English-language events in Paris
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Parler Paris Community Calendar
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CALENDAR
Art Exhibitions
Ralph Petty: A Vue d'Œil
Paintings, drawings and sculpture
La Preuve par Neuf
30 rue Durantin, 75018 Paris
Through March 17
Vivian van Blerk
Métamorphoses, Cheminées, The Attic Pictures
Exposition du 2 février au 10 mars 2012
Vernissage le jeudi 2 février 2012 à partir de 17h
Galerie Beckel Odille Boïcos:
1, rue Jacques Cœur 75004 Paris.
Métro Bastille – exit boulevard Henri IV.
Strictly Entertainment: Comedy, Plays, Movies, Dance, Music, Cinema
Literary Events
For a wealth of information on readings and other literary events in Paris, visit Jennifer Dick's blog at parisreadingsmonthlylisting.blogspot.com/
The American Library in Paris
Upcoming Events and Programs
Wednesday 15 February 19h30
Evenings with an Author: Passion Panel - Our experts Robert Camuto, Sister Noella Marcellino, and Denyse Beaulieu will share their passion for wine, cheese, and perfume.
Thursday 16 February 19h30
Evenings with an Author: Pulitzer prize-winning author Philip Caputo presents 'Crossers' a blistering novel about the brutality and beauty of life on the Arizona-Mexico border.
Wednesday 22 February 19h30
Evenings with an Author: Journalist Pamela Druckerman explores the secret behind France's astonishingly well-behaved children in 'Bringing Up Bébé.'
Wednesday 29 February 19h30
Evenings with an Author: Legendary photography editor John Morris gives an illustrated talk, including images from World War II when he was Life magazine's photo editor.
Saturday 3 March 10h00-19h00
Sunday 4 March 13h00-19h00
Used Book Sale at the Library on both days of the first weekend of the month.
Wednesday 7 March 19h30
Evenings with an Author: Lisa Immordino Vreeland presents her book 'Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel.'
http://www.americanlibraryinparis.org/
The American Library in Paris, 10 rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris, tel. 01.53.59.12.60. M°: Ecole Militaire or Alma Marceau, or RER C at Pont de l'Alma.
Shakespeare and Company
MOST readings take place at 7pm Mondays upstairs in the library (seats 30), on the ground level (seats 50) or outside the front of the shop. Please note, there are exceptions so please check the times below.
Wednesday 15 February 7pm
Mister Lear concert
Thursday 16 February 6pm
Celine Curiol & Brandon Ross (spoken word/concert)
Monday 20 February 7pm
Louise Doughty, Whatever You Love (fiction, reading)
Shakespeare and Company
37 rue de la Bûcherie
75005 Paris, France
Tel: +33 (0)1 43 25 40 93
www.shakespeareandcompany.com
www.festivalandco.com
Village Voice Bookshop
Our New Readers' Series
all readings at 7 pm sharp
Village Voice events are free.
However, the purchase of a book is always appreciated.
See Web site for upcoming readings:
www.villagevoicebookshop.com
Village Voice Bookshop
6, rue Princesse
75006 Paris
Tel.: 01 46 33 36 47
MOVING PARTS
presents
a reading of a play by
Roderick Ford
The Numberless House
Christian and Olga, their lives already blighted by cruel twists of fate, are on the run. Taking a room in a strange old house, they discover that the previous tenant disappeared in worrying circumstances. As time passes, they must confront the mysteries of their own being and the terrors of The Numberless House.
Starring
Carey Downer
Dario Costa
Jane Rony
Joseph Marshall
Mike Dineen
Stephanie Campion
Sunday, 19th February 2012 at 7.30 pm
Carr's Pub & Restaurant
1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris
Metro : Tuileries
Networking Soirées and Gatherings
Practice Your French ...or English!
Parler Parlor French-English Conversation Group
Practice speaking French and English. Make friends, discuss interesting topics, learn about other cultures, progress in understanding and speaking, naturally and easily. Meets three times a week -- come as often as you like!
OPEN TO EVERYONE!
Come for conversational exchange and celebrate the New Year over Galette des Rois with Vin Chaud. Make new friends, practice speaking French and English and get to know the members.
GET 12 SESSIONS FOR THE PRICE OF A 10-SESSION CARD
AND 24 SESSIONS FOR THE PRICE OF A 20-SESSION CARD THAT DAY!
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Elisabeth Crochard: 01.48.42.26.10, Adrian Leeds: 01.40.27.97.59
PARIS EXPATS SOIREES DINNERS - EVERY SUNDAY. 19h15
SPECIAL FUN GUEST(S) PRESENTS IN ENGLISH AT DINNER!.
For Expats of all origins, French and VisitorsSunday 19 February - 19h15.
Special Guest: Filmmaker Aslam Ansari on his short film: "Road To The Diversity" (Of Cultures, Of Relationships With People In Show Biz)
Sunday 26 February - 19h15.
Celebrating Paris In Words And Song.Special Guests: Singer Michele Barbier (Chanson Française). See: http://www.
€22 Includes a great dinner and meeting fun, new international people
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or 33 6 43 79 35 18 www.parissoirees.com No text messages, Thank you.
Dinner Chez Jim Haynes
Jim’s atelier becomes a salon every night
where about 70 people from all over the world
meet, dine, drink and enjoy themselves. Telephone
on Saturday or for your invitation, directions and the door code.
Jim Haynes Atelier
83, rue de la Tombe Issoire 75014 Paris
Tel: 01.43.27.17.67
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L’ASSOCIATION DES FAMILLES MULTILINGUES PRESENTS
ENGLISH PLAYGROUPS
FOR BILINGUAL CHILDREN
Every Wednesday at 5pm at the Maison des Associations du 15ème, Paris.
www.cafebilingue.com
To register call Anna on 06 18 36 13 14
Knowledge is Power: Conferences, Workshops, Seminars and Lectures
Parler Paris Après-Midi
At every Après-Midi, a guest speaker of note will come to talk about a topic of interest and then open the floor for questions and discussion.
The second Tuesday of every month 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Upstairs at La Pierre du Marais, on the corner of rue des Archives and rue de Bretagne, 3rd.
Métro Lines 9, 3 et 11, stations Temple, République or Arts et Métiers
Costs nothing except whatever you drink!
For more information, visit Parler Paris Après-Midi
http://adrianleeds.com/events/apres-midi
Parler Parlor French-English Conversation Group
Practice speaking French and English. Make friends, discuss interesting topics, learn about other cultures, progress in understanding and speaking, naturally and easily. Meets three times a week -- come as often as you like!
PARLOR TIMES -- 3 TIMES A WEEK IN TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS
LOCATIONS AND TIMES
Tuesdays 6:30 to 8 p.m.
AT LUTÈCE LANGUE
23, boulevard de Sébastopol (at the corner of rue de la Reynie), 1st arr. 3rd Floor on the Left (read notice on door to obtain entry code or call in advance)
Métro Châtelet, Les Halles
Wednesdays 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
COOLIN IRISH PUB
15 rue Clément, (in Le Marché Saint-Germain), 6th arr.
Métro Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Mabillon, Odéon
Saturdays 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. AT LUTÈCE LANGUE
23, boulevard de Sébastopol (at the corner of rue de la Reynie), 1st arrondissement 3rd Floor on the Left (read notice on door to obtain entry code)
Métro Châtelet, Les Halles
Paris Art Studies at Galerie Beckel Odille Boïcos
January-February 2012
Fridays: The History of Paris with Chris Boïcos and Dimitri Papalexis for fashion
Architecture, Urbanism, Society - Part 10: Paris at the turn of the century (1900-1920)
Course Schedule: Varies depending on museum reservations. Coffee and tea served at gallery sessions at 10 am.
13 Jan. 10:30 – 12 noon – Gallery – Paris 1900. End of an era: the World's Fair, bourgeois architecture and decoration.
1 20 Jan. 1:30 – 3 pm – Musée d'Orsay –Toulouse-Lautrec, the Nabis and Art Nouveau.
2 Meet by group entrance B at 1:15 pm. Métro Solférino (line 12) or RER Musée d'Orsay (RER C).
27 Jan. 11:30 – 1pm – Musée Carnavalet – Paris of the Belle Epoque and the early 1900s.
Meet courtyard of Musée Carnavalet at 11:15 am. 23 rue de Sevigné 75003. Métro Saint Paul (line 1) or Chemin Vert (line 8).
3 Feb. 10:30 – 12 noon – Gallery – Paris 1910-1920. Modernism and the First World War.
10 Feb. 10:30 – 12 noon – Walk – Passy: Guimard and Art Nouveau architecture.
Meet in front of 14 rue Jean de la Fontaine 75016. Closest Métros: Ranelagh and Jasmin (line 9).
17 Feb. 10:30 – 12 noon – Gallery – Paris Fashions 1900-1920. With couturier and costume historian Dimitri Papalexis.
Students will receive from the instructor a bibliography, printed chronologies and a list of historical figures.
Course fee: 120 € for the 6 sessions or 25 € for one session. Payable by check made out to: Galerie B.O.B. Museum fees are additional to course fees.
Paris Special Exhibitions* with Chris Boïcos
The People of Paris at the Musée Carnavalet (until 26 Feb.)
Wednesday 11 January, 12:30 to 2 pm.
Place: Meet courtyard of Musée Carnavalet, 23 rue de Sevigné 75003. Métro: Saint Paul (line 1) or Chemin Vert (line 8).
Time: 12:15 for 12:30 pm start. Please bring 7 € for exhibition ticket.
The Hôtel particulier, a Parisian ambition at the Cité d'Architecture.
Thursday 12 January, 4:30 to 6 pm.
Place: Lobby of Cité d'Architecture 1, place du Trocadéro 75116. Métro: Trocadéro (lines 6 and 9).
Time: 4:15 for 4:30 pm start. Please bring 5 € for exhibition ticket.
David Loeb retrospective exhibition (until 21 Jan.)
Gallery Lecture by the artist on the exhibition at Galerie Beckel Odille Boïcos
Thursday 19 January, 10:30 to 12 noon.
David Loeb is one of the finest realist American artists currently living in France. He is exhibiting at galerie BOB with another Paris-based American painter, Ronald Bowen.
Place: Galerie Beckel Odille Boïcos - 1, rue Jacques Cœur 75004 Paris. Métro: Bastille (lines 1,5,8) exit boulevard Henri IV
Time: 10 am for coffee and tea. 10:30 am for lecture. Fee for this lecture: 5 €.
Vivian van Blerk: Metamorphoses - a contemporary photography exhibition
Gallery Lecture by the artist on the exhibition at Galerie Beckel Odille Boïcos (26 Jan. to 10 March)
Thursday 2 February, 10:30 to 12 noon.
Vivian van Blerk is one of the finest art photographers currently working in France.
Place: Galerie Beckel Odille Boïcos - 1, rue Jacques Cœur 75004 Paris. Métro: Bastille (lines 1,5,8) exit boulevard Henri IV
Time: 10 am for coffee and tea. 10:30 am for lecture. Fee for this lecture: 5 €.
Fantin-Latour, Manet, Baudelaire: Homage to Delacroix at the Musée Delacroix
(until 19 March) Thursday 9 February 9:45 – 11 :15 am.
Place: Musée Delacroix – 6 rue de Furstenberg 75006. Métro: Saint-Germain-des-Près (line 4).
Time: Meet in museum courtyard at 9:30 for 9:45 am start. Please bring 5 € for exhibition ticket.
Henri Cross and Neo-Impressionism from Seurat to Matisse
at the Musée Marmottan (until 19 February 2012) Thursday 16 February 10 – 11:30 am.
Place: Meet in front of entrance to Musée Marmottan - 2, rue Louis-Boilly 75016. Métro: La Muette (line 9).
Time: 9:45 for 10 am start. Please bring 10 € for exhibition ticket.
Galerie Beckel Odille Boïcos:
1, rue Jacques Cœur 75004 Paris.
Métro Bastille – exit boulevard Henri IV. Paris Art Studies telephone: 06 86 58 98 09
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WICE
Course Highlights
The Spring Program is now online! Here are just some of the interesting courses on offer starting in January 2012. **Be advised that some of our classes have sold out or are very limited in available space. Please contact the WICE office or register online.
Art History & Museum Visits
February 16: The Showroom of La Manufacture de Prelle: Royal Silk Weavers
Creative Writing and Literature
February 1: Writing with the Goddesses
February 2, 9, 16: Tricks of the Trade
February 2, 9: Seeing Paris Through Literature, Part II
February 14, March 6, 8: Raising the Stakes: An Advanced Prose Workshop
Food, Wine and Walks
February 8: Guinea Fowl Provençal & Cake à l'orange
February 10: Comparative Earthiness: France, Spain & Italy
February 17: Burgundy: Tender is the Côtes de Nuit
Languages
Every Tuesday & Friday afternoon & Thursday Evening: French/English Conversation Group
Our language courses open up a whole new world of "understanding" in a most welcoming environment.
French, English, Spanish, German Language courses are now enrolling. Sign up by the year/semester/trimester or month.
Lifestyle
January 19: Perfume Workshop: The Scent of Love
Visual Arts
January 30, February 6, 13: Drawing Out the Artist in You: Techniques for Beginners
January 31: Photography: Art and Technique, Moving Along the Creative Path
January 31: Life Drawing Studio: Playing Dress Up
January 31: Painting Studio: Happily Ever After
February 8, 15: Now You See, Now You Don't: The Magic of Photoshop
Community Announcements
SOS Help Spring Book Sale
Mark your calendars for our next book sale on March 25!
Sunday, March 25
12 pm to 4 pm
Orrick Law Offices
31, avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie
75016 Paris
Paperbacks are only 1€ and hard covers are 2€. We have books in every category, with a ton of general fiction, young adult, and parenting. Be sure to tell your friends about this great way to get inexpensive books, meet other people in the English-speaking community, and support our organization! We'll also have a bake sale where you can pick up your favorite sweet and savory treats from back home We appreciate your donations! To donate books in good condition, you may drop them off at the venue Saturday, March 24, 12-4pm or Sunday, March 25, 12-4pm.
All proceeds to SOS Help 01 46 21 46 46 from 3 to 11pm daily
http://www.soshelpline.org
Yahoo group for Loire lovers
Lyn McIntosh-Sherwood and Larry Sherwood, Americans living in the Loire Valley, have started a new Yahoo group called LoveTheLoire for “folks who live in, want to move to, or visit this area."
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UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP
of Paris
monthly Sunday services at 2:30pm.
New address:
Temple de Pentemont
106 rue de Grenelle
75007 Paris
Metro Solferino.
Tel: 01 30 82 75 33 or www.uufp.info.
BEEN MEANING TO JOIN A CHOIR?
Amateur group seeks experienced SATB to sing
diverse repertoire (spirituals, classical,
musicals, and more). Rehearsals Mondays in the Marais, 7:45 - 10 p.m.
For more information, 06.07.38.09.75
FRUSAB: France-USA Bridge
FRUSAB, which stands for France-USA Bridge, is a
newly created non-profit organization designed to
promote a variety of cultural, educational,
social, and other exchanges between French and Americans around the world.
In addition to hosting weekly conversation group
activities in Paris, FRUSAB now offers a dynamic
user-forum where users can post and read
comments, and communicate with other users on a
variety of French-American issues!
For more information, or to register a username,
please visit: http://www.frusab.com
Click to donate free mammograms
The Breast Cancer Site helps fund free mammograms for women in need. All you have to do is click.
Sports & Fitness
Rollerblading in Paris!
Every week, you can don your blades for two
rolling tours through the City of Light!
Friday evenings: Over 4,000 experienced skaters
take a different 25 km circuit each week. Full
details the Thursday before at
http://www.pari-roller.com or call 01.43.36.89.81
afternoons: Tour for beginners. A circuit
of approx. 20 km over 3 hours. For more
information visit http://www.rollers-coquillages.org or call 01.44.54.07.44.
