Le 7 septembre prochain l’institution new yorkaise ABC Home, ouvrira ses portes pour la première fois aux Etats Unis aux oeuvres calligraphiques de Thich Nhat Hanh, à travers l’exposition Calligraphic Meditation: The Mindful Art of Thich Nhat Hanh

Tich Nhat Hanh, maître du Bouddhisme Zen, fervent défenseur de la non violence lors de la guerre du Vietnam fut soutenu par Martin Luther King lors de sa nomination pour le prix Nobel de la Paix en 1967. Il est considéré par le New York Times comme le deuxième personnage le plus important du Bouddhisme après le Dalai Lama.

Son histoire est intimement liée à celle de la France, où il trouva refuge en 1972 après avoir été expulsé des Etats Unis. Son opposition à la guerre du Vietnam le contraint à l’exile alors qu’il enseignait à Princeton et Columbia. En 1982, il fonda dans le Périgord un monastère qui allait devenir la plus grande communauté bouddhiste d’Occident. Son enseignement et ses écrits ont depuis atteints des millions de personnes à tr

For over three decades, French photographer Dominique Nabokov has turned her camera lens on friends and colleagues at The New York Review, producing an incisive and intimate portrait of many of its key players. The approximately 50 black and white photographs in the exhibition capture both the spirit of the magazine and offer informal portraits of its editors, contributors, and supporters. Nabokov has subtly documented many convivial moments and the occasional intellectual jostling between the Review’s varied personalities. The exhibition coincides with the 50th anniversary of The New York Review, which famously coalesced during the New York printers’ strike of 1963.

The exhibition is made possible by The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation.

An illustrated catalogue with introduction by Ian Buruma will be published on the occasion of the exhibition. It will be available online for free download; visit www.nyu.edu/maisonfrancaise for details. La Maison Française is open to the public Monda

Science, Language & Arts International School (PK-5th)

A French and Mandarin immersion elementary school in the heart of the BAM Cultural District!

Remaining information sessions for 2014 admissions:

Wednesday, November 13, 6:30–8 p.m. (almost full)

Saturday, November 23, 10–11:30 a.m. (almost full)

Tuesday, December 10, 6:30–8 p.m.
 

Attending an information session is not required for admission, but it is the best way to get information about SLA, ask questions, and see classrooms. 

NEW YORK, NY – Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature the original work of French artist Nelly Cougard in Unbound Perspectives. The exhibition is scheduled to run from November 22, 2013 through December 13, 2013.  The opening reception will be held on Thursday night, December 5, 2013 from 6-8 pm.

About the Artist

Nelly Cougard’s vibrant abstractions in acrylic and oil on canvas or paper are as emotive as they are resonant. A process-oriented artist who names movement as a governing quality of her work, Cougard works across media, incorporating a variety of materials into her works, including paper and structural gels. Interested in removing the “object” proper from the optical projections mediating time and space, her masterful compositions invoke the primal and seductive rhythms of music and nature. Drawn to balance and the “energetic trace” of gestural forms, her paintings depict the continually changing aspects of human existence, that which is at once ephemeral and fragile. Says the ar

On Saturday, November 23, Poets House, in partnership with City Lore and NY’OC Trobadors, hosts a landmark symposium celebrating and bringing the riches of southern French poetry and culture to the American public. The symposium gathers international and local poets, artists, scholars, and performers to share the fascinating history of the region and bring to life the songs of troubadours past and present in the endangered lenga d'òc (Occitan language). Chef and foodie favorite Ariane Daguin, owner of gourmet purveyor D’Artagnan, will host a reservation-only Gascon Buffet with a short historic overview of Occitan cuisine and cooking demonstration.  The evening will culminate in a music and poetry performance featuring accomplished bicontinental artists Joan Francés Tisnèr (project director), Jakes Aymonino, Domenja Lekuona, Pierre Joris, and Nicole Peyrafitte. Other presenters include New York University scholars Deborah Kapchan, Sarah Kay and Richard Sieburth, and director of Fondacio

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Centenaire Aimé Césaire & Albert Camus

   Dans le cadre du Centenaire  d’Aimé Césaire  (26 juin 1913) et d’Albert Camus (7 Novembre 1913) Curriculum Galilée Montaigne Organise á New York le  samedi 23 Novembre (6h-10hpm) et le dimanche 24 Novembre 2013  des sessions  d’échanges et de réflexions autour de l’œuvre  de ces illustres  écrivains d’Edouard Glissant. Les  communications (Français, anglais, créole)  devront répondre aux critères de rigueur, clarté et probité académique. Durée de présentation : 25 minutes. Nous acceptons des propositions sur les axes et thèmes suivants :

Aimé Césaire.-  « Actualité et Pertinence »

Poésie Cahiers d’un retour au pays natal/Discours sur le Colonialisme

Les Responsabilités de l’Intellectuel et de l’Homme de Culture

Césaire Homme politique/Césaire et Haïti/Antillanité, Africanité, Négritude

Césaire et Senghor : Convergences ou divergences

Albert Camus.- « Intérêts de Son Œuvre philosophique et littéraire »

Engagement politique et J

Rajas is a nascent project that brings together contemporary musicians in the Indian classical idiom to experiment and explore new directions for composition and improvisation, stemming from this deep-rooted tradition. The ensemble is led by mrudangam artist and composer Rajna Swaminathan, who has been engaging intensively with New York's experimental jazz and creative music scene and incorporating South Indian rhythmic concepts in cross-cultural contexts.

The Hindu philosophical term "rajas" refers to the inner human energy that compels us to act, to pursue our passions, to create, and to preserve ourselves. Applying this concept to the state of Indian classical music in the global context, this project aims to highlight the innovative potential created by the situation of contemporary Indian musicians in the diaspora. Each of the artists in this project has been working on his, or her, own path to presenting Indian music in a contemporary and experimental context, from collaborating w