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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240417T193000
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Opéra Comique presents Archipel(s)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join us in welcoming the Opéra Comique back to the Library and discover their new show Archipel(s). Commissioned by their youth theater troupe La Maîtrise Populaire de L’Opéra Comique\, this production combines singing\, acting\, and dance. The story\, inspired by a series of workshops conducted with the Maîtrise’s pupils\, is an exploration of coming-of-age and how young people follow\, or choose to break\, society’s rules. \nLibrettist Adrien Borne\, choreographer Ewan Jones\, and stage director James Bonas will offer a behind-the-scenes perspective on the show’s creation and share their thoughts on opera’s place in the future. \nAbout the speakers: \nDirector James Bonas recently directed Leonard Bernstein’s Candide at the Welsh National Opera with his regulator collaborator\, animation artist Grégoire Pont. The pair also directed the French premiere of Hans Abrahamsen’s The Snow Queen for the Opéra National du Rhin and Carl Orff’s Der Mond and Maurice Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortilèges and L’Heure Espagnole for the Opéra de Lyon. \nChoreographer Ewan Jones trained in musical theater at Arts Educational Schools London and holds an MA in choreography. His work in musical theater and opera has taken him around the world; most recently he returned from Dubai\, where he was staging the critically acclaimed new version of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera. Other international credits include Matilda (Norway); Something Rotten! and Sister Act (Germany); The Phantom of the Opera (Romania\, Norway\, Greece\, Bulgaria\, and Saudi Arabia); Der Mond in Lyon and L’Étoile (Portugal). In 2019 Jones became movement coordinator and choreographer for seasons 2 and 3 of the hit Netflix TV series Sex Education. Following that\, he was invited to join Disney+ as movement director for their upcoming series The Ballad of Renegade Nell. \nLibrettist Adrien Borne is the author of several award-winning novels in French\, including Mémoire de soie et La Vie qui commence\, published by JC Lattès\, as well as an adaptation of the opera Carmen for teenagers. He divides his time between writing\, journalism\, and public speaking. His work explores the liberating power of words and the stories they tell\, whether fictional or real.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nThe Maîtrise Populaire de l’Opéra Comique brings together young performers ages eight through twenty-five for an immersive education in the theater arts. Discover their work. \nRead more about Archipel(s). [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (the speaker(s) will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/operacomique24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240416T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240416T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T211316
CREATED:20240313T141214Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240404T114138Z
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SUMMARY:(In Person Only) Music and Mingle: The Bow and the Brush with Dan Flanagan
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Finding one’s place in Paris can be challenging. As an expatriate institution\, we champion the forging of connections at the Library. This is why we’re delighted to announce Music and Mingle\, a Members-only event series. \nMembers seeking to foster new friendships\, build their network\, and celebrate the arrival of spring in good company are invited to an evening of solo violin compositions\, accompanied by projections of visual art\, with violinist Dan Flanagan. With music directly inspired by artwork\, the program highlights historic pieces by Pissarro\, Rafaëlli\, Guillaumin\, Pinchon\, and living artists including Paul Gibson\, Nikki Vismara\, and Elaine Prat. Created and conceptualized by Flanagan\, the program includes his own compositions alongside several commissioned works written by 18 celebrated living New Music composers\, including Libby Larsen\, James Stephenson\, Trevor Weston\, and Nathaniel Stookey\, and the concert will feature compositions by contemporary American composers inspired by historical French paintings. \nWhether seeking to discover our community for the first time\, or to reunite with old friends\, join us in celebrating everyone who makes the American Library in Paris a cultural home. \nPlease note\, this event will be in-person only and reserved for Library members. \nAbout the performer: \nDan Flanagan has built a multifaceted career as a soloist and orchestral musician\, performing concertos with orchestras in California and recitals throughout the United States and Europe. Flanagan currently serves as Concertmaster of the Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera\, Concertmaster of West Edge Opera\, and Instructor of Violin at University of California\, Berkeley. The 2023-24 season includes solo recitals at The Center for New Music (San Francisco)\, Boston University\, Carnegie Hall\, University of Rome\, and The American Library in Paris. His program\, The Bow and the Brush\, includes 23 newly composed solo violin pieces inspired by paintings and sculptures. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: This event will be in person at the Library only and reserved for Library Members. Please bring your Library card to the event for verification. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/flanagan24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240413T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240413T170000
DTSTAMP:20260417T211316
CREATED:20240314T124758Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240402T100214Z
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SUMMARY:(In-Person) Spring Workshop Session 2 with Katherine J. Chen
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join us for a two-part workshop and conversation with author Katherine J. Chen on the craft of writing. This workshop is open to participants who are interested in having either their fiction or creative nonfiction read and discussed in a supportive environment; it is a space to ask questions\, to circulate ideas\, and to have an open\, seminar-like discussion. Katherine will also share her own research and writing process. \nPlease note\, this event and other workshop events require advance registration and payment. Please register here by filling out the form at the bottom of the page.  \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1665240973767{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/workshop_chen24_2/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240412T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240412T110000
DTSTAMP:20260417T211316
CREATED:20240301T151838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240301T151838Z
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SUMMARY:History Tour at the Library
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Library in Paris invites you to register for a History Tour. Come visit us in person at 10 rue du Général Camou and discover: \n\n\nOur origin story\, when our Library warehoused a collection of books donated to the Doughboys fighting alongside Allied troupes in WWI\nThe establishment of the American Library in Paris as a private library\nThe famous writers of the Lost Generation (Gertrude Stein\, Ernest Hemingway\, Henry Miller\, and more) who explored our stacks during their time in Paris\nOur Paris Library School\, which brought American innovations to French libraries in the 1920s\nThe true stories of the brave Librarians who kept the Library open during the Occupation of WWII\nHow the Library has evolved over its 103-year history into the largest English-language lending library on the European continent\n\n\nAll tours are on Fridays at 11h00\, last one hour\, and take place in person at the American Library in Paris. \nTours are free of charge and open to the public. Pre-registration is required. Please email us if you are reserving for 4 or more people. (Do not reserve through the site.) \nPlease email tours@americanlibraryinparis.org with any questions. \nThis initiative is made possible through the generous support of the Florence Gould Foundation and the American Center for Art and Culture. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1665240973767{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/history-tours-4-12-24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240411T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240411T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T211316
CREATED:20240314T124754Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240402T100225Z
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SUMMARY:(In-Person) Spring Workshop Session 1 with Katherine J. Chen
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join us for a two-part workshop and conversation with author Katherine J. Chen on the craft of writing. This workshop is open to participants who are interested in having either their fiction or creative nonfiction read and discussed in a supportive environment; it is a space to ask questions\, to circulate ideas\, and to have an open\, seminar-like discussion. Katherine will also share her own research and writing process. \nPlease note\, this event and other workshop events require advance registration and payment. Please register here by filling out the form at the bottom of the page.  \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1665240973767{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/workshop_chen24_1/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240410T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240410T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T211316
CREATED:20240313T135233Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240313T135530Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Recovery and Renewal with Octavia Bright
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In memoir This Ragged Grace\, celebrated writer and broadcaster Octavia Bright follows two events from her life that coincided in the same period: her recovery from addiction and her father’s descent into dementia. With vivid prose and a candid\, open-hearted voice\, Bright explores the complex interplays between family dynamics\, mental health\, loss\, and resilience. Her work challenges conventional narratives around grief\, putting forward a more nuanced understanding that embraces its messy\, nonlinear process. In this program\, Bright will reflect upon her approach to writing memoir\, her multifaceted perspectives on grief and sobriety\, and the roles that literature\, philosophy\, and art have played in her recovery. \nAbout the speaker: \nOctavia Bright is a writer and broadcaster. She co-hosts Literary Friction\, the literary podcast and NTS Radio show\, with Carrie Plitt. Recommended by The New York Times\, The Guardian\, BBC Culture\, Electric Literature\, The Sunday Times and others\, it has had over 1.4 million downloads. Her writing has been published in a number of magazines including The White Review\, Harper’s Bazaar\, ELLE\, Wasafiri\, Somesuch Stories\, and the Sunday Times. This Ragged Grace\, published by Canongate\, is her first book.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nYou can read an excerpt from This Ragged Grace here. \nBright is the co-host of a popular literary podcast called Literary Friction. You can listen to the podcast here\, on NTS Radio\, or you can also find it on a podcast app.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (the speakers will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Read along with the Library! If you want to prepare ahead of this event\, copies of This Ragged Grace will be on sale one week in advance\, as well as after the event. Stop by Member Services to purchase your copy. Books are generously provided by Smith&Son. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to have their copy signed following the conversation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54548″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/bright24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240409T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240409T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T211316
CREATED:20240313T134438Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240313T150333Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Heroines and Historical Fiction with Katherine J. Chen
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In her new book Joan\, Katherine J. Chen reimagines the life of the legendary Joan of Arc\, infusing the historical narrative with a fresh\, contemporary voice. Chen delves into the complexities of Joan’s character\, presenting her not just as a martyr and saint\, but as a flesh-and-blood young woman with fears\, ambitions\, and a formidable sense of purpose. Combining meticulous research with imaginative storytelling\, Joan offers a nuanced exploration of faith\, power\, and gender dynamics in medieval France. \nChen will appear in conversation with Patricia Dailey\, a medieval scholar who focuses on histories of gender and sexuality. Dailey is currently a Faculty Visitor at the Institute for Ideas and Imagination. \nAbout the speaker: \nKatherine J. Chen is the author of Joan: A Novel of Joan of Arc (Random House US / Hodder & Stoughton UK)\, which won the 2023 American Library in Paris Book Award\, and Mary B. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, The New York Times Book Review\, Los Angeles Review of Books\, Literary Hub\, and other publications. Her next book\, under contract with Random House\, will explore the complex sibling relationship between Morgan le Fay and Arthur. She is a graduate of Princeton University and Boston University’s MFA Fiction program\, and she is currently a doctoral student in the Department of English at Brown University. \nPatricia Dailey is an Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Her work spans medieval literature\, contemporary philosophy\, gender studies\, psychedelic studies\, and eco-criticism.  She is the author of Promised Bodies: Time\, Language\, and Corporeality in Medieval Women’s Mystical Texts (Columbia UP 2013)\, and has authored numerous articles. She is finishing a book on the arboreal sublime; while also writing an experimental autobiography of parentheses\, or\, what could be called life\, in parentheses.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nRead an excerpt from Chen’s 2023 American Library in Paris Book Award winning novel Joan. \nChen’s first novel\, Mary B\, brings a vivid voice to the most-overlooked Bennet sister from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. In 2018\, Chen wrote a piece for Literary Hub about her love for “plain” literary heroines like Mary Bennet. Read the piece here.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (the speakers will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Read along with the Library! If you want to prepare ahead of this event\, copies of Joan will be on sale one week in advance\, as well as after the event. Stop by Member Services to purchase your copy. Books are generously provided by Smith&Son. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to have their copy signed following the conversation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54548″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/chen24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240405T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240405T110000
DTSTAMP:20260417T211316
CREATED:20240301T150631Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240301T150631Z
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SUMMARY:History Tour at the Library
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Library in Paris invites you to register for a History Tour. Come visit us in person at 10 rue du Général Camou and discover: \n\n\nOur origin story\, when our Library warehoused a collection of books donated to the Doughboys fighting alongside Allied troupes in WWI\nThe establishment of the American Library in Paris as a private library\nThe famous writers of the Lost Generation (Gertrude Stein\, Ernest Hemingway\, Henry Miller\, and more) who explored our stacks during their time in Paris\nOur Paris Library School\, which brought American innovations to French libraries in the 1920s\nThe true stories of the brave Librarians who kept the Library open during the Occupation of WWII\nHow the Library has evolved over its 103-year history into the largest English-language lending library on the European continent\n\n\nAll tours are on Fridays at 11h00\, last one hour\, and take place in person at the American Library in Paris. \nTours are free of charge and open to the public. Pre-registration is required. Please email us if you are reserving for 4 or more people. (Do not reserve through the site.) \nPlease email tours@americanlibraryinparis.org with any questions. \nThis initiative is made possible through the generous support of the Florence Gould Foundation and the American Center for Art and Culture. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1665240973767{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/history-tours-4-5-24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240404T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240404T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T211316
CREATED:20240312T132308Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240312T213407Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Charles Trueheart presents Diplomats at War
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]For many in the American Library in Paris community\, Charles Trueheart requires no introduction. Trueheart was the Director of the American Library from 2007 to 2017\, during which time he oversaw remarkable growth and evolution at our beloved institution. He continues his service to the American Library as a member of the Board of Trustees.  \nTrueheart has recently published a memoir about his family’s involvement in American political history\, specifically the Vietnam War. His godfather was Frederick “Fritz” Nolting\, the US ambassador to South Vietnam from 1961 to 1963\, and his father was William Trueheart\, Nolting’s second-in-command. Nolting and William Trueheart were close friends for many years\, but their friendship was torn apart by the war that went on to traumatize the populations of both the US and Vietnam for generations. In Diplomats at War\, Trueheart draws from personal memory\, family records\, and his decades of experience as a political reporter to contemplate the breakdown of a friendship alongside the story of the US’s involvement in Vietnam. \nAbout the speaker: \nCharles Trueheart was director of the American Library in Paris from 2007 to 2017. Most of his earlier career was in journalism\, including fifteen years at the Washington Post\, first covering book publishing and literary topics\, then as a correspondent in Canada and France. Before joining the Post\, Trueheart was associate director of the Institute of Politics at Harvard University and director of the Kennedy School of Government’s Public Affairs Forum. His writing has appeared in the Atlantic Monthly and the American Scholar\, where he is a contributing editor. His book on Vietnam during the Kennedy years\, Diplomats at War\, was released in February 2024. Trueheart was educated at Exeter and Amherst. He and his wife\, Anne Swardson\, live in Paris and Staunton\, Virginia.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nYou can read excerpts from Diplomats at War here. \nTrueheart is a contributing editor for the American Scholar. You can find his recent writing for the American Scholar here.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (the speaker will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Read along with the Library! If you want to prepare ahead of this event\, copies of Diplomats at War will be on sale one week in advance\, as well as after the event. Stop by Member Services to purchase your copy. Books are generously provided by Smith&Son. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to have their copy signed following the conversation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54548″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/trueheart24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240404T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240404T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T211316
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SUMMARY:Critical Conversations Meeting Six: Online Stupidity\, Why Conversations Fail at Scale
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The problems of our century demand collective intelligence\, and yet the rise of social media seems to bring nothing but collective stupidity. Why do social media apps and online forums seem to bring out our most extreme\, gullible or trivial qualities? Could we redesign them to turn “groupthink” into large-scale\, participatory problem-solving? \nReadings to prepare: \n\n“What is Groupthink?” (video)\n“The Abilene Paradox” (video\, see 06.14 – 10.14)\n\n Some details: Whether in France or America\, debate is central to healthy democracy. Critical  Conversations encourages both disagreement and agreement through thinking\, talking\,  reading\, and actively participating in community. Since the series’ inception in 2020\, we have tackled race in America\, the climate crisis\, migration\, and technology. Across seasons\, participants have challenged themselves\, their peers\, and the world in which we live.  \nPlease note\, this event and all event in the Critical Conversations series require advance registration and payment. Please register here by filling out the form at the bottom of the page.  \nPlease write to programs@americanlibraryinparis.org with any questions or thoughts.  \nAbout Critical Conversations: Whether in France or America\, debate is central to healthy democracy. Critical Conversations encourages both disagreement and agreement through thinking\, talking\, reading\, and actively participating in community. Since the series’ inception in 2020\, we have tackled race in America\, the climate crisis\, and migration. Across seasons\, participants have challenged themselves\, their peers\, and the world in which we live. \nAbout the Critical Conversations 2023-24 leaders: \nProf. Lex Paulson is Executive Director of the UM6P School of Collective Intelligence (Morocco) and lectures in advocacy at Sciences Po-Paris. Trained in classics and community organizing\, he served as mobilization strategist for the campaigns of Barack Obama in 2008 and Emmanuel Macron in 2017. He served as legislative counsel in the 111th U.S. Congress (2009-2011)\, organized on six U.S. presidential campaigns\, and has worked to advance democratic innovation at the European Commission and in India\, Tunisia\, Egypt\, Uganda\, Senegal\, Czech Republic and Ukraine. He is author of Cicero and the People’s Will: Philosophy and Power at the End of the Roman Republic\, from Cambridge University Press\, and is co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of Collective Intelligence for Democracy and Governance. \nProf. Mark Klein is a Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence\, serves as a professor and Senior Scientific Advisor at the UM6P School of Collective Intelligence\, and Chief Scientist at HiveWise Inc\, a startup in the collective intelligence space. His research draws from such fields as artificial intelligence\, social computing\, economics\, operations research\, and complexity science to develop and evaluate computer technologies that enable greater ‘collective intelligence’ in large groups faced with complex decisions. He has over 180 publications in these areas\, and has served on the editorial boards of many prominent journals and conferences related to AI and social computing. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1665240973767{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/cc6_2024/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240403T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240403T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T211316
CREATED:20240312T131716Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) The International Library: Brown Diaspora with Moon Charania
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Moon Charania is a writer and cultural scholar whose work stands at the intersectionality of race\, gender\, and diasporic studies. In her new book\, Archive of Tongues (2023)\, Charania weaves together the personal and the theoretical\, using her own mother’s life as a prism to refract upon the broader experiences of brown women around the world. Her work examines histories of migration\, dispossession\, violence\, and sexuality\, offering a fresh perspective on rhythms of everyday life for marginalized women. At its heart\, Archive of Tongues not only uncovers the hidden archives of brown mothers’ lives\, but also invites us to reconsider the foundational assumptions of feminist\, queer\, and postcolonial studies. \nCharania will appear in conversation with Sandeep Bakshi\, Associate Professor of Decolonial\, Postcolonial and Queer Studies at University Paris Cité. \nAbout the speakers: \nMoon Charania is an Associate Professor of International Studies and Comparative Women’s Studies at Spelman College. Dr. Charania is a feminist theorist whose research explores the psychosocial dimensions of the lives of women of color – she investigates social\, political\, and intimate issues in relation to violence and care\, gender and sexuality\, racism\, and the diasporic experience. She is the author of two books\, Archive of Tongues: An Intimate History of Brownness (Duke University Press\, 2023) and Will the Real Pakistani Woman Please Stand Up: Empire\, Visual Culture\, and the Brown Female Body (McFarland 2015). Charania is also the recipient of a number of awards and fellowships\, including the Anschutz Distinguished Fellow in American Studies at Princeton University (2024)\, a Fulbright Specialist Appointee (2023)\, Emory University Psychoanalytic Society (2023)\, a Fellow at Emory University James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference (2018). She is beginning a new book project on brownness and femicide.  \nSandeep Bakshi researches on transnational queer and decolonial enunciation of knowledges. He received his PhD from the School of English\, University of Leicester\, UK\, and is currently employed as an Associate Professor of Decolonial\, Postcolonial and Queer Studies at University Paris Cité. He coordinates two research seminars\, “Peripheral Knowledges” and “Empires\, Souths\, Sexualities\,” and leads the Pôle Société Civile of the Cité du Genre Institute\, Université Paris Cité. Co-editor of Decolonizing Sexualities: Transnational Perspectives\, Critical Interventions (Oxford: Counterpress\, 2016)\, ‘Decolonial Trajectories’\, special issue of Interventions(2020)\, and Qu’est-ce que l’Intersectionnalité? Dominations plurielles : sexe\, classe et race (2021)\, he has published on queer and race problematics in postcolonial literatures and cultures. He is the co-founder and serves on the board of the Decolonizing Sexualities Network (https://decolonizingsexualities.org). \nAbout the International Library series:  \nThis conversation is part of the International Library\, a new series launched in collaboration with the Center for Fiction in Brooklyn and the Center for the Art of Translation in San Francisco which will offer conversations across time\, place\, and language.  \nThe International Library celebrates the live diffusion of in-person conversations in the hope of connecting new audiences across land and sea for a collective\, intercultural experience. These conversations will broach deeper questions about writing and translation as we learn to think critically about how stories are told\, investigating the points of view\, the timing of the translations\, and the intended or assumed audiences as well as inspiration\, philosophy\, and craft.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nWhile she was completing the research and writing of her own book on brown maternal diaspora\, Moon Charania wrote a review José Esteban Muñoz’s book The Sense of Brown. The review introduces some of the key themes and concepts of Charania’s work (including diasporic experience\, brownness\, and maternity). Read the review here.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (the speakers will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nThis conversation will be livestreamed at the Center for the Art of Translation and the Center for Fiction as part of the International Library series. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/charania24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240402T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240402T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T211316
CREATED:20240312T153632Z
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SUMMARY:(In Person Registration Full) (Hybrid) Plant-Based Paris: The Future of Vegan Cuisine with Amanda Bankert and David Lebovitz
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Can you imagine macarons without eggs\, or profiteroles without cream? Is it possible to create delicious French pâtisserie without using any animal byproducts? \nIn 2015\, Amanda Bankert opened Boneshaker Donuts and Coffee in Paris\, bringing her expert take on a sweet staple of American cuisine to a city already brimming with pastries. Bankert has since gained a reputation in Paris and beyond for her creative fusion of French and American baking. Her donuts\, like the rest of her baking\, are entirely vegan: Bankert draws from her judicious sweet tooth and her Le Cordon Bleu training to create mouth-watering\, plant-based desserts without sacrificing an ounce of quality. Her new cookbook\, Voila Vegan\, experiments with a blend of French and American techniques and divulges 85 decadent vegan recipes. \nAmerican admirers of French cooking have long followed the work of David Lebovitz. Lebovitz is the best-selling author of cookbooks like My Paris Kitchen\, Ready for Dessert\, and The Sweet Life in Paris. His food writing has been featured in dozens of prominent publications\, including Bon Appétit\, Food + Wine\, and The New York Times. He is also an enthusiastic supporter of Bankert’s work. \nIn this program\, Bankert and Lebovitz will engage in conversation with one another\, recounting their experiences as American chefs in Paris and exploring their thoughts on the future of vegan cuisine in France. \nWant a taste before the event? We’ll be hosting a Boneshaker pop-up at the Library starting at 13h00 on April 2. Stop by to sample mini versions of the famous donuts\, and purchase a copy of Voilà Vegan in advance. Only available while supplies last!  \nPlease note that in-person registration to this event is now full. Online registration is still available. \nAbout the speakers: \nAmanda Bankert\, an Irish-American pastry chef trained at Cordon Bleu Paris\, is the founder of France’s first plant-based donut shop\, Boneshaker Donuts & Coffee. She’s a two-time cookbook author: “Voilà Vegan” (Penguin Random House\, 2023) and “Donuts\, Café\, and Good Vibes” (Hachette\, France\, 2023). Amanda champions veganism not as a restrictive diet\, but as an inclusive\, indulgent lifestyle that simply excludes animal products.  \nDavid Lebovitz spent nearly thirteen years in the kitchen at Chez Panisse in Berkeley\, California\, one of the original farm-to-table restaurants in America\, beginning as a line cook in the café before moving to the pastry department. He was named one of the Top Five Pastry Chefs in the Bay Area by the San Francisco Chronicle and has been featured in Bon Appétit\, Chocolatier\, Food+Wine\, Milk Street\, Cook’s Illustrated\, the Los Angeles Times\, Newsweek\, Travel and Leisure\, the New York Times\, People\, Saveur\, Sunset\, USA Today\, and on CNN.  \nIn 1999 David left the restaurant business to start writing cookbooks and launched a website (later\, known as a blog) to coincide with the release of his first book\, Room for Dessert. His blog\, www.davidlebovitz.com is one of the most widely-read food blogs in the world\, with nearly 2 million page views per month. He is the author of nine books\, including My Paris Kitchen\, with stories and recipes about life and cooking in Paris\, and Drinking French\, which was named the Best New Cocktail Book by the Tales of the Cocktail Foundation. Other books include The Great Book of Chocolate\, The Perfect Scoop\, Ready for Dessert\, L’Appart\, and The Sweet Life in Paris. The latter two are currently in development for a tv series. \nDavid now has dual nationality\, French and American\, and writes a newsletter (davidlebovitz.substack.com)\, which is the #2 newsletter on the Substack platform. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nLooking to do some research on Bankert before this program? Take a trip to Boneshaker Donuts and Coffee and try her donuts for yourself! \nDavid Lebovitz has run a highly influential food blog\, complete with recipes\, food commentary\, and reflections on the restaurant world of Paris\, for almost twenty-five years.  Check out the blog here. \nLebovitz has graciously appeared at the American Library in Paris twice before. You can watch recordings of his appearances here and here.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: \nPlease note that in-person registration to this event is now full. Online registration is still available. \nThe discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (the speakers will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Want a taste before the event? We’ll be hosting a Boneshaker pop-up at the Library starting at 13h00 on April 2. Stop by to sample mini versions of the famous donuts\, and purchase a copy of Voilà Vegan in advance. Only available while supplies last! Donuts generously provided by Boneshaker and books by Smith&Son. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to have their copy signed following the conversation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54548″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/bankert24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240327T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240327T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T211316
CREATED:20240228T144305Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240313T192718Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Seminar: In Three Lines (or less) with Patricia Lockwood
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join us for a conversation with Writer-in-Residence Patricia Lockwood on the internet’s effects on writing\, and an interactive seminar to experiment with form and fragmentation.  \nInspired by Patricia Lockwood’s work engaging with the internet and with the idea of ‘nowness\,’ short-form internet writing and Felix Feneon’s Novels in Three Lines\, join us for a conversation on the internet’s effects on writing and language. How does being online change one’s voice? How does the internet and its constraints and character limits affect language? Following the conversation\, we’ll provide a series of prompts for audience members to write and respond to within a set character limit.  \nAbout the speaker:  \nPatricia Lockwood is the author of four books\, including the 2021 novel “No One Is Talking About This\,” an international bestseller\, winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize\, finalist for the Booker Prize\, and translated into 30 languages. Her 2017 memoir “Priestdaddy” won the Thurber Prize for American Humor and was named one of the Guardian’s 100 best books of the 21st century. She also has two poetry collections\, “Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals” (2014) and “Balloon Pop Outlaw Black” (2012). Lockwood’s work has appeared in the New York Times\, the New Yorker\, and the London Review of Books\, where she is a contributing editor. She lives in Savannah\, Georgia. \nReverberations:  \nIn March\, the Library is delighted to be hosting Reverberations: Literature Out Loud\, a festival spotlighting innovations in the arts. In a series of concerts\, conversations\, and workshops\, artists and authors are coming together to celebrate the history of storytelling and sound. Learn more about the festival and discover other events. \nReverberations is organized in partnership with the Opéra Comique and with the generous support of Festival Napa Valley\, the American Center for Arts and Culture\, and the Florence Gould Foundation. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (the speakers will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nPlease note\, clocks moved forward in the US on 10 March\, but do not move forward in France until 31 March: If you are attending a virtual or hybrid program from a US time zone\, the time difference will be one hour less between 10 March and 31 March\, and will return to normal on 31 March. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/lockwood24-2/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240326T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240326T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T211316
CREATED:20240215T162511Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240320T182639Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Patricia Lockwood\, Writing Now: A Conversation
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Patricia Lockwood is a poet\, memoirist\, and novelist\, best known for her characteristic blend of internet-age humor and profound emotional depth. Her breakout memoir\, Priestdaddy\, swings playfully between the sacred and the profane in its depiction of Lockwood’s upbringing in a conservative Catholic household. Lockwood’s poetry pushes the boundaries of both content and form\, showcasing her knack for capturing the zeitgeist of the digital age. Her novel No One Is Talking About This combines the ephemerality of social media with eternal themes like family\, grief\, and caretaking\, and deftly manages literary form to achieve distinctive moods and emotional effects. Across her work\, Lockwood writes with a sharp and refreshing voice\, and proves herself adept at examining the absurdities of our time with wit\, warmth\, and a penetrating eye. \nThis event will be followed by a cocktail reception with light refreshments.  \nAbout the speaker:  \nPatricia Lockwood is the author of four books\, including the 2021 novel “No One Is Talking About This\,” an international bestseller\, winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize\, finalist for the Booker Prize\, and translated into 30 languages. Her 2017 memoir “Priestdaddy” won the Thurber Prize for American Humor and was named one of the Guardian’s 100 best books of the 21st century. She also has two poetry collections\, “Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals” (2014) and “Balloon Pop Outlaw Black” (2012). Lockwood’s work has appeared in the New York Times\, the New Yorker\, and the London Review of Books\, where she is a contributing editor. She lives in Savannah\, Georgia. \nReverberations:  \nIn March\, the Library is delighted to be hosting Reverberations: Literature Out Loud\, a festival spotlighting innovations in the arts. In a series of concerts\, conversations\, and workshops\, artists and authors are coming together to celebrate the history of storytelling and sound. Learn more about the festival and discover other events. \nReverberations is organized in partnership with the Opéra Comique and with the generous support of Festival Napa Valley\, the American Center for Arts and Culture\, and the Florence Gould Foundation. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (the speakers will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nPlease note\, clocks moved forward in the US on 10 March\, but do not move forward in France until 31 March: If you are attending a virtual or hybrid program from a US time zone\, the time difference will be one hour less between 10 March and 31 March\, and will return to normal on 31 March. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/lockwood24-1/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240323T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240323T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T211316
CREATED:20240215T151943Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240305T084946Z
UID:62859-1711224000-1711227600@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:(Offsite Partner Event) Opéra Comique: Voyage au pays de Maurice Ravel
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\n\nMa Mère l’Oye\, Chansons madécasses\, Cinq mélodies populaires grecques\, etc. \n\n\nDirection musicale Louis Langrée • Artistes Académie de l’Opéra-Comique • Maîtrise Populaire de l’Opéra-Comique • Orchestre de chambre de Paris \n\nLearn more about the event here. \n\nImportant information: This event will take place in person at the Opéra Comique\, 1 Pl. Boieldieu\, 75002 Paris. \nAccess to this event requires purchase of a ticket through Opéra Comique. Click on the button below to purchase your ticket with a special discounted rate.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1662638079176{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Purchase your ticket” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”left” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fbilletterie.opera-comique.com%2Fselection%2Fpackage%3FproductId%3D10229188210292|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/voyage-au-pays24/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240323T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240323T153000
DTSTAMP:20260417T211316
CREATED:20240227T145605Z
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SUMMARY:The Vocabulary of U.S. College Admissions with College Goals (ages 14–adult)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Given the demands of the American university application process\, students interested in pursuing higher education in the U.S. are well advised to begin preparing early in their high school career for its demands\, perhaps even before they embark on their final two years of study toward the French bac or IB. In this presentation with guests from College Goals\, teens and their parents will explore the application and admissions process for US colleges and universities and how best to prepare. What do families need to know for their students to be successful and satisfied by the university search and application process? How can students produce a strong and interesting U.S. university application? In the first of a series of presentations on aspects of the American college application process\, College Goals’ counselor\, Andrea van Niekerk will discuss the concepts\, language\, and protocols students need to be aware of if they hope to apply to US institutions. \n  \nAbout Andrea van Niekerk: Andrea served for a decade as Associate Director of Admission\, with a focus on international applicants\, and as Freshman Academic Adviser at Brown University\, and as Residential Fellow in a dorm at Stanford. Still based in Silicon Valley\, she now works with both American and international families as part of College Goals. Andrea has over 20 years of experience in college admission and academic advising. She is a member of NACAC\, HECA and WACAC. \n About College Goals: College Goals is a university admission consulting practice specializing in counseling families interested in higher education opportunities in the US and in English-medium universities around the world. The team of counselors collectively offers decades of professional experience in higher education. College Goals provides expert counsel and support throughout the college search and application process\, including choice of appropriate institutions\, test requirements\, recommendations and interviews\, essay writing\, and the preparation of distinguished applications. Find out more at www.collegegoals.com \n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1709040324351{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]Important information: \nThis event is for Library members\, and advance registration is required. All visitors are expected to familiarize themselves with the Library Policy for Children and the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. \nQuestions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Library Policy” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibraryinparis.org%2Fchildren-in-the-library-policy%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-marker” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSfgcIGP0rZo_SWHrWiAjd6nMTwIqnsfk6jZLIlD-bpeh4Z61g%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/the-vocabulary-of-u-s-college-admissions-2024/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Teens
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240322T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240322T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T211316
CREATED:20240205T115103Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240205T115103Z
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SUMMARY:History Tour: 1920s Edition
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Did you know that Gertrude Stein had a penchant for pulpy mystery novels? Or that Hemingway attempted to secure a job at the Library for his drinking buddy? \nThe American Library in Paris invites you to register for a 1920s-focused History Tour. Come visit us in person at 10 rue du Général Camou and discover: \n\n\nOur origin story\, when our Library warehoused a collection of books donated to the Doughboys fighting alongside Allied troupes in WWI\nThe establishment of the American Library in Paris as a private library\nThe famous writers of the Lost Generation (Gertrude Stein\, Ernest Hemingway\, Henry Miller\, and more) who explored our stacks during their time in Paris\nOur Paris Library School\, which brought American innovations to French libraries in the 1920s\n\n\nAll tours are on Fridays at 11h00\, last one hour\, and take place in person at the American Library in Paris. \nTours are free of charge and open to the public. Pre-registration is required. Please email us if you are reserving for 4 or more people. (Do not reserve through the site.) \nPlease email tours@americanlibraryinparis.org with any questions. \nThis initiative is made possible through the generous support of the Florence Gould Foundation and the American Center for Art and Culture. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1665240973767{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/history-tours-3-22-24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240321T203000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240321T233000
DTSTAMP:20260417T211316
CREATED:20240207T163303Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240312T160448Z
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SUMMARY:Les Années Folles at La Coupole
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Party like it’s the 1920s and immerse yourself in the rich literary history of the American Library in Paris with Les Annees Folles at La Coupole! \nYou’ll enter the iconic La Coupole dance hall in Paris’s 14th arrondissement and be transported back to the 1920s with a live jazz quartet\, dancing\, and entertainment. You’ll rub elbows with writers and historians specialized in the era’s literary history\, and you’ll learn more about the Library’s storied relationships with Lost Generation writers and artists. \nEntrance includes a 15-piece cocktail food menu\, champagne\, wine and beer. 1920s costumes highly encouraged! \nEvent is SOLD OUT![/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/lesanneesfolles24/
LOCATION:La Coupole\, 102 Boulevard du Montparnasse\, Paris\, 75014\, France
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240321T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240321T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T211316
CREATED:20240215T160433Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240215T160458Z
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SUMMARY:(Offsite Partner Event) Partner Event with the London Library: Utopia and the City
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Cities are sites of imagination\, where ideas are born and tested\, revolution bubbles under the surface and dreamers dream utopian dreams. In partnership with The London Library\, explore the revolutionary histories of our respective cities with two acclaimed authors\, Niall Kishtainy and Adam Thirlwell\, whose latest books tell the stories of visionary pasts and fantastical futures. \nIn his new work of non-fiction\, The Infinite City\, Niall Kishtainy celebrates London as the capital of utopian thought. Taking us from the sixteenth century into COVID lockdowns\, he draws us into the imaginative worlds of Thomas More\, the Diggers\, William Morris\, Extinction Rebellion protestors and many others who drew might from the city around them and fought for their ideologies in an increasingly transforming world. \nThe Future\, Future\, Adam Thirlwell’s latest novel\, begins with Celine in Paris in 1775. Forced to navigate a society ruled by men high on colonial genocide\, natural destruction and crimes against women\, she embarks on a mission to change the world\, via the French revolution\, the Haitian revolution\, American independence\, her own utopian dreams and into an extraplanetary future. \nIn conversation with Emilie Biggs of the American Library in Paris\, they discuss utopian dreams and the city\, revolutionary history and the future future. \nAbout the speakers: \nNiall Kishtainy started his working life in the British civil service\, going on to work as a Middle East analyst and researcher\, then as an economic adviser to development agencies in Ethiopia\, Albania and the Palestinian Territories. After working as a journalist in Cairo\, he studied economics as a graduate and began writing about the history of economic thinking and economic struggles of the past. He has given courses in economics and economic history at the London School of Economics and the University of Warwick. He is the author of A Little History of Economics\, which has been sold in over twenty languages. \nAdam Thirlwell is the author of three previous novels\, Politics\, The Escape and Lurid & Cute and a book of essays\, Miss Herbert and his work has been translated into thirty languages. His essays appear in the New York Review of Books and the London Review of Books\, and he is an advisory editor of the Paris Review. His awards include a Somerset Maugham Award and the E. M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; in 2018 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He has twice been selected by Granta as one of their Best of Young British Novelists. \nEmilie Biggs is Programs Manager at the American Library in Paris. Currently completing her Master’s degree at the École Normale Supérieure\, she specializes in 20th-century French philosophy. \nImportant information: This event will take place in person at The London Library and will be livestreamed. Please book your ticket through The London Library. For a free online ticket\, use the code ALPonline at checkout. \nThe livestream will begin on YouTube from 8.30PM CET and will be available to watch live or at any time after the event\, using the same link. Links will be sent out just before the event. \nAccess to this event requires registration through The London Library. Click on the button below to reserve your place.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Register now” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”left” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.londonlibrary.co.uk%2Fwhats-on%2F232-utopia-and-the-city%3Fdate%3D2024-03-21-19-30″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/londonlibrary24/
LOCATION:The London Library\, 14 St James's Square\, London\, London\, SW1Y 4LB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240320T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240320T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T211316
CREATED:20240215T161526Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240313T192652Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) The State of the Arts with Missy Mazzoli\, Royce Vavrek\, and Nia Franklin
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join Cultural Fellows Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek in conversation with Composer-in-Residence Nia Franklin as they consider art in\, about\, and for the twenty-first century. In this exclusive roundtable bringing together three major figures of the new artistic generation\, we will consider the ongoing vitality of art\, and the challenges artists\, and art institutions\, face. They will examine the performing arts in dialogue with contemporary writing\, the socio-political stakes of artistic practice\, the role of the artist in relation to modernity\, and the capacity of art to give shape to the future.  \nAbout the speakers: \nNia Imani Franklin is a composer and singer whose music has been performed by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra\, Friction Quartet\, Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra\, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra\, and many others. Previous Composer-in-Residence tenures include Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara\, California and Festival Napa Valley where she was awarded the Darioush and Shahpar Khaledi Prize for Excellence and Innovation in Classical Music. Her 2021 project\, “Extended”\, featured an assortment of all-original RnB songs\, and her orchestra piece\, “Chrysalis Extended”\,  which has 3.7 million views on her TikTok profile. \nGrammy-nominated composer Missy Mazzoli was deemed “one of the more consistently intentive\, surprising composers now working in New York” (The New York Times) and “Brooklyn’s post-millennial Mozart” (Time Out New York). Mazzoli was the Mead Composer-in-Residence at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 2018-2021\, and from 2015-2018 she was the Composer-in-Residence with Opera Philadelphia. Mazzoli’s music has been performed internationally by Kronos Quartet\, Norwegian National Opera\, eighth blackbird\, pianist Emanual Ax\, Opera Philadelphia\, LA Opera\, New York City Opera\, the Detroit Symphony\, the LA Philharmonic\, the American Composers Orchestra\, the Boston Symphony\, JACK Quartet\, cellist Maya Beiser\, violinist Jennifer Koh\, Dublin’s Crash Ensemble\, the Sydney Symphony\, and many others. In 2018 she made history as one of the first two women to be commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera.  \nRoyce Vavrek is an Alberta-born librettist and lyricist who has been called “the indie Hofmannsthal” (The New Yorker) and “one of the most celebrated and sought after librettists in the world” (CBC Radio). His opera “Angel’s Bone” with composer Du Yun was awarded the 2017 Pulitzer Prize. Upcoming commissions include “Agnes” for Icelandic Opera (with Daníel Bjarnason)\,“Lincoln in the Bardo” for The Metropolitan Opera (with Missy Mazzoli)\, “Fanny andAlexander” for La Monnaie (with Mikael Karlsson)\, “Indians on Vacation” for EdmontonOpera/Against the Grain (with Ian Cusson) and “My Family // Cambodia\, 1975” (with Vivian Fung) supported by the Canada Council for the Arts. \nReverberations:  \nIn March\, the Library is delighted to be hosting Reverberations: Literature Out Loud\, a festival spotlighting innovations in the arts. In a series of concerts\, conversations\, and workshops\, artists and authors are coming together to celebrate the history of storytelling and sound. Learn more about the festival and discover other events. \nReverberations is organized in partnership with the Opéra Comique and with the generous support of Festival Napa Valley\, the American Center for Arts and Culture\, and the Florence Gould Foundation. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (the speakers will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nPlease note\, clocks moved forward in the US on 10 March\, but do not move forward in France until 31 March: If you are attending a virtual or hybrid program from a US time zone\, the time difference will be one hour less between 10 March and 31 March\, and will return to normal on 31 March. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/reverberationsroundtable24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240319T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240319T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T211316
CREATED:20240215T153419Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Selby Wynn Schwartz on The Female Khoros
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]What if women’s lives and relationships were at the center of history? What kinds of stories would we have access to – stories of love between women and of female subjectivity – if our historical record were not dominated by male voices?  \nIn her debut novel\, After Sappho\, Selby Wynn Schwartz recovers biographical fragments about queer feminist women from history and weaves them together with imagined details. Schwartz breathes life into the stories of these writers\, philosophers\, and artists\, melding their voices together to create a kaleidoscope of women’s experience. Much of the book is written in the voice of a collective\, female “we” – what one NPR reviewer calls “the first person choral.” Join us at the Library for a conversation with Schwartz about women’s history\, Sapphic lineage\, and After Sappho’s genre-bending fusion of fiction and biography. \nAbout the speaker: \nSelby Wynn Schwartz is the author of After Sappho (Galley Beggar Press)\, which was longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize and shortlisted for both the 2023 Orwell Prize in Political Fiction and the 2023 James Tait Black Prize in Fiction. Her novella A Life in Chameleons received the 2021 Reflex Press Novella Award; in summer 2024\, she will be a Fellow at the Maison Dora Maar in Ménerbes. She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley. \nReverberations:  \nIn March\, the Library is delighted to be hosting Reverberations: Literature Out Loud\, a festival spotlighting innovations in the arts. In a series of concerts\, conversations\, and workshops\, artists and authors are coming together to celebrate the history of storytelling and sound. Learn more about the festival and discover other events. \nReverberations is organized in partnership with the Opéra Comique and with the generous support of Festival Napa Valley\, the American Center for Arts and Culture\, and the Florence Gould Foundation. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nA New York Times review of After Sappho describes Schwartz’s project as “erudite and chatty\, grounded in scholarship yet freed from any masculinist impulse for certainty or linear cohesion.” Read the review here. \nBe sure to check out an excerpt from After Sappho before the event![/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (the speaker will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nPlease note\, clocks moved forward in the US on 10 March\, but do not move forward in France until 31 March: If you are attending a virtual or hybrid program from a US time zone\, the time difference will be one hour less between 10 March and 31 March\, and will return to normal on 31 March. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Read along with the Library! If you want to prepare ahead of this event\, copies of After Sappho will be on sale one week in advance\, as well as after the event. Stop by Member Services to purchase your copy. Books are generously provided by Smith&Son. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to have their copy signed following the conversation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54548″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/wynnschwartz24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240316T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240316T170000
DTSTAMP:20260417T211316
CREATED:20240214T152156Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240313T155316Z
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SUMMARY:An Opera Masterclass with Cultural Fellows Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join Grammy-nominated composer Missy Mazzoli and Pulitzer Prize-winning librettist Royce Vavrek for a one-day masterclass exploring theatrical writing for the voice.  \nParticipants will share musical and text excerpts with the group and have the chance to receive feedback from two of New York City’s most celebrated opera and musical theater creators. All artists working in contemporary opera\, musical theater\, art song\, and performance art are welcome to apply. \n\nComposers should submit a score (if applicable) and/or documentation of one or two works that include voice. Audio files\, video\, youtube and Soundcloud links accepted.\nLyricists and Librettisits should submit up to 10 pages of a libretto\, or a collection of up to five stand-alone lyrics.\n\nRequirements: \n\nOpen to all ages and experience levels\nClass will be conducted in English\n\nAdvance application is required. Please submit an application by filling out the form at the bottom of this page. The deadline for applications is 15 March 2024.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]About the artists:  \nGrammy-nominated composer Missy Mazzoli was deemed “one of the more consistently intentive\, surprising composers now working in New York” (The New York Times) and “Brooklyn’s post-millennial Mozart” (Time Out New York). Mazzoli was the Mead Composer-in-Residence at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 2018-2021\, and from 2015-2018 she was the Composer-in-Residence with Opera Philadelphia. Mazzoli’s music has been performed internationally by Kronos Quartet\, Norwegian National Opera\, eighth blackbird\, pianist Emanual Ax\, Opera Philadelphia\, LA Opera\, New York City Opera\, the Detroit Symphony\, the LA Philharmonic\, the American Composers Orchestra\, the Boston Symphony\, JACK Quartet\, cellist Maya Beiser\, violinist Jennifer Koh\, Dublin’s Crash Ensemble\, the Sydney Symphony\, and many others. In 2018 she made history as one of the first two women to be commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera.  \nRoyce Vavrek is an Alberta-born librettist and lyricist who has been called “the indie Hofmannsthal” (The New Yorker) and “one of the most celebrated and sought after librettists in the world” (CBC Radio). His opera “Angel’s Bone” with composer Du Yun was awarded the 2017 Pulitzer Prize. Upcoming commissions include “Agnes” for Icelandic Opera (with Daníel Bjarnason)\,“Lincoln in the Bardo” for The Metropolitan Opera (with Missy Mazzoli)\, “Fanny andAlexander” for La Monnaie (with Mikael Karlsson)\, “Indians on Vacation” for EdmontonOpera/Against the Grain (with Ian Cusson) and “My Family // Cambodia\, 1975” (with Vivian Fung) supported by the Canada Council for the Arts. \nReverberations:  \nIn March\, the Library is delighted to be hosting Reverberations: Literature Out Loud\, a festival spotlighting innovations in the arts. In a series of concerts\, conversations\, and workshops\, artists and authors are coming together to celebrate the history of storytelling and sound. Learn more about the festival and discover other events. \nReverberations is organized in partnership with the Opéra Comique and with the generous support of Festival Napa Valley\, the American Center for Arts and Culture\, and the Florence Gould Foundation. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: \nAdvance application is required. Please submit your applications by 9 March 2024.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/opera-masterclass24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240315T223000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240315T233000
DTSTAMP:20260417T211316
CREATED:20240215T151334Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240215T152148Z
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SUMMARY:(Offsite Partner Event) Opéra Comique: Pulcinella & L’Heure Espagnol Nocturne
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\nÀ l’issue du spectacle Pulcinella & L’Heure espagnole\, prolongez la soirée avec des artistes de la production ou de l’Académie\, lors de postludes musicaux déclinant l’univers du titre à l’affiche\, dans une atmosphère plus intime. \nLearn more about the event here. \n\nImportant information: This event will take place in person at the Opéra Comique\, 1 Pl. Boieldieu\, 75002 Paris. \nAccess to this event requires purchase of a ticket through Opéra Comique. Click on the button below to purchase your ticket with a special discounted rate.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1662638079176{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Purchase your ticket” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”left” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fbilletterie.opera-comique.com%2Fselection%2Fpackage%3FproductId%3D10229188210292″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/lheure-espagnol24/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240315T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240315T120000
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SUMMARY:History Tour: 1920s Edition
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Did you know that Gertrude Stein had a penchant for pulpy mystery novels? Or that Hemingway attempted to secure a job at the Library for his drinking buddy? \nThe American Library in Paris invites you to register for a 1920s-focused History Tour. Come visit us in person at 10 rue du Général Camou and discover: \n\n\nOur origin story\, when our Library warehoused a collection of books donated to the Doughboys fighting alongside Allied troupes in WWI\nThe establishment of the American Library in Paris as a private library\nThe famous writers of the Lost Generation (Gertrude Stein\, Ernest Hemingway\, Henry Miller\, and more) who explored our stacks during their time in Paris\nOur Paris Library School\, which brought American innovations to French libraries in the 1920s\n\n\nAll tours are on Fridays at 11h00\, last one hour\, and take place in person at the American Library in Paris. \nTours are free of charge and open to the public. Pre-registration is required. Please email us if you are reserving for 4 or more people. (Do not reserve through the site.) \nPlease email tours@americanlibraryinparis.org with any questions. \nThis initiative is made possible through the generous support of the Florence Gould Foundation and the American Center for Art and Culture. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1665240973767{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/history-tours-3-15-24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240314T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240314T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T211316
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SUMMARY:(In Person Only) Strange Dreams: An Evening of Music with Cultural Fellows Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Following the success of their hit opera Breaking the Waves\, which made its French debut at Opéra Comique last season\, American composer Missy Mazzoli and Canadian/American librettist Royce Vavrek return to Paris as American Library in Paris Cultural Fellows. In this exclusive preview concert\, Mazzoli and Vavrek will present their compositions and speak about current projects. Soprano Amelia Watkins will perform arias from Mazzoli and Vavrek’s last four operas\, and the creators will discuss their approach to musical storytelling in the 21st century\, an approach that expands the operatic tradition to include stories of cult leaders\, female explorers\, suburban loneliness and much more. \nThe Cultural Fellows will be accompanied by Benjamin Alunni\, Amelia Watkins\, and Fernando Palomeque. \nAbout the artists:  \nGrammy-nominated composer Missy Mazzoli was deemed “one of the more consistently intentive\, surprising composers now working in New York” (The New York Times) and “Brooklyn’s post-millennial Mozart” (Time Out New York). Mazzoli was the Mead Composer-in-Residence at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 2018-2021\, and from 2015-2018 she was the Composer-in-Residence with Opera Philadelphia. Mazzoli’s music has been performed internationally by Kronos Quartet\, Norwegian National Opera\, eighth blackbird\, pianist Emanual Ax\, Opera Philadelphia\, LA Opera\, New York City Opera\, the Detroit Symphony\, the LA Philharmonic\, the American Composers Orchestra\, the Boston Symphony\, JACK Quartet\, cellist Maya Beiser\, violinist Jennifer Koh\, Dublin’s Crash Ensemble\, the Sydney Symphony\, and many others. In 2018 she made history as one of the first two women to be commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera.  \nRoyce Vavrek is an Alberta-born librettist and lyricist who has been called “the indie Hofmannsthal” (The New Yorker) and “one of the most celebrated and sought after librettists in the world” (CBC Radio). His opera “Angel’s Bone” with composer Du Yun was awarded the 2017 Pulitzer Prize. Upcoming commissions include “Agnes” for Icelandic Opera (with Daníel Bjarnason)\,“Lincoln in the Bardo” for The Metropolitan Opera (with Missy Mazzoli)\, “Fanny andAlexander” for La Monnaie (with Mikael Karlsson)\, “Indians on Vacation” for EdmontonOpera/Against the Grain (with Ian Cusson) and “My Family // Cambodia\, 1975” (with Vivian Fung) supported by the Canada Council for the Arts. \nWhile maintaining a major presence in the contemporary music repertoire Benjamin Alunni loves devoting himself to creation. He regularly performs on the stage of several leading stages such as IRCAM-Centre Pompidou\, le Théâtre de la Monnaie I De Munt\, Théâtres du Luxembourg\, l’Opéra Comique\, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence\, Lincoln Center\, Gulbenkian Foundation… He began his professional career in Baroque music – Christophe Rousset\, Skip Sempé\, Raphaël Pichon… He has been performing regularly with Les Arts Florissants and William Christie since the revival of the mythical production of Lully‘s Atys. His love for crossing genres have led him to work with choreographers such as Thomas Lebrun – Centre Choreography National de Tours in which he performed at Festival d’Avignon\, Palais de Chaillot and while touring France and Asia. Confluence(s) Benjamin’s first solo album – Klarthe records – is dedicated to French melody inspired by Jewish cultures. He is the vocal coach for the Classe Libre at Le Cours Florent in Paris. To find out more\, please visit benjaminalunni.com \nDubbed “The divine Ms. Watkins” by the New York Times\, soprano Amelia Watkins has performed with leading orchestras and opera companies in the United States\, Canada\, Asia and Europe. Since her European debut at the Leipzig Gewandhaus\, she has appeared with such organizations as the Los Angeles Opera\, New York City Opera\, the Estates Theatre/National Theatre Prague\, the Brooklyn Academy of Music\, Carnegie Hall\, Weill Hall\, Lincoln Centre\, the Tanglewood Music Festival\, the Verbier Festival\, The National Arts Centre\, the Prototype Festival and with Musica Viva in Hong Kong. Embracing musical styles from Bach to Berio and beyond\, Amelia specializes in the works of living and experimental composers. Amelia has been featured in recording on the multi Grammy-nominated album Vocabularies with Bobby McFerrin\, Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s Song From The Uproar\, Albany Record’s New Growth\, and Cantaloupe Record’s Acquanetta\, and various commercial and indie film scores. ameliawatkins.com \nConductor and pianist (Buenos Aires\, 1990)\, Fernando Palomeque is one of the most recognized Argentine musicians of his generation. He has graduated from the National Conservatory of Music of Paris in the DAI (Post-Master) and obtained his master degree in conducting at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Dusseldorf (Class : Rüdiger Bohn) In addition\, he did a specialization in conducting contemporary repertoire with Jean-Philippe Wurtz at the Conservatory of Strasbourg. His engagement with new music\, led him to work with some of the most important ensembles in the world such as the Ensemble Intercontemporain\, Ensemble Musikfabrik\, Klangforum Wien and Ensemble Modern. Until 2024\, he will be part of the Young Promising Conductors project of Ulysses Network. Recently\, he received the 3rd Prize at the III International Conducting Competition “Città di Brescia.” \n  \nReverberations:  \nIn March\, the Library is delighted to be hosting Reverberations: Literature Out Loud\, a festival spotlighting innovations in the arts. In a series of concerts\, conversations\, and workshops\, artists and authors are coming together to celebrate the history of storytelling and sound. Learn more about the festival and discover other events. \nReverberations is organized in partnership with the Opéra Comique and with the generous support of Festival Napa Valley\, the American Center for Arts and Culture\, and the Florence Gould Foundation. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nMissy and Royce’s opera Breaking the Waves was described as “among the best 21st-century operas yet.” (Opera News) Rewatch their appearance at the American Library in Paris last year to speak about staging the show at Opéra Comique and offer a preview performance.  \nMissy has been nominated for three Grammy awards\, most recently for her 2023 album Dark with Excessive Bright. Listen to an excerpt. \nMissy and Royce are currently working on an operatic adaptation of Lincoln in the Bardo\, commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera\, and slated to premiere at the Met in 2026. Read about this historic commission.  \nIn 2016\, alongside composer Ellen Reid\, Missy founded Luna Composition Lab\, a mentorship program for young female\, nonbinary and gender nonconforming composers. Discover their work. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The performance will be in person at the Library only. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/mazzoli_vavrek24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240313T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240313T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T211316
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Journeys in Sound and Sight with Dimitris Lyacos and Vanessa Onwuemezi
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join us for an evening of exchange between two contemporary writers: Dimitris Lyacos\, author of the highly-esteemed Poena Damni trilogy and Vanessa Onwuemezi\, Scholar of Note at the American Library in Paris.   \nConsidered a front-runner for a Nobel Prize in literature\, Lyacos is known for the drifting\, dreamlike quality of his work. Across his considerable oeuvre\, he turns a post-modern eye upon time-honored themes and motifs\, including the demarcation between body and spirit\, and the tensions between life and death. With blistering language and hallucinatory settings\, Lyacos creates worlds that sometimes verge upon the dystopian. His work has been translated into more than 20 languages\, making Lyacos among the most-translated contemporary Greek writers. \nOnwuemezi is both a poet and a prose fiction writer. In her work\, she\, too\, deals with sweeping themes: themes like language\, loss\, and family. During her time as a Scholar of Note at the American Library in Paris\, Onwuemezi will conduct research into Antillean poetry and philosophy\, which will form the foundation for her next project. \nAt the Library\, in a conversation moderated by Nafkote Tamirat\, Lyacos and Onwuemezi will come together to explore the overlaps and divergences between their poetic approaches. Their conversation will center upon topics like style\, rhythm\, setting\, and musicality. \nAbout the speakers: \nDimitris Lyacos’s Poena Damni trilogy is one of the best-selling and most highly regarded works of contemporary European literature. Renowned for combining\, in a genre-defying form\, themes from literary tradition with elements from ritual\, religion\, philosophy and anthropology\, Poena Damni reexamines grand narratives in the context of some of the enduring motifs of the Western Canon\, most notably violence\, mental illness\, the scapegoat and the return of the dead. Developed as a work in progress over the course of three decades\, the trilogy has been translated in more than 20 languages and has given rise to musical\, visual and theatre projects. Lyacos in an entrant in Who’s Who\, the database of the most prominent individuals across all fields of human activity and he is also considered as Greece’s most likely candidate for a Nobel Prize in Literature. Chapter G from the trilogy’s prequel Until the Victim Becomes our Own was published in MAYDAY while chapters D\, L and V are forthcoming in Image Journal\, River Styx and Chicago Review later on this year. \nVanessa Onwuemezi is a London-based writer and poet. Her short story “At the Heart of Things” won The White Review’s Short Story Prize in 2019. Another of her stories\, titled “Green Afternoon\,” was shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award in 2022. Onwuemezi published her debut short story collection\, Dark Neighbourhood\, with Fitzcarraldo Editions in 2021. The collection was named one of The Guardian’s Best Books of 2021; it was also shortlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize and for the Edge Hill Prize in 2022. \nNafkote Tamirat (she/her) is a novelist\, short story writer\, teacher\, and translator. A graduate of Yale University and Columbia University\, Nafkote studied translation at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales\, where she translated the Amharic-language play\, Yekermo Sew by Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin\, which was later performed by the Masrah Ensemble at the Triangles Festival-in-Progress in Beirut. Her first novel\, The Parking Lot Attendant\, was shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. She’s currently working on her second novel\, which is about the Ethiopian diaspora in the US\, but also exiled giants living in time-loop prisons. \nReverberations:  \nIn March\, the Library is delighted to be hosting Reverberations: Literature Out Loud\, a festival spotlighting innovations in the arts. In a series of concerts\, conversations\, and workshops\, artists and authors are coming together to celebrate the history of storytelling and sound. Learn more about the festival and discover other events. \nReverberations is organized in partnership with the Opéra Comique and with the generous support of Festival Napa Valley\, the American Center for Arts and Culture\, and the Florence Gould Foundation. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nTo get a sense of Dimitris Lyacos’s vertiginous poetic style\, check out this excerpt from his book Z213: Exit. \nVanessa Onwuemezi came to the Library in 2022 to discuss her widely-acclaimed short-story collection\, Dark Neighbourhood. In case you missed it: you can watch a recording of the program here.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (the speakers will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/lyacos-onwuemezi24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240312T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240312T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T211316
CREATED:20240213T164216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240305T162833Z
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SUMMARY:(In Person Only) Save Haven: A Performance by Composer-in-Residence Nia Franklin
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\nMiss America 2019 sings jazz standards\, spirituals\, and music of her own from her 2021 EP\, Extended. Nia will be accompanied by Julie Sévilla-Fraysse on the cello and Anastasia Calmus on the piano. \n\nAbout the performer:  \nNia Imani Franklin is a composer and singer whose music has been performed by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra\, Friction Quartet\, Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra\, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra\, and many others. In 2024 Nia was named the inaugural Composer-in-Residence for the American Library in Paris where she will perform this spring. Previous Composer-in-Residence tenures include Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara\, California and Festival Napa Valley where she was awarded the Darioush and Shahpar Khaledi Prize for Excellence and Innovation in Classical Music.  \nUpon finishing her Lincoln Center fellowship in New York City\, she earned the jobs of Miss New York 2018 and Miss America 2019 where she devoted her service to arts education advocacy. \nReverberations:  \nIn March\, the Library is delighted to be hosting Reverberations: Literature Out Loud\, a festival spotlighting innovations in the arts. In a series of concerts\, conversations\, and workshops\, artists and authors are coming together to celebrate the history of storytelling and sound. Learn more about the festival and discover other events. \nReverberations is organized in partnership with the Opéra Comique and with the generous support of Festival Napa Valley\, the American Center for Arts and Culture\, and the Florence Gould Foundation. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nIn September of 2021 Nia released her EP\, “Extended”\, which featured an assortment of all-original RnB songs\, and her orchestra piece\, “Chrysalis Extended”\,  which has 3.7 million views on her TikTok profile. Listen to a preview. \nIn July 2022\, Nia premiered her choral piece\, “Polaris”\, which celebrates Juneteenth having recently become a national holiday in the United States. Festival Napa Valley commissioned this piece and the Young People’s Chorus of New York City performed it live. See a recording.   \nIn 2019\, she founded Compose Her – an initiative whose ongoing objective is to empower women in music. Discover this organization.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The performance will be in person at the Library only. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/franklin24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240310T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240310T153000
DTSTAMP:20260417T211316
CREATED:20240129T144238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240308T093905Z
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SUMMARY:Mysteries\, Secrets\, and Lies: Karen McManus Talks about Writing Thrillers
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join us as we explore social issues in fiction\, the unreliable narrator\, plotting mysteries\, and more. For this event\, novelist Karen McManus will be interviewed by a panel of teen Library members\, who will address her writing process\, the importance of young adult literature\, and the complex characters found in McManus’s twisty young adult thrillers. Following the interview\, there will be time for a Q&A. \nAspiring writers can find tips from Karen McManus on the craft here. \nAbout Karen M. McManus: Karen McManus is a #1 New York Times and international bestselling author of young adult thrillers. Her work includes the One of Us Is Lying series\, which was turned into a television show on Peacock and Netflix\, as well as the standalone novels Two Can Keep a Secret\, The Cousins\, You’ll Be the Death of Me\, and Nothing More to Tell. Karen’s critically acclaimed\, award-winning books have been translated into forty-two languages and have sold more than seven million copies worldwide. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1707929359750{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]Important information: \nThis event is free for Library members\, and 15€ per person for non-members. Advance registration is required. All visitors are expected to familiarize themselves with the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. \nDoors will open at 13h00 for this event. Seating is available on a first-come\, first-serve basis. Books will be available for purchase at the Library before the signing while supplies last. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes. \nQuestions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Library Policy” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibraryinparis.org%2Fchildren-in-the-library-policy%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-marker” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSd9L6z9u1pVvWWqecfxp3Qv1ZdseOTWc-7-tdpIj-7V-93urw%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/mysteries-with-mcmanus-2024/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Teens
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240308T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240308T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T211316
CREATED:20240205T114453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240205T114656Z
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SUMMARY:History Tour: 1920s Edition
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Did you know that Gertrude Stein had a penchant for pulpy mystery novels? Or that Hemingway attempted to secure a job at the Library for his drinking buddy? \nThe American Library in Paris invites you to register for a 1920s-focused History Tour. Come visit us in person at 10 rue du Général Camou and discover: \n\n\nOur origin story\, when our Library warehoused a collection of books donated to the Doughboys fighting alongside Allied troupes in WWI\nThe establishment of the American Library in Paris as a private library\nThe famous writers of the Lost Generation (Gertrude Stein\, Ernest Hemingway\, Henry Miller\, and more) who explored our stacks during their time in Paris\nOur Paris Library School\, which brought American innovations to French libraries in the 1920s\n\n\nAll tours are on Fridays at 11h00\, last one hour\, and take place in person at the American Library in Paris. \nTours are free of charge and open to the public. Pre-registration is required. Please email us if you are reserving for 4 or more people. (Do not reserve through the site.) \nPlease email tours@americanlibraryinparis.org with any questions. \nThis initiative is made possible through the generous support of the Florence Gould Foundation and the American Center for Art and Culture. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1665240973767{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/history-tours-3-8-24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240308T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240308T110000
DTSTAMP:20260417T211316
CREATED:20240215T151106Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240215T151144Z
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SUMMARY:(Offsite Partner Event) Opéra Comique: Voix en Partage
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\nDécouvrir le répertoire lyrique dans le public\, c’est bien\, mais le pratiquer en chantant\, c’est encore mieux ! Venez le comprendre et l’interpréter lors de ces ateliers participatifs\, à partir de 6 ans. \nLearn more about the event here. \n\nImportant information: This event will take place in person at the Opéra Comique\, 1 Pl. Boieldieu\, 75002 Paris. \nAccess to this event requires purchase of a ticket through Opéra Comique. Click on the button below to purchase your ticket with a special discounted rate.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1662638079176{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Purchase your ticket” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”left” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fbilletterie.opera-comique.com%2Fselection%2Fpackage%3FproductId%3D10229188210292″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/voix-en-partage24/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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