Petter Nylander is being charged goes back to 1836.

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