Thursday, July 12, 2012 (12)

Jul 12, 2012
May 17, 2012
Thursday
  • French Apéritif Thursdays in Greenpoint

  • May 17, 2012 at 1:00pm to Sep 27, 2012 at 8:00am
  • Location: Le Gamin Greenpoint
  • Description:

    French Aperitif Thursday parties at our Greenpoint location launches this coming thursday May 17th and then every Thursday for the all summer..

    Event : http://www.facebook.com/legamingreenpoint
    Where : Le Gamin Greenpoint, 108 Franklin Street, bet Oak & Noble St. in Greenpoint/Brooklyn
    « BEFORE & AFTER HOURS » will be offering unique house cocktails, wine, beers coming along with charcuterie, cheeses, vegetable dips, traditional French bites, as well as small tasting sample plates from LE GAMIN GREENPOINT new summer dinner menu.

    The concept is based on traditionnal French Aperitif, it offers moment of simple, multiple and spontaneous dégustation which brings a variety of local products on the table such as bread, cheese, cured meats, garden products, cocktails and wines.

    Please let me know if it is something you would like to cover?  We would love to have you at The restaurant on May 17th to share a glass of wine and a plate of cheese.

    I can obviously send you more info about the event, ou
  • Created by: le gamin
June 14, 2012
Thursday
  • AMERICANO

  • Jun 14, 2012 to Jul 27, 2012
  • Location: The Sunshine Cinema
  • Description:

    The death of his mother draws a young Frenchman (Demy) back to his childhood home in Los Angeles as he prepares to wrap up his mother’s estate. Things become complicated when he discovers that she was very fond of a woman named Lola (Hayek), who appears in her will. Martin combs Los Angeles for his mother’s mysterious friend and companion, finding no trace of her.  Traumatized at the sight of his mother’s body in the morgue, he drives to Tijuana in search of Lola, thinking she should inherit his mother’s apartment. But is Lola, his childhood playmate, truly the woman who brightened his mother’s life in Los Angeles — or is she a darker femme fatale, echoing the titular screen character from one of Jacques Demy’s key works?


    AMERICANO is a deeply moving drama about inheritance and legacy that deftly mines the past of a true-life filmmaking family, while at the same time weaving a mesmerizing fictional narrative about coming to terms with unattended grief and uncomfortable pasts. The film f

  • Created by: Aimee Morris
June 28, 2012
Thursday
  • UNFORGIVABLE

  • Jun 28, 2012 to Jul 27, 2012
  • Location: IFC Center
  • Description:

    Acclaimed director André Téchiné (Wild Reeds, Les Voleurs, Witnesses, The Girl on the Train)'s UNFORGIVABLE, is a multi-layered new drama starring iconic actress Carole Bouquet (That Obscure Object of Desire), set against the beautiful backdrop of Venice. Selected for the 2011 Cannes Film Festival Directors Fortnight, UNFORGIVABLE is scheduled to open in NY (at the IFC Center) and LA on Friday, June 29.

    In this adaptation of Philippe Djian's best-selling novel, Francis (André Dussollier, Wild Grass, Tell No One) is a successful crime novelist who moves to Venice to start a new book.  When he meets bisexual model-turned-real-estate-agent Judith (Bouquet,) he is instantly infatuated.  The two eventually marry and move to a remote house on the island of Sant’ Erasmo but Francis’ newfound happiness hinders his writing.  Obsessing over what Judith does while at work, he hires a young ex-convict (Mauro Conte) to investigate.  As Judith’s sexual past is revealed, both men become increasingly f

  • Created by: Aimee Morris
July 7, 2012
Saturday
  • The French Perspective: Contemporary Art from France

  • Jul 7, 2012 at 7:00am to Jul 27, 2012 at 2:00pm
  • Location: Agora Gallery
  • Description:

    The French Perspective: Contemporary Art from France presents the dazzling and delightful creations of talented French artists who pour both their innate sensitivity and their sharp observational skill into pieces which come to reflect and expand on the nature of the world as we know it. Powerful, passionate and persuasive, these works have the ability to speak directly to the viewer through their frank, lively appraisal of life.   The exhibition is scheduled to run from July 7 through July 27, 2012 . The opening reception will take place Thursday evening, July 12, 2012 6-8 PM.

  • Created by: Amanda Michaels - Agora Gallery
July 12, 2012
Thursday
  • FAREWELL, MY QUEEN

  • Jul 12, 2012 to Aug 31, 2012
  • Location: Lincoln Plaza Cinema and Angelika Film Center
  • Description:

    Selected as this year’s Berlin Film Festival's Opening Night film, FAREWELL, MY QUEEN marks the return of acclaimed director Benoît Jacquot (A Single Girl, Seventh Heaven, Sade, Deep in the Woods,) and brilliantly captures the passions, debauchery, occasional glimpses of nobility and ultimately the chaos that engulfed the court of Marie Antoinette in the final days before the full-scale outbreak of the Revolution.

    Based on the best-selling novel by Chantal Thomas, the film stars Léa Seydoux as one of Marie’s ladies-in-waiting, seemingly an innocent but quietly working her way into her mistress’s special favors, until history tosses her fate onto a decidedly different path. With the action moving effortlessly from the gilded drawing rooms of the nobles to the back quarters of those who serve them, this is a period film at once accurate and sumptuous in its visual details and modern in its emotions. Diane Kruger's gives her best performance to date as the ill-fated Queen and Virginie L

  • Created by: Aimee Morris
 
  • Bastile Day Celebration Barbecue

  • Jul 12, 2012 from 2:30pm to 6:00pm
  • Location: Le Chateau Restaurant
  • Description:

    Celebrate Bastille Day (a couple day early) with us on Thursday July 12 at 6:30pm with a Barbecue in the garden of Le Chateau Restaurant. Prix fixe $38.00 per person

    French Music with Cafe Musette

    Complimentary Sobieski Vodka Tasting & fun signatures drinks

  • Created by: Monique Jaffre
 
  • Bastille Day Ball

  • Jul 12, 2012 from 3:00pm to 10:00pm
  • Location: 404 10th Avenue
  • Description:

    Bastille Day Ball

    Live Orchestra DJ RIFFLE.
    General Admission: $30 ,Cash Bar , Pass Hors d'Oeuvre Included.
    VIP : $120 : Red Carpet Treatment in VIP Lounge: Gourmet Buffet plus Open Bar :7:30PM TO 10:30PM.
  • Created by: MPB AGENCY
 
  • Revolutionary Beach Volleyball Party

  • Jul 12, 2012 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm
  • Location: Pier 25 Manhattan
  • Description:
    Bump! Set! Spike! GO LADIES! Beach Volleyball has hit New York City...and Les Marie Antoinettes and Les Miserables are ready to play again!

    Come join us for this quintessential summer experience on Pier 25 with the playful women's group "The Mice at Play". A minimum of 10 Mice will hit the new beach courts along the Hudson. Get ready for an exhilirating playdate of jumping, diving, and rolling in the sand.

    Play the role of super-fit beach volleyballer Misty May-Trenor against the amazing backdrop of Tribeca and the Hudson River.

    The evening will include court time, a delicious picnic and loads of fun!

    RSVP ASAP!

    Testimonial: I had such a wonderful evening, playing beach volleyball on Bastille Day. What a hoot and what a beautiful evening to be diving for the ball in the sand, watching the sunset over the Hudson. Thank you so much for another great event! I enjoyed it so much that my husband and I booked a court the following week with a group of friends. I think it's now going to be a regul

  • Created by: nadia stieglitz