Katherine J. Chen, winner of the 2023 American Library in Paris Book Award, returns to the Library to discuss her fictionalized account of the life of Joan of Arc.

Free

Wed 10

Wed April 10 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min

(Hybrid) Recovery and Renewal with Octavia Bright

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Octavia Bright joins us at the Library to discuss reckoning and recovery in new memoir This Ragged Grace.

Free

Tue 16

Tue April 16 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min

(In Person Only) Music and Mingle: The Bow and the Brush with Dan Flanagan

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Join us at a Library Members-only event to make new connections over a concert with orchestral musician, Dan Flanagan.

Free

Wed 17

Wed April 17 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min

(Hybrid) Opéra Comique presents Archipel(s)

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Go behind-the-scenes of original opera Archipel(s), premiering at the Opéra Comique on 25 April.

Free

Thu 18

Thu April 18 @ 19 h 00 min - 20 h 30 min

(In Person Only) Play and Creativity with Lillian Davies and Chloe Briggs

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In a conversation and workshop, rediscover the wonder, simplicity, and creative power of play.

Free

Tue 23

Tue April 23 @ 19 h 00 min - 20 h 30 min

(In Person Full) (Hybrid) The US Presidential Elections: Journalists Look at What’s Ahead

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Join us for a panel discussion in partnership with The Overseas Press Club on the US presidential race.

Free

Wed 24

Wed April 24 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min

(Hybrid) Looking to Art, At Home and Abroad with Benjamin Moser

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The Library welcomes Pulitzer-Prize winning writer and translator Benjamin Moser for a conversation about his latest book, The Upside-Down World: Meetings with the Dutch Masters.

Free

Thu 25

Thu April 25 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min

(Hybrid) Lunar Horizons: To the Moon with NASA Experts

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In the presence of NASA experts, explore space exploration: Artemis III, lunar science, and bridging the scientific knowledge gap.

Free

Tue 30

Tue April 30 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min

(In Person Full) (Hybrid) Annie Ernaux & Photography with Lou Stoppard and Lauren Collins

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Lou Stoppard, curator of “Exteriors—Annie Ernaux & Photography,” speaks with Lauren Collins about writing and seeing.

Free

May 2024

Thu 2

Thu May 2 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min

(Hybrid) The Anatomy of Privilege: Nick McDonell on Quiet Street

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Prolific novelist and journalist Nick McDonell joins us at the Library for a conversation about his new memoir, Quiet Street.

Free

Thu 9

Thu May 9 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min

(Hybrid) The Examined Life with Scott Hershovitz and Sarah Bakewell

The American Library in Paris

Professional Philosophers Scott Hershovitz and Sarah Bakewell explore the big questions of life: the nature of goodness, the possibility of ethical living, and the meaning of being human.

Free

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