Thursday, March 18, 2010 (8)

Mar 18, 2010
January 28, 2010
Thursday
  • French Fairytale Acting Classes for Kids at Galli Theater

  • Jan 28, 2010 at 11:00am to Mar 25, 2010 at 3:00pm
  • Location: Midtown Manhattan
  • Description: Galli Fairytale Theater, a non profit theater for children, announces NEW Fairytale Acting classes in French, Spring 2010.Thursdays, 4.30-6pm (ages 5-7)Kids practice to speak French through role play, character work and the development of a fairytale play. At the end we are presenting a show!Thurs Jan 28 - Thurs Mar 25 (9 classes)Please contact us at newyork@galli-group.com.Cost: $270.- ($220 for siblings)I
  • Created by: Simon Fuetterer
February 26, 2010
Friday
  • The Animauters: 50 Years of French Animation

  • Feb 26, 2010 at 1:00pm to Mar 21, 2010 at 3:00pm
  • Location: Theaters throughout NYC
  • Description: Breathtaking and rarely screened animated films from French auteurs Paul Grimault, Sylvain Chomet, Rene Laloux, Michel Ocelot, Serge Elissalde, Marie Caillou, Jacques-Remy Girerd, Jean-Francois Laguionie, Jerome Boulbes and more...Presented by the New York International Children's Film Festival. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit www.GKIDS.com
  • Created by: Regan Rondy
February 28, 2010
Sunday
  • Marguerite Duras Festival has Feminine Touch

  • Feb 28, 2010 to Mar 18, 2010
  • Location: New York
  • Description: The works of Marguerite Duras, France's well-known author, playwright and film director, will be celebrated during a month-long multidisciplinary festival in New York City from February 18 to March 18. Known for her evocative and experimental free-flowing style, Marguerite Duras revolutionized the form of the twentieth century novel, and her innovations also carried to the screen and stage. At the initiative of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, and in partnership with Anthology Film Archives, the Baryshnikov Arts Center and the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF).
  • Created by: Nabil Bekhti
March 11, 2010
Thursday
  • Exposition "Splendeurs du Nu"

  • Mar 11, 2010 at 9:00am to Mar 31, 2010 at 2:00pm
  • Location: Pavillon d'Art Contemporain
  • Description: Pavillon d'Art Contemporain est une galerie située en plein quartier artistique de New York, Soho.A partir du 1 Mars et jusqu'au 31 Mars seront exposés les "Splendeurs du Nu ", les oeuvres de divers artistes européen.Ouverte au public du Mardi au Samedi de 2:00 pm à 6:00 pm.Entre les rues Lafayettes et Crosby, Métro Canal Street, ligne 6, N,Q, R, W.Pour tout renseignement, n'hésitez pas à me contacter :Adresse e-mail : emilie.lenglain@gmail.com
  • Created by: Emilie Lenglain
 
  • LA VIE MATERIELLE DURAS

  • Mar 11, 2010 at 3:00pm to Mar 21, 2010 at 10:30am
  • Location: LA MAMA
  • Description: FOR 2 WEEKS ONLY:IRINA BROOK, awarding-winning Parisian theater director's american premiere of La Vie Materielle at LA MAMA.An hour in the company of five extraordinary, funny, beautiful, generous performers, the words of Duras and Virginia Woolf in a theatrical kitchen.French music, songs, laughter and tears...DO NOT MISS THIS! IT SOLD OUT AT FIAF!
  • Created by: irina brook
March 16, 2010
Tuesday
  • Odon, Weaver of Dreams

  • Mar 16, 2010 at 2:30pm to Mar 24, 2010 at 2:00pm
  • Location: FIAF Gallery
  • Description: Early in his career, Odon’s intensely personal and mysterious images were inspired by the Cobra movement (Copenhagen, Brussels, Amsterdam), a group of expressionist painters interested in freedom of color and form. In the 1970s Odon began experimenting with the inclusion of cut and woven modifications on the surfaces of his paintings. By the late 1970s this had evolved into an increasingly complex process of cutting, shredding, and braiding paper, painted by him on both sides, into never-ending, sunburst-like forms that he calls mandalas. The ancient form of the mandala, meaning circle in Sanskrit, is a common symbol of sacred power in many cultures, representing a cosmic diagram viewed from the human perspective.Odon’s works are dream-like meditations on the order of the world. The artist works slowly, weaving the flat, meticulously painted paper into magical endless webs. Through these circular sculptures, Odon presents the infinite in finite form and alludes to the natural energy an
  • Created by: Jennifer Kutsher
March 18, 2010
Thursday
  • French Movie Night presents "Breathless"

  • Mar 18, 2010 from 2:00pm to 7:00pm
  • Location: Bar 13
  • Description: Salut Tout le monde,As we have made it one of our weekly events, I am happy to announce our upcoming film, "Breathless. " This one is a French classic, and is considered one of the all-time favorites. As always, subtitles are in English, so don't hesitate to invite your friends who don't speak French. Please be advised that our French Movie Night (FMN) is normally on a Wednesday, but due to this week being St. Patrick's Day, it will be on a Thursday night.Below are the details for the evening:5:00pm to 9:00pm - 2 for 1 drink specials6:00pm to 7:30pm- Come and meet fun members and enjoy wonderful conversation7:30pm- BreathlessAfter shooting a cop, young thief Michel (Jean-Paul Belmondo) meets and shacks up with Patricia (Jean Seberg), an American who sells the International Herald Tribune on the streets of Paris. Hiding out in her hotel room, Michel tries to sell Patricia on a plan to go with him to Italy. Soon, the couple sinks further into the criminal life. Director Jean-Luc Godard s
  • Created by: Rory
 
  • L’Étoile - New York City Opera

  • Mar 18, 2010 at 3:00pm to Apr 3, 2010 at 9:30am
  • Location: Lincoln Center - David H. Koch Theatre
  • Description: L’Étoile“Man cannot live by champagne alone -- he also needs the music of Emmanuel Chabrier, which is the aesthetic equivalent of a chilled split of Dom Perignon.” – The Washington PostLa Belle Époque meets Broadway razzle-dazzle in Mark Lamos’s stylish staging inspired by Toulouse-Lautrec, bringing his famous can-can girls to life with effervescent dances choreographed by Seán Curran. Tenor Jean-Paul Fouchécourt stars in this caper about a king, an astrologer, and a hapless peddler.Thu, Mar 18 at 7Sat, Mar 20 at 8Fri, Mar 26 at 8Sun, Mar 28 at 1:30Thu, Apr 1 at 8Sat, Apr 3 at 1:30 (abridged Family Matinee)Sung in French with English supertitles
  • Created by: Joseph