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fanfare du collège MS 22 Jordan L. Mott, les Mighty Marching Tigers (photo : Quentin Jouberton)
Mise en service en 1964, la Jeanne d’Arc, porte-hélicoptère de la marine nationale de 181,38 mètres de long effectue actuellement sa tournée d’adieux dans le monde. Après avoir traversé les Caraïbes, ce bâtiment conçu pour servir en temps de paix de bâtiment de formation de l'École d'application des officiers de Marine (EAOM) a fait escale à New York avant de repartir pour Québec et rejoindre ensuite la France ou il sera démantelé. Après plus de quarante ans de services, la « Jeanne » profite de son escale à Manhattan pour accomplir une de ses dernières missions : l’acheminement de 5000 livres pour les élèves des classes bilingues de New York. Ceux ci ont été officiellement remis, à bord du bâtiment au collège MS 22 Jordan L. Mott représentant ce jour là les écoles publiques bénéficiaires de ce don.
Le Commandant Patrick Augier et Monsieur Pierre Vimont distribuent les livres aux
élèves (photos : Juliette Charvet)
Sur le pont d’envol, les marins ont pu assister à une représentation de la fanfare de la Middle School Jordan L. Mott, les Mighty Marching Tigers, en présence de Madame Karin Goldmark, représentante du Département d’éducation de la ville et des directeurs des six écoles publiques offrant des Dual Language Programs ou des French Heritage Language Program. Après la remise des 5000 ouvrages, les élèves présents se sont ensuite vu offrir un goûter sur place et ont pu visiter le croiseur. Un évènement similaire avait déjà été organisé il y a deux ans à bord de la Jeanne-d’Arc, navire emblématique de la France dans le monde. Les livres offerts par Adiflor et Biblionef, deux associations spécialisées dans la fourniture d’ouvrages en français aux enfants du monde entier, permettent aux élèves des classes bilingues de parfaire leur apprentissage de notre langue. Une partie des ouvrages ont été remis à Education Française à New York (EFNY), une association offrant des cours du soir en français. La « Jeanne » avait ainsi à son bord manuels scolaires, dictionnaires, romans, bandes dessinées ou encore magazines.
Le Commandant Patrick Augier, Madame Karin
Goldmark et Monsieur Pierre Vimont en compagnie des élèves du collège MS 22
Jordan L. Mott (photo : Quentin Jouberton)
Le programme Dual Language offre la possibilité aux élèves de maternelle et du primaire de suivre des cours en immersion partielle aussi bien en français qu’en anglais. Ouvertes depuis 2007, ces classes ont accueilli plus de 500 élèves francophones, anglophones mais également bilingues dans six écoles publiques de New York. Le programme French Heritage s’adresse quant à lui essentiellement aux enfants francophones défavorisés généralement issus d’une immigration récente en leur proposant des cours de français afin qu’ils continuent à entretenir des liens avec leur langue et leur culture d’origine. Ces programmes, montés en étroite collaboration avec les Services Culturels de l’Ambassade de France qui fournit aux classes l’essentiel du matériel didactique nécessaire, rencontrent de plus en plus de succès puisque cinq nouvelles classes verront le jour à l’automne 2010, en plus des vingt existantes. A travers cette remise de livres, l’Ambassade espère ainsi maintenir la place du français aux Etats-Unis, concurrencé depuis quelques années par le chinois et l’espagnol.
Liens utiles :
http://www.frenchculture.org/spip.php?article388
http://www.facecouncil.org/fhlp/index.html
Doesn't it sound like a perfect combination!
I always thought that men who are foodies are sexier than the rest. Maybe because food is such a sensual experience or maybe because they take the time preparing something special for you.
So when I was invited for lunch at the new spot, Tartinery and met their 3 young owners, I was immediately smitten.
Could the fact that they are French, so sweet and look like Toy Boys have some influencing factor? I will let you be judge.
But I think it might just have been the chic and relaxed atmosphere, the delicious food, the impeccable service and perhaps the extra ginger
in my fresh carrot, apple juice.
By the time, we had dessert, I had fallen under their spell. They are the only ones to offer my favorite childhood snack, the Chocolate Tartine. The perfect combination of fresh bread, melted salty butter
& chunks of grated chocolate... Resisting is useless.
So there's a good chance that to find me these days, you'll have to come to Tartinery and indulge in those delicious tartines!
Actually, I should invite Cindy Gallop from MakeLoveNotPorn there.
After lunch, we could then take a leisurely walk, a la Sebatien Tellier, to the nearby and naughty store: Coco de Mer!
Sounds like a plan... Tomorrow maybe?
Tartinery is at 209 Mulberry Street
New York, NY 10012
(212) 300-5838
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Screening of two films on Albert Camus
7:00 p.m.
ALBERT CAMUS: UN COMBAT CONTRE L'ABSURDE
DVD, 84 min.; a film by James Kent, produced by La Sept/ARTE, 2010
In French (no subtitles).
8:45 p.m.
ALBERT CAMUS
DVD, 44 min.; a film by Jean Daniel and Joël Calmettes. Narration by Michel Bouquet and Jean-Louis Trintignant; copyright 2009 (but possibly made earlier)
In French (no subtitles).
Tuesday, April 20, 7:00 p.m.
EDOUARD GLISSANT
Distinguished Professor of French, Graduate Center, CUNY; author of Le Quatrième Siècle (Prix Charles Veillon); L’Intention Poétique; Le Discours antillais; Poétique de la relation (Prix Roger Nimier); Faulkner, Mississippi; Ormerod
in conversation with
MICHAEL DASH
Professor of French, NYU; author of Edouard Glissant; The Other America: Caribbean Literature in a New World Context
NATHALIE STEPHENS
Author; translator of Poetic Intention
On the occasion of the publication of Poetic Intention (Nightboat Books), the first English-language translation of Glissant’s meditation on poetry and art.
Friday, April 23
CONFERENCE
French Literature and Cinema
The colloquium explores the varied interactions between cinema and French and Francophone literature, from both stylistic and theoretical perspectives.
9:45 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.
Opening Remarks: Ludovic Cortade (NYU); Tom Bishop (NYU)
Valérie Berty (NYU in France)
Le Cinéma de Blaise Cendrars*
Marc Cerisuelo (Université de Provence)
Breaking Through to Another World: Jean Cocteau and Orpheus’ Gazes
11:45 a.m.- 1:10 p.m.
Priska Degras
(Université Paul Cézanne/Sorbonne)
Representations of Radical Otherness in Caribbean Literature and Cinema
Philippe C. Met
(University of Pennsylvania)
The Haunting Presence of the Western Film in Contemporary French Writing
2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Tom Conley
(Harvard)
Jean Louis Schefer: The Invention of L’Homme ordinaire du cinéma
Réda Bensmaïa
(Brown)
Marie-Claire Ropars- Wuilleumier ou l'inquiétante familiarité du cinéma*
Robert Harvey
(SUNY Stony Brook)
Marguerite Duras: Hiroshima, Mon Amour as Anamnesis
5:00 - 6:45 p.m.
Ludovic Cortade (NYU)
Michel Leiris and Cinema, from Documents to La Course de Taureaux
Dudley Andrew (Yale)
The Hope and the Place of the Screen in Malraux’s Musée Imaginaire
Closing Remarks: Richard Allen (NYU)
Co-sponsored by the Department of French, the Center for French Civilization & Culture, the Department of Cinema Studies, the Humanities Initiative, and NYU in France.
LEARN FRENCH IN PARIS!
STUDY IN THE PARK UNDER THE EIFFEL TOWER!
SEE PARIS WITH SOMEONE WHO KNOWS IT WELL!
EAT ALL THE FRESH BAGUETTES YOU CAN!
July 20-27, 2010
British Airways flight, via London
6 nights in 3-star hotel
Day Trip to Tours/Loire Valley
Unlimited Métro Pass for all 7 days
Seine River boat cruise with Bateaux Mouches
5-10 hours French lessons
Price: $2050
Signup Deadline: April 20, 2010 - 10am!
STUDY IN THE PARK UNDER THE EIFFEL TOWER!
SEE PARIS WITH SOMEONE WHO KNOWS IT WELL!
EAT ALL THE FRESH BAGUETTES YOU CAN!
July 20-27, 2010
British Airways flight, via London
6 nights in 3-star hotel
Day Trip to Tours/Loire Valley
Unlimited Métro Pass for all 7 days
Seine River boat cruise with Bateaux Mouches
5-10 hours French lessons
Price: $2050
Signup Deadline: April 20, 2010 - 10am!
with a blog post contest. The best post will win a bottle of champagne
courtesy of the Bubble Lounge and Deutz champagne.
Just hit "Add a blog post" and post an interesting story about you and your experience with New York.
Deadline is May 17
Happy Anniversary
On April 16, Phillips de Pury & Company will host a massive auction in New York of photography by such modern masters as Diane Arbus, Nan Goldin, and the late great Willy Ronis.
Read more on FranceToday.com
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL REGISTRATION - PLEASE REGISTER ONLINE @ WWW.FRENCHCULTURENIGHTS.COM FOR A FREE ACCESS TO OUR HIGH NIGHT EVENT.
The warm air of April takes French Culture Nights to Morocco, with jazz jewel MALIKA ZARRA on Wednesday, April 21.
Each monthly French Culture Nights features a mix of visual and performance arts, in a casual but elegant setting. Morocco Night will take place at the the High Bar in Midtown, with an oasis of talented artists & performers. The evening is designed to encourage French-speakers of all backgrounds to mingle, enjoy the arts, and have fun.
The admission fee of $10 is waived for those who pre-register online at FrenchCultureNights.com with code "NYIF". Admission includes a free copy of the COOL Guide to French Culture.
FEATURED PERFORMERS on Wednesday, April 21 from 6.30pm to 1am at The High Bar (251 West 48 Street, at 8th Avenue)
- Singer and songwriter MALIKA ZARRA (7.30pm)
- Sculpture and paintings by PIERRE-HENRY GUERARD
- Live oud guitar player PAUL REZKALLA
- DJ music sensation KYLE KLEF (9pm-1am)
- Henna artist AKIYO will be on hand to paint beautiful, temporary body art in the traditions of Morocco, North Africa, and the Middle East.
- Belly dancer Kristi Angel Gabriel
**** Wear your shades to be automatically entered in our special raffle to win 3 pairs of sunglasses from world eyewear leader ALAIN MIKLI!
ABOUT OUR SPONSORS
Morocco Night is sponsored by High Bar, Alain Mikli, Ricard, Event Premiere, French Morning, Wafin and Action Against Hunger.
For further information visit www.FrenchCultureNights.com.
Please, join us on
MONDAY, April 19
For a free screening of two films on Albert Camus:
(No reservation required. Seats available on a first-come, first-served basis.)
7:00 p.m.
ALBERT CAMUS: UN COMBAT CONTRE L'ABSURDE
DVD, 84 min.; a film by James Kent, produced by La Sept/ARTE, 2010
In French (no subtitles).
8:45 p.m.
ALBERT CAMUS
DVD, 44 min.; a film by Jean Daniel and Joël Calmettes,
Narration by Michel Bouquet and Jean-Louis Trintignant; copyright 2009 (but possibly made earlier)
In French (no subtitles).
We hope to see you then!
Florence Gould Event
French Literature in the Making
YANNICK HAENEL Novelist; author of Jan Karski (Prix Interallié); Introduction
à la mort française; Evoluer parmi les avalanches; Cercle
(Prix Décembre; Prix Roger Nimier); editor (with François
Meyronnis), Ligne de Risque
in conversation with
OLIVIER BARROT
Writer; journalist, Un Livre un jour (France 3)
In French.
Yannick Haenel's most recent book, Jan Karski, was awarded both the Prix Interallié and the Prix du roman Fnac in 2009. Jan Karski, a Polish resistance figure who saved many Jews in World War II, appeared in Claude Lanzmann's celebrated film Shoah. But Haenel's book, which is labeled a "novel," elicited a violent reaction from Lanzmann and launched a bitter controversy.
Presented with the additional support of Sofitel, Open Skies, CulturesFrance, and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy.
Wednesday, April 14, 7:00 p.m.
GENEVIEVE SELLIER
Professor, Université de Caen; senior member, Institut Universitaire de France; author of Masculine Singular: French New Wave Cinema
The Politics of Gender in French Cinema
Moderated by Ludovic Cortade, Department of French, NYU
New Wave Cinema created a new image of woman which is inseparable from modernity and auteur cinema. However, this image is largely shaped by patriarchal culture. This talk explores how the image of woman that is
constructed in New Wave films is essentialized and associated with passion, and thus embodies an image of the feminine that combines sexual freedom with death.
Co-sponsored by the Department of French, the Institute of French Studies, the Department of Cinema Studies, and the CNRS/NYU International Research Center.
Thursday, April 15, 7:00 p.m.
DOMNA STANTONDistinguished Professor of French, Graduate Center, CUNY; author of The
Monarchy, the Nation and its Others: France in the Age of Louis XIV
(forthcoming); The Aristocrat as Art
‘There Are No Jews in France’:
Alterity in Louis XIV’s Nation-State
In a nation constructed on a set of exclusions, as nations usually are, Jews in l7th-century France held a position at once similar and different from other others. Although formally thrown out of France in 1614, by the edict of a monarchy that upheld the ideal of “one king, one law, one faith,” Jews had a continued presence because they served political economic, military, medical and religious functions. A nascent anthropological and scholarly curiosity about Jewish customs, life and beliefs seems to herald the dawning of an age of tolerance after 1685, but this trend does not resolve the contradictions of an absolutistic nation-state whose proclaimed exclusions were belied by presences that were fundamental to its identity -- contradictions that may well be endemic to the nation-state.
La Maison Française is open Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The building re-opens a half-hour before evening programs. All events are open to the public and free of charge unless otherwise indicated.
This edition is an exact facsimile of the original, down to the red and white cloth gingham case, but with a new preface about the book’s history, and Carter’s essay. There’s also a select bibliography of contributors—from Katharine Hepburn and Christian Dior to Eleanor Roosevelt and Charlie Chaplin—created especially for today’s reader. An affordable, adorable package, Spécialités de la Maison is a great gift for cooks of all levels, francophiles, and pop-culture mavens alike. An instant collectible!
thanks for your suggestions of French gypsy jazz groups! May I add Samarabalouf (www.myspace.com/samarabalouf) , a French based jazz manouche trio which has been touring North America (from Anchorage/AK to New Orleans/LA via Seattle, Los Angeles, Montana, Utah, Chicago, Memphis, Dallas, New York, Toronto and New Brunswick) annually and since Spring 05! Inspired by Django Reinhardt, they perform original compositions combining flamenco rock, tango, rumba, waltz and swing to the delight of audiences and venues who keep bringing them back by popular demand! Save the dates: Samarabalouf on US/Canada West coast during April 7-17, 2010, from Vancouver to Los Angeles!
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