Saturday, July 14, 2012 (14)

Jul 14, 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
July 13, 2012
Friday
  • French Tuesdays

  • Jul 13, 2012 to Jul 14, 2012
  • Location: Dream Hotel
  • Description:

    Provide the Y generation with a fun, empowering social event, while catering to their emotional needs in the most beautiful venues of each city.

  • Created by: MPB AGENCY
July 14, 2012
Saturday
 
  • French Culture Nights presents the Bastille Festival on Saturday, July 14th

  • Jul 14, 2012 from 11:00am to 11:00pm
  • Location: Sky-Deck Terrace of the Times Square Novotel
  • Description:

    FRENCH CULTURE NIGHTS takes you on another exceeding event. On July 14, come to celebrate BASTILLE DAY with us!

     

    For the second year in a row, French Culture Nights is proud to invite you to enjoy the French National Day.

    This thrilling event will take place on Saturday July 14, from 3pm to 3am. As for last year, it will be held on the Sky-Deck Terrace of the Times Square Novotel, from where you will enjoy an outstanding view on the whole square!

     

    This unforgettable 12-hour long celebration will feature six live bands as well as a unique exhibition by Francophone Sculptor Pierre-Henry Guérard.

    Olivier Ferlay, also known as DJ Mak-Len, will be present during the whole event to liven things up and make sure that, once again, everybody has a great time on the Novotel Hotel’s rooftop.

     

    Register @ www.frenchculturenights.com with CODE: "NYINFRENCH"

    The admission fee of $10 is waived for those who pre-register online before 12pm on July 14th.


     

    For those of you who will be hungry, the Novotel menu

  • Created by: Enrique Gonzalez
 
  • Bastille Day at Flute Gramercy

  • Jul 14, 2012 from 1:00pm to 6:00pm
  • Location: Flute Gramercy
  • Description:

    Celebrate Bastille Day at Flûte Gramercy! One complimentary flute of sparkling wine, Passed hors d’oeuvres plus Sparkling Wine or Any Flavor Kir Royal for only $5. Join the fun and annual celebration with French Music, Champagne, and all your friends at Flute! 

  • Created by: Flute Champagne Bar
 
  • July 14 // Bastille Day Bash // 6 – 10pm

  • Jul 14, 2012 from 2:00pm to 6:00pm
  • Location: Dekalb Market
  • Description:

    SECOND ANNUAL BASTILLE DAY BASH

    Commemorate the French Revolution in true New York style, with burlesque, baguettes, and booze!

    The Skint had such a blast last year and are doing it again at Dekalb Market!

    On deck:

    Live Music & Dancing with THE HOT SARDINES, playing straight-up, foot-stomping jazz… and with a tap dancer providing percussion, no less.

    French Burlesque and Can-Can by THE LOVE SHOW.

    The romantic, roaming stylings of Stroh violin-playing PETE LANCTOT.

    The return of the infamous BAGUETTE-EATING CONTEST!

    FREE PHOTO BOOTH with Frenchie props to capture those revolutionary moods.

    Your M.C. NIC TAMÈRE returns from Toulouse, only to find NYC’s no-smoking laws are still de rigueur.

    FOOD & BEER VENDORS a-plenty.

    All nations welcome!

    Tickets and Info: $12 advance, $15 door (we’ve partnered with Scoutmob to handle advance ticket sales… no fees!)

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  • Created by: Nathalie Charles
 
  • BASTILLE DAY IN GREENWICH , CT

  • Jul 14, 2012 from 3:00pm to 7:00pm
  • Location: LEWIS STREET, Greenwich, CT
  • Description:

    Bastille Day in Greenwich, CT.

    Bal Populaire chez Jean- Louis Gerin

    Join Restaurant Jean- Louis and The Alliance Francaise of Greenwich for the an evening of French "barbecue", French wine and French " dancing in the street" . Lewis Street will be closed from 7-11pm for an evening of France in Greenwich.

     

  • Created by: Renee Amory Ketcham