Events

Tuesday, April 26, 2011 (6)

Apr 26, 2011
April 4, 2011
Monday

  • Paris au Present

  • Apr 4, 2011 to Apr 26, 2011
  • Location: Florence Gould Hall
  • Description:

    The French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF), New York's premiere French cultural center, celebrates the spring with a new CinémaTuesdays series exploring Paris, the City of Light.

     

    How does one capture the essence of a city, recreate its soul, the beatings of its heart, and describe its mutations while celebrating what makes it timeless and unique among all of the other cities of the world? These questions continue to guide us through the evolving history of thousands of films that feature Paris as either subject or backdrop. By summoning the first films of young filmmakers alongside works by recognized directors and blending the genres of fiction, documentary and animation, FIAF shares with you the eternal city of light.


    The Paris au présent series is co-curated by Marie Losier, Laurence Herzberg of The Forum Des Images and the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

  • Created by: FIAF
April 8, 2011
Friday

  • Isaach De Bankole: An Unexpected Gentleman

  • Apr 8, 2011 at 3:00pm to Apr 29, 2011 at 3:00pm
  • Location: Museum of Arts and Design
  • Description:

    Isaach De Bankolé, An Unexpected Gentleman

    Frequent star of films by Claire Denis, Jim Jarmusch, and Lars Von Trier, the French actor Isaach De Bankolé has become the preeminent leading man in a contemporary wave of cinema tackling the effects of Western colonialism on Africa.

    Originally born on the Ivory Coast before moving to Paris, where he was discovered on the street., Isaach De Bankolé has changed the face of French cinema as a pioneering leading man of color in French Cinema.

    A César award winner, De Bankolé is well know to European audiences for his powerful, subtly intense, and compelling performances. Whether an assassin, Cameroonian houseboy to French colonialists, or asylum seeker, De Bankolé’s presents his characters will dignity, power, and refinement. No matter how complicated the moral code or choices a role tackles, De Bankolé’s imbues each performance with the grace and strength of a gentleman.

    Surveying this extraordinary actor’s career, MAD is proud to team with the Fre

  • Created by: mad
April 25, 2011
Monday

  • L'atelier Francophone: Cours de théâtre en français

  • Apr 25, 2011 at 2:00pm to Jun 1, 2011 at 6:00pm
  • Location: Pearl Studios
  • Description:

    L'atelier Francophone est un cours de théâtre basé sur des  exercices sur l'imagination, le corps et la voix pour arriver à un jeu créatif et "réel". Pour nourrir ce jeu, la vie intérieure de l'acteur est mise à contribution, ce qui amène de la richesse de part l'individualité de chaque personne.  

     

    Nous travaillons aussi sur des scènes écrites par des auteurs contemporains francophones.  Le cours intègre des méthodes diverses d'apprentissage du jeu (Meisner, Stanislavski, Chekhov, etc) pour que l'acteur puisse découvrir les outils qui marchent le mieux pour lui.

     

    L’accent est mis sur le travail en groupe. L’intérêt est de créer une troupe d'acteurs construite sur cet art qu’est le travail en commun, composée d’individus  qui apprécient et essaient de nourrir autant le travail de la compagnie entière que de leur propres personnes. 

     

     Ce semestre, nous continuerons notre travail sur Cet Enfant de Joël Pommerat.  Vous pouvez vous procurer le texte  ici.

     

    Aucune expérience théâtrale exigée. N

  • Created by: Manisha Snoyer - Actress/Teacher
April 26, 2011
Tuesday

  • A Conversation with Pierre Guyotat

  • Apr 26, 2011 from 12:00pm to 2:00pm
  • Location: Maison Française, Buell Hall, Columbia University
  • Description:

    Pierre Guyotat 
    Conversation in French

     

    Hailed as the last great avant-garde visionary of the 20th century, Pierre Guyotat has been one of France's most controversial literary figures since his homoerotic account of the Algerian War appeared in the mid-1960s. His 1971 novel Eden, Eden, Eden was partially banned in France, but championed by artists and writers as diverse as Jean-Paul Sartre, Roland Barthes, Joseph Beuys, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italo Calvino and Simone de Beauvoir.

    Coma    , first published in France in 2006, chronicles the crisis that wracked Guyotat when, after searching for new forms of language, he entered a mental clinic and fell into a coma induced by self-starvation. His "disappearance" becomes a transcendent struggle against physical need and the body itself. As Gary Indiana notes in his preface, "This text, which eludes any category of literature, is an unexampled effusion of tenderness ... an immolated 'I' existing in what remains when the habitual comforts and distract
  • Created by: Carly DeFilippo
 

  • UG! COMEDY SHOW!! 3.0 (Tuesday April 26th)

  • Apr 26, 2011 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm
  • Location: MUG Lounge: 448 East 13th st. (bet. 1st ave and ave A)
  • Description:

    UG! COMEDY SHOW!! Tuesday  April 26th, 2011 ed.


    Todd Montesi and Justin Murray present awesome comics in front of a cool supportive crowd in the epicenter of hip NYC the East Village. Featuring both established comic veterans you've seen on TV to the up and comers, UG guarantees a swell time all for FREE! We've also got tons of drink specials ($3 drafts $4 wells)! So what are you waiting for? Come down and UG! it with us!!!



    UG! COMEDY SHOW!! (Now @ MUG)

    Presented by Todd Montesi and Justin Murray

    TUESDAYS @ MUG Lounge
    448 East 13th st. (bet. 1st and ave. A)
    showtime: 8PM No Cover, One Drink Min.
    ($3 drafts, $4 wells till 10PM!!!)
    For info/reservations: (646) 746-1357
    Via subway: L train to 1st ave.; or F train to 2nd ave.

    This week's guests (Tuesday April 26th, 2011 lineup):
    Quiet Bodger Millerd!
    Mohmar Mo Diggs!
    Neil ‘The Black One” Charles!
    Calvin S. Cato Esq. & Associates!
    Just E. Dodge!
    1st Rd. UG Lottery Draft Pick Phillip Burke!

    The Kabob Boyz Tim Brennan & Pat Rigby!

    et al

  • Created by: Todd M.