Friday, May 21, 2010 (6)

May 21, 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 21, 2010
Friday
  • "Green Project", Food testing + Amazing art works

  • May 21, 2010 from 2:00pm to 4:00pm
  • Location: 546 Broadway, PH 5B, New York, NY 10012
  • Description: Dearest Friends,I would like to invite you to a special event that we are sponsoring at the gallery: "The Green Project", my best friend and business partner Cass and I are sponsoring this art event with Vietnamese hors d'oeuvres that will be served alongside our ALL NATURAL PEANUT SAUCE, that we are bottling and eventually launching in stores or in our restaurant...Saigoniste. Please come and participate in our soft tasting for our sauce, we want and need your feed back.The works of Keira and Kamol will be on display.We hope that you all can make it and please bring as many people as you would like. Please rsvp either this email or through Facebook so we can plan accordingly!!! We hope to see all of you there and we are so very eager for any and all feedback!!!!
  • Created by: Emmanuel Fremin
 
  • Haiti Flag Day Cultural Event

  • May 21, 2010 from 2:00pm to 5:30pm
  • Location: Church Center 777 UN Plaza at 44th Street, 2nd Floor
  • Description: Has the pleasure of inviting you to a cultural celebration forHaiti Flag DayAt the Church Center777 UN Plaza at 44th Street, 2nd FloorFriday 21 May6 p.m. — 9:30 p.m.Poems, Dance Performances, Songs, Music and DancingLight refreshments will be servedSuggested contribution is $20.Kindly reserve your tickets in advance as seating is limited.Contacts:Elsie Laurence-Chounoune elsie.chounoune@undp.org Tel : 212 906-6884Marie Cadichon cadichon@un.org Tel : 212-963-6385Carlyne Romulus carlyne.romulus@unifem.org Tel : 917-484-8037Nadèje Bauzil bauzil@un.org Tel : 917-367-9853Michele Defay defay@un.org Tel : 212-963-4433Anne-Marie Bernadel abernadel@gmail.com Tel : 917-328-0082Taïna Glaude glaude@un.org Tel : 212-963-0331
  • Created by: Taina Glaude
 
  • World Nomads Lebanon: A Reading with Wajdi Mouawad & Jane Birkin

  • May 21, 2010 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm
  • Location: Florence Gould Hall at French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF)
  • Description: Acclaimed author Wajdi Mouawad will be joined by his dear friend, actress and singer Jane Birkin, for a special reading of his work.When Birkin and Mouawad first met, they immediately shared a strong bond of mutual respect and admiration, both as artists and humanitarians. Birkin and Mouawad will read Mouawad’s The Sentinel—a personal work written for Birkin—among other pieces.In English & French with English supertitles.Free – reservations required. Call 646.388.6683 or email fiafprog@fiaf.orgWorld 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 visit:http://www.fiaf.org/events/spring2010/2010-05-world-nomads-lebanon.shtml
  • Created by: Jennifer Kutsher