Events

Monday, June 8, 2009 (6)

Jun 8, 2009
June 1, 2009
Monday

  • Treasures of Napoleon in Philadelphia

  • Jun 1, 2009 at 2:00pm to Sep 7, 2009 at 3:00pm
  • Location: National Constitution Center
  • Description: Bien sur, c'est a Philadelphie, mais n'est ce pas a deux heures de route de New York?NAPOLÉON EXHIBITION AT THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTERThe seller behind the greatest real estate deal in American history – the Louisiana Purchase – which doubled the size of the country at a cost of $15 million, or approximately four cents per acre, Napoléon Bonaparte (1769-1821) remains an undeniably powerful and enigmatic figure in world history. Opening on May 29 at the National Constitution Center, and running through September 7, 2009, NAPOLÉON offers visitors a rare opportunity to explore the private life of the Emperor of France and to see beyond the legend to gain an understanding of this complex political leader whose actions reshaped the landscape of Europe and America.Created from the extraordinary collection of First Empire authority and author, Pierre-Jean Chalençon, NAPOLÉON showcases rare, personal belongings of Napoléon I, as well as some of the most famous depictions of him by import
  • Created by: Daniele Thomas Easton
 

  • FRENCH AT THE NEW SCHOOL

  • Jun 1, 2009 at 2:00pm to Jul 20, 2009 at 3:00pm
  • Location: The New School
  • Description: The Foreign Language Department of The New School offers more than 50 French courses every year.Our summer session starts on June 1st. Whether you want to travel abroad, enrich your academic program or advance your career, we have a course for you.For more information, call us at 212 229 5676 or email us at foreignlanguages@newschool.edu
  • Created by: Florence Leclerc-Dickler
June 3, 2009
Wednesday

  • "Négritude" exhibition at Exit Art

  • Jun 3, 2009 at 6:00am to Jul 25, 2009 at 4:00pm
  • Location: Exit Art Gallery
  • Description:
    Négritude, an experimental multi-disciplinary exhibition at Exit Art, explores the visionary 20th century political and artistic movement of the same name — coined by the Martinican poet, playwright, and politician Aimé Césaire in the 1930s — which flourished among Black intellectuals in post-World War I Paris and later spread to Africa, the United States and the Caribbean.
    "Négritude" exhibition currently running at Exit Art Gallery. Conceived by Papo Colo. Produced by Papo Colo, Tânia Cypriano, Rose Réjouis, Franklin Sirmans, and Greg Tate.Features work by Vladimir Cybil Charlier and André Just, Papo Colo, Thornton Dial, Jr., Thornton Dial, Sr., Bessie Harvey, Lonnie Holley, Arthur Jafa, Ronald Lockett, Tierney Malone, Mario Cravo Neto, Wura-Natasha Ogunji, Xaviera Simmons, Purvis Young, François Ziliff.Négritude Party le 18 juin avec le musicien malien Baye Kouyaté et Les Tougarakes ; Dallam-Dougou aussi.Exit ArtGallery Hours:Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 10 AM - 6 PMFriday: 10 AM -
  • Created by: Thomas C. Spear
June 8, 2009
Monday

  • Energy, Climate Change, and Economic Growth: Developing a Sustainable New Deal

  • Jun 8, 2009 from 2:30pm to 4:30pm
  • Location: TheTimesCenter
  • Description: We invite you to join us and bring a guest to our Tuck Speaker Series event on the sustainability challenge--how best to provide energy that encourages economic development while protecting the planet's ecosystems for future generations.We look forward to this event and the thought-provoking discussion between Jacques Besnainou, president of AREVA North America, and Charles Ferguson, senior fellow for science and technology at the Council on Foreign Relations. The event will be held on June 8th at 6:30 PM at TheTimesCenter, located in one of New York's newest green buildings.We hope to have the pleasure of welcoming you and your guest at the wine and hors d'oeuvre reception that will follow.Event InformationDate: Monday, June 8th, 2009Time: 6:30 PM presentation and discussion, 7:30 PM receptionPlace: TheTimesCenter, 242 West 41st Street, New York CityMembers are invited to attend and bring a guest for free. Non-members are invited to purchase one ticket at $40 and bring a guest for fre
  • Created by: Andrew Hansen
 

  • Until There: Laia Cabrera, For Feather and Isabelle Duverger

  • Jun 8, 2009 from 3:00pm to 4:00pm
  • Location: Monkey Town, Williamsburg, New York
  • Description: Catalan Video-Artist performs live with Brooklyn indie rock band For Feather and French Illustrator Isabelle Duverger.“Until There” starts with images and movement as a visual storytelling, a sensual journey of the imaginary world of the filmmaker and visual artist, Laia Cabrera. Four screens with two video streams will surround you with a unique visual experience of timelessness and human landscape. She uses a variety of media: projected imagery merging cinematic arts, dance, photography, theater, visual arts, writing etc... As a part of the performance, Laia Cabrera will be working with visuals and drawing animation by Isabelle Duverger projected live in conjunction with indie pop/rock For Feather. The band has mastered the art of turning the mundane into the marvelous. Quirky melodies pull rather than push the listener, keeping things light with spacious harmonies evoking the early Beatles.www.laiacabrera.comwww.forfeather.comwww.isabelleduverger.comCover: $7
  • Created by: Isabelle Duverger