Events

Thursday, April 15, 2010 (7)

Apr 15, 2010
March 19, 2010
Friday

  • Drew Tal " ON EDGE"

  • Mar 19, 2010 at 2:00pm to Apr 30, 2010 at 3:00pm
  • Location: 546 Broadway, PH 5B, New York, NY 10012
  • Description: We are welcoming you to the opening of Drew Tal "ON EDGE", at Emmanuel Fremin Gallery SoHoAbout Drew Tal:Drew Tal lives and works in New York City. His work combinesphotography with digital media to render highly stylized and realisticsymbolic imagery. Tal grew up in Israel where he was exposed to manydifferent religions, struggles, ethnicities, and cultures. Tal oftenfinds his inspiration through the experiences of his past. He focuseson faces and dramatic close-up portraits.His work is powerful and often highlights the complexities of faith,spirituality and the dialectics between man and gods.About Emmanuel Fremin Gallery:Emmanuel Fremin is a contemporary art gallery that mainly focuses onthe photography, videos, installations and multi platforms. They area non conformist gallery that showcases serene, spiritual orprovocative pieces.
  • Created by: Emmanuel Fremin
April 9, 2010
Friday

  • ECHANGE CULTUREL

  • Apr 9, 2010 at 11:00am to Apr 17, 2010 at 5:00pm
  • Location: East Woods School
  • Description: East Woods School, situee a Long Island, se rejouit d'accueillir vingt eleves et deux profs du college Gustave Flaubert, Paris XIII, du 9 au 17 avril.
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April 13, 2010
Tuesday
 

  • "Le Taxi" à New York

  • Apr 13, 2010 at 1:30pm to Apr 22, 2010 at 3:00pm
  • Location: Rizzoli Bookstore- Manhattan/ Greenlight+ BookCourt - Brooklyn
  • Description: Bonjour,je vous invite à rejoindre Maud Franklin qui lira des extraits de son livre "Le Taxi" dont j'ai réalisé la version dessinée.Chacun de ces événements sera accompagné d'une exposition des dessins et sera suivi d'une réception.mardi 13 avril - 17.30-19h Rizzoli Bookstore / Manhattan - 31 West 57th Streetvendredi 16 avril - 19.30 Greenlight Bookstore / Fort Green - 686 Fulton Streetjeudi 22 avril - 19.00 BookCourt / Boerum Hill - 163 Court StreetVoici quelques articles que vous pouvez consulter, d'autres suivront très prochainement sur French Creative Connection et French Morning.http://www.telerama.fr/livre/c-est-une-question-je-saispas,52881.phphttp://www.franceamerique.com/articles/2010/04/05/un_taxi_nomme_desir.htmlJ'espère que vous serez nombreux à venir nous rencontrer et à soutenir ces initiatives privées de libraires qui souhaitent ouvrir leurs portes à la littérature de langue française.Je vous dis donc à très bientôtNathalie/////////////////////Nathalie Trovatohttp://www.
  • Created by: nathalie Trovato
April 14, 2010
Wednesday

  • Théâtre : La Dame aux Camélias à New York - elle vous attend nombreux!

  • Apr 14, 2010 at 4:00pm to Apr 25, 2010 at 5:30pm
  • Location: Arclight Theatre
  • Description: Invitation à cette unique aventure New Yorkaise!!!Toute la francophonie (ou presque) y est! Les Français, les Belges, les Canadiens (Québécois), et bien entendu les Américains francophones.Article dans France-Amerique!Come and enjoy this wonderful play based on the great classic by Alexandre Dumas fils in a modern adaptation by René de Ceccatty, directed by Gérard Cherqui. There will be a translation so do not worry you'll enjoy one of the most romantic love stories of all times whether in the French original or in its English translation!The Lady of the Camellias in French in New York CityWHEN: April 14-25, 2010. Wednesday-Saturday at 8pm. Sunday at 6:30pm.WHERE: Arclight Theater. 152 West 71st Street. New York, NYTICKETS: www.smarttix.com (212) 868-4444 (group rates available)General Admission: $30-100 - Discount tickets available through APRIL 5thWed & Sun use code: LACADA - Thurs use code: DAME

    PascalEscriout, SofiLambert, MaxVabBel, et RichaudValls in La Dame eaux Camelias photo: K
  • Created by: Nora Armani
April 15, 2010
Thursday

  • Intellectualism in francophone Africa, celebration of Abdoulaye Sadji’s centennial

  • Apr 15, 2010 at 2:00pm to Apr 16, 2010 at 4:00pm
  • Location: Maison Française, East Gallery, Buell Hall Columbia University
  • Description: Abdoulaye Sadji (1910-1961) is one of the most eminent African writers of his generation, but his work—including both fiction and theoretical writings—remains relatively unknown. The centennial of Sadji’s birth provides an opportunity to revisit his work and to look back at a century of intellectual production in Francophone Africa. This conference begins with a lecture by Aminata Sow fall, followed by a full day of presentations on the figure of the intellectual in both colonial and post-colonial francophone societies.
  • Created by: Malick Ndiaye
 

  • DOMNA STANTON - ‘There Are No Jews in France’: Alterity in Louis XIV’s Nation-State

  • Apr 15, 2010 from 3:00pm to 4:30pm
  • Location: La Maison Française of NYU
  • Description: DOMNA STANTONDistinguished Professor of French, Graduate Center, CUNY; author of The Monarchy, the Nation and its Others: France in the Age of Louis XIV (forthcoming); The Aristocrat as Art‘There Are No Jews in France’: Alterity in Louis XIV’s Nation-StateIn a nation constructed on a set of exclusions, as nations usually are, Jews in l7th-century France held a position at once similar and different from other others. Although formally thrown out of France in 1614, by the edict of a monarchy that upheld the ideal of “one king, one law, one faith,” Jews had a continued presence because they served political economic, military, medical and religious functions. A nascent anthropological and scholarly curiosity about Jewish customs, life and beliefs seems to herald the dawning of an age of tolerance after 1685, but this trend does not resolve the contradictions of an absolutistic nation-state whose proclaimed exclusions were belied by presences that were fundamental to its identity -- contr
  • Created by: La Maison Française of NYU