Events

Tuesday, May 4, 2010 (6)

May 4, 2010
May 1, 2010
Saturday

  • From Haiti To Brooklyn: Youth Arts Change

  • May 1, 2010 at 6:00am to May 22, 2010 at 9:00am
  • Location: K-189, The Bilingual School
  • Description: Haiti Cultural Exchange, in collaboration with Brooklyn for Barack, presentsFrom Haiti to Brooklyn: Youth, Arts, ChangeA Series of Free Youth Arts Workshops Saturdays in Maybeginning Saturday, May 1st, 2010, 10am - 1pmat K-189, The Bilingual School, located at 1100 East New York Avenue, Brooklyn. (3 train to Sutter Ave/Rutland Road)In the aftermath of the earthquake that struck Haiti in January, we would like to address the needs of Haitian and Haitian-American youth of all ages by providing a creative outlet to express their loss. We hope to encourage and support their creative explorations and in the process teach effective coping strategies, foster supportive relationships, and connect children with their culture and heritage.Our goal is to offer arts activities that will help them cope with the feelings brought about by the earthquake, as well as activities that simply offer a respite and an opportunity to enjoy themselves, all the while giving them a chance to document their exper
  • Created by: Rachel - Haiti Cultural Exchange
 

  • World Nomads Lebanon: Nabil Nahas -- Cedrus Libani: Roots & Memory

  • May 1, 2010 at 7:00am to May 29, 2010 at 1:00pm
  • Location: FIAF Gallery
  • Description: Lebanese-American artist Nabil Nahas, whose work has been exhibited all over the world, brings his striking, large-scale works—including a few new pieces—to FIAF’s Gallery.Nahas’s pieces reflect both western modernism and classic Islamic art, and explore the concept of order emerging from disorder through vibrant color, texture, patterns, and abstract images. Inspired by the beauty of nature and the rich complexity of Middle Eastern culture, Nahas uses natural elements such as trees—in particular the cedar, symbolizing Lebanon—to present his personal vision of his homeland.Gallery HoursTue–Fri, 11am–6pmSat, 11am–5pmSun & Mon, closedFree and open to the publicWorld Nomads, FIAF’s annual exploration of transculturalism in the 21st century, is intended as a forum for dialogue between cultures. It returns this May for its third edition to focus on Lebanon, a country whose rich heritage has long captivated imaginations around the world.For a complete listing of the series’ events, please vi
  • Created by: Jennifer Kutsher
May 4, 2010
Tuesday

  • World Nomads Lebanon: CinémaTuesdays (Out of Life)

  • May 4, 2010 at 8:30am to May 25, 2010 at 5:30pm
  • Location: Florence Gould Hall at French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF)
  • Description: Out of Life: Bagdadi is one of Lebanon’s pioneering filmmakers. Out of Life, one of his most accomplished films, is the deeply emotional, real-life story of the capture and captivity of a French journalist by Lebanese militias during the war.Rasha Salti, film curator and Creative Director or ArteEast, will introduce the 7pm screening.World Nomads Lebanon CinemaTuesdays:It can be argued that the generation of Lebanese filmmakers who experienced the country’s civil war (1975–1990) also saw the country’s cinema come into its own as a medium for artistic expression and exploration.The lived experience of violence and the trauma of a civil conflict inspired the emergence of a politically-engaged auteur cinema where subjectivity—rather than objectivity—found a voice, a language in film.The films in this program illustrate how filmmakers from this and subsequent generations have attempted to transpose the complexity of experience through the singular poetics of film.May 4: Out of Life (12:30,
  • Created by: Jennifer Kutsher
 

  • Let's Get Together ( Parlez-vous français)?

  • May 4, 2010 at 3:00pm to May 6, 2010 at 6:00pm
  • Location: Sin Sin's Leopard Lounge
  • Description: Friends,Do join us for a fun social evening meeting other Francophones and Francophiles. What a wonderful way to start off the month of May. If you are very shy and this is your first time to one of my events, there will be lots of regular members who will make you feel welcomed. There is absolutely no pressure in speaking the language, especially if French is not your first language. All levels of French are accepted. As always, feel free to invite your friends whether they speak French or not, as they too will be treated like family. There will be drink specials available for our group. I do advise people to come early if they want to spend more time talking/practicing their French, cause from 10pm the whole atmosphere changes to a party night with the in-house DJ. Then again, it is a Thursday night. Do mention French group at the door. Let's all make it a date to spend time with a group of fun people. French lives! :-)Do also check out my Saturday Night Party on May 8th and also Soc
  • Created by: Rory
 

  • MULTIMEDIA CONCERT WITH NICOLE RENAUD

  • May 4, 2010 from 3:30pm to 4:30pm
  • Location: La Maison Française of NYU
  • Description: NICOLE RENAUDCouleurs: A Love Story Seen Through ColorsFrench "néo-soprano" performs songs from her new album Couleurs, and plays a unique transparent, luminous accordion designed by artist/engineer Paul Etienne Lincoln. Accompanied by Brad Whiteley on keyboard and laptop.See www.nicolerenaud.comTickets: $5Reservations: 212-998-8750 or maison.francaise@nyu.edu
  • Created by: La Maison Française of NYU