Yes… again.
I already wrote about the famous cabaret ”Chat Noir” here and about the monthly journal
with the same name here… Last weekend, the team behind the journal met and created a bit of publicity at Montmartre. I’m not actually part of the team, but I feel
that they need a lot of encouragements!
The original “Chat Noir” journal
appeared for the last time in 1895, but the publication resumed last year. In
the previous version of the journal, texts and illustrations were signed Allais,
de Maupassant, Hugo, Goncourt, Verlaine, Gounod, Steinlen, Willette, Léandre,
Caran d’Ache… Today you find a team of enthusiastic persons behind it (who may
not YET have the reputation of their predecessors) led by Romain: Rodolphe
(known for the bestseller “Paris secret et insolite” and other books), Champo, Binu, Mathias,
Philippe…
They all
kindly signed my copy. You can subscribe, but the (very low) cost depends on in
which country you live and the postage. I suggest that you send a message to journallechatnoir@gmail.com or look
here.
The sales
were preceded by a meal in the famous “La Maison Rose”, painted by many artists
(here Utrillo) and for a while managed by the Pichot couple - Germaine (who was
the reason for the suicide of Picassos’ friend Carlos Casagenas and who appears
on Picasso’s famous “At the Lapin Agile” painting, see here and here) and her
husband Ramon, also a painter and friend of Picasso. The last decades “La
Maison Rose” has perhaps been a bit of a tourist trap, but it’s now run by this
charming lady and you can have a more than decent meal (I have no commission).
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