Events

Dear parents,

 Our French immersion program in Williamsburg / Greenpoint  which will begin in September 2014 has spots open  for children  2.5 yrs to 4 yrs old.
Led by experienced and dynamic French speakers this program will follow a curriculum and  offer our children an opportunity to learn about our world through creative and dramatic play, arts, stories, singing, playing, learning alphabet, numbers sharing meals all immersed in the French language.
Our drop-off classes will meet in a child-friendly rented room at Play, 33 Nassau avenue ( by the MC Carren park) in Brooklyn from 9:00am to 1:00pm Mondays- Fridays ( 2, 3 and 5 days options) starting September 8, 2014 to the end of June 2015.
For more info contact me at frenchforlittleones at gmail dot com

P. S. 84 in Manhattan is seeking a French speaking Teacher Assistant to work full time in a K and 1st grade French Dual Language Class.  PTA Funded.  

If you are interested, email me Tflores@schools.nyc.gov or call (212) 799-2534.

'French For Little Ones' French Classes Winter Session is starting January 8, 2015. We have many classes in Brooklyn for children ages 9 months and up! Visit our website at frenchforlittleones.com

Ages 4-6

Art Workshops: Les Artistes

Saturdays, 1:30–2:30pm
Jan 17, 24, 31 • Feb 7, 14, 21, 28 • Mar 7, 14, 21, 28

All Levels
Price: $50 per workshop

Your Petits Matisse will create their own paintings, sculptures, and drawings while being introduced to works of art from around the world, all en français !

Ages 6-8

Chess Workshop

Saturdays, 11:30am–12:30pm
Jan 17, 24, 31 • Feb 7, 14, 21, 28 • Mar 7, 14, 21, 28
Level: Native French-Speakers
Price: $50 per workshop
Series Price: $440 for 11 workshops—a $110 savings!

Children improve their French while becoming a chess grandmaster!

Join us to discover chess en français in an interactive way: children will learn how to play and how to read a chess game while practicing French. They will also learn cultural facts about chess through games and pedagogical activities.

Ages 6-10

Games & Conversation Workshop

Saturdays, 3–4pm
Jan 17, 24, 31 • Feb 7, 14, 21, 28 • Mar 7, 14, 21, 28
Ages 6-10, All Levels
Price: $50 per workshop

Play Monopoly set in Paris, scor

The original work of three French artists Christian Charrière, David W. Whitfield and Florent Lubienicki will be on display at Agora Gallery, NYC. The exhibitions open on January 17, 2015 and continue until February 6, 2015. The opening reception takes place on the evening of January 22, at 6-8pm.

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. 

About Christian Charrière

A collection of highly recognizable characters populates Christian Charrière’s paintings. Screen stars and rock icons are depicted with all the detail a portrait photographer would give them. The artist’s skill at capturing the personality of his subjects gives each image an echo of the familiar, while his subtle color palette and varied textures lift them beyond duplication. His subjects have a quality of simultaneously posing and being caught unaware, giving his paintings an immediacy that is tempered by a strong sense of formal c

Cohen Media Group is proud to announce the release of TIMBUKTU, acclaimed director Abderrahmane Sissako’s lyrical, visually arresting drama, a multiple prize-winner at this past year’s Cannes Film Festival.  TIMBUKTU, Mauritania’s official selection for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, is scheduled to open on January 28, 2015.

Not far from  the ancient Malian city of Timbuktu, now ruled by the religious fundamentalists, proud cattle herder Kidane (Ibrahim Ahmed aka Pino) lives peacefully in the dunes with his wife Satima (Toulou Kiki), his daughter Toya (Layla Walet Mohamed), and Issan (Mehdi Ag Mohamed), their twelve-year-old shepherd. In town, the people suffer, powerless, from the regime of terror imposed by the Jihadists determined to control their faith. Music, laughter, cigarettes, even soccer have been banned. The women have become shadows but resist with dignity. Every day, the new improvised courts issue tragic and absurd sentences.  Kidane and his family are

The York Theatre Company continues to push the boundaries of musical theatre with this tapestry of regional American music.  Based on true events, Texas in Paris is the musical journey of a man and a woman — one white, one black – invited to France to perform at the Maison des Cultures du Monde. They have never met, have no professional singing experience, and face the challenge of working together and co-existing in an unfamiliar world. Apprehensive of each other, they struggle with preconceptions but forge a surprising spiritual bond that transforms their on-stage performance and their lives.  Texas in Paris is a conversation about race between two people who never thought they would ever have that conversation.