Events

Friday, May 7, 2010 (5)

May 7, 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
May 7, 2010
Friday

  • Fundraising Event : FXB Action Network Spring Benefit May 7th at Overlook lounge

  • May 7, 2010 from 2:00pm to 7:00pm
  • Location: OVERLOOK LOUNGE
  • Description: May 7th is World AIDS Orphans Day, and the FXB Action Network is bringing together young professionals to raise money to help AIDS orphans around the world!Event DetailsCome enjoy the outdoor patio and all-night $5 drink specials, make new friends, and win prizes like:* One hour of open bar at the Overlook Lounge for you and 9 of your friends!* Free registration for a co-ed sports league and post-game parties at NYCSSC. Join a Kickball, Softball, Ultimate Frisbee, Flag Football, Bowling, or Inner-tube Water Polo team!* A one-month membership to New York Health and Racket Club, includes use of state-of-the art cardio and strength training equipment, indoor lap pools, sauna, steam Rooms, whirlpools, jacuzzis, group fitness and spinning studios with over 600 weekly classes, and racquetball, basketball and squash courts. Plus, access to yacht, VIP Beach Club in Westchester and Doral Arrowwood Golf Resort!* Designer purses, exotic jewelry, SwitchFlops, and more!By purchasing a ticket, you a
  • Created by: Sandra
 

  • L'Avant Scene presents "l'Echange" by Paul Claudel

  • May 7, 2010 from 4:00pm to 7:00pm
  • Location: Butler College Memorial Court Theater - Princeton University
  • Description: The Troupe of Princeton University's Department of French and Italian, L'Avant-Scene, the French Theater Workshop, will perform Paul Claudel's "L'Echange" (1893) directed by Florent Masse in the Butler College Memorial Court Theater at 8:00pm, Friday, May 7, 2010. "L'Echange" will mark the first production of a play by Paul Claudel by the troupe of L'Avant-Scene. Louis Laine, a young adventurer of Native American heritage is married to a French girl from the country, Marthe, whom he brought with him to New England. There, he takes a job as manager of the seaside estate of a rich salesman, Thomas Pollock Nageoire, who is married to actress Lechy Elbernon. Already tired of Marthe, Louis begins a passionate affair with Lechy. For her part, Marthe rejects the advances of Thomas Pollock who, recognizing her virtues of honesty and fidelity, wants her for himself. In order to achieve this goal, Thomas offers Louis money to leav e his wife. The production will take place in the new outdoor amp
  • Created by: Quentin Jouberton