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August 14, 2009
Friday

  • Francis Jocky @ Le Poisson Rouge

  • Aug 14, 2009 from 3:30pm to 6:00pm
  • Location: Manhattan, NY
  • Description: Francis Jocky LIVE @ Le Poisson Rouge with Kaïssa.Date : Friday, August 14, 2009Time : 7:30 - 10:00pm158 Bleecker Street, NYbetween Sullivan St. and Thompson St.Get Tickets here :http://lepoissonrouge.inticketing.com/events/43958$15 adv - $17 doorFind the event in Facebook"Francis, you're a star!"Bono - U2"Jocky is a sort of postmodern soul man..."Global Rhythm Magazine"Jocky is capable of heating up a room in no time at all. He is truly amazing!"Le ParisienMultitalented singer, songwriter & producer Francis Jocky is something of an enigma, an artist with universal appeal and blessed with a unique voice. Listeners may hear an echo of Joan Armatrading, Seal, Sting, and Bob Marley. Raised in Paris, France, based in New York City and having performed around the world, Francis Jocky has developed a sound that transcends borders.His music is a mellow blend of fantastic pop songwriting, international sounds and flavors, and soulful instrumentation.He’s rapidly becoming an international perso
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  • Francis Jocky and Kaissa @ Le Poisson Rouge

  • Aug 14, 2009 from 3:00pm to 6:00pm
  • Location: Le Poisson Rouge
  • Description: Multitalented singer, songwriter & producer Francis Jocky is something of an enigma, an artist with universal appeal and blessed with a unique voice. Listeners may hear an echo of Joan Armatrading, Seal, Sting, and Bob Marley. Raised in Paris, France, based in New York City and having performed around the world, Francis Jocky has developed a sound that transcends borders.His music is a mellow blend of fantastic pop songwriting, international sounds and flavors, and soulful instrumentation.He’s rapidly becoming an international personality, sharing the microphone or working with the likes of Bono of U2, Stevie Wonder, Jon Anderson, Isaac Hayes and Jacques Higelin, just to name a few.From an early age he learned to express himself through music and by the age of twelve had begun playing piano and writing his own songs.Francis Jocky has a wonderful duality as an artist, which probably has its roots in his combined educational and musical training. He is the recipient of a Ph.D. in Interna
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  • Marcel Duchamp: tant Donns

  • Aug 14, 2009 to Nov 29, 2009
  • Location: Philadelphia, USA Philadelphia Museum of Art
  • Description: tant Donns, Duchamps last major work, has been described by Jasper Johns as é’“the strangest work of art in any museum. What at first looks like an boarded-up wooden door is actually a tableau visible only through two peep holes, which reveal a half-hidden naked woman in a landscape. Duchamp worked on the piece in secret for 20 years, while even his friends thought he had given up his art, and it was only revealed to the public when it was posthumously installed in the museum. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of its first display, and in memory of the late director Anne dHarnoncourt, who oversaw the original installation as a 25-year-old assistant, the museum has organised this show of 80 studies, photographs, erotic objects and other documents.
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August 12, 2009
Wednesday

  • Baye Kouyate concert

  • Aug 12, 2009 from 5:30pm to 7:00pm
  • Location: Joe's Pub
  • Description: Malian Talking Drum Master, Baye Kouyate is known for inspiring audiences with his energetic concerts. His performances are a journey through a world of highly complex polyrhythms fusing traditional sounds of Mali with influences such as jazz, reggae, and latin grooves all performed by a highly spirited crew of musicians.Originally from Bamako, Mali, Baye Kouyate descends from an 800-year old lineage of Griots. A peacemaker, historian and praise singer, he is one of those old souls: wise and blessed with a culturally diverse perspective, bubbling over with natural enthusiasm and creative energies that strongly suggest he's been this way before; someone deeply in touch with the spiritual essences.Recently, Baye has just returned from astounding audiences at the Rochester Jazz Festival as well as has shared the stage with well known artists such as Amadou et Mariam, Angelique Kidjo, Regina Carter, Cheick Tidiane Seck, and Vieux Farka Toure.
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  • Harlem in Montmartre, A Paris Jazz Story

  • Aug 12, 2009 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm
  • Location: cultural service French Embassy
  • Description: Special Preview Screening6pm : APERITIF7pm : SCREENING@ Embassy of France, cultural serviceKindly reply by August 7th (seating limited) to hingoraniJ@wnet.org or at 212 560 6609During the years between the world wars, a small but dynamic community of African American jazz musicians left the United States and settled in Paris, creating a vibrant expatriate musical scene and introducing jazz to the French. While the Harlem Renaissance was taking off across the Atlantic, entertainers in Montmartre, the epicenter of the Parisian scene, contributed enthusiastically to a culture that thrived for two decades, until the occupation of the city by German troops on June 18, 1940. In Harlem in Montmartre, William Shack takes a fascinating look at this extraordinary cultural moment, one in which African American musicians could flee the racism of the United States to pursue their lives and art in the relatively free context of bohemian Europe. His book is the first comprehensive treatment of the ri
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August 11, 2009
Tuesday

  • Concours de Belote

  • Aug 11, 2009 from 3:00pm to 6:00pm
  • Location: Tout va Bien restaurant
  • Description: Belote au Tout Va Bien (BZH)Mardi 11 aoûtL'association des Bretons de New York organise une partie de belote, de 19h à 22h, dans le toujours si sympathique restaurant Tout Va Bien Ouvert à tous, débutants ou confirmés. Gratuit.
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August 10, 2009
Monday

  • Pretender, Cat power, Juliette Lewis @ Summer Stage Gala

  • Aug 10, 2009 from 1:00pm to 5:00pm
  • Location: Central Park
  • Description: Monday, August 10, 2009From 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM5:00 PM Doors / 6:00 PM ShowTickets for the show go on sale Saturday, June 13 at 10:00 AM and will be available online at Livenation.comhttp://livenation.comand charge-by-phone dial 800.745.3000. Tickets can also be bought at the Box Office with no service charge at 17 Irving Place.$49.50 advance / 65.00 day of show.All times are subject to change and ticket prices subject to service fees.RAIN OR SHINE • GENERAL ADMISSION • STANDING ROOM ONLYThe SummerStage Gala raises funds for City Parks Foundation’s free year-round arts performances in parks citywide. Packages range from $250 to $15,000, and include entrance to a tented cocktail party prior to attending the concert.For more information or to purchase tickets to the SummerStage Gala, please click here or contact Karen Hendershot in Special Events at KHendershot@CityParksFoundation.org or (212) 360-8185.
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  • Tchad Independance Day celebration

  • Aug 10, 2009 to Aug 11, 2009
  • Location: //
  • Description: Le Tchad, officiellement la République du Tchad, est un pays d'Afrique centrale sans accès à la mer, situé au sud de la Libye, à l'est du Niger et du Nigeria, au nord du Cameroun et de la République centrafricaine et à l'ouest du Soudan. Géographiquement et culturellement, le Tchad constitue un point de passage entre l'Afrique du Nord et l'Afrique noire. Sa capitale est N'Djamena.Même si le français et l'arabe tchadien sont les seules langues officielles, plus d'une centaine de langues sont utilisées à travers le pays, comme le sar, le ngambaï, le mbaï, le kabalaye, le lélé, le kim, le massa ou le toupouri et le baguirmi, le nandjéré, le mboum, le gourane, le kanembou, le zakawa, le mabak, le kado, le moudang, le laga, le gor, le kaba, le zimé, le n'gama, le moundang.
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  • Teriyah African Festival

  • Aug 9, 2009 from 8:00am to 3:00pm
  • Location: Marcus Garvey Oark
  • Description: FREE CONCERT @ THE PARK4th teriyah african festival we are glad to invite you to our 4th annual teriyah african festival at marcus gavey park in harlem, new york august 9 2009 from 12noon to 7pm come enjoy the culture, the stands , the fashion show,the foods and live music{tradition, reggae,soca,jazz,world music.....} it day out for fun with your family.
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August 3, 2009
Monday

  • Music and Film : Béla Fleck Toumani Diabaté

  • Aug 3, 2009 from 3:30pm to 6:00pm
  • Location: Central Park
  • Description: Monday, August 03, 2009From 7:30 PM to 10:00 PMCentral Park SummerStageA full set of music by Béla Fleck and Toumani Diabaté, followed by a screening of the documentary tracing Fleck’s journey through Africa in search of the origins of the banjo. Suggested Donation $5.
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  • Rencontre Voila New York

  • Aug 3, 2009 from 2:30pm to 7:30pm
  • Location: Lybane
  • Description: Notre nouvelle Rencontre VoilaNewYork aura lieu :* le vendredi 14 août 2009* à 18h30* au LYBANE (1136 1st Avenue, entre 62nd et 63rd Streets)* tel (212) 826-1111* s'y rendre : Métro F, N, R, 6 @ Lexington Avenue / Bus M15, Q 32, Q60.* Formule "Cash Bar" habituelle (chacun paye ce qu'il consomme).Al, le propriétaire des lieux, nous attend et prévoit de bons petits plats pour ceux qui désireraient dîner sur place.N'oubliez pas le POURBOIRE AUX SERVEURS !Francophones et francophiles, nous vous attendons très nombreux ! LES SOIREES SONT OUVERTES A TOUT LE MONDE, CHACUN PEUT VENIR S'IL LE DESIRE !Lien reponse
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  • Jean Luc Mylayne

  • Aug 3, 2009 at 7:00am to Sep 20, 2009 at 1:00pm
  • Location: Parrish Art Museum
  • Description: For more than thirty years, French artist Jean Luc Mylayne has explored the intimate bond between subject and photographer through a non-traditional approach that combines exacting conception, visionary inventiveness, and infinite patience. Mylayne’s photographic subjects, commonplace birds such as sparrows, starlings, and bluebirds, belie the wholly unique experience that Mylayne captures in his photography.

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  • Climate Change: The Threat to Life and A New Energy Future

  • Aug 3, 2009 at 5:00am to Aug 16, 2009 at 1:30pm
  • Location: American Museum of Natural History
  • Description: Earth’s climate is changing. Global temperature is rising, weather patterns are shifting and other effects may be on our horizon. While we can’t predict the severity of those impacts in a particular place or time, we can nonetheless see—and measure—many changes.Climate Change: The Threat to Life and a New Energy Future opens October 18, 2008 and runs through August 16, 2009.ADMISSIONAdmission to Climate Change is by ticketed timed entry only.
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  • Light of the Sufis : The mystical Art of Islam

  • Aug 3, 2009 at 5:00am to Sep 6, 2009 at 3:30pm
  • Location: Brooklyn Museum
  • Description: This installation features approximately twenty-five objects from the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and private collections related to a mystical branch of Islam known as Sufism. While differing Muslim sects and diverse nationalities of the Islamic world may not always share a single religious or cultural ideology, the mystical and romantic aspects of Sufism tend to appeal to a global audience. Inspired by Sufi ideologies and the poetry of celebrated mystics such as al-Ghazzali (d. 1111) and Jalal al-Din Rumi (d. 1273), artists from the medieval Islamic period through the present day have produced works of art ranging from ceramic and metal wares to illustrated manuscripts and photographs. The theme of light and enlightenment is emphasized throughout, both literally and in its figurative or spiritual sense. Highlights include an extraordinary Egyptian gilded and enameled glass lamp inscribed with the famous “Light Verse” (Ayat al-Nūr) from the Qur’
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August 1, 2009
Saturday

  • Les Grandes Eaux Nocturnes: Une balade magique dans les jardins la nuit.

  • Aug 1, 2009 at 5:00pm to Aug 30, 2009 at 7:30pm
  • Location: Chateau de Versailles.
  • Description: Les Grandes Eaux Nocturnes 2009A la tombée de la nuit, le Jardin Royal de Louis XIV devient un surprenant parcours visuel et sonore. Le visiteur découvre bassins et bosquets mis en eau et en lumière, mis en scène et en couleur. Cette année encore, des artistes de la lumière et de la scénographie s’empareront des jardins pour le faire rayonner de mille feux et d’installations surprenantes, enrichie par les chefs d’œuvres de la musique baroque française interprétés par Reinhard Goebel et son orchestre Musica Antiqua Köln.Dès l’entrée sur le site, les promeneurs seront accueillis par les Fontaines de Bertrand Lavier (2000-2008) sur le Parterre du midi. Bertrand Lavier est un artiste contemporain dont la particularité de son travail est de placer dans un environnement socialement identifié comme lieu d’exposition d’œuvre d’art, des objets empruntés à la vie courante, modifiés de façon à ce que leur statu même s’en trouve questionné.
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  • Caramoor Jazz Festival (Jean Michel Pilc and other legends and bands)

  • Aug 1, 2009 at 11:00am to Aug 2, 2009 at 5:00pm
  • Location: Caramoor Garden
  • Description: Dianne Reeves, one of the premier vocalists in the world, headlines this year's festival with her Strings Attached featuring guitar masters Russell Malone and Romero Lubambo. After his sizzling performance in last year's Cuban Piano Summit, pianist Chuchito Valdés returns with his quartet to kick off the evening Cubanismo style. New York City-based French pianist and composer Jean-Michel Pilc opens the afternoon with his trio, in a performance of his Chaplin Suite: music reflecting and inspired by Charlie Chaplin’s films. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the recording of the John Coltrane masterpiece 'Giant Steps'. Legendary pianist, Cedar Walton, who participated in these sessions, has assembled a band to pay tribute to this historic music. Twenty-five year old Gerald Clayton, with his trio, demonstrates why he is one of the most significant young pianists emerging today.On Sunday, jazz piano legend Randy Weston tops off the 2009 Jazz Festival with his African Rhythms band in a
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