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Alwan for the Arts, New York’s leader in promoting the diverse culture and arts of the Middle East, presents So You Think You Can Dabkeh, a series exploring the traditional and popular line dances of the Levant region of the Middle East. Through participatory and performance events in Manhattan and Brooklyn from September 8 - October 13, 2012, Alwan will celebrate one of the most publicly performed and beloved traditional dances of Arab Americans. The events are open to the public and funded in part by NYSCA.

Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature the original work of French artist, Sylvie Vermandel.  The opening reception will be held on Thursday night, September 20, 2012 from 6-8 pm

About the Artist

The oil paintings of French artist Sylvie Vermandel, which the artist refers to as ‘jewel paintings,’ are simultaneously representational and symbolic, reflective of the beautiful natural world that surrounds us as well as the spirituality and light that underscores everything we experience. Rather than using a palette, Vermandel mixes her colors directly on the canvas in thin layers, creating varying contrasts so that the observer is able to attain new perspectives on the painting. She adds an entirely new dimension of light and texture by incorporating such elements as crystals, gold leaf and silver sequins into each piece. What results is a harmony of color, tone and light that celebrates the artist’s great love for Mother Earth and is designed to bring out the positive side of life through sy

17 GIRLS (Cannes Film Festival International’s Critics Week selection), is Delphine and Muriel Coulin’s provocative debut feature focusing on a group of bored teenage girls who all make an irrevocable pact, a story inspired by a true headline-grabbing case which took place in Massachusetts.

When Camille (Louise Grinberg, The Class) accidentally becomes pregnant, she encourages her friends and fellow high-school classmates to follow suit, so they can raise their children collectively, an act at once unexpected and incomprehensible.  It’s only a matter of time, before seventeen girls in the high school are pregnant and the town is thrown into a world of chaos.  Set in the writer-directors’ small, seaside hometown of Lorient in Brittany, 17 GIRLS is a reflection on adolescence, body image, friendship and the perplexing realities of growing up.

Prior to 17 GIRLS, Delphine (also a novelist) and Muriel Coulin (a documentary director) directed five award-winning short films together. Louise Gr

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André S. Labarthe in person for select screenings on 10/3 and 10/4!

In 1964, film critic and filmmaker André S. Labarthe, together with Janine Bazin, widow of influential film theorist André Bazin, approached the French television channel ORTF about starting a program that would resemble the long, in-depth interviews with film directors that magazines such as Cahiers du cinéma and Positif regularly published. ORTF gave the green light, and Cinéastes de notre temps (Filmmakers of Our Time) was born. Many of the programs were dedicated to older directors, then in retirement or in the final stages of their careers. Instead of TV journalists, Labarthe and Bazin would often ask well-known film directors to make these programs: thus, Jacques Rivette on Jean Renoir, or Jacques Rozier on Jean Vigo.

Cinéastes de notre temps lasted until 1971, when ORTF, for various clear and unclear reasons, decided to terminate production. Over the follo

The painted Narcissus, attributed to Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio ca 1599, will be the focal image of french artist Francine LeClercq's installation, whereas the erring gaze of Narcissus, the visual echo reverberating between the illusionistic picture plane and the actual gallery setting, the existential reciprocity between the subject and object, form and content, …, are parallel notions and traits that LeClercq uses to investigate the modern context and premise within which a work may be produced, placed and perceived. 

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Narcissus, la nouvelle exposition de l'artiste française Francine LeClercq est à découvrir du 4 au 27 Octobre à la gallerie Soho20 à Chelsea. Cette installation tourne autour de l'oeuvre "Narcissus" attribuée à Caravaggio.

For preview and images, please visit: http://francineleclercq.blogspot.com/

For further information, please contact Jenn Dierdorf at info@soho20gallery.com

 Le Désordre dans les théâtres: une habitude, une histoire (XVIe-XXIe siècles), une manière d'être spectateur

CHRISTIAN BIET    

Professeur d’Études Théâtrales, Université de Paris X; visiting professor, NYU; co-author, Qu’est-ce que le Théâtre?

UG! COMEDY SHOW!! Tuesday Oct. 2nd, 2012 ed.

Todd Montesi and Pat Rigby 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 (Half priced select drinks till 9PM)! So what are you waiting for? Come down and UG! it with us!!!

UG! COMEDY SHOW!! 4.0 (Now @ No Fun Bar)

Presented by Todd Montesi and Pat Rigby

TUESDAYS @ No Fun Bar:

161 Ludlow St. (bet. Houston & Stanton st.)

Showtime: 8:00PM No Cover, One Drink Min.

(Half priced select drinks till 9PM)

For info/reservations: 212-477-1616

Via subway:  F train to 2nd ave.

This week's guests (Tuesday Oct. 2nd, 2012 lineup):

Hard-Boiled Funny Lady Jessie Richardson!

Producer of Skinja Dan Goodman!

Joe Budden’s Favorite Comedian Kyle Bostic!

Bean Town’s Finest Pat O’Shea!

He’s A Skinny Guy Randy Humphrey!

Formerly Known As Cassius Clay Mumoh Pujeh!

T

"Francis Jocky Live"

'You're a Star" - Bono

"Amazing, you sound like Otis Redding" - Stevie Wonder.

Francis Jocky (Piano - Guitars - Vocals)
David Silliman (Drums)
Itaiguara Brandao (Bass)

Multitalented singer, songwriter & producerFrancis Jocky is something of an enigma, an artist with universal appeal and blessed with a unique voice. Raised in Paris, France and now living in New York City, Francis Jockyhas developed a sound that transcends borders.

KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON
cuts from Hamlet. A 45 minute event for friends to gather at a wonderful venue, drink beer, and watch a few Shakespeare scenes.

Adapted and Directed by Knud Adams. Produced by Brian Miskell.

Version moderne de Shakespeare présentée dans un café théâtre. Adaptation et mise en scène Knud Adams. Production : Brian Miskell. 

KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON
cuts from Hamlet. A 45 minute event for friends to gather at a wonderful venue, drink beer, and watch a few Shakespeare scenes.

Adapted and Directed by Knud Adams. Produced by Brian Miskell.

Version moderne de Shakespeare présentée dans un café théâtre. Adaptation et mise en scène Knud Adams. Production : Brian Miskell.