Edith Piaf, alive and living in New York
- Feb 18, 2012 at 4:30pm EST to Jun 21, 2012 at 6:00pm EDT
- Location: The Metropolitan Room
- Description:
Edith Piaf Alive and Living in New York
Introducing Floanne
Written by Floanne Ankah & Alice Jankell
Directed by Alice Jankell
Piano: Audrey Saint-Gil, Accordion: Kate Dunphy
Guitar: Marcel Van Dam, Percussion: Alby Roblejo
Saturday, Jan 21/Feb 18/Mar 17 at 9:30
Thursday, April 19/May 17/Jun 21 at 9:30
The Metropolitan Room
34 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10010 Tickets $20.00, 2 drinks minimum (212) 206-0440, www.metropolitanroom.com
French actress and singer Floanne Ankah recounts the Piaf story. This authentic ‘chanteuse’ and farm girl opens the door to her culture, by taking a closer look at the legendary ‘Little Sparrow’ —with that husky, mournful voice so popular in the 1940’ and 50’s. The performance is a culturally rich and moving presenta- tion that will make you smile, with tunes transporting you to other times and places.
Yes, both Floanne and Edith Piaf will be attending the rendez-vous in a medley of vintage tunes from their native France... with a modern twist. She w
- Created by: Flo Ankah
Sunday, May 6, 2012 (10)
Middle Eastern Music Lessons/Classes at Alwan for the Arts
- Mar 2, 2012 to May 25, 2012
- Location: Alwan for the Arts
- Description: Alwan for the Arts is excited to announce weekly group and private Arab Music Instruction this spring. Opportunities are available for beginners and seasoned musicians of all ages to learn fundamentals of Arab music and/or study specialized topics, such as focusing on many iterations of a single Maqam throughout a few decades, learning to sing and perform many maqams and popular songs along with classical Arabic poetry, studying vocal repertoire in an all-woman setting, and learning to play and jam on Arabic percussion instruments. Private lessons are also available on traditional as well as Western instruments and voice.Group Classes include:Maqam theory and practice (Maqam Rast in Early 20th c. Egypt)Arabic PercussionWomen's Choir (Arabic repertoire, no knowledge of Arabic necessary!)Iraqi Maqam (repertoire and variation)Private lessons also available on violin, 'oud, buzuq, qanun, santur, trumpet, percussion, voice (male and female).All other instrumentalists encouraged to stud
- Created by: Lety ElNaggar
Light around the world project
- Mar 16, 2012 at 2:00pm to May 6, 2012 at 10:15am EDT
- Location: New york
- Description:
Light around the world project's about spirituality, love, peace, harmony, knowledge and wisdom.
http://http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1091701951/light-around-the-world
- Created by: Julien
Signs of Inflation
- Mar 29, 2012 to Sep 30, 2012
- Location: The Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- Description:
http://numismatics.org/wikiuploads/NewsEvents/SignsofInflationPressRel.pdf
Avec deux cabinets dédiés à l'histoire monétaire française, de la Révolution à l'arrivée de l'euro.
- Created by: gilles bransbourg
MONSIEUR LAZHAR
- Apr 12, 2012 to Jun 29, 2012
- Location: Elinor Bunin Muroe Film Center and Angelika Film Center
- Description:
After learning of the death of an elementary school teacher, Bachir Lazhar (Fellag), a 55-year-old Algerian immigrant, goes to the school to offer his services as a substitute teacher. Quickly hired to replace the deceased, he finds himself thrown into an establishment in crisis, while going through his own personal tragedy. The film features exquisite performances by Fellag and the child actors playing Monsieur Lazhar’s young students coping with grief and learning to heal.
Award-winning writer-director Philippe Falardeau’s previous works - including Congorama and It’s Not Me I Swear! - have been screened at festivals around the world including Cannes, Toronto, New Directors/New Films, Berlin and Locarno. MONSIEUR LAZHAR, his fourth feature, is an adaptation of the play “Bashir Lazhar” by Montreal playwright Evelyne de la Cheneliere. - Created by: Aimee Morris
Retrospective Robert Bresson at BAMcinématek
- Apr 12, 2012 to May 6, 2012
- Location: BAMcinematek
- Description: Robert BressonRestrospective, BAMcinématek
BAMcinématek presents the first complete retrospective in over a decade of the most uncompromising and visionary of directors.
This retrospective takes place from April 13 - May 6.
Dates and Tickets @ BAMParing the language of film down to its essential elements—minimally expressive performances by nonprofessional actors, highly detailed sound design, tableau-like compositions that sear themselves into the mind’s eye—Robert Bresson (1901—1999) searched for the soul in the modern world, revealing the divine in the unlikeliest places and exploring states of both spiritual rapture and lament. BAMcinématek presents the first complete retrospective in over a decade of the most uncompromising and visionary of directors. All films in 35mm and in French with English subtitles.
"Bresson is to French cinema what Mozart is to German music and Dostoevsky is to Russian literature.” —Jean-Luc Godard
“Every film is a must-see!” —Dave Kehr, The New York Tim - Created by: Nathalie Charles
L'Atelier Francophone: Cours de théâtre en français
- Apr 25, 2012 at 2:00pm to May 29, 2012 at 3:45pm EDT
- Location: ART-NY
- Description:
L'atelier francophone - un cours de théâtre pour francophones
L'Atelier Francophone est un cours de théâtre en Français à NY. Nous travaillons sur des scènes diverses écrites par des auteurs contemporains francophones.Horaire : Le mercredi, de 18h à 19h45
Dates (Six cours) : 25 Avril - 23 Mai + Présentations de scènes et soirée : Mardi, le 29 Mai de 19h30 à 21h30.Tarif: $330New York in French members: $265, Code: NYINFRENCH
Returning students/Performing Arts Professionals: $225
Inscrivez-vous!
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 - Created by: Manisha Snoyer - Actress/Teacher
Françoise Pétrovitch: Inklings
- Apr 27, 2012 at 7:00am to Jun 23, 2012 at 1:00pm EDT
- Location: FIAF Gallery
- Description:
The FIAF Gallery is pleased to present the New York debut exhibition of Françoise Pétrovitch, a widely admired French artist. Her work is featured in the public collections of several French museums and has been exhibited internationally. Her recent, large-scale installation at the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature generated significant acclaim and interest in her work.
In Inklings, Pétrovitch pairs her whimsical yet unsettling ink wash drawings with a video installation of over 200 designs. Ethereal and haunting, the raw animal drawings are simultaneously infused with a sense of intimacy and fragility. A sculptor with extensive experience, including at the historic Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, Pétrovitch brings a powerful sense of substance and form to her two dimensional drawings.
Tour this engaging exhibition and explore Françoise Pétrovitch’s imaginative world.
Free and open to the public.
Gallery Hours
Tue–Fri: 11am–6pm
Sat: 11am–5pm - Created by: FIAF
Energizing Hike and Mountain Top Yoga
- May 6, 2012 from 3:00am to 3:00pm EDT
- Location: Schunemunk Mountain
- Description:
The Mice at Play, a group of playful women, are heading out for a vigorous hike and yoga class with unparalleled views. We'll hike to the top of Schunemunk Mountain where a certified yoga instructor will lead us through an energizing and cleansing* yoga class. Here we will enjoy the ultimate in wilderness therapy while we focus on our breath and centeredness.
After the class, we will relax while we are served a fresh gourmet backcountry meal that will be graciously prepared for us by our guides on the mountain top. Mountain air + homemade food = HEAVEN!
The hike itself is a relatively steep climb followed by a ridge walk with sweeping views of the Hudson Valley, Catskills, and the Shawangunks. (Overall, it is a moderate hike, doable by anyone in reasonably decent shape.) We'll explore the beautiful pink rock of this prehistoric beach where scrub oak and pine trees now grow and wild blueberries can be picked right off of the trail during the late Spring and early Summer. Standing alone b
- Created by: nadia stieglitz
The Broadway Bach Ensemble presents a FREE concert with French violinist Olivier Fluchaire and guest conductor Chris Hisey
- May 6, 2012 from 10:00am to 12:00pm EDT
- Location: Broadway Presbyterian Church
- Description:
The Broadway Bach Ensemble presents a FREE concert:
French violinist, Olivier Fluchaire
and
guest conductor, Christopher Hisey
Program:
Sibelius Violin Concerto Op. 47
Dvorak Symphony No. 9 (form the New World)
Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 2 PM at
Broadway Presbyterian Church
Broadway at 114th Street
(Columbia University)
New York, NY
- Created by: olivier fluchaire