BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//The American Library in Paris - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The American Library in Paris
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Europe/Paris
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0200
TZNAME:CEST
DTSTART:20230326T010000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0200
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
TZNAME:CET
DTSTART:20231029T010000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0200
TZNAME:CEST
DTSTART:20240331T010000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0200
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
TZNAME:CET
DTSTART:20241027T010000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0200
TZNAME:CEST
DTSTART:20250330T010000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0200
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
TZNAME:CET
DTSTART:20251026T010000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240214T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240214T153000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224008
CREATED:20240109T140552Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240109T162450Z
UID:60516-1707921000-1707924600@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Story Hour: Valentine's Day (ages 3–5)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]For this Story Hour\, we’ll read books all about Valentine’s Day and valentines. Each Story Hour program features short picture books such as The Wolf Who Wanted to Fall in Love by Orianne Lallemand\, illustrated by Eleonore Thuillier\, and translated to English by Mary Chris Bradley (pictured here)\, as well as songs and rhymes. \nThis Story Hour will be hosted by Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads and Children’s and Teens’ Services Intern Amber Auer. 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. We ask that all caregivers put away their phones and other electronic devices for the duration of this program. This activity is entirely in English\, and no translation will be provided.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1704817466447{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]Important information: This event is for Library members\, and advance registration is required. Caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with the Library Policy for Children and the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. Questions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Library Policy” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibraryinparis.org%2Fchildren-in-the-library-policy%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-marker” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSenJBMIzfhxoyUfNnxOtCpkNPA7b1iKKRLMqNNpGqwfH-LAng%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/valentines-day-2024/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Kids
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/wolf_who_wanted_to_fall_in_love-e1704808844745.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240214T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240214T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224008
CREATED:20240119T140652Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240202T140427Z
UID:61293-1707939000-1707942600@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Translation Slam! Featuring Tess Lewis and Daniel Levin Becker
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Have you ever wondered what it’s like to translate a beloved work of literature from one language to another? How do translators preserve the integrity of the source? From grammar\, to style\, to sound\, what challenges does a new language bring to a text? Are you eager to try your hand at the task? Join us for an evening of  Valentine’s-themed live translation\, featuring American Library in Paris Scholar of Note Tess Lewis\, award-winning translator of Anne Weber’s Epic Annette and Maja Haderlap’s Angel of Oblivion\, and Daniel Levin Becker\, acclaimed translator of Laurent Mauvignier’s The Birthday Party. Supplied with an original French text written by Bill François\, deemed ‘Cyrano de Bergerac Junior’\, and competing against ChatGPT\, Lewis and Levin Becker will offer their own translations of an original French text and be called to defend their choices. Audience members will be able to ask questions\, propose their own translations\, and vote for the most successful approach. The winner takes away a box of chocolates; the loser\, a broken heart.  \nDon’t miss the rare opportunity to see translation in action\, learn about AI’s impact on the practice\, develop your own perspective\, and share a conversation heart or two.  \nAbout the speakers: \n\n\nTess Lewis is a writer and translator from French and German. Her translations include works by Montaigne\, Philippe Jaccottet\, Christine Angot\, Peter Handke\, Walter Benjamin and Cécile Wajsbrot. She is the recipient of the 2017 PEN Translation Award for her translation of Maja Haderlap’s novel Angel of Oblivion\, two NEA Translation Fellowships and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Her essays and reviews have appeared in a number of journals and newspapers including the New Criterion\, the Hudson Review\, World Literature Today\, the Wall Street Journal\, the American Scholar\, and Bookforum. She is an Advisory Editor for the Hudson Review. In 2022\, she was a Berlin Prize Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin. She is a 2023-24 American Library in Paris Scholar of Note. \n\n\nDaniel Levin Becker is a writer\, translator\, and music critic. He is the author of Many Subtle Channels and What’s Good: Notes on Rap and Language and the translator of several works\, including Laurent Mauvignier’s The Birthday Party. His forthcoming translations include Éric Chevillard’s Museum Visits and Jakuta Alikavazovic’s Like a Sky Inside. He has been a member of the Oulipo since 2009. \nAbout the Writer: \nBill François is a biophysicist\, naturalist and writer. He devotes his time to the study of marine animals\, and to writing stories that combine science\, humor and poetry. To date\, his books have been translated into 19 languages. But in a parallel universe\, Bill is also a humorist and eloquence champion. He has appeared on France 2’s Grand Oral\, which he won in 2019\, and in various shows\, gesticulated conferences and improvisation events.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nCheck out this 2019 interview with Tess Lewis for a preview of her perspective on translation. \nDaniel Levin Becker’s translation of Laurent Mauvignier’s The Birthday Party has garnered widespread praise. Read an excerpt here. \nWriter Bill François won France 2’s elocution competition Grand Oral in 2019\, earning him the title of “a Cyrano de Bergerac with a sharp tongue and a way with words” in one recap. Read the full article in French. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (the speakers will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/translationslam24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/lewis-levin-becker.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240215T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240215T113000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224008
CREATED:20240103T164915Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240201T112115Z
UID:60364-1707994800-1707996600@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Toddler Time (ages 1–3)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Stories featured during our Toddler Time programs include short picture books and board books\, such as Do Sharks Bark? by Salina Yoon\, which will be included in this 15 February event. \nOur Toddler Time is for children ages 1–3 and their caregivers\, and lasts 30 minutes. The program is entirely in English\, as are all of our events for children and teens. No translation will be provided. This session will be hosted by Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads. Each child must be accompanied by an adult chaperone\, and chaperones are required to remain with their children for the duration of the program. Parents and caregivers are expected to sit with their children beside them\, or in their laps\, and participate in the program.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1686067496511{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]Important information: \nImportant information: This event is for Library members\, and advance registration is required. Caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with the Library Policy for Children and the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. Questions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children and Teens Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Library Policy” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibraryinparis.org%2Fchildren-in-the-library-policy%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-marker” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSeXzHjJPHF-p71j4sJkAEXNQlOMk0jnLNnoGTFOhYsH3zxJFQ%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/toddler-time-15-february-2024/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Kids
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/9781454934349-e1706786450785.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240215T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240215T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224008
CREATED:20231010T150721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240109T174251Z
UID:56844-1708023600-1708029000@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Critical Conversations Meeting Four: Storytelling and the Collective Mind
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]How do the rituals of storytelling shape our politics? We will explore how the Athenians developed new modes of storytelling— tragedy\, comedy\, and the civic festival— to think through the problems of their day. Could we do the same? \nReadings to prepare: \n\nAeschylus\, “The Eumenides” (play)\nBBC\, “The Greatest Show on Earth – pt. 1\, Democrats” (video)\nBryan Doerries\, “How Ancient Greek Tragedies Can Heal the Soul” (podcast)\n\n Some details: Whether in France or America\, debate is central to healthy democracy. Critical  Conversations encourages both disagreement and agreement through thinking\, talking\,  reading\, and actively participating in community. Since the series’ inception in 2020\, we have tackled race in America\, the climate crisis\, migration\, and technology. Across seasons\, participants have challenged themselves\, their peers\, and the world in which we live.  \nPlease note\, this event and all event in the Critical Conversations series require advance registration and payment. Please register here by filling out the form at the bottom of the page.  \nPlease write to programs@americanlibraryinparis.org with any questions or thoughts.  \nAbout Critical Conversations: Whether in France or America\, debate is central to healthy democracy. Critical Conversations encourages both disagreement and agreement through thinking\, talking\, reading\, and actively participating in community. Since the series’ inception in 2020\, we have tackled race in America\, the climate crisis\, and migration. Across seasons\, participants have challenged themselves\, their peers\, and the world in which we live. \nAbout the Critical Conversations 2023-24 leaders: \nProf. Lex Paulson is Executive Director of the UM6P School of Collective Intelligence (Morocco) and lectures in advocacy at Sciences Po-Paris. Trained in classics and community organizing\, he served as mobilization strategist for the campaigns of Barack Obama in 2008 and Emmanuel Macron in 2017. He served as legislative counsel in the 111th U.S. Congress (2009-2011)\, organized on six U.S. presidential campaigns\, and has worked to advance democratic innovation at the European Commission and in India\, Tunisia\, Egypt\, Uganda\, Senegal\, Czech Republic and Ukraine. He is author of Cicero and the People’s Will: Philosophy and Power at the End of the Roman Republic\, from Cambridge University Press\, and is co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of Collective Intelligence for Democracy and Governance. \nProf. Mark Klein is a Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence\, serves as a professor and Senior Scientific Advisor at the UM6P School of Collective Intelligence\, and Chief Scientist at HiveWise Inc\, a startup in the collective intelligence space. His research draws from such fields as artificial intelligence\, social computing\, economics\, operations research\, and complexity science to develop and evaluate computer technologies that enable greater ‘collective intelligence’ in large groups faced with complex decisions. He has over 180 publications in these areas\, and has served on the editorial boards of many prominent journals and conferences related to AI and social computing. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1665240973767{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/cc4_2024/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-10-at-17.06.22-e1696950425926.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240216T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240216T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224008
CREATED:20240109T083914Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240202T103254Z
UID:60486-1708081200-1708081200@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:History Tour at the Library
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Library in Paris invites you to register for a History Tour. Come visit us in person at 10 rue du Général Camou and discover: \n\n\nOur origin story\, when our Library warehoused a collection of books donated to the Doughboys fighting alongside Allied troupes in WWI\nThe establishment of the American Library in Paris as a private library\nThe famous writers of the Lost Generation (Gertrude Stein\, Ernest Hemingway\, Henry Miller\, and more) who explored our stacks during their time in Paris\nOur Paris Library School\, which brought American innovations to French libraries in the 1920s\nThe true stories of the brave Librarians who kept the Library open during the Occupation of WWII\nHow the Library has evolved over its 103-year history into the largest English-language lending library on the European continent\n\n\nAll tours are on Fridays at 11h00\, last one hour\, and take place in person at the American Library in Paris. \nTours are free of charge and open to the public. Pre-registration is required. Please email us if you are reserving for 4 or more people. (Do not reserve through the site.) \nPlease email tours@americanlibraryinparis.org with any questions. \nThis initiative is made possible through the generous support of the Florence Gould Foundation and the American Center for Art and Culture. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1665240973767{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/history-tours-2-16-24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Tour
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/file1-9-soldier-reading-on-motocycle-waiting-for-the-officer-who-occupied-the-sidecar-1919-e1680714604531.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240216T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240216T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224008
CREATED:20240202T150206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240202T150206Z
UID:62114-1708110000-1708117200@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Teen Night: Book Buffet (ages 12–18)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Have you ever read a scene in a book where the descriptions made your mouth water? If you’ve ever wanted to try the Turkish delight (also known as lokma) and other treats you’ve read about in novels\, then you’ll want to join us for this event. Working in teams\, you’ll try to identify the delicious foods on your table and which book they come from. And you’ll get to taste the treats! \nSnacks and drinks will be provided by the Library.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1701172127446{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]Important information: \nThis event is free for Library members\, and 15€ per teen for non-members. Advance registration is required. All visitors are expected to familiarize themselves with the Library Policy for Children and the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. After-hours events for teens\, such as Teen Nights\, require a signed permission slip\, which can be downloaded here. One permission slip is needed per academic year (September–July). \nQuestions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Library Policy” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibraryinparis.org%2Fchildren-in-the-library-policy%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-marker” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSeIr6gbggwCGo_aBhxYYz73u9D-IpQPj18TTpphONU1Yp1tIQ%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/book-buffet/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Teens
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/fork-2462375_1280.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240217T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240217T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224008
CREATED:20240109T164256Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240109T164319Z
UID:60546-1708167600-1708171200@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Game Day (ages 3–12)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Learn how to play Candyland\, Banagrams\, or Sorry\, or bring in a board game from home to share and play. Volunteers will be on hand to help walk you through the rules of the games. \nChildren between the ages of 0–6 must be accompanied by a chaperone at all times while inside the Library. Children between the ages 6–12 may participate in Library programs on their own\, while their chaperone remains inside the Library. \nChildren between the ages of 0–6 must be accompanied by a chaperone at all times while inside the Library. Children between the ages 6–12 may participate in Library programs on their own\, while their chaperone remains inside the Library.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1704818439803{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]Important information: This event is for Library members\, and advance registration is required. Caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with the Library Policy for Children and the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. The activity is entirely in English\, and no translation will be provided. All participants must be able to understand and speak English in order to participate in the program. Questions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Library Policy” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibraryinparis.org%2Fchildren-in-the-library-policy%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-marker” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSdNUJiScomw9xL6knEMr6ZRsPAUi6o4u7i1Q99FkTZ9XqGPlA%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/game-day-2024/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Kids
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/board-761586_1280.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240217T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240217T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224008
CREATED:20240117T132040Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240123T131555Z
UID:61187-1708182000-1708189200@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:(In-Person) Experimental Fiction as Philosophical Experiment Part 3 with Justin Smith-Ruiu
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]From Plato’s Symposium to the Bhagavad Ghita\, to more recent figures such as Sartre and Camus\, some of the most significant philosophical texts of human history have been written in the mode of storytelling. Avoiding the path of didactic truth\, authors use basic tools of character and plot to tease out nuanced meditations upon love\, truth\, politics\, enlightenment\, and life itself. \nHow does fiction lend itself to philosophical inquiry? In what ways does philosophy\, in turn\, broaden the horizons of fiction? When looked at closely enough\, where do the boundaries between fiction and philosophy exist–if such boundaries exist at all? And how can writers begin to do philosophy through fiction? \nPhilosopher\, author\, and historian Justin Smith-Ruiu is an expert in undertaking experimental fiction as a form of philosophizing. Over the course of three sessions\, he will share his perspective on the relationship between philosophy and experiment\, and demonstrate the role of creativity in the philosophical project. \nThe workshop will unfold over three two-hour sessions. These will take place in person at the Library on 3 February\, 10 February\, and 17 February from 15h00 to 17h00 CET and are open to both Library Members and non-members. Please register here by filling out the form at the bottom of the page.  \nIn the first meeting\, participants will be introduced to the subject matter of philosophical fiction\, reading and discussing examples of philosophical texts. In the following two meetings\, participants will bring their own ideas to the table through exercises and critique. We will explore thinking differently\, writing strangely\, and the avenues of expression which open up to us when we dare to break the rules. \nWeek Three:  \n\nDeveloping themes from the first two sessions.\nWeek Three Objective: Presenting our own projects.\n\nPlease note\, this event and other workshop events require advance registration and payment. Please register here by filling out the form at the bottom of the page.  \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1665240973767{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/workshop_smith24_3/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Justin-Smith-1-e1705420770576.jpeg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240217T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240217T173000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224008
CREATED:20240116T160347Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240116T160347Z
UID:61177-1708185600-1708191000@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Picture This: Creating Stories from Photos (ages 12–18)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nTake a look at vintage photos and use them to jump start the creative process and begin your own original short story\, whether you’re beginning your own work just for fun\, or writing a piece to submit to the Young Authors Fiction Festival (YAFF). Find out more about the Library’s Young Authors Fiction Festival here.\n\n\nThis event will be hosted by Children’s and Teens’ Services Intern Amber Auer. Light refreshments will be provided.\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1705418167216{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]Important information: This event is free for Library members\, and 15€ per person for non-members\, and advance registration is required. All Library users are expected to familiarize themselves with the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. Questions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Library Policy” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibraryinparis.org%2Fchildren-in-the-library-policy%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-marker” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSfaB32zUE5rULabeW1trEJLOf09eNS3eePDRtPk6SyT60b7zw%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/picture-this-creating-stories/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Teens
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/photographs-256888_1280.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240220T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240220T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224008
CREATED:20240124T134953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240212T085949Z
UID:61366-1708457400-1708461000@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Vanessa Onwuemezi and Thea Lenarduzzi: Writing Home
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The question motivating the writing of celebrated emerging authors Vanessa Onwuemezi and Thea Lenarduzzi is the possibility\, or impossibility\, of home. Considering the places called home\, the meaning attached to the term\, and the homes we make in language\, the writers also grapple with exclusion\, loss\, and ephemerality.  \nIn Dandelions\, winner of the 2020 Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize\, Thea Lenarduzzi meditates upon family history\, migration\, nationalism\, and the meaning of “home” across generations and continents. Through a multi-generational exploration of her family’s journey from northern Italy to the UK\, Lenarduzzi delves into questions of national consciousness\, memory\, and identity construction. While Scholar of Note at the American Library in Paris\, Vanessa Onwuemezi is drawing from Antillean poetry and philosophy to place translation and migration in conversation\, and to reflect upon transit: between languages\, places\, and cultures; across mediums\, identities\, and time. Together\, Onwuemezi and Lenarduzzi engage in a rich dialogue on the poetics of memory\, constructions of identity\, and the universal search for belonging in a rapidly changing world. \nAbout the speaker: \nVanessa Onwuemezi is a London-based writer and poet. Her short story “At the Heart of Things” won The White Review’s Short Story Prize in 2019. Another of her stories\, titled “Green Afternoon\,” was shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award in 2022. Onwuemezi published her debut short story collection\, Dark Neighbourhood\, with Fitzcarraldo Editions in 2021. The collection was named one of The Guardian’s Best Books of 2021; it was also shortlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize and for the Edge Hill Prize in 2022. \nThea Lenarduzzi is a writer\, broadcaster\, and former editor at the Times Literary Supplement. She was born and raised in northern Italy and moved to the UK as a young adult. In 2020\, Lenarduzzi won the Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize with her proposal for Dandelions. The full memoir was published with Fitzcarraldo Editions in 2022. Dandelions was shortlisted for the Ackerly Prize\, an annual award for the best autobiographical volume by a British author. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nVanessa Onwuemezi came to the Library in 2022 to discuss her widely-acclaimed short-story collection\, Dark Neighbourhood. In case you missed it: you can watch a recording of the program here. \nThe Financial Times reviewed Dandelions\, deeming it a “timely investigation of Italian identity and fascist legacy” that “illuminates the roots of nationalism the world over.” Read the review here. \nOnwuemezi’s “At the Heart of Things” won The White Review’s Short Story Prize in 2019. Read it here.   \nYou can read an excerpt of Dandelions here\, on Literary Hub.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]About Fitzcarraldo February at the Library: \nThis program is part of Fitzcarraldo February\, a series of events at The American Library in Paris featuring authors who have recently published books with the London-based independent publisher Fitzcarraldo Editions.  \nKnown for their distinctive blue and white covers\, and esteemed for their highly selective catalogue\, Fitzcarraldo is the leading publisher of innovative\, boundary-pushing literature. Founded in 2014 with the mission to publish only twenty-two works per year\, the publishing house has already established itself as champion of the most exciting and ambitious literary voices of our time\, including four Nobel Prize-winning writers: Svetlana Alexievich (2015)\, Olga Tokarczuk (2018)\, Annie Ernaux (2022)\, and Jon Fosse (2023). The Library is delighted to welcome Marie Darrieussecq\, Thea Lenarduzzi\, Claudia Durastanti\, Vanessa Onwuemezi\, Kirsty Bell\, and Brian Dillon\, all of whose work explores the frontiers of genre\, form\, and craft\, challenging us to rethink what writing can do. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (the speakers will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Read along with the Library! If you want to prepare ahead of this event\, copies of Dark Neighbourhood will be on sale one week in advance\, as well as after the event. Stop by Member Services to purchase your copy. Books are generously provided by Smith&Son. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to have their copy signed following the conversation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54548″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/onwuemezi_lenarduzzi24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/vanessas-thea-.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240221T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240221T153000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224008
CREATED:20240109T161914Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240109T161914Z
UID:60532-1708525800-1708529400@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Story Hour: Music Makers (ages 3–5)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]For this Story Hour\, we’ll read books about musicians—both factual and fictional. Each Story Hour program features short picture books such as Listen: How Evelyn Glennie\, a Deaf Girl\, Changed Percussion by Shannon Stocker\, illustrated by Devon Holzwarth (pictured here)\, as well as songs and rhymes. \nThis Story Hour will be hosted by Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads and Children’s and Teens’ Services Intern Amber Auer. 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. We ask that all caregivers put away their phones and other electronic devices for the duration of this program. This activity is entirely in English\, and no translation will be provided.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1704817042485{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]  \nImportant information: This event is for Library members\, and advance registration is required. Caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with the Library Policy for Children and the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. Questions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Library Policy” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibraryinparis.org%2Fchildren-in-the-library-policy%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-marker” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSfGsyLJnH_TX0boefqAxOc2b1FWBkCzBwxQbDWSBFMYRtjrew%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/music-makers/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Kids
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Cover_LISTEN-scaled-1-e1704817135278.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240221T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240221T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224008
CREATED:20240124T140602Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240126T135339Z
UID:61359-1708543800-1708547400@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:(Hybrid) How to Make Space with Kirsty Bell
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In The Undercurrents\, the breakdown of a marriage catalyzes an investigation into the places that structure the seasons of our lives. From the perspective of the Berlin apartment which housed her marital life\, author Kirsty Bell dives into the archives of the city: from marshy origins\, to urban experiments\, to wartime devastation and disjointed efforts at rebuilding. Alongside the monumental history of the city\, she uncovers the lives of her building’s former inhabitants\, vividly conjuring the experiences of people who shared the same urban topography across generations of historical change. In so doing\, she draws into light the overlaps in major and minor histories\, questions the division of domestic and public spaces\, and locates the resonance of body and environment. Join Bell at the Library to discuss the tides within and the psychological\, and architectural\, structures we build to keep the floods at bay.  \nAbout the speaker: \nKirsty Bell is a British/American writer and art critic living in Berlin. She is the author of The Undercurrents: A Story of Berlin\, published in 2022 by Fitzcarraldo Editions (UK) and Other Press (US) and The Artist’s House: From Workplace to Artwork (Sternberg Press\, 2013)\, for which she was awarded a Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant. A contributing editor of frieze from 2011-2021\, she has also published widely in art magazines and exhibition catalogues\, lectured in Art Academies throughout Europe\, and has been an Advisor at the Rijksakademie\, Amsterdam since 2015. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nIn 2022\, Kirsty Bell published an essay in Lit Hub that introduces one of The Undercurrents’s key themes: the relationship between domestic life\, urban design\, and political history in Berlin. Read the essay here.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]About Fitzcarraldo February at the Library: \nThis program is part of Fitzcarraldo February\, a series of events at The American Library in Paris featuring authors who have recently published books with the London-based independent publisher Fitzcarraldo Editions.  \nKnown for their distinctive blue and white covers\, and esteemed for their highly selective catalogue\, Fitzcarraldo is the leading publisher of innovative\, boundary-pushing literature. Founded in 2014 with the mission to publish only twenty-two works per year\, the publishing house has already established itself as champion of the most exciting and ambitious literary voices of our time\, including four Nobel Prize-winning writers: Svetlana Alexievich (2015)\, Olga Tokarczuk (2018)\, Annie Ernaux (2022)\, and Jon Fosse (2023). The Library is delighted to welcome Marie Darrieussecq\, Thea Lenarduzzi\, Claudia Durastanti\, Vanessa Onwuemezi\, Kirsty Bell\, and Brian Dillon\, all of whose work explores the frontiers of genre\, form\, and craft\, challenging us to rethink what writing can do. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (the speaker will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Read along with the Library! If you want to prepare ahead of this event\, copies of The Undercurrents will be on sale one week in advance\, as well as after the event. Stop by Member Services to purchase your copy. Books are generously provided by Smith&Son. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to have their copy signed following the conversation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54548″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/bell24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/kirstybellundercurrents.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240223T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240223T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224008
CREATED:20240109T084002Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240202T103354Z
UID:60490-1708686000-1708686000@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:History Tour at the Library
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Library in Paris invites you to register for a History Tour. Come visit us in person at 10 rue du Général Camou and discover: \n\n\nOur origin story\, when our Library warehoused a collection of books donated to the Doughboys fighting alongside Allied troupes in WWI\nThe establishment of the American Library in Paris as a private library\nThe famous writers of the Lost Generation (Gertrude Stein\, Ernest Hemingway\, Henry Miller\, and more) who explored our stacks during their time in Paris\nOur Paris Library School\, which brought American innovations to French libraries in the 1920s\nThe true stories of the brave Librarians who kept the Library open during the Occupation of WWII\nHow the Library has evolved over its 103-year history into the largest English-language lending library on the European continent\n\n\nAll tours are on Fridays at 11h00\, last one hour\, and take place in person at the American Library in Paris. \nTours are free of charge and open to the public. Pre-registration is required. Please email us if you are reserving for 4 or more people. (Do not reserve through the site.) \nPlease email tours@americanlibraryinparis.org with any questions. \nThis initiative is made possible through the generous support of the Florence Gould Foundation and the American Center for Art and Culture. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1665240973767{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/history-tours-2-23-24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Tour
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/file1-9-soldier-reading-on-motocycle-waiting-for-the-officer-who-occupied-the-sidecar-1919-e1680714604531.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240223T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240223T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224008
CREATED:20240221T095225Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T095235Z
UID:63135-1708714800-1708722000@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Teen Night: Hero's Journey with Amy Plum (ages 12–18)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Have you ever wondered what makes an epic story? Join us as we analyze classic tales of the hero’s quest\, then do writing of our own. \nAbout Amy Plum: Amy Plum is the author of Die for Me\, an international bestselling Young Adult series set in Paris. Her books have been translated into thirteen languages. Her second series is a duology After the End and Until the Beginning\, which she describes as “a faux-post-apocalyptic\, road trip\, adventure\, romance\, thriller with a bit of magic.” Her third series is the Dreamfall duology: Dreamfall and Neverwake. Amy grew up in Birmingham\, Alabama before venturing further afield to Chicago\, Paris\, London and New York. An art historian by training\, she can be found on most days either daydreaming or writing (or both) in a Parisian café. To find out more about Amy\, and writing classes in Paris\, visit her website. \n  \n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1708509321833{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]Important information: \nThis event is free for Library members\, and 15€ per teen for non-members. Advance registration is required. All visitors are expected to familiarize themselves with the Library Policy for Children and the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. After-hours events for teens\, such as Teen Nights\, require a signed permission slip\, which can be downloaded here. One permission slip is needed per academic year (September–July). \nQuestions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Library Policy” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibraryinparis.org%2Fchildren-in-the-library-policy%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-marker” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLScw4_rDzmmeHTS0lomGSbdhERkI3t48_qcRIlyXkLv8bjm0bQ%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/heros-journey-2024/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Teens
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/amy-plum.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240224T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240224T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224008
CREATED:20240120T221240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240124T152434Z
UID:61396-1708772400-1708776000@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Saturday Series: Computer Crafting for Kids with Linda Liukas (ages 6–12)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If computer code is the Lego block of our time—a tool of creation—how do we teach curiosity\, joy\, and wonder to our kids? Try this workshop on crafts\, computers and creativity led by Hello Ruby founder Linda Liukas \nThe activity is entirely in English\, and no translation will be provided. All participants must be able to understand and speak English in order to participate in the program. Children between the ages 6–12 may participate in Library programs on their own\, while their chaperone remains inside the Library. \n  \nAbout Linda Liukas: Linda Liukas is the author of the Hello Ruby books on coding for kids. From Helsinki\, Finland\, she brings a playful Nordic perspective to the sometimes serious world of computer science. Translated into nearly 40 languages\, this children’s picture book series asks: What else is there to technology education than “Learn to code”? Linda is currently building a playground to Helsinki where you can learn about how computers work without a single screen. \n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1686067596052{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]Important information: This event is for Library members\, and advance registration is required. Caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with the Library Policy for Children and the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. Questions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children and Teens Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Library Policy” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibraryinparis.org%2Fchildren-in-the-library-policy%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-marker” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSdL5TcdUlwVdZ5R1Z9VhQuyMTCeBttfC2Y23f0kbsQAwC7IvQ%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/computer-crafting/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Kids
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/linda-liukas-e1705788588912.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240227T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240227T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224008
CREATED:20240124T142053Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T132441Z
UID:61698-1709062200-1709065800@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:SOLD OUT Everyday Antiblackness in France: An Evening with Trica Keaton (In Person Only)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]How do Black people experience race and racism differently in the United States and in France?  How do the distinct histories\, cultures\, and political systems of each country produce different versions of antiblackness? What (and who) gets sidelined or pushed out of the picture in French notions of universalism and republicanism? And how do Black people in France\, in their everyday lives and relationships\, expose the cracks in the logic of French universalism? \nTrica Keaton delves into these questions in her book #You Know You’re Black in France When . . . : The Fact of Everyday Antiblackness. Her work draws from current events\, French political and social history\, critical scholarship about race and Blackness\, and her own experiences\, offering an insightful commentary on the contradictions that haunt conversations about race in France. #You Know You’re Black in France When . . . : The Fact of Everyday Antiblackness was shortlisted for The American Library in Paris’s 2023 Book Award.  \nTrica will be in conversation with Patrick Banks. \nAbout the speakers: \nTrica Keaton is a professor and an interdisciplinary social scientist in the department of African and African American Studies at Dartmouth College with affiliations in the departments of Sociology and Film and Media Studies. Her publications include #You Know You’re Black in France When…: The Fact of Everyday Antiblackness. \nPatrick Banks is the founder of The Californien\, a consultancy specializing in advising and collaborating with artists\, creatives\, and entrepreneurs in the areas of strategy\, cultural production\, and business development. Before relocating to Paris\, Patrick had a successful career in the legal field and real estate development in the cities of New Orleans and San Francisco.  Patrick’s diverse professional background and passion for the arts drive his commitment to empowering and elevating the global creative community through The Californien.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nTrica Keaton wrote a historical overview of the word “race” in a book called Keywords for African American Studies.  Read it here.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be In-person only and will not be recorded. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/keaton24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/triciakeatoncombined.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240228T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240228T153000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224008
CREATED:20240109T163414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240109T163414Z
UID:60542-1709130600-1709134200@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Story Hour: True Stories (ages 3–5)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]For this Story Hour\, we’ll read true stories of adventures\, inventions\, and more. Each Story Hour program features short picture books such as The Girl Who Built An Ocean: An Artist\, An Argonaut\, and the True Story of the World’s First Aquarium by Jess Keating\, Michelle Mee Nutter (pictured here)\, as well as songs and rhymes. \nThis Story Hour will be hosted by Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads and Children’s and Teens’ Services Intern Amber Auer. 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. We ask that all caregivers put away their phones and other electronic devices for the duration of this program. This activity is entirely in English\, and no translation will be provided.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1704817042485{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]  \nImportant information: This event is for Library members\, and advance registration is required. Caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with the Library Policy for Children and the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. Questions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Library Policy” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibraryinparis.org%2Fchildren-in-the-library-policy%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-marker” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSd6zibGbENTj-OXXsoA7idKCtwsNecIyekGIXNfSmUoUOQ3Dg%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/true-stories-2024/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Kids
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/girl_who_built_an_ocean-e1704818034598.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240228T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240228T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224008
CREATED:20240124T143819Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T150847Z
UID:61704-1709146800-1709152200@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:(In Person Full) (Hybrid) Magazine Launch: Journal
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Why does poetry matter? Although some may speak of the demise of poetry\, what we’re seeing instead is a revitalization\, which testifies to its ongoing urgency as an art. More than ever\, we are in need of dialogue\, of initiating new discussion\, and of activating the language that poetry creates. The magazine Journal participates in this situation by placing poets of different languages in conversation through the space of the page.  \nEdited by the poet and artist Jim Dine and poet and translator Vincent Broqua\, Journal is a new poetry magazine that seeks to publish poets internationally. The Library is delighted to host the launch of the first issue\, with contributions from sixteen authors who write (and translate) in different languages: from Brazilian Portuguese to Persan as well as French\, English and Dutch. Celebrating a wide spectrum of voices who are political\, lyrical\, conceptual\, visual\, comic\, and more\, it represents the liveliness of poetry today with a renewed sense of its vitality. \nJoin contributors Jim Dine\, Hugo Pernet\, Ghazal Mosadeq\, Elke de Rijcke\, Vincent Broqua\, and Dan Clarke for a reading and discussion of the need for poetry of the present.  \nJournal publishes international poetry in translation or not. It seeks to further and invent conversations. The cover is by Daniel Clarke.  \nThis launch is organized in partnership with Double Change\, the Franco-American poetry association. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nFounded in 2000 in order to juxtapose\, unite and reunite the poetries of France and the United States in a bi-national forum\, Double Change looks to represent a diverse\, eclectic spectrum of poetic activity in both countries. Discover their poets. \nFamed artist and poet Jim Dine\, editor and contributor to Journal\, has had more than 300 solo exhibitions over his career\, including retrospectives at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the New York MOMA. His work is in permanent collections including Metropolitan Museum of Art\, the the Centre Pompidou\, the National Gallery of Art\, the Guggenheim\, and the London Tate Gallery. Listen to Dine in conversation at the Morgan Library & Museum and read an interview in Forbes. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (the speakers will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1706107974102{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/launchjournal24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/doublechangecombined.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240229T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240229T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224008
CREATED:20240124T151346Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240124T151346Z
UID:61371-1709235000-1709238600@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Lessons from Language with Brian Dillon
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Have you ever read a single sentence that sticks with you\, or seen a piece of art that lingers in the back of your mind years later? How do our encounters with literature and art become parts of us–features of our personal and collective cultural consciousness?  \nWriter\, critic\, and art-lover Brian Dillon revels in the pleasures of the word. In his quest to understand and experiment with these pleasures\, Dillon has published four books with Fitzcarraldo Editions. Essayism\, a consideration of the craft of the essay\, demands that we consider “a type of writing so hard to define its very name means a trial.” Suppose a Sentence collects essays inspired by single\, striking sentences in literary history. Affinities asks why things are drawn together\, and we drawn to things. Refusing the position of the critic as distanced from the creative process\, Dillon insists upon the simple joy of reading\, looking\, learning\, and making. Personal\, poetic\, and reflective\, each book is a new try at writing. Join Dillon in celebrating major and minor moments in art and literature\, marveling at the mechanics of prose and the lessons we can glean from it. \nAbout the speaker: \nBrian Dillon was born in Dublin in 1969. His books include Suppose a Sentence\, Essayism\, The Great Explosion (shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize)\, Objects in This Mirror: Essays\, I Am Sitting in a Room\, Sanctuary\, Tormented Hope: Nine Hypochondriac Lives (shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize) and In the Dark Room\, which won the Irish Book Award for non-fiction. His writing has appeared in the Guardian\, New York Times\, London Review of Books\, the New Yorker\, New York Review of Books\, frieze and Artforum. He has curated exhibitions for Tate and Hayward galleries. He lives in London.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nA review in The Guardian describes Dillon’s latest book\, Affinities\, as “an invitation to look together\,” or “to attend closely in the company of someone else.”  Read the review here.  \nDillon’s book Suppose a Sentence is a series of essays\, each of which examines a single sentence in a work of literature. Read an excerpt from the book (a contemplation of a sentence by Charlotte Brontë) here.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]About Fitzcarraldo February at the Library: \nThis program is part of Fitzcarraldo February\, a series of events at The American Library in Paris featuring authors who have recently published books with the London-based independent publisher Fitzcarraldo Editions.  \nKnown for their distinctive blue and white covers\, and esteemed for their highly selective catalogue\, Fitzcarraldo is the leading publisher of innovative\, boundary-pushing literature. Founded in 2014 with the mission to publish only twenty-two works per year\, the publishing house has already established itself as champion of the most exciting and ambitious literary voices of our time\, including four Nobel Prize-winning writers: Svetlana Alexievich (2015)\, Olga Tokarczuk (2018)\, Annie Ernaux (2022)\, and Jon Fosse (2023). The Library is delighted to welcome Marie Darrieussecq\, Thea Lenarduzzi\, Claudia Durastanti\, Vanessa Onwuemezi\, Kirsty Bell\, and Brian Dillon\, all of whose work explores the frontiers of genre\, form\, and craft\, challenging us to rethink what writing can do. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (the speaker will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/dillon24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/dilloncombined.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240301T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240301T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224008
CREATED:20240205T115430Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240205T115430Z
UID:62168-1709290800-1709294400@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:History Tour at the Library
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Library in Paris invites you to register for a History Tour. Come visit us in person at 10 rue du Général Camou and discover: \n\n\nOur origin story\, when our Library warehoused a collection of books donated to the Doughboys fighting alongside Allied troupes in WWI\nThe establishment of the American Library in Paris as a private library\nThe famous writers of the Lost Generation (Gertrude Stein\, Ernest Hemingway\, Henry Miller\, and more) who explored our stacks during their time in Paris\nOur Paris Library School\, which brought American innovations to French libraries in the 1920s\nThe true stories of the brave Librarians who kept the Library open during the Occupation of WWII\nHow the Library has evolved over its 104-year history into the largest English-language lending library on the European continent\n\n\nAll tours are on Fridays at 11h00\, last one hour\, and take place in person at the American Library in Paris. \nTours are free of charge and open to the public. Pre-registration is required. Please email us if you are reserving for 4 or more people. (Do not reserve through the site.) \nPlease email tours@americanlibraryinparis.org with any questions. \nThis initiative is made possible through the generous support of the Florence Gould Foundation and the American Center for Art and Culture. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1665240973767{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/history-tours-3-1-24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Tour
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/file1-9-soldier-reading-on-motocycle-waiting-for-the-officer-who-occupied-the-sidecar-1919-e1680714604531.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240302T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240302T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224008
CREATED:20240228T164007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T164118Z
UID:63449-1709377200-1709380800@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Grammar Games (ages 8–12)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]During this event\, we’ll learn about the building blocks of English grammar\, including the parts of speech\, spelling\, punctuation\, and more. We’ll play grammar games together. As a group\, we’ll discuss story structures and how grammar rules can make stories stronger. \nParticipants in this workshop will also receive information about the Library’s 2024 Young Authors Fiction Festival. \nThis event will be hosted by Children and Teens Services Manager Celeste Rhoads with the help of Library volunteers. This activity is entirely in English\, and no translation will be provided. All participants must be able to understand\, speak\, and write in English in order to participate in this program. Children between the ages 8–12 may participate in Library programs on their own\, while their chaperone remains inside the Library.\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1686067596052{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]Important information: This event is for Library members\, and advance registration is required. Caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with the Library Policy for Children and the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. Questions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children and Teens Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Library Policy” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibraryinparis.org%2Fchildren-in-the-library-policy%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-marker” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSflcAm03CBTkJIhSncq_R0PaDlLLcLb1nXLjYGTg0XELv7xHw%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/grammar-games-ages-8-12/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Kids
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/english-8499265_1280.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240305T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240305T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224008
CREATED:20240207T162439Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240207T162439Z
UID:62325-1709668800-1709674200@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:(In Person at mk2 Bibliothèque) S. Laurent - « Race » et « capital » en Amérique
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]An Americanist renowned for her analyses of the social and racial issues that run through the history of the United States\, Sylvie Laurent goes back to the origins of the Great Discoveries\, to identify the perverse nature of the political model invented with the discovery of America in 1492: a “racial capitalism”\, traces of which have remained in the country’s political culture. With just a few months to go before the American elections\, this is a major contribution to understanding the deep-seated motivations of an electorate haunted by a sense of identity dispossession. A meeting moderated by Olivier Pascal-Moussellard (Télérama)\, followed by a signing of Capital et race. Histoire d’une hydre moderne (Seuil). \nAbout the speaker:  \nSylvie Laurent wrote her dissertation in American literature at Paris IV on “the poor white man in the American novel”\, under the supervision of Pierre-Yves Pétillon. She holds a doctorate in English studies and is a lecturer at Sciences-Po Paris\, where she teaches the political and literary history of African Americans. A Fulbright fellow at Harvard University in 2005-2006\, she worked in the Graduate Seminar of the Department of African and African-American Studies under the direction of Werner Sollors and Henry Louis Gates Jr. In autumn 2009-2010\, she was invited to join Harvard’s African-American Studies and Research Laboratory\, the WEB Du Bois Institute\, where she is now a non-resident fellow until 2012. Holder of an agrégation in history\, a master’s degree in modern literature and a DEA in English studies\, she taught for five years in a lycée in a sensitive urban zone in the Oise region. \nImportant information: This event will take place in person at the mk2 Bibliothèque at 128 – 162 Av. de France\, 75013 Paris. \nAccess to this event requires purchase of a ticket through mk2. Click on the button below to purchase your ticket.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1662638079176{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Purchase your ticket” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”left” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mk2.com%2Fevenement%2Fs-laurent-race-et-capital-en-amerique-mk2-institut”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/laurent24/
LOCATION:mk2 Bibliotheque\, 128 - 162 Av. de France\, Paris\, 75013\, France
CATEGORIES:Adults
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Slaurent-e1707320000929.jpeg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240306T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240306T153000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224008
CREATED:20240228T120840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240229T114128Z
UID:63435-1709735400-1709739000@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Story Hour: Bees and Butterflies (ages 3–5)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]For this Story Hour\, we’ll read stories about bees\, butterflies\, and a few other insects too. Each Story Hour program features short picture books such as These Bees Count by Alison Fermento\, illustrated by Sarah Snow (pictured here)\, as well as songs and rhymes. \nThis Story Hour will be hosted by Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads and Children’s and Teens’ Services Intern Amber Auer. 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. We ask that all caregivers put away their phones and other electronic devices for the duration of this program. This activity is entirely in English\, and no translation will be provided.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1704817042485{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]  \nImportant information: This event is for Library members\, and advance registration is required. Caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with the Library Policy for Children and the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. Questions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Library Policy” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibraryinparis.org%2Fchildren-in-the-library-policy%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-marker” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSfZWJ0vSBnNhnTUZ7u00k8-WEeOB-VlTyy8cVfax_lBgC3pgA%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/bees-and-butterflies-2024/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Kids
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/700.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240306T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240306T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224008
CREATED:20240214T141754Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T161803Z
UID:62402-1709753400-1709757000@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:(Offsite at KAWAI France) John Ashbery’s Poetic World in Music: A Talk and Live Performance
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This event is in-person at KAWAI France (11 Pl. de la Bataille de Stalingrad\, 75010 Paris). \nIn this combination talk and performance\, Karin Roffman (John Ashbery’s biographer) and Sharon Roffman (violin) will weave poetry\, biography\, and musical excerpts together to offer a tour of the life and soundscape of iconic American poet John Ashbery (1927-2017). \nWell known in Paris\, where he lived between 1955 and 1965\, and where he worked an art critic for the International Herald Tribune while publishing his first books of poetry\, Ashbery’s connection to the world of art and poetry have been long discussed. It may come as something of a surprise that he thought about his writing as having a closer relationship to music than art.  \nAs Ashbery put it: “I have always felt that my ideas came out of music…I listen to music all the time and especially when I am writing. I always have a record on or listen to the classical radio station…It is a trigger\, but I would be at a loss to say how.” \nOver the course of his long life\, he amassed a huge and eclectic collection of records\, cassettes\, and CDs; many poems referenced pieces and composers; hundreds of pages of unpublished letters to friends detailed enthusiastic musical discoveries and illuminated his listening habits. Composers\, including Elliot Carter\, Ned Rorem and Alvin Lucier\, enjoyed setting his poems to music. In Spring 2021\, Karin Roffman published the first study of Ashbery as poet\, musician\, and record collector: “A Playlist” in Evergreen Review\, an essay on the relationship between his poetry and his listening\, highlighting ten works from his music library: https://evergreenreview.com/read/from-john-ashberys-music-library-a-playlist/ \nAbout the speakers:  \nKarin Roffman\, author of The Songs We Know Best: John Ashbery’s Early Life (Farrar\, Straus and Giroux\, 2017) which was named one of the 100 notable books for 2017 by the New York Times\, is currently completing a full biography. In 2019\, in collaboration with the Yale University Digital Humanities Lab\, she released John Ashbery’s Nest\, a virtual tour and website on John Ashbery’s Hudson house. Her recent essay\, “John Ashbery’s Music Library: A Playlist”; appeared in Evergreen Review (March 2021). Her essays on 20 th and 21 st century writers and painters have appeared in Raritan\, Modern Fiction Studies\, Artforum\, Rain Taxi\, Yale Review\, Chicago Review\, Wallace Stevens Journal and others. Her first book\, From the Modernist Annex\, won the Elizabeth Agee American Literature prize. She is currently senior lecturer of Humanities and Associate Director of Public Humanities at Yale University. \nAmerican violinist Sharon Roffman\, made her solo concerto debut at age sixteen with the New Jersey Symphony and is now equally sought after as a soloist\, chamber musician\, orchestral leader and music educator around the world. Ms. Roffman was concertmaster of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra from 2017-2023 and has performed as a guest concertmaster with the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden\, the London Symphony Orchestra\, Swedish Radio Symphony\, BBC Philharmonic\, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France\, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra\, Scottish Chamber Orchestra\, Estonian Festival Orchestra\, principal 2nd of Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen\, and has been a frequent guest member of the Australian Chamber Orchestra\, among others. Passionate about combining performance and education\, Ms. Roffman is the founder and artistic director of ClassNotes\, a chamber music ensemble and non-profit organization dedicated to introducing public school students to classical music through interdisciplinary school residencies\, and regularly creates online curricula for students and audiences alike to learn about music. \nFrench-American pianist David Lively has a passionate attachment to the artistic legacies of France and the United States that makes him a performer of choice for the music of both countries. In 1969\, at the age of 16\, he left his native United States for France to study at the École normale de musique with Jules Gentil (formerly Alfred Cortot’s assistant). He went on to study with Wilhelm Kempff\, Eugene Istomin\, Nadia Boulanger\, Erich Leinsdorf and\, above all\, Claudio Arrau. With his dazzling technique and musical intensity\, he quickly won a number of international prizes\, including the Concours International Marguerite Long\, the Queen Elisabeth Competition\, the Geneva International Music Competition\, the International Tchaikovsky Competition\, where he was also awarded the Special Prize for contemporary music\, and the Dino Ciani Prize of La Scala of Milan\, winning a growing public following on each occasion. As artistic director of the Saint-Lizier Festival in Ariège in southwestern France\, Mr. Lively made the event a forum for young talent and seasoned musicians. Much in demand as a teacher\, he has given numerous master classes at the Shanghai Piano Festival\, at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki\, at the Athens Conservatory\, at the Enescu Lyceum in Bucharest\, at the Ecole normale de musique’s own Académie de musique française in Paris\, at the Royal Conservatory of Scotland\, and for the Yuri Bashmet Academy throughout Russia. He is a founding member of ADAP International Association of Artists for Peace\, alongside Hüseyin Sermet\, Cyprien Katsaris\, Ramzi Yassa and Nima Sarkechik. \nFranco- German violist Béatrice Muthelet joined in 2001\, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra as Principal Violist and also became a founding member of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra\, at Claudio Abbado’s personal invitation. Since then\, she has often been invited all over the world as guest leader in orchestras such as the Gewandhaus in Leipzig\, the Munich Philharmonic\, the Bamberg symphony\, the Swedish Radio\, and the orchestra of La Scala in Milan\, to name but a few. Béatrice Muthelet grew up in Versailles\, before moving to Israel at the age of fifteen and joining the prestigious Telma Yelin High School of Arts. She was awarded a bursary by the American Israel Foundation and trained as a violinist in the class of Chaim Taub\, also benefitting from masterclasses given by Isaac Stern and Shlomo Mintz. Aged nineteen\, she undertook to further her studies in the USA and became Pinkas Zukerman’s first viola student\, in the Manhattan school of Music\, on a full scholarship. \nReverberations:  \nIn March\, the Library is delighted to be hosting Reverberations: Literature Out Loud\, a festival spotlighting innovations in the arts. In a series of concerts\, conversations\, and workshops\, artists and authors are coming together to celebrate the history of storytelling and sound. Learn more about the festival and discover other events. \nReverberations is organized in partnership with the Opéra Comique and with the generous support of Festival Napa Valley\, the American Center for Arts and Culture\, and the Florence Gould Foundation. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: This event is in-person at KAWAI France (11 Pl. de la Bataille de Stalingrad\, 75010 Paris). \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/roffmans24/
LOCATION:Kawai\, 11 Place de la Bataille de Stalingrad\, Paris\, 75010\, France
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/roffmans.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240307T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240307T113000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224008
CREATED:20240221T161139Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T161139Z
UID:63165-1709809200-1709811000@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Toddler Time (ages 1–3)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Stories featured during our Toddler Time programs include short picture books and board books\, such as Little Cloud by Eric Carle\, which will be included in this 7 March event. \nOur Toddler Time is for children ages 1–3 and their caregivers\, and lasts 30 minutes. The program is entirely in English\, as are all of our events for children and teens. No translation will be provided. This session will be hosted by Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads. Each child must be accompanied by an adult chaperone\, and chaperones are required to remain with their children for the duration of the program. Parents and caregivers are expected to sit with their children beside them\, or in their laps\, and participate in the program.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1686067496511{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]Important information: \nImportant information: This event is for Library members\, and advance registration is required. Caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with the Library Policy for Children and the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. Questions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children and Teens Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Library Policy” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibraryinparis.org%2Fchildren-in-the-library-policy%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-marker” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSdPyi0wW7vGVR2bp5f8F9MIeE1z2CFgKDmOIQq_2mjEm4ai0w%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/toddler-time-march-2024/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Kids
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/9780698118300-1-e1708531877164.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240307T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240307T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224008
CREATED:20231010T151947Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240109T174334Z
UID:56846-1709838000-1709843400@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Critical Conversations Meeting Five: The Wonders of Emergence\, An Introduction to Complexity
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]How can we better understand the way large groups of people think together? Simple models can be surprisingly effective in helping us understand many processes we think of as complex. We will explore some thought-provoking examples\, culminating in the wonders of the Mandelbrot set. We will also tease some examples of the dark side of emergence— known as “emergent dysfunctions”— and how to prevent them. \nReadings to prepare: \n\n“What is Complexity Science?” (article) \n“Introduction to Complexity: What are Complex Systems?” (video)\n\n Some details: Whether in France or America\, debate is central to healthy democracy. Critical  Conversations encourages both disagreement and agreement through thinking\, talking\,  reading\, and actively participating in community. Since the series’ inception in 2020\, we have tackled race in America\, the climate crisis\, migration\, and technology. Across seasons\, participants have challenged themselves\, their peers\, and the world in which we live.  \nPlease note\, this event and all event in the Critical Conversations series require advance registration and payment. Please register here by filling out the form at the bottom of the page.  \nPlease write to programs@americanlibraryinparis.org with any questions or thoughts.  \nAbout Critical Conversations: Whether in France or America\, debate is central to healthy democracy. Critical Conversations encourages both disagreement and agreement through thinking\, talking\, reading\, and actively participating in community. Since the series’ inception in 2020\, we have tackled race in America\, the climate crisis\, and migration. Across seasons\, participants have challenged themselves\, their peers\, and the world in which we live. \nAbout the Critical Conversations 2023-24 leaders: \nProf. Lex Paulson is Executive Director of the UM6P School of Collective Intelligence (Morocco) and lectures in advocacy at Sciences Po-Paris. Trained in classics and community organizing\, he served as mobilization strategist for the campaigns of Barack Obama in 2008 and Emmanuel Macron in 2017. He served as legislative counsel in the 111th U.S. Congress (2009-2011)\, organized on six U.S. presidential campaigns\, and has worked to advance democratic innovation at the European Commission and in India\, Tunisia\, Egypt\, Uganda\, Senegal\, Czech Republic and Ukraine. He is author of Cicero and the People’s Will: Philosophy and Power at the End of the Roman Republic\, from Cambridge University Press\, and is co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of Collective Intelligence for Democracy and Governance. \nProf. Mark Klein is a Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence\, serves as a professor and Senior Scientific Advisor at the UM6P School of Collective Intelligence\, and Chief Scientist at HiveWise Inc\, a startup in the collective intelligence space. His research draws from such fields as artificial intelligence\, social computing\, economics\, operations research\, and complexity science to develop and evaluate computer technologies that enable greater ‘collective intelligence’ in large groups faced with complex decisions. He has over 180 publications in these areas\, and has served on the editorial boards of many prominent journals and conferences related to AI and social computing. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1665240973767{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/cc5_2024/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Screenshot-2023-10-10-at-17.17.35-e1696951173274.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240308T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240308T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224008
CREATED:20240215T151106Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240215T151144Z
UID:62819-1709892000-1709895600@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:(Offsite Partner Event) Opéra Comique: Voix en Partage
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\nDécouvrir le répertoire lyrique dans le public\, c’est bien\, mais le pratiquer en chantant\, c’est encore mieux ! Venez le comprendre et l’interpréter lors de ces ateliers participatifs\, à partir de 6 ans. \nLearn more about the event here. \n\nImportant information: This event will take place in person at the Opéra Comique\, 1 Pl. Boieldieu\, 75002 Paris. \nAccess to this event requires purchase of a ticket through Opéra Comique. Click on the button below to purchase your ticket with a special discounted rate.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1662638079176{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Purchase your ticket” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”left” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fbilletterie.opera-comique.com%2Fselection%2Fpackage%3FproductId%3D10229188210292″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/voix-en-partage24/
CATEGORIES:Adults
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2023_Image_Pulcinella_HeureEspagnole_1920x1080-e1708009660281.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240308T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240308T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224008
CREATED:20240205T114453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240205T114656Z
UID:62153-1709895600-1709899200@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:History Tour: 1920s Edition
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Did you know that Gertrude Stein had a penchant for pulpy mystery novels? Or that Hemingway attempted to secure a job at the Library for his drinking buddy? \nThe American Library in Paris invites you to register for a 1920s-focused History Tour. Come visit us in person at 10 rue du Général Camou and discover: \n\n\nOur origin story\, when our Library warehoused a collection of books donated to the Doughboys fighting alongside Allied troupes in WWI\nThe establishment of the American Library in Paris as a private library\nThe famous writers of the Lost Generation (Gertrude Stein\, Ernest Hemingway\, Henry Miller\, and more) who explored our stacks during their time in Paris\nOur Paris Library School\, which brought American innovations to French libraries in the 1920s\n\n\nAll tours are on Fridays at 11h00\, last one hour\, and take place in person at the American Library in Paris. \nTours are free of charge and open to the public. Pre-registration is required. Please email us if you are reserving for 4 or more people. (Do not reserve through the site.) \nPlease email tours@americanlibraryinparis.org with any questions. \nThis initiative is made possible through the generous support of the Florence Gould Foundation and the American Center for Art and Culture. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1665240973767{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/history-tours-3-8-24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Tour
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/file1-9-soldier-reading-on-motocycle-waiting-for-the-officer-who-occupied-the-sidecar-1919-e1680714604531.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240308T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240308T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224008
CREATED:20240224T164801Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240224T164801Z
UID:63267-1709924400-1709931600@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Teen Night: Classic Movie Night (ages 12–18)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Vote on the classic film to you’d like to watch when you register for this event. Participate in movie trivia and a game at the start of the evening\, then settle in with popcorn and enjoy a screening in the Library’s comfortable reading room. We’ll discuss the film as a group at the end of the night. This event will be hosted by Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager Celeste Rhoads\, Children and Teens Services Intern Amber Auer. \nDrinks and light snacks will be provided\, as well as lots of popcorn.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1708793443090{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]Important information: \nThis event is free for Library members\, and 15€ per teen for non-members. Advance registration is required. All visitors are expected to familiarize themselves with the Library Policy for Children and the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. After-hours events for teens\, such as Teen Nights\, require a signed permission slip\, which can be downloaded here. One permission slip is needed per academic year (September–July). \nQuestions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Library Policy” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibraryinparis.org%2Fchildren-in-the-library-policy%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-marker” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSeLQwMZUeR9zK5UX3_zX98zEtbXH24lKbzkdAS3kCegrr3IhA%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/classic-movie-night-2024/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Teens
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/movie-theater-gcf1e9fab3_640.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240309T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240309T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T224008
CREATED:20240301T155358Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240302T132456Z
UID:63535-1709982000-1709985600@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:Counting Kindness with Hollis Kurman (ages 0–12)
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Enjoy a reading of Counting Kindness: Ten Ways to Welcome Refugee Children with author Hollis Kurman\, then participate in an activity based on the book. After the reading\, there will be a time for a Q&A with the author. \nThe activity is entirely in English\, and no translation will be provided. All participants must be able to understand and speak English in order to participate in the program. Children between the ages 6–12 may participate in Library programs on their own\, while their chaperone remains inside the Library. \nAbout Hollis Kurman: Hollis Kurman is the author of Counting Kindness: Ten Ways to Welcome Refugee Children (US) ( illustrated by Barroux)\, which was endorsed by Amnesty International. Her poems (one of which was nominated for a Pushcart Prize) have been published in multiple journals. In addition to her writing\, Ms. Hollis moderates a wide range of events and is Chairperson of the Ivy Circle Netherlands. She has served as a member of the Supervisory Boards of Save the Children NL\, and she is a member of the Human Rights Watch Global Advisory Council for Women’s Rights and she is a contributing Editor on the Board of Barrow Street Books in NY. You can find out more about Hollis Kurman on her website. \n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1686067596052{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]Important information: This event is for Library members\, and advance registration is required. Caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with the Library Policy for Children and the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. Questions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children and Teens Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Library Policy” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibraryinparis.org%2Fchildren-in-the-library-policy%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-marker” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLScepicd9Ri0qXNsX2ITGjUxCheis2sQdoHrItkBdIRXjd6Mfg%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/counting-kindness-2024/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Kids
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hollis-kurman-1-e1709308139394.png
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR