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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Henry Kissinger: The Diplomat of the Century
DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (in-person) to discuss \nHenry Kissinger: The Diplomat of the Century\nwith diplomat Gérard Araud and journalist Elaine Sciolino \nClick here to RSVP for the online event \nClick here to RSVP for the in-person event \nHenry Kissinger: Le diplomate du siècle (2021) is the story of a young Jewish boy born in Germany in 1923. The story begins as Kissinger\, along with his family\, fled from Nazism to New York. Equipped with luminous intelligence\, an industrious ethic\, and an overly playful character\, Kissinger was able to navigate all situations from the streets of the Bronx to greens of Harvard University to the corridors of the White House. First National Security Advisor and then Secretary of State to President Nixon\, Kissinger played a central role in world history. He was central\, for example\, to the end of the Vietnam War\, the opening up of China in 1972\, the détente with the USSR and the Yom Kippur War. He had many successes in the Middle East and Russia\, but also setbacks in Chile and Cambodia. An outstanding negotiator\, he was as much admired as he was detested. \nThough Kissinger left office more than forty years ago\, he still exerts influence as many great contemporary leaders – Putin\, Xi Jinping\, Modi\, Macron – look to his legacy for guidance. With an insider’s gaze\, Gérard Araud\, a diplomat himself\, retraces the trajectory of a man unloved by Americans\, a man of spirit\, and a man of Realpolitik who regulated global power to guarantee world peace. \nClick here to RSVP for the online event \nClick here to RSVP for the in-person event \nAbout the speakers: \nGérard Araud \nAraud is a French diplomat\, who served as Ambassador of France to the United States from 2014 to 2019. He previously held many positions within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Notably\, he was Director for Strategic Affairs\, Security and Disarmament\, Ambassador of France to Israel\, Director General for Political Affairs and Security\, as well as Representative of France to the United Nations in New York. Over the course of his career\, Araud has developed specialized knowledge in two key areas: Middle East and security issues. He was\, for instance\, the French negotiator on the Iranian nuclear issue from 2006 to 2009. \nSince his retirement in 2019\, he has served as trustee of the International Crisis Group and as Senior Distinguished Fellow of the Atlantic Council in Washington DC. He is a columnist for the French weekly Le Point\, for the French TV channel BFM TV and for the National French Radio France Inter. He has frequently been interviewed as an expert on foreign affairs by CNN International\, the BBC\, as well as other English-language news outlets. \nElaine Sciolino  \nSciolino is a contributing writer and former Paris bureau chief for The New York Times\, based in France since 2002. Her latest book\, The Seine: The River That Made Paris\, was a Los Angeles Times bestseller and a Barnes & Noble nonfiction book-of-the-month selection. Her previous book\, The Only Street in Paris: Life on the Rue des Martyrs\, published in 2015\, was a New York Times best seller. Sciolino was decorated chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 2010 for her “special contribution” to the friendship between France and the United States. \nThe conversation\, a part of the Library’s Evenings with an Author series\, is sponsored by GRoW @ Annenberg. \nIMPORTANT: ON-SITE INFORMATION REGARDING COVID-19 \nA pass sanitaire is required for all visitors ages 12+. \nVisitors ages 6+\, staff\, and volunteers are required to wear masks on the premises.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/kissinger21/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211027T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211027T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T021619
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SUMMARY:(Online) Lauren Oyler on Fake Accounts
DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (online) to discuss \nFake Accounts\nwith author Lauren Oyler \nClick here to RSVP \nA “sharp\, brilliant interrogation of the way we live now\,” Fake Accounts\, Oyler’s debut novel\, follows  a woman who discovers her boyfriend is an anonymous internet conspiracy theorist. Capturing the “neurotic spirit of a generation\,” the way social media has reconfigured the way we relate to the world\, this dense\, funny and fierce work takes place in New York and Berlin\, with a brief detour to Washington\, D.C. \nClick here to RSVP \nOyler’s essays on books and culture have appeared in the New Yorker\, the New York Times Magazine\, the New York Times Book Review\, the London Review of Books\, Harper’s\, the Guardian\, New York Magazine’s The Cut\, Bookforum\, the Baffler\, the New Republic\, and elsewhere. From 2015 to 2017\, Oyler was an editor at Broadly\, the women’s site at Vice. Before that\, she was a freelance copy editor\, among other things\, in Berlin. In addition to Fake Accounts she has co-written two books with Alyssa Mastromonaco and has ghostwritten for other people as well.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/online-lauren-oyler-on-fake-accounts/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211029T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211029T210000
DTSTAMP:20260418T021619
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SUMMARY:Zombie Fashion Show (ages 12–adult)
DESCRIPTION:The American Library in Paris presents: the annual Halloween Extravaganza\, with a Zombie Fashion Show on 29 October! \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER TO ATTEND THE SHOW. \nThe American Library in Paris will turn into a hot spot for the undead the evening of Friday 29 October. The event will feature zombie trivia\, a screening of an original film by the Library’s Master Shot Film Club\, a reading by Amy Plum (who will share a zombie battle scene from her novel Die for Me)\, and a Zombie catwalk show (a.k.a. a costume contest for the best of the undead).The audience will select the most rotten of the zombies after zombie contestants crawl the catwalk. \n\n\nTo participate in the event as part of the audience\, registration is required. Register early\, as space is limited! \n\nContestants may REGISTER HERE. To enter as a zombie fashion show contestant\, fill out this form online by 15 October. Each zombie contestant will have 2 minutes to walk the catwalk in their undead attire. Fashion show prizes will be awarded in the following categories: \n\nLiterary Zombie Masterpiece\nMost Creative Zombie Attire\nUndead Zombie Champion\n\n\nAdvance registration is required for this event. Participation is free for Library members. If you are not yet a Library member\, but would like to participate\, please join the Library.  \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER TO ATTEND THE SHOW. \n\nQuestions about the Halloween Extravaganza? Contact the Children’s and Teens’ Services Department: 01 53 59 12 69 or send an email to Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org \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.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/zombie-fashion-show-ages-12-adult/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Teens
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SUMMARY:Costume Contest (all ages) (Virtual/In-person)
DESCRIPTION:The American Library in Paris presents: the annual Halloween Extravaganza\, with a virtual costume contest\, Halloween trivia\, and fun on Saturday 30 October.\n \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \nJoin us for a virtual celebration\, trivia\, and a costume contest! Log in from wherever you are in the world and join in the fun! The event will begin at 18h00\, and will be streamed live from The American Library in Paris in front of a small on-site audience. If you would like to attend the in-person event\, read through all of the information on this page. \nSubmit your costume photos by 15h00 on 30 October to be included in the show (information below). \n\nYou may send in your photos all month long! Submit photos to: kidsandteens@americanlibraryinparis.org (Subject: “Costume Contest Photo.” Include the child’s name and the title of their costume in the body of the email). \nPrizes will be awarded in these categories: \nReally Funny Costume \nReally Pretty Costume \nReally Scary Costume \nGreat Book-Inspired Costume \nGreat Superhero Costume \nGreat Classic Halloween Costume \nGreat Animal Costume \nGreat Costume Incorporating a Mask \nReally Creative Costume \nGreat Parent Costume \n\n\nTeens and adults are also encouraged to attend our Zombie Fashion Show on Friday 29 October. \n\n\nAdvance registration is required for this event. Participation is free for Library members. If you are not yet a Library member\, but would like to participate\, please join the Library. If you want to join us for the in-person event\, click on the word “institution” on this page.\n \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \n\nQuestions about the Halloween Extravaganza? Contact the Children’s and Teens’ Services Department: 01 53 59 12 69 or send an email to Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org \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.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/virtual-costume-contest-all-ages/
CATEGORIES:Kids,Teens
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211102T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211102T203000
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SUMMARY:(Online) Who Gets Believed? With Dina Nayeri
DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (online) to discuss \nWho Gets Believed?\nwith author Dina Nayeri \nClick here to RSVP \nJoin Dina Nayeri for a discussion about themes from her upcoming book\, Who Gets Believed: Reflections on Stories and Truth. Several questions follow: How does truth shift to accommodate insiders of class\, faith\, and culture? How does an idea become true or a person credible? What does it mean to believe? The discussion will explore how lying and belief are embedded into various cultures\, as well as how the culture of belief is built\, coded\, and reaffirmed over time. \nClick here to RSVP \nNayeri is the Library’s current Visiting Fellow; the Fellowship is generously sponsored by The de Groot Foundation. She is the author of The Ungrateful Refugee\, winner of the 2020 Geschwister-Scholl-Preis\, finalist for the 2021 Elle Grand Prix des Lectrices\, the 2019 Kirkus Prize\, The Los Angeles Times Book Prize\, and winner of the 2020 Clara Johnson Award. The recipient of many fellowships\, including\, most recently\, the Columbia Institute for Ideas and Imagination’s Fellowship in 2019\, Nayeri’s stories and essays have been published by the New York Times\, the New York Times Magazine\, the Guardian\, the Los Angeles Times\, the New Yorker\, the Wall Street Journal\, and many others. Her debut novel\, A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea was translated into fourteen languages. Her second novel\, Refuge\, was a New York Times editor’s choice. She holds a BA from Princeton\, an MBA from Harvard\, and an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop\, where she was a Truman Capote Fellow and Teaching Writing Fellow.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/who-gets-believed-with-dina-nayeri/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211105T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211105T210000
DTSTAMP:20260418T021619
CREATED:20211001T102557Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211001T102557Z
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SUMMARY:Bad Art Night (ages 12–18)
DESCRIPTION:For ages 12–18 \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER. \nTalented artists\, amateurs\, and anyone who just wants to come make a big mess with paint\, clay\, glitter\, decoupage and pastels . . . you’re all invited to a night of bad art at the Library. Free your imagination and forget the rules as we compete to make the worst art possible. No need to bring anything along but your creativity. We’ll have all the supplies you need to make an original creation. \n\n\n  \nAdvance registration is required for this event. Participation in teen events is free for Library members. If you are not yet a Library member\, but would like to participate\, please join the Library. A signed permission slip is required to attend this event.\n \n\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER. \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.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/bad-art-night-ages-12-18/
CATEGORIES:Teens
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211106T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211106T120000
DTSTAMP:20260418T021619
CREATED:20211101T162959Z
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SUMMARY:Hibernate\, Migrate\, Adapt (ages 6–12)
DESCRIPTION:For ages 6–12\n \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \nJoin Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste and volunteers in the Children’s Library to explore animal behavior. Through trivia\, and games\, we’ll learn about the ways creatures survive the winter. \nThis event will be in-person. Face masks are required. Parents/chaperons are required to remain inside the Library for the duration of this activity. \n\nThis event is free for Library members\, and registration is required. Parents and other caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with these guidelines so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. If you have questions about events and/or collections for children and teens\, please contact Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org. \n\nIf 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 REGISTER
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/hibernate-migrate-adapt-ages-6-12/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211110T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211110T153000
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SUMMARY:Story Hour: Outer Space (ages 3–5)
DESCRIPTION:For ages 3–5 \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER. \n3–5 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for an interactive Story Hour outdoors in a small group! This program lasts one hour\, and features songs\, stories and hand rhymes in English. Each Story Hour is hosted by one of our children’s librarians with the help of a Library volunteer. In the event of rain the event will be moved indoors to our Children’s Library. \nFor this Story Hour\, enjoy books all about the moon\, the stars\, and the planets in our solar system! This Story Hour will be hosted by Children’s and Teens’ Services Librarian Kirsty\, with the help of Library volunteer Mary Wessels. They will read books and lead you and your little one in songs and hand-rhymes during a live\, interactive session. This participatory program is intended to encourage children to actively engage with stories. Plan to join in\, sing along\, and move around\, and model movement and listening for your little one. \n\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER. \n\nThis Story Hour is free for Library members\, and registration is required. Each parent/guardian is responsible for their own child\, and is expected to remain with their child for the duration of this activity. Caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with these guidelines so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. If you have questions about events and/or collections for children and teens\, please contact Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org. \nWe are an independent\, nonprofit organization. With your continued support\, we are able to provide over 200 programs each year for ages 0-18. 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 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/story-hour-outer-space-ages-3-5-2/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211110T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211110T203000
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid & In French) Les Femmes qui font Paris
DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (in-person and online*) to discuss \nLa Nouvelle Parisienne\nA panel with Aline Asmar d’Amman\, Victoire de Taillac\,  \nand Lindsey Tramuta \nModerated by: Colombe Schneck \nThe fantasy of the Parisienne\, with her subtle blend of beauty and elegance\, has captured the world’s imagination for centuries. In La Nouvelle Parisienne: Les femmes et les idées qui font Paris\, Lindsey Tramuta examines and deconstructs the stereotype\, showing us that there are many ways to be a Parisienne in contemporary France. The conversation will happen in French.  \nClick here to RSVP for the in-person event \nClick here to RSVP for the online event  \nAbout the speakers: \nLindsey Tramuta is a Paris-based journalist and author who moved to France from the United States nearly 15 years ago. Writing for numerous publications\, Tramuta has covered lesser-known topics\, uncovered new trends\, shared her travels\, and introduced readers to inspiring Francophiles. She is the author of The New Paris and The New Parisienne. \nAline Asmar d’Amman is the architect and interior designer behind Culture in Architecture\, a design studio based in Beirut and in Paris\, committed to bridging cultures while balancing the past with the present. The international firm has been at the helm of several iconic interior projects\, including the re-opening of Hôtel de Crillon in Paris and the renovation the Eiffel Tower’s gastronomic restaurant Le Jules Verne. \nAfter working for many years in the world of fashion and beauty\, Victoire de Taillac now runs Officine Universelle Buly alongside co-founder Ramdane Touhami. With boutiques in Japan\, South Korea\, Denmark\, the United Kingdom\, Taiwan\, the United States\, and Australia\, Officine Universelle Buly celebrates a history of apothecaries\, perfumeries\, and laboratories. \nThe panel discussion will be moderated by Colombe Schneck\, an award-winning writer\, journalist\, and director of documentary films. The recipient of scholarships from the Villa Medicis in Rome and the Institut Français\, Schneck is currently working on a novel that will soon be published by Grasset. She also writes a weekly column about reading for Madame Figaro.  \n*The discussion will be available both online and in-person. While the conversation will happen in-person (all panelists 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. \nClick here to RSVP for the in-person event \nClick here to RSVP for the online event  \n•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \nImportant: on-site information regarding COVID-19 \nIn compliance with French regulations\, a pass sanitaire is required for all visitors ages 12+. Visitors ages 6+\, staff\, and volunteers are required to wear masks on the premises.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/tramuta21/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211114T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211114T150000
DTSTAMP:20260418T021619
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SUMMARY:Fact or Fiction Challenge (ages 8–12)
DESCRIPTION:Ages 8-12\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nJoin Children’s and Teens’ Services Librarian Kirsty for an afternoon trivia game to celebrate Non-Fiction November. Build your research skills and learn fun facts about people\, places\, and history. Then\, face the Fact or Fiction Challenge to separate the truths from falsehoods\, in our interactive trivia game. \n  \n\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER\n\n\n\n  \n\n\nThis event is for Library members only and registration is required. \n\n\n\n\nCaregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with these guidelines so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. If you have questions about events and/or collections for children and teens\, please contact Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.\n\n\n  \nIf 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\n\n\n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/fact-or-fiction-challenge-ages-8-12/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211115T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211115T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T021619
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SUMMARY:(Online) Entre Nous: Anto Neosoul & Robert O'Meally
DESCRIPTION:The American Library in Paris\, Columbia Global Centers | Paris\, and the Institute for Ideas and Imagination are pleased to present Entre Nous. At the intersection of art and academia\, France and the United States\, the conversation series featuring academics\, authors\, journalists\, filmmakers\, and visual artists. \nJoin us for a conversation between Anto Neosoul and Robert O’Meally. \nRegister Now\nSpeakers: \nAnto Neosoul \nBorn in 1985 to a teacher (his mother) and a banker and theologian (his father)\, Neosoul is today one of Africa’s most popular soul musicians. He started to sing in primary school\, and continued to perform in secondary school as well as at the University of Nairobi\, where he studied broadcast journalism. \nAnto’s debut album “Starborn” launched Neosoul onto first a local and then a worldwide stage; he has since toured in both Africa and Europe. His performances have been described as “high on melody\, rhythm and harmonies.” Neosoul was nominated for the MTV African Music Awards in 2009. He was also nominated for two Kisima Awards for the Afro Fusion Song of the year and Best New Artist in 2012\, as well as two Groove Awards for video of the year and song of the year in 2013. \n  \nRobert O’Meally  \nO’Meally is the Zora Neale Hurston Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University\, where he has served on the faculty for twenty-five years. The founder and director of Columbia’s Center for Jazz Studies\, O’Meally is the author of The Craft of Ralph Ellison\, Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday\, The Jazz Singers\, and Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey. His edited volumes include The Jazz Cadence of American Culture\, Living With Music: Ralph Ellison’s Essays on Jazz\, History and Memory in African American Culture\, The Norton Anthology of African American Literature (co-editor)\, among others. For his production of a Smithsonian record set called The Jazz Singers\, he was nominated for a Grammy Award. His new books are The Romare Bearden Reader (edited for Duke University Press\, 2019) and Antagonistic Cooperation: Collage\, Jazz\, and American Fiction (Columbia University Press\, 2020). \nRegister Now
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/entrenousneosoul/
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211116T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211116T203000
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) An Evening of Jean de La Fontaine
DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (in person and online) to celebrate the work of \nJean de La Fontaine\nwith Christopher Carsten and Odile Doutriaux-Mouterde  \nClick here to RSVP for the in-person event \nClick here to RSVP for the online event \nJoin Evenings with an Author to celebrate Jean de La Fontaine\, a French poet whose 17th century Fables rank among the greatest masterpieces of French literature. Born in 1621 to a family of bourgeois civil servants\, La Fontaine obtained a lawyer’s diploma in 1649. As a student\, he spent most of his time in literary circles\, writing poems and stories. The Fables represent the peak of La Fontaine’s achievement. A brief discussion about La Fontaine\, as well as his most famous fables with translator Christopher Carsten will be followed by a live performance of his poetry by Odile Doutriaux-Mouterde and Carsten. Performed poems will include “The Wolf and the Lamb\,” “The Rat Who Retired From The World\,” and “La Fille\,” among others.  \nClick here to RSVP for the in-person event \nClick here to RSVP for the online event \nAbout the speakers: \nChristopher Carsten \nAfter earning a BA from St John’s College\, Carsten joined the French Department at Yale University\, where he received MA and MPhil degrees in French literature.  \nSince the early 1990s\, Carsten has lived in Aix-en-Provence\, where he has taught English literature at the Université d’Aix-Marseille\, and philosophy and world literature at the private American institute\, I.A.U. Over the years\, Carsten has published various translations of La Fontaine’s fables: Fables of La Fontaine in 2005 for the University of Washington Press; 25 Fables Jean de La Fontaine in 2015 for Librairie Editions Tituli; and Wolves\, Frogs & Other Beasts in 2020 for Archétype Press.  \nOdile Doutriaux-Mouterde \nA former lawyer\, psychologist\, and a current family mediator\, Doutriaux-Mouterde has studied singing with Françoise Semellaz\, Jean-Louis Bindi and Nicole Uzan\, among others. Especially attracted to the baroque period\, Doutriaux-Mouterde obtained her CEM in baroque singing at the Conservatoire de Musique de Melun. She has also worked with Sylvie Portal\, former choir director of the Aria de Paris. \nLooking to treaties which illustrate the authentic gestures of eloquence and movement from the baroque period\, Doutriaux-Mouterde practices performance techniques from the 17th century. Specifying that her performance is not a question of reinvention\, but rather of restitution\, she practices the Fables of La Fontaine in particular. Doutriaux-Mouterde has participated twice in the Haydn Festival of La Roche-Posay. \nRegistration required. Free and open to the public. \n*The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Carsten and Doutriaux-Mouterde 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. \n•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \nImportant: on-site information regarding COVID-19 \nIn compliance with French regulations\, a pass sanitaire is required for all visitors ages 12+. Visitors ages 6+\, staff\, and volunteers are required to wear masks on the premises.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/lafontaine21/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211117T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211117T153000
DTSTAMP:20260418T021619
CREATED:20211102T170005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211102T170200Z
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SUMMARY:Story Hour: Dinosaurs Galore (ages 3–5)
DESCRIPTION:For ages 3–5 \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \n3–5 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for an interactive Story Hour outdoors in a small group! This program lasts one hour\, and features songs\, stories and hand rhymes in English. Each Story Hour is hosted by one of our children’s librarians with the help of a Library volunteer. In the event of rain the event will be moved indoors to our Children’s Library. \nFor this Story Hour\, enjoy stories and songs all about dinosaurs! This Story Hour will be hosted by Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste\, with the help of Library volunteer Mary Wessels\, and Library Intern Pallas-Amenah Morgan. They will read books and lead you and your little one in songs and hand-rhymes during a live\, interactive session. This participatory program is intended to encourage children to actively engage with stories. Plan to join in\, sing along\, and move around\, and model movement and listening for your little one. \n\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \n\nThis Story Hour is free for Library members\, and registration is required. Each parent/guardian is responsible for their own child\, and is expected to remain with their child for the duration of this activity. Caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with these guidelines so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. If you have questions about events and/or collections for children and teens\, please contact Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org. \nWe are an independent\, nonprofit organization. With your continued support\, we are able to provide over 200 programs each year for ages 0-18. If you would like to support the Library\, you can donate here to help sustain this vital institution in its 100th year of service.  
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/story-hour-dinosaurs-galore-ages-3-5/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211117T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211117T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T021619
CREATED:20211019T073543Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211107T134828Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Entre Nous: Lauren Elkin & Lauren Collins
DESCRIPTION:Join The American Library in Paris\, Columbia Global Centers | Paris\, and the Institute for Ideas and Imagination for the second in-person conversation of #EntreNousSeries.  \nA public transport vigil\, an observation of the world through the screen of her phone and from the height of her bus seat\, a study of the counterpoint between the everyday and the Event\, No. 91/92: A Diary of a Year on the Bus follows Elkin on her daily commutes from her apartment in the 5th Arrondissement to her teaching job in the 7th. The book\, a love letter to Paris that unfolds over the course of the 2014-15 academic year\, is also a meditation on how the city has changed in two decades\, evolving from the twentieth century into the twenty-first\, from analog to digital. \nClick here to RSVP for the online event \nClick here to RSVP for the in-person event \nAbout the speakers: \nLauren Elkin’s writing on books\, art\, and culture have appeared in a variety of international publications including the London Review of Books\, the New York Times\, and Le Monde\, among many others. A scholar of literature\, Elkin has taught at New York University\, the American University of Paris\, the University of Liverpool\, and the Université de Paris-Denis Diderot. Elkin’s last book\, Flâneuse: Women Walk the City\, was a finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay\, a New York Times Notable Book of 2017\, and a Radio 4 Book of the Week.  \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. \nRegistration required. Free and open to the public. \n*The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Elkin and Collins 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. \n•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \nImportant: on-site information regarding COVID-19 \nIn compliance with French regulations\, a pass sanitaire is required for all visitors ages 12+. Visitors ages 6+\, staff\, and volunteers are required to wear masks on the premises.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/elkincollins21/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211121T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211121T150000
DTSTAMP:20260418T021619
CREATED:20211105T111742Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211107T213447Z
UID:32236-1637503200-1637506800@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:The Perfect Thank-You Letter (ages 12–18)
DESCRIPTION:ages 12–18 \n\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \n\n\n\nLearn how to craft the perfect thank-you letter with the help of Children’s and Teens’ Services Librarian Kirsty. We’ll provide all of the supplies you need to craft a heartfelt note in time to send for the Thanksgiving holiday!\n \n\n  \n\n\nAdvance registration is required. 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 this session.\n\n\n\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \n\n\nFor questions about collections or events at the Library for Children and Teens contact Celeste Rhoads\, our Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/the-perfect-thank-you-letter-ages-12-18/
CATEGORIES:Teens
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211123T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211123T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T021619
CREATED:20211019T112200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211107T143427Z
UID:31959-1637695800-1637699400@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:(Hybrid) An Ideal Presence
DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (in person and online*) to discuss \nAn Ideal Presence\nwith Eduardo Berti and Daniel Levin Becker  \nClick here to RSVP for the in person event \nClick here to RSVP for the online event \nIn 2015\, the Argentinian novelist Eduardo Berti spent several weeks in a “medico-literary” residency at the University Hospital Centre in Rouen\, France\, observing and conversing with the staff and volunteers of its palliative care department. From that experience he created this series of lightly fictionalized testimonials from nurses\, nursing aides\, doctors\, administrators\, porters\, volunteer musicians\, and the other people who make the unit tick. The result is a distinctly intimate and often poignant portrait of sickness and care\, and unflinching look at death through the eyes of the people who work with it every day—but also a profound reflection on what it means to be alive. An Ideal Presence was translated from French into English by Daniel Levin Becker and published by Fern books. \nAbout the speakers: \nEduardo Berti\, born in Buenos Aires in 1964\, is the author of a vast body of work that includes novels\, stories\, music writing\, and various unclassifiable books. He has translated authors such as Gustave Flaubert\, Jane Austen\, and Marguerite Yourcenar into Spanish\, and is the editor of a Spanish edition of Henry James’s complete stories. A member of the OuLiPo since 2014\, he lives in Bordeaux. \nDaniel Levin Becker\, born in Chicago in 1984\, is the author of Many Subtle Channels: In Praise of Potential Literature and the translator of\, among others\, Georges Perec’s La Boutique Obscure. He has been a member of the OuLiPo since 2009. \n*The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Berti and Levin Becker 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. \nRegistration required. Free and open to the public. \nClick here to RSVP for the in person event \nClick here to RSVP for the online event \n••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \nImportant: on-site information regarding COVID-19 \nIn compliance with French regulations\, a pass sanitaire is required for all visitors ages 12+. Visitors ages 6+\, staff\, and volunteers are required to wear masks on the premises.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/berti21/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211127T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211127T120000
DTSTAMP:20260418T021619
CREATED:20211101T170708Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211101T170754Z
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SUMMARY:Focus on Julie Flett (ages 6–12)
DESCRIPTION:For ages 6–12\n \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \nJoin Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste and volunteers to explore the books of Cree-Metis author\, illustrator\, and artist Julie Flett\, then make your own artwork inspired by her creations. All supplies will be provided by the Library. \nThis event will be in-person. Face masks are required. Parents/chaperons are required to remain inside the Library for the duration of this activity. \n\nThis event is free for Library members\, and registration is required. Parents and other caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with these guidelines so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. If you have questions about events and/or collections for children and teens\, please contact Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org. \n\nIf 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. \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/focus-on-julie-flett-ages-6-12/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211127T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211127T170000
DTSTAMP:20260418T021619
CREATED:20210924T140535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210924T140535Z
UID:31460-1638028800-1638032400@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Graphic Novel Book Club: "Heartstopper" (ages 12–18)
DESCRIPTION:Join graphic novel fans to discuss great works with other readers.\n\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER. \nJoin us for animated discussion of Alice Osman’s Heartstopper\, plus its sequel. This book club meeting will be facilitated by Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager (and fantasy fan) Celeste.\n\n\n  \n\n\nAdvance registration is required for this book group. 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 this session.\n\n\n\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER. \n\n\nFor questions about collections or events at the Library for Children and Teens contact Celeste Rhoads\, our Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/graphic-novel-book-club-heartstopper-ages-12-18/
CATEGORIES:Teens
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211130T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211130T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T021619
CREATED:20211019T115520Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211107T133739Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel
DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (in-person and online*) to discuss \nThe Odyssey of Angela Merkel\nwith Kati Marton and Thomas Chatterton Williams \nClick here to RSVP for the online event \nClick here to RSVP for the in-person event \nThis Fall\, Chancellor Merkel\, a pillar on the international stage\, is expected to step down after a remarkable 16 years in office. This is sure to be a consequential change for Germany\, Europe\, and the world at large\, and whoever takes her place will have very large (modest\, practical) shoes to fill. With this event on the horizon\, bestselling author\, award-winning journalist\, and connected political insider Kati Marton’s biography couldn’t be better timed. \nThe Chancellor is at once a riveting political biography and an intimate human story of a complete outsider—a research chemist and pastor’s daughter raised in Soviet-controlled East Germany—who rose to become the unofficial leader of the West. Marton set out to pierce the mystery of how Angela Merkel achieved all this. And she found the answer in Merkel’s political genius: in her willingness to talk with adversaries rather than over them\, her skill at negotiating without ever compromising on what’s most important to her\, her canniness in appointing political rivals to her cabinet and exacting their policies so they have no platform to run against her\, the humility to allow others to take credit for things done in tandem\, the wisdom to stay out of the papers and off Twitter\, and the vision to take advantage of crises to enact bold change. \nClick here to RSVP for the online event \nClick here to RSVP for the in-person event \nAbout the speakers: \nKati Marton is the author of True Believer: Stalin’s Last American Spy; Enemies of the People: My Family’s Journey to America\, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist; The Great Escape: Nine Jews Who Fled Hitler and Changed the World; Hidden Power: Presidential Marriages That Shaped Our History; Wallenberg; The Polk Conspiracy; and A Death in Jerusalem. She is an award-winning former NPR and ABC News correspondent. She was born in Hungary and lives in New York City. \nThomas Chatterton Williams is the author of Losing My Cool and Self-Portrait in Black and White. He is a contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine\, a Columnist at Harper’s\, a 2019 New America Fellow and a visiting fellow at AEI. His work has appeared in the New Yorker\, the London Review of Books\, Le Monde and many other places\, and has been collected in The Best American Essays and The Best American Travel Writing. He has received support from Yaddo\, MacDowell and The American Academy in Berlin\, where he is a member of the Board of Trustees. His next book\, Nothing Was the Same: The Pandemic Summer of George Floyd and the Shift in Western Consciousness\, will be published by Knopf. \nRegistration required. Free and open to the public. \n*The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Marton and Chatterton Williams 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. \n•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \nImportant: on-site information regarding COVID-19 \nIn compliance with French regulations\, a pass sanitaire is required for all visitors ages 12+. Visitors ages 6+\, staff\, and volunteers are required to wear masks on the premises.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/hybrid-the-remarkable-odyssey-of-angela-merkel/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211201T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211201T153000
DTSTAMP:20260418T021619
CREATED:20211124T113906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211124T113906Z
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SUMMARY:Story Hour: Ocean Tales (ages 3–5)
DESCRIPTION:For ages 3–5 \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \n3–5 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for an interactive Story Hour in a small group! This program lasts an hour\, and features songs\, stories and hand rhymes in English. Each Story Hour is hosted by one of our children’s librarians with the help of a Library volunteer. \nFor this Story Hour\, enjoy stories and songs all about the ocean and creatures of the seas! This Story Hour will be hosted by Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste\, with the help of Library volunteer Mary Wessels\, and Library Intern Pallas-Amenah Morgan. They will read books and lead you and your little one in songs and hand-rhymes during a live\, interactive session. This participatory program is intended to encourage children to actively engage with stories. Plan to join in\, sing along\, and move around\, and model movement and listening for your little one. \n\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \n\nThis event is open to Library members\, and registration is required. Each parent/guardian is responsible for their own child\, and is expected to remain with their child for the duration of this activity. Caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with these guidelines so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. If you have questions about events and/or collections for children and teens\, please contact Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org. \nWe are an independent\, nonprofit organization. With your continued support\, we are able to provide over 200 programs each year for ages 0-18. If you would like to support the Library\, you can donate here to help sustain this vital institution in its 100th year of service.  
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/story-hour-ocean-tales-ages-3-5/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211201T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211201T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T021619
CREATED:20211019T121549Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211107T144126Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Translating the Nights
DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (in person and online*) to discuss \nTales from 1001 Nights\nwith translator and poet Yasmine Seale \nClick here to RSVP for the in-person event \nClick here to RSVP for the online event \nA cornerstone of world literature and a monument to the power of storytelling\, the Arabian Nights has inspired countless authors\, from Charles Dickens and Edgar Allan Poe to Naguib Mahfouz\, Clarice Lispector\, and Angela Carter. Now\, in this lavishly designed and illustrated edition of The Annotated Arabian Nights the acclaimed literary historian Paulo Lemos Horta and brilliant poet and translator Yasmine Seale present a new selection of tales from the Nights\, featuring treasured original stories as well as later additions including “Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp” and “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves\,” definitively bringing the Nights into the twenty-first century. \n\n\n\nAlthough readers have long been enchanted by the legendary tales\, the English-speaking world has relied on dated translations by Richard Burton\, Edward Lane\, and other nineteenth-century adventurers. Seale’s distinctly contemporary and lyrical translations – working from both Arabic and French sources – break decisively with this masculine dynasty\, stripping away the deliberate exoticism of Orientalist renderings and bringing an urgency to Shahrazad’s voice. \nClick here to RSVP for the in-person event \nClick here to RSVP for the online event \nYasmine Seale is a British-Syrian writer and literary translator. Her essays\, poetry\, visual art\, and translations from Arabic and French have appeared widely — in Harper’s\, the Paris Review\, the Times Literary Supplement\, Apollo and elsewhere. Her first translated book\, Aladdin\, came out from W. W. Norton in 2018. Seale’s work has received a PEN America Literary Grant and the Wasafiri New Writing Prize for Poetry. \n*The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Seale 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.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/seale21/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211204T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211204T120000
DTSTAMP:20260418T021619
CREATED:20211027T094436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211027T094728Z
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SUMMARY:Oliver Gee and Lina Nordin Gee reading "Roger the Liger in Paris" (ages 3–9)
DESCRIPTION:For ages 3–9\n \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \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 Roger the Liger in Paris. Following the reading\, Lina will show participants how to draw a liger (a combination of a tiger and a lion!) and then the pair will answer questions about what inspired this fantastical tale. \nThis live\, interactive event will be hosted in the Children’s Library—Early. Library programs are created to encourage children to actively engage with stories. Children and adults will be invited to ask questions during the Q&A portion of the event. Books will be available for purchase at the event. \nAbout Oliver Gee and Lina Nordin Gee: Together\, Oliver Gee and Lina Nordin Gee created Kylie the Crocodile in Paris. 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 Roger the Liger in Paris\, their second picture book\, here. \n\nThis event is free for Library members\, and registration is required. Parents and other caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with these guidelines so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. If you have questions about events and/or collections for children and teens\, please contact Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org. \n\nIf 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 REGISTER \n 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/oliver-gee-and-lina-nordin-gee-reading-roger-the-liger-in-paris-ages-3-9/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211204T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211204T150000
DTSTAMP:20260418T021619
CREATED:20211028T213737Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211028T213848Z
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SUMMARY:Fantasy Book Club: "Daughter of Smoke and Bone" (ages 12–adult)
DESCRIPTION:Join fantasy fans to discuss new worlds and novels with like-minded readers.\n\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER. \n\n\n\nIn December\, we’ll be reading and discussing Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor. Some book club members will likely read the entire trilogy. Beware—there will be spoilers! This book club meeting will be facilitated by Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager (and fantasy fan) Celeste Rhoads.\n \n\n  \n\n\nAdvance registration is required. 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 this session.\n\n\n\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER. \n\n\nFor questions about collections or events at the Library for Children and Teens contact Celeste Rhoads\, our Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/fantasy-book-club-daughter-of-smoke-and-bone-ages-12-adult/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Teens
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211207T193000
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Too Much Noise with Olivier Sibony
DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (in person and online*) to discuss \nNoise: A Flaw in Human Judgment\nwith best-selling author Olivier Sibony and Professor of Strategy at HEC Laurence Lehmann Ortega \nClick here to RSVP for the online event \nClick here to RSVP for the in-person event \nImagine that two doctors in the same city give different diagnoses to identical patients – or that two judges in the same court give different sentences to people who have committed matching crimes. Now imagine that the same doctor and the same judge make different decisions depending on whether it is morning or afternoon\, or Monday rather than Wednesday\, or they haven’t yet had lunch. These are examples of noise: variability in judgements that should be identical. \nIn Noise\, Daniel Kahneman\, Olivier Sibony and Cass R. Sunstein show how noise produces errors in many fields\, including in medicine\, law\, public health\, economic forecasting\, forensic science\, child protection\, creative strategy\, performance review and hiring. And although noise can be found wherever people are making judgements and decisions\, individuals and organizations alike commonly ignore its impact\, at great cost. \nPacked with new ideas\, and drawing on the same kind of sharp analysis and breadth of case study that made Thinking\, Fast and Slow and Nudge international bestsellers\, Noise explains how and why humans are so susceptible to noise and bias in decision-making. We all make bad judgements more than we think. With a few simple remedies\, this groundbreaking book explores what we can do to make better ones. \nClick here to RSVP for the online event \nClick here to RSVP for the in-person event \nAbout the speakers: \nOlivier Sibony \nSibony is a professor\, author and advisor specializing in the quality of strategic thinking and the design of decision processes. Sibony is Professor of Strategy at HEC Paris. He is also an Associate Fellow of Saïd Business School in Oxford University\, and has taught at London Business School\, Ecole Polytechnique\, ENA\, IE Madrid\, and other institutions. Previously\, he spent 25 years with McKinsey & Company in France and in the U.S.\, where he was a Senior Partner. There\, he was\, at various times\, a leader of the Global Strategy Practice and of the Consumer Goods & Retail Sector. \nSibony’s latest book\, Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment\, co-authored with Daniel Kahneman and Cass R. Sunstein\, has appeared on multiple bestseller lists worldwide\, including the New York Times list. His previous book\, You’re About to Make a Terrible Mistake!\, was awarded the 2019 Manpower Foundation Grand Prize for best management book of the year\, and is translated into multiple languages. Sibony builds on this research and experience to advise senior leaders on strategic and operational decision-making. He is a frequent keynote speaker and facilitator of top management and board meetings. He also serves as a member of corporate\, advisory and investment boards. Sibony is a graduate of HEC Paris and holds a Ph. D. from Université Paris-Dauphine. He is a knight in the French Order of the Légion d’Honneur. He is married and the father of two children. He lives in Paris. \nLaurence Lehmann Ortega \nAfter graduating from HEC (1993)\,Lehmann Ortega first worked as a consultant in strategy before joining Montpellier Business School as a Director of Graduate and MBA programs. Since 2009\, she is an Education Track Professor at the HEC Paris Strategy and Business Policy department. Besides teaching strategic and business model innovation in master programs\, at the MBA and in Executive Education\, she is he scientific director of the Master in Strategic Management and academic director of several corporate custom programs at HEC Executive Education. \nSince 2006\, she holds a PhD in Management from the University of Aix en Provence. Her research focuses on strategic innovation\, especially in incumbent firms in mature and low-tech industries. In this context\, she deals with business model innovation as a response to sustainable development constraints and with its consequences in multinational firms\, in particular the learning process and the questioning of mental schemes. Lehmann Ortega co-authored Strategor\, the leading strategic management textbook in France (translated into 4 languages). She has also published several articles in reviews and periodicals such as Long Range Planning and Management. She is the co-author of “Odyssey 3.14 Reinvent your business model”\, an original approach combining innovation and strategy. \nRegistration required. Free and open to the public. \n*The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Sibony and Lehmann Ortega 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. \nImportant: on-site information regarding COVID-19 \nIn compliance with French regulations\, a pass sanitaire is required for all visitors ages 12+. Visitors ages 6+\, staff\, and volunteers are required to wear masks on the premises. \n•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \nThe discussion is co-sponsored by AmCham France\, which was founded in 1894 to promote economic exchanges between France and the United States. As a platform for meetings\, reflection and exchange\, AmCham France acts as a link between the political\, economic andacademic communities. Today\, it brings together 200 leading French and American companies as well as numerous academic and economic partners committed to the transatlantic relationship. Independent of any government\, and convinced that businesses have a crucial role to play in bringing new ideas to the public debate\, it is a force for proposals to meet the major societal\, economic and environmental challenges. As such\, AmCham France is committed to strengthening the attractiveness of France. On behalf of its members\, AmCham France works with public decision-makers to develop and consolidate a French environment that is favorable to international companies\, particularly American companies\, which are the leading foreign investors and employers in France.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/sibony21/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults
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SUMMARY:Music Together with James Elliott (ages 0–5)
DESCRIPTION:For ages 0–5\n \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \nJoin guest James Elliott of Music Together for a workshop dedicated to music and movement!\nToday\, it’s common for us to simply listen to music rather than create it ourselves. But actively making music—with our voices and our bodies—is important to children’s overall development. Since 1987\, Music Together\, has introduced millions of children\, parents\, and teachers to the joys of music-making and the powerful benefits of having music in their lives. In our family workshops children and parents learn together through active exploration and live\, meaningful interaction. So\, take out the earbuds and pick up the instruments we were all given at birth—ourselves! Each child (aged 0–5) should accompany one of their favorite grownups. \nThis live\, interactive event will be hosted in the Children’s Library—Early\, and is intended for children and their caregivers. \n CLICK HERE TO REGISTER \n\n\nThis event open to Library members\, and registration is required. Parents and other caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with these guidelines so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. If you have questions about events and/or collections for children and teens\, please contact Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org. \n\nIf 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 REGISTER
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/music-together-with-james-elliott-ages-0-5/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220108T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220108T120000
DTSTAMP:20260418T021619
CREATED:20211203T112706Z
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SUMMARY:The Worries Book Group with Jion Sheibani (ages 5-9)
DESCRIPTION:For ages 5–9\n \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \nJoin us for a book group discussion about The Worries: Sohal Finds a Friend. Author and illustrator Jion Sheibani will host this book group\, and lead the discussion with participants. All participants should finish reading the chapter book before we meet!\n\n  \n\n\nAbout Jion Sheibani: Jion is the author and illustrator of Lily & The Polar Bears and The Worries young fiction series. She grew up in Brighton and now lives in Paris with her family. She’s a self-taught illustrator and studied English literature at Oxford University. When she moved to Paris\, she taught English to students at Sciences Po and ENSAE universities before opening her own language school for children\, Anglofun. Now\, she mainly draws and writes in her garden studio. As well as picture books and young fiction\, she also writes and illustrates for older readers. Her first YA novel\, The Silver Chain\, will  be released in April 2022. Find out more about Jion and her work here.\nEach child (aged 5–9) may participate in the program on their own\, while their chaperone remains inside the Library. \nThis live\, interactive event will be hosted in the Children’s Library—Juvenile. \n CLICK HERE TO REGISTER \n\nThis event open to Library members\, and registration is required. Parents and other caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with these guidelines so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. If you have questions about events and/or collections for children and teens\, please contact Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org. \n\nIf 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 
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/the-worries-book-group-with-jion-sheibani-ages-5-9/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220112T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220112T153000
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SUMMARY:Story Hour: Seasons Change (ages 3–5)
DESCRIPTION:For ages 3–5 \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \n3–5 year-olds and their grown-ups are invited to join us for an interactive Story Hour in a small group! This program lasts an hour\, and features songs\, stories and hand rhymes in English. Each Story Hour is hosted by one of our children’s librarians with the help of a Library volunteer. \nFor this Story Hour\, enjoy stories and songs all about the seasons and how they change. This Story Hour will be hosted by Children’s and Teens’ Services Librarian Kirsty\, with the help of Library volunteer Mary Wessels\, and Library Intern Pallas-Amenah Morgan. They will read books and lead you and your little one in songs and hand-rhymes during a live\, interactive session. This participatory program is intended to encourage children to actively engage with stories. Plan to join in\, sing along\, and move around\, and model movement and listening for your little one. \n\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \n\nThis event is open to Library members\, and registration is required. Each parent/guardian is responsible for their own child\, and is expected to remain with their child for the duration of this activity. Caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with these guidelines so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. If you have questions about events and/or collections for children and teens\, please contact Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org. \nWe are an independent\, nonprofit organization. With your continued support\, we are able to provide over 200 programs each year for ages 0-18. If you would like to support the Library\, you can donate here to help sustain this vital institution in its 100th year of service.  
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/story-hour-seasons-change-ages-3-5/
CATEGORIES:Kids
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220112T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220112T203000
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Creating and Inventing with Ayşegül Savaş
DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (in-person and online*) to discuss \nWhite on White\nwith novelist Ayşegül Savaş \nClick here to RSVP\nUnder the watchful eye of the anonymous narrator in Ayşegül Savaş’s second novel\, White on White\, a picturesque setting begins to fall apart. Having arrived in an unnamed European city to study Gothic sculpture for her doctoral thesis\, our narrator is trained in observing inert bodies. What readers confront\, however\, is her struggle to see real life clearly–particularly in the case of her landlord-turned-friend\, whose experience and philosophy as a painter is juxtaposed with the narrator’s scholarly background. \nAs the story evolves\, the student finds herself caught in the same trappings of representation and revelation that she had intended to study. Ultimately\, Savaş pushes the boundaries between artistic creation and self-invention to the point of breaking. A compelling and deeply psychological story of identity\, connection\, and storytelling\, White on White been praised as an elegant and haunting masterpiece. Join Savaş as she discusses this immensely impressive new release: its inception\, its characters\, its commentary on the relationship between art and self.  \nClick here to RSVP\nAbout the speaker: \nAyşegül Savaş is the author of Walking on the Ceiling\, published in 2019. She has been published in The New Yorker\, The Paris Review\, and The Guardian\, among other outlets. Originally from Turkey\, Savaş currently resides in Paris.  \nRegistration required. Free and open to the public. \n*The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Savaş 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. \nClick here to RSVP\n•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \nImportant: on-site information regarding COVID-19 \nIn compliance with French regulations\, a pass sanitaire is required for all visitors ages 12+. Visitors ages 6+\, staff\, and volunteers are required to wear masks on the premises.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/savas22/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220113T210000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220113T220000
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SUMMARY:(Online) The Life and Art of Kunihiko Moriguchi
DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author and the Mechanics’ Institute (online) to discuss \nThe Life and Art of Moriguchi\nwith author and filmmaker Marc Petitjean  \nClick here to RSVP\nMarc Petitjean offers an intimate portrait of one of Japan’s most iconic artists\, master kimono painter and Living National Treasure Kunihiko Moriguchi. Moriguchi\, known for innovating the craft of yuzen (a 17th-century resist-dyeing method)\, through his visionary arrangement of abstraction in patterns\, understands the centuries-old Kimono to not just be an object to wear but a canvas on which to create art. As Moriguchi stated\, “We have to answer the challenge of modernity: what is a kimono\, or what will it become\, if it ceases to be a thing worn?”. Petitjean\, who formed a close friendship with Moriguchi while making a documentary about him (Trésor Vivant\, 2012)\, is uniquely suited to tell the story of this extraordinary artisan’s creative evolution. Moriguchi’s works are collected by museums around the world and held in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, the Victoria and Albert Museum\, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art\, Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art\, and National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto\, among others. \nClick here to RSVP\nBack to Japan begins when Moriguchi\, nicknamed “Kuni\,” is coming of age in mid-century Kyoto\, a place steeped in tradition. After graduating from Kyoto City University\, where he studied modern painting\, Moriguchi boldly decides to move to Paris to further his studies at the École des Arts Décoratifs rather than learn about yuzen from his father\, whose rigid\, almost feudal\, workshop holds little appeal to his son. It is a choice that changes Moriguchi’s trajectory as an artist. In France\, he encounters cutting-edge techniques such as Optical Art (in which repeated shapes are used to produce illusions) and becomes a friend and protégé of the French-Polish painter Balthus\, through whose network of connections he meets Joan Miró\, Marc Chagall\, Max Ernst and artistic luminaries of the time. \nClick here to RSVP\nAbout the speakers: \nMark Petitjean is a writer\, filmmaker\, and photographer. He is the author of The Heart: Frida Kahlo in Paris. He has directed several documentaries\, including From Hiroshima to Fukushima\, on Dr. Shuntaro Hida\, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima; Living Treasure\, about Japanese kimono painter Kunihiko Moriguchi; and Zones grises\, on his own search for information about the life of his father\, Michel Petitjean\, after his death. \nAdriana Hunter studied French and Drama at the University of London. She has translated more than ninety books\, including Véronique Olmi’s Bakhita and Hervé Le Tellier’s Eléctrico W\, winner of the French-American Foundation’s 2013 Translation Prize in Fiction. She lives in Kent\, England. \nClick here to RSVP\nRegistration required. Free and open to the public.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/moriguchi22/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220114T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220114T203000
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SUMMARY:90s London\, Surveillance\, & Young Black Artists with Jamika Ajalon (ages 12–adult)
DESCRIPTION:For ages 12–adult \n\n“Skye Papers” may be Ajalon’s first novel\, but she is an experienced artist: a sonic slam poet\, musician\, multimedia performer and filmmaker with a deep back catalog\, evident on every page. From the rhythmic\, riffing\, incantatory prose to the novel’s cinematic crosscutting and recursive structure\, to the minutiae of Skye and her friends’ daily struggles as artists\, we get lost in a world that Ajalon renders with a precision and lyricism that elude her main character.” — New York Times \n\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \nJoin us for an interview with novelist Jamika Ajalon\, the author of Skye Papers\, followed by a Q&A with the audience\, and a reception. Ajalon will be in conversation with three members of the Library’s Teen Writing Group for a discussion focused on her inspiration\, her research\, and her writing process. This event will take place in the Library’s reading room. \n\nSkye Papers is a debut novel by Jamika Ajalon that follows three Black queer artists\, musicians\, and poets-Skye\, Scottie\, and Pieces-as they meet in New York and travel to London\, navigating the 1990s underground art scene as it becomes increasingly threatened by the rise of CCTV and state surveillance. \n\nAbout the author: Jamika Ajalon is an interdisciplinary artist and lecturer\, fortunate enough to have collaborated with many brilliant creatives across the globe. She is a creative polymath; a writer at base (poet\, novelist\, essayist)\, she uses a melange of interdisciplinary practice as her pen\, (filmmaker\, producer\, songwriter\, electronic/digital artist/archivist). She has a BA Film/Video from Columbia University\, and a Masters in Communications in Culture and Society from Goldsmiths University\,London \nAdvance registration is required for this event. Participation is is free for Library members\, and 10€ per person for non-members. If you are not yet a Library member\, but would like to participate\, please join the Library. \n \n  \n\nImportant: on-site information regarding COVID-19: In compliance with French regulations\, a pass sanitaire is required for all visitors ages 12+. Visitors ages 6+\, staff\, and volunteers are required to wear masks on the premises. \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \n  \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. \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.
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/90s-london-surveillance-young-black-artists-with-jamika-ajalon/
CATEGORIES:Adults,Teens
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