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French School Programs in public schools of New York: In total, nearly 700 students will follow one of the French programs in New York this year and projections for 2009-2010 exceed 1,000 students. School programs take several forms: dual-language classes, after-school classes, heritage classes, preparations for GED. Read the report: English [pdf] | Français [pdf]
Crossing
the Line: FIAF Fall Festival 2008
September 16 to October 5, 2008
Crossing the Line, FIAF's annual fall festival, presents inter-disciplinary
contemporary works (film, theater, performance art...) by artists who
are transforming cultural practices on both sides of the Atlantic. Sub-titled
Transfiguring Cultures, the festival aims not only to present
critical new artistic practices from the rapidly shifting cultural landscapes
of Europe and North America but also to transgress the established notions
of culture in France and New York. The first commission is a new work
by the jazz trio The Bad Plus, which will be based on a song
by French icon Serge Gainsbourg and performed in concert at FIAF on September
20.
more | website
| calendar
September to November 2008
The French Embassy and the Québec Government Office in New York, in partnership with the American Association of Teachers of French host a series of school contests to celebrate Quebec's 400th anniversary and to honor the famous French explorers of North America as Jacques Cartier, Samuel de Champlain and La Salle. All tri-state students from grade K to 8 are eligible to participate. 50 winners will be chosen and great prizes will be offered: the first super-winner will win a trip to Quebec! And the following 4 winners will receive a scholarship valued at $500 each. The contest will be launched on September 1. more | flyer [pdf]
August to December 2008
To celebrate France’s European Union presidency, taking place from July to December 2008, the French Embassy in partnership with the French-American Chamber of Commerce, the French Institute Alliance Française and the French-American Fondation organize a high school contest opened to Tri-state high school students only. "Concours sur l'Europe" is an essay competition. Great prizes will be offered: one-week trips to France valued at 5 000€ and 2 000€! The Deadline to participate is November 3, 2008 at Midnight. more | website | flyer [pdf]
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September 3, 4, 5 & 8
French Cowboy and Papier Tigre will play again together : the two bands gathered at Tucson in August for Some French Friends Festival and meet on the stage again for an amazing show. French Cowboy is the new band created by four members of the late Little Rabbits, one of the milestone french groups of the nineties, which was put to an end in 2005. Papier Tigre are a 3 piece rock band from Nantes, France. Their music is firmly entrenched in the tradition of inventive, challenging punk yet firmly rooted in the contemporary; rhythmically and vocally these songs recall the mutant, angular disco of Chinese Stars or Liars. | more
September 16 at 6pm
A rare, intimate evening with one of contemporary rock's most endearing artists. Interpreting the music and spirit of Piaf, Martha brings the house to its knees, proving the seemingly endless facets of this treasured folk-pop artist's many talents. | website
September 19
This will be the US premiere of Frenh-Argentinean composer Martin Matalon's score to Fritz Lang's classic film Metropolis, and will include the performance of 16 world-class instrumentalists under the baton of conductor and music director Jeffrey Milarsky, as well as live electronics and concurrent projection of the classic film. The composer will be present and will be giving an onstage talk at 7pm. | more
September 22
TIDAWT is a band from the Sahara (Niger) who has already tour in Africa, Europe & California. In 2006 they were invited to be a part of the project “Stones World” and recorded with the Rolling Stones band at Capitol Records Studio in Los Angeles. In 2007 they played with Mickey Hart of the Greatful Dead at Slim’s in San Francisco. Their first CD will be released in September 2008. more | website
September 24 to October 29, 2008
Émilie Simon (born 1978 in Montpellier, France) is a singer and composer of electronic music. Émilie Simon, the daughter of a sound engineer, grew up in Montpellier, France. She tried her hand at jazz and rock until finally turning herself towards electronic music. Simon is a multidisciplinary artist; writing, composing and singing in all of her albums. She is also familiar with recording equipment, often adding her personal touch into arrangements and production. She programs and edits the sound effects in most of her songs. more | website
September 24, 2008
The story of Irène Némirovsky is that of a remarkable writer who was driven to create, even as her world was being destroyed around her. Her life, work, and legacy are the subject of a new, extraordinary exhibition, Woman of Letters: Irène Némirovsky and Suite Française opening at the Museum of Jewish Heritage. Woman of Letters is more than literary history: it is the story of a mother and her daughters, of memory and identity, of legacy and loss. A Russian-born Jewish writer, Némirovsky quickly became an acclaimed author in her adopted France, where she lived for many years. more | website
Phillipe
Grimbert: Q&A and Book Signing
September 12
Author Philippe Grimbert
will participate in a Q&A session and book signing after screenings
of director Claude Miller’s A Secret, a film based on Grimbert’s
award-winning novel, Memory. Novelist and essayist Philippe Grimbert
was born in 1948 in Paris. He is a psychoanalyst, and lives in Paris.
He is the author of several works of nonfiction: Psychanalyse de la
chanson, Pas de fumée sans Freud and Chantons
sous la psy. more
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Putman, Beyond Style |
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Noelle
Eiferman
From September 9 to September 27, 2008 Noelle Eiferman was born in Paris. She studied drawing and painting techniques nearby at the atelier of Genevieve Salomon at the Ecole des Beaux Arts of Chatou Croissy. At that time, her main works included oil paintings (portraits and nudes) and different types of drawings: pencil, red pencil, chalk, and charcoal. Her subjects included still life, figurative art, and landscapes. It helped shape her style, which even in its early stages was showing signs of abstraction, in both overall structure and detail. She played with colors, shapes and canvas size. | website |
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Network is launching Radio France International, the leading French
international radio news network broadcasting non stop 24 hours
a day and 7 days a week in French throughout the world. Its programs
are built around news bulletins giving a complete panorama of international
news, providing a French and European analysis of events, together
with general subjects and specific focus about politics, economy,
culture, sport, education and linguistic topics especially concerning
the French language. RFI
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September 8 to September 26
Through its rich and varied program in the areas of French culture and civilization, La Maison Française has played a major role in the flow of intellectual currents and ideas between France and the United States. The program of activities of La Maison Française covers a broad spectrum of subjects and opinion and includes lectures, symposia, film and video screenings, concerts, theater productions. Especially, the Simone de Beauvoir week (September 15 -20) offers theatrical productions, movies and conferences about this famous French writer who made a true revolution in attitudes. calendar | more | website
Talks with...
Paul Auster and Céline Curiol
Tuesday, September 9 at 7pm
Acclaimed novelist Paul Auster will introduce the French writer Céline
Curiol and her debut novel, Voice Over, to the New York public
in an intimate dialogue between the two authors. Voice Over
has already been translated into fourteen languages. Curiol's first
novel describes a disaffected young woman who works at the Gare du Nord.
Everyday she is surrounded by people yet separate from them, desperately
seeking a connection. A book signing will follow the discussion.
Talks with... Bernard-Henri Lévy and Charlie Rose
Monday,
September 15 at 12:30pm
Bernard-Henri
Lévy, kicks-off the American tour for his forthcoming book Left
in Dark Times, with an intimate luncheon discussion hosted by esteemed
journalist Charlie Rose. Americans tend to believe that French anti-Americanism
has become an integral part of French culture and society, while both
countries wonder how the upcoming U.S. presidential election will impact
French-American relations.
more |
website
September 16 at 7pm
Bernard-Henri Lévy, France's "rock-star philosopher," and Slavoj Žižek, the Slovanian "Elvis of cultural theory," will scrutinize the totalitarianisms of the past as well as those of the future, as they argue for a new political and moral vision for our times and investigate the limits of tolerance. Does the advent of capitalism cause more violence than it prevents? asks Zizek in Violence: Six Sideways Reflections. Are human rights Western or Universal? asks Lévy in Left in Dark Times.| more | calendar
September 19 at 7pm
Robert Badinter, the French Minister of Justice between 1981 and 1986, led the battle to abolish the death penalty in France. Badinter's book, Abolition: One Man's Battle Against the Death Penalty, serves as a guidebook on the various legal and political strategies that can be used in the quest for abolition. With U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, Badinter recently co-authored a book on the role of judges. | more
September, 2008
The Maison Française of Columbia Univeristy offers a wide variety of events, ranging from conferences and lectures to conversation groups and weekly cinema sessions. | website
September 27 - 8:30-13:00
How to integrate easy technology in the French classroom, and other tools and strategies. (5 Prof. Dev. Credit) $15.00 in advance/$20.00 at the door. Summit HS, Summit, NJ. | website
September 26
Teaching Grammar According to the Common European Framework of Reference with Emmanuel Lainé, FIAF Vice President of Education.
Once a month, Fridays, 5:30-8:30pm. | more
Espace Francophone is a website which has been created by the Cultural Service of the Consulate General of France in New Orleans.Beyond Louisiana, this website is designed for teachers in United States and elsewhere who use the educational materials available online as well as for people interested in the French language and culture in Louisiana and worldwide. This site was also launched by the French Embassy in Washington to offer a window of the contemporary France in various areas such as politics, economy, tourism, education, and culture. | website
PS 125 in Harlem needs a teacher immediately:
School starts on Tuesday, September 2 and we need a teacher. The teacher must speak French and be certified to teach in a primary school.
contact/send resume to principal Ms Claudette Lustin immediately at CLustin@schools.nyc.gov ; by fax at 212 749 1291 or by phone at 212 666 6400
Ralph J. Bunche School - PS125
425 W. 123 Street
New York, NY 10027
Volunteer correctors needed for the high school contest on Europe which was lauched in August 2008. Volunteer correctors will have to read fifty 500-word student essays during the first week of November 2008. Volunteer correctors must be 21 or older and be able to read French and English perfectly. Volunteer correctors will receive a gift and will be invited to the contest's ceremony and cocktail reception in New York in December 2008. Please email your name, contact information and a short bio to contest@teacheurope.org. more | website
FIAF (French Institute Alliance Française) is an American, private, not-for-profit 501(c) (3), non-governmental organization. Its mission is to promote and enhance the knowledge and appreciation of French and Francophone culture, to increase the knowledge of the French language, and to encourage interaction among French, Francophone and American people through programs in education and the arts. Jobs are available in all departments.| more
A bientot,
Fabrice Jaumont
Education Attache
French Embassy
972 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10075
fabrice.jaumont@diplomatie.gouv.fr
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