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  • May 2025

  • Tue 6
    Tue May 6 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min

    Ways of Seeing with Michael Pollan

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    Join us for a deep dive into Michael Pollan's How to Change Your Mind, a #1 New York Times Bestseller that blends memoir, science, and history to examine the powerful potential of psychedelic substances.

  • Sat 17
    Sat May 17 @ 11 h 00 min - 12 h 00 min

    The View from the Stage (ages 8–12)

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    Learn about ancient theater and myth, and take part in a mask-making activity.

  • Tue 20
    Tue May 20 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min

    Meredith Whittaker, President of Signal

    The American Library in Paris

    Join Meredith Whittaker, President of Signal and a leading voice on tech ethics, for a crucial conversation on the rise of surveillance, the power of AI, and what we can do to fight back.

  • June 2025

  • Tue 3
    Tue June 3 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min

    Americans in Paris with Debra Bricker Balken and Éric de Chassey

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    How Paris shaped a generation of American artists after World War II.

  • Tue 17
    Tue June 17 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min

    Adventures in the Louvre with Elaine Sciolino

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    Fall in love with the world's most famous museum through the eyes of bestselling author Elaine Sciolino.

  • September 2025

  • Wed 10
    Wed September 10 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min

    The Art of Seeing with Thomas Schlesser and Alexandra Suich Bass

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    Join us for a conversation on Schlesser\'s international bestseller, Mona’s Eyes, a moving story about art, family, and seeing the world while you still can.

  • Wed 24
    Wed September 24 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min

    Lessons in Looking with Lilly Dancyger

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    An interactive lecture from Scholar of Note Lilly Dancyger on what writers can learn from visual art.

  • October 2025

  • Wed 15
    Wed October 15 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min

    Berthe Weill and the Parisian Avant-Garde with Curators Lynn Gumpert and Sophie Eloy

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    Explore the legacy of a pioneering art dealer who shaped modern art, and get a behind-the-scenes look at the Musée de l’Orangerie’s current exhibition with their curators.

  • Tue 28
    Tue October 28 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min

    Art Without Borders with novelist R. O. Kwon and artist Chloé Quenum

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    Join novelist R. O. Kwon and visual artist Chloé Quenum for a cross-disciplinary, bilingual conversation on the tangled questions of ownership and origin in art.

  • November 2025

  • Tue 4
    Tue November 4 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min

    John Singer Sargent and Henry James: Painting and Prose in a Gilded Age

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    Jean Strouse and Madeleine Schwartz explore the art, literature, and an iconic friendship that defined a Gilded Age—and what it reveals about today.

  • Tue 18
    Tue November 18 @ 19 h 00 min - 20 h 00 min

    An Evening with Cultural Fellow Molly Ringwald

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    The celebrated actress, author, and translator reflects on her art and life.

  • December 2025

  • Sat 13
    Sat December 13 @ 14 h 00 min - 15 h 30 min

    The Joy of Reading Picture Books (ages 5–adult)

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    A family event with Bruce Handy celebrating the pleasure of reading and listening to children’s books as a parent and as a child.

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