Events

Tuesday, September 27, 2011 (13)

Sep 27, 2011
September 1, 2011
Thursday

  • LOVE CRIME directed by Alain Corneau

  • Sep 1, 2011 to Sep 30, 2011
  • Location: Lincoln Plaza and Landmark Sunshine Theatres
  • Description: LOVE CRIME is a remorseless tale of extreme office politics, played brilliantly by Kristin Scott Thomas and Ludivine Sagnier. Isabelle (Sagnier) is the young ingénue assistant, while Christine (Scott Thomas) is the older woman, a senior executive in a multinational company doing deals around the world. At first they are friendly. Christine, the able executive, is happy to pass the grunt work along to the up-and-coming Isabelle as she learns the ropes. But when Christine starts to take credit for Isabelle's ideas, and a fellow worker bee begins to fuel Isabelle's growing doubts about Christine's duplicitous "all-for-one" attitude, the ground is prepared for all out war. LOVE CRIME is a complex, mischievous, surprising and ultimately devastating look on the corporate world, a last magical effort from one of the world's most loved directors.
  • Created by: Aimee Morris
September 13, 2011
Tuesday

  • French Born Artist, Christian Perez de Carvasal, Featured in NYC Exhibition

  • Sep 13, 2011 at 7:00am to Oct 4, 2011 at 2:00pm
  • Location: Agora Gallery
  • Description:

    Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature French artist, Christian Perez de Carvasal, in The Rhythm of Color. The exhibition is scheduled to run from September 13, 2011 through October 4, 2011 (opening reception: Thursday, September 15, 2011).

     

    About the Artist

    Combining symbolic elements of the figurative and the abstract, French artist Christian Perez de Carvasal creates stunning canvases that reflect all the movement and energy intrinsic to city life. Inspired by a childhood in Paris, the artist paints sprawling scenes highlighting the majesty of modern architecture and the dynamism of crowded sidewalks and streets. Yet interspersed amid his urban landscapes are peaceful humanlike creatures which serve in juxtaposition to the harried pace that commonly defines city life. He explains, “I am inspired by urban life, people in motion, architecture, and colors. My mission is to provoke emotional and political reflections and visual expressions.”

     

    One of the hallmarks of Carvasal’s work is his us

  • Created by: Lee Eagle
September 14, 2011
Wednesday
September 18, 2011
Sunday

  • NEW YORK MON AMOUR, A VIEW OF FRENCH CINEMA BY CATHERINE VERRET VIMONT

  • Sep 18, 2011 to Oct 4, 2011
  • Location: The Furman Gallery at the Film Society of Lincoln’s Center’s Walter Reade Theatre
  • Description:

    NEW YORK MON AMOUR, A VIEW OF FRENCH CINEMA BY CATHERINE VERRET VIMONT

     

    An Exhibition of 95 Photos Taken by Catherine Verret Vimont


    As Executive Director of the French Film Office UniFrance Films USA, the leading proponent of the French film industry in the US, Catherine Verret Vimont had a unique opportunity to casually photograph many of the visiting French directors and actors. 

     

     

    NEW YORK MON AMOUR: A View of French Cinema by Catherine VerretVimont, is presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center in association with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, and UniFrance Films.




  • Created by: Alexandra KURKDJIAN
September 26, 2011
Monday

  • Act American

  • Sep 26, 2011 at 3:00pm to Nov 5, 2011 at 6:00pm
  • Location: Midtown West
  • Description: This 10 session acting workshop incorporates voice work, physical improvisation and scene study. In keeping with our mission to promote international theatre by living artists, we will draw on texts by contemporary playwrights from around the world. Students will have the choice to work on  American texts or translate their scene or monologue into English from a native language.  The class will include regular visits to international theatre events followed by discussion.  The course will culminate in a performance for theater professionals and friends.  We seek to create a diverse class that includes many different countries and languages. Our ideal student has a deep curiosity about cutting-edge international theater, a love of play, a passion for understanding the human experience and an ensemble spirit.  Limited to 20.

    Teacher: Manisha Snoyer, director Into This City International Acting School
  • Created by: Manisha Snoyer - Actress/Teacher
September 27, 2011
Tuesday

  • Time for Outrage: Indignez-vous! with Stéphane Hessel

  • Sep 27, 2011 from 2:00pm to 4:00pm
  • Location: Uris 301 at Columbia University
  • Description: A conversation with Stéphane Hessel with guest moderator Nikil Saval of n + 1 magazine.

    Followed by a book-signing with the author.

    In TIME FOR OUTRAGE: Indignez-vous!, newly translated into English, 93-year old Resistance leader Stéphane Hessel makes a controversial and impassioned call-to-arms for a return to the ideals that fueled the French Resistance. Published in France last October, this essay has become a worldwide phenomenon, selling nearly 2 million copies in France and over 4 million copies globally.

  • Created by: Columbia Maison Francaise
 

  • French-American Connection Event for Young Professionals

  • Sep 27, 2011 from 2:30pm to 5:00pm
  • Location: Jadis French wine bar
  • Description:

    Dear Young Professionals,

     


    Join us for our first fall event!

     


    The French-American Foundation is pleased to invite you to our first fall French-American Connection event the evening of Tuesday, September 27 at Jadis wine bar. 

     

    Come and share a glass of wine with us as we welcome special guest Peter Costanzo, Director of Digital Content for F+W Media, for a conversation on the latest technology, and how digital media is changing the publishing industry and how we read.  Mr. Costanzo will also tell us more about his recent trip to Paris to meet with French publishers and booksellers.

     

    Tickets: $10 or get two for $15; includes wine & hors d'oeuvres

    RSVP: Space is limited, so RSVP soon here!


    We hope that you will be able to join us for another intimate and lively evening of discussion!

     

    About Peter Costanzo

    Peter Costanzo is Director of Digital Content for F+W Media, Inc., producing enhanced digital products. Previously he was Online Marketing & Digital Product Development Director for the Perseus
  • Created by: Eugénie Briet
 

  • Ballake Sissoko and Vincent Segal's Chamber Music

  • Sep 27, 2011 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm
  • Location: Elebash Hall, The Graduate Center, CUNY
  • Description:

    On Sept 27,  Live @ 365, a new world music series presents Ballake Sissoko and Vincent Segal's Chamber Music, a stunning collaboration and a hit of last year's globalFEST. 

    Elebash Hall, 365 5th Ave, NYC

    One of the top kora (21-stringed lute-harp) players of the new generation, Malian artist Ballake Sissoko has worked with everyone from African icons (Toumani Diabate) to blues masters (Taj Mahal) and Italian minimalist composers (Ludovico Einaudi). Vincent Segal has taken the cello into new realms as a musician with the French trip-hop group Bumcello and in collaborations with Sting and Elvis Costello. Sissoko and Segal struck up a friendship that blossomed into an elegant, rich acoustic collaboration. The unexpected intertwining of their instruments creates an intimate space for subtle, yet striking sounds flowing from African traditions and European classical roots. It's chamber music for the 21st century.  

    "… exquisite…" - The Guardian
  • Created by: Betsey Perlmutter
 

  • MARIELLE MACE: Styles animaux

  • Sep 27, 2011 from 3:00pm to 4:30pm
  • Location: La Maison Française of NYU
  • Description: MARIELLE MACE
    CNRS-EHESS; visiting professor, NYU; author of Le Savoir des genres; Le Genre littéraire; Façons de lire,
    manières d’être

    Styles animaux

    La question de l’animalité est au centre de la pensée actuelle, et témoigne d’une inquiétude de l’humain. Mais elle conduit aussi à une anthropologie élargie, et en révèle la dimension esthétique : la nécessité de faire attention aux « manières » de l’être, aux « phrasés » du vivant, à des vies qui sont tout entière contenues dans leur style, leur mode, leur expressivité. Avec Balzac et Ponge, avec Uexküll et Portmann, on observera les leçons de style que donnent les animaux, et la façon dont la littérature moderne sait se rendre attentive à cette foule de styles et de manières d’être.
  • Created by: La Maison Française of NYU
 

  • Atelier Francophone

  • Sep 27, 2011 at 3:00pm to Dec 6, 2011 at 2:00pm
  • Location: Midtown West
  • Description: L'atelier Francophone est un cours de théâtre proposant des exercices sur l'imagination, le corps et la voix afin d’élaborerun jeu créatif et "réel". Nourrir ce jeu, c’est mettre à contribution la vie intérieure de l'acteur, explorer la richesse et le potentiel de sa propre individualité, et découvrir le lien harmonique qui l’unit à son partenaire.  

    Le cours intègre des méthodes diverses d'apprentissage du jeu (Meisner, Stanislavski, Chekhov, etc.) pour que l'acteur puisse découvrir les outils les plus utiles à son répertoire.

    L'accent est mis sur le travail en groupe. L'intérêt est de créer une troupe d'acteurs composée d’individus qui apprécient et essaient tout autant de nourrir le travail de la compagnie entière que d’enrichir leur propre savoir-faire.  

    Ce semestre, nous travaillerons sur des scènes diverses écrites par des auteurs contemporains francophones.
  • Created by: Manisha Snoyer - Actress/Teacher
 

  • Skana , Goddesses and More

  • Sep 27, 2011 from 3:30pm to 5:30pm
  • Location: Galapagos Art Space
  • Description:

    Skana , Goddesses and More is a new live event which  gathers original female performers with  an engaging presence to weave together a web of music ,dance and theatrality .that is .wavering , ethereal ,poetic The evening is divided in 2 parts :

     Goddess chronicles is a show written and performed by composer Milica  Paranosic that features Milica's intimate views and interpretations of Goddesses in collaboration with visual artist Carmen Kordas .

    Muriel Louveau 's performance Skana and more  is an extended and theatrical show with live vocals, music and dance combined with creative lightings. Choreographer dancer Emily Pope Blackman joins Muriel  to  create dance works in response to her singing

  • Created by: louveau
 

  • Jos Houben: The Art of Laughter

  • Sep 27, 2011 from 3:30pm to 5:00pm
  • Location: French Institute Alliance Française/ Florence Gould Hall
  • Description:

    The Belgian actor and master of laughter and physical comedy, Jos Houben, presents a hilarious and enlightening exploration of laughter; its causes and effects, and the role of the body in its creation.

    A graduate of Paris's renowned Jacques Le Coq School, Jos Houben dissects the mechanics that trigger laughter: facial expressions, the idiosyncrasies of the body, the act of falling down, and the importance of timing. A delightful and amusing master class on one of life's greatest pleasures.

     

    "There are laws that seem to apply to any human being, of whatever race or culture, concerning the laughter of the body: the clumsiness, the mis-timing, counterpoints, surprises, accidents, all those things"—Jos Houben

     

    "A veritable professor of mirth."—The Times (London)

     

    The Art of Laughter, created by and with Jos Houben
    Produced by Jos Houben and Compagnie Rima

    In English

     

    This event is part of Lecture/Performance, one of Crossing the Line 2011's three curatorial program perspectives.

     

    Advance Ticket

  • Created by: FIAF
 

  • UG! COMEDY SHOW!! 3.0 (Tuesday Sept. 27th)

  • Sep 27, 2011 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm
  • Location: MUG Lounge: 448 East 13th st. (bet. 1st ave and ave A)
  • Description:

    UG! COMEDY SHOW!! 4 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!! Tuesday  September 27th, 2011 ed.!!!

     

    This is the 4th anniversary show of one of the coolest FREE comedy shows around guys- so if you haven’t come down for a while or haven’t been here before, MAKE THIS YOUR NIGHT!!! Expect lots of coolness and special surprise funny guests- Leave your tux at home and DVR that ep. Of Dancing With The Stars or whatevs you watch and UG IT WITH US! See you there and UG IT!

     

     

    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.

  • Created by: Todd M.