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Photo of the Week Just a dusting of snow on Montmartre's cobblestones on Tuesday. Photo: Eric Tenin of Paris Daily Photo. Wednesday, 08 February 2012 11:13 Paris Update Flash News TRENDY TAPAS The bar at Mojita et Bob on Rue Oberkampf. The lower stretch of Rue Oberkampf might well get its mojo back from the Belleville end with the recent arrival of tapas bar/restaurant Mojita et Bob (3, rue Oberkampf, 75011 Paris; tel.: 01 58 30 88 59), run by a charming young husband and wife team, and animated by the buzz of a happy young crowd. "Bob," by the way, is not the husband's name – it refers to "bring your own bottle," but they have plenty on hand, along with an extensive cocktail list, including, of course, mojitos. The tapas come from the creative end of the spectrum, with most dishes served in glasses or ramekins on rectangles of slate. Expect blood sausage with spiced banana and speculoos, grilled polenta with Emmenthal and Espelette peppers, pea mousse with chorizo, sardine rillettes, all very tasty. Not a patatas bravas in sight. It's a long way from the simple origins of authentic Spanish tapas, but these are done so well that you can forgive the occasional forays into culinary gymnastics. Colin Eaton Wednesday, 08 February 2012 11:13 Paris Update Flash News GOURMET GROUPON An illustration from GourmanDeal′s Web Site. Two young (24 and 26) French businessmen, tired of working for big corporations, have had the excellent idea of launching GourmanDeal, an upscale, more exclusive Groupon-style site for restaurants only, great news for those of us who have had far-less-than-satisfactory experiences with Groupon restaurants (read all about it here). GourmanDeal (in French only for the moment) offers an opportunity to try more expensive eateries like the excellent Le Quinze de Lionel Fleury without breaking the bank. The site′s founders, Damien Nantermet and Bruno Bouzid, promise to keep their standards high and plan to expand to other French and European cities. Heidi Ellison Paris Update This Week's Events For full details about an event, click on its name to visit the official Web site (in English when available). Festival Au Fil des Voix World music artists from Tunisia, Morocco, Guinea, Italy, Greece and more. Alhambra, Paris, through Feb. 11. Ice Skating Rinks Hôtel de Ville, Paris, through March 4. Leonardo Live > Filmed tour of the Leonardo da Vinci exhibition at the National Gallery in London, various cinemas, Paris, Feb. 16. London Calling > Festival of British films, Forum des Images, Paris, through Feb. 29. Paris Fine Art > Art and antique fair, Palais des Congrès, Paris, Feb. 10-20. Robert Altman Film Festival > Cinémathèque Française, Paris, through March 11. Soldes > Retail sales in Paris: through Feb. 14 Fonds Solidarité Sida Afrique > Benefit concert with Yael Naim and many others, open to donors to this fund to fight AIDS in Africa, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris, Feb. 13 Steven Spielberg Film Festival > The entire œuvre, Cinémathèque Française, Paris, through March 3.	Art Work Less, Earn More Art Created on Tuesday, 16 February 2010 23:00 Published on Tuesday, 16 February 2010 23:00 WORK LESS, EARN MORE French Minister of Culture Frédéric Mitterrand struck a blow against censorship last week when he ordered Paris’s Ecole des Beaux Arts to reinstall a set of banners created by artist Ko Siu Lan that it had taken down from the facade of its Left Bank building. The school had removed the banners because they played on President Nicolas Sarkozy’s campaign slogan “travailler plus pour gagner plus” (“work more to earn more”) and feared they might damage its “neutrality” as a public institution. The words on the artist’s banners could be read as “work less” or “earn more.” It turns out that the director of the School of Fine Arts, Henri-Claude Cousseau, is being sued by an association because of an exhibition held in 2000 at the CAPC-Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux when he was its director that included “shocking” images of children. In a Feb. 15 article, Le Monde notes that “M. Cousseau has become, in Paris, the censor. A position as paradoxical as it is untenable.” Interviews Cara Black Interview Heidi Ellison 11-May-2010 Podcast. With Jake Lamar Jeanne Bernard 03-Jul-2007 Interview with John Biguenet Jeanne Bernard 03-Jul-2007