Events

Spring 2013 
April 1–June 15 
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This spring, French is in the air!

Take a class at our flagship on 60th Street in Manhattan, in Montclair, NJ, or at our Brooklyn location.

French classes for Toddlers, Kids, Teens, and Adults start April 1.

11-Week Session Session Dates

April 1–June 15 
Once or twice a week 
1½, 2, or 3 hours per week

5½-Week Sessions 
April 1–May 7 
May 8–June 13 
Twice a week 
6 hours per week

2-Week Immersion 
May 20–May 30 
June 3–June 14 
Monday–Friday, 
mornings or evenings 
15 hours per week

Writer-director François Ozon (Swimming Pool, Under the Sand, , 8 Women, Potiche)’s deliciously twisted new film, IN THE HOUSE (Dans la Maison) starring  Fabrice Luchini, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Emmanuelle Seigner and newcomer Ernst Umhauer is scheduled to open in the US on April 19 in New York (at Lincoln Plaza Cinema and Sunshine Cinema) and Los Angeles followed by a national release.

Francois Ozon's new film is the story of Claude (César nominee Ernst Umhauer,) a 16-year old boy who gradually insinuates himself into the house of a fellow high-school student, Rapha (Bastien Ughetto,) and writes about his schoolmate's family in essays that perversely blur the lines between reality and fiction, for his jaded literature teacher, Germain (Fabrice Luchini). Increasingly intrigued by this gifted and unusual student, Germain rediscovers his taste for teaching, but the boy’s intrusion sparks a series of uncontrollable events. Kristin Scott-Thomas plays Germain’s wife, Jeanne, a contemporary a

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THE PAINTING (LE TABLEAU) opens 5/10 at the VILLAGE EAST CINEMA
Animation, Jean-Francois Laguionie, France, 2012, 78 mins
In English or in French with English subtitles

In this wryly inventive parable, a kingdom is divided into the three castes: the impeccably painted Alldunns who reside in a majestic palace; the Halfies who the Painter has left incomplete; and the untouchable Sketchies, simple charcoal outlines who are banished to the cursed forest. Chastised for her forbidden love for an Alldunn and shamed by her unadorned face, Halfie Claire runs away into the forest. Her beloved Ramo and best friend Lola journey after her, passing between the forbidden Death Flowers that guard the boundaries of the forest (in one of the film’s most radiantly gorgeous scenes), and arriving finally at the very edge of the painting – where they tumble through the canvas and into the Painter’s studio. The abandoned workspace is strewn with paintings, each containing its own animated world – and in a feast

AUGUSTINE, the debut feature film from French writer-director Alice Winocour, nominated for a 2013 César for Best First Feature is based on the true story of Doctor Jean-Martin Charcot, the 19th century founder of modern neurology - whom Sigmund Freud studied under - and his star teenage patient, the beautiful illiterate kitchen maid Augustine, prone to spectacular and inexplicable fits of "hysteria." 

After suffering a seizure which leaves her paralyzed on her right side,19-year-old Augustine (26 year-old recording artist-actress Soko in a break out performance), is shipped off to Paris' all female psychiatric hospital Pitié-Salpêtriere which specializes in detecting the then-fashionable ailment of 'hysteria'.  Augustine captures the attention of Doctor Charcot (Vincent Lindon, Mademoiselle Chambon, Welcome) after a seizure which appears to give her intense physical pleasure.  Intrigued, he begins using her as his principal subject, hypnotizing her in lecture halls as she displays h

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You’ve studied hard all year and you’re finally GRADUATING with your bachelor, your Masters or your Ph.D!! Perhaps you missed the last MIA party or you’re just in the mood for some good African music? Come celebrate your achievement with us, your most faithful MADE IN AFRICA & THE XILES are getting ready to hit you hard with another party "AFRO STATE OF MIND" on May 18th @ The Vault Ultra Lounge (below Element).

DJ BIRANE & XPECT and special guest DJ HENRI from "radioafricaonline.com" will keep you on your feet with the best Coupé Décallé, Azonto, Zouk, Soca, Salsa, Dancehall, Soukouss....so be ready to dance

Prior to the main event, we will be hosting the LAUNCH PARTY of Yvonne Amofah’s online magazine NEXUS2AFRICA from 10:00pm -11:00pm. There will be hors-d’oeuvres served and an open bar. For all aspiring entrepreneurs, bloggers, consumers of African news or if you are simply curious about Yvonne’s work come celebrate the fruits of her hard work and learn more about her and what

2 pm gallery talk
3 pm concert and reception

This concert will feature The Nouveau Classical Project performing both traditional and contemporary works by such composers as Debussy and Kaija Saariaho, as well as music by emerging composer Benjamin Attahir. Guest artist Christopher Dylan Herbert will join the ensemble to perform songs by Reynaldo Hahn. A gallery talk precedes the concert at 2 pm.

The Nouveau Classical Project (Amelia Lukas, flute; Isabel Kim, clarinet; Marina Kifferstein; violin; Rose Bellini, cello; Caleigh Drane, cello; Sugar Vendil, piano) received a 2011 JFund commission from the American Composers Forum.

Christopher Dylan Herbert, baritone, performs concerts and opera throughout the United States and Europe, principally with his ensemble, New York Polyphony.

Just for you: Monthly French Play Dates & Networking Sunday May 19th at 3pm


I am a mother of five-year-old trilingual twin girls, in addition to my career as an art dealer, chairwoman for section of children and education of Taste of France, and founder of a French summer camp. I invite you and your children to join us for a series of fun and educational play dates that celebrate our French culture, and discuss the challenges of raising young bi and tri lingual children in New York City. Bring your friends, and grandparents, and children from infants to 7 years old.

 

Our new series of interactive play dates will feature music, lectures, and sports, one Sunday a month this spring. Through music, literature, and playing, we will encourage French language skills in a fun setting. Every day will include 40 minutes of networking and conversation, 20 minutes of singing and reading, and free playtime. In order to create different age-appropriate reading groups, I am looking for parents to assi

Just for you: Monthly French Play Dates & Networking, May 19, 2013, 3:00–5:15 p.m., 111 East 22nd Street

Theme: Celebrating the 70th birthday of "The Little Prince," by Antoine de Saint-Exupery.


I need your help. I may have a group of French journalists visiting for this play-date, and I would love to have you and your family there and be able to confirm that you are coming.

I would love to have some help reading a paragraph of The Little Prince in different languages (page 56, Chapter XXI … "It was then that the fox appeared…"). We will also have a birthday cake, art crafts, etc….

The Little Prince, first published in 1943, is a novella and the most famous work of the French aristocrat, writer, poet and pioneering aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

I am the mother of five-year-old trilingual twin girls, in addition to being an art dealer, the chairwoman for the Children and Education sections of Taste of France, and the founder of a French summer camp. I invite you and your children to j