Bleu Blanc Rouge NY is based on a unique concept: proposing Summer camps with daily French classes, a lot of art and an assortment of many other activities such as sport, museum visit, dance etc.
We welcome kids aged from 3 to 11 years old, with or without French background, to teach them or make them improve their French in a very fun context. At Bleu Blanc Rouge NY, we truly believe that learning while having fun is the most effective way to learn, so that's what we seek to do. All our teachers come from France and are bilingual in order to ensure a communicative and effective teaching.
Moreover, our camps seek to promote a value that is, today, essential: protecting the environment. For this, we wanted to direct our activities around that idea and our artistic workshops around recycling using a majority of recovered material. Therefore, this initiative makes it possible to link entertainment and engagement, two concepts which are finally not very distant.
Joining Bleu Blanc Rouge NY's camps is the guarantee of a program that actually works and will make sure to give your child an unforgettable moment!
During Prohibition Chumley's was a speakeasy (an illegal establishment). During Prohibition Chumley's avoided being shut down by paying off the local police.
During Prohibition (1920 - 1933) it was illegal to transport, import, produce or sell alcoholic beverages.
In 2007 Chumley's was destroyed by a fire but it reopened in 2016.
If you would like to visit, go to 86 Bedford Street, New York, NY 10014, and look around for it. There is no sign because it was originally an illegal establishment. Their website is www.chumleysnewyork.com.
OVER 100 MILLIONS STREAMS 500 SHOWS PERFORMED inclu. Reeperbahn (DE, Eurosonic (NL), Great Escape Festival (UK) 1 FRENCH MUSIC AWARD: Les Victoires de la Musique for best new live show GLOBAL COMMERCIALS SYNCH: The most famous luxury brands have chosen their music for their campaigns ARMANI “SI” starring Cate Bkanchett YVES SAINT LAURENT “ROUGE VOLUPTE” starring Kaia Gerber LACOSTE “FRENCH PANACHE”, the genderless perfume GIORGIO ARMANI “LIP MAESTRO” lipstick web campaign
Following to having Hyphen Hyphen on Levi’s Music Project in 2018, the brand chose the band to DJ at their Coachella Pool Party, along Snoop Dogg.
In 2016, those who did not know them yet would discover Hyphen Hyphen on the prestigious Victoires de la Musique stage for an explosive performance of the single « Just Need Your Love ». The group had just won the Best New Live Act Award. A logical coronation for the young 25-year old French artists, who have become masters of the art of embracing the crowds during intense concerts – Hyphen Hyphen has a track record of several hundreds of dates in the biggest venues and festivals.
“HH”, the newest chapter of Hyphen Hypehn’s discography is composed, but also entirely produced by the band. Not a surprise coming from those Art school graduates designing also their own artworks, shows and music videos.
An impetus and a wild strength are across all the new compositions of the trio. “HH” is a grand, lively album; one in the form of a slap (and we’re asking for it again); free in the way it draws on all the genres.
It draw equally as well on the groove of RnB as it does on the immediateness of pop or the trance of UK House. A logical eclecticism for a group whose musical hall of fame brings together artists as varied as Kanye West and Chopin, Destiny’s Child and B.B. King. A great album too, in the way it puts together lyrics rich in meaning.
Hyphen Hyphen do dance for sure, but with their heads full of everything which has made up this zeitgeist: sexual freedom, a quest for intoxication and feminism.
Althought the group took sole responsibility for the production of its album, Hyphen Hyphen was also alble to surround themselves with the best: “HH” was recorded in the Parisian studio of the Air musicians (Atlas studio), where the group was able to make the most of a vast choice of synthesizers and the participation of the drummer, Zoé Hoochberg.
To perfect her voice, now capable of remarkables acrobatics, Santa called on the talent of the American Guy Roche, the regular vocal coach of the greats (Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, Christina Aguillera, etc.).
The mixing of the album was entrusted to Maxime Le Guil, already behind albums by Justice, Radiohead, and Morrissey, and the mastering was entrusted to Vlado Meller (an impressive CV – from Kanye West to Frank Ocean, by way of Michael Jackson).
Strengthened by this star casting and the immense talent of its authors, HH is an album that is at once powerful and uncategorisable, which goes straight to the heart.
NORTH AMERICA TOUR DATES
5/10 @ Drake Underground – Toronto, Canada- Tickets 5/11 @ Le Ministère – Montréal, Canada – Tickets 5/12 @ Baby’s All Right – Brooklyn, NY –Tickets 5/14 @ Rickshaw Stop – San Francisco, CA – Tickets 5/16 @ Moroccan Lounge – Los Angeles, CA – Tickets
Posted by Aimee Morris on February 18, 2020 at 2:52pm
Film Movement is proud to announce the release of THE WILD GOOSE LAKE, Chinese director Diao Yinan’s electrifying, gritty Chinese noir thriller opening on Friday, March 6th, 2020 at New York’s Film Forum followed by a national roll out.
Set in the nooks and crannies of densely populated Wuhan in central China, the film’s sensibility manages to be both elegant and down-and-dirty. It follows the desperate attempts of small-time mob boss Zhou Zenong (the charismatic Hu Ge) to stay alive after he mistakenly kills a cop and a dead-or-alive reward is put on his head. Director Diao (UNIFORM; NIGHT TRAIN; BLACK COAL, THIN ICE) proves his action bona fides in a series of stylized set pieces and violent shocks as a romance forms between Zhou and a mysterious young woman (Gwei Lun-mei) who’s out to either help or betray him. Diao deftly keeps multiple characters and chronologies spinning, while examining social change in contemporary China. Chaotic and nocturnal, THE WILD GOOSE LAKE is punctuated by long pursuits and stunningly choreographed gang fights, in a filmic geometry of arresting beauty and originality.
Diao Yinan was born in Xi'an, China, and studied dramatic literature at the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing. He has directed the features Uniform, Night Train, and Black Coal, Thin Ice. THE WILD GOOSE LAKE is a box office sensation in China, having grossed $23 million in its first week of release. French Academy Award winning producer Alexandre Mallet-Guy also served as co-producer on the film.
"Diao Yinan delivers a definitive Chinese crime noir, in which the ravishing style and inventive staging form the substance. Staged and executed with...slick, dark dazzle. Reteaming with cinematographer Dong Jinsong, Diao shows an extraordinarily elastic mastery of form. THE WILD GOOSE LAKE is like an organic feature of the Chinese cinematic landscape, as though it pooled onto the screen in all its oily, murky glory, having welled up from deep inside the ground. Suddenly, China feels like the noirest place on Earth.” — Jessica Kiang, Variety
Posted by Olivia Ramsey on February 10, 2020 at 4:19pm
Bonjour à tous,
Smith Street Maternelle is opening a second location in Gowanus in September 2020, and we have a few openings for lead and assistant teacher positions. Our current staff is a group of wonderful, warm, brilliant teachers who are deeply dedicated to the growth of our program within the French American community in Brooklyn. It is an incredible opportunity to become a part of a tight-knit community of bilingual educators and families. Learn more about our program here.
Interested applicants should send a cover letter and CV to maternelle@smithstreetworkshop.com.
Join us for our Bonjour NY Mid-Winter Recess Camp!
Bonjour NY offers fun-filled camps during the mid-winter recess, between Feb.17 and the 21st. Our camp provide a FUN, ENGAGING, and SAFE place for children to spend their days, during the mid-winter break.
Modeled after our popular Summer Day Camp curriculum, our mini-camps incorporate various arts and craft, sports, songs, cooking and recreational activities to keep your child active, learning, and moving all day - en français.
Mini-camps are available for kids ages 3.5 to 11. Children are split into 2 age groups.
Camps take place from 8:30am to 5:00pm at our BROOKLYN location (9 Hanover Pl). After camp care is available until 6:00pm.
Join us for our Bonjour NY Mid-Winter Recess Camp!
Bonjour NY offers fun-filled camps during the mid-winter recess, between Feb.17 and the 21st. Our camp provide a FUN, ENGAGING, and SAFE place for children to spend their days, during the mid-winter break.
Modeled after our popular Summer Day Camp curriculum, our mini-camps incorporate various arts and craft, sports, songs, cooking and recreational activities to keep your child active, learning, and moving all day - en français.
Mini-camps are available for kids ages 3.5 to 11. Children are split into 2 age groups.
Camps take place from 8:30am to 5:00pm at our BROOKLYN location (9 Hanover Pl). After camp care is available until 6:00pm.
Last week end, for the 7th consecutive year, FHLP students from Manhattan International High School and International Community High School won two prizes during the 21th edition of the Theater Festival Premiere Scene, organized by the Lycée Français de New York . They joined more than 100 students from over 15 bilingual private schools in the US and Canada, to celebrate the French language on stage.
Le weekend dernier, pour la 7ième année consécutive, des étudiants du FHLP, inscrits dans les lycées internationaux Manhattan International et Community international High School, ont gagné deux prix pendant la 21 ième édition de Première Scène, le festival de théâtre du Lycée Français de New York . Ils ont rejoint des étudiants de 15 autres écoles des Etats et du Canada, pour célébrer la langue française sur scène.
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The below guide, created for New York's francophone population, explains, through broad strokes, the opportunities for bilingual education for French and francophone students within the context of the American K-12 school system. The guide also includes alternative ideas for bilingual education geared toward younger children.
Cette note, à l’attention du public francophone, expose les grandes lignes du système scolaire américain K-12 et regroupe les possibilités d’éducation bilingue pour les enfants français et francophones. Principalement orientée vers l’enseignement scolaire, la note regroupe également des idées alternatives pour permettre l’apprentissage du français aux plus jeunes.
The latest U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey reports that 1,203,941 people in the U.S. speak French at home.This includes speakers of French Patois and Cajun. These individuals are over 5 years old (count another 4.6% if you want to include children under 5, or 55,380 children). Despite a drop since my last count, French is still the fifth most common non-English language spoken in U.S. households, after Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Tagalog.
Francophone communities in the United States have many different historical and geographic origins.Some Francophone communities trace their lineage as far back as the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when settlers and refugees immigrated from Europe and Canada. These groups, such as the Acadians of Maine and Louisiana have passed their language down through the generations.The US Census reports 7,997,196 individuals with French ancestry, and an additional 2,109,242 reporting French-Canadian ancestry (2013-2017 American Community Survey).
Other communities of French speakers arrived in the U.S. more recently, mainly from France, Haiti, Senegal, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire, the DRC, and other African countries. It is interesting to note that 824,884 individuals over the age of 5 report speaking Haitian at home (1,202, 251 report Haitian ancestry). Also, 484,415 individuals report speaking West African languages, and 213,484 report speaking Central/East/South African languages. Many of these individuals are multilingual and can speak, read, and write in French, and in other languages.
Franco-American communities long-established in New England and Maine, most notably the Cajuns and Houma people of Louisiana, and the Franco-Americans in Maine, have begun to revitalize the French language after years of neglect due to prolonged discrimination within their local communities. Meanwhile, French parents within expatriate communities have managed to create bilingual programs and promote French after-school instruction in public schools in urban centers such as New York, Miami, Houston, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and other areas which stand out on the map above. Together these groups form a diverse community of heritage language speakers who maintain a strong connection to the French language, making it one of the most vibrant languages spoken everyday in the United States.
Dans quelle langue doit-on commencer à lire ? Quelles sont les bonnes pratiques d’enseignement de la lecture et de l’écriture en contexte bilingue ? Quels conseils donner aux parents qui n’ont pas accès à une école bilingue pour développer le bilinguisme. Voici quelques questions abordées dans ce nouvel épisode de Révolution bilingue avec Marie Bouteillon, une pédagogue passionnante et engagée dans le développement de l’enseignement en deux langues.
Présenté par French Morning, Révolution Bilingue est soutenu par la fondation CALEC (Center for Advancement of Languages, Cultures and Communities).
Comme un Lion (Little Lion) Directed by Samuel Collardey
Length:1h42min | Recommended age 10+ In French with English subtitles
Mitri is fifteen and lives in a Senegalese village. Like all boys his age, he plays football and dreams of Barça and of Chelsea. When a recruiting agent picks him up out, Mitri believes his chance has come. But to get seen by the great European football clubs, one has to pay. His family chips in and puts itself into debt to help him. Once in Paris, everything collapses: Mitri finds himself abandoned, without a dime in his pocket, and unable to imagine dealing with the shame should he return to his village. An odyssey which will require all his resourcefulness hence begins. But his football dream will soon catch up with him...
Dates: June 29 through August 28, 2020 + several training sessions in May and June
Hours: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Are you looking for a great and meaningful way to spend the summer?
Position Summary:
Work at the best bilingual camp ever!! Dynamic team, wonderful campers between 3.5 and 11 years old. French Language Traditional active camp: swimming, arts, sports, outdoor activities…
A Director is responsible for the direct care and supervision of all campers and Team members, promoting and actively participating in all camp activities, providing a safe and fun learning environment, and serving as a positive role model for campers and Team members.
Position Objective/Purpose:
We are seeking motivated team members who believe deeply in the organization’s mission and who display a record of achievement in effective supervision & management of Team members and campers. The candidate must be capable of building positive relationships, providing top-notch customer service and ensuring the safety and well-being of people of all ages. This position will require the candidate to complete multiple tasks simultaneously in a fast-paced environment while maintaining the professional standards of Bonjour NY.
Job Description:
Group supervision of campers with attention to: behavior and group management, health and safety, security, and personal and skill development
Create a high-energy, fun, and creative experience for campers
Complete paperwork as assigned
Manage daily camper sign-in and pick-up procedure
Serve as a positive role model to campers and Team members
Monitor the organization, supervision, and administration of all activities and assemblies
Assure quality of the camp program
Oversee campers’ behavior management
Coordinates camp daily transportation and camp daily schedules
Conduct morning briefings daily with Team
Conduct summer Team member evaluations
Assist and support the Executive Director in any camp operation or activity
Attend all BNY events
Model behavior & group management strategies for groups
Monitor safety and security of all campers and Team Members
Conduct tours of the camp facilities and program areas to prospective camp families
Follow, implement and maintain the BNY Code and Look at all times
Exhibit BNY Core Values at all times and adhere to all company policies
Be accessible by phone, text and email in the evening after camp is over and on weekends
Have fun
Participate in camp activities to the extent necessary for proper awareness and supervisory functioning.
Establish procedures, routines and practices for camp operations
Ensure that risk prevention and crisis management plans are implemented.
Other responsibilities as assigned
Position competencies for success:
Understand and support the mission of the organization
Ability to work effectively with others in all levels of the organization in a professional manner
Positive attitude
Commitment to the growth and development of youth
Commitment to producing consistent, high-quality work
Excellent judgment, ability to identify problems and works quickly to find solutions
Patient, caring and creative
Flexible, adaptive and a Team player
Desire to make a difference in the life of a child
Mental and physical ability to deal with high stress situations and to work well under pressure.
3 seasons of previous administrative or supervisory experience in camping or equivalent experience*
* Equivalent experience is defined as : At least one year of supervisory or administrative experience working with children under the age of 16 in educational, developmental and/or recreational programs
Certification Requirements:
First Aid/CPR or ability to obtain these prior to the 1st day of employment.
Lifeguard and lifeguard management & Supervision certifications or ability to obtain these prior to the 1st day of employment.
Education Requirements:
Bachelor’s Degree
Other Skills Requirements:
Outstanding communication skills which include the ability to use clear, concise and grammatically correct written and oral language in all aspects of professional interaction with campers, their families, peers, leadership team and the larger community in both French and English.
Reporting Relationships:
Reports directly to and takes direction from Camp Coordinator.
Keeps constant open communication with office assistant
Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:
Candidates must be a minimum of 21 years old.
French fluent (French native is preferred).
Must be available to work the full camp program, and to begin part-time administrative work in the spring
Must be accessible by phone, text and email in the evenings after camp is over and on weekends during camp season
Mentally and physically able to deal with high stress situations and work well under pressure
Strong swimmer, must be able to obtain a lifeguard certification
Ability to push/pull, lift and carry a minimum of 35lbs
Endurance to work outside and on your feet for 10 hours per day
Good physical condition which enables candidate to execute all responsibilities associated with this position
Willing to work remotely from home after camp hours
Experience supervising/managing/motivating a group of children. And a group of adults
Willing to hold staff meetings and team building events outside of work hours
Training
All directors must attend several training sessions/orientation conducted in the months preceding camp.
International staff: Bonjour NY will participate in visa fees. Bonjour NY does not provide housing. Candidates must make their own housing arrangements.
Application Process:
Please click on the “Apply Now” section of our website, create an account and fill out an application.
Here is an updated Map of French speakers in New York in support of parents, educators, community leaders, and elected officials actively engaged in creating more French dual language programs in New York City.
