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SUMMARY:My Place at the Table (Lobrano)
DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (online) to discuss \nMy Place at the Table\nwith author Alec Lobrano \nClick here to RSVP \nA mouthwatering testament to the healing power of food\, My Place at the Table is a moving coming-of-age story of how a gay man emerges from a wounding childhood\, discovers himself\, and finds love. Published here for the first time is Lobrano’s “little black book\,” an insider’s guide to his thirty all-time-favorite Paris restaurants. \nClick here to RSVP \nAlec Lobrano \n  \nUntil Alec Lobrano landed a job in the glamorous Paris office of Women’s Wear Daily\, his main experience of French cuisine was the occasional supermarket éclair. An interview with the owner of a renowned cheese shop for his first article nearly proves a disaster because he speaks no French. As he goes on to cover celebrities and couturiers and improves his mastery of the language\, he gradually learns what it means to be truly French. He attends a cocktail party with Yves St. Laurent and has dinner with Giorgio Armani. Over a superb lunch\, it’s his landlady who ultimately provides him with a lasting touchstone for how to judge food: “you must understand the intentions of the cook.” At the city’s brasseries and bistros\, he discovers real French cooking. Through a series of vivid encounters with culinary figures from Paul Bocuse to Julia Child to Ruth Reichl\, Lobrano hones his palate and finds his voice. Soon the timid boy from Connecticut is at the epicenter of the Parisian dining revolution and the restaurant critic of one of the largest newspapers in the France. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/lobrano21/
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SUMMARY:Viet Thanh Nguyen at the Library
DESCRIPTION:Viet Thanh Nguyen presents\nThe Committed\nRSVP HERE\n“We were the unwanted\, the unneeded\, and the unseen\, invisible to all but ourselves.”\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nAnd with these words\, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen‘s long-awaited new novel\, The Committed\, follows “the man of two faces and two minds\,” from The Sympathizer as he arrives in Paris as a refugee. Presenting his novel to a French audience for the first time at the American Library in Paris\, Nguyen will describe the work’s oft-forgotten historical backdrop: immigrant enclaves of drug lords\, communist spies\, and petty criminals in 1980s Paris. \nPraised by the Guardian as a dense novel of ideas wrapped in a spy thriller\, The Committed “invites the reader to think\, not just to feel: to think deeply about political systems and ideologies\, whose interests they serve and what\, if any\, answers they can provide.” Nguyen will be in conversation with author Grace Ly and journalist Pauline Lemasson about his writing process. The discussion will also touch on themes of identity\, revolution and intellectualism. \n\nRSVP HERE \n  \n\nOrganized in partnership with Columbia Global Centers in Paris and The Mechanics’ Institute in San Francisco.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/viet-thanh-nguyen-at-the-library/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210526T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210526T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T035018
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SUMMARY:Hemingway and the Craft of Writing (Wolff & Braude)
DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (online) to discuss \nHemingway and the Craft of Writing\nwith Tobias Wolff and Mark Braude  \nRSVP HERE \nThe Hemingway Stories features Ernest Hemingway’s most significant short stories so fans old and new can follow the trajectory of one of the greatest American writers of all time. The intimate portrait of Hemingway—who captured the complexities of the human condition in spare and profound prose\, and whose work remains deeply influential—interweaves a close study of biographical events with excerpts from his work. Tobias Wolff’s introduction adds a new perspective that demonstrates Hemingway’s talent and range. \nRSVP HERE \nTobias Wolff \nTobias Wolff is the author of the novels The Barracks Thief and Old School\, the memoirs This Boy’s Life and In Pharaoh’s Army\, and the short story collections In the Garden of the North American Martyrs\, Back in the World\, Night in Question and\, most recently\, Our Story Begins. He is the recipient of the PEN/Malamud Award\, the Rea Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award. His work appears regularly in The New Yorker\, The Atlantic and Harper’s\, among other magazines. \nMark Braude \n  \nMark Braude is the author of The Invisible Emperor and Making Monte Carlo. He was a 2020 Visiting Fellow at the American Library in Paris\, was named a Public Scholar by the National Endowment for the Humanities\, and has been a Postdoctoral Fellow and lecturer at Stanford University. His book about the French artist Kiki de Montparnasse’s entanglement with the American photographer Man Ray will be published soon by W.W. Norton.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/hemingway21/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210525T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210525T203000
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CREATED:20210427T062715Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210502T075238Z
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SUMMARY:How to Disagree\, Productively (Leslie)
DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (online) to understand \nHow to Disagree\, Productively\nwith author Ian Leslie \nRSVP HERE \nIn Conflicted: How Productive Disagreements Lead to Better Outcomes\, Leslie argues that we live in a world that primed for toxic disagreement\, that we are not remotely prepared for this\, and that we need to think of good disagreement as a skill that must be learnt. Drawing on insights from many different fields\, his book offers a guide to how we can unlock the immense benefits of disagreement\, at home\, at work and in the public realm. \nRSVP HERE \n\n  \nIan Leslie is a writer\, speaker and author of books on human behaviour\, including Born Liars\, on lying and self-deception\, Curious\, on the trait of curiosity\, and Conflicted\, on the art and science of productive disagreement. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/leslie21/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210522T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210522T183000
DTSTAMP:20260418T035018
CREATED:20210426T203916Z
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SUMMARY:Master Shot Film Club (ages 12–18) [VIRTUAL; RSVP REQUIRED]
DESCRIPTION:For ages 12–18 \n  \nAspiring filmmakers\, writers and actors are invited to join the Master Shot Film Club at the Library. Led by Paris-based filmmaker and writer Clarence Tokley\, the purpose of this club is to allow budding filmmakers the opportunity to meet in a relaxed and creative setting where you can share your ideas\, get feedback and work on your technique\, while learning about how to produce high quality short films. \n  \nThe Master Shot Film Club provides a space for teens to explore all aspects of film-making\, including the development and production process\, script-writing\, camera work\, directing\, editing and much more\, not to mention that you’ll get to know other young filmmakers in the community! \nYou’re welcome to bring in questions and projects you need help on during any meeting. You may also email Clarence with your film-making questions: c1tokley@yahoo.com  \n  \nAbout Clarence Tokley: \nClarence Tokley is a Paris-based teacher\, filmmaker\, and writer. A native of New Jersey\, Clarence attended Rutgers University\, obtaining a degree in History and Film Studies. Clarence then attended the New York Film Academy in New York City\, before packing up everything and moving to Paris—he wanted to get a taste of the European style of storytelling. He fully immersed himself in the film industry and quickly landed his first job in Paris. Some of his credits include Rush Hour 3\, Truth in 24\, Exes\, and the Cherry Orchard. Clarence also does voice-over work in Paris. Along with his duties as teacher of the BAW Teen and Youth Acting courses\, he is the director of camps in France and provides workshops and private coaching. When he’s not teaching or coaching\, Clarence continues to work professionally in film and theater productions in and around Paris. \n  \n\n\nParticipation in this club is free for Library members\, but an application is required. Apply HERE for the 2020-2021 Master Shot Film Club.\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nQuestions about collections and programs for teens can be sent to the Library’s Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/master-shot-film-club-ages-12-18-virtual-rsvp-required-3/
CATEGORIES:Teens
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210522T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210522T170000
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SUMMARY:Fantasy Book Club: Shadow and Bone (ages 12–Adult) [Virtual Event\, Library members only; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:Join fantasy fans to discuss new worlds and novels with like-minded readers.\n\n  \nClick here to register. \n\nJoin us (virtually) for an animated discussion each month of the latest and greatest fantasy reads. Participants are also encouraged to prepare a cup of tea or coffee to enjoy during the meeting. This book club is facilitated by Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager (and fantasy fan) Celeste Rhoads. New members are always welcome!\n\n\n\n\nIn May\, we’ll be reading and discussing Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo.\n \n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nAdvance registration is required for this book group. Once registered\, participants will be sent an email with instructions to join the online meeting. Participation in this book group is open to Library members\, and free of charge. If you are not yet a Library member\, but would like to participate\, please join the Library before the first session. Send an email to Celeste Rhoads\, our Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, with questions about this event: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/fantasy-book-club-shadow-and-bone-ages-12-adult-virtual-event-library-members-only-rsvp-required/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Teens
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210522T150000
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SUMMARY:Sherlock in the Library (ages 6–12) [Virtual Event\, Library members only; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:For ages 6–12 \nCLICK HERE TO RSVP \nJoin us for an online interactive mystery game! Pit your wits against the greatest detective of them all: Sherlock Holmes!\n \n \nThis live\, interactive virtual event will be hosted on Zoom. Detectives ages 6-12 (of all abilities or experience) can join Children’s and Teen’s Librarian Kirsty for an afternoon of entertaining puzzles and challenges. Some involve riddles\, some will include plays on words\, and some will require you to use your skills of observation. See if you can be a Sherlock and solve them all! \n\n  \nThis virtual event is free for Library members\, and registration is required. Registered participants will be sent an email link to join us via Zoom. Registration closes 24 hours before the event. \n  \n\nCan’t make it to this live virtual event? Check out our curated list of online resources for children. If you would like to support the Library and our services\, you can donate here to help sustain this vital institution in its 100th year of service. \n CLICK HERE TO RSVP \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/sherlock-in-the-library-ages-6-12-virtual-event-library-members-only-rsvp-required/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210519T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210519T193000
DTSTAMP:20260418T035018
CREATED:20210417T133011Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210502T074541Z
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SUMMARY:How to Do Nothing (Odell)
DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (online) to discuss \nHow to Do Nothing \nwith writer\, artist and Stanford professor Jenny Odell \nClick here to RSVP \nIn a world where addictive technology is designed to buy and sell our attention\, and our value is determined by our 24/7 data productivity\, How to Do Nothing is an inspiring field guide to dropping out of the attention economy and winning back our lives. Once we start paying a new kind of attention\, we can undertake bolder forms of political action\, reimagine humankind’s role in the environment\, and arrive at more meaningful understandings of happiness and progress.  \nClick here to RSVP \n Jenny Odell \n  \nJenny Odell is an Oakland-based multi-disciplinary artist and writer. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times\, New York Magazine\, The Atlantic\, The Washington Post and The Paris Review. Her visual work has been exhibited in the United States at The Contemporary Jewish Museum and the New York Public Library\, as well as internationally in France\, China and Dubai. Odell has been an artist in residence at Facebook\, the Internet Archive\, the San Francisco Planning Department\, and Recology SF. She is a lecturer in the Department of Art & Art History at Stanford University. \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/odell21/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210518T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210518T210000
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CREATED:20210516T065844Z
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SUMMARY:The New Parisienne (Tramuta & Collins)
DESCRIPTION:Join Columbia Global Centers (online) to discuss \nThe New Parisienne\nwith Linsdey Tramuta and Lauren Collins \nRSVP HERE \nWhat does it mean to be a Parisian woman in the 21st century? To mark the French-language release of writer and journalist Lindsey Tramuta’s myth-busting book The New Parisienne: The Women and Ideas Shaping Paris\, or La Nouvelle Parisienne in French\, join us for a conversation between Tramuta and New Yorker staff writer Lauren Collins (author of “When in French”) on how women in Paris are forging the way for a more progressive city\, the diversity and creativity of the modern woman in the French capital\, and why it’s time to say au revoir to the outdated archetype of the Parisian woman. \nLindsey Tramuta \nLindsey Tramuta is an American culture & travel journalist and podcaster. She is a regular contributor to the New York Times\, Fortune\, Conde Nast Traveler\, among other news and travel publications. Her first book\, The New Paris: the People\, Places & Ideas Fueling a Movement\, was published in 2017. Her book\, The New Parisienne: the Women & Ideas Shaping Paris\, was published last year and features more than 40 women challenging the “French Girl” trope. Lindsey’s podcast\, The New Paris podcast\, continues the conversations and themes explored in both books.  \n  \nLauren Collins \nLauren Collins has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 2008. Her subjects have included Michelle Obama\, Donatella Versace\, Emmanuel Macron\, the refugee crisis\, and equal pay. Since 2015\, she has been based in Paris\, covering stories mainly from France. She is the author of When in French: Love in a Second Language\, which the Times named as one of its 100 Notable Books of 2016. She is working on a second book\, about a coup d’état perpetrated by white supremacists in Wilmington\, North Carolina\, in 1898\, and its effects over the past hundred and twenty years. \nRSVP HERE \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/the-new-parisienne-lindsey-tramuta-in-conversation-with-lauren-collins/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210515T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210515T120000
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CREATED:20210421T145524Z
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SUMMARY:A Parisian Scavenger Hunt with Katelyn Aronson\, author of Piglette (ages 3-9) [Virtual Event\, Library members only; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:For ages 3–9 \nCLICK HERE TO RSVP \n3–9 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for a reading with author Katelyn Aronson as she reads her picture book Piglette\, about a pig who finds a way to bring a little Parisian perfection back home to her pasture. Katelyn will be joined by illustrator Eva Byrne\, who will show participants how to draw a very chic pig!\n \n“Accompanied by pleasant\, warm cartoons depicting family\, friendship\, and a little adventure\, Piglette’s story is a joyful one that makes for an amusing read-aloud. A sweet\, lighthearted tale of a piglet discovering where she belongs.”–Kirkus Reviews \n  \nThis live\, interactive virtual event will be hosted on Zoom. Library programs are created to encourage children to actively engage with stories. Download the scavenger hunt ahead of time here\, and complete it as we read the story. Plan to join in\, as you would do in one of our in-person events and participate in a virtual scavenger hunt as we Katelyn reads the story. We will keep microphones muted during the reading and art demonstration\, then participating children will be encouraged to turn on their microphones and ask questions during the Q&A portion of the event. \n  \nKatelyn Aronson \nAbout Katelyn Aronson: Katelyn grew up in a home where reading was more of a shared activity than a solo one. Her mother was a children’s literature lover; her father—a natural-born storyteller. TV wasn’t a big part of life. Make-believe was\, and words were just another way of creating magic\, together. One day\, Katelyn realized voilà! She had a few stories of her own\, ready to be shared. Find out more Katelyn Aronson and her work here. \n\n  \nThis virtual event is free for Library members\, and registration is required. Registered participants will be sent an email link to join us via Zoom. Registration closes 24 hours before the event. \n  \n\nCan’t make it to this live virtual event? Check out our curated list of online resources for children. If you would like to support the Library and our services\, you can donate here to help sustain this vital institution in its 100th year of service. \n  \n CLICK HERE TO RSVP \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/a-parisian-scavenger-hunt-with-katelyn-aronson-author-of-piglette-ages-3-9-virtual-event-library-members-only-rsvp-required/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210514T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210514T200000
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SUMMARY:Dhonielle Clayton on writing (ages 12-18) [Virtual Event\, Library members only; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:For ages 12–18\n \n  \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER. \nJoin us for a virtual event with author Dhonielle Clayton as she discusses her work\, and her writing process\, as well as her work with We Need Diverse Books. Then Clayton will take questions from participants.\n\n  \n\nAbout Dhonielle Clayton: Dhonielle Clayton spent most of her childhood under her grandmother’s dining room table with a stack of books. She hails from the Washington\, D.C. suburbs on the Maryland side\, but now lives in New York City. Clayton is the author of The Belles\, The Everlasting Rose\, Tiny Pretty Things\, Shiny Broken Pieces\, and A Universe of Wishes. Her forthcoming novels are BlackOut\, Shattered Midnight\, The Marvellers\, and The Rumor Game. She holds an MA in Children’s Literature from Hollins University and an MFA Writing for Children at the New School. Clayton is also COO of the non-profit We Need Diverse Books\, an organization of children’s book lovers that advocates essential changes in the publishing industry to produce and promote literature that reflects and honors the lives of all young people. You can find her on Instagram and Twitter: @brownbookworm\, and you can find out more about her on her website.\n  \nAdvance registration is required for this event. This event is open to Library members and students in partner schools\, and free of charge. Once registered\, participants will be sent an email with instructions to join the event. If you are not yet a Library member\, but would like to participate\, please join the Library.  \n  \nQuestions about collections and programs for teens can be sent to the Library’s Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org. \n  \nWe thank you for your continued support and for being a part of the Library community! If you would like to support the Library\, you can donate here to help sustain this vital institution in its 100th year of service. \n  \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/dhonielle-clayton-on-writing-ages-12-18-virtual-event-library-members-only-rsvp-required/
CATEGORIES:Teens
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210512T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210512T203000
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SUMMARY:The Question of Belonging (Handal)
DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (online) to meditate on \nMigration\, Identity and Home\nwith French-American poet Nathalie Handal \nRSVP HERE \nLife in a Country Album \nLife in a Country Album by Nathalie Handal brings together her fierce intellect and passionate sensuality to create a meditation on migration\, identity\, and home. The question of belonging lies at the heart of the collection: who gets to decide who belongs? Can you be exiled from your own sense of self? In its clarity\, craft and chimeric language\, it is a love letter and admonition mailed by the same stamp. In this\, her seventh collection\, Nathalie Handal reaffirms that she remains an urgent and singular voice in contemporary poetry. Claire Messud writes\, she “illuminates the luxuriance and longing of deracination—a contemporary Orpheus.”  \nRSVP HERE \nNathalie Handal \nNathalie Handal is a French-American poet and writer whose work has appeared in Vanity Fair\, Guernica Magazine\, The Guardian\, The New York Times\, among others. Handal’s rich\, diverse\, and innovative body of work reflects her own multicultural\, multilingual\, and multinational life. \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/handal21/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210506T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210506T180000
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SUMMARY:Oliver Gee and Lina Nordin Gee reading "Kylie the Crocodile in Paris" (ages 3–9) [Virtual Event\, Library members only; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:For ages 3–9 \nCLICK HERE TO RSVP. \n3–9 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for a reading with author Oliver Gee and illustrator Lina Nordin Gee as they read their new picture book Kylie the Crocodile in Paris. Following the reading\, Lina will show participants how to draw a crocodile and then the pair will answer questions about what inspired this “absolutely true story.” \nThis live\, interactive virtual event will be hosted on Zoom. Library programs are created to encourage children to actively engage with stories. Plan to join in\, as you would do in one of our in-person events. We will keep microphones muted during the reading and art demonstration\, then participating children will be encouraged to turn on their microphones and ask questions during the Q&A portion of the event. \n  \nAbout Oliver Gee and Lina Nordin Gee: Oliver Gee is the creator of the award-winning podcast about Paris and France\, The Earful Tower. He used to be a full-time journalist in Paris\, but switched to podcasting in December 2017. Lina Nordin Gee runs a chic shoe and handbag company\, Deuxième Studios\, and likes to draw and paint. You can see her illustrations on Instagram @ParisianPostcards.  Find out more about The Earful Tower or purchase your own copy of Kylie the Crocodile in Paris here. \n\nThis virtual event is free for Library members\, and registration is required. Registered participants will be sent an email link to join us via Zoom. Registration closes 24 hours before the event. \n\nCan’t make it to this live virtual event? Check out our curated list of online resources for children. If you would like to support the Library and our services\, you can donate here to help sustain this vital institution in its 100th year of service. \n  \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/oliver-gee-and-lina-nordin-gee-reading-kylie-the-crocodile-in-paris-ages-3-9-virtual-event-library-members-only-rsvp-required/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210505T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210505T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T035018
CREATED:20210417T124902Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210502T080207Z
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SUMMARY:An Unlikely Resistance Campaign (Jackson)
DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (online) as we host historian and author \nJeffrey H. Jackson\non Paper Bullets: Two Artists Who Risked Their Lives to Defy the Nazis \nClick here to RSVP \nPaper Bullets is the first book to tell the true story of an anti-Nazi resistance campaign undertaken by an unlikely pair. Two French women –– Lucy Schwob and Suzanne Malherbe (better known today by their artistic names Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore) –– drew on their skills as Parisian avant-garde artists to write and distribute hundreds of notes\, songs\, poems\, and drawings designed to demoralize German troops occupying their adopted home of Jersey in the Channel Islands. To do so\, they assumed the identity of a Nazi soldier\, calling themselves “The Soldier With No Name.” \nAs the war continued\, they escalated their actions\, often putting themselves at great personal risk all the while pretending to be one of the enemy. Lucy and Suzanne were in danger because of who they were: lesbian partners known for cross-dressing and their gender-bending photography back in Paris\, Lucy’s Jewish heritage\, and their communist affiliations. Jackson’s story takes readers inside the day-to-day struggles of civilians surviving in occupied territory and facing tough\, sometimes gut-wrenching\, choices. \nJeffrey H. Jackson \nClick here to RSVP \nJeffrey H. Jackson is Professor of History at Rhodes College in Memphis\, Tennessee. His most recent book\, Paper Bullets\, was longlisted for the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction and selected as an Editor’s Choice “Best of the Best” for 2020 by the American Library Association’s publication Booklist. He is also the author of Paris Under Water: How the City of Light Survived the Great Flood of 1910 and Making Jazz French: Music and Modern Life in Interwar Paris\, both of which have been received with high acclaim.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/jeffreyjackson/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210505T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210505T153000
DTSTAMP:20260418T035018
CREATED:20210417T130012Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210417T130012Z
UID:29023-1620225000-1620228600@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Story Hour: Snails and Slugs (ages 3–5) [Virtual Event\, Library members only; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:For ages 3–5 \nCLICK HERE TO RSVP. \n3–5 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for our weekly interactive Wednesday Story Hour! This virtual program lasts 45 minutes and features songs\, stories and hand rhymes in English\, and is hosted by our children’s librarians and volunteers. \nFor this Story Hour\, we’ll read tales of snails and slugs—both factual and fictional—that are full of surprises\, including Snail Crossing by Corey R. Tabor.\n \nThis Story Hour will be hosted by Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste\, along with volunteers Mary Wessels and Samuel Kuria\, who will read books and lead you and your little one in songs and hand-rhymes during an interactive\, live\, virtual session. This participatory program is intended to encourage children to actively engage with stories. Plan to join in\, sing along\, and move around\, as you would do in one of our in-person events. If you join in this virtual session\, it will be as important as ever to model movement and song for your little one. \n\nThis virtual Story Hour is free for Library members\, and registration is required. Registered participants will be sent an email link to join us via Zoom. Registration closes 24 hours before the event. \n\nCan’t make it to this live virtual event? Check out our curated list of online resources for children. If you would like to support the Library and our services\, you can donate here to help sustain this vital institution in its 100th year of service. \n  \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/story-hour-snails-and-slugs-ages-3-5-virtual-event-library-members-only-rsvp-required/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210504T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210504T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T035018
CREATED:20210417T105752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210502T060632Z
UID:28996-1620156600-1620160200@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:On Dialogue\, Friendship and Literature (Williams & Garrett)
DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (online) as long-time friends \nRowan Williams and Greg Garrett\ndiscuss the issues of the day\, dialogue\, friendship\, family\, literature\, and life. \nClick here to RSVP \n \nRowan Williams served as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury and is a towering intellectual and moral figure in Britain. The author of over two dozen books on faith\, politics\, literature\, language\, and ethics\, Lord Williams recently retired as Master of Magdalene College\, Cambridge. \nGreg Garrett is Professor of English at Baylor University and serves as Theologian in Residence at the American Cathedral in Paris. He too has published over two dozen books\, including novels\, memoir\, and nonfiction exploring narrative\, racism\, politics\, faith\, and popular culture. \nClick here to RSVP
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/rowanwilliams/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210428T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210428T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T035018
CREATED:20210331T121241Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210406T163246Z
UID:28664-1619638200-1619641800@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Evenings with an Author: Kristin Harmel in conversation with Lauren Elkin [Virtual Public Event; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:CLICK HERE TO RSVP and receive the Zoom login information.\nJoin the American Library in Paris’s Evenings with an Author series as we host New York Times-bestselling author Kristin Harmel. She will share her novel\, The Book of Lost Names\, in conversation with fellow author Lauren Elkin. Programs Manager Alice McCrum will draw on live questions from the audience. \nEva Traube Abrams\, a semi-retired librarian in Florida\, is shelving books one morning when her eyes lock on a photograph in a newspaper nearby. She freezes; it’s an image of a book she hasn’t seen in sixty-five years—a book she recognizes as The Book of Lost Names. The accompanying newspaper article discusses the looting of libraries by the Nazis across Europe during World War II\, which Eva remembers well as a Jewish war refugee from Paris. The book in the photograph\, an eighteenth-century religious text thought to have been taken from France in the waning days of the war\, is one of the most fascinating cases. Now housed in Berlin’s Zentral- und Landesbibliothek library\, it appears to contain some sort of code\, but researchers don’t know where it came from—or what the code means. Eva knows the answer—but will she have the strength to revisit old memories and help reunite those lost during the war? \nAn engaging and evocative novel reminiscent of The Lost Girls of Paris and The Alice Network\, The Book of Lost Names is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the power of bravery and love in the face of evil. \nAbout the authors: \nKristin Harmel \nKristin Harmel is the New York Times-bestselling author of The Book of Lost Names\, The Winemaker’s Wife\, The Room on Rue Amélie\, The Sweetness of Forgetting and a dozen other novels that have been translated into 28 languages. Her new book\, The Forest of Vanishing Stars\, will be released in July 2021. She is also the cofounder and cohost of the popular web series Friends and Fiction. She lives in Orlando\, Florida. \n  \nLauren Elkin \nLauren Elkin is the author of Flâneuse: Women Walk the City\, a Radio 4 Book of the Week and a finalist for the PEN Diamonstein-Spielvogel award for the Art of the Essay. Her next book\, 91/92: A Diary of a Year on the Bus will be out in September 2021 from Semiotext(e)/Les Fugitives\, as will her translation of Simone de Beauvoir’s lost novel The Inseparables (Vintage Classics). \nCLICK HERE TO RSVP and receive the Zoom login information.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/evenings-with-an-author-kristin-harmel-in-conversation-with-lauren-elkin-virtual-public-event-rsvp-required/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210427T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210427T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T035018
CREATED:20210330T153006Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210417T134833Z
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SUMMARY:Evenings with an Author: Amanda Frost in conversation with Lauren Collins [Virtual Public Event; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:CLICK HERE TO RSVP\nJoin the American Library in Paris’s Evenings with an Author series on 27 April as we host Amanda Frost\, author of You Are Not American: Citizenship Stripping from Dred Scott to the Dreamers\, in conversation with New Yorker staff writer Lauren Collins. \nThe American government has historically revoked US citizenship to suppress dissent and shape the nation’s demography. When the Supreme Court rejected the idea of Black citizenship in the case Dred Scott v. Sandford in 1857\, new questions were raised about identity\, belonging\, and exclusion. Law professor Amanda Frost explores narratives of those who have struggled to be included as citizens and full members of “We the People” and exposes citizenship stripping as a fundamental tool of discrimination in America. \n  \nAmanda Frost \nAbout the speakers: Amanda Frost is the Ann Loeb Bronfman Distinguished Professor of Law and Government at the American University Washington College of Law. Professor Frost writes and teaches in the fields of constitutional law\, immigration and citizenship law\, federal courts and jurisdiction\, and judicial ethics. Her scholarship has been cited by over a dozen federal and state courts\, and she has been invited to testify before both the House and Senate Judiciary Committees. Her non-academic writing has been published in the Atlantic\, Slate\, the American Prospect\, the Washington Post\, the New York Times\, and USA Today\, and she authors the “Academic round-up” column for SCOTUSblog. In 2019 she was awarded a fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies to complete her book\, You Are Not American: Citizenship Stripping from Dred Scott to the Dreamers (Beacon Press)\, which was published in January 2021. \nLauren Collins \nLauren Collins began contributing to the New Yorker in 2003 and became a staff writer in 2008. She is the author of When in French: Love in a Second Language\, which the Times named as one of its 100 Notable Books of 2016. She is working on a second book\, about a coup d’état perpetrated by white supremacists in Wilmington\, North Carolina in 1898\, and its effects on the city during the past 120 years. \nCLICK HERE TO RSVP
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/evenings-with-an-author-amanda-frost-in-conversation-with-lauren-collins-virtual-public-event-rsvp-required/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210424T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210424T120000
DTSTAMP:20260418T035018
CREATED:20210326T210803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210402T114813Z
UID:28515-1619262000-1619265600@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Bookworms: Brown Girl Dreaming (ages 9-12) [Virtual Event\, Library members only; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:A book club for 9-12-year-olds! \n  \nCelebrate poetry month by reading a novel-in-verse\, Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson\, and then join in a discussion and related creative activities with other readers. The aim of this group is to foster discussion among our community of young readers\, and to explore the work together. Bring along your book to have on hand for the meeting. Multiple copies of Brown Girl Dreaming are available in the Library’s collections. \nDuring the meeting\, each child will be expected to participate\, and offer thoughts\, and comments about the book. \nThis book group is intended for children who read independently\, although parents are welcome to join. Parents and caregivers who participate alongside their children will be expected to have read the novel with their children. \n  \n  \nThis program requires advance registration\, and is open to Library members. Each child attending must have their own Library card\, or be covered by a family membership. Registered participants will be sent a link to join the event via Zoom. Parents and caregivers are responsible for connecting via the link provided\, and for monitoring their children’s use of the internet.\n \n  \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/bookworms-brown-girl-dreaming-ages-9-12-virtual-event-library-members-only-rsvp-required/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210420T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210420T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T035018
CREATED:20210401T145022Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210419T135725Z
UID:28738-1618947000-1618950600@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Evenings with an Author: Sanaë Lemoine [Virtual Public Event; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:CLICK HERE TO RSVP\nJoin the American Library in Paris’s Evenings with an Author series as we host Sanaë Lemoine to discuss her debut novel\, The Margot Affair. Margot Louve\, the novel’s protagonist\, is a secret: the child of a longstanding affair between an influential French politician with presidential ambitions and a prominent stage actress. This hidden family exists in stolen moments in a small Parisian apartment on the Left Bank. It is a house of cards that Margot—fueled by a longing to be seen and heard—decides to tumble. The summer of her seventeenth birthday\, she meets the man who will set her plan in motion: a well-regarded journalist whose trust seems surprisingly easy to gain. But as Margot is drawn into an adult world she struggles to comprehend\, she learns how one impulsive decision can threaten a family’s love with ruin\, shattering the lives of those around her in ways she could never have imagined. \nSanaë Lemoine \nAbout the author: \nSanaë Lemoine was born in Paris to a Japanese mother and French father\, and raised in France and Australia. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and her MFA at Columbia University. She now lives in New York. \nCLICK HERE TO RSVP
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/lemoine21/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210417T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210417T170000
DTSTAMP:20260418T035018
CREATED:20210326T130828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210403T152517Z
UID:28494-1618675200-1618678800@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Fantasy Book Club: The Song of Achilles (ages 12–Adult) [Virtual Event\, Library members only; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:Join fantasy fans to discuss new worlds and novels with like-minded readers.\n\n  \n\nJoin us (virtually) for an animated discussion each month of the latest and greatest fantasy reads. Participants are also encouraged to prepare a cup of tea or coffee to enjoy during the meeting. This book club is facilitated by Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager (and fantasy fan) Celeste Rhoads. New members are always welcome!\n\n\n\n\nIn April\, we’ll be reading and discussing The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller \n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nAdvance registration is required for this book group. Once registered\, participants will be sent an email with instructions to join the online meeting. Participation in this book group is open to Library members\, and free of charge. If you are not yet a Library member\, but would like to participate\, please join the Library before the first session. Send an email to Celeste Rhoads\, our Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, with questions about this event: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/fantasy-book-club-the-song-of-achilles-ages-12-adult-virtual-event-library-members-only-rsvp-required/
CATEGORIES:Teens
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210416T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210416T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T035018
CREATED:20210326T124743Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210326T124743Z
UID:28490-1618599600-1618605000@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Teen Night: Blackout Poetry (ages 12-18) [Virtual Event\, Library members only; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:For ages 12–18 \n  \nUsing magazines and other supplies readily available in most homes\, participants will create their own original blackout poetry—a unique style of visual art where the artist blacks out words on a page to create a poem and/or picture. We will repurpose and reuse magazine pages and pages of books that would otherwise have ended up in the trash. To create poems\, we’ll find the words hidden in the page of text to to form our own new creations. Randomness is part of the fun! The poems can be scary\, funny\, serious\, or lighthearted. This event will be hosted virtually via Zoom by Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads. For the best experience\, we recommend that you use both video and sound. \nFor this creative workshop\, participants will need to gather the following supplies: \n\nold magazines\, or worn and damaged books (also available at the Children’s and Teens’ Services Desk)\nblack pens or markers\nscissors\nglue or a glue stick\n\n  \nAdvance registration is required for this event. Once registered\, participants will be sent an email with instructions to join the online meeting. Participation in this event is open to Library members\, and free of charge. If you are not yet a Library member\, but would like to participate\, please join the Library. Send an email to Celeste Rhoads\, our Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, with questions about this event: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org. \n  \nQuestions about collections and programs for teens can be sent to the Library’s Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/teen-night-blackout-poetry-ages-12-18-virtual-event-library-members-only-rsvp-required/
CATEGORIES:Teens
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210413T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210413T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T035018
CREATED:20210329T164134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210408T163040Z
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SUMMARY:Evenings with an Author: Amanda Dennis in Conversation with Rachel Donadio [Virtual Public Event; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:CLICK HERE TO RSVP and receive the Zoom login information.\nJoin the American Library in Paris’s Evenings with an Author series as we host author Amanda Dennis. Dennis with be speaking about her debut novel\, Her Here\, in conversation with Rachel Donadio\, contributing writer at The Atlantic. In Her Here\, Dennis introduces us to a reckless and unmoored Elena\, who abandons her studies and relationship for an unconventional task proposed to her by an estranged family friend. Struggling with trauma and its various manifestations\, Elena loses herself in Thailand while looking for a woman who went missing six years earlier.  Dennis delivers an existential detective story in a hypnotic and seductive debut which demonstrates the revealing nature of narrative itself. The conversation will include live questions from the audience.\n\n  \n\nCLICK HERE TO RSVP and receive the Zoom login information.\n\n  \n\n\n \n\n\n  \nAbout the authors: Amanda Dennis is an assistant professor of comparative literature and creative writing at the American University of Paris. She earned her PhD from the University of California\, Berkeley Department of Rhetoric and was awarded a Whited Fellowship in creative writing from the Iowa Writer’s Workshop. Outside of her speaking engagements for Her Here\, Dennis is researching Samuel Beckett and the influence of 20th century French philosophy on his work.\n\nRachel Donadio is a Paris-based contributing writer for The Atlantic\, covering politics and culture across Europe. She was previously a correspondent at the New York Times\, including its European Culture Correspondent and Rome Bureau Chief\, and a writer and editor at the New York Times Book Review. She has reported from more than two dozen countries\, interviewed heads of state and film directors\, and profiled three Nobel laureates in literature.\n\n  \nCLICK HERE TO RSVP and receive the Zoom login information.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/evenings-with-an-author-amanda-dennis-in-conversation-with-rachel-donadio/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210406T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210406T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T035018
CREATED:20210329T165531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210329T165531Z
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SUMMARY:Evenings with an Author: Cara Black presents "Three Hours in Paris" [Virtual Public Event; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:CLICK HERE TO RSVP and receive the Zoom login information.\nJoin the American Library in Paris’s Evenings with an Author series on 6 April as we host “doyenne of the Parisian crime novel” Cara Black.  During this virtual conversation with Programs Manager Alice McCrum\, Black will speak about her latest book\, Three Hours in Paris. \nNamed a Best Mystery of 2020 by the Washington Post\, Three Hours in Paris reimagines Hitler’s brief visit to Paris in June of 1940. The thriller tells the story of a young American markswoman\, Kate\, tasked with assassinating the Führer against the fall of the City of Lights to the Nazis. Miles away from her native rural Oregon\, Kate fights for her life and the fate of the world. \nThe program will draw on live questions from the audience. \nCLICK HERE TO RSVP and receive the Zoom login information.\n \nAbout the author: Cara Black‘s affinity for France is the driving force behind her work. The attention to detail and immersive research undertaken during her trips to Paris earned the New York Times-bestselling author a Médaille de la Ville de Paris for her contributions to French culture. Best known for the Private Investigator Aimée Leduc series\, Black is regarded as one of the leading names in Parisian crime novels. Visit www.carablack.com to learn more. \nCLICK HERE TO RSVP and receive the Zoom login information.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/evenings-with-an-author-cara-black-2/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210331T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210331T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T035018
CREATED:20210217T103038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210217T103523Z
UID:27889-1617219000-1617222600@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Evenings with an Author: Dylan Fisher [Virtual Public Event; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:*Covid-19 Update: This winter\, the Library’s Evening with an Author series will continue to meet virtually\, via Zoom. These events\, which are free and open to the public\, require advance sign up. Evenings with an Author programs begin at 19h30 (Central European Time). Please check eLibris or our programs calendar for updates and line-up. \nRegister here! \n \nIn Dylan Fisher’s debut novella\, told in a sequence of long\, twisting\, breathless sentences\, the titular The Loneliest Band in France claims to have a song that can hurt —even kill—its listeners. When Migara (a Sri Lankan student\, new to Montpellier) is recruited to help debut this murderous song\, he’s forced to interrogate his relationship with his mother’s death\, his estranged father\, his own aspirations—and the cost of each. \nDylan Fisher’s first book\, The Loneliest Band in France\, was the Winner of Texas Review Press’s 2019 Clay Reynolds Novella Prize and a 2020 Coups de Cœur selection by The American Library in Paris. He holds a MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Nevada\, Las Vegas. He lives in Atlanta\, Georgia\, where he’s pursuing a PhD in Creative Writing at Georgia State University.\n\n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/evenings-with-an-author-dylan-fisher/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210331T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210331T153000
DTSTAMP:20260418T035018
CREATED:20210325T162639Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210325T162639Z
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SUMMARY:Story Hour: Building and Construction (ages 3–5) [Virtual Event\, Library members only; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:For ages 3–5 \n3–5 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for our weekly interactive Wednesday Story Hour! This virtual program lasts 45 minutes and features songs\, stories and hand rhymes in English\, and is hosted by our children’s librarians and volunteers. \nFor this Story Hour\, we’ll be reading stories about building and construction. \nThis Story Hour will be hosted by Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste and volunteer Mary Wessels\, who will read books and lead you and your little one in stories during an interactive\, live\, virtual session. This participatory program is intended to encourage children to actively engage with stories. Plan to join in\, sing along\, and move around\, as you would do in one of our in-person events. If you join in this virtual session\, it will be as important as ever to model movement and song for your little one. \n\nThis virtual Story Hour is free for Library members\, and registration is required. Registered participants will be sent an email link to join us via Zoom. Registration closes 24 hours before the event. \n\nCan’t make it to this live virtual event? Check out our curated list of online resources for children. If you would like to support the Library and our services\, you can donate here to help sustain this vital institution in its 100th year of service. \n  \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/story-hour-building-and-construction-ages-3-5-virtual-event-library-members-only-rsvp-required/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210330T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210330T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T035018
CREATED:20210210T114550Z
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SUMMARY:Evenings with an Author: Lisa See in conversation with Pauline Lemasson [Virtual Public Event; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:*Covid-19 Update: This winter\, the Library’s Evening with an Author series will continue to meet virtually\, via Zoom. These events\, which are free and open to the public\, require advance sign up. Evenings with an Author programs begin at 19h30 (Central European Time). Please check eLibris or our programs calendar for updates and line-up. \nRegister here! \nAn evening of conversation with Lisa See on writing\, inspiration\, and female friendships\nPlease join us for a conversation with New York Times bestselling author Lisa See (moderated by Pauline Lemasson) about writing\, creativity and inspiration\, female friendships\, and historical research\, with particular focus on her novels Shanghai Girls (2010)\, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane (2017) and The Island of Sea Women (2019). See’s fiction is widely read and beloved for her deep look into Chinese culture and history\, the focus on female friendships\, and the long arc of historical events written in lavish detail. We will discuss her writing process\, where she finds creativity and inspiration\, how she dives into historical research\, and what she finds in female relationships that hold up against time\, hardship\, and life-changing choices. \n  \n \nLisa See is the New York Times bestselling author of The Island of Sea Women\, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane\, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan\, The Island of Sea Women\, Peony in Love\, Shanghai Girls\, China Dolls\, and Dreams of Joy\, which debuted at #1. She is also the author of On Gold Mountain\, which tells the story of her Chinese American family’s settlement in Los Angeles. Ms. See has also written a mystery series that takes place in China. Her books have been published in 39 languages.  See was the recipient of the Golden Spike Award from the Chinese Historical Association of Southern California and the History Maker’s Award from the Chinese American Museum. She was also named National Woman of the Year by the Organization of Chinese American Women. \nMs. See wrote the libretto for Los Angeles Opera based on On Gold Mountain\, which premiered in June 2000. That same year\, she also curated the exhibition On Gold Mountain: A Chinese American Experience at the Autry Museum. Ms. See then helped develop and curate the Family Discovery Gallery at the Autry Museum\, an interactive space for children and their families that focused on Lisa’s bi-racial\, bi-cultural family. In 2003\, she curated the inaugural exhibition—a retrospective of artist Tyrus Wong—for the grand opening of the Chinese American Museum in Los Angeles. \n\nPauline Lemasson is contributing writer on culture\, history\, and current affairs for Inspirelle and Untapped Paris. She was formerly the Strategic Partnerships Manager at the American Library in Paris and Executive Director of the Chinese American Museum in Los Angeles. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/evenings-with-an-author-lisa-see-in-conversation-with-pauline-lemasson/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210327T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210327T150000
DTSTAMP:20260418T035018
CREATED:20210302T125613Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210302T125636Z
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SUMMARY:Vikings (ages 6–12) [VIRTUAL; RSVP REQUIRED]
DESCRIPTION:For ages 6–12 \n  \nChildren ages 6–12 are invited to join us for an interactive event exploring the Vikings. Who were the Vikings? How did they travel\, and why? Join us and explore Viking culture from battles to farming\, and learn some Viking runes so that you can send your own messages. We’ll even design our own Viking long-ship! \n  \nCaregivers are requested to join in with their children and participate in the program. \n  \n  \nThis event requires advance registration. Click HERE to register. \n  \nWe thank you for your continued support and for being a part of the Library community! If you would like to support the Library\, you can donate here to help sustain this vital institution in its 100th year of service. \n  \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/vikings-ages-6-12-virtual-rsvp-required/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210325T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210325T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T035018
CREATED:20210217T105834Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210217T112229Z
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SUMMARY:Writing Workshop with Laura Cronk-  Poetry\, Nonfiction\, and Open Genre [Virtual Event\, Library members only\, RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:*Covid-19 Update: This spring\, the Library’s programs will continue to meet virtually\, via Zoom. Please check eLibris or our programs calendar for updates and line-up. This event is limited to Library members and requires advance reservation. Please use this form to sign up. \nRegister here! \n Join us for a Writing Workshop with Laura Cronk (Poetry\, Nonfiction\, and Open Genre)\nWhat would you say if you could speak directly to a former apartment\, to a powerful leader\, to your alarm clock\, to time itself?  \nThe classic poetic device of apostrophe\, or direct address\, can be uniquely productive for both poets and prose writers\, leading us into discovery and unexpected connection. This generative session provides an opportunity to experiment with apostrophe and the idea of the ode. As Kenneth Koch\, an American poet with an affinity for Paris\, did in his book New Addresses\, we’ll aim to surprise ourselves by writing directly to who and what haunts us\, delights us\, and has shaped us. Open to writers of any genre. \nWorkshop Agenda: \nIntroduction & conversation with Joydeep Sengupta  \nPresentation of ode examples  \nTwo timed writing sessions of ten minutes each \nReflection and optional sharing with class \n\n \n  \nLaura Cronk is the author of two books of poems\, Ghost Hour and Having Been an Accomplice from Persea Books. She is the chair of undergraduate writing at The New School in New York City where she teaches courses on pedagogy and creative practice. More information at lauracronk.org. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\nJoydeep Sengupta is a corporate lawyer who moved to Paris from New York City\, and a member of the American Library in Paris. He fully agrees with one of his law school teachers who once told him\, “Behind every great lawyer are the ruins of a poet.”
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/writing-workshop-with-laura-cronk/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210324T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20210324T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T035018
CREATED:20210210T181138Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210211T161309Z
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SUMMARY:Evenings with an Author: Kate Kirkpatrick [Virtual Public Event; RSVP Required]
DESCRIPTION:*Covid-19 Update: This winter\, the Library’s Evening with an Author series will continue to meet virtually\, via Zoom. These events\, which are free and open to the public\, require advance sign up. Evenings with an Author programs begin at 19h30 (Central European Time). Please check eLibris or our programs calendar for updates and line-up. \nRegister here! \nJoin us for an evening with Dr. Kate Kirkpatrick as she speaks about her new book\, Becoming Beauvoir\n\nSimone de Beauvoir was one of the most influential intellectuals of the twentieth century. Yet her life has been widely misrepresented and profoundly misunderstood. In Becoming Beauvoir\, Kate Kirkpatrick draws on previously unpublished diaries and letters to offer a unique insight into Beauvoir’s relationships\, her philosophy of freedom and love\, and the complex struggle it was to become herself.\n\n\n \nphoto (c) John Cairns \nDr. Kate Kirkpatrick is Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy at Regent’s Park College\, Oxford. Her research focuses primarily on French existentialism and phenomenology\, the philosophy of religion\, and feminist philosophy.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/evenings-with-an-author-kate-kirkpatrick/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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