Events

Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi’s multi-layered and stirring drama THE PAST, which won the Cannes Film Festival's Best Actress Award for its star, Bérénice Béjo, and is Iran's official selection for the Academy Award for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, is scheduled to open in NY (Lincoln Plaza Cinema and Film Forum) and LA on December 20, 2013 followed by a national release.

Following a four year separation, Ahmad (Ali Mosaffa) returns to Paris from Tehran, upon his estranged French wife Marie (Bérénice Bejo)'s request, in order to finalize their divorce procedure so she can marry her new boyfriend Samir (Tahar Rahim). During his tense brief stay, Ahmad discovers the conflicting nature of Marie's relationship with her teenage daughter Lucie (Pauline Burlet).  Ahmad's efforts to improve this relationship soon unveil a secret from their past, and the highly charged revelations affecting every character in Mr. Farhadi's complex screenplay unfold with his trademark nua

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Lelivredart editions are pleased to announce the upcoming publication of the book ‘‘Corine Pagny naked gesture’’. This beautiful work, 24 x 21 cm, landscape format, comprises 48 pages with case-cover with true edges will present series of drawings made by the artist during founding sessions.

To be published in March, 2014, this handsome book will contain a preface by Salvatore Lombardo, texts of Rofaida Zaid, Martine Jullien and Claire Laurens as well as comments and impressions of the models posing for the artist.

To launch this edition, we are organizing a subscription and we hope, with your help, to contribute to enlarge the public awareness of the work of Corine Pagny.

Have fun with acting

“Jeux D’roles” means roleplay and funny games. Our approach is based on words and pronunciation, sense memory, repetition, improvisation and immersion, invented scenes or scenes from existing plays.

Learn a language
Our workshops are bilingual but mostly taught in French. Our objective is to teach children how to learn to communicate and have fun in another language. Speaking a language is not only about saying words. It is also about finding your “persona” in another language. This includes thoughts, sensations, emotions and experiences in another language that can be discovered and explored through acting. Our classes offer a trusted and safe environment that enables children to develop imagination and focus, and to build self-confidence.

A class for

The original work of two French artists Isabelle Vanhecke, David W. Whitfield and Horacia Leal will be on display at Agora Gallery, NYC. The exhibition is scheduled to run from January 14, 2014 through February 4, 2014. The opening reception will be held on Thursday night, January 16, 2014 from 6-8 pm. Entrance is free and all art lovers are encouraged to attend, enjoy and meet some of the artists whose works make up this delightful show.

Event URL:
Isabelle Vanhecke - http://www.agora-gallery.com/artistpage/Isabelle_Vanhecke.aspx
David W. Whitfield - http://www.agora-gallery.com/artistpage/David_W._Whitfield.aspx

About Isabelle Vanhecke

Isabelle Vanhecke was born in the Val de Marne suburbs of Paris, and from a young age has been interested in the history of portraiture as a means for bringing the underlying psychology of the subject to light. Her work is inspired by possibilities in rendering human expression, as well as paint’s relationship to the cadence and fluidity of music.  Drawin

Wednesdays, from 3-4pm 
Jan 15, Jan 22, Jan 29, Feb 5, Feb 12, Feb 19, Feb 26, Mar 5, Mar 12, Mar 19, and Mar 26

Course Code: WKAPPCOOK 
For ages 2–4 years, one parent/caregiver must attend with the child
Teacher: Sylvie Berger 
Price: $50 per workshop
Series: $440* for all 11 workshops—a savings of $110!

Take your child on a wonderful sensory adventure with FIAF's hands-on cooking workshops: Les petits chefs

In each workshop, children will discover new flavors of the season by creating different sweet or savory treats with seasonal fruits or vegetables. Children will stimulate their five senses and develop motor skills as they smell mint, taste rhubarb, shape brioche, and play with shapes and colors. Children will increase their French vocabulary, learn about utensils and ingredients, and of course, enjoy the treats they have created.

Save with a Class-Workshop Combo Package!
Speed up and enrich your toddler's French language learning by combining an 11-week à petits pas class with all 11 les p