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| Summer Camp Sessions, Le Petit Paradis Bilingual July Le Petit Paradis Bilingual is offering a summer camp consisting of 2 sessions of 4 weeks each. website |
3-Day Immersion Summer Institute For Teachers Of French June 30- July 3 An enjoyable, informative live-in immersion seminar on French language and culture. more | website |
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World Voices 2008 |
Through May 18
A pioneering figure in the history of modernism and one of the major artists of mid-19th century France, Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) was constantly at odds with authority. He rejected artistic convention, challenged academic norms, and created artworks that scandalized the public.more | listen
April 18, 2008 through May 8
The Agora Gallery is proud to present Didier Deleidi in Pixel Perfect- The Digital Fine Art Exhibition, the collection will feature a captivating selection of Didier Deleidi's creative images..
Agora Gallery, 530W, 25 st, New York more
Martine Fourgeron, Tête-à-Tête Series I-IV
Through April 12
Tête-à-Tête is a series of intimate portraits of the artist’s two adolescent sons and their friends.
The exhibition consists of 18 color photographs, covering a two-year period from 2005 to 2007.more | Press Release.
Protest in Paris 1968: Photographs by Serge Hambourg
Through June 1st
At the Berkeley Art Museum. “I was covering events in 1968 for a left-leaning journal but also trying to make memorable images—not only by recounting the event but also by taking a true photograph, which in separate context could stand by itself. . . .more | website
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L'égalité
des chances made in France. Promesses et blocages, a talk in French
by Azouz Begag. April 16, 7 p.m Azouz Begag is a sociologist, writer, and former French minister for equal opportunities. This is the Spring 2008 Eugene J. Sheffer Distinguished Lecture. Columbia University, Maison Francaise, Buell Hall |
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A Dialogue on culture, politics, France today..., Jack Lang April 8, 6:30 p.m Jack Lang, Member of the French National Assembly; Former French Minister of Culture and Minister of Education. In French with Tom Bishop, NYU. La Maison Francaise, NYU, 16 Washington Mews (corner of University Place) New York , NY 10003 Tel: 212-998-8750 website |
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Charpentier's
1688 "David et Jonathas" in New York May 9th and 10th This is the North American professional premier of this French masterpiece. When they workshopped it in 2005 the Batlimore Sun said "set to music of immense beauty ["David et Jonathas"] couldn't be more straight-to-the-heart...as noble as anything by Wagner, as emotionally wrenching as anything be Puccini." The production will include a cast and orchestra of French baroque specialists from throughout the world. more |
PS 58 in Brooklyn, NY is looking to recruit a first grade teacher for the first grade dual language class. Our school follows a self-contained dual language model. The teacher teaches in French in the mornings and in English in the afternoons to the same group of students. PS 58 is a vibrant community of students, educators and parents.
* contact: mariebouteillon@hotmail.com
Jean Mirvil, principal of the school PS73, in the Bronx, is looking for a teacher for a new dual language program in grade K for the 2008-2009 school year. Contact him at JMirvil@schools.nyc.gov
Spanish/French Teacher, Norwalk Public Schools
Spanish/French teacher for the 2008-2009 school year in the Norwalk Public Schools. The candidate will teach 3 or 4 French classes and one or two Spanish classes.The person interested should e-mail Judith Aucar at hjaucar@aol.com or call her at 914-993-9423 (Home) 914-552-4349 (Cell) or 203-852-9488 Ext. 11054 (School).
Hopkins School in New Haven needs an adjunct teacher for next fall: Two sections of French and 1 of Italian.
Martha Venter, Associate Director of Admissions, Hopkins School, 986 Forest Road, New Haven, CT 06515
203.397.1001 x212
French Teacher for M.S. 22.
M.S. 22 Jordan L. Mott, is a 5th-8th grade middle school (ages 10-14) in the Bronx, looking for French-speaking teachers in all subject areas who are interested in being part of the French Dual Language Academy.
Call: 718.681.6850
Part time French teachers needed at the Alliance Francaise of Hartford.
The Alliance Française of Hartford is recruiting part-time French teachers for its weekday evening and Saturday morning adult classes.Foreign nationals must hold valid residency papers. Please send resumes to the Alliance Francaise of Hartford via fax at (860)203-1688 or by e-mail to afdehtfd@sbcglobal.net
A bientot,
Fabrice Jaumont
Education Attache
French Embassy
972 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10021
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