by Carolyn Nuelle | Mar 9, 2017 | DUR Spring 2017
For my long-term project this semester, I’m revisiting some of the data and source material about jazz and music-hall performances in Paris during the 1920s. At first, I just wanted to tie up lose ends- although I finished a jazz venues map, I still have a lot...
by Carolyn Nuelle | Jun 20, 2016 | CURI Summer 2016
I’ve spent most of this week reading up on the world of jazz within Parisian culture during the 20s. Despite its popular moniker as the “Jazz Age,” the 1920s had complicated, often unexpected relationships with jazz music, especially in France. This...
by Carolyn Nuelle | Jun 17, 2016 | CURI Summer 2016
“My greatest claim to fame is that I discovered Bricktop before Cole Porter [did].” -F. Scott Fitzgerald Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria Louise Virginia Smith (known more commonly as “Bricktop” due to her red hair) was an American singer, dancer, and jazz-club...
by Breanna Olson | Jun 8, 2015 | CURI Summer 2015
Perhaps you’ve seen the iconic advertisement for Le Chat Noir in a French souvenir shop and thought, “that’s so French!” Maybe you’ve seen the infamous youtube star Henri the existentialist chat noir and thought, “that’s even more French!” Located in the bohemian...